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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1957
Page
12
Community notes cover a June 1 Burlington train trip to Hannibal with daytime sightseeing, local visits, graduations, family updates, hospital stays, and agricultural work. Readers learn about new phones, Adventist events, birthdays, anniversaries, and a postponed roadside park dedication near Blaine school.
Sunday morning featured Reverend G. Menning of Pella, with evening services led by Reverend M. Gritters of Pella. Monday hosted a school picnic at Edmundson Park in Oskaloosa, with many parents attending. A baby boy arrived Saturday night to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jochems, 7 pounds 3 ounces, with a brother awaiting. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. John A. Rose, and great grandmother Mrs. A. H. Roose. Mrs. Connie Van Wyngarden is ill with measles. Guests stayed three days at Mrs. John Pethoven’s home, including Gerrit Lovering of Denver and family.
The report lists events including a family retrieving their son Gene from Central, property transfers to Jack Vander Hart and Gerald Nieuw sma family renting from Jacob Vander Hart, a Doane machine shed erected by Bloom builders of Oskaloosa on Lewis De Vries land, and social visits such as Judy Bandstra dining with Bernice Hackman. Eighth grade graduates at the local Christian School held diplomas and Bibles, with a class including Melvin Bokhoven and others. details cover mottos colors and valedictorians. A cottage dinner visit by John Westercamp household and belated congratulations to John Stursma on his 60th anniversary are noted, plus a multi-generational photo.
Mrs. Pet hoven’s children and grandchildren gathered for a family event in Ver Colorado, with many relatives in attendance to mark the occasion.
Coal Ridge plans Sunday School at 10 a m and a preaching service next Sunday conducted by Rev R Ritzhaupt of Newton. All are welcome. Community events note Mrs Clarence Chamberlin hosting parents at West River Ridge School House and pupils aiding her home. Several social visits and family news follow including graduations and visits among local residents.
A veteran has returned from Ft Churchill Canada for a 30 day leave and helps his father with soybean crops while corn planting nears completion. Mr and Mrs Loyd Anderson hosted guests at their homes. High school students joined a skip day in Chicago. The G H Franklin family attended a baccalaureate service at Knoxville high school auditorium.
Leighton activities include a Black Oak Scott Center trip to Oskaloosa for primary grades and a Des Moines Capitol Museum Police visit for upper grades. Eighth graders Donna Boerelyn Roger Vos and Robert Vos held a farewell party, with gifts from teachers and parents.
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