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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1933
Page
6
Corydon residents visit relatives and attend reunions in Seaton Illinois. Local residents travel to Chicago for fairs, and many attend church services and social visits in the area. A mix of illnesses births and library hours mark community life with travel to Des Moines and Kalamazoo and a growing melon market on the local links.
Cordova residents attended the county union meeting in Pella Wednesday night. A three foot grade on the road between Fifield and Cordova is being planned. Connie Vanden Berg has a new hand working for him. Mr. and Mrs. John Witlatch moved to Fifield. Mr. and Mrs. John Bloodsworth welcomed a baby girl last Friday. mother and baby are fine. Hattie De Joode of Otley helps with housework. Francis Witzenberg visited Gerrit Vink for a few days. Mrs. Connie Vanden Berg visited sister Mrs. Bill Neeley of Pella Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bogaards and family spent Sunday night at Zegers. The ed Mig John De Leeuw and daughter Paulina of Monroe visited Rean Verwers Thursday.
Paulina visited for a few days while Frank Rexroat reported seven sheep killed on the railroad track last week. Most people around here are through threshing. Mr and Mrs Gerrit Vande Kieft and family spent Saturday night at the Gradus Klein home near Pella.
Marjorie Vanden Baard from north west of Pella visits this week with Mr and Mrs Connie Vanden Baard. Harvey area visitors Mr and Mrs Carl Smith and son Marvin join Henry Van Dene for Sunday evening. Gerrit De Zwarte and family of near Knoxville call on John De Zwarte and family. Gerrit Hoekstra of Pella visits Will Monster this past Sunday. Murray Sytsma and Miss Mary Sytsma spend time with local families.
Mrs Henry Van Dene and the family were noted for their gathering on Sunday evening, featuring familiar faces and warm fellowship among relatives and neighbors. The event reflected local social ties and customary invocation of family gatherings in the community.
A free rural life talking picture will be shown at City Park in Pella Iowa on August 10 at 8 pm The program showcases farm life scenes including the International Livestock Exhibition National Dairy Show and the 4 H Club demonstration in Chicago with a cartoon comedy and a film titled The Benefactor described as a first of its kind in the state
Program shows the main difficulty was crowd accommodation and invites early attendance Free To Everybody. A worker recalls, I came, I saw, and I sawed and sawed and sawed, highlighting lighthearted stage timing amidst the bustling event.
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