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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1921
Page
4
J De Haan invites the public to a Sunday evening discussion at the First Christian Reformed Church on whether the disarmament movement aligns with Divine Revelation. The note urges Christians to study Scripture to decide if they should support or refuse participation based on faith.
Church notes announce a 7 30 p m Sunday sermon on The Present Day Movement for Disarmament and the Light Gods Word Gives Upon it based on Matt 24 6 8 See article elsewhere
Next Sunday morning the choir will sing an anthem titled O Come To My Heart Lord Jesus. In the evening the choir performs The Shades of Night Are Falling. A hymn anthem is also planned.
The M E Church will hold an election next Tuesday evening April 26 at 7 30 for a lay delegate and a reserve lay delegate to the fall annual conference. After the election the Ladies Aid will serve lunch and all members are urged to attend. Visitors are invited to both the election and social hour. The official board meets Friday April 22 at 7 30 at D S Huber home and all official members are urged to attend. The pastor notes growing Sunday attendance and invites all to services.
At a January 14 1921 stockholders meeting in Pella Iowa the company adopted an amendment to article three increasing authorized capital stock from 10000 to 50000 dollars. President Ed J Van Gorp and Secretary F Lankelma verified the action.
Advice urges prioritizing grocer payments to maintain supply of food. The note by T Plette stresses that grocers rely on prompt payment, have little security, and cannot recover sold goods, urging readers to be fair and settle debts to avoid extra costs.
Several deaths are recorded from the Pella region in April 1921. Infant Clarence Hakkert died at home near Pella of pneumonia at ten months. Mrs Walter Van Dorland, 43, died after an operation in Peoria. L Hoksbergen, 76, died suddenly while cleaning rugs at home with a large surviving family and funeral arrangements. John Westerkamp dies, heart trouble, with services planned near Pella. Mrs S J Jelsma dies at 79 after weeks of illness. services at First Reformed. Elsie May Van Steenis, 19, dies of bowel strangulation near Leighton. funeral at Porter Grove. Jennie Vander Puit died in Des Moines hospital of peritonitis. services held at Bethel Church. Interments in Oakwood or Porter Grove cemeteries noted.
A former Pella resident, known as Mrs Edmund Brown, married Peter G Nelson of Des Moines at Oskaloosa on March 22. The bride, previously married to a minister who died in Nebraska a few years ago, has lived in Oskaloosa and worked as a nurse since. When in Pella, Mr Brown studied at Central College and graduated in 1910.
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