Pella Community Hospital notes for Sept 18–24
Hospital records list admissions and discharges across days Sept 18 to Sept 24. Notable entries include Brent Pierson Otto Van Essen and multiple Pella residents. surgeries noted for Mrs Beerends, Mrs Menninga, and Marion Vanden Oever with location details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brent Pierson
Pella
Otto van Essen
Otley
Forrest Niemeyer
Monroe
Dale Vander Pol
Rodney Compaan
James Mick
Alex Garcia
Central College
Marianne Olsthoorn
Myron Nollen
Mark van Hall
Dick van Zante
John Waters
Welcome Wagon Club Meets with Slides from Europe
The Welcome Wagon Club gathered September 13 at Gail Dwyer’s home with 13 members and two guests. Dick Van Zante presented slides from Sweden and Switzerland from a Rotary Convention trip. President Linda Ervin led a brief business meeting. Mary Hawkins won the door prize. Next meeting is October 11 at Janice Armes’s home. For details call 628-4598.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welcome Wagon Club
Gail Dwyer
Dick van Zante
Sweden
Switzerland
Rotary
Linda Ervin
Mary Hawkins
Janice Armes
Spillville Clocks and Dvorak Legacy in Iowa Town
Spillville in northeastern Iowa is famed for the Bily Brothers Clock collection built by Frank and Joseph Bily starting in the early 20th century. After their deaths the exhibit moved to a former Antonin Dvorak building, linking the town to the composer who visited Spillville in 1893 and found inspiration for works including Humoresque and the New World Symphony.
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Spillville
Antonin Dvorak
Bily Brothers
Iowa
Joseph Spillman
Europe
Bohemia
Switzerland
Frank
Joseph Bily
United States
Canada
Joseph
Dvorak
New York Conservatory of Music
Riverside Park
Diamond of Jesus Reflections in Faith Words
Testimony on seeing Jesus as multiple facets of the same divine diamond. The writer uses scripture to describe Jesus as substitute, light, way, truth, peace, joy, and healer. Emphasizes unity of truth, the need for constant heart application, and personal teachability in growth through grace. Bessie Kaldenberg Otley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
God
Bessie Kaldenberg
Otley
Local People Visit Relations and Neighbors
Fair Haven reports several social calls and visits. Sadie Kaldenberg visits relatives in Denver, Colorado while John Stravers resides in a local nursing home. Cornelia Wynberg remains a patient at Pella Hospital. Geneva Roozenboom visited grandmother Jennie Bandstra. Bertha Schut stops by her sister in Cedar Falls. Ray Van Rees and Clyde Renaud called on Mrs. Elizabeth Ver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Kaldenberg
Denver
Colo
John Stravers
Cornelia Wynberg
Pella Hospital
Geneva Roozenboom
Jennie Bandstra
Bertha Schut
Cedar Falls
Ray van Rees
Clyde Renaud
Elizabeth Ver
Drought touches Iowa City patient visit tale
Mrs Agnes Vas called on her daughter Katherine Van Waardhuizen who is a patient in Iowa City. The fragment notes a family contact amid an unspecified illness and location, reflecting a local society item from the period.
Kiwanis Club installs new Pella officers and directors
At the September 19 meeting Kiwanis Club of Pella installed Dan Dieleman as president elect and John Vander Wert as president for 1973 74. District Lt. Governor Ron Warder praised retiring President Dave Sutphen for recruiting 18 new members and the success of the travelogue pancake supper and Kiwanis Park shelter cement floor project. New directors Dr Jim Mick Connie Tromp Roy De Wild and reinstalled secretary Jim Brass and treasurer Carl Humphrey. Retiring board members Arie Boot John Harmeling and Cliff Vroom. Vander Wert outlined plans for a varied program three meetings including wives and greater board member involvement with upcoming committee assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Connie Tromp
Roy de Wild
Jim Brass
Carl Humphrey
Dan Dieleman
John Vander Wert
Vander Wert
Kiwanis
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Pella Community Hospital
Carrie Muilenburg
Dick Rietveld
Cornelia Vriezelaar
Ron Vander Linden
Harold Roland
Knoxville
Mark van Hal
Harold Vander Hart
Guy Bruxvoort
Cornelia Borgman
Henrietta Poortinga
Maggie Bogaard
Don E. Boat
Paul W. Roorda
Stoffel Meulpolder
Gysbert D. Bruxvoort
Andrew Beerends
Mayo Hospital
Rochester
Minn
H. Menninga
Mahaska Hospital
Marion Vanden Oever
University Hospital
Iowa City
Everr
Ngayed
Fair Haven
Pella Publications Inc
Pella, Ta
G. Boat
Marion de Zwarte
Ernie Visser
Sec
Treas
Henry Fischer
Robert Cranston
Marion
Mahaska
Jasper
Pella Chronicle
Franklin St
Pel
Kiwanis Club
Ideal Pharmacy
Franklin
Radio 92
S&h
USDA
Birdseye
Glacier Club
Polly Pari
Heinz
Mem
Bts
Phiedd
Calif
Illinois
Jonathans
Usda Choice
Usda Choice Heel Roast
del Monte Pumpkin
Baker Baking Chips
Delsey
Jeno
Canfield Root Beer
del Monte Pineapple
Black
van Camp
Richelieu
Hellmanns
Hellman
Spin Blend
Van's
Pillsbury’s Flour
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