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Pella Chronicle in Pella, Iowa

30 Sep 1937

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Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1937

Page

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Weekly Visits With Friends in Town and Country E POFFENBURGER SON WINS PRIZE

Chronicle reporter covers visits to Coal Ridge homes at John Amos Eli Poffenbarger and Case Boerelyn peoria stories. Notes Amos family history, schoolteacher niece, and two children Dwight and Dixie. Describes well digging and witching method, school interview with Miss Emerson, and local Marion county ties.

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John Amos Eli Poffenbarger Coal Ridge Case Bocelyn Peoria Peter Vos Chronicle Mr. Amos J.P. Amos Marion County Iowa Joe Meckma Cedar Falls Earl Smith Des Moines Everett Woodward Rex Afton Amos Rousseau Polk Township Jones J. A. Jones Knoxville North Porterville Anderson Gilford Inklin Walter Anderson Evelyn West Ridge Eula Emerson Emerson Marion County Club Thrift Homeworkers Fred Woodruff Mr. Poffenbarrer Mr. Poffenbarger Pella-Knoxville Mrs. Poffenbarger Dwight Dixie Poffenbarger South Bing Crosby Des Moines Register Poffenbargeria Edward Ill Yiaht Ridge Dwight Poffenbarger Mrs Evelyn Amos John
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Reception for College Student Body and Scholarship Award

The college hosted an inter-society reception in the gym and chapel with booths, music, and refreshments. Gerald Vande Berg of Sioux Center won the annual voice scholarship for talent. he has sung with the Sioux Center High School boys' glee club, a state champion.

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Wing Voice Gerald Vande Berg Sioux Center Sioux Center High School
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Mrs Vander Molen’s Chronicle Life and Family News

The fragment shows Mrs. Martin Vander Molen now a wife and mother and running a household for another family. Mr and Mrs Boerelyn have a lively 18 month old boy named Gerrit Jun or Bore in Holland a Biante of Franje. The child was excited and restless, expected to nap that afternoon but guests arrived first.

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Jit Calvin Seminary Grand Rapids Mich Jennie Gysbert Beekhuizen Littleton Cole Minnie Gerrit Klein Boerefgn Case Jake Vander Molen Vander Molen Fa Mrs. Boerelyn Th Jacob Bennie Willie Cecil Anna Louis Rachel Martena Margaret Cupid Peoria Goon D. Vander Veen Martin Vander Molen The Chronicle Wee Gerrit Junor
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Improvements At A Very Old Hall Home

Mr and Mrs Boerelyn have upgraded their aging hall with a remodeled porch light adjustments and other necessary changes for a comfortable home. Mrs Howrefyn provides early refreshments for coffee time, while Mrs Boerelyn irons clothes late in the week to be ready for Sunday.

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E Poffenburger Son Boerefyns Mrs. Case Boerelyn Margaret Vander Molen Merchant To Gerrit Junior Boerelyn Louis Vander Molen Naprior Boerelyn Jeriens Vander Molen Erelyn Jacob Vander Molen Cornelius Boerefyn Vande Berg Vernon Bobbitt Onardo da Vinci Howard McKee George Gosselink Arabia Christ Gosselink Greater Things Greater Things Committee Polla Vicinity Vander Lugt Ray Duboc Taintor New Sharon Ray B. Duboc Roy Miller A‘ J. Kutch Taintor Savings Bank Holland Franje Cook & Son Pella Aetna Life Insurance Company Atlas Coal ATLAS Atlas Coal Co., Inc Oskaloosa, Ia
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