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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1954

Page

6

Sully Lynnville Auxiliary Hosts Meeting and Activities

Mrs. K H Pierce hosted the Sully Lynnville chapter of the Central College Auxiliary with devotions led by Mrs. Leslie Sylvester on What I Believe. Guest speaker Mrs. C Keizer spoke on The Faculty Wives' Viewpoint of Central College. A May 22 annual meeting was announced. officers were elected: Stoppels president, Schultz vice president, De Kock secretary, Anderson treasurer, Ver Ploeg assistant secretary and treasurer. Numerous local residents attended events and visits at the Christian Reformed Church and other area homes.

K. H. Pierce Sully Lynnville Central College Auxiliary Leslie Sylvester Clifford Keizer Central College Charles Stoppels Delmar Schultz Tony de Kock M. R. Anderson Dick Ver Ploeg Joe Harthoorn M. R.anderson Bryce Macy Adrian Rozendaal Fred de Jong Leonard van Genderen Henrietta de Kock C. Keizer Arthur Bennink Donald Reerends Bryce Prairie City Andrew van Sant Willis van Sant Christian Reformed Church Ralph de Vries Chet de Groot Bellflower Calif Fred de Groot Mitchelville Lyle Brand Dennis Karen Bernard Kooistra Peter Klein Harold Ellsworth St. Paul Minn Farm Bureau Newton Marie Brand Bertha Geenen Holland Mich Bertha Grand Rapids Wayne Henderson Colfax Geraldine Martha Circle First Reformed Church Henry van Wyk Connie Terpstra Jonah Africa Vernon Huyser Joe Harthorn Paul de Penning Marvin Swank Nelson Terpstra Ralph Vander Zyl John van Englehoven Wm. Jansen Glenn Monsma Cornice’ Terpstra Abe Vander ‘Beek Ben Dunsbergen Gerrit Huyser Lester Huyser Edward Huyser Donald de Jong Leslie Vander Krol Henry Maasdam Fred Maasdam Clarence Monsma Ted Rozendaal Leonard Maasdam Dan Walker Joan Tunis Blom Des Moines Harold

Funeral Services For Bruce Tratchel at Galesburg Church

Funeral services were held Tuesday at two for Bruce Tratchel age 30 who died Saturday morning at the Veterans Hospital in Des Moines from a medical condition. Survivors include his wife Evelyn and children Sandra Connie and Carole, plus son Steven, his parents Rex and wife of Killduff, two sisters in Omaha and a brother in Kilduff. Burial was in Hewitt Cemetery. The Galesburg Ladies Aid met April 28 with 17 members, devotions and a lunch. Numerous local social notes follow detailing visits, dinners, and gatherings around Galesburg through the week.

Galesburg Christian Church Bruce Tratchel Veterans’ Hospital Des Moines Evelyn de Bruyn Tratchel Sandra Connie Carole Steven Rex Tratchel Killduff Omaha Kilduff John Kerr The Christian Church Hewitt Cemetery Galesburg Darrell de Bruyn Kenneth Carpenter Anna Marks Harry Zickel Francis Heemsbergen Anna de Bruyn Arthur Dearinger Dewey Ramer Mamie Kling Hattie Carpenter Anne de Penning Max Wheeler Monroe Clyde Rawlins Wilbur Sparks Harry Fenner Bob Rohrdanz Melvin Schultz Dorothy Archie Casebolt Linda Brooklyn Pauline Smith Randy F.C. Kling Rol Kroh Springfield Ohio Alan Kroh Frank Harold Schnug Marilyn

Rose Garden Three Year Plan for A A R S Roses

A practical three year homeowner plan for an A A R S rose garden designed by Alan Dassimer. It outlines staged development at low cost, with year one corner beds costing about 23 dollars and hybrid tea varieties such as Mojave Chrysler Imperial Helen Traubel and Fred Howard. Suggestions include later color coordinated tree roses and perennial favorites for year two.

Alan Dassimer Chrysler Imperial Helen Traubel Fred Howard Peace Charlotte Armstrong San Fernando Lowell Thomas K. T. Marshall

Red Rock school fundraiser and community notes

Cordova News outlines fundraising for a school paper, upcoming full-day sessions for five primary students, and sickness absences. It covers local visits to Des Moines for Farm Youth Day, community visits, surgery recoveries, conservation projects, farm activity, mushroom hunting, and county voting outreach in Marion County ahead of June primaries. Local residents and businesses are mentioned with multiple family and farm names.

Red Rock Viola Janet Lyman Eells Mr. Thomas Fifield Prickett Marion Ri Des Moines Summit Township Kuiper Farm Kenneth Soil Conservation Farmers Otley Farmers’ Co-op Pella Elmer Cooper Mabel Kathy Ozarks Baumgardner Merle Price Harry Deitrick Dunreath Road Lloyd Karr Eksay Marion County John Vriezelaar

Community notices and local scenes from a rural Tennessee region

A mixed local report lists meetings in Knoxville and county townships, welfare center charity activity shipping boxes to Korea, a death in Knoxville of Harold Wright aged 41, and multiple home repairs and social events. Bertha Buckman’s birthday, Mary Meadors birthday party hosted by Berniece Donahue, and LDS church party in Dunreath are noted along with farm planning comments, quilting, and notes on local wildlife and notebook maps.

Miss Olson Knoxville Korea Harold Wright Red Rock Red Rock Ald Blanche Gilchrist Mary Meadors Berniece Donahue Ladies of the Latter Day Saints Church Dunreath Joe Mary Templeton Burt Karr Bud Williams Burt Raymond Crozier S. Chas Hodgson C. E. Gamble Leuty Cecil Price Women’s Club Julian Garrett

Infant Baptisms Mark Easter Week at Local Church

The First Christian Reformed Church welcomed infants of Mr. and Mrs. Van de Geest and Mr. and Mrs. C De Bruyn into the church Sunday morning. The Harrison Homemakers met with Mrs. Leonard Fynaardt for a recipe exchange and games led by Mrs. Ira Veldhuizen and Mrs. Herbert Hoover. A neighbor group plowed 83 acres near Cedar with 14 men and 13 tractors, and the Cedar senior class presented Mystery in the Library.

van de Geest van Weelden Cedar School E. A. Roorda Pella B. P. Groenendyk Cedar Marilyn Kelderman

Local Cedar residents named in partial social roster

A fragmentary list mentions Mrs Effie MeLandsborough and others including Mrs Roy Hi, Mrs Vander Wilt, Mr G Beet ton, Mrs Arthur, Mrs W C McCurdy, and Mr James McCurdy of Fresatd. The text lacks predicates or events.

Effie MeLandsborough John MeLandsborou Meader Kinney Roy Alva Ecard Vander Wilt G. Beetton Cedar Arthur Sateron W. C. McCurdy James McCurdy

Iron Man Mike Eder Escapes Tractor Accident at 75

Mike Eder, known as Iron Man, was run over by a tractor while working in a field but escaped serious injury. He was groggy but stood, with only cracked ribs reported and he is 75 years old.

Mike Eder

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