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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1977
Page
2
A retrospective on rural life from Laura Irene Sabin Zwan notes how farming and country living evolved in the 1900s. It contrasts city noise and water access with peaceful farm life, detailing old practices like ice storage, well cooling, dumbwaiters, and manual lawn care versus modern power mowers and riding machines, reflecting shifts in daily routines and conveniences.
Multiple birth notices from Pella and nearby towns report newborns including Curt Alan Kelderman born March 5 at Pella Community Hospital. Details list parents Arvin and Judy Kelderman, grandparents Ben Vander Molen and William C Kelderman, with siblings Peggy and Ryan.
Mr. and Mrs. Murry Goemaat of Cedar Rapids announce the birth of a son named Daniel Mark born February 23 weighing 8 pounds. Grandparents are Mrs. Lena Goemaat of Pella and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Chadwick of Keokuk.
Edwin Roorda of Cape Girardeau Missouri and formerly from Pella will keynote the Knoxville Reformed church event Thursday at 7 45 p m for the Reformed Church Men s Brotherhood Spring Rally He will share a personal account of how youth and adults are finding a new way of life at the Mid America Center.
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