Marion County Teachers Tour NEA Convention and New England
Marion County educators Louise Van Zee Thelma Grandin Thelma Van Hemert and Ruth Vander Linden left Pella on June 22 to attend the National Education Association meeting in New York City and tour New England. Diary notes cover Washington DC landmarks the Capitol Library of Congress Lincoln Memorial Pentagon and a Cape Cod Boston visit including Old North Church and Paul Revere's House. The group spent four days in New York touring Central Park Rockefeller Center St Patrick's Cathedral and Empire State Building, with insights on Bowery and observatories.
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Louise van Zee
Thelma Grandin
Thelma van Hemert
Ruth Vander Linden
Pella
National Education Association
New York City
Capitol
Senate
House
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Paul Cunnningham
Library of Congress
National Archives
Lincoln Museum
Ford Theatre
Lincoln
Smithsonian Institution
John Smithson
United Stat
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington Monument
Virginia Hills
White House
Blair House
Truman
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buren
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
State Department
St. John’s Church
Madison
Mon-roe
John Q. Adams
Jackson
van Buren
Harrison
Tyler
Fillmore
Buchanan
Arthur
Franklin Roosevelt
Lincoln Memorial
France
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Washington
Virginia
Gettysberg
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Pentagon
Department of Defense, Arts and Indy
Berg
St. Louis
Lang
Wright Brothers
Wiley Post
Arlington National Cemetery
Mt. Vernon
U. S. Marine Band
Cape Cod
New England
Sagamore
Bourne
Thelma and
Louise
Boston
Old North
Paul Revere
America
New York
Henry Hudson
Manhattan
Bronx
Queens
Brooklyn
Richmond
Long Island
Sound
New Jersey
Park Sheraton Hotel
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Rockefeller Center
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Radio City
St. Thomas Church
Carnegie Mansion
Chur of the Heavenly Rest
Millionaire Row
Museum of City of New York
Harlem
Columbia University
St. Luke's Hospital
Morning Side Park
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Julliard School of Music
Riverside Church
Grant’s Tomb
Museum of Natural History
Automobile Row
China Town
Empire State Building
Woolworth Building
Ellis Island
Vander Bilt
St. John the Divine
North America
Mott Street
Moo Tie Temple
Bedloes Island
Liberty
New York World
U. S
Church of Transfiguration
Madison Square Garden
U. N
Trustees ‘Council
Bowery
Ground of New York landmarks in the United Nations trip notes
A traveler’s reminiscence describes the Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center, viewing observatories, and the 102nd floor dome. It notes U S and Canadian travel, Niagara Falls illumination, and a U N tour ending with details on the Secretariat Building height and funding, dated July 29 1954.
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U. S
Empire State Building
Rockefeller Center
Radio City
Rockefeller
Columbia University
Des Moines
Louise
Wall Street
Financial District
East River
Broadway
New York Stock Exchange
Radio City Musical Hall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Canada
U.S
Nigara Falls
Niagara Falls
New York
Niagara Parks Commission
Niagara
Detroit
U. N
Human Brotherhood
John D. Rockefeller
New
United Nations
General Assembly Hall
Pella
Iowa
Chronicle
Local visitors gather for Mrs Elscott and family
Miss Kate Elscott of Sully and Mrs Ella Holdsworth of Killduff visited Mrs Alicia Elscott. Langstraat and Mrs Pete Pol called on Mrs Langstraat, while Mr and Mrs Francis Younkin and three children from Princeton New Jersey visited Mrs Minnie Van Gorp. John Brummel and three children from Denver Colorado and Mr and Mrs Marion Vos with two children from Moline Michigan called on Peter Vos. On July 27 Pete De Heus celebrated his 83rd birthday.
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Kate Elscott
Sully
Ella Holdsworth
Killduff
Alicia Elscott
Duke Langstraat
Pete Pol
Langstraat
Francis Younkin
Princeton, New Jersey
Minnie van Gorp
John Brummel
Denver
Colorado
Marion Vos
Moline
Michigan
Peter Vos
Birthday remembrance at Home for the Age for John Vander Veer
On July 22 residents of the Home for the Age remembered John Vander Veer who reached 76 years. The observance marked his birthday with residents and staff noting the milestone.
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John Vander Veer
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Pleasantville
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General Electric
Veenstra
Phon
Pete de Heus
Hal
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Harding Des Moines
Home For the Age
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