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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1949
Page
12
Society notes that Central College’s Mame Economies Club holds an open house in Jordan Hall on May 7. The exhibits showcase this year’s departmental work with refreshments including sandwiches, pies, cakes, and coffee for attendees. ATL members are asked to assist with preparations for Tulip Time events.
Miss Mary Lon Kamerick of Pelinide of Hans B De Vinstonka wed Nebradla Hoting Nebradla. The double rite ceremony took place April 1 at Piet Baptia Church of Pella with Rev Winteal of Hoting Nebraska officiating.
The bride, escorted by her father, wore a net veiled gown trimmed with white, a princess line gown gathered at the waist and extending into a long train. She carried an arm bouquet of red roses and wore a pearl necklace as her only jewelry.
The wedding featured a fingertip veil edged in sand and a tiara. Bridesmaids wore pink ninon and carried pink and white carnations. The groom wore a fine serge suit, best man white carnations. Mothers wore pink and white carnations. Music by Bertha Rozendaal and Lorraine De Haan. Reception followed in church parlors. The couple cut the three tier cake as waitresses served. Bride and groom to Las Vegas NM then home to Titonka IA.
Montezuma paper traces longest subscriber era with Mrs Mary Pollard of Montezuma as current record holder. She notes the weekly newspaper has reached her home since 1884, about 61 years.
Frank Pope, a Waucoma farmer, collects every state license plate from 1911 onward. He started with the first plate when he registered his first car and has added a new plate each year since then, filling his garage wall.
The Dykstra family, headed by Mrs. Dykstra and Rev. W Calvin Dykstra, gathered as Virgil and David graduate from Hope College in Holland, Michigan on June 8. The multi generation event honors educational service, missionary work, and a long history of Dutch and Frisian language involvement, with Virgil to wed Shirley Leslie of York.
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