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Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1940

Page

6

Nearby Towns News Highlights in August Notices

Saldonberte and Darlene Ballard of Fairview plan a footwear posture demonstration at the ATL in Colfax Av with 15 teams, Miss Nora Workman to judge and a state fair advance for the winning squad. Local churches report cleaning and redecorating, sermons by Rev. Staley and Rev. Mercado, youth rally at Mingo, and multiple fire and hay storage incidents. Community notes include picnics, reunions, travel, and farm activity across Monroe, Newton, Pella, and Red Rock regions with numerous families and local clubs referenced.

Saldonberte Darlene Ballard Happy Hours Ial Fairview ATL Colfax Av Demonstratin Nora Workman Presbyterian Church W. A. Stevenson Leonard Mercado Phoeni A. R. Staley Bondurant Baptist Sharer Methodist Church Jasper County Mingo Willis Nearmeyer Monroe Monroe Bang Maytag Park Newton Farm Bureau Betsy Ann Hoksbergen Pella Martin van Essen Dick Sjaardema

Local Cordova Notes Highlight Rural Life And Deaths

Joel Templeton attends an FSA committee meeting and farmers file applications for farms this year. Bryan Karr and Cornie Vanden Berg report high yields. The Shilling picnic is planned at Auld's park in Knoxville on August 11. Andrew Dykstra dies near Otley. funeral held August 12. Several visits among local families occur. roads warn to drive carefully after a washed out grade near Cordova.

Lake Wapelle Dalton Farm Fairfield Peoria Chica Beulah Ridler BR TL Gholson State Printing Board Moines Towa Ellen Karr Bryan Karr Martha Delight Kate Murdy Albin Bert Ross Hazel Bricker Pella Bill Alley Nell Muilenberg Lloyd Shilling Cheyenne Wyoming Alaska Emma Shilling Maud Richerd Red Rock John Perkey Gerrit van Wyke Sully Co-operative Creamery Bill van Genderen van der Leest Grandma Rickabaugh Pam Bybee and Funeral Home Knoxville Jim Loren Tom Earl Minnie Calhoun Ruby Emma Cordova Otley John Ryken Oska- Joosa Hazel Brieker Marjorie van Hemert Gertrude Hoksbergen Parl van Hemert Pete van Ryawyk Marie van Hemert Prairie City San Francisco Iowa Martha’ Kool Murray van Hemert Purl van Hemert Arie Waardhuizen Joel Templeton FSA Melvin Roetman Joe Templeton Son Junior Cornie Vanden Berg Cornie Pete van Hemert Leslie Waites Jolly Ainsworth Alice Charles Eden

Rose Hill social notes mention local gatherings and weddings

Rose Hill residents share a busy week with supper guests at Neal VanderWerff home, band concert attendance, an ice cream social by the Christian church Ladies Aid, and a Des Moines day trip. nuptials include Ray Vander Leest and Josephine De Vries at Nashua Little Brown Church, with a family reception in Van der Leest home.

Lester Boat Des Moines Neal VanderWerff Roy van Haaften South of Pella Lane Jacob de Ronde Alfred Vander Werff Cornelius C. Reynen Elmira Janet Klein First Reformed Church Pella Sully Co-Operative Creamery Herman van Veen Albert van Zante Art Vander

40 Championship at Stake in State Fair Race Meet

The 1940 world title will be decided at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines with three afternoons of dirt track racing on the State Fair half mile. Dates are Aug 22, 25 and 30 featuring more than sixty top drivers including Schrader Collins Shaw Wilburn, plus harness and running races on Aug 26-29 and Thrill Day events on Aug 24 and 28.

Des Moines America International Motor Contest Association Gua Schrader Emory Collins Ben Shaw Jimmie Wilburn

County Board Proceedings and Adjournments 1940

Regular and adjourned meetings of the County Board document salary disbursements, labor, supplies, and rulings. Notices include elections and county review planning, with explicit salary lists, tax-related items, and board adjournment actions dated 1940.

Sune Board of Supervisors Bowed of Supervisors Board of Review da Eider County Board of Review Doard Hollis. L. Byder

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