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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1954

Page

15

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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