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Pella Society Briefs Cover Hostesses and Weddings
In Pella events of late May, about fifty members met for a social afternoon with business, then Lady Aid served refreshments. W. A. Rietveld reelected director. officers named Gerrit Visser president C. T. Van Lint secretary J. Schippers treasurer. directors H. A. Rietveld and Adrian De Young. Earlier socials included kitchen showers for Miss June Stureman, a Prairie Lake school picnic, and pre nuptial events for Miss Fox. June Stureman married Morgan Paschal in a formal ceremony at Central College with a reception at Elmwood Inn. attendees included many Pella residents and relatives. Also noted were weddings of Reuben Thomassen and Florence De Haan, and De Haan and Gosselink nuptials, with multiple local guests.
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Ladies Aid
W. A. Riteveld
Gerrit Visser
C. T. van Lint
J. Schippers
H. A. Rietveld
Adrian de Young
H. Jaarsma
F. Jaarsma
Florence Black
Wilma Vander Linden
Elmwood Inn
Loren Hendricks
Margearite Kool
Des Moines
Mise XK
Howard Young
Prairie City
Paschal
Chicago
Madison
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Paschals
Omaha
Sioux City
Bryn Mawr
June Stureman
Pella
Central College
Northwestern University
Evanston
Osage
Chariton
Pi Kappa Delta
National Forensic League
P.E.O
Frank Paschal
Wellesley
Mass
Mattie Morgan Paschal
Central
John Morgan
Fred Morgan
Harvard University
Iowa Insurance Service Bureau of
A. Stureman
Bosma
Jaarsma
Gertrude Jaarsma
Frank Jaarsma
T. H. Liggett
Wesselink
I. M. Henry
Jerry Stureman
Jane Everett
Albia
Wilda Ryal
Mingo
Esther Row
Dallas Center
Ida’ Mac Slotten