Meppelink Reunion and Local Society Notices
Mrs. I Meppelink Sr hosts a big Meppelink reunion with sixty attendees including thirty-nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren at the Van Heukelem home. Community groups including Masonic Lodge, Eastern Star, and O K S hold regular meetings with summer plans and guest programs. Betty Blommers marries Herbert Klaaren at the Blommers home, with a large guest list and a reception, followed by a move to Idaho after dental studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Meppelink
Meppelink
William van Heukelem
Bert Schuttinga
Engelyn van Duren
Helen de Bruin
Masonic Lodge
Masonic Hall
Eastern Star
Bussey
Masonic Study Club
Oskaloosa
Sunnyside Beauty Shop Services and Contact Info
Sunnyside Beauty Shop offers hair tinting scalp treatments facials manicure eyebrow arch permanent curls and ends. Soft water used for all work. Free consultation. Located at 314 Broadway phone 107 Mrs Jessie Sadler.
Church Sunday Schedule with Professors and Preacher
Sunday school begins at 9 30 a m at the church. Morning service at 10 45 a m features Professor Mennen ga. Evening sermon to be delivered by Rev J A De Jong of Leighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mennenga
J. A. de Jong
Leighton
Church Schedule and Vacation School Start Date
The church holds Sunday school at 9 30 morning worship at 10 45 with a sermon titled Pauls Principles of Fellowship. A B Y P U service is set for 6 30 followed by evening worship at 7 30 with a sermon A Profitable Exchange. Vacation school begins Monday June 8 at 9 A M.
Community Schedule of Services and Choir Practice
Thursday 7:00 choir practice. Thursday 7:30 Bible study. Saturday 7:30 Topic Thou Knowest All Things Oh Lord. Sunday 9:45 Sunday School for all. 11:00 Morning Worship topic The Broken Leaf. Sunday 7:30 Evangelistic Service When all Opposition Crumbles. Special singing and music at these services. You are welcome.
Mrs Walter Vander Hart Death Notice in 1936
Mrs Walter Vander Hart died May 28 after a long illness at her home. Funeral services were held from the home and First Reformed church with Rev. Haverkamp officiating. Interment in Graceland cemetery. Kornelia Kuyper born May 24 1867 two miles east of Pella died May 28 1936 aged 79. Married April 8 1875 to Walter Vander Hart. eleven children survive with numerous grandchildren and relatives. She joined Bethany church in 1885 and later Reformed church at Pella now Suily Illinois. She was known as a patient, devout mother who cared for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Vander Tart
First Reformed Church
Haverkamp
Graceland Cemetery
Kornelia Kuyper
Anne Kuyper
Pella
Walter Vander Hart
Etta
Gerrit
Runnells
Jennie Vander Zyl
Suily
Lillie Visscher
Annette Ter Louw
Holland
Ilinois
Marie
Anna
Agnes
Cretta
Joseph Rexwinkel
Alton
Iowa
Chas
Harmetink
Dick Ruisch
Orange City
Bethany Church of
Pel
Reformed Church
Visitors Pay Tribute to Pella
During and after the tulip festival visitors praise Pella for its beauties and antique display. A Minneapolis visitor and a European traveler compare the city favorably to their experiences abroad, calling the exhibits rare and excellent. Residents value these compliments from former locals now living elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Netherlands
Iso
Europe
Pella
Henry Terpstra Suffers Heart Attack at Home for the Aged
Henry Terpstra of the Home for the Aged had a heart attack last Saturday in his room while shaving. He was quickly attended by the home's physician and remained under care. he is reported recovering and needed for duties as gardener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Terpstra
the Home For the
Miss Harriet Van Donselaar Dies After Long Illness
Miss Harriet Van Donselaar, 38, died Saturday at her home 914 Liberty Street after 18 months bed confinement. Funeral Monday at 2 at First Christian Reformed Church with Rev. Frank De Jong. interment Black Oak cemetery. Survived by mother and eight siblings from Pella and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet van Donselaar
Liberty Street
First Christian Reformed Church
Frank de Jong
Black Oak Cemetery
Miss van Donselaar
M. van Donselaa
Highway 163
Pell
Rachel van Zante
Portland
Oregon
Art van Donselaar
Marie Grandia
Connie
Dora Vande Voort
Pella
Mabel de Haan
Cawker’ City
Kansas
Earl van Donselaar
Sully
God
School Near Fairfield Rents Dutch Costumes
F. W. Goad received a letter from Mrs. Lottie Hobson of Fairfield Iowa requesting two Dutch costumes for children aged about 10 and two pairs of wooden shoes for a pageant featuring several nationalities. Nellie Van Arkel promptly located the items and arranged delivery by Tuesday noon to the Fairfield address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Goad
Lottie Hobson
Fairfield
Iowa
Nellie van Arkel
Hobson
Pella
Man Chooses Car for All Seasons with Farm Bureau Gas
A man may drive a Chevrolet a Pontiac by night or day a Ford in winter spring and fall. Farm Bureau gas just suits them all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Studebaker
Tulip Festival Guides Crowd to Clothing Stalls
Report notes attendees at a Tulip Festival sought specific wearing apparel and found items at nearby stalls. Organizers praised vendor coordination and crowd navigation.
Girl Wages Valiant Battle For Life for Tulip Time Festival
Pauline Palmquist of Jennings Palmquist family, a Dutch costume hopeful for the Tulip Time festival, fought a serious illness at an Oskaloosa hospital. Stricken two days before the celebration, she lapsed into a coma but revived, with doctors shifting to cautious optimism as she regains consciousness and appetite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline
Oskaloosa
Perkins Hospital
Petrified Potato Shocks Dutch Town at Tulip Time Display
A mass of stone resembling a potato, bought with more tubers at Slob’s store, is on view at Pella Weekblad. Mrs. Schuring, peeling potatoes, found this specimen, prompting speculation it is petrified. The object’s form suggests a fossil-like origin, drawing local curiosity about next year’s Tulip Time costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Weekblad
Louis Kuringe
Slob
First Chr Reformed Pulpit and Mission Talk
The pastor Rev F De Jong plans a Minnesota vacation and expects to return to the pulpit on the 21st. Next Sunday the morning service will be led by Rev Walters of Prairie City with Dr Leo Huizinga, a noted Christian Reformed missionary to China, delivering the afternoon and evening messages. Ruth Burchett’s body was found after a car crash on the Keokuk Hamilton bridge dike. an inquest will be held at Hamilton, Illinois where the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. de Jong
Minnesota
Walters
Prairie City
Leo 8. Huizinga
Christian’ Reformed Church
China
Huizinga
Ruth Burchett
Keokuk and
Hamilton Bridge
Hamilton
Ill
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Order
Edward Roorda
Dave Roorda
Roy de Wild
Oree
E.R. Roorda
Louis de Wild
John Te Wild
G. Dykstra
Ale. van Zee
J. Des. Pete Hackert
Aild
Marion de Bruin
John Synhorst
Robert Roorda
Bernice de Goey
Carolyn Roorda
Tena van Rockel
Cornelia Hackert
Tena Roorda
Loren
Betty Blommers
Herbert Klaaren
Ben Blummers
A. Haverkamp
Marion Klaaren
Lucille Ver Ploeg
Ben Blommers
Peter Klaaren
Eddyville
Con Ver Ploeg
Lou van Roekel
Aln
Klaaren
Hull
Conklin
Michigan
John Blommers
Ben Kuyk
Chris le Cocq
New Sharon
Ormand Vander Schaaf
Esther Beerends
Lena Kuyk
Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa City
State University of Iowa
Idaho
Ladies’ Aid
James Huyser
Harry Iversen
Marie Lautenbach
E. S. Dunkin
Baptist Sunday School
West Market Park
Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Prgram
Will Baer
Glen Kempkes
Nesbit
Ramsey
Dora Baer
Helen Kempkes
Elizabeth — Lautenbach
Veterans’ Hospital
Knoxville
Lenora Hartman
Dorothy van Houweling
Allen
Jennie Beyers
Malinda
W. S. van Hemert
Dick Diekema
Ralph Grundman
E.A. Robinson
S. van Hemert
Sunnyside Beauty Shop
Broadway
Jessie Sadler
van der Ploeg
W. Vander Hart
Chronicle
Dick Ley
Northeast
Garden City
Oxfords
Pella and
Vicinity
John
Nieburg
Kuyper
Rhein
Arrabuck
White Oxfords
Franklin Street
Ira Payrae Ro
Pella, Iowa
DeWinter’s Shoe Store
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