Local notes on hospitalizations and visits during Tulip Time
Local brief items report Dick Gosselink fracturing his right arm in a fall last week while working. Several neighbors and relatives are noted as leaving Mahaska or visiting from Kansas City, Milwaukee, Des Moines, and Phoenix. Hospital stays include Mercy Oskaloosa admissions for Mrs. Nollen and H Meinders, with others discharged or traveling after medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Gosselink
Kenneth de Haan
Mahaska Hospital
John G. van Rockel
Monroe
Mahaska
Myron Nollen
Mercy
Oskaloosa
Floyd Gambell
Des Moines
H. P. van Gorp
Henry van Spanckeren
Phoenix
Pella Community Notes and Births Graduations Visits
Mrs J W Lansing of Buffalo visiting the E B Cook home and leaving Wednesday. Martha Kay Paardekooper honored at Knoxville Junior High graduation with K honor and art certificate. Jean Vermeer taken to Children’s Hospital Iowa City for six weeks. Tulip Time visitors include Kaldenbergs and many Pella residents and Chicago guests. Two Pella students graduate Lindenwood College in Missouri. Navy midshipman Dirk Muyskens from Pella completes flight instruction at Great Lakes. Birdsall ill with inflammatory rheumatism. rumors clarified as unconfirmed. Van Toorn anniversary 61st celebrated. Various hospitalizations and travels. rainfall and temperature records noted. Family reunions and local visits throughout Pella area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Lansing
Buffalo
N.Y
Cook
Martha Kay
Rainbow
Jean Vermeer
L. Vermeer
Pel- In
Children’s Hospital
Iowa City
Harold Kaldenberg
Cedarpids
Len Kaldenberg
Herbie Carr
Cedar Rapids
J. S. Nelson
Jefferson
Iowa
Larry L. Brown
Marjorie Henderson
Sam_ Van Vliet
Indianola
Janklin Sr
Arlyn Joyce Verploeg
Franc J. McLindenwood
Ottawa
Kansas
Margaret de Wild
Ottawa University
GM. de Wild
Pella
Carl Clark
Mahaska Hospital
Henry Nieuwland
Mahaska
Louis van Wyk
Sully
Mercy
Oska- Toosa
Gerrit T. van der Lugt
Herman
Minnesota
T. H. Liggett
University Hospital
B. L. Berg
Chicago
Frank Cone
Sioux City
Betsy Cox
Roy Vander Beck
Mercy Hospital
Dennis Lee
Douglas Schakel
Knoxville
G. W. Paardekooper
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Dirk J. Muyskens
USN
J. D. Muyskens
Broadway
Naval Air Training Bases
Corpus Christi
Texas
Maurice Birdsall
Pel High
Mason City
Adam van Toorn
Oskaloosa
AML
van Toorn
M.N. Vander Linden
Joe Hoekman
Andrew
Clinton
Wisconsin
Marie Middleton
Long Beach
California
William Vande Voort
University Hotel
W. J. van Vark
Meppelink
Martin van Zee
Prairie City
Peter Vanden Bosch
Edgerton
Minn
Pelican Yearbook Prospects At Central College
Central College sophomore class elects Anna Mae Williams editor and Paul Dodge business manager for the 1947-48 Pelican yearbook. Paper shortages delayed publication since 1944, with hopes for a size comparable to the student body. The Knickerbocker literary magazine also goes to press featuring poems essays stories translations by about twenty students under adviser Dr. Arthur Wormhoudt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelican
Central College
Anna Mae Williams
Gordon
Wisconsin
Paul Dodge
Germantown
N. Y
Central
Knickerbocker
The
Knickrbocker
Jack Fulton
Ethan Finger
Margaret de Graff
Lucille Marshall
John Kuyper
Claire Saliers
William Rozeboom
Arthur Wormhoudt
Honors to High School Seniors Highlight Kiwanis Awards
The local Kiwanis Club funds a new cash award of 25 dollars for a senior who best plans his or her future. Colleen Renaud received a DAR honor for representing the school county and Southeast District at the DAR Pilgrimage. Representing the four classes were Violet Kuiper Arvan De Cook Elaine Vander Ploeg Leo Sels Bette Rempe Keith Van Zee and others with multiple honors listed for each student including Honor Society secretarial publications and vocal music. Hawkeye Boys State reps include Keith Van Zee Dirk Van Zante and Bob Evers with an alternate for Melvin Rumbaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Via Rumbaugh
Kiwanis Club
Coleen Renaud
DAR
South East
Violet Kuiper
Arvan de Cook
Elaine Vander Ploeg
Leo Sels
Bette Rempe
Keith van Zee
Ey Bogaard
Melvin Rumbaugh
Hawkeye Boys
Dirk van Zante
Bob Evers
Colleen Renaud
Kiwanis
D.A.R
Virginia Groendyck
Wilma van Gilet
Erma Vander Horst
Ass’t
Ray Vander Wal
Anneth
Citizen
Ruth Vogelaar
Speech and Dramatics
Sheldon Vos
Gordon Nesbit
P. E. Dep't. Bus
Mgr
Jack Fisk
Bernice Dykstra
Tonetta Keuning
Myrtle Evers
Tulip Time Prank Reunites Old Friends in Clarinda
In Clarinda Iowa on May 21 1947 Joe Faassen recalls a playful prank by three old classmates at Tulip Time They coaxed the town crier into a coffee shop and removed the bell clapper with pliers The letter laments slanderous remarks about their youth and urges caution in future commentary while recalling a lighthearted 1907 reunion and a nod to Pella Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Faassen
Clarinda
Iowa
George
Trier
James Verhey
Nic Vande Kieft
Sadler
Jim Verhey
Jim
Nie
Fred
Ed van Gorp
Pella
Colfax Legion Post Sponsors Frolic Weekend Event
The American Legion Post of Colfax Iowa sponsors a two day street carnival on Memorial Day weekend. A parade forms at 10:00 Friday morning, proceeds to the cemetery for services, then the carnival runs Friday afternoon through Saturday evening. The West Des Moines American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps attends Friday evening, with Keith Killinger Orchestra providing Saturday night music on a portable dance floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Post
Colfax
Iowa
American Legion
American Lion
West Des Moines
Keith Killinger
Kiwanis Talk on Mexico by Prof Wing at Central College
Kiwanis heard Prof Wing of Central College discuss Mexico drawing on his 1946 summer visit. He described poverty, low village life, street animals, high prices, low wages, and heavy labor. Americans were not popular, but Wing urged respect and support. veterans urged to wear uniforms or Legion caps for Memorial activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Prof
Wing
Central College
Mexico
Mexico City
United States
USA
Memorial Day Observance At Scout Meeting
Memorial Day coverage continues with a well attended meeting where Boy Scouts and members show strong support. Bob Menning presented two motion picture reels at the close, followed by coffee and conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Bob Menning
Remembering Fallen Soldiers on Civic Tribute Day
Tomorrow citizens honor the fallen boys by attending exercises to pay a portion of the debt owed to them and to show their loved ones that they have not been forgotten.
Memorial Day Services Moved If Bad Weather
Memorial Day notices state services will relocate to the Legion Hall in case of bad weather, preserving the event schedule and honoring veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Hall
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H. Meinders
Robert de Goey
Eunice Jane
Virgil Vander Linden
Wilbur Engbers
Cecil Terpstra
Postma
Iag
Areaa
Kuyper
Chamber
Ness
Board OF Directors
Ralph J. Ver Meer
Ulrich Motor CO
Calcutta
Ocean City
Sports
Kuyper’s
Clarke Sander
Veenstra Appliance Company
Clerke Edger
Lit
H. S
Anbanie
Rempe
Oat Sheppard
Hawkeye
Colfax Legion Post
Wm. Wing
Auxliary
Legion
Flexsteel
Abemhoudt Swenite Store Complete Home Furnishers
Ae “Sale
Dominion Automatic
Ford
Ferguson Equipment
J. F. Dyketra Owner
de Jong
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