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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1954
Page
7
Ottumwa families announces the engagement of Donna Jean Welbourne to Harold E. Vos of 1010 Union Street. No wedding date set. Donna Jean recently graduated from Ottumwa High School while Harold is in the Pella senior class.
Leighton Happy Hearts 4 H Club held an all day meeting June 9 at Mary Van Zomeren’s home with 16 members and two leaders attending. Demonstrations covered hems, gathers, buttonholes and using patterns. A pot luck dinner followed. Camp delegates spoke of experiences and songs were sung. members worked on individual projects into the afternoon. June 11 marked the 26th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Kuiper of 815 Liberty Street Pella with a relatives gathering in the evening. The Amvet Auxiliary will meet June 21 at Mrs. Frank Boat’s home and memorial services are planned for member Mrs. D W Van Gorp.
An advertisement promotes REMATRON a questionable tonic or remedy. It claims pain relief for rheumatism and neuritis and offers a money back guarantee. The ad mentions a court case with a $280 action and promises satisfaction or refund. It uses garbled wording and questionable medical claims.
By Bylvia Van Baren daughter of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Van Baren of 16286 State Street South Holland Illinois married Melvin Hugen son of Mr and Mrs Dick Hugen of Pella at the South Holland Protestant Reformed Church on Friday May 28 Reverend Nelson Schipper officiated. Two hundred fifty guests attended. Eleanor Vander Beek of Pella played the organ as John Van Til sang God Gave Me You and Saviour Like a Shepherd Lead Me. The bride wore a marble satin gown with organdy rose appliques and a chapel train, finger-tip veil with seed pearl crown, and carried a white Bible with an orchid and lilies of the valley. Attendants were Gertrude and Agnes Van Baren Joan Vroom and Mildred Hoeksema. Best man Robert Hagen. groomsmen James Lent Gise Van Baren Max Hoeksema. ushers Gilbert Van Baren Jr. and Frank Van Baren. The mothers wore navy lace and pink outfits with orchid corsages. A reception followed at the First Reformed Church of South Holland. The couple honeymooned at Lake of the Ozarks Missouri. Both attended Calvin College. groom at Calvin Seminary. Guests from Iowa included numerous Vander Beeks Hugen and Van Baren relatives. The Vander Horst family gathering followed at Tracy with a pot luck and slides. A second family gathering was held near Pella for the Slagter leave.
The piece explains how both children and adults express anger, the surge of energy behind it, and how to redirect it. It contrasts explosive reactions with constructive redirection, advising safe toys and guidance to channel energy toward permissible activities.
Guidance on selecting beef, wrapping, and freezing for long storage. Emphasizes clean equipment, sanitary handling, and proper chilling. Recommends choosing whole cuts or hind or fore quarters, wrapping to prevent moisture loss, labeling with type cut size weight and date, and freezing at zero Fahrenheit or lower. If storage exceeds home capacity, use a locker plant.
A roster of De Geus families including Ernest and Mrs De Geus with children Donnie Darrel and Gary Dale from West Des Moines and Ray De Geus family with Ronnie Pamela and Wendell from Pella. Also Harold De Geus with Donna and Michael of Des Moines John Stursma with Donald and Kenneth of Pella A2/c and Mrs Marion Slagter and Vicki Lynn of Medical Lake Washington and Mrs Carl Russell with Danny and Tommy of Oskaloosa.
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