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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1962
Page
3
A Cordova editor shares daily life during a Polk County move around Monroe. Karr family notes packing progress, new floor plans, and kitchen dreams while relatives, neighbors, and doctors visit. News covers births, graduations, accidents, and local travels amid moving chaos.
Mrs Art Rieck enberg of rural Waverly marks a series of June first milestones across years. She graduated from Waverly High School in 1928, married in 1930, and will receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wartburg College in 1962. She is mother to five children.
Sunday services were led by Rev Hubert De Wolf in Byron Center with others in Tracy. Cedar school eighth grade and kindergarten held graduation May 28, while a Bethel Christian Reformed church graduation occurred Tuesday. Speakers included Rev B B Blankers Cedar and Rev G LaMotte Central Methodist. Several families visited and participates described. farewell sermons and homecomings announced for Lower Grove with Rev W E Langdon to speak.
Mrs Earl Boyd and Mrs Homer Boyd celebrated her birthday with a group of friends who brought a picnic supper to the Boyd residence and then moved indoors to the church basement due to rain. Attending were Mr and Mrs Homer Boyd Mr and Mrs Earl Boyd Mr and Mrs Sam Schmidt and sons Mr and Mrs Glen Dunwoody and children Mr and Mrs Robert Wickhart Debbie and Peggy Mr and Mrs Paul Hanna and children Mr and Mrs Allen Van Zee. Earlier Bob Carter of Richmond Virginia and Mrs Goldie Carter surprised Betty and stayed for supper. The Boyds received a mirror from Mr and Mrs Earl Boyd Mr and Mrs Sam Schmidt and Mr and Mrs Delmar Martin for their new home. Arthur Breuklander and children from Portland Oregon and Charles Breuklander visited Rina Jones last week.
Peoria area notes list Miss Janice Ilene Vande Voort as valedictorian and Ronald James Vos as salutatorian of the Peoria Christian grade school class. Other items mention nurse's aide jobs, hospital patients, a commencement address, family visits, marriages, military training, and a local excursion for the eighth grade class. A rainfall over an inch is reported.
Denver visitors Vander Hart and family stayed with Henry Nibbelink in the area. A Wednesday get-together honored them at Gerrit De Jong’s home. Gideons speaker Ralph Casey, missionary Charles Burton, and stories of area residents frame a social week. The Wallace's Farmer Centennial mentions Lyle Wehrle’s family farm, Moses Wassom’s 19th century house, and Mississippi river materials from Keokuk.
The North Marion County Chapter of the American Cancer Society held its May meeting at Vermeer Mfg. Co. Mrs. M. C. Van Gorp chaired the gathering. Marvin Kooyman led with prayer. Committee chairs summarized the crusade films viewed totaling nearly 3,000. About 1,400 viewed through churches and groups, 300 through business and industry, and nearly 900 at two local high schools. A film was requested for Monroe high school Red Rock area. Approximately 4,500 literature pieces were distributed.
Mrs. Van Zan te, literature chairman, led a report on memorials including a memorials book lettered by Mrs. Boat and to be updated as names arrive. The recent crusade yielded 35 dollars in memorials, with Harry Vermeer detailing regional receipts and listing about 250 workers total. Mrs. Kowalke was introduced as new field representative as members shared thanks and enjoyed coffee and cookies.
Arend Lubbers, president of Central College, addressed Pella Community high school graduates urging selfless aims beyond marriage, money, or education. He cited “Five Broken Kernels of Rice” and urged giving of oneself for others to reap a rich return. J G Boat presented diplomas as students heard music from a boys quartet and girls trio.
Under guidance of Jane Tysseling the class held a farewell program with Janice De Geus delivering the welcome address. Lewis Vande Voort presented the event while Vivian Vroom and Beverly De Cook, both from the class of 1963, performed Pomp and Circumstance as a duet. Rev. Glen O. Peterman gave the invocation.
Lee Hoksbergen of Pella and Bob Allen of Des Moines tied for second with 45 of 50 in the Northwest handicap team event. Sun Top honors went to Bill Muesburger of Des Moines with 237 of 250. Hoksbergen and Allen again shared second in the high overall with 236 of 250.
Mrs Hazel Snell a longtime educator at Marion was honored at an open house. She has taught for 43 years including 34 years in Marion and served as Emerson school principal for 18 years.
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