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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1945
Page
10
Mrs Charles Vander Kolk notes social visits among Kenyon Minnesota residents and Otley Pella and Cordova connections. The piece lists Van Vliet family ties, Ustermark and Vander Werf relations, and Des Moines YMCA service attendance by Rev Visser and companions.
Local residents share visits between Pella and nearby towns. Families travel to Hamilton to see a sister. others host gatherings and birthday parties. The Otley Reformed Church reports battles, meetings, and programs including the Missionary visit, plus variety of society activities and a 50th anniversary program planned for September 27.
An advertorial claim describes PASTERTIL, an improved powder for upper and lower plates. It purportedly makes dentures firmer and more comfortable without gummy or pasty feel. It is advertised to reduce plate odor and denture breath.
Elsie Buitewert and Marcia Ann Schuttinga entered the State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. Carol Vander Linden begins work as a lab assistant in Des Moines. Pete Briles day planned at Colfax with Major Miles speak. Medal of Honor recipient Truman era. Buildings near News office to house machinery and implements. Des Moines visits by Steenbok and Vander Lune families. A. A. Steenhoek birthday noted. Mary Lou McFadden won junior stock horse at Baxter show. Howard McCauley sells property to Gerrit Vander Leijot. Ray Keuning eye removed. Colfax visit by Art Cooper and Margaret. Henry Van Ryswyk rents farm near Prairie City. Jarnagin to Colfax for tonsil removal.
Centennial Circle Goan Vi Mr and Mrs dake De Jong and Edward visited the De Bruin home. Henry Veenstra hosted friends at the C Vandehaar residence. De Vries ndehaary and Wilbur De Brain households welcomed guests. Phyllis Vandel spent Saturday with Low Hoekstra and Sunday with Marlene Boor. D Van Ommen and Fersteegh families joined a Tuesday outing at De Bruin home. Abe Rempe and neighbors were seen in Pella. John De Prenger called on old neighbors. Norma Jean and Kenneth De Nin visited at their grandparents’ home with the De Brain and De Bruin families. Esther and rey De Bruin visited Des Moines last week.
Readers learn of hospital stays, honorable discharges, and weekend visits as area families gather. Names include Macy, Mu siting, Vander Beck, Willemsen, Renaud, Dunnick, Vande Krol, Ver Ploeg, Van Rees, and Van Dusseldorp among others. Community church duties and a large Van Rees family reunion are noted with multiple long lists of relatives and friends.
The Van Gen family hosted visitors including Mr and Mrs Leonard Van Gorden and relatives at the Francis Schmidts home. Cpl Lloyd Vande Krol is stationed in Battle Creek Michigan receiving hospital care. Mrs Ernest Shutts and Mrs Edd Price called on Mrs Alice Shutts, with several others attending supper at the Lake Brand home. Mr and Mrs Art Van Maanen left Monday for Rochester Minnesota for a clinic visit.
A Valley Gazette item notes Mrs. Dave Vander Ploeg’s Saturday birthday celebration with upper relatives and friends from Des Moines Monroe Baxter Omaha and Pella. Attendees included the Wittmers and Van Doornincks among others who brought cake ice cream and warm wishes.
Local notes report Harold Vander Werffs earning the rank of Technical Sergeant while stationed in California and Lt Vander Werff returning home from the India China theatre. Many residents, including Jim Van Hemert and Freda Ballard, visit or return from service, with community notices on deaths, school events, and bustling village life in Monroe.
Tracy residents report a flurry of visits with Luella Groenendyk and the Groenendyk and Wanders families traveling to Dex Moines and Pella. Gerrit Roozeboom and family attended church and hosted relatives while Delos Vanden Berg aided his mother. Flu cases rise locally as Rev De Leeuw recovers from illness. Ben Groenendyk improves after gallstone attack and a barn on the Bill Messmaker property burned following a lightning strike.
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Neal De Ronde on Sept 15 1945. Wilma Vanden Berg is the mother. Elvin Roetman and a Des Moines resident have a coming baby. Martha Kate Kate was ill likely with trench mouth and out of school a week. Leroy De Heer ill Sunday. A memorial for Lester Karr to be held at Knoxville Christian Church. Jim Van Hemert returned from Europe to Des Moines. Parl Van Hemert visited him there. James Templeton family hosted Sunday dinner for Honard Karr with Kate Karr Bryan Wing Hershel Wing and Leroy Bundy present. Joe Templeton remodeling barn with new foundation sheds siding and hay mow. Murray Van Hemert installing cement floor in barn and house basement. Chris Mol family moving to Pella next year. John Ryken’s farm sold by Mrs Gradus Vander Wal to Neal Van Wyke. Madge Stanton helped her mother paper one day. Juanita Enyart celebrated birthday Friday. Tunis Blom from Sully in neighborhood Thursday. Some time ago
Violet details show Rose Hill residents including Mary Vanden Berg and Joe Vander Werf selling land to Van Vark who is now erecting a machine shed on the farm. Henry Lovering of Ohio visited with his sister and the Herman Van Veen. Funeral for Peter Topel attended by local families from this district. John Vanden Berg and Vander Werf families, Arie Vink and others returned from Denver. Shenton Planing Mills installed cupboards at John Vanden Berg home last week.
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