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Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1957

Page

9

Engagements and social notes from Pella society

Announcements detail multiple engagements and weddings in Pella Iowa and Des Moines areas. Norma Jean Bricker and B Wesley Fromack plan July 19 nuptials in Des Moines. Mare ne JoAnn Terpstra and Harry Hartgers engaged with no date. Doris Dockendorff to Donald Mac Barquhar with June 15 in Pella. Pro-Wo Club honors citizenship awardees. senior girls host bridal shower. Aids and showers described with attendee lists. various engagements noted.

Wesley Fromack Des Moines B. E. Frommack Norma Jean Pella Stark Travel Bureau Younkers Mr. Frommack Drake University College of Pharmacy College of Medicine Iowa University Phi‘ Delta Chi Phi Beta Pi First Federated Church Iowa M. M. Dockendorff Doris Donald MacBarquhar Queens Village New York Jaws Town State College

Truck jackknifes into ditch near Sidney

A transport truck carrying 37,000 pounds of dry beans became stuck for three hours near Sidney after the tractor slipped on a soft shoulder and jack-knifed into the ditch. Two wreckers and three trucks were needed to tow the vehicle back onto the highway.

Sidney

Indian youth exchangee talks to Rotary club in Iowa

Miss Tripta Sood of India spoke to Rotarians after luncheon. She stayed two and a half weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rietveld as an International farm youth exchangee. She is the second such guest at the Rietvelds, following a Dutch youth five years ago. About 23 Indian boys and 14 girls are in the United States. Sood, introduced by Del De Haan, said she was surprised by life in Iowa, having formed impressions from movies.

Albert Rictveld U.S Iowa Rietvelds Holland India Sood del de Haan

India is a republic facing growth and challenges

Miss Sood described India as a republic lifting itself with plans and aid from the U.S. Agriculture employs half the population with rising yields, while unemployment grows as machinery spreads. Education advances rapidly with English favored. 14 languages exist. Miss Sood tours colleges and farms, joins a youth exchange conference, and Rotary member Welcomes and a photo from the Statendam highlight ongoing club activities.

Cousins Ray Kunert and Wayne Schulze Enlist Together

Humbolt cousins Ray Kunert and Wayne Schulze joined the armed services together recently. Their fathers also enlisted side by side in World War I, back in 1917.

Ray Kunert Wayne Schulze Humbolt Armed Services

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Norma Bricker Clarence Bricker Gerald Terpstra Mar Lene JoAnn Harry Lee Hartgers Tunis Hartgers Sully DORIS_DOCKENDORFF Pro-Wo Business and Professional Women's Club Webster Donna Ruth Wichart Connie de Zwarte Nancy Vander Pot Kathy Gosselink Lincoln Building Cynthia Wichart Marla van Zee Pool Park Central College Graham Hall Carol Klimstra Norma Kuiper Mildred Ratmeyer Inta Simsons Arcie ‘van Pearsem Nancy van Zomeren Delores Workman Jeanne Gruys Mary de Vries Eileen Heideman Dorothy Missal Beverly Peters Elaine Rozeboom Pat van Englehoven Jane van Tatenhove Aletha Van't Kerkhof William Wallace Walter Visscher Tunis Kooyman Oskaloosa Len Kaldenberg Jacob Visscher Second Reformed Aid Ladies’ Aid M. I. Thompson Washington Street Pella, Iowa Cedar Rapids Miss Thompson Gollins Radio Company Mr. Browne Killians Marlys Korver Roy de Wild Lewis Lundy Albert de Wild Harlan Smith Jennie Slings Carroll van Wyk John Boender Connie de Jong Marion Klyn William de Jong Jr Reuben Kamerick Reuben Ter Louw Darlene van Zomeren Maria de Wild William de Jong Ione van Tatenhove Ardis van Pearsem Dorothy Missall Laura Thompson James Browne Ralph Browne Dubuque, Iowa Thompson Simpson College Indianola State University of Iowa University of Dubuque Iowa State Colege Marlene Terps Lan Drycon Warren County Ames Raie Atanda Ae Stainless Gradus A. de Cook Gerrit A. van Zee Broadway Youth Exchangee Rotarians Miss Sood Rhode Madison Wis International Farm America Americans W. F. Litwiller Knoxville Statendam Tunis Kempkes Bob Powers Robin Hood Shurfresh del Monte Musselman's Instant Folger Cen V&r Briardale
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