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Local news notes from Pella area families and visitors
The column lists visits and conditions of residents in Otley, Knoxville, Pella, and nearby towns. It mentions births and illnesses, travel to Des Moines, Oskaloosa, Waterloo, and Cedar Falls, and visits with relatives. Notable names include Aalbers, Rietveld, Roose, Michmershuizen, Hoksbergen, Van Vliet, Vander Linden, and De Geus among others. The piece also notes a park addition at the Jasper County fairgrounds and a recent church service in Newton.
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Henry Aalbers
Shirley Ann
Iowa City
Otley
Aalber
Hoksbergen
John Rietveld
Bert Roose
Minnie Roose
Bill van Loon
Knoxville
Peter van Sittert
Florence
Margaret
Dick Michmershuizen
Michmershuizen
Bernice Hoksbergen
Andrew Hoksbergen
Lewis Swank
Des Moines
Delwin de Haan
Easton
Pennsylvania
Leonard Weyers
Edd Van_Ginkel
Marion Deer
Oskaloosa
Lewis van Vark
Mercy Hospital
van Vark
Bert
Gerrit Roose
Peoria
Pella Tuesda
Cyrus Nollen
Jno. Schuring
New York
Newton
First Christian Reformed Church
Fred Lautenbach
Willie
Pals
Meservey
John Ulrich
Fred Veenstra
M. van Baalen
Ford Motor Co
Carl de Vries
Los Angeles
Salih
M . Paul Boertie
Michigan
Washington
George Ramsey
Pauline Ver Meer
Mahaska Hospital
H. Ver Meer
Harriet Schilder
Evelyn Grootveld
Fremont
Reuben de Haan
Rotterdam
Kansas
Dan Meulpolder
Wm. Streeter
Red Rock
Hardy
California
Pella
Andy
Korena Korver
Katherine Breuklander
Jasper County
Bred J. Maytag
Clarence Mathes
Dwight
Henry Pethoven
Robert Kuyper
Waterloo
Devil's Backbone
Aurora
Iowa
J. van Vliet
Russell
Harry
Charles Cotton
Minneapolis
Arthur Renaud
Union
Paul Renaud
Cr. van Viet
HL. Renaud
Iss Mary Louise Renaud
Boone
Mildred Phearman
City
Ed. LeCocq
H. H. Gee
H. O. Wormhoudt
Legion
Orville Dykstra
C. F. Dykstra
Henry Ver Steeg
Duane Neifert
Herman Bogaard
Vander Lune
Jim van Buren
Reasner
Will van Buren
Lewis Popma
Frank Jaarsma
Alice Breuklander
Ray Moore