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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1956
Page
12
A long, reader friendly roundup from Cordova and nearby towns recounts visits, family news, travels, and local happenings. Names like Karr, Templeton, Harvey, and Waardhuizen appear among weddings, baptisms, skin and garden mishaps, and summer chores. The piece captures community ties across families, farms, and towns with scattered travel to Wisconsin and Colorado, a new school project, and a few health and weather mentions.
The ad touts treatment for glandular inflammation as a constitutional disease that resists temporary relief. It cites 1000 communities served last year and promises a new free book guiding older men to relief without surgery, urging readers to address Excelsior Institute W-12.
Local Leighton items include visits by Carol Ann Dk2 and Mrs. Jennings and daughters from Bainebridge, a navy discharge for Mr. Jennings after four years, ordination of George Dean Myskens in Des Moines, and various visitors and travels among residents. Also noted are a birthday shower, guests from Waterloo and Philadelphia, a new birth Debra Sue and Dean Allen to Alvin De Jong and family, and numerous church and social activities.
Saturday events include visits by E V Davideen and J A Zuuk family and supper at Howard Glending home. Lydia Circle of Ebeneser Reformed Church held a pot luck supper and meeting. Two new Leighton homes built by Van Haaften and Thomassen. Des Moines couple Dr Paul From and Mrs From welcome a son. Mrs From is sister to Henry Sedrel. Berne De Jong and P A De Jong family were Friday supper guests. Donna Kennedy visiting Connie Douglas, Jane Hagen of Oskaloosa visiting relatives.
Otley residents share visits with Vander Kolk, Uitermarkt, Kaldenberg and Witsenberg families across Otley and nearby towns. Visitors include Os kaloosa and Des Moines relatives. A new highway between Otley and Pella opens for traffic. A baby Galen Ray Van Wyk is welcomed at Oakdale hospital. Rev. Muller takes two week vacation. Rev. Rozenboom fills pulpit a week. A heavy rain ends the week with 8/10 of an inch in Otley.
The Peoria column notes Rev. Leonard Ver Meer led services this Sunday with Rev. Eric Oostendorp to follow next Sunday. Betsy Vander Linden and hospital talks, births, deaths, and community visits are recorded, including Rosa Bel Ruth Roose born July 9 at Mercy Hospital, and Earl Longacker’s funeral. Local families attend gatherings, travel to Os kaloosa events, and celebrate weddings and church activities.
Oskaloosa News lists residents visiting relatives and guests at various homes. Names include Lisabeth Newenhouse, Jane Hagen, Gordon Stuit, John Primus, Cole Hamilton, the Massie family, R Veldhuizen, Raymond Crouse, Ivor Dahlin, and others with passages about Navy schooling, church activities, and a July picnic at Edmun dson Park.
Julia Ann opened her gifts as guests enjoyed ice cream and cake. Favors included gum packs. Attending were Joan Ireland Susan Beaver Carol Lester Joleen Fox Twyla Moore Linda Caves Jan Lane Gloria Hagen Linda Waser Joy Fox and siblings Linda Connie and David Hibler.
Mr and Mrs Martin Dearinger and family spent a week end visiting in Davenport and Illinois. The Carpenters and families traveled to Clear Lake. Hoekstra family stayed with Heemsberg. Groves Rawlins Winters and Winters in Knoxville. Dearinger hosts with Monroe visitors. Large crowd at ice cream social. Wheeler family visited Monroe. Mitchell and Kellogg residents joined Earp household. Kaldenberg hospitalized in Newton for minor surgery. Dearinger family also in Ozark area Friday.
Funeral services for Earl Longaker were conducted Wednesday afternoon in New Sharon. The brief notice notes the location and timing of the service.
A flat tire near Manchester caught fire and threatened a vehicle. Howard Drew stopped, noticed the blaze, and Manchester Fire Department extinguished the flames.
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