SULLY NEWS BRIEFS HIGHLIGHT LOCAL GOSSIP AND TRAVELS
Movements include Merlyn Gertsma and mother driving to Chicago for a used car dealers convention with plans to return by plane after seven days. Stories cover birthdays, visits, church events, a missionary fete, and community updates from Sully and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sully
Merlyn Gertsma
Chicago
Andrew Gertsma
West Coast
Merlyn
American Airlines
Murray Grandia
Pella
Ollie Wisgerhof
Central College stages Sound of Music charms Pella crowd
A vivid town diary notes Central College's The Sound of Music delighted Pella in three performances. It praises the von Trapp cast, crew, and Edith Le Cocq, urging continued support for college arts and UNICEF fundraising. Mary Ver Meer is named Town Dairy Princess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
von Trapp
Pella
Peoria News Thirty Seven Ladies from Peoria
A partial Peoria article notes thirty seven ladies from the community involved in an event or gathering. Details are sparse in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
The
Dairy Princess and Homecoming Queens Featured
Belated congratulations to Pella High School Homecoming Queen Lynn Van Tuyl and attendants and to Central High School Homecoming Queen Judy Stemnsrud and attendants. Enjoyed May tag plant tour with the Women’s Club and noted Maytag washers as souvenirs. A mystery remains about the young girl pictured on the telephone directory cover. readers are asked to identify her with parent names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella High School
Lynn van Tuyl
Central
Judy Stemnsrud
Pella
Burgemeister
T. G. Fultz
Dr. Fultz
November wedding engagement announced in Pleasantville
Mr and Mrs Glenn Clark announce the engagement of their daughter Alice Rodda to Pete M Sels of Pella with a November wedding planned. UNICEF reports show global health work including yaws treatment, trachoma care, leprosy assistance, TB vaccination, malaria protection, and maternal child health support funded by a small share of daily military spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Clark
Pleasantville
Alice Rodda
Pete M. Sels
Anna Sels
Anthony Sels
Pella
Unicef
Pella Children Aim for UNICEF Drive on Halloween
Pella school children will canvass the city Friday afternoon October 30 to collect pennies for UNICEF. Dressed in Halloween costumes they carry UNICEF containers and return donations to school collection centers the same afternoon. Sponsored by the Fella AAUW, the youngsters ask for treats of pennies for less fortunate children and chant with pride in a constructive effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
U.N. I.C.E.F
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Unicef
Land of Plenty
American Association of University Women
Fella Aauw
Clarence Couple Celebrates 60th Wedding Anniversary
Friends relatives and neighbors honored Mr and Mrs William Goldsmith as the Clarence couple celebrated their 60th anniversary. They were married at Clarence on Sept 29 1904 and have lived in or near Clarence ever since Anabel Wetherell was honored on her 99th birthday with an open house She is from Stanwood
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Gerrit Vander Melen
Gerrit
New Jersey
New England
Quebec
St. Lawrence River
Ontario
Canada
Niagara Falls
Michigan
Niagara On the Lake
William Goldsmith
Clarence
Anabel Wetherell
Mrs. Wetherell
Stanwood
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Dean Baarda
Minneapolis
Harold Ellsworth
Union Gospel Mission
St. Paul
Ellsworth
Rochester
Minn
Max Wisgerhof
Victoria
Illinois
Mississippi River
Don Wisgerhof
le Claire
Iowa
Phil Vander Wilt
Kristin
Susan
Orval Vander Wilt
Louise van Wyk
Ames
Jerry Draager
Campus Baptist Church
Jerry Guerts
Wm. van Wyk
Grinnell
Elmer Mitchell
Mitchell's
Waldo Vannoy
Montezuma
Virgil Kooistra
Cleo Vander Kamp
Nora Vande Krol
Wilburn van Wyk
Central Gospel Chapel
Des Moines
Sally
Guy Vander Pol
Lynnville
Harold Vande Krol
Pat Bennett
Davenport
Lester Klyn
Guert Vander
Carolyn Terpstra
Connie Vander Kamp
Gregory Renaud
Dale Schnell
Ernest Vander Kamp
Catherine Kooistra
Harriet Payne
South Africa
Miss Payne
Mosvold Mission
Zululand
S. Africa
St. Paul, Minn
Mina Willock
W. T. Conover
Fred de Vries
Mike Somogyi
Lisa Ann
Somogyi
Carolyn Kooistra
Orion Drive
Magnolia Springs
Apt
Green Cove Springs
Florida
U.S. Navy
Norfolk
Virginia
John Kolfschoten
Glenn Wisgerof
Kirk Wisgerhof
Flora Gertsma
Kay Wisgerhof
Denver
Colorado
Glenn Wisgerhof
Glenn
Kay
Veil, Colordo
Women’s Christian Edification League
Calvary Church
World Relief Center
Mahaska Farm Bureau Rooms
North Mahaska Dixie Land Band
Beth Ver Steegh
Shirley Bandstra
Mary Hagen
Sandra Stewart
Karen Renaud
Sherrill de Jong
N.M. Girls
Earl Kentfield
Anthony Vander Wilt
Elmer Kinsinger
Wilbur Hoy
Royce Pierson
F. B. Metting
Farm Bureau
Christian Church
Oskaloosa
Dale Nelson
Town Farm Bureau
Chester Zylstra
Bastian Vander Wilt
Henry Vande Voort
Larry Vander Melen
John Westercamp
Marie Stursma
Pella Community Hospital
Henry Vander Linden
Omaha
Neb
Ronald
Gilbert Vander Waal
Marion Vander Linden
Ivan Chapman
Chapmans
Chapman
Marion Swank
Henry Roose
P. de Vries
Lewis de Vries
Marvin Swank
Waterloo
Grand Rapids
Richard van Kooten
Sheryl
Pam
David
S. Dakota
Edward Star
Star
Joyce van Kooten
Allen Vis
Edgerton
Minnesota
Vis
Estella Dahm
van Kooten
Teachers Institute
Dale de Young
Town City
William Nibbelink
John W. Val der Hart
Ohio
Busy Bees
Busy Bee Club
Val Williams
Rachel Garner
Lena Vander Wilt
Tena Westercamp
Treas
Verna Pethoven
Flowers
Grace Renaud
Phyllis Garner
Christian School
Sylvia J. Hawker
Douwstra Chapel
Edith le Cocq
Mary Ver Meer
Pellas
Devin
Savery
Mary
James Garner
Lee Remick
Peoria News
Paul Bandstra
Stanley M. Heaberlin
Dairy Princess
Alice Rodda Clark
Schakel’s
Pella, Iowa
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