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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1928
Page
7
A fragment discusses a school program, mentions Marjorie Momyer and a visit to friends, references Columbia University and preschool work for ages two to four. Details are incomplete, with missing names and dates making full context unclear.
The article lists many teachers and staff for the coming year at the public schools, noting Miss Lily Viersen will not appear on the list after fifty two years of service mostly with the First Grade. It highlights her near perfect attendance and past enrollment of about seventy in one room with pay for the period.
In Pella residents praise Miss Viersen as an inspiring educator whose life force and guidance uplift both young and old. The speaker laments that law limits pensions for deserving townsfolk and notes Viersen’s election as supply teacher, which she declines to accept.
In De Haaf Pastor led forenoon and afternoon services. A candidate presented a sermon in English from First Corinthians chapter 15 verse 22 on the Resurrection.
Dr J H Shulte and Olive Fox of Pella were married at the bride’s parents home 701 Main Street with John Wesselink officiating. The couple left for a northern lakes trip after the ceremony. Shulte, a dentist in Pella for two years, is widely known. Olive Fox grew up in Pella and is a Central College graduate who taught last year.
A fragmented OCR line from a Calendar Town page shows garbled words and names, including references to a person named Bache and unclear terms. The readable remnants hint at a discussion or listing but lack coherent facts, making precise summary difficult.
Notice to the public of Pella invites residents to gather at the old city hall on Monday at 2:01 PM to discuss forming a mutual funeral association. Several existing groups with large memberships are noted and all interested or who know about funeral costs are urged to attend. committee signs the notice.
The Klein family announce their picnic date is moved to Thursday to avoid a clash with a separate event. H. H. Sadler and family have been away for a week on a northern Minnesota vacation, joined in Des Moines by Mr and Mrs J S Gladstone.
The Farmers Union Live Stock Commission reports hog shipments seized from five owners. The hogs, identified as belonging to Arie Vink R Engbers H L Zwank Dick Boot and Dick Van Houweling, were involved in an ongoing enforcement action.
Chronic headaches burden many women and ruin daily life. A claimed remedy AWOL is advertised as safe and non habit forming, prescribed by doctors, with a money back guarantee if pain persists within five minutes.
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