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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1951
Page
4
Sully area notes Donald Fopma Chadwick Ver Ploeg and Seymour Zylstra begin basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Families announce births illnesses visits hospital stays and church and school activities across Pella OsKaloosa Stuart and surrounding communities with multiple gatherings and services noted.
Mr and Mrs C V Shipman observed their twenty fifth wedding anniversary on Sunday May 6 inviting relatives to their Newton home for a dinner and social time. The group presented lovely potted plants. Attendants included Mrs Arthur Charlesworth of Rensnor Mr and Mrs W Castorf Lyle Castorf Geo Schnell of Newton Mr and Mrs John Van Dussellorp Lynnville Mr and Mrs Charles Castorf and Mrs Hattie Hendricks of Stillwell. Mrs Prank Andreas returned from Mercy Hospital Des Moines after a four week hospitalization for a severe back injury and is recuperating at Janet Vander Waals home.
Local social notes list Sunday dinners and visits among residents including Drs. K Carpenter Arthur Dearinger Karen Sue and families from Monroe Newton Oskaloosa Minburn Des Moines and Pella. A new baby Micheal William was born May 1 at Mercy Hospital in Oskaloosa.
On Friday May 4 a park cleanup gathered residents from Galesburg area. Families from around town brought rakes mowers and pruning shears to tidy the grounds. A noon wiener roast aided by the Marohl Sehnig group followed a morning service. Several sessions continued into the afternoon with plans to complete the project soon.
Oskaloosa residents Mrs. C Van Speten and granddaughter Mrs. Kenneth Cedar welcomed visitors this week while Ascension service at First Christian Reformed Church under Vander Kam of Pella II raised funds for the National Association of Evangelicals. A Penn Chapel hymn sing featured God in Creation visuals, sponsored by Bethel Reformed Truth Seekers Guild. Cedar High School's senior class play Have a Heart unfolded in the auditorium with cast including Ted Watson Max Moore Pex Watson Donna Ker Lould Carole Lean.
Hart and Bo Larson host a dinner in the living room with Wilda Ashman Fritz Vining Ruth Ward and Mark Andrews in attendance. Guests include Billy and Ruth Ashman Marion Groenendyk Wm Van Weelden Henry Grootveld family and others from Cedar Waterloo Leighton and Leighton area.
A poem fragment honors the mother role across generations. It contrasts a busy young mother with an older mother resting, reflecting on maternal duties and pride as children grow. The lines evoke universal motherhood beyond a single time or place.
Grace Noll Crowell reflects on the nation stopping to acknowledge the sorrow and joy of motherhood, honoring those who understand both hardship and joy in childrearing.
Mr T A Lyons of Peoria Illinois who has been hard of hearing for twenty years has perfected a new miniature hearing aid. It can be worn secretly and makes voices radio and clock ticks sound natural. Lyons invites inquiries at 400B South Washington Street Peoria Illinois for full information.
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