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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1939
Page
6
News notes residents and visitors from Pella Knoxville Oskaloosa and Ames. People travel to visit hospitals funerals and relatives while attending 4 H events and family gatherings. Names include Zegers Vanden Berg Kuiken Meinders Verwers Mol Van Engelhoven and others across Iowa towns.
Mrs Harry Williams and Mrs Virgil Benson hosted a long gathering for Henrietta Vander Pal with many relatives and friends attending at the Williams residence on a Wednesday afternoon. Guests included Will Swan Lester Gause Henry Klyn John De Jong Milton Talbot John Elscott Irene Frank Benson Clifford Baker and numerous Vander Pol and Elscott family members. Refreshments were served and Vander Pal received many gifts.
Last Saturday evening was a happy event for Mr. Albert Hiemstra of Prairie City as relatives gathered to celebrate his birthday. Attendees included Artie Hiemstra, Simon and Roy Van Dusseldorp and their spouses from Otley, Jake Hiemstra and son Ronald, Ed De Groot and children Bernice Marilyn Marion and Ed, and Mother Vare Beinte ma from Prairie City. Refreshment details followed.
Miss Bernice Vander Heiden of Oskaloosa visits her grandmother Mrs. H. Rempe and relatives in Leighton. 4 H convention attendees listed. Priscilla Sisters meet with twenty-one members. Ever-Ready class honors Men’s Brotherhood with program led by Rev. De Jong. Numerous visits and weekend guests noted, plus a fall for Mrs. Van Donselaar.
This week begins a series on Future Farmer projects with Willard Ver Meer showing a five acre hybrid corn field where stalks reach over two feet. Willis Van de Voort showcases top duroe hog stock admired by Mortimer Goodwin and Ed Van Zante, with other Future Farmer youths also breeding duroes. Additional notes cover community visits, neighbor hospitality, and local birthday celebrations while Gerrit Veldhuizen assists Henry Hackett in building a well for a cold storage plant in Oskaloosa.
Centennial Circle News reports a birthday gathering for Ronald De Bruin on his sixth birthday hosted by his mother Connie De Bruin. Guests included Thresa Stursma, Wilma Van Zee, Gerald Hoekstra, Ustermarkt family, Valster family, and other neighbors. A dainty lunch followed with sandwiches cookies and cake plus Kooladhe and frozen candy.
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