Local Dutch Circle News and Arrivals in Oskaloosa
Local column notes visitors and residents with Dutch ties in town. Dr. and Mrs. Ver Ploeg and daughter Virginia from Denver visit. Mrs. Boland recovering in Mercy hospital. Mrs. Dockindorff back from Mahacka hospital. Mrs. Van Houweling expected home from Mahacka. Mrs. Hoksbergen slowly recovering indoors. Des Moines trips for dental and refrigerator conventions. County Auditor Paardekooper absent with throat ailment. Community outreach planned with Dutch costumes May 10 featuring Oliver Roeffel-Visser Quartette and performers. Numerous local visits, illnesses, and family announcements follow. Birth of Wayne Edward Van Dellen in Lindsay, Cal. Mrs. Hattie Ver Heul recovering from double mastoid operation. Arm injury at door incident involving Mrs. Weyers. Visits by J. J. De Wit, J. P. De Wit, and Walter De Wit. Popma family visit to Knoxville. Glenn Anderson, Brown Shoe Fit manager, in Red Oak. changes at Benteco store. Special Sunday dinner planned at Ontra Cafe.
Scholte Built First Place of Worship Here
Des Moines area notes recall Scholte who built the first house of worship in the locality. The piece details his founding of a church, its funding, and the early use of the building, including its open fireplace heating and long sermons. It also mentions community figures and local hospital visits from 1937 era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scholte
Hollan
H. E. Kuyper
Charles Lautenbach
Holland
Dominic Scholle
Fourth Reformed Church
Bart Stegeman
Re Scholte
Mrs Lewis Schultz Returns Home After Operation
Mrs Lewis Schultz of Newton has returned home after an operation at Mercy hospital in Oskaloosa. Mrs Walter Van Wyngarden of Lower Grove entered Mercy hospital in Oskaloosa on Sunday for an operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Schultz
Newton
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Walter van Wyngarden
Lower Grove
Two Pictures Famous in Pella’s Early History
Mrs. Margaret Visser Comstock of Eddyville Iowa presents two famous pictures from Pella’s past. One shows the original Scholte church once near West First Street across from Jaarsma bakery. The other captures Scholte’s grave site and the poplar lane to Guerts Mill, once a favorite stroll for local youth, now gone as Pella grew. The article notes the Latin motto In Deo Spes Nostra Et Refugium meaning In God is our hope and refuge and references early worship in Pella fading with time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Scholte
J. J. Sybenga
Pella
Orinal Scholte
Sybenga
Jaarsma Bakery
West First Street
4Th Reformed Church
Scholte
Guerts Mill
Main Street
Israel
Thei
Soul Sleepers memory from Pella April 26 1937 edition
A reader recalls historical notes in the Tulin Time Edition about Pella’s 1469 panoramic view and old street names. The letter mentions the Soul Sleepers Sect and references Mrs. and Mr. Martin W. Visser, seeking memories of local history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Soul Sleepers
Martin W. Visser
Pella Dentists Attend Iowa Society Meeting in Des Moines
Dentists from across Iowa gather for the 75th annual Iowa Dental Society meeting at Hotel Fort Des Moines. More than 1,000 practitioners attend sessions showcasing clinical demonstrations and lectures. The convention runs through Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella Dentis
Iowa Dental Society
Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
Webster School News Highlights Hatchery Visit and Class Activities
Sheldon Vos won a dollar bill for his drawing Father Putting up Screens chosen by Mr Sixsmith. Second graders thanked Mrs Shinn for a hatchery visit witnessing eggs and chicks, while first graders finished Part I of Number Stories and enjoyed Jo Jo. The second graders read Grandmother's Churn and learned butter making with Lee Vander Linden bringing sour cream. Betty Meidema brought a snail and students noted steady weight gains since September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Sheldon Vos
Sixsmith
Betty Meidema
Fifth and Sixth Grade Activities and Tulip Time Concerns
Local school notes show Phyllis Van Ee in the High School Orchestra and an orchestra festival performance. Sixth graders played baseball against seventh graders with Webster and Lincoln forming a single winning team. An eighth grade split into two teams. one led by Keith Russell lost. the sixth grade will face the eighth grade for a champs title. Butter making by second graders featured sour cream and a whipper, served on crackers during a classroom visit led by Clifford Paltzer and Frank Schakel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis van Ee
Marvin Kelderman
Webster and
Lincoln
Keith Russel
Eigth
Clifford Paltzer
Frank Schakel
Oil Explosion Blurs Texas Scenery In Lam Trip Report
In last week’s note on Mr and Mrs Fred Lam’s Texas trip the scene blends oil explosion imagery with scenery. The photograph shows a blown oil well with craters and water boiling gas at the edge, describing a dramatic landscape themed moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Lam
Lam
Texas
Mystery Hole Swallows Drill Rig and Men
Witnesses recall a blast that created a 100 foot wide crater when a 5 200 psi pressure caused ground to blow out. A 120 foot steel tower drill rig piping two small houses and two men vanished into the hole and have never been found.
Changes Seen in Pella After 25 Years
Dick Den Otter of Shell Lake Wisconsin notes striking shifts in Pella since his last visit. He recalls people claiming others have not changed, yet encounters reveal altered appearances and personas, from grey mustaches to weight changes and broader transformations in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick den Otter
Shell Lake
Wis
Pella
Mr. den Otter
Man Still Seeks Tulip Celebration Amid Worldly Woes
Mr. Den Otter, born near Pella by the Klyn schoolhouse, is married with seven children, two in California. Though gone several weeks, he plans to stay for the tulip celebration. He notes that the average man faces many troubles, most solved by asking for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. den Otter
Pella
Klyn
California
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R. H. Ver Ploeg
Virginia
Denver, Colo
H. J. Boland
M. M. Dockindorff
Mahacka Hospital
A.C. van Houweling
John Hoksbergen
John van Rheenen
J. V. Lankelma
Fred Lankelma
George van Gorkom
Gerald W. Paardekooper
Oliver Jolly Roeffel
Martin Schakel
Fast Franklin Street
Sarah
Hanna Nollen
Des
Kate Beard
Wayne Edward
Edward van Dellen
Lindsay
Cal
Miss Hattie Ver Heul
Ottumwa Hospital
Jay
Mrs
Kieth Foxne Keota
L. Weyers
Louis Popma
Gary Lou
W. S. Hodges
Knoxville
Glenn Anderson
Brown Shoe Fit Co
Redak
Herbert Bosch
Benteco
Lee Vriezelaar
Clef
Ontra
John Hagens
G. W. van Arkel
Lorraine le Cocq
Mary Lou Linder
Migs
Gezel of
Prairie
Beth Aninger
Iowa
B. J. Brom
Frank Creed
J. van
Dick Woyers
Methodist Hospital
Mon
Bert Baron
N. van Vliet
J. Vliet
H. W. Vander Linden
Garwin Sun
Marjorie Baron
Vance Elliott
F. Kennauch
John Branshart
Mong
C. T. Brand
Hl. C. Wormhoudt
H. C. Wormhoult
Tal
T. Plette
E. Vandenhoven
Alton
Olwa
G. J. Boozeboom
Lansing
Ill
Synod of
Town
T. H. Kaldenberg
Lutheran Hospital
Gertrude Abernethy
Chronicle
Kirkville
Anne Beyer
Leighton
Mahaska Hospital
Elmer G. van Zee
Oskala
Peter Visser
Bussey
John Schippers
Oley Hospital
Darlene Jay
Andrew Kuiper
Mercy Host
Bess van Engelenhoven
Sprague-Warner
James van Dusseldorp
South
Margaret Visser Comstock
Eddyville
Eddyville. In
Gamble
Benewire
Coronado
Bilding Food Fle
Gamble Stores
Iowa Society
Amboll
Wiee
van den Berg Electric Co
Sree Ea Este
Alexander Smith
Wormhoudt & Son
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