Taming of the Shrew Lights Up Pella Stage Tonight
Elizabethan fair and Shakespearean production set for Central College auditorium with 8 15 p m shows tonight and Friday and a 2 p m Saturday matinee. The event features period costumes, Elizabethan music, a painted stage, booths with crafts and tarts, cider, and live entertainment. Local students listed among cast and crew.
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Central College
Alpha. Psi
Shrew
Pella
Alpha Psi Bye House
Lhe Seme
Cos
Central
Local Births in Pella Area and Nearby Towns
Birth notices list Tracy Lynn Rust born March 9 in Fayetteville with parents Dennis and Sally In t Veld Rust, grandparents Klaus In t Veld and Art Rust. Sheryl Luanne Van Houweling born March 14 in Oskaloosa to Wm and Mrs Van Houweling, grandparents Merlin Roorda and Henry Van Houweling. Timothy Ver Meer born March 13 in Pella Community Hospital to Melvin and 1015 Main address Ver Meer, relatives Bert Van Hemert and A Ver Meer. other births include a daughter for Leo Fynaardt of New Sharon. a daughter for Wm Wehrle of Pella. a son for Gareth Vander Kieft of Monroe. a son for John and Mrs Veenstra of Lynnville. a daughter for Dean and Joann Risius of Brewster, Minn.. a daughter for Kenneth Cowman of Prairie City with Kaylene Sue born March 13 at Des Moines General Hospital.
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Dennis A. Rust
Millan Dr
Fayetteville
North Carolina
Tracy Lynn
Klaus
Pella
Art Rust
Ames
Rust
Sally
van Houweling
Wm. van Houweling
Melvin Ver Meer
Timothy
Pella Community Hospital
Bert van Hemert
A. A. Ver Meer
Leo Fynaardt
New Sharon
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Wehrle
Wm. Wehrle
Risius
Dean Risius
Brewster
Minn
Worthington, Minn
Joann Ter Louw
Simon Ter Louw
Cowman
Kenneth Cowman
Prairie City
Kaylene Sue
Des Moines General Hospital
Gerrit J. van Wyk
Warren Cowman
Goldie
Esther
Bert
Ver Dught
Iowa
George
Harry Weyers
Lester Nikkels
Sully
Tracy
Upland
California
Clemmie
Mason Stewart
Fannie
Howard Stephen
Obituary notices from Iowa area churches and families
Obituary notices recount the life of Julia Hackert Monster at 73 near Pella born 1887 daughter of Klaus and Cornelia Hackert, married 1910 to L J Monster with five children, and funeral at Third Reformed church. Additional obituaries cover Walter Molen of Pella, and multiple relatives with services across New Sharon Sully and Pella, including interments at Graceland and Sully cemeteries. The items mention church roles, mourners, and extended family.
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She
Klaus and
Cornelia Hackert
Third Reformed Church of
Pella
Julia Hackert
L. J. Monster
Cornelia
Martin Vink
Leighton
Jacob Monster
Knoxville
Jennetta
Marion Vander Linden
Oskaloosa
Henry Monster
Leona
William Vander Molen
Cornelius Hackert
Lendert
Pete
Art
Govert
Nick
Alice
Jake Brand
Mary
Neal Weeda
Artie Hackert
Monster
Third Reformed Church
Wilbur Ringwalda
Henry Hackert
Ralph Hackert
Carl Hackert
Henry Klein
Marion Monster
James W. Wolf
Graceland Cemetery
Garden Chapel
Gerrit Menning
Georgia Chalfont Dies Former Pella Osteopath at 71
Dr Georgia Chalfont 71 of Oskaloosa died Sept 28 after a career begun in Pella in 1915. Still College graduate she practiced 12 years, later opening an Oskaloosa office in 1929 and remaining active until death. Survived by three sisters two brothers two stepsons and several relatives services held March 8 at First Christian Church Forest Cemetery burial.
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Lower Grove
Walter
Frank
Harlen
Georgia Chalfont
Oskaloosa
Pella
Still College of Osteopath
Des Moines
William EB
Ella Hite Chalfont
Farmington
Still College
Henrietta Brown
Milton
Marion Pourchot
Leonard Williams
New Sharon
Charles Chalfont
Detroit, Mich
Harold Chalfont
San Antonio
Texas
William J. Wagner
Henry Arthur Wagner
Cleveland
Ohio
First Christian Church
Forest Cemetery
Still Teaches Mr Lindsey of Millersburg at Sunday School
Mr W J Lindsey of Millersburg recently celebrated his birthday. He teaches a Sunday school class of old men aged 45 to over 80. He farmed and taught for 60 years and has always taught Sunday school.
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W. J. Lindsey
Millersburg
West Africa Boys Seek U S Pen Pals in Iowa Newspapers
Nigerian youths William O Thomas and Sunday A Tayo request pen pals near Towa Iowa. They cite interests in swimming dancing horseback riding cycling stamp collecting movies fishing and hunting and ask the paper to publish their names and addresses. The note mentions USS Essex crossing the equator on Feb 7 1800 as historical context.
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Iowa
Towa
William O. Thomas
Moloney Bridge
St. Lagos
Nigeria
West Africa
A. Tayo
Griffith St
Lagos
William C. Thomas
Pella Block and Tile Expands North of Pella
Pella Block and Tile Company moves its new headquarters a mile north of town on the Sully road. Owner Henry Van Weelden notes demand in Pella and New Sharon for poured concrete foundations and walls using steel forms for speed and strength. The firm runs a ready mix plant in New Sharon and continues concrete work, building block and patio tile production with a six-man crew ready for spring and summer activity.
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Pella Block and Tile Company
Henry van Weelden
Pella
New Sharon
van Weelden
Sully Road
Chronicle News PI
Walter Jackson obituary notes life in Mahaska County
Walter Jackson born March 29 1883 in Peoria Iowa to Jane Dunnwoody Jackson and Phil emon Jackson died March 2 1961 at Pella Community Hospital aged 77 years 11 months 2 days. He married Goldie Mortland on May 18 1905 and they had two children. Walter spent his life in Mahaska County moving to
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Walter Jackson
Jane Dunnwoody Jackson
Philemon Jackson
Peoria
Iowa
Pella Community Hospital
Goldie Mortland
Walter
Mahaska County
Mary Jansen, long-time Sully resident, dies at 72
Mary Jansen born Sophia Stam in the Netherlands August 1988 came to the United States at 16, settled near On January 6 1909 she married John Struik and had six children. After his death in 1922 she married Dick Jansen on February 22 1940. She died March 7 1961 at Community Hospital Grinnell at age 72. Survived by her husband and six children Hubert Newton Kryn Sully Wilma Sjaardema Denver Cornelia Van Norden Sully Christine Vander
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Cornelius
Alida) de Ronde
Gerrit
Anna) Vander Wiele
Christian Reformed Church
Lydia Society
Jansen
van Dyk-Duven
Pella
Sully
Jay A. Wesseling
Gary van Norden
Marvin Struik
Martin Vander Molen
Loren Vander Lune
Morris Groenendyk
Duane Sjaardema
Mary
Dick Jansen Vaa
Sophia Stam
Cox Nellius
Cornelia Kruisw
Province of
Utrecht
Netherlands
Grinnell
United States
John Struik
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Kate
Mary Vander Pol
Linda Tysseling
Mary Dieleman
Kay McDonald
Vi Baker
Eunice
Duits
Petruchio
Bob Wegter
Elizabeth
Alpha Psi
Jerry Hoogenakker
Don Dahm
Karen Wesselink
Linda Tyssejing
Ellen Rempe
Hancock
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Bremerton
Wash
Fynaardt
Julia (Hackert) Monster
Pat Ving
Gaininne) Forsyth
Eddyville
Pella Osteopath
OWA Electric Light and Power Company
U.S
U. S
Mrs
Dick Jansen
David Bradley
Wood Bros
Alva Pyle
Earl
Bill Shields
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