Pella Native Faye Massey Longs To Return For Tulip Time
Pella High School 1944 graduate Faye Massey now resides in La Canada California with husband Curt Massey and children Mare and Maia. She recalls a lifelong arts and crafts career from Cranbrook to UCLA and Pierce College. The family maintains ties to Pella through her parents Louis and Mrs Van Roekel, and their orchid greenhouse in Redlands.
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Faye
van Roekel) Massey
Pella
Iowa State College
la Canada
California
Curt
Mare
Maia
Pella High School
Central
Iowa State
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Bloomfield Hills
Michigan
Europe
Heidelberg American School
Tokyo
Japan
Los Angeles
Pierce College
UCLA
California State
Curt Massey
T.V
Mammoth Mountain
Mara Karin Massey
Marc Trevor
Canada
Louis van Roekel
Redlands
Calif
Faye van Roekel
Marc
Mara
Gerrit Van Roekel Wins County Seat in State Race
Ten years ago Gerrit Van Roekel narrowly defeated Lerlia Galvin of Knoxville for the county representative to the state legislature by 4,588 to 4,532. Bert Bandstra carried the county but lost his bid for re election to the U.S. Congress, defeated by John Kyl who had been beaten by Bandstra two years earlier. The First Baptist Church of Monroe launched a drive to raise 200000 for a new church building.
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Gerrit van Roekel
Lerlia Galvin
Knoxville
Bert Bandstra
Ruggin
U.S. Congress
John Kyl
First Baptist Church of
Monroe
Ghurch
Fifth Dee Ann Masters Leads Local Event Winners
The article lists top finishers in a local competition across grade levels with Dee Ann Masters, Mike McDonald, Mark Ramsey, Rhona Roberts, Doug Farrell, Chris Hutchinson, Jay Pierschbacher, Brad Dixon, Loresa Hutchinson, and Paula Zickel among the named participants.
Hospital Notes November admissions and dismissals listed
Daily hospital notes show admissions and discharges for several patients across Pella Monroe Knoxville and Central College from Monday November 8 through Sunday November 14 including births for Kuhns Farrer and Robinson and discharges of multiple patients such as Dankenbring Brand and Eva Stubenrauch among others. Names include Jeremy Rozenboom Nellie Allard Nick Koopman Donald Stansberry and Grace Huyser with babies born to Kuhns Farrer and Robinson.
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Jeremy Rozenboom
Bussey
Nellie Allard
Monroe
John Kuhns
Charles Farrer
Pella
Dankenbring
David Jacob Brand
Floyd de ‘Moss
Jennie Vander Meiden
John Willemsen
Wilbur Vander Kraan
Prairie City
Donald Stansberry
Dale Vos
Eva Stubenrauch
del de Hi Pella
Stanley Rozenboom
Grace Huyser
Tim Esbeck
Central College
John Bousquet
Knoxvilles
SUN
Dolly Criss
Garret Roose
Ed Liter
Terpstra Birth in Olathe Kansas Delivers Daughter Johanna Lea
The Douglas Terpstras of Olathe Kansas announce the birth of a daughter Johanna Lea 8 lbs 15 oz born November 1 Grandparents Loren Vander Wert Pella and Nelson Terpstra Sully Great grandmothers Johanna Ver Meer Jennie Terpstra Irene Vander Beek The Chronicle notes an Army information error misplacing PFC Dennis Harbour s wife location previously in Virginia and Germany
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Terpstra
Douglas Terpstra
Olathe
Kansas
Johanna Lea
Loren Vander Werts
Pella
Nelson Terpstras
Sully
Johanna Ver Meer
Jennie Terpstra
Irene Vander Beek
U.S
the Chronicle
Dennis Harbour
Virginia
Pella Man Held on Rape Charge in Marion County
A Pella resident Maryin Dale Summers of 704 Fourth Street is jailed in Marion County on an open rape charge. He faces accusations of raping two teenage girls. bail set at 25000 dollars. A preliminary hearing is slated for November 22 after his arrest on November 12 by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and Pella Police Department.
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Maryin Dale Summers
Fourth Street
Marion County
Marion County Sheriff's Office
Summers
Marion County Sheriff’s Office
Pella
November community event calendar highlights various activities
On November 18 Jaycee meeting at the upstairs Legion Hall 7 30 p.m. A LOWY workshop on tax circuit breakers by Joan Lucas at 1 30. AAUW meets at Avis Van Zemeren's home 103 East University at 8 p.m. with a Diet in Africa talk by Mrs. Margaret Ver Meer. A First Reformed Church Ladies Aid Bazaar and Bake Sale begins at 9 a.m. at the Legion Hall. November 20 Golden Ager Thanksgiving dinner by American Legion Auxiliary at Legion Hall 12 noon ticket required. Tulip City square dance with caller Cliff Haley. November 21 Spark of Life program at Ebenezer Reformed Church Leighton 7 p.m. Denominational fellowship for Christian singles at 4 p.m. Pietenpol House Peace Street and Broadway. November 22 23 Swine flu vaccinations at Memorial Hall Pella 2 9 p.m. PTO meeting on counseling in public schools 7 30 p.m. High School cafeteria. December 7 Chapter BU PEO at Madonna Knutson 1358 Northwest Drive 7 30 p.m.
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Jaycee
Legion Hall
LOWY
Joan Lucas
Lincoln
AAUW
American Association of University Women
Avis van Zemeren
East University
Africa
Margaret Ver Meer
First Reformed Church Ladies Aid
Golden Agers
American Legion Auxiliary
Tulip City Square
Cliff Haley
Spark of Life
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Leighton
Interdenominational Fellowship For Christian
Greenland Odyssey screened in Pella Thursday at 7 30
The second Travel and Adventure film in the series will be shown at Douwstra Auditorium in Pella on Thursday at 7 30. The program Greenland: An Odyssey will be narrated by Jay and Charlene Gierkey, a husband and wife filmmaking team.
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Pella Es
Douwstra Auditorium
Greenland
Youth group to perform Spark of Life at Ebenezer Church
A local youth singing group Spark of Life from Leighton area will present a program at Ebenezer Reformed church in Leighton on Sunday November 21 at 7 p.m. The event showcases youth talents and community involvement.
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Spark of Life
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Leighton
Police report details October crime activity in Pella
The Pella police report for October shows 46 crimes with eight cleared. Larceny theft led with 22 incidents and two cleared, vandalism 14 incidents with two cleared, totaling all but ten crimes. Fraud had three cases all cleared. two burglaries one motor vehicle theft one juvenile runaway and one sex offense were reported, none cleared. Disorderly conduct two cases. Accidents totaled 31, averaging one per day, causing $21065 damage. Ten injured, seven charged. One hit and run, seven parked car incidents, one vehicle pedestrian, one vehicle train.
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Pella
Congregate Meals Menu Week of November 17 Thanksgiving Day
The schedule lists meals for Monday November 22 through Friday November 26. Dishes include Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes and red cabbage, braised minute steak with buttered spinach, roast turkey with dressing and cranberry sauce, Thanksgiving Day, and ham with glazed sweet potatoes and three bean salad.
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Paveea
Buck’ Buerkens
Wayne Hill
Fred ‘Lautenbach
Ray Robus
Peter van Zante
Everett Vanden Berg
Jacob ‘DeHaan, Jr
Herman Tuinstra
John van
Jon. D. Gaass
Regular Baptist School
Keren Jensen
Josi Juline
Julie Carter
Kim Hutchinson
Ami Jensen
Chad Brown
Kristina Lee
Patrick Meeker
Jody Ramsey
Zina Coulson
Randy Hutchinson
Holland Theatre
Corrie Ten Boom
God
Billy Graham
Gosselink
TV Ideal Pharmacy
Marion County State Bank
Saas
Earl
Pohlmann
Barrie
Cook & Son Agency
Seung
Ideal Pharmacy
Franklin
van Gorp Agency, Inc. Real Estate
Donald J. van Gorp
Cliff Harvey
Tim Meiine
Reson
Va.m
the Family Recreation Center
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