Community Listings and Funeral Notice for Mrs Effie Rouw
A dense social calendar lists events from Sept 3 to Sept 15 including reunions picnics and missionary conferences at Berean Baptist church. Also noted is the Sept 3 funeral service for Effie Rouw wife of Albertus with 10 children 42 grandchildren and 52 great grandchildren. A full obituary will appear later in the Chroni- a.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelderman
West Market
Sun
Karr
Marion County
Knoxville
Berean Baptist Church
Ustermarkt
Lewis van Roekels
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Leighton
American Legion Auxiliary
Students For
Effie Rouw
Albertus Rouw
Labor Day driving safety message from Gene Needles
Commissioner Gene L. Needles urged motorists to stay alert this Labor Day weekend on state highways. He outlined four habits: leave space to stop, adjust speed to conditions, drive defensively, and use seat belts, stressing obedience to traffic laws and avoiding risky passing on yellow lines or unprotected intersections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Needles
General Crafts class offered at Central College
Central college announces a General Crafts course taught by John Vruwink in the Art Department evenings this fall. Classes run Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:00 to 9:00 starting Sept. 13 in upstairs studios with projects in clay wall hangings wood spoons and bowls batik fabrics hook rug and metal jewelry. Register at the first meeting. Tuition based on 2 or 3 credit hours plus a $5 lab fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
Lawrence Mills
Chm
CUI
John Vruwink
Art
Tueday
Earp Home Visitors Reflect Pella Heritage
In 1954 six youngsters in Pella started kindergarten together, creating a school photo tradition that continued until senior year in 1966. The group, once five after Bruce Huisman left, is documented by Chronical photographers with names listed. The article blends two cultures shaping Pella, tracing settlement from 1843 New Purchase pioneers to Dutch residents, and notes a foreign exchange student in the cohort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scholte Heigats
Pella
Bruce Huisman
Chronicle
Jett
Dennis van Gorp
Bob Peters
Karin van Zante
Kent van Vark
Arvin van Zente
Arvin van Zante
Karin
Wanlop
Wally) Chandarasiri
Scotland
England
America
City of Refuge
New Purchase
Levi
Wellington Nossaman
Fairfield
New Netherlands
Nature Day campers explore Big Rock Park exhibits
Sixteen Pel la youths joined Recreation Commission Nature Day Camp at Big Rock Park under Dick Vander Laan and Marion Klyn. They built terrariums and bird feeders, hiked grasses shrubs and trees, identified birds, collected leaves and insects, and created keepsakes like tree scrapbooks and maps.
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Big Rock Park
Pella
Recreation Commission
Dick Vander Laan
Mariion Klyn
453 Enroll at Pella Christian Grade School Opens Year
Opening day enrollment at Pella Christian Grade School reaches 453 students, up from 435 last year. Flag ceremony at main entrance and all students singing America marked the start as staff include Vander Wiel De Ronde Bos Schaaf Brummel Brouwer Klyn Stravers Hoekstra Stravers Bajema Sonnenberg in various grades and roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Pella Christian Grade School
America
Frank Vander Wiel
Nick de Ronde
Abe Bos
Ella Vander Schaaf
Andrew Brummel
John Brouwer
Marion Klyn
Gerald Stravers
Also Mentioned on This Page
North Marion County
The
American Cancer Society
Legion Hall
PHS
Christian Reformed Church Mission
Christian High
H. M. de Rooy
St. Louis
Effie Rouw Services
Earp
Wyatt Earp
Nature
Sylvia Hawker
Steve van Ee
Larry
Big Rock Ke
Steve
Ed van Ee
Calvin Hoekstra
Tony Stravers
Wilfred Bajema
Betty Sonnenberg
Ed Vande Pol
Sioux Center
Iowa
Northwestern College
Orange City
Vande Pol
Northwest
Jane Buteyn
Saavern
Dordt
Miss Buteyn
Sioux Center School
Fred Kooi
Ireton
Kooi
Dordt College
Hull
Iate
Steven
Por
Grand Rapides
Michigan
Calvin College
Rose Joling
Vesper
Wisconsin
Dorit
Mise
Phyllis Ver Meer
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!