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Pella Chronicle in Pella, Iowa

06 Sep 1966

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Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1966

Page

2

Local Couple Honored on 35th Anniversary in Pella

Rev and Mrs M Gritters celebrated 35 years with an Open House at their son Frank Gritters home in Pella. Guests signed a guest book, viewed wedding and family photos, and a buffet lunch was served by family members. The couple later enjoyed a supper hosted by children and grandchildren.

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M. Gritters Frank Gritters Pella Diane Gritters Laura Gritters Edgar Gritters Arnold Gritters Jackie Stursma Gritters Inwood Iowa Christian Reformed Church Eugene Heideman Warwick Estate New York Bernie Menninga Heidemans Des Moines Shelter House N. A. Vos Marion Swank Route Two Leonard Hiemstra Oskaloosa Third Reformed Church First Reformed Church Elvin Rockford Ilinois Milwaukee Wisconsin Gene Meerdink Reformed Church Mescalero New Mexico Hiemstras Arnold Punt South Holland Illinois Alfred D. Sabin Jeannine Peter J. Zwank Zwanks Sabins
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Pella Iowa Colony and Wyatt Earp Family History

The account traces the Dutch founded Pella in Iowa by Dominic Scholte and 800 settlers, their trek from St Louis, and the noble start with a high ridge site. It covers Nicholas Earp and sons including Wyatt, their Civil War service, and the wagon train to California. The piece describes early Pella homes, the 1850s dining room, kitchen, gun room, parlor, upstairs loom, and crafts, plus a note on local artists Schilder Nollen and the community’s pioneer life.

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America Dominic Scholte Iowa St. Louis Fairfield Major Post Nossaman Pella Central Park Uhey Dominie Mareah Paris Holland Nicholas Earp Virginia West Virginia Kentucky Illinois Mississippi River Martha Union Wyatt Ottumwa James Newton Virgil Nicholas First Ward Marshall California Curtis Rousseau Hamilton Ellis Hayes Council Bluffs Earps Nicholas Earp Gay Delft Earp Walters Copley Ohio Hattie Rose Schilder Nollen
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Betty Baarda to Job Corps center

Betty Baarda, 16, daughter of Mrs. Elsie Baarda and the late Frank Baarda, left Des Moines by plane Tuesday to join the Job Corps. She flies to Kansas City to meet others and travels by bus to Poland Spring Maine for training at a Job Corps Center after completing sophomore year at Lynnville-Sully High School.

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Lynnville Betty Jean Baarda Elsie Baarda Frank Baarda Des Moines The Job Corp Kansas City Poland Springs Maine Job Corp Center Sully High School
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