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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1946
Page
8
Mr and Mrs K R Van Zee plan an open house on Tuesday October 1 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 at 7 West Third Street to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Family and friends are invited for greetings and refreshments.
Wedding of Miss Do daggzheer to Mr. ny Rite Oss Harter at Newton Gateway Baptist Mission. Details include gowns aqua and lace, veils, corsages, and a reception with gladioli and palms. The couple plans a home in Iowa City and the groom studies medicine. Public Health Nursing meeting announced for September 23 at Mrs. Miedema’s home.
Leura Ver Meer performed a program of nuptial music as Byron Ver Meer and Norman Van Heukelom stood with the couple. The Rev F M Huizenga led the double ring service. The bride wore a white rayon marquisette gown with a Juliette cap veil and carried white carnations and stephanotis. A reception for 200 followed in the church basement and the couple departed for a brief wedding trip.
A list of attendees from Des Moines Battle Creek Waterloo Oskaloosa Rose Hill Prairie City and Waterloo areas notes fifty four present The Second Reformed Church Aid meeting on September 20 is cancelled due to a Mission Conference Also AMVET Auxiliary reports a half Tuesday meeting and plans a Forget Me Not drive for Disabled War Veterans September 28 plus Red Cross sewing and a Plowing Match food stand at Pleasantville on September 21 with refreshments served afterward
J. Vander Ploeg obituary continues. Funeral services were held Saturday September 14 at 1 30 p m at the home and at 2 p m at the First Christian Reformed Church with Reverend S Vroon presiding. Interment followed in Oakwood Cemetery.
A Pella meeting urged city authorities to improve street cleanliness snow removal and vacant lot weed control. Committee members for the WHO Corn Belt Plowing Match and Conservation Field Day were commended with Pella to be strongly represented. Coffee and doughnuts concluded the session.
An exhibition of modern etchings by C A Bartel will travel with reproductions and explanatory panels. John H Wesley relic teachers art topics and plans more shows. William G Wing will present photographs with watercolors and paintings at Pella based on Gelderland themes.
La Vlassis will meet Reformed Church Mor eoy Sept. 20. Sessions start 10 00 AM with a noon intermission. Afternoon session begins at 2200 o'clock. Two missionaries on the program are Mrs G De Jong and Rev N Gosselink. Mrs D Bogaard represents the Mission Boards and Miss Marion Van
Horne Will Jal ens work and others including Mere G. 4 Prins, Mrs. W Rosenderz, and M Linden will take part in the seven's program. Delegates are asked to bring their own tool. Coffee and dessert will be provided.
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