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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1942
Page
7
Local residents attend family visits and celebrations in Newton Sully Pella Leighton and Otley. Clifford Vander Wall 17 dies. brother Gilbert in U S Army returns for funeral at Otley Reformed Church. Multiple birthdays, hospitalities, and social visits noted across communities with light storm casualties and ongoing farming tasks.
Miss Edna Pethoven spent several days last week with friends Nancy and Jean Gause in Lynnville. Jene Elscott visited with Mr and Mrs Jol Renaud. John Meppelink and daughters were Sunday dinner guests in the Henry Willemson home. Mr and Mrs John Renaud visited in the John Elscott home. John De Jong was a Pella caller Saturday afternoon. Max Pethoven visited near New Sharon with Francis Younkin. Rufford Pethoven and family attended Francis Younkin s graduation at Montezuma Friday. John Brand and Frances spent Sunday evening in the John Elscott home.
Miss Maxine Rouwenhorst married Gerald Schuttinga at the Reformed Church home of the bride’s parents with Rev. Huibregtse officiating. Attendants were Norma Rouwenhorst and Arthur Schuttinga. reception followed. The couple will reside in Newton where Schuttinga works. The column also recounts a church shower for Lauwren Steenhoek, a student outing, and various local happenings including livestock losses, bird sightings, and visits among neighbors.
Community members traveled to Pella Monday to see Princess Juliana. A shower in honor of Margaret Vanden Berg occurred at the John Hagens home south of Pella. Several visits to ill relatives and attendances at funerals and family gatherings are noted across Rose Hill, including Vander Wall and Van Veen family events.
Local items report home repairs at Herman De Heer and planting delays due to river floods and wet weather. Farmers Pete Van Hemert and Clarence Bricker adjust crops and fieldwork while Marion county crews install bridge piling. School and church events include Brush Creek picnic, Bible class, Monroe and Red Rock enrollments, and a canning demo.
Sully News items list indeterminate visits and meals as families, neighbors, and friends travel, dine, and attend services across nearby towns. Names include Vander Wilt, De Jong, Rozendaal, Dieleman, Vander Kamp, Wortman, Huyser, and others with events in Newton, Pella, Lynnville, and Davenport. Extended family and guests joined dinners and receptions.
Peoria residents traveled to Pella for a Christian school day at West Market Park. Asta Schuurman and local graduates photographed in Oskaloosa, with Schuurman visiting and planning a return to Orange City. Van Gorp reunion planned for May 30 at West Market Park. Local clergy exchange planned with Rev. Dr. Plietstra. Leon Roose suffered a stroke partial paralysis. arm improving, speech still affected. Mrs Lambert Van Wyk back from hospital but bedridden. Mrs BC Jonker improving and attended church. Three baby boys born near Peoria to Van Garp, Liyken, and Ryken families. Dick Pleima called to service. listed at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas. Mr and Mrs Andrew Bandstra and Miss Stella Dahm visited Bert Bandstra in Chicago. Bundstras and Bliss Dabin returned home. Martin Vos visited family. Melvin Dear received induction papers for June 1. brief furlough led him and Charlotte De Jong to Michigan.
The Monroe news notes Friday's commencement at the Methodist church with graduates including Wayne Fales Jean Folek Ruth Foreman Betty Hicks and many others. It also mentions Janice Walker returning home from Skiff Hospital after pneumonia, James Nimmo enlisting in the army, local visits and memorial services for Tom Wiers, and Memorial Day activities with Boy Scouts and a large church choir.
The item covers observers including Mr and Mrs Lee Marshall learning their son Robert is in Ireland after a weekend with friends. Births near Newton include twin babies born to Mr and Mrs Harry Waters at Ski Memorial Hospital. both infants died. Mrs Sally Reed visits sister Mrs Cora Wilson in Altoona. Francis Mott honored at breakfast by Miss Ivor White and Miss Isabel Fisher with sixteen guests. Alumni banquet of Monroe High School slated for Friday evening May 20 at the school symposium.
Farmers near Pella report most corn planted last week with some beginning cultivation. The spell of favorable weather continues as residents share visits across families and towns including Hoekstra, Ustermarkt, Veldhuizen, Veenstra, De Prenger, Aalbers, and June. People travel between Pella Knoxville and Oskaloosa for business and social calls.
Local notices recount the Vander Linden grandparents taking grandson Richard Glendening to his Rock Island home with subsequent returns. Mentiones of Maurice Tysseling of Alton Minnesota an overnight guest, and a Des Moines hospital visit for surgery on a knee after a car incident. Henrieta Ver Meer enters Central College as a summer student. A neighborhood cleaning event gathers thirty women at Rev Hesselink’s home. Meap O' Livin' Club meets at Beulah Klein's home with twenty-two members attending.
Guests included Joyce Stuart of Wayton Town and Laura Stribling Os kaloosa health nurse. Miss Stribling spoke on accidents in the home. A white elephant gift exchange entertained members and visitors. Refreshments by De Reus and De Prenger. Next meeting a picnic at Edmundson park on June 20. Several locals and relatives visited or traveled, including Norena Grandia, Cloyd De Prenger and others.
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