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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1928
Page
7
Special correspondent reports Sunday calls at multiple Pella area homes including Veross, Durham, Van Weilden, Toll, Van Rees, Toom, and Van Zante households. Mentioned events include the 68th annual Sunday school convention at Harvey M E church on June 8 and invitation to the county convention June 17. Farmers Union shipped hogs from Howell for Visser and Van Lint. residents Bert Van Veen and Elizabeth Wichart also noted.
GALESBURG community members share Monday evening visits at Holmes and Zickel homes. Leah Terpstra plans Cedar Falls schooling. Arie Ver Steeg and Henry Mennenga visit Zickel home, with De Bruyn family hosts. George Perry family, Zickel and Holmes households mentioned along with weekend trips to Pella.
Mrs. P. E. Mendenhall and two sons visited the C. F. Van Lint home. Mr. and Mrs. Gerrett Klein called on the H. Klein home. Chas Toom and family and others visited Des Moines. They visited Miss Dixie Toom at Mercy hospital. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Van Steenwyk and daughter Clara visited Iowa City hospital. Miss Mary Toom seeks treatment at Des Moines Methodist hospital. Mrs. Wm. Paltzer and children spent time with her father M. Schakel’s family. Henry Koening of Huntington Park California visits Clarence Mathes in Pella area. Dick Schippers drives a new Chevrolet. Henry Hoekstra family spent Sunday with Gerrit Klein. Jim Van Lint returned from Rosseau after painting. Benjamin Heaman remains in Iowa City hospital, in pain and wheelchair. West Amsterdam school closed.
Relatives gathered Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Conn to celebrate their 20th anniversary with a three course noon dinner and a two course luncheon in the afternoon. The event featured an angel food cake with twenty candles and table linen from their wedding day, with numerous attendees from nearby towns.
Mrs Rosa Hammer and many couples hosted a social evening with Rev and Mrs Edd Thompson and guests Wendell Vander Pol and L E Vander Pol from Killduff. Attendees included Miss Anna Wisgerhof, Lorean Wisgerhof, Jeanette Dicleman, teacher Mrs John Holdsworth, Rev Geo Douwstra and children Furena and Howard. R G Conn and Mrs George Kiene attended a club meeting at Mrs Louis Perry's Lynnville home. Chas Savage Mile and Mrs Bob Wilkinson visited Ed Slack home.
Professor R. C. Amidon presided as athletic director for the boys high school and awarded honors to students who distinguished themselves in football. Recipients include W. Van Doorninck, Richard Tysseling, Elmer Nollen, Verle Ver Dught, O. Dykstra, K. Dykstra, Dan Beyer, Willard Langerak, and Edward Vander Ploeg for their participation in the past year.
The excerpt outlines which players will graduate and which remain for next season, noting seniors and letter men in basketball, with a 1928 schedule listing games from September through February across multiple towns. It also lists certificate recipients in baseball and track, special football and basketball awards, and remarks on participation opportunities for all boys, followed by various local notices and sale ads.
I wish to thank friends and neighbors for their aid and sympathy at the time of my bereavement by the death of my beloved wife. All words of regard for her character and memory will be cherished to help me bear my sorrow. T. J. Thomassen.
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