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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1952
Page
10
News from nearby towns and rural communities reports illnesses like colds and flu, church and school attendance affected by illness, local visits, and family events. Notable items include Rosalie De Jong and Janice Vande Voort recovering from chicken pox, funeral for G. W. Nibbelink, and several marriages and anniversaries.
Local residents and visitors frequent Des Moines for shopping trips while patients linger in Newton hospital. Community gatherings include Christian church ladies aid meeting with prayer and readings. Families host dinners, anniversaries, and weekend visits, with several trips to Colfax Pella and Oswalt households.
The Sully News records births and family visits in February including John and Mrs Van Maanen announcing a daughter born February 26 at Mercy Hospital Oskaloosa and Harry Dieleman’s daughter Ruth Elaine born February 26 at Community Hospital Grinnell. Families travel to Cedar Falls Marshalltown Fort Riley and Des Moines. hospitalizations include Lambert Vanden Beek and Mrs Leonard Van Genderen. a stillborn infant is noted with funeral services held near Sully.
Monroe residents attended the funeral for Adam P. De Yong in Tipton Oklahoma while a fire damaged the old McDuff house east of Monroe. The cause remains unknown as the structure, owned by A. T. Van Zante, was empty after damage to a stairway and one downstairs and one upstairs room.
Donald Robinson Eldon Marshall John Throckmartin attended refreshments. Dean Barr Jebb Bender of Memphis and Robert Barr of Nashville spent last weekend at the John Dykstra home. The Leland Balmer and John Wherelaar households attended the 26th wedding run of Fred Forker near Newton on Tuesday evening February 26. Harold Vander Hart Larry Monroe Elmer Van Hemert and children visited Francis Van Dusseldorp Monday evening. Van Hemert and Van Dusseldorp attended choir practice in Otley that evening. Clifford De Jong and family from Oskaloosa spent Monday evening with Elmer Vogelaar. Oliver Richmond of Wisconsin and Henry Herwe of Monroe were guests Monday of Gradus Vriezelaar. Simon Van Dusseldorp Lorence were Pella callers Wednesday. H W Vriezelaar Elmer Vogelaar called on their mother Mrs J F Hiemstra in Pella Wednesday.
Leighton News lists dinner guests visiting Oskaloosa and Ottumwa, choir farewell for Miss Cene Dykstra bound for Alaska, and various gatherings at Ebenezer Reformed Church. Visitors include Ver Meer, De Reus, Van Zonk, Tysseling, and Hasselman families with plans for CM events and a March 11 13 play by the youth group. Pvt Kenneth Glewen visits fiancé Betty Den Hartog. ministers attend conference in Des Moines.
Mr and Mrs A Reynolds of Ellsworth observed their 57th wedding anniversary recently in a simple family gathering.
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