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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1954

Page

14

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.

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.

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.

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.

John Vander Veer

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