Pella News Highlights Joy and Mourning in March
Mr. John Pethoven improves while Lon B. Wormhoudt dies at 64 after a brief illness. The Larks Choir Club hosted a silver wedding tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Vander Wilt with refreshments. Misses Gerada Hoekman and Marlyn Klein attend social visits. A concert by the Chr. High Choir is planned for Peoria Church. Several births are noted, including a son to Mr. and Mrs. Vander Wilt and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit Roorda, with grandparents named. The Queen Esther Circle staged an annual Mission Program at the church with varied performances and readings. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Vander Hart visit Grand Rapids, Mich. for a brief stay. The Young Men's and Young Woman’s groups held a Mass Meeting at the Pella Reformed Church. Ottumwa shoppers visit relatives for a wedding in the area, and local plays by the Pella Christian High and First Christian Church are reported. A personalized remembrance poem honors the blind, deaf, and dumb, urging gratitude for gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pethoven
Arthur Hoekman
Malta
Larks Choir Club
Greaing
Mn 7
Andrew Bandstra
Bastian Vander Wilt
John D. de Young
Tom Vander Hart
John Kloosterman
Case Boerelyn
Leonard Dahm
Jake Veldhuizen
Pella
Lon B. Wormhoudt
Mahaska’ Hospital
Wormhoudt and Kempkes
la Chr
Peoria
Gerada Hoekman
Anna Hoogendoorn
Marlyn Klein
Arthur Klein
Loretta Joan Westercamp
Wilbert van Dyk
Grand Rapids
Michigan
William Dale
Gerrit Roorda
Oskaloosa
Peter Weaterkamp
Taintor
Queen Esther Circle
Eac Society of the Church
Father
Cora Hol
Rev
H. Verduin
Queer Esther’ Circle
Vers Franje
Bible Searchers Society
Men’s Society
Persis Ladies Society
Margie Nieuwsma
Geneva Rus
Flora Swank
Junior Dear
Calvary
A. Bandstra
Mich
Gerald Paul
Calvin’ Civic Auditorium
Pella R Ref
Br. P. Y. de Jong
Niel Roose
Vos
Margaret
Ottumwa
Wilbur Veenstra
Sarah Mi Meinders
Vander Kam
Ra Ming
Melody Jones
Pella Christian High
Young People’s Society of the First Christian Reformed Church
Gary Ver Meer
Sunday Visitation and Meetings Reported in Oskaloosa News
Local social notices list visits by Mr and Mrs Wm De Heer of Ighton to the Van Wyk home. Confession of faith events are rescheduled to March 21 at Good Chapel. Pray Day services occurred at First Reformed Church. Van Zomeren family hosted relatives for Sunday dinner, and 4-H members Nancy Lee Marilyn and Joan Van Zomeren attended a training school and decorated a Sears window. Several farm moves are noted including Bouma to Roberts farm, Lappin farm changes, and Van Den Broek family relocation near University Park. The Reed family returned from a Texas trip visiting several towns and attending Bible conferences before continuing to Corpus Christi and various Texas stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. de Heer
Ighton
James van Wyk
Ronnie
T. Atchinson
J. Nicholson
First ‘Reformed Church
W. van Zomeren
Sjoerd Bouma
Song
Roberts Farm
Dale Lappin
Bours
Tom
Lappin Farm
Summit News Highlights Local Visits and Club Events
Summit community notes reflect visits among the Vriezelaar and Van Haaften families from Des Moines to Monroe and Knoxville. Residents attend weddings and anniversaries, new members join Otley farmers practice group, and Summit Homemakers Club installs officers with a candlelit service and a shared meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vickie McConeghey
Des Moines
Coralee Vriguelaar
Keith McConeghey
Charlotte
Carl McConeey
Knoxville
Duane van Haaften
W. Vriexelaar
Mary
Corsican
Velma Fisher
Bob Bobby
John Vriexelaar
Dave
Ken Old Pille
Clifford de Jong
Leo
Melba
Clifford Jr
Oskaloosa
Arthur Vriezelaar
Terry
Beth
Monroe
Elmer Vogelaar
Lenora
Marcia
H. W. Vriezelaar
Henry Ver Woert
Summit School
Max Too
Debbie
Gradus Vriezelaar
Dave Vander Ploeg
John Vriezelast
Delante
Francis Poortoga
Farren Scheiner
Otley
Otley School
Albia
Clarinda
Twila Jean Vriezelaar
Kathryn Vriezelaar
Summit Homemakers Club
Esthen Loynacan
Edwin Markham
Francia van
Dusseldorp
John Vr Vriezelaar
J. M. Viiet
Wm. Vrieze
Carrie Vrierelaar
Growing Old Gracefully at Clar ence Bricker Home
A school group hosts a session on Growing Old Gracefully by Miss Olson at the home of Mrs. H W Vrieselaar on April 18. Local visits include Miss Jean Bricker and several Bricker family members in Clar ence Bricker and Colfax area. Various residents traveled to Des Moines for the Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association meeting and dinner, while others returned from Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chool
Atera
Olson
H. W. Vrieselaar
Jean Bricker
Chester Bricker
Nanette
Des Moines
Clarence Bricker
John Vrierelaar
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Roy Vander
Ploeg
Craig
Sidney
Arizona
Henry Ver Woert
Leland Reed
Colfax
Francis van Dusseldorp
David
Diane
Grandpa van Dusseldorp
Pella
Elmer van Hemert
Carrie Vriezelaar
Agnes Wittenberg
Stanley Home Products
P. Koopman
Neals
Nettie Vriezelaar
Kathryn
Cornelia Lille
Hazel’ Bricker
Birthday Party Honors Susan Vriezelaar on Third Birthday
Mamie Vander Ploeg and several relatives hosted a birthday party for Susan Vriezelaar on Friday afternoon March 12. Attendees included her great grandmother Mrs. Horace Oldham and many relatives. Susan received numerous gifts in a festive family gathering led by her mother Mrs. John Vriezejaar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Vander Ploeg
Ethel Wittenberg
Cornelia Kiezelaar
Susan Vriezelaar
John Vrieze- Yaar
Horace Oldham
Leland Balmer
H.W. Vriezelaar
Howard Herwehe
Dean Foster
Vickie
Harold Churchill
Linda
Arthur Vriezelaar
Beth
Elvin Verought
Eljean
Amnon
Debbie Reeves
Kathryn Vriezelaar
Fred Forker
del Barber
Sherry
Susan
Methodist Circle Meets at Monroe Home in Galesburg
Mrs. Martin Dearinger led the Thursday gathering in Monroe with prayers and the fire themed reading The Prayer That Was Answered in Fire. Barbara Dearinger and guests enjoyed lunch after minutes and roll call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Derringer
Monroe
Martin Dearinger
Kenneth Carpenter
Clifford Dearinger
Ralph Clausen
Wilbur Ramer
Dewey Ramer
Curtis’ Dearinger
Barbara
Yettamans
Lester Mick
Brian Dearinger
Arthur Dearinger
Avery ‘Woody
Anna de Bruyn
Mr., Jr. Sparks
Carolyn Sparks
Reasnor
Wilbur Sparks
Local Visits Highlight Sunday Gatherings Across Several Families
Sunday gatherings featured many visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Ramer at the Bill Hart home and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Madison with family from Newton visiting the Martin Dearinger home. Steve Tratchel was dismissed from Grinnell hospital. Various other households hosted guests from Des Moines Newton and OsKaloosa with multiple Dearinger and Ramer family members noted among the attendees. Over 250 Scout Units institutions for delinquent and socially retarded boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Ramer
Bill Hart
Walter Madison
Newton
Martin Dearinger
Steve Tratchel
Grinnell Hospital
Dan C. Dingeman
Nellie Slot
James
Kenneth Carpenter
Harry Zickel
John Kerr
Des Moines
John van Wyngarden
Wilbur Kroh
Jimmie
Marilyn
Alan Kroh
Wilbur Ramer
Dwayne
John Willemsen
Oskaloosa
Dave van
Galloways Mark 62nd Wedding Anniversary
At Corwith Mr. and Mrs. M P Galloway observed their sixty second wedding anniversary. In Newhall another Iowa couple marked their sixty third anniversary in a related observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corwith
M. P. Galloway
Newhall
Iowa Dairy Breeding Rise Seen in 1952 Records
The report notes Mr and Mrs John Moeller among breeders and states more than a quarter of a million milk cows in Iowa were bred artificially in 1952.
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Iowa
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