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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1949
Page
4
Classified fragment announces a job at a parts counter and notes inquiries to the Chronicle Office. It mentions additional items like lost hub caps near Pella, a person named Arnoll Wittenburg, and a bank note about Homestead credits with hours and dates. An address and phone numbers appear for contact. The tone mirrors a busy late period newspaper classifieds column.
Large oil company offering positions for men over thirty requiring good character references and a reliable car. Applicants should meet Mr. George Visser at the Pella Hotel in Pella on Friday April 8 between 7 and 9 p.m. A separate note mentions Mrs. H Goode finding a butterfly in her Waukon kitchen, likely emerged from a cocoon her daughter brought home last fall, amid heavy snow outside.
Tysseling offers a range of red and white and brown and white saddles in all sizes and widths. Buyers can select from multiple colors and fit options to suit equestrian needs.
Agnes Steenhoek died March 31, 194 at her daughter Mabel De Jong's home in Oska. Born December 9, 1877 near Pella, she married Gerrit Steenhoek in 1897. She leaves three sons Andrew Walter Richard and six daughters Mabel der Wal John Plate Prairie City Gerald Reuw Brandt Van Manned and more, with thirty grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral April 2 at the Leighton Christian Reformed Church burial Evergreen Cemetery Leighton Town.
Gylbert Aalbers of Marinus Iowa born Marion County July 22 1898 married Gertrude Sed rel January 1919. He died April 3 1949 at Mahaska Hospital Oskaloosa at age 50. He left wife two children two grandchildren seven brothers and two sisters. Funeral services were held April 5 1949 at Otley Reformed Church with Rev L W Muller officiating. Burial followed.
CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank friends and relatives for cards and flowers sent to our husband and father during his illness and after his death. Mrs. Gertrude Aalbers, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Aalbers, Mr. and Mrs. William Koopman, Reger and Lois Aalbers.
Janie Mare, daughter of Drank Simonse and Jena Gikla, born December 28 at Spring Lake Michigan, died after a brief illness. Survived by mother Minnie Simonse and siblings Lane, Peter, and others. services held March 31 at Cooperative Funeral Home with Rev. A Haverkamp. Burial at Wood Cemetery.
A note expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for support during illness and after Miss Jennie Simonse death. Special thanks to Mr and Mrs LC Donal for many kind acts. Appreciation for sympathy and flowers sent as tokens of regard.
Kate Verrips daughter of Dan and Jane De Young was born in Asper County Iowa on May 1884 and died March 26 at Towa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines after months of illness. She married Aart Verrips in 1909 and had three children Jeanne Leighton Leola and Elizabeth. She was a devout Methodist and faithful wife and mother. Surviving are her companion three children five grandchildren and siblings.
Boyle and relatives remember a loved one in a sorrowful tribute. The passage notes a two month gap in Boston as the city lacked a locally printed newspaper in 1776, highlighting a period of press disruption and collective memory.
An old tale tells of a walking plow set near a young sapling around 1375 that grew up around the tool, leaving only the handle and a portion of the plow visible. Local elders recount how the tree enveloped the implement as it rose.
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