Weekly Visits With Friends in Town and Country
In a long rural narrative a family cluster from Pella and nearby towns is traced through visits along highway 63 east of town. The Vander Wert family moves from farm life to town while Brand and Vos kin spread into new homes and roles. Community ties, marriages, and local movements color a day of rambling social history with notes on property, aging, schooling, and Tulip Time speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Leighton
John Vander Wert
Vander Wert
Brand
Main Street
Gerrit Wittenberg
Earl Klein
Vos
Minnie van Haaften
M. A. van Haaften
Sandridge
van Haaften
Emma
Elmer Dieleman
Lester
Jim Ver Ploeg
John G. Vos
Ed Kenning
De Bruin Homestead and Area Family Notes at Pella
The report covers Albert De Bruin and family near Pella including their three story 14 room home with a hidden room rumor, plus details of relatives and neighbors such as the Gosselink and Van Roekel families. It notes moving a hog house, tractor work, and local schooling at Pleasant View with teacher Helen Grootveld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steenhoek
Vander Wert
Simon Steenhoek
Oskaloosa
Arthur Steenhoek
Lacey
Gertrude
Roy Else
High 163
Clarence Grandin
Ernest
Duane
Shirley Jean
Loren Wayne
John Jr
Pleasant View School
Helen Grootveld
Henry Grootveld
Jacob Ver Meer
Albert DE Bruin
Jacob C. de Bruin
Jennie Gosselink
John Gosselink
Pella
John Smith
Joan Voorhees
Edward Ver Meer
de Bruin
Hons
Albert
Joe Je Reus
Gerrit van Roekel
Denver
Sully
Arnold Ot Nes
Tulip Time visitors and local visits noted
Mr and Mrs H R Van Maren and two children Mary Ellen and Clarence Ray of Des Moines were Tulip Time visitors Thursday and dined with relatives. Others from Ot tumwa and Boyden visited here over the weekend, with several families hosting and planning return trips to Meservey and Minneapolis for business and family matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Bennink
Rufus Bennink
Panin Pella
Lester Jelsma
Knoxville
Neal Vander Haar
Marie van Vark
Bill de Bruin
Galesburg
Nellie de Bruin
Roorda
Sully
Bill Kelderman
Des Moines
Pella
H. R. van Maren
Mary Ellen
Clarence Ray
N. van Maren
E. F. Hosack
Aletha
Willard
Ottumwa
Edward Goad
Union Stret
Fred Hesselink
Main Street
P. Langstraat
Boyden
Lane Hackett
Joes
Henry Hackery
Fox Farm
Fred Lautenbach
Bill
Meservey
Iowa
Lautenbach
H. K. Pals
Minneapolis
Will Organize New Club Here
Mrs Stella Adams of Des Moines visited last week to organize a club for widows daughters and granddaughters of Civil War veterans. Those interested should leave names with Mrs T W Cox 508 Franklin Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Adams
Us Moines
T. W. Cox
Franklin Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Highway 163
Old Shack
John Brand
Mrs. al. de Bruin
John G
John
Cornelius (Case
Marian Frush
F. M. Frosh
Abingdon
Editorial
Vader Wert
See
Mae
Frank Evert
Roselyn Rea
Chil Case Vander Wert
Abington, Ill
Grand F. M. Frush
Mi Dren
E. Vander Wert
Professor
M Pella
Y Lou
Grandpa Vander Wert
Mr. and
Mrs. Case Vander Wert
Wilma van Gorp
Sheesley School
Wightsville
Mass
Worchester
van Gorp
Kleinjan
Bondurant
Bennink
Ben Vogelaar
Arthur Bennink
Holland, Michigan
M. Huyser
John van Zante
Wilma
Carl
Moravia
Towa
Mary de Cook
Ayers
Lorimer
C. Kooyman
T. D. Bentema
Nick van Gorp
Paul
Ruth
Prairis City
M. Leydens
Danford
Tll
C. W. Ituyner
Herman King
Grinnell
Ted King
Harry Heemstra
Monroe
Dakota
Simba Heemstra
Harold B. Ver Steer
Chicago
Mrs
A. B. Ver Steer
Christine Bruins
Searsboro
Dena Kuyper
Martin Kooyman
Tom Bloodsworth
James Bloodsworth
Sara Ann Rice
Attica
Edward Vanden Oever
P. H. Oostermaan
Ames
Vanden Oever
E. Turnipseed
Betty
Bastian J
Marilyn Ruth
Mrs. J. G. Vos
Vanderwert
John, Jr
Gys Vos
Haasten
J. H. Shinn Hatchery
Pella, Iowa
Pella Theatre
John W
Vander Linden
Rachel
Pete Visscher
Harold and Frances
Thia Homers
Leonard Gosselink
E. Renaud
J. C. de Bruin
Eli Hollebrands
Morningside
Dallas
City Hall
Asantville
Bussey
Sandiland Insurance
Harvey
Tracy
Pelle
Committee Room Legion Hall
Gerald W
Wormhoudt Funeral Home
Ino
Lasschuit
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