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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 28, 1955

Page

4

Community Notes from Newton Area Social Roundup

Dick Jansen and family depart to Denver for several days visiting the Melton Sjaardema home. Royce Macy and boys head to Clear Lake for a few days. Apres Midi club met at Mrs. Homer McDowell’s Scarboro home with flowers program and refreshments. East Iowa Bible Camp visit and cooking help noted. A large Tupperware party hosted by Mrs. Leonard Van Genderen with numerous attendees. U and S Farm Bureau Club met July 14 with songs readings and a piano duet. August meeting planned at Mrs. John Van Engelhoven’s home. Rev Kermit Rietema conducted services at Newton Christian Reformed Church. Tunis Nikkel and family head to Michigan, stopping in Chicago.

Dick Jansen William van Norden Newton Denver Colo Meiton Sjaardema Royce Macy Clear Lake Apres Midi Club Homer McDowell Scarboro Rayford Meredith M. R. Anderson Mamie Boats Fred de Vries Ernie Elscott Robert Glenn Monsma U. and S. Farm Bureau Club Dick Ver Ploeg Evert Kruseman Farm Bureau Nancy Stanley Paul de Penning Leonard van Genderen the Mesdames Clarence Monsma Donald de Jong Robert Renaud Lowell Northcutt John van Engelhoven John Eysink Ray Buitenwerf Ben van Nimwegen Don de Jong Virgil Boot Connie Terpstra John Boot Milo Kruseman Kermit Rietema Newton Christian Reformed Church Christian Reformed Church Tunis Nikkel Nelson Wilbur Nikkel Stevie Michigan Chicago

Local church notes and family milestones in a rural Iowa area

Sunday guest minister Rev. Dewey Hoitenga of Cortland Michigan travels to Lyn den Washington for a National Union of Christian Schools Convention. Congratulations to Dale and De Young on the birth of Merrill Bryce at Mahaska Hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Peter Meyer and Mr. and Mrs. John D. De Young. John Boender welcomed a baby daughter in Oskaloosa. Hilda and Nellie Vander Hart plan Calif. Donna Zimmer publicly confesses faith. Mildred Westerkamp visits Lenora Vogelaar Otley. Macia Vogelaar with Norma Westerkamp. Gerrit Van Noorden of Sully visits daughter Marion Cwank family. Sgt. Daniel Van Gorp returns home from El Paso. Two more service members remain. Richland Rustlers 4-H meet to plan County Fair livestock showing at Jessie and Bud Vande Voort’s. Gilbert Bandstra and Grinnell family visiting.

Dewey Hoitenga Cutterville Michigan Hoitenga Lynden Washington National Union of Christian Schools Dale de Young Mahaska Hospital Merrill Bryce Peter Meyer John D. de Young John Boender Sturday Oskaloosa Hilda Nellie Vander Hart California Christine Jennie Vander Hart Donna Zimmer George Zimmer Mildred Westerkamp Lenora Vogelaar Otley Macia Vogelaar Norma Westerkamp Peter Westerkamp Gerrit van Noorden Sully Marion Cwank Daniel van Gorp John van Gorp el Paso Texas Golden Gate Eldon Iowa Marvin Vander Molen Alameda Calif Aston Roose Ardmore Oklahoma Richland Rustlers Jessie Bud Vande Voort Gilbert Bandstra Grinnell

Scholten cast in Iowa U Opera as Basilio in Figaro

Milton Scholten of Boyden Iowa, a graduate student at the State University of Iowa, is cast as Basilio in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro to be staged Tuesday through Thursday evenings at the university. He previously studied at Central College Pella and Drake University, with past roles in Love for Three Oranges Knickerbocker Holiday and The Red Mill.

Milton Scholten Boyden State University of Iown Basilio Suzanna Figaro Scholten Central College Pella Kinross Red Mill Drake University Ravel

Local Social Notes From Sully Area Gatherings

Guests of Mr and Mrs Henry Vande Voort and daughters joined by Richard Vander Wilt and son Junior from Davenport Iowa for noon dinner at Peter Westerkamp home Saturday. Ralph Dop and sons of Rose Hill Indiana visited De Jong family and attended church singing. Anna Marlene Westerkamp visited Joyce Rozendaal and attended Reformed Church with Adrian Rozendaal family. Mrs George Dear arrived from Fremont Michigan to spend weeks with her children. Otto Vos hosted a picnic in her honor. Wm Van Sant family visited K Woensdredt home. Mrs Lewis De Vries cared for her bedfast mother all day last week. Bert Swank family enjoyed picnic at Newton Park. Otto Vos is ill at home.

Henry Vande Voort Richard Vander Wilt Davenport Peter Westerkamp Ralph Dop Rose Hill Herman A. de Jong Anna Marlene Westercamp Joyce Rozendaal Sully Adrian Rozendaal George Dear Fremont Michigan Otto Vos Wm. van Sant K. Woensdredt Lewis de Vries

Corn Future Bright In Wealthy Economy

Earl J. Heady, farm economist at Iowa State College, told a North Central meeting that corn holds a relatively bright position in the period of economic growth ahead. He discussed supply demand and price prospects amid rising farm prosperity.

Thal American Society of Agronomy Ames Earl Heady Iowa State College

Officers and Members of ASC Committee Listed

Tabulation of ballots cast in each township in Marion County for ASC members delegates and alternates was completed late Tuesday evening July 19 and announced Wednesday by the county ASC office according to the Knoxville Journal. The township delegates two from each will meet at the ASC

Tabalatiog Bill Momyer Ray Cline Clarence King ASC Pella Marion County Agricultural Stabilization Committee Knoxville Journal

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Sully News Tunis Blom Wilma Johnson Delmer Schultz Fred de Jong Lyle ‘Brand Paul Vander Kamp Kenneth Fleming Chadwick Ver Ploeg Norman van Wyk Les van Gorp Ivan Fleming Evert van der Pol John Nikkel Peoria News John Wilbur van EE Pella, Iowa U. Opera Corn Town State College Agronomists 3. M. Scholl H. E. Thompson Knoxville Committeem Cares Clay Glenn Knox James Riggen Clarence Rietveld Lambert Veenstra Lloyd Havener Lake Prairie Myron Nolen Extension Council Tow Mit Farm Bureau-Extensioning Koos Katheryne Visser Iam den Adel Henry Gosselink Lawrence Blom Francis D. Poortinga Polk Peter van Ham Walter Anderson John Vandenberg Ray Clark Norman Robus Red Rock Kenneth Temple Bi ‘Ing Central Fig Sity Ial County Agcultural Extension Reyal Zenith Pella Hotel Audiphone Co Fleming Des Colfax Sale Fai Colfax Sale Company A. S. C. Committee STRAN Stran-Steel Div Great Lakes ‘Stee Corp Wall of Nationel Steel Corp Frank Maxson Westinghouse Westinghouse Room Caruhoox Conhaim Big League” Ad Service Haim Advertising Service
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