Local News Highlights and Social Notes from Pella
Miss Hazel Calhoun leaves for Des Moines to work this winter. Vander Pols showcases directoire belts and accessories. Families travel to Oskaloosa and Colorado Springs by car. Matinee at Electric Palace offers 5c children’s admission. Delegates to a women’s foreign missions convention head to Oskaloosa. Pella fair attendance noted with visits to Reasner and Newton. A linen shower honors Pauline Ver Ploeg with a mock wedding ceremony. Dr. Francis departs for Parkersburg WV to attend the Baptist State Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Calhoun
Des Moines
Directoire
Vander Pols
Lella McGregor
Reasner
A. P
van Houweling
Pella
Melvin
Newton
S. Onstine
Johnnie
A. de Bruyn
Keokuk
Bertha van Houweling
Pauline Ver Ploeg
Eva van Houweling
Marie de Haan
Lizzie van Houweling
Dr. Francis
The
Baptist Church
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Baptist State Convention of
Mr. Francis
Local movers and meetings thread through Pella notes
John Vander Zyl of Prairie City and many residents are noted traveling to Delta Leighton Valley Junction and Keota for visits and new homes. The community reports church mission meetings, a funeral in Bonaparte, a Des Moines mission society convention, a train derailment delay, land purchases in South Dakota, stock sales in Monroe, and a marriage at the Christian parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Vander Zyl
Prairie City
Chas. Porter
Delta
W. O. West Housen
Leighton
Frank
Lizzie
Emma Hamilton
Valley Junction
Wynant Vander Kamp
van Vliet
Vander Kamp
D. J. Neremeyer
Jerome Palmer
Keota
S. F. Cole
Cole
Margearite
Oskaloosa
Palmer
D. Scholten
Monroe
Kyle
United Presbyterian
Ladies Missions
Alfred Trenerry
Bonaparte
Faith
Hanover
Ill
Frahm
Des Moines
Woman's Foreign Mission Society
M. E. Church
Pella
Dutch Gap
John Hasselman
Miller
South Dakota
L. Stegeman
Horace Greely
Stegeman
Maas van Donselaar
Miss van Donselaar
H. H. Viersen
Burgraaff Cummins wed at Methodist church in Pella
On Saturday evening October 3 at 7:30 Rev. Geo E Monkman joined Neal Burgraaff and Edith Cummins in marriage at the Methodist parsonage. The couple, favored by the Pella community, will reside in the Lake Schakel property in South Pella. Also Bert Stegeman and Lou Smith from the local high school plan to marry in Dakota, with Bert helping on his father’s ranch. telegrams report them in Pierre and happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Burgraaff
Edith Cummins
Geo. E. Monkman
Methodist
Pella
Lake Schakel
South Pella
Bert Stegeman
Lou Smith
Dakota
Pierre
Happy
Bert
Chronicle
Lin
Wickhart Wickhart Marriage At North Monroe Farm
This afternoon at two o'clock occurred the marriage of Miss Katherine Wickhart to Mr Albert Wickhart at the Wickhart home four miles north of Monroe. All the relatives were present. Those attending from Pella were Mr and Mrs C Wickhart Mr and Mrs H Kersbergen and Mr and Mrs I O Gaass. The couple will live on the Win Wickhart farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Wickhart
Albert Wickhart
Wickhart
Monroe
Pella
C. Wickhart
H. Kersbergen
I. O. Gaass
Win. Wickhart
Blommers and Elliott Wed in Simple Methodist Ceremony
Last Thursday evening Miss Nina Elliott and Mr. Ben Blommers, with relatives, were married at the Methodist parsonage in a brief ceremony by Pastor George E. Monkman. The couple then moved to a furnished home in John Blommers Sr. house and hosted a house warming with friends, who join the Chronicle in wishing them a long useful life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Elliott
Ben. Blommers
H. D. Wormhoudt
Ed. Wormhoudt
Geo. E. Monkman
Mr. Blommers
Miss Elliott
John Blommers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Langerak’s Drug Store
William Johnson
Harve van Gorp
Nina Sadler
Mr. van Gorp
L. Wheeler
Orange City
Elzie Wheeler
Lena Ulrich
Nelle Veeman
Colorado Springs
Miss Ulrich
Electric Palace
Eugene Grundman
H. Rietveld
D. S. Huber
H. F. Fisk
Henry Tollenaar
Washington, Ja
A. LeGrand
John Ver Steeg
J. J. Hollebrands
Leota
Minn
Tommy Livingstone
Ames
Messrs
W. B. Pietenpol
S. B. Baron
Central
Indianola
Simpson
Arie van Houweling
P. E
Elizabeth Hamilton
Henry J
Miller, Hand Co
Henry
Ella Jones
Lloyd Jones
Augustus I French
Betts
Christian Parsonage
Newton Record
Sherwin-Williams
Buck Stove and Range Co’s
van Zante Bros
Herman Rietveld
Sully
Knoxville
Iowa
Blommers-Elliott
Pella Public Library
Carolyn van Vliet
Ver Ploeg
C. M. van Cleve
Mgr
Nick Boland
J. P. Klein
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