News of Nearby Towns And Rural Communities Sully News
Local rural briefs highlight community events in nearby towns. Reports note school activities, fairs, road work, and municipal updates affecting residents in the Sully area.
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1957
Page
4
Local rural briefs highlight community events in nearby towns. Reports note school activities, fairs, road work, and municipal updates affecting residents in the Sully area.
The Choral Society of the Christian Reformed Church will give a program after evening church services Sunday October 6 directed by James Brass of Pella. The eighth grade class enjoyed a wiener roast at Schnell's timber with teachers and bus driver. Several church and community activities follow including WCTU meeting and various social hours and gatherings across Sully.
Coal Ridge notes a Sunday School at 9 30 am and a preaching service at 10 30 led by Rev R Ritzhaupt with Mrs C Coster and Mrs F Blackman, Flo Neal of Knoxville visiting Des Moines Friday and visiting Mr Warren Woodyard and Mrs Myrtle Talbott and the Murphy family among others, Cora Coster arriving Friday at Mr and Mrs W Hur Crosby home, Mrs Cod Anderson aiding Wilbur Crosby in the late afternoon.
Multiple small gatherings highlighted last week with Mr and Mrs Bailey visiting in Knoxville for Theresa Bailey's first birthday and a birthday party at Walter Thomas's home for Shirley Thomas Battistello. Neighbors Ted Tubbs G I Franklin and Andersons hosted visitors, with events spanning Attica Otley and Knoxville areas.
Summit residents Mrs H W Vriezelaar and others visited Sun day afternoon to honor Lorence and Diane on their birthdays. Des Moines couple Mr and Mrs Tom Bloodsworth celebrated 36th wedding anniversary with children hosting. Families from Des Moines Monroe and Pella hosted and attended gatherings with Stan ley Products demo and birthday notes for Diane Van Dusseldorp.
A dense social column from Marion County covers visits in Pella Otley Prairie City and Sully. It notes Mrs McDougal ill school district events and multiple family gatherings plus church meetings. Local 4-H members Jim Crozier and Bobby Fisher are referenced with district activity and a public extension program at Des Moines.
Mrs L T Munson traveled to El Dora Thursday for the funeral of her brother in law Art Byram. Harold Patrick remains a patient at Collins Hospital Knoxville. Mr and Mrs Art Koelman of Newton visited in the Albert Dykstra and Charlie Dop homes last week. Mary Brong, in Rochester MN hospital, reports the body cast she has worn for months is still in place.
A long list details hospital stays and recoveries including Mary in braces and training to sit up. several families and friends visited in Des Moines, Knoxville, Grinnell, Newton, and Monroe. Sessions include club events with the Merry Makers, Lions Club entertainment, and assorted travels to Denver, Montana, Yellowstone, and Chicago. Aged Mr. Fouch, 80, fractured his hip after a fall and is hospitalized. Carroll Berkenbosch arrives home from Germany with army discharge. birth-day celebrations for Susan Berkenbosch noted.
Henry Van Haalen Johnny and parents Mr and Mrs Carroll Berkenbosch with Mrs David Nimmo Mrs Del bert Thomason and Mrs Sue Antle hosted a grocery shower for Janice Run on Sept 20 in honor of her Sept 28 marriage to Merritt Van Roskel. Attendees included Meldam Gerald Van Zante RB Glood M Wilson Earl Runyan Grace Schnuge palmar Emmack Keith Sloan Marion Hulloman Harold Bowie John Van Roekel Harold North Ralph Rhinehart Harold Terpstra Truman Thompson Mr and Mrs H H LeGran Mrs Henderson Reese Mrs Robert Sherwood visited the Charles Jones home in Chil Heathe Mo Mr and Mrs Joe Turner and children of Des Moines visited Vern Klein.
A man whose normal weight is 150 pounds would weigh about 50 pounds if all the water in his system were dried up.
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