Twins Celebrate 81st Birthday in Pella Families
In Pella two 81 year old twin sisters Mrs. William Messmaker and Mrs. Ralph Huisman marked their birthday Friday night with both families present. They were born in 1892 two miles northeast of Pella to William and (unknown) Kelderman. Each family listed four children and multiple grandchildren and great grandchildren across Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, and Chicago Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Jantze) Messmaker
Ralph
Johanna) Huisman
Chronicle
Pella
William Kelderman
Messmaker
Connie
Newton
Robert
Nettie) Hindman
Knoxville
Arthur
John
Josephine) Shilling
Humphrey
Henry Kuiper
Grand Rapids
Mich
Louis van Wyk
Kuiper
Sally Christian School
Peter R. van Gorp
Peter
Cornelia Zylstra
van Gorp
Minnie van Maanen
Square Dance Spectacular Aids College Library Fund
Enthusiasts from distant towns attended Central College Graham Hall for a Square Dance Spectacular. Callers Bob Caskey Roger Jansen and guests entertained groups including Tulip City Square Dance Club Centralettes and Newton club members. Seventy five dollars raised will fund the college library learning resource center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
Graham Hall
Bob Caskey
Roger Jansen
Tulip City Square Dance Club
Centralettes
Newton Club
Fair Haven Residents Send Sympathy and Visits
Fair Haven residents expressed condolences to families of Abe Bos and Mrs A Elscott and others in Detroit and Galesburg. Local nursing activity noted with patients including Elizabeth Ver Dught and Nettie Terpstra. Several residents visited relatives across Iowa and Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Haven
Abe Bos
Mrs. A. Elscott
Elizabeth
Ver Dught
Nettie Terpstra
Cornelia Wynberg
Pella couple hosts buffet dinner for uncle
Mr and Mrs Bob Harvey of Pella hosted a buffet dinner on October 28 to honor Bob Harvey Sr his wife's uncle at their home in Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Harvey
Pella
Walter
Mike” Harvey
Marshalltown
Mike Harvey
State Conservation Commission
John Harvey
L. C. Harvey
Knoxville
Lloyd Huff
Des Moines
Bill Harvey
Lyle Harvey
Cleo Bennett
Michael Harvey
Jim Snyder
Carlisle
Dick Riggen
Harvey
Bruce Harvey
Calamus
William Bean
Candace Cade
Stephanie Harvey
Bella
Hospital notes summarize admissions and discharges
A dated hospital brief lists admissions and discharges from November 13 to 19 for multiple patients in Pella and Knox ville, noting names such as Marie Dykstra and Henry Daggett, plus related family mentions and staff education updates. It also covers social notes on gatherings and an archival class reunion.
Mishaps injure one. damage exceeds $550 in Pella
Police reports detail three mishaps last week in Pella. Shirley Jean Plate suffered mouth and neck injuries when her car rear collided a parked truck at Dutch Mill Motel. damage to Plate’s car about $400. A second two car mishap on Main Street near Washington caused $50 damage when Peter Omini Boloker’s car backed into a Dykhuis vehicle. A third two car crash at Third and Franklin damaged Gardner car $90 and Bruxvoort vehicle $25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Shirley Jean Plate
Oskaloosa St
Dutch Mill
Cleo R. Everman
Eads
Colo
Main Street
Washington
Third and
Franklin Streets
Beth Marvonne Bruxvoort
RR 3
Mike W. Gardner
Chariton
Gardner
Bruxvoort
Growth in Pella area telephone service noted
The Hawkeye State Telephone Co reports a 4.8 percent rise in business lines and 2.4 percent or 64 more residential numbers year over year. Pella totals reach 433 business and 2,723 residential numbers, with 4,624 telephones installed in August. Peoria stays flat, Otley adds one business and three residences, Leighton adds two business lines but loses three residential lines, and one party rural service is now in the Pella area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye State Telephone Co
Pella
Peoria
Otley
Leighton
Dale Mauer
Pella Community Notices and KCUI Thanksgiving Broadcasts
Local events list includes UNICEF card sales at Post Office 9 to noon on Nov 24, Porterville Aid meeting at Mrs. Bloom’s home Nov 27, film The Smile of Reason Nov 28, La Leche League Dec 4, and First Reformed Church Guild Supper Dec 10. KCUI FM 89.1 will broadcast Thanksgiving services from Pella churches today and Thursday with live and taped services, plus upgrades to telephone lines to reduce busy signals and changes to toll stations and an alternate cable route Knoxville to Monroe to prevent outages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unicef
Porterville Aid
Peter Bloom
East 3Rd
Civilization Film
Smile of Reason
Central College
la Leche League
Diane Cottington
Country Club
First Reformed Church Guild
Kcui-Fm
Pella
KCUI
Second Reformed
Trinity Reformed Church
First Reformed Church
Knoxville
Telephone Company
Chariton
Monroe
Last Springs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Abie
Dheka Stursma
Wilbur Stursma
Lambert Veenstra
New Sharon
M. P. de Jong
Parl van Hemert
Dansville
Walter Vander Leest
Sally
Mr. van Hemert
Henry Steenhoek
C. P. Rus
Richard Mollard
Longmount, Colo
Carrie Renaud
Larry Roozenboom
Oskaloosa
Jennie Rus
Steve Nibbelink
Gertrude Verley
Wayne Ruby
Council Bluffs
Jacob Swank
Sully
Hattie Vos
Marie Dykstra
John Miller
Leota Ver Steegh
Robert Marshall
Marvin Schippers
George Lankelma
John Wassink
Harold Booy
Mamie Kling
Nursing Home
Bryce Vander Kamp
Beulah Adams
Ralph Hammond
Baby Boy
Ed Hoeksma
Fred Bixterman
Jason Bumgardner
Jake van der Veer
Matt Weller
Columbia
Roy Chambers
Kermit Sherwood
Dennis Snodgrass
Warren Lisk
Mon
Ed Keuning
Elizabeth Verought
Oliver White
Helen Klein
Nancy Vander Wiel
Pella Community Hospital
Iowa State Department of Health
Worp Borgman
Marie Pippel
Herman Nollen
Wilbur van Ee
Gradys Kuiper
Tom Wearmouth
Ella Swank
Newnes
John D. Geurts
Peter Omini Boloker
Nellie
Charlie Dykhuis
Broadway
Dykhuis
Albert
Nellie Herder
Mrs. Herder
Dirk Vos
The
RCA
Wanders Inc
Iowa
Pizza den
A. Ave. W
Pella City
Pella Belle
Franklin
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