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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1952
Page
12
The Monroe area reflects a busy week with church youth events, pot lucks, and guild meetings. Obituaries note the passes of Mrs Lot tie Heffelfinger Smith and G A Vandermaelen, with burials in rural cemeteries. Local families welcome newborns and relocations as residents travel for visits and hospital care.
A long list of Otley area residents visiting relatives in OsKaloosa Pella Monroe and nearby towns. Attendees include Willemsens Verwers Slocums Ryke Uitermark Ustermarkt Vander Kolk and many others with birthday celebrations and a hospital visit for Jake Diekema. Howard Buwalda prepares for 220 day furlough. Elmer Dean also visits.
Rev Raymond Graves is installed as pastor of the Cedar Christian Reformed Church. A Cal vin Seminary graduate, he is married with a daughter Sharon Ann born August 21. The family previously lived in Dike Iowa and stayed with J Vander Heuvel while moving into the parsonage. The former pastor Rev J Mulder retired to Hold Michigan. Other local items note 4 H club activities, grain elevator sale, and address change for a service member.
Elder Thomas Vander Hart led the morning worship while Rev Henry Van der Kam of Pella preached in the afternoon with his family in attendance. Joe J Dahm returned from Mercy hospital after eye surgery. A substitute teacher covered Mrs Dahm's duties at Warren school. K Gonlag of Oskaloosa and Mrs Jacob Vos visited local residents. Miss Jennie Vander Hart left for Bellflower by train. Local road repair progresses have begun.
Resurfacing on the Pella New Sharon road continues with gravel work. Mr Henry Roore and family visited Mr and Mrs Peter Rus Friday. Mrs Quentin Zylstra of Pella worshipped here Sunday and stayed with Mr and Mrs Andrew Bandstra Sr. Mrs Cornelius Roose admitted to Mercy hospital Monday then returned home. Mr and Mrs Marion Vander Linden welcomed a baby girl named Perry Aloise born September 19 at Mercy hospital weighing 10 pounds 15 ounces. Anson Vander Molony returned home from Keesler Air Field after training and hopes to wed Miss Gladys Veldhuizen soon. Stanley Brush party hosted by Mrs Cornelius Roose. Mr and Mrs Connie Vander Linden visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Cent Wyngarden and family. Frank Klynsma and Marie visited relatives over the weekend. Persis Ladies Aid and the Men’s Society began meetings. No killing frost yet.
Galesburg and surrounding communities held a Streigle family reunion at Elk Creek Grange Hall with a large cooperative dinner for many Streigle relatives from Harper New Sharon Des Moines Sigourney Delta Sully Hayesville and Brooklyn. Other visits included church and home gatherings and a McKinney school picnic with a potluck meal and attendees from Newton Killduff and nearby areas.
Terpstra and Mr and Mrs Rien der Poortin spent an afternoon at the Grimes home with Mrs Everett Mudgett and Patty. Charlie Folmes hosted Sunday dinner. John De Cook of Pella and Bruce Tratchel visited in Des Moines. Mrs De Bruyn hospitalized in Des Moines Wilden Hospital. Kaldenberg family from Sally visited the Groves home. Gerald De Bruyn and Bert De Bruyn hosted guests in Pella. Kroh and Frank visited Wilbur Krol in Newton for dinner. Bob Olson and Linda Kay of Newton visited Anne De Penning. Earl Owens of Pella visited Sukkel home.
Mr and Mrs Dave Vander Ploog hosted a September 9 gathering honoring Sam Arnolds of Cheyenne Wyoming. Relatives from Newton Monroe Des Moines Pella and Danville joined for refreshments as L Van Dusseldorp and others visited farms and attended plays and outings.
Des Moines residents greet Eisenhower on the west State House grounds while others note travel updates. Bob Graham sails to San Diego for Naval training. families including the Vrieze Laar and Balmer clans gather for dinners, visits, and celebrations such as Mrs. Emma McCauley’s birthday and Mrs. Alvin Rietveld’s domestic prize win.
One hundred thousand farmers in 19 states cultivate one million acres of sugar beets, highlighting the breadth of the crop's cultivation and the scale of agricultural activity across the regions involved.
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