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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1954
Page
8
News from Pella and Leighton details visits and gatherings. Residents travel to Gr Rapids Michigan to fetch Bernice Memmelaar from Calvin College. Seminarian Paul Bakker led services at the Christian Reformed Church. Heap O’ Livin’ Club toured Des Moines points of interest.
Otley residents hosted Memorial Day visitors from Ovid Colorado and nearby towns. Families celebrated anniversaries and attended Bible class picnics, with social calls to residents in Pella New Sharon and Buck Hill Falls. A 4 H dinner, a family reunion, and a Mercy Hospital birth were noted along with church synod travel plans and a theology student returning home.
On June 8 Marvin led the service at Otley Reformed Church with Gosselink of California directing the morning. Nearby, Jake Sneller hosted Norman Robus as they worked on a new garage for Ernest Blom. Memorial Day found Leslie Breen and sons visiting Keota, while Kaldenberg family members from Alba visited the Tice Kaldenberg home.
Local correspondent records a mosaic of Otley events and people. Jolyna Cronkhite and friends plan to visit Chicago while others relay Tulip Time memories, school activities, and service notices. Residents fix telephone lines, attend graduations, and discuss local happenings and travel reflections with affection and detail.
The Galesburg Christian Ladies Aid Society met at the church aid room on Wednesday afternoon May 26 with Mrs. Darrell De Bruyn and Mrs. Kenneth Carpenter leading devotionals. They sang Jesus Is Tenderly Calling and Walkin in The Light and read poems and prayers. A July 8 ice cream social was set. Several members and guests attended including Des Moines and Newton visitors, with lunch served by hostesses.
Oskaloosa News reports the Harrison Township Farm Bureau ladies hosted a May 26 meeting at Mrs. Roy Lytle's home with a Singer Sewing representative giving a lesson on machine use and attachments. Also noted are visits and gatherings at multiple local homes including the Vande Kieft, McCombs, Van Roekel, Van Zomeren, and Veldhuizen families during the weekend.
Joanne and Marilyn Van started the Garden Club session Saturday afternoon at the YWCA focusing on flower arrangements. Nearby, Eddyville visitors Mr and Mrs F Johnston and daughter joined Edmundson Park picnic activities. The Richland Township Farm Bureau held its May meeting last Thursday.
Mrs. P. Plate's home near Kirkville figures in a quirky note as Al Smith recalls the old New York Fulton Fish Market calling it his alma mater. The remark ties a rural locale to a famed urban market in a light, anecdotal fashion.
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