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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1954
Page
12
Social notes list dinners and visits among residents of Oskaloosa Leighton Pella and surrounding communities. Guests include Rey Aalberts Myrna and Margaret Beltman and many relatives. Birthdays and church activities punctuate a week of community life with prayers evan gelistic meetings and a Korea farewell for Lt. Stephen Hiemstra.
In Otley and surrounding towns residents gather for church events and school meetings. Pvt Marvin De shows pride as his wife’s newborn Muriel Ann arrives while families celebrate visits, travel and local civic efforts including Tulip Time floats and Dorcas Society activities.
Des Moines day trip on April 28 for Summit School pupils and Mrs Margaret Vogelaar included visits to Pepsi Cola plant the airport weather bureau and radar equipment 18th floor view at Equitable building and escalator ride at Younkers They toured Hiland potato chip Colonial bread Flynn dairy Wonder bread and Anderson Erickson dairies with guides explaining manufacturing processes The group praised the cleanliness and included drivers Melvin and Mary Lou Van Wyk Glen Ver Woert and others.
May 1 notices show Jimmie Van Vliet visiting his parents in Oska loosa while at Iowa City College. Mr and Mrs Norman Robus and family spent Wednesday evening with the Vander Kolk family. Gerrit Vander Geest of Pella and the Ustermarkt family visited the Minnie Langford home in Newton Thursday afternoon.
Marion County notes list 18 members at the May meeting at Larentha Dykstra home. Vriezelaar family visits Monroe. Arthur Vriezelaar returns from Texas. Aalbers and family visit Edward Aalbers. Roy Van Essen shops in Newton. Joyce De Geus visits Nora Van Essen after school. Get Out the Vote drives planned for June primaries with county coordinator leading efforts. 4-H clubs tasked with posters and handouts. Wedding guests attend Carolyn McCauley and Dean Barr ceremony near Reasner. Van Dus seldorp and Van Dusseldorp families visit Pella. Ver Woert family visit Lloyd Hevelin.
Monroe News records weekend visits from Missouri to Monroe residents and local gatherings. Highlights include a birthday dinner honoring Willard Kaldenberg and a King’s Daughters Circle tour of Oskaloosa sites, plus a May meeting planned at Mrs. Robert Israel’s home and a Des Moines-area American Legion Auxiliary event.
Weekend visit by Mrs Florene Fisher at the Clarke Van Meter home in Cedar Rapids noted. Funeral services for Henry A Thornton 77 held April 20 in Maywood California. survivors include widow Vada Roush and three children. Various local people attended events and gatherings in Monroe and region, including a Teen Age Drivers Safety Conference delegation and birthday surprise for Mrs Ella McFarling.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Vrieze Jaar and Beth came home Friday after a brief business trip to Texas. Mary Jean was in Des Moines on business Friday.
Mr. Andrew Bandstra Sr. was hurt last Saturday when his foot tangled in a power mower and is hospitalized at Mahaska Hospital after surgery. Several tendons were damaged and his foot remains in a cast. In Peoria, Miss Alice Van Ee and Miss Geneva Rus stayed with Miss Margie Anne Nieuwsma Monday. Three area children, Shirley Roose Arvin Roose and Leon Roose, performed in a Friday piano recital at the Baptist Church and are students of Mrs. Van Cleave. Nearly 50 participants. relatives visited the Wm. A. Roose home Wednesday due to Mrs. Wm. Roose illness. Doris Van Zomeren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Van Zomeren of Pella, accepted a teaching post with the Peoria Christian School Board. Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit Vander Melen marked their 25th wedding anniversary April 27 in the church basement. Rev. and Mrs. H. Verduin attended. Marvin Vander Melen, home on furlough from Japan, served as Master of Ceremonies. Sentinel Committee members spent April 27 assembling the Sentinel in the church basement. The Sentinel supports service members. Mrs. Bastian Vander Wilt visited the Bandstra home last week. Joyce Van Sant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Van Sant, left to study at Elim Christian School for the Handicapped in Worth Illinois, with her parents thanking all who...
The notice recalls a birthday on April 27 with cards and gifts. Raymond Bandstra and Henry J. Vande Voort were dinner guests at John F. Westercamp’s home on Thursday. The P C 1 Junior Senior Banquet occurred at the High School with local cooks named. Eighth graders took exams in Oskaloosa Friday. Gerrit Van Kooten, formerly of Peoria Church, hospitalized in Mahaska with a blood clot due to asthma. Marvin Vander Molen presented Japan slides to the Second Ref Sunday School group on April 28 and again to relatives at the Veldhuizen home in Pella on April 30. The quote: The happiness of your life depends upon the character of your thoughts.
Pella station U S Weather Bureau reports total April precipitation of 4.55 inches. Observer E Benning notes North Dakota is the coldest state in the U S.
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