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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1956
Page
12
Norma Bricker travels to Moravia to visit Luemma Palmer but finds she is away. Community notes cover school programs, church events, visits, health updates, farming tasks, and local social notices from Knoxville to Red Rock with remarks on telephone use and a Republican banquet.
A Tuesday program at White breast School drew a large crowd with 11 pupils, 9 boys and 2 girls, taught by Thelma Van Hemert. Amvet Auxiliary held a bake sale at Van Vliet store. Numerous visits noted include Barbara Horton’s California trip and return to Newton, and family gatherings around Otley residents.
The carpenters have been working on the new school the past two weeks. Ill health touches the community as Henry Aalbers and Mrs. Bert Hol undergo surgeries and hopes for recovery rise. Christmas box items due October 16 go to Winnebago Nebraska, with donations urged to the church kitchen. Banner Bearers Society hosts a guest meeting Thursday at 1 30 p m at the Reformed Church auditorium inviting members to bring guests.
The community gathered at the Legion Hall in Pella for Harol d Vos on leave from the Navy. Summit residents organized the L and L Club with officers Lana Kay De Vries president and Mary Lou Van Wyk secretary, adopting a yearlong kindness box program. Local visits included Ed Wos family celebrations in Monroe and birthday and birthday-related events across Summit, with coverage of Guernsey show results at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo and region travel noting autumn colors and Wisconsin trips.
Leighton residents host and visit relatives across Iowa. Notable events include Carol Ann Sedrel and Gerrit Van Loenen hosting guests in Philipsburg, Mrs. De Reus and Van Zouk visiting at Connie Vroom, and a birthday celebration for Joyce with family. Mel Brummel welcomed a son, Donald Joel, at Mahaska Hospital. Alvin Van Haaften and Eleanor Thomason wed in Monroe, with a large Leighton gathering and Rev. P A De Jong presiding.
A brief note indicates a recent Board of Education meeting in New York City with details requested via phone at MA 8-2240.
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