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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1939
Page
7
Will Brown underwent surgery at Knoxville Mater hospital for a rupture. Easter visits, local family news, church events, gardening, and road patrols fill the week with community notes from Dunreath to Pella.
Rain continues with mild discontent as residents plan April events. Minnie Roose of Pella visited family. M P De Jong ships cattle to Chicago this week. Church members work landscaping and tree planting around the church grounds. John Vos and John De Jong plant evergreen trees from Oak Grove Nursery. John De Nooy Jr. improves after flu. Easter vacation enjoyed by teachers and students. Peter and Ben Vos dredge and shore up a river bottom ditch and dike. Geo Deur canvasses northern state selling books and church papers. Peter Rus of Leighton visits. Library Board meets to catalog new books. Five catechism classes resume after services. B Vander Molen Sr. improves from illness. Rev Hoitenga manse struck by lightning. range damaged but no further harm.
John Boot moved to a farm east of Bussey in March fell ill with rheumatic fever the next day and is improving but weak. Weather is hindering recovery. Tom Wilson and others at Centennial school and a county nurse visit noted. Henrik Gaass and family attend Baptist church in Pella. greetings to ill residents.
Mrs John De Jong and Viola aided Mrs Milo De Jong with paperwork Tuesday. L G T club met Thursday afternoon at Mrs Eddie Northcutt home in Tainter with several from the community. Virgil Benson visited his mother Mrs Hari Williams on Thursday. Jessie Hill John Elscott attended Grinnell sale. The Hill and Linsted families called in Oskaloosa Saturday. Funeral services for Will Lowry were held at Tainter church last Sunday. Dirk Monsma grew worse Monday and remains weakened.
Monroe obituary notes Mrs. Charles Beach aged 80 died at her home after a weeklong stroke followed by pneumonia. Funeral services were held Saturday at 10 am at the First Baptist Church with Rev. J. M. Carlson officiating and burial in Perry, Iowa.
Local students and families are noted attending events and hosting guests across Oskaloosa Newton and Des Moines. Mentions include Mary Crane earning superior on a trombone solo at the Oskaloosa music contest and Des Moines Pharmacy student Emma Beyer visiting Detroit with Parke Davis officials. many relatives are listed as hosting dinners and visiting hospital patients in Newton, Prairie City and Town.
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