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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1955
Page
11
Cordova community items include updates on road work near the Cordova bridge, a dammed dump cleared for grade reinforcement, and remarks on public improvements. Social notices celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, and local visits, with numerous mentions of neighbors and family events across nearby towns and farms.
Lynnville Friends Church sponsors a community wide Daily Vacation Bible School from June 6 to 17 with a 4 PM program for the public. Ages four through ninth grade assigned to Beginners Primary Junior and Intermediate departments. Volunteer staff and daily luncheon planned. Carl D. Byrd pastor and Ervin Meredith superintendent organize a May 27 meeting to finalize personnel and materials. Nearby alumni banquet officers listed. Community members and families attend events and travels noted.
Mrs Charles Vander Kolk and others from Pleasantville and Pella visited in the Robert Van Essen home. Sam Sedrel and others visited Mrs Gertrude Aalbers. Families visited in Norman Ruivus and Hattie Ver Steegh homes. A pink and blue shower honored Mrs Carl Horman with lunch by Mrs Van den Berg. Several relatives gathered at Hattie Ver Steegh’s, and vacation plans noted for Rev Hollander. Mrs Jennie Vander Kieft underwent surgery May 28 and is improving. A vacation Bible school starts June 6 and Iowa C E Convention is June 10–12 at Central College in Pella. The Lamp Lighters Society meets Thursday at Otley Reformed Church with listed program items.
A fragment describes a Sunday schedule with visits to inns and cafes in Innell followed by a rain afternoon at home near Mesdames Riverta Ratlif Daley Burnban Mary Brown Elsie Renaud Elvira Miter Carl He Quire Pansy Vander amp senna no cael and Laura Trease. Guests include Mr and Mrs Guy Elscott of Pella and Mr and Mrs Lyle Montgomery of Sully, who dined with Cornie Dunsbery and Mrs. to return to Mr and David visiting Mrs Bis s son at Deep River Sunday.
All girls of the church and community are invited as Mr and Mrs Bud Vriezelaar host a Sunday gathering in the Charles Vander Ige study. Captain Donald W Vriezelaar, now based in Omaha after London duty, writes of landing in New York and future travels to New Jersey Savannah and Prosperity before visiting Otley and Monroe. Several relatives plan visits, and consistory notes meet at Otley Reformed Church while neighbors Ada Robus and Beulah Johnson join Friday visitors.
S/Sgt. Stanley Oswalt, patient at Collins Hospital in Knoxville, transferred to a hospital in Texas with address at Air Force Hospital Ward 112 Sheppard AFB Wichita Falls. Galesburg Christian Church Ladies Aid Society met May 25 at the church for devotions, Bible study, and a business session led by Mrs. Anne De Penning. luncheon served by Mrs. Francis Heemsbergen and Mrs. Wilbur Sparks, with attendees named.
A Friday evening steak fry hosted by Drake University drew attendees including Vir ginia Witte Patty Bunn Jerry Crawford and the Dye and Hendricks households. Sunday visitors included Colfax residents at Carl De Bruyns home and several Nebraskans from Firth Monroes area and Newton. Decoration Day weekend guests joined multiple local households for meals and birthday observances.
Linda Janie and Herbie Hagen of Oskaloosa spent Friday and Saturday with grandparents Mr and Mrs Wm De Hee. Mr and Mrs Mel Brummel and sons visited Ken neth Bailey family at Siguorney Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Harold De Bruin Rodney and Mary visited Jacob J De Haan Sunday afternoon for their 20th wedding anniversary. Wm Schalekamp and kids from Sioux Center were weekend guests with Howard Glending. M R Tysseling, visiting M M De Reus, entered Mercy Hospital on Tuesday.
A series of social visits and family get togethers are reported across Oskaloosa Des Moines and Pella Iowa. Don Kennedy and family spent Wednesday with Kennedy relatives. Abe Rempe visited Wilfred Rempe. M M De Reus met Marion Van Haaf ten in Monroe. Gerald Bogaards traveled to Grand Rapids Michigan to visit his sister’s family. Ruth Ann and Peggy Lou Green visited grandparents in Des Moines. Eugene Sedrel and a Oskaloosa family visited Henry Sedrel. H Kuperus left Mahaska Hospital for Pella Rest Home at 910 Washington St.. Howard Rowland of Rose Hill stopped by the De Reus home. Carol and Connie Sedrel spent time with A W Van Hansten. Ruth Circle Society and families enjoyed a pot luck at Farm Bureau rooms in Oskaloosa. L Overbergen visited Henry Sedrel. Dorothy Newendorp, a Mercy Hor nurse’s aide, spent Friday with Brent Newendorp and family.
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