Local News Highlights Moves Visits and Snow Impact
Miss Hattie Vandermeulen returns from Chicago to Pella after weeks with Uncle Dr. G J Hagens. Des Moines visitors include Mrs A Vander Waal and daughter Marie and Mr. and Mrs. Willard De Winter. Rev William Goulooze leaves Prairie City for a Grand Rapids Michigan pastorate. Various locals travel for visits, work changes, and snowbound delays. Des Moines officials and businesspeople frequent the area. new clerk Alfred Vander Ploeg joins United Self-Serve Grocery. Des Moines Gas Co worker Pete De Haan recuperates after surgery. plant moves and resumptions reshape local employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Vandermeulen
G. J. Hagens
Chicago
Pella
A. Vander Waal
Marie
Des Moines
Vander Waal
R. Vander Ploeg
James Huyser
Willard de Winter
L. R. Kyger
Kyger
J. Sheehy
Herman Sedrel
Bussey
Ed. le Cocq
Bert van Vark
W. C. van Vark
Oskaloosa
B. F. Williams
Capital City Commercial College
Frank Keist
Clarence Pope
John de Winter
Malcom
Lenore
Joe Nunnikhaven
Bessie Brooks
California
Sam Ve Cook
Alfred Vander Ploeg
United Self-Serve Grocery
van der Meulen Hardware
Frank Demicolo
Pete de Haan
Des Mones
Jacob de Haan
de Haan
Des Moines Gas Company
Connie van Roekel
Clarinda
Utility Manufacturing Company
Paul de Wit
Grand Rapids
Michigan
John T. Klein
Orange City
A. T. Klein
Hospers
Lee Lautenbach
Chas, Lautenbach
Oldest Ford Driver in America? Vos Pella Man at Ninety
Andrew Vos of Pella Iowa, aged 89 nearing his next birthday, may be the oldest Ford driver in Iowa and perhaps the United States. A Chronicle profile recalls his car history from a 1910 Ford to a 1980 model, his Dutch birthplace in 1840, and a life spanning ox carts, farms, mercantile work, and Arkansas retirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Crow
Ethel
Miss
Mississippi
United States
Pella
Iowa
Andrew Vos
Ford
Used Cars and Parts listings for 1928 Whippet and 1929 Ford
An aged classified item listing offers a 1928 Whippet Six and a 1929 Model A Ford in various body styles. The ad mentions contact details, a person named Ver Ploeg, and a phone number 66, indicating a local sale or inquiry channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
Nash
van Houweling Auto CO
Buick
Ford
Tate
Pella Motor Company
New Creamery Manager Appointed at County Seat
Knoxville Iowa March 30 Earl Hunter succeeds J O Gilbertson as manager of the Knoxville Co operative creamery and assumes duties Thursday morning. Gilbertson moves to South Haven Michigan to manage a grocery store. Hunter formerly managed the West Branch creamery and is highly recommended after a recent butter judging contest where he won first place against competitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Iowa
Earl Hunter
J. 0. Gilbertson
Knoxville Co-operative Creamery
Gilbertson
South Haven
Mich
Hunter
Co-Operative
West Branch
Oldest Ford owner recalls four generations with Model A
J. M. Crow of Ethel Mississippi is 89 and the oldest Ford driver in memory. He traveled in a train of 30 covered wagons from Cobb County Georgia to Mississippi as a child and witnessed General Scott's Chapultepec victory. He served in the Civil War and walked 400 miles home after the South fell. Now five generations appear with his Model A, the second he has owned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Crow
Ethel, Miss
Mississippi
United States
Cobb County
Georgia
Natchez Trace
Scott
Chapultepec
Crow
Ethel
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Martin Paardekooper
Jean Mullinex
Vos
Netherlands
Marion County
Amsterdam
Howell Station
Holland
Stutgart
Ark
Arkansas
Luke Vander Linden
Mr. Vander Linden
Star Auto Company
Grant
Main Street
Mr.Vos
Mr. Vos
John
Hot Springs
Nitt
Witt
Chronicle
Anne
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
South Pella
Scheaffer
Call Chronicle
Harold Sack
C. W. Clement
Jaarsma’s Bakery
H. Jaarsma
Beyers Battery and Electric Company
van Zante Bros. Hardware
A. W. Veenschoten
Harold Veenstra
Edenette
van den Berg Electric Co
Sai
Clover Seedohn G
New Zealand
C. Muilenberg
East First Street
Caruthers Auto Salvage
Beacon Road
BABY
Minorca
Kiyn Brothers
Ramsayer
Ramseyer Hatcheries
van Zante Bros
J. H. Reuvers
Golden Rule
The
Baptist Church
Klyn & de Winter
Garl Beyers
Oak Grove Nursery
Vander Linden's Drug Store
Otle Oe
G. van
Brom Hatchery
Central States Electric
Centrad Seates Electric Company
Edith Bevan
Dave Bevan
Pella National Bank
State of
Busin
Aanes Reserve Federal Reserve Bank
U. S
Marion
H. P. Scholte
Geo. G. Grass
J. H. DE Vries E
Cooz
Hugo W. Kuyper
Jersey
Benteco
Sea Side
Benteco Store
van Rheenen
Coats
Our
Children’s Department
Keenen’s
East Side of Square
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