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Local notes from Pella and surrounding areas
Cedar resident Mrs E C Hayes visited Rev M E Hayes at the M E parsonage last week. Tanlac ads appear. Prairie City visitor G S Vander Zyl called on Pella. Eva Rowenhorst resigned her clerk job at Van Niewaal. Bud Vander Meulen's Monroe visit precedes a family trip. A siding fall injured Wm Kelderman during roof work. Des Moines visits noted for Mrs A P Vander Meide and Mrs Marinus Lille. Otely residents Mr and Mrs Clarence Renaud visited, Arie Wiclad moves back into rebuilt shop after a January fire. Etta Ross returned from Leighton. Grace Sterling, Pella High domestic science teacher, visited Des Moines. J J Sybenga and child visited Des Moines. Anie Van Ostrum injured her left hand in a wringer. Charley Myers visited sister in Newton. W L Sprague and Frankie visited family in Pella. Central College and Penn of Oskaloosa hosts are to hold a dual track and field meet next Saturday. Josie Rilliban of Valley Junction visited. Rev C DeLeeuw learned of his mother’s death in New Jersey. Leland Lunt recovering from appendicitis at Mahaska Hospital. Tunis Brom underwent major surgery in Des Moines. Andrew Huyser and Mrs H Vos visited Des Moines. Liggett home visit, then Pella to California. Mrs A J Armstrong returned from Des Moines. H H Sadler and relatives visited Des Moines. Mrs E J Lanteman and baby left for Ft Dodge. Emma Van Gorp hosted at home near Otely.