A Visit With Mrs Gerrit Van Roekel
Mrs. Gerrit Van Roekel, wife of the Republican candidate for Iowa House, reflects on an average life centered in family, college, and church. The interview covers their children Ray and Erma, travel to India with missionary ties, dorm life at Central College, and active civic roles including WCTU work and church leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit van Roekel
Iowa
van Roekel
Central College
van Roekels
Pietenpol Hall
Gerrit
van Roekers
Behany Reformed Church
N Des
van Reekels
Wilson
Japan
Hawaii
John Hesselink
Tokyo
Belle Bogaard
Kobe
Singapore
Lum
The
Reformed Church In
India
Colombo
Ceylon
Madras
de Bruins
Vellore
Frances
Voorhees College
Arabia
Dunhams
Muscat
Holy Land memories and new town signs in Pella
Mrs. Van Roekel recalls Easter Holy Land experiences including Good Friday Via Dolorosa and Garden of the Tomb sunrise. The couple toured Europe then sailed home on the S S Nieuwe Amsterdam. New town signs advertise the Wyatt Earp Boyhood Home around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Land
Wyatt Earp
Highway 163
Swimming Pool
Babe Caldwells
Pella-Knoxville
Brinkhoff Park
Central Park
Willard
Wanderings and garden notes from a Des Moines visit
A local column recalls a pleasant Des Moines visit at the Bethany Reformed Church workshop, sharing reflections on friendship, a humorous “I Must Go Shopping” meditation, and a 40th anniversary Rolscreen tour. It also lists 87 flower bulbs planted at a home and 9500 bulbs planned for city parks, with varieties and counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit van Roekel
Guild
Bethany Reformed Church
Des Moines
Pella
Park Commission
Nostalgic tribute to the Model T and family memories
A fragment of a nostalgic reminiscence about a 1917 Model T Ford, detailing a grand family purchase funded by five hundred dollars. The narrator recalls deluxe features, a speedometer, nickel bumpers, and cow catchers, plus road trips, cousins’ cars, and childhood adventures with a heater and back-seat odors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yesteryear
Dad
Henry
Art
Alfred
Cheese Apple Crisp from the Quantity Recipe File
Mina Baker presents a cheese apple crisp recipe from Lenore Sullivan’s Quantity Recipe File. The dish blends apple pie flavors with grated American cheese in the topping, baked 350 degrees F for 30 to 35 minutes and served in sherbet glasses with whipped cream and maraschino cherry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenore Sullivan
Central College Homecoming events and 50th RCA anniversary
Homecoming events continue with a ticket call for alumni and parents, a postgame coffee hour, and a 5 to 6:30 p.m. buffet in Graham Hall. O Neill's Emperor Jones final performance at 8:15 p.m. in Douwstra Chapel precedes the Homecoming Ball with Ralph Marterie’s orchestra from 8:30 to midnight. The Sunday 11:00 a.m. Homecoming Service in Douwstra Chapel marks the RCA affiliation's 50th anniversary with Dr Marion de Velder as guest minister. Reverend de Velder, a Central College alum and RCA leader, has held multiple church and academic roles and travels widely. The Central College Chapel Choir will present sacred music, with alumni invited to buffet dinners in Graham Hall after worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mentink
Graham Hall
O'Neil
Douwstra Chapel
Ralph Marterie
The
Reformed Church In America
Marion de Velder
General Synod
RCA
Boyden
Iowa
Central College
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
Universiy of Chicago Divinity School
de Velder
North and Southhampton
North and Southhampton Reformed Church of Churchville, Pa; Hope Church
Holland
Mich
Central Reformed Church of
Grand Rapids
Central College Board of Trustees
United Advance Fund For the Reformed Church In America
Western Theological Seminary
RCA Board
Laurence Grooters
Central College Lvnen
Pella
New Titles Now Ready for Circulation at Carnegie-Viersen
Carnegie-Viersen Library shelving includes The Coming of the Water Famine by Congressman James Wright detailing national water shortages and a long range plan. Other titles include Billy Graham by John Pollock, Canada's Mountain National Parks by Robert Scharff, The People Called by Elton Trueblood, Crusade Against Hunger by I W Moomaw, The Complete Poems of Robert Frost, Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer, The Complete Photographer by Feininger, Graphers Handbook by Sussman, Paper Folding by A Kenney, Stuart Little by E B White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie-Vierson Library
James Wright
Wright
Billy Graham
John Pollock
William Franklin Graham
Graham
Canada
Mountain
Robert Scharff
Banff
Jasper
Glacier
Kootenay
Mount
Revelstoke
Waterloo Lakes
Elton. Trueblood
I. W. Moomaw
Robert Frost
Frost
Géorgette Heyer
Marquis of Vidal
France
London
Paris
Feininger
and _Sussman
Grapher
AI Kenneth
Ody
E. B. White
Stuart Little
Frederick C. Little
Also Mentioned on This Page
Moines
Trinity Church
Iowa City
Central College Women’s Auxiliary
Sihia J. Hawker
Devin
Carolyn
Darwin
Dillenburg
Harshall Haig
John T. Scheepers
CIA
Triumph
West Market Park
Esther Grace Sinsbee
Wyler
Modern Jewelers
Northwest Corner
Knoxville
Mina Baker
Home Economist
Pella Chronicle
Housewives
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