Rotary Club social and library service marked by gatherings
Local Rotary president Henry Vande Voort hosted an informal Thursday discussion with directors and committee chairs ahead of October district governor visit. Pella Teachers Club members and spouses enjoyed a wiener roast at Pool Park, while Katherine De Koning marked 25 years at Carnegie-Viersen Library with a coffee gathering.
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Henry Vande Voort
Rotary Club
Rotary
Pool Park
Pella
Katherine de Koning
Carnegie-Viersen Library
Library
Libra
Clarence Vander Linden
Vander Linden
D. C. van Zante Isting
Miss de Koning
John J. Bloomers
Paul Farrer
William Bosch
Re Cornelia Rhynsburger
Mr Lautenbach
Clarence Victer Linden
D. C. van Zante
Helen Vanden Berg
Wilma Kempe
Ruth Tusseling
Ver Meer-Vander Wert Nuptials At Ver Meer Home
On Friday evening September 14 the daughter of Mr and Mrs A A Ver Meer married Loren Vander Wert son of Mr and Mrs John Vander Wert of Pella. Rev Simon Vroon officiated the double ring ceremony at the brides home. The bride wore a floor length white rayon georgette gown with a high neckline and net yoke outlined with a rufty edge.
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Shirley Vander Wert
Howard de Prenger
Martha Ver Meer
Marsha
Evelyn Jansen
Pat Else
Roselyn
Marilyn Vander Wert
Mattie
Bertha Jansen
Leonard Rus
Oskaloosa St
Pella
Towa
Janice
A. A. Ver Meer
Loren Vander Wert
John Vander Wert
Simon Vroon
Sandyville Town to Mark 100th Anniversary in 1851 Origin
Sandyville in Warren County prepares for its 100th anniversary this year as a town of 98 residents. Founded in 1851 by the Sandy family, the community plans a family reunion next year to celebrate the milestone.
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Sandyville
Warren County
Sandy
Widow bite sends Swea City native to hospital
Margery Korsrud, formerly of Swea City and now a resident of St. Paul, was bitten by a black widow spider while carrying fruit from a grocer. She lost consciousness within 48 hours and was hospitalized, then recovered.
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Margery Korsrud
St. Paul
Obituary Notes for Beulah De Bruyn and Karl Shutts
Beulah Mae De Bruyn born December 26 1898 in Killduff Iowa died September 27 1961 in Mercy Hospital Marshalltown of leukemia. Funeral September 29 1951 at Cooperative Iden Chapel Galesburg officiated by Reverend A Erkam. Buried Hewitt Cemetery Galesburg. Also notices death of Karl Shutts longtime Sully resident died of heart attack on date not stated buried St Andrew's Newton with services at Sacred Heart Newton. Survived by wife Grace Coakley and children Cecelia Eldridge Mary Munson Francis Carroll Kenneth and twelve grandchildren. Casket bearers Elmer Roscoe Pahr Merle Earl Clifton Harry O Breein.
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Beulah Mae de Bruyn
Cornelius and
Ethel de Bruyn
Killduff
Mercy Hospital
Marshalltown
Monroe
Des Moines
Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Company
Christian Church
Galesburg
Co-operative
Iden Chapel
Aerkamp
Gerald de Bruyn
Carl de Bruyn
Harold Frazer
Brice Dennis
Leo Fin
Frank Zickel
Hewitt Cemetery
Iowa
Sully
Frederick William Karl Shutts
Mary Alice O'Brien
Grace Coakley
Cecelia Eldridge
Stuart
Mary Munson
Francis
Carrol
Kenneth
Newton
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
St. Andrew’s
Paul C. Albers
Elmer
Roscoe Pahr
Merle
Earl
Clifton
Harry O'Brein
Acknowledgement of Sympathy for Beulah Mae De Bruyn
Mrs C De Bruyn thanks those who offered kindness during Beulah Mae De Bruyn s long illness and after her death. Expressions of sympathy condolence and flowers are gratefully acknowledged by the family.
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Beulah Mae de Bruyn
Obituary of Bert R. Shutts Near Sully Town
Bert R. Shutts died at age 67 in the early hours of Saturday morning September 29 1961 near Sully Town. The death was reported from the local area with funeral arrangements to be announced by the family.
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R. Shutts
Yincel
Bah Fant
Heed
Sully
Card of Thanks for Bert Shutts
We thank friends neighbors and relatives who aided and comforted us when our husband Bert Shutts fell ill and after his death. We gratefully acknowledge sympathy condolences and flowers as tokens of respect and regard. Mrs Bert R Shutts And Children
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Bert Shutts
Mrs Gerrit Aalbers obituary notes birth near Pella in 1888
Mrs Gerrit Aalbers, née Poortinga, born October 30, 1888 near Pella Iowa, died September 24, 1951 at her home in Pella aged 62 years 10 months and 24 days. She married Gerrit Aalbers on February 18 1914.
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Poortinga _ Aalbers
Frans Ibe Poortinga
Ybeltje Jaarsma
Pella
Iowa
Gerrit Aal
Centennial blood donor Mrs Rose Frush remembered
Mrs Rose M Frush of Pella celebrated giving her hundredth pint of blood at Iowa Methodist Hospital Des Moines. She has polycythemia and requires regular bloodletting, donating ninety three pints to the hospital blood bank and seven to the Red Cross over four years. She plans a big dinner after a hospital party in her honor.
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Rose Frush
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Des Moines Tribune
Rose M. Frush
Pella
Gratitude for support after Mrs Gerrit Aalbers’ passing
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness to our wife mother and sister Mrs Gerrit Aalbers during illness and after her death. We gratefully acknowledge expressions of sympathy and flowers from Gerrit Aalbers and Children Brothers and Sister.
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Gerrit Aalbers
Obituary Notice for Mrs Sarah Hollebrands Wyzenbeek
Sarah Louisa Hollebrands Wyzenbeek was born March 18 1882 in Pella Iowa and died September 30 1951. She married Andrew Wyzenbeek and is survived by husband four children Esther Hart Ruth Schooley Laura Hyatt and Andrew Wyzenbeek plus brothers J J Hollebrands G B Kolenbrander John Hollebrands A J Hollebrands E Hollebrands and sister Anna Bee. She was a former member of Third Reformed Church Pella later active in Moody Church Chicago. Funeral service was October 3 1951 at Van Dyk Funeral Home with Rev E H Tanis officiating. interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Bers
Marinus G
Frank
Prairie City
Hattie
Matthew Olivier
Pella
Edward
Otley
First Reformed Church of
Mission and Dorcas Society
Bessides
Effie
Robert Baker
Vale
O Gon
George
Monroe
Gerrit
Don
Seib
Sam
Dora
Bertha
H. Jaarsma
Ella
Jacob Aalbers
First Reformed Church
A. Haverkamp
Oakwood Cemetery
Sarah Louisa _ (Hollebrands) Wyzenbeek
Town
Elias Hollebrands
Laurina Louisa van Geelkerken Hollebrands
Iowa
Andrew Wyzenbeck
Esther Hart
Los Angeles
Californi
Ruth Schooley
Chicago
Laura Mae Hyatt
Cincinnati
Ohio
J. J. Hollebrands
Ontario
New York
G. B. Kolenbrander
Towa
John Hollebrands
Des Moines
A. J. Hollebrands
New Sharon
E. Hollebrands
Anna Bee
Third Reformed Church
Moody Church of Chicago
van Dyk
Earth Perimeter Around Equator Exceeds Meridional Loop
A geographic note explains that the circumference around the equator is larger than the distance around any given meridian. It highlights how the planet’s shape causes this difference in measurement and references the equator as the maximal belt around the globe.
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Equator
Blood donor case tied to polycythemia widow
Mrs Frush, widow of Frank Frush a longtime Pella official, receives $15 per pint for blood donation at Iowa Methodist. Doctor notes polycythemia blood is safe for transfusion and richer in red cells, good for compatible recipients. Three Iowa Methodist donors provide blood for medical use benefitting the donors.
New York Alumni Chapter Meeting Set in New Brunswick
Dean I W Pietenpol will speak Monday at Hertzog Mall New Brunswick Seminary New Brunswick New Jersey where Central College Alumni Chapter members from New York New Jersey Connecticut and Pennsylvania will gather for the meeting.
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I. W. Pietenpol
New York City
New York
Central College
Hertzog Mall
New Brunswick Seminary
New Brunswick
New Jersey
Centralites
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Crumbling Clarinda courthouse tower to be replaced
The Page county courthouse at Clarinda is receiving a new tower after the old brick structure crumbled. Builders dismantled the tower down to the clock faces as part of the reconstruction plan.
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Page County
Ab Clarinda
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C. A. Bartels
Laurence Grooters
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P. E
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Cornelia Wilson
Marie Lefeber
Holland
Julia Vander Linden
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Hamilton
Gibbs
Janice Ver
A. A
Oskaloosa Street
Mrs. C. de Bruyn
Bert R. Shutts
Coleman
van den Berg Electric & Paint Co
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Des Moines ‘Tribune
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