Society Activities of Pella Hostesses and Clubs
Local society notes from Pella include W C T U at Mrs H C Payne with Mrs Edna Dunkin assisting, Mission Circle of Third Reformed Church at church hosted by Jeanette Ter Louw and Tena Van Roekel, and Miss Janet Monster’s missionary program. Fortnightly Club to be entertained by Paul Lauenbach with a one act play by Central College students under Miss Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
H. C. Payne
Edna Dunkin
King Lines
Nellie Beckering
The
Third Reformed Church
Jeanette Ter Louw
Tena van Roekel
Janet Monster
Paul Lautenbach
Central College
Francis Bailey
Edith Thompson
Cunera van Emmerik
C. Evers
Herman Stuart
Alma le Cocq
Baptist Church
Mary
John Vander Linden
Barney Mensch
Gilbert Boot
E. S. Dunkin
F. F. Carpenter
James Huyser
Richard Lautenbach
Kate Beard
Wayne Wilson
P. van Niewaal
Ralph Nordlund
Vanden Berg
Mattie van der Meulen
Mary Forsythe
Baptist Missionary Society
Minnie Vanden Berg
Ottumway
Pella Women Plant Evergreen Trees for Bicentennial
The Women's Federated club met at Mrs. George G Gaass home with officers and assistants as hostesses. President Ed Le Cocq led the meeting which discussed planting evergreen trees near highway windmills to commemorate George Washington's Bicentennial. Miss Cornelia Le Cocq proposed the idea and readings included Count Ernesto Russo's address on What's Wrong with America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Federated Club
George G. Gaass
F. M. Frush
A. D. Ver Steeg
H. P. Scholte
Cornelia le Cocq
Ed le Cocq
George Washington
United States
Washington
Pella Club
Bernice Blommers
W. C. Ver Ploeg
Erensto Russo
Executive Club of
Chicago
America
Congress
Moses
Wilerness
D. C. Renaud
Lincoln relics sought for foundation collection
Dr Louis A Warren of the Lincoln Historical Research Foundation asks Chronicle readers to help locate genuine Abraham Lincoln curios. He notes many museums and institutions hold mementos, yet many treasures remain tucked away in homes or offices across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Louis A. Warren
Lincoln Historical Research Foundation
Fort Wayne
Indiana
the Chronicle
Lincoln
Lincoln items sought for Fort Wayne exhibit at museum
Readers urged to contribute manuscripts medals pictures and Lincoln items to a Foundation exhibit in Fort Wayne Indiana next summer. Dr Louis A Warren plans a two day open house at the Lincoln Historical Research Foundation and will return all submitted items with owners credited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Dr. Warren
Foundation
Lincoln
Paul Manship
Indiana
Elmer Loucks
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Warren
Lincoln Historical Research Foundation
America
Classis Of Pella In Regular Session
The Classis of Pella met in regular session at the First Reformed to transact spring business. Rev. H. E. Franken led devotions and officers were elected for terms. Committees named and delegates chosen for General and Particular Synods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Classis
Pella
H. E. Franken
Eddyville
Franken
Tsaiah
Reformed Church
G. Menning
G. Muyskens
J. Wesselink
R. D. Douwstra
Edw. Huibregste
Prof.Mennenga
R. Franken
J. A. de Jong
Jacobs
R.A. de Jong
Classis of
Prim
R. A. de Jong
H. W. Pietenpol
Geo
Vanderzyl
A. P. Kuyper
L. W. de Penning
H. C. Jacobs
Sec
Geo. Muyskens
G. H. Wormhoudt
C. Bogaard
Gysbert van Zante
J. P. de Cook
Grow Them In Your Garden By Dr William J Scholes
Diet balance matters for health says Dr William J Scholes in this reader advisory. A well balanced diet includes meat in temperate climates, with fruits and vegetables providing starches sugars minerals and fiber. He urges daily variety of root and leafy vegetables to aid digestion and reduce laxative use, ending with a prompting note about paper supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Scholes
Billy Sunday Draws Thousands At Des Moines Coliseum
Billy Sunday returned to his home state on March 31 to a packed Des Moines Coliseum. He lashed out at repeal, urging that liquor laws be enforced and arguing prohibition strengthens civilization, citing pillars like the Constitution and Washington while denouncing state rights arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Sunday
Coliseum
Des Moines
Sunday
Mississippi River
Ormany
Mr. Sunday
Abraham Lincoln
Hell
Pennsylvania
Hudson River Bridge
Thomas Jefferson
Union
Stephen A. Douglas
Appomatox
Henry Ford
al Smith
God
Christ
Hoover
Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago
Mayo Brothers Institution
Visit to Piney Woods School Described in Letter
Fred Morgen recounts a Sunday visit to Piney Woods school in a Pella letter. He describes arriving about 10 30 a m hearing singing, attending Sunday School in a dorm matron led kitchen and bakery head, and an evening service at 7 30 led by a Lutheran chaplain with Passion Week pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Fred Morgen
Piney Woods School
Chaplin
City Church Activities Show Diverse Services and Goals
The report outlines activities at Second and Third Reformed churches including morning worship, evening services, and Sunday School. It notes goals such as reaching 250 in attendance, and lists sermons and events like Easy Religion and The Forgiveness Of In. with references to sermons on the Lord's Coming and Eye of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Grandin
First Reformed
Sick and Hospital News From Local Chronicle
C Verrips is seriously ill at Mahaska hospital at age 94 with grave fears for recovery. H H Sadler returns to Chronicle office after illness. Paul Ver Meer family all with mumps. Mrs Arnold Ver Heul back from Iowa City knee operation, to return for exams. Mrs Antone G Klein very ill earlier week, improving. Mrs R R Sadler recovering from several days illness. Mrs Ant G Klein very ill with septic sore throat, but improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Verrips
Mahaska
H. H. Sadler
Chronicle
Paul Ver Meer
Arnold Ver Heul
Iowa City
Antone G. Klein
R. R. Sadler
Ant G. Klein
Open New Coal Mine In County
The Penn Coal Company of Des Moines opens a strip mine on the Gerrit De Zwarte farm about five miles east of Knoxville. Loading coal is planned by April 15 at a rate of 35 cars per week. Coal seam depth is four to six feet. Two large excavators move dirt while Rock Island Railroad Co adds a new switch for loading. A picking table and a large electric light plant accompany the unload.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn Coal Company
Des Moines
Gerrit de Zwarte
Knoxville
Rock Island Railroad Co
Legion Officer of Allerton Is Burned to Death
Allerton Iowa dentist Dr Fred Brace well 40 a former Marion county practitioner was burned to death Saturday when an alcohol lamp exploded in his Allerton office His wife a nurse attended him He was known at national and state region conventions and served as vice commander of the American Legion Bussey Record
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bussey
Fred Bracewell
American Legion
Allerton
Iowa
Marion County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gerald Paardekooper
Black
Third Reformed Mission Circle
League For Service
League For Service of the Third Reformed Church
John Vogelaar
Ed Vos
John Pethoven
Blue Bird Club
W. G. Vander Ploeg
Bertha Black
Corwin Cornell
Knoxville Journal
Bob Kuyper
Bridge
James Wren
Claude Boyd
Geo. Mcintosh
John Wesselink
G. H. Waechter
S. Bert Baron
Lucille Hollebrands
Marjorie Wade
Hollebrands
E. V. Goad
D. D. Kelly
Danville
Lee Kelly
Helena
Ottumwa
Mr. Goad
Henry Giese
Ames
Giese
Iowa State College
Second Reformed Church
Dan Meulpolder
C. F. Dykstra
L. F. Bousquet
Second Reformed Aid Society
H. W. Slob
M. Meulpolder
J. M. Cook
G. G. Vander Wilt
Cook Home
Cook
Morningside
J. A. Cook
Nevada
Willard
Wichita
Ivor
Earl Black
James Q. van Vork
Q. Stoeber
Lola Davis
Clay Martin
Bloomfield
Porter Grove
AID Society
Porter Grove Aid Society
John Vander Wal
Merry-Fu Club
John Ulrich
Dorothy Jean Grundman
Paul Grundman
Dorothy Jean
A and P Club
H. A. Veenstra
A. and J. Club
Federated Club
C. L. Lee
Beaver Avenue Presbyterian Church
Uncle Sam
William Jennings Bryan
Association For Repeal
Kelly
Tuskegee
Piney Woods
Legion
Wilson Jewelry Co
de Wit & Bousquet
Nestle
Sunnyside Beauty Shop
Broadway
Jessie Sadler
Piatucs
Voices
Bastie
J. C. Penney Department
Franklin Stree
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