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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1951
Page
2
LOCALS News contributions are welcome at The Chronicle. Visitors or those away on trip should send in news and cards or call. Several local residents were mentioned visiting hospitals and relatives in Oskaloosa and nearby towns during March.
Alpha Psi Omega plans Thursday and Friday performances of the room drama The Night of January 116th at Pella. The revival, first staged in 1938 by Maurice Birdsall, features a 26 member cast with double casting for five female roles and debuts twelve new Central College thespians.
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Exhibits at the Family Life Conference March 19 and 20 at Town State College showcase time motion ideas for homemakers. Titles include Oldsters Can Have Fun Too and Creative Family Recreation. Highlights cover at home tasks easing routines, nutrition variants for families, and education on thorough family life training by the college’s Home Economics Department.
Mayor Reuter lauds CROP's work in supplying food via CRA LOG Bremen to West Berlin. He notes 200 to 500 refugees daily, a stressed municipal economy, and large welfare dependent numbers amid limited industrial activity. He thanks Catholic and Protestant relief leaders and cites broader city unemployment context.
Two Akron railroad workers narrowly escaped injury last week when their railway motor car had a sudden encounter with a freight engine. Burris and Alvin aided each other to safety as the danger passed, averting a serious wreck.
Butch Curly-haired Pred Brower, coach of Point, promised to trim his hair if his basketball squad shaved theirs. The players complied and won the sectional tournament, achieving the coach's bet.
William Gesselink born November 28 IR A on a farm north of Pella died at Skiff Hospital Newton March 1851 aged 81 4 days. He married Willemina De Geus December 29 1892 and they had three children Gerard Cyrenus and Lauren. Survived by daughter Laurena granddaughter Mrs Hugh Williams three grandsons Raymond Jerold and one more. two brothers Gerrit and Tunis. preceded by wife two sons parents and six brothers. Funeral March 10 1951 at First Reformed Prairie City and Garden Chapel Pella with Rev W Rozenberg, burial Oakwood cemetery.
We express gratitude to all who were kind and considerate during his illness and after his passing. We gratefully acknowledge sympathy, condolences, and flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kool Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Williams.
Mrs George Kramer of Sully Iowa died at 74 after a long ministry with husband Rev George Kramer. Born May 19 1876 in Iowa, she joined the church early and served with Classical Missionaries in Davis South Dakota before retirement in 1945. Survived by her husband three sons a daughter in law and many grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. George Kramer were held March 7 1951 at 1 20 a.m. from the residence and 12 noon at Sully Reformed Church with Rev C Stoppels officiating. Interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery in Ackley with graveside rites led by Rev Peter Koenen. The family thanks friends who aided during illness and afterward and expresses appreciation for sympathy and flowers from neighbors and colleagues.
Gertie Klein born October 1877 in the Netherlands came with her family to the United States settling in Pella. She married Gerrit Kaldenberg on June 30 1897 and had seven children. The Kaldenbergs moved to Monroe in 1904 where she lived until her death March 8 1951 at age 73. The long illness ended at home after four years of declining health.
Clarence W. Van Vark died in Mahaska Hospital Oskaloosa Iowa on March 10 1951 at age 61 after a life spent in Pella. He married Hazel Veenstra on November 2 1912 and had two children Vee and Robert with one grandchild Gregory. Surviving siblings include W A Bert Van Vark Harry Barr Dora Garson Janet Clark and others. Funeral services were held March 13 1951 at Van Dyk Funeral Home with Rev A Haverkamp. interment Oakwood Cemetery.
Neighbors who cared for our husband and father Clarence W. Van Vark during illness and hospitalization are gratefully thanked for their aid and comfort. Expressions of sympathy and flowers as tokens of regard are acknowledged with deep appreciation.
Obituary notes the passing of a woman whose family includes five children Will Kaldenberg Des Moines Mrs Ethel Tyrell Monroe M a Pitts Polk City Gi ard Kaldenberg Memphis Missouri and Mrs Dorothy Van Veen Pella. Survivors include fourteen grandchildren six great grandchildren three sisters Mrs Vant Wright Iowa Mrs L J Vande Voort Pella and Mrs Messelink Inglewood. Funeral Saturday March 10 in Monroe and at the Cooperative Funeral Home conducted by Rev C O Anderson of Pella. Burial Graceland Cemetery Pella. Peacefully sleeping the long troubled life ends.
Relatives of Pella express gratitude to those kind and considerate during mother and sister Mrs. Gerrit Kaldenberg illness and after her death. They acknowledge appreciative expressions of sympathy and flowers offered by neighbors, friends, and the community. The children Anil Sis.
Word arrives March 1 of John F. Le Cocq age unknown of Des Moines. Brother of Charles LeCoeqa and formerly of Pella his body will be brought to Pella for funeral and interment at Oakwood Cemetery. Services set for 1 PM Friday March 16 at Van Dyk Funeral Home.
A correspondence from Winterswijk Netherlands to the Pella Rotary Club details in the letter a 4400 population town with forty members versus Winterswijk’s 21000 and about twenty members. The Dutch club encloses a list of members and classifications and notes no nicknames.
U J Van Ommen writes as chairman of an international committee noting Rotary ties between his town and the Rotary Club of Woodgreen London England. He recalls visitors from Woodgreen, local factories and farms, and borders with Germany while expressing wary postwar sentiment and listing club members.
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