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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1938
Page
12
Long column lists social visits, church gatherings, weddings, birthdays, and trips across Newton and nearby towns. Items name Mrs L Van Zee after tonsillectomy, several hosting duties, travel plans to Colorado, visits with relatives, a wedding at the Chr Reformed church parsonage, and numerous local residents visiting Des Moines, Oskaloosa, and Newton.
Case Sunday afternoon visitors in the Dirk Monsma home included Jennie Grace Glen Elmer Elscott and Mr and Mrs John Kuipers Lucille and Joy of Pella Oskaloosa visitors Tuesday included Mr and Mrs Henry Willemsen Mr and Mrs Evert Vander Pol and family and Mrs Guy Elscott Mr and Mrs Lester Gause Sr and Ralph were Newton callers Monday Evert Van der Pol visited his father in hospital at OsKaloosa for an operation Wednesday John Elscott and family visited Pella Tuesday Richard Van Doorn was an Otley and Pella caller Tuesday Wilda Vander Pol visits Mary Joyce Garner in New Sharon Francis Van Zante visited with John Elscott family Sunday afternoon and children Lewis Wanders and Francis Van Zante were in the Elscott home
Mrs Art Van Zee mother of Mrs elasper De ing health Van der Leest Thursday laseek and the Wm Zegers family with Mrs J Bloodsworth helped her cook for threshers Trene Bloodsworth visited relatives in Pella Grandia family and Barbara Joyce Keuning visited W H Verwers Arthur De Randis worked for Farmers Union store in Pella Gradus Klein family went to the Knox ville circus C J Kuiken drove to Oskaloosa on business
Local families hosted guests and members gathered for 4-H events in Eddyville and surrounding areas. Reports list numerous visits, home gatherings, and a large Scott Ancedus 4-H program with music, plays, and readings.
Lynnville couple Mr and Mrs Lyle Montgom welcome a baby boy weighing six pounds four ounces born Friday at Mahaska hospital Oskaloosa. Miss Frangis Shaffer and Carol Ver Steg vacationing in Rochester Minnesota. Mr and Mrs Ozro Dearinger welcome a baby boy eight pounds six ounces born Sunday. second child in the home.
Otley residents and friends held a busy social weekend with visits to the Zegers and Kuiken households. Gatherings included Angeline Van Waardhuizen and Earl Grandia at Rene Van Engelhoven’s home, and Mrs. Wm. Zegers calling on C J Kuiken kin in Killduff. Helen Vanden Berg recovering from appendicitis. Wilma Vanden Berg assisted at threshing. Minnie Rexront and children visited Leo Waits in Lacona for a birthday celebration.
A fragment from Summit Glen notes visits by Obia to the Forrest Hedrick home and multiple social gatherings in Pella and Des Moines. It lists extended family visits, hospitality at homes, and a joke about population density in the neck up, plus a stray item about an escaped lunatic in St. Louis playing jazz.
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