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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1943
Page
6
A rain and windstorm swept the vicinity causing corn and oat damage and debris cleanup across area farms. Residents report trees down and driveways blocked while volunteers assist with cleanup. Local families, including the Van Wyks and Olivier household, note illness and hospital visits among relatives as neighbors gather for haying and social visits.
The passage records social notices with names like John Vanden and Mrs Klein visiting, Darlene Kuiper visiting with her child, Doretha Dykstra of Mr and Mrs Gerrit Dykstra near Oley, and Arthur De Raad assisting with church paper work. The text is fragmentary and contains several garbled phrases about family visits and parson duties.
D. Plietstra and Mark Hesse hosted a gathering Wednesday evening with Mrs. Lieswerda and family. Des Moines visitor Charlotte Sedret spent the weekend with brother Henry Sedret. Archweiler of Oskaloosa and Frank Philips of Rock Island joined the Con. De Prenger home visit. Dena Meppelink spent Sunday in Sully with son John Meppelink who is ill. Lou Van Roekel and family hosted guests including Marian, with Mary Lou Van Duren celebrating her fifth birthday. Farewell party for Mr. and Mrs. Marion Van Der Linden hosted by Harry and family. Pvt. Gene Van Zee of Fort Lewis spends a sixteen day furlough with the Van Zee family.
Mrs. Joe Brummel and Ko return from Rockwell City while Mrs. Walter Martitt hosts a supper at Memmelaar home with Te and Carnie Vox as honorees. Guests include Vos, Rozenberg, De Boer, Meer, and many Pella residents. The Heap OQ. Livin Club met with 30 members. laundry group singing and prayers featured. awards given for landry problems. Several members and families visit, move, or travel, including North Africa returnee and Denver hospital patients, amid rain with little wind damage.
Local notes report frequent rain over the past week aiding corn development while threshing slows. Furloughs and travel include Melvin Dear leaving for camp, Rev Haan to Dispatch for three Sundays, and kin attending John D. Rus funeral in Pella after his sudden death. Also, Marion Vander Linden on 15 day furlough from Idaho camp and multiple local illnesses and hospital updates.
Oskaloosa News notes Henry and wife visiting son William in Chicago with daughter in law and granddaughter Delores Vis returning home for a visit. Pvt Richard Drost and Ada Valster wed at Camp Campbell by chaplain on Saturday July 17. Birth announced for a daughter of Cpl and Mrs De Bruin born at Mercy hospital July 26. De Bruin on furlough from Camp Davis North Carolina. Raymond Vos on vacation from Iowa Power and Light Co office. Mrs Vos also on leave from Frank Janney’s office. Neighbors Neal Newenhouse hosted guests Thursday.
Local items report teaching assignments for Mrs. Mullins and Mrs. Cach, funeral services for Paul Zvola, and family news. Military movements include Navy personnel heading to duty, Notre Dame Aviation, and shipboard training. Resident changes include moves to Shenandoah and Hinsdale, with birth of John Robert to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and other family updates.
Mr and Mrs De Verne Renaud announce the birth of their daughter Carolyn Sue on Wednesday night July 28 at Skiff Memorial Hospital Newton. She weighs seven pounds five ounces and is their second daughter and third child. relatives from Des Moines Leighton Nora Springs and Bruce O Brien shared visits and meals with family members including Mrs Emma Kruseman Mrs C L Renaud Mrs Alice Shutts and Mr James O Brien.
Monday morning at the Shutts home and a Kelloggs club picnic are noted among numerous social calls. The column lists visits, dinners, weddings, births, and local happenings including church Bible study, travel, and farm incidents around Prairie City and Des Moines area.
Rose Hill residents share weekend and weekday visits with relatives and neighbors. Mrs. Tony Ver Meer Deloris and Roy Vander Beek of Pella called on Anne Ver Steeg. Ben Beyer and family from Pella visited Lane Dunnick. John Elscott and family from Lynnville joined Albert and Francis Van Zante, with Herman Van Veen also present.
Cordova News recounts weekend storms severely damaging crops and buildings from Monroe to Kellogg and Sully, with corn and soybeans flattened, grain bins toppled, and homes riddled by holes. Weather flooded roads, Skunk River rose, and nearby towns reported extensive agricultural losses before local births and marriages.
Gerrit and Jennie were Des Moines callers Tuesday. Frances Van Zan te attended Mari lyn Winegar's funeral at Prairie City on Thursday afternoon. A wind and hail storm Wednesday night damaged crops. the Neal Vander Werf silo blew down and Peter Rus window lights broke. Saturday morning heavy rain and wind washed ditches and ruined patches, gardens, and standing corn. Mr John Vanden Berg Mrs Pd Ellerbrock attended church in Newton Sunday and dined with Jerry Vanden Berg.
The column notes thunderstorms and rain delaying mall plans while describing visits by Mr. and Mrs. D Terlonw and others to Luke and J Terlonw. They mention Denver trip last week, vacations, and a storm in Searshoro with damaged buildings. Also reports river and lake water plentiful, fishing good, and a forecast of continued wet spell from moist air meeting cool air. Biblical verse cited.
A poem from the Livermore Gazette extols a rusty old Ford, humorously detailing foundering parts and hard usage. The speaker brags of surviving on kerosene and Paris Green, appreciating the car’s stubborn reliability despite its failing radiator, steering, and plugs. The verse contrasts expensive modern cars with a battered, resilient ride and ends with a wish to buy another of the same name if Hank Ford remains in the game.
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