Ruth Vander Linden Weds G J Van Kooten at Pella Church
The September 25 wedding of Ruth Vander Linden and Gerrit Van Kooten took place at the First Christian Reformed Church of Pella. Dr P Y De Jong officiated the 7:30 p.m. ceremony as pink and white gladiolis adorned the altar. The bride wore chantilly lace and net, with a laceveiled fingertip gown. she carried a white lace Bible and pink rose bouquet. Attendants included maid of honor Eileen Engbers and best man Roger Van Kooten, with ushers Gerald Vander Linden and Gary Van Kooten and ring bearer Glen Van Kooten.
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Pella
Ruth Vander Linden
Antoinette Vander Linden
William Vander Linden
Oskaloosa
Gerrit van Kooten
Leighton
P. Y. de Jong
Elsie de Jong
Marvin Rozenboom
Marion Monster
Eileen Engbers
Darlene van Wyk
Roger van Kooten
Gerald Vander Linden
Gary van Kooten
Glen van Kooten
Larry van
Judy Ver Meer
Mavis van de Keift
Wayne van Wyk
Wilfred Rempe
Joe de Rooi
John W. de Rooi
Herman Hasselman
Homer Hasselman
Lansr
Wedding Bells for Van Kooten and Vander Linden Families
The article describes a wedding and multiple showers for Ruth Vander Linden and Ruth Van Kooten, with pink and mint green color themes, a four tier cake, and family and community members hosting and serving. It notes Ruth Vander Linden’s high school graduation and Ken Wiclard’s sister Mrs. Van Kooten presiding at the guest book. It also mentions an engagement of Ruth Robus’s daughter Janice to Allan Beyers of Otley.
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Mavis Vande Kieft
Judy Ver Meer
Wilfred Rempe
Francis de Jong
Dorothea Nicusma
Betty Synhorst
Marilyn Vander Linden
Gladys Lanser
Kenneth Wiclard
Marvin Vande Voort
Eileen Lanser
Don Roozendaal
Evelyn Engbers
van Kooten
Pella
Norman Robus
Otley
Janice
Allan Beyers
Henry Beyers
Oskaloosa Church Wedding for Pauline Van Ham
Pauline Van Ham and Gerrit W. Plate wed at Oskaloosa Gospel Tabernacle with Rev. Stan Benson officiating. Ceremony featured candlelit aisles, family attendants, and musical selections including God Gave Me You and O Promise Me, as vows united the couple from Pella and Otley.
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Oskaloosa
Pauline van Ham
Stan Benson
Peter van Ham
Pella
Route 1
Gerrit W. Plate
Albert Plate
Otley
Lois van Ham
Alberta Plate
Joyce Langstraat
Sheryl Nearmyer
Bride and groom wed in Pella ceremony with reception
Miss Groendyke sang during the nuptials as Miss Plate and Miss Van Wyk attended. The couple, both from Pella, exchanged vows in a home ceremony with family present, then held a reception for about 200 at the YWCA. The bride, a nurse, plans to work at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Knoxville.
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Veteran's Administration Hospital
Knoxville
Mr. Plate
Pella Christian High School
Prairie Bible Institute
Three Hills
Alberta
Canada
Prairie City Johnston s Plan Florida Vacation This Winter
Prairie City residents share winter travel plans with trips to Bradenton Florida and Brookings South Oak while others attend funerals and sales. Ruth Ray travels to Atlanta for surgery. several families visit Chariton and New York for events. Legion Auxiliary meets with Mrs. Mary Wiggins Sr and Mrs. Gertrude Hanel.
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Verne Johnston
Brandenton
Florida
Ruth Ray
Atlanta
Dwight Hanel
Oscar Kane
Elsie Tice
Brookings S. Oak
B. P. Schaphorst
Kenneth Fleming
Edith Vanderzyl
G. I. Vanderzyl
Pella
Warren C. Goedert
Phoenix
Ariz
Simon van Dusseldorp
Chariton
P. A. van Zee
Estes Park
Colo
John Williams
Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Mary Wiggins Sr
Gertrude Hanel
A New Soybean Variety Ford Announced in Marion County
Ford, a new soybean variety, will be available to selected Marion County growers for seed production in 1959. Iowa tests show Ford outyielding Adams and Lincoln by about 2 percent and ranking just below Clark. It matures seven days earlier than Clark and one day earlier than Lincoln. The county extension office seed distribution committee will review the program details.
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Ford
Marion County
Iowa
Adams
Lincoln
Clark
Seed Distribution Committee Members Named for Crop Association
Applications and nominate several to be forwarded to the Town Crop Improvement Association for final approval. Members of the seed distribution committee are Windel Wyatt Pleasantville Vocational Agriculture Instructor Rex Hamilton Soil District Commissioner Russ Crozier County As¢ Committeeman Worth Darnell President Farm Bureau John Vriezelaar member of Extension Council and Dick Freeman Assistant county extension director.
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Town Crop Improvement Association
Windel Wyatt
Pleasantville
Rex Hamilton
Soil District
Russ Crozier
Worth Darnell
Farm Bureau
John Vriezelaar
Extension Council
Dick Freeman
Post Office Offers New Savings Stamp
The local post office unveils a brand new United States Savings Stamp in patriotic colors at 26 cents. This marks the first major design change since 1919. A gift book offers 10 stamps for $2.50 or 29 stamps for $5, with no extra penny added.
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United States Savings
Actire
Global population growth outpaces deaths by over one per second
The world adds about 110 thousand people daily and roughly 40 million annually from births exceeding deaths, implying a sustained population rise. This reflects a continuous demographic surplus that accelerates with time.
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Prairie City
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