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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1934
Page
3
Myrna Loy and George Brent star in Stamboul Quest opening Sunday August 19 at the Princess Theatre in Oskaloosa. Loy discusses career versatility and rejecting typecasting as she portrays a German spy with romance, contrasting dramatic and comedic roles to keep her career dynamic.
Thursday night Mr and Mrs Jake Swank and Mr and Mrs Herman Swank and daughter Freda visited in the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Brom. Friday night visitors included Case Van Dyke and daughters Elizabeth and Cornelia and Ben Van Dyke and on Sunday night Mr and Mrs Ben Vos and son Bernard Wayne joined. The Bill Hart family visited at the Richard Beyer home Friday. Sandridge kittenball beat the Dairy Grave 6 to 0 Friday night. Mrs R Rysink went to Pella to see her sister Mrs Jacob VanderSyde who has blood poison.
Galesburg and nearby communities report visits and calls among residents. Names include Schippers Van Dyke Van Rheenen Poortinga Straver Hendricks Rush and others. Attendees at the Van der Wilt region gathering on July 7 drew a large local crowd with visitors from Oskaloosa Newton Grinnell and Grinnell area.
Sully and Mrs Harry De Jong and children Armetta and Betty and Miss Jeanetta Mol left last Wednesday for Chicago to see the Century of Progress. The League for Service and the Ladies Aid held their annual bazaar last Tuesday. Flor and Everett De Jong and Mr and Mrs John De Jong drove to Town City Tuesday for John’s eye treatment. Families of De Bruin and Van Roekel visited the Gerrit Wis home Wednesday. Carroll Macy and Ward left for Boston to be with their brother Willys as he lay dying. funeral held at Lynnville Friends church.
A crowded social scene appears in Leighton with numerous visits and gatherings. Families from nearby towns including Oskaloosa Pella Otley and Leighton welcomed relatives and friends at multiple homes and a Klaaren reunion was held at Belleflower August 9.
Cordova Mrs. Roy Nollen and her children Delmar and Harold visited relatives near Monro e and at Frank Rexroat's home. Louis Schuring welcomed a baby girl born Saturday with Rena Engbers caring for mother and infant. Gerrit Vande Keift and family stopped at Gradus Klein’s near Pleasantville. Celeagues Verwers recovered from the flu, Arnold Klein and son joined by Gysbert Aalbers at Jasper De Raad’s home. Mrs. John Bloodsworth Sr. of Eddyville spent days with son John Bloodsworth and family. Artie Zegers works at Richard Geurts home near Knox ville. Geurts welcomed a baby girl. Jr. and Mrs. Billy Van Rheenen visited Leonard Heimstra.
Local residents report visits among families in Lynnville and nearby towns. Mrs. Will Jones and daughter Alice stay with Mrs. Margaret Robertson. several groups travel to Montezuma and Eddyville to see ill relatives and relatives at Penn college. Community clubs meet, with Stitch and Chat sharing a hot afternoon lunch and G. T. club gathering at Mrs. Jennie Siemens Yale’s home.
Twenty two typhoid cases in Blackhawk county spread across eleven homes. Investigation shows all families sourced milk from one dairy with poor sanitation and many flies, plus a healthy carrier spreading germs. Public health urges cleanliness, fly control, and safe water and milk through chlorination and pasteurization.
Waterloo Iowa Special reports the Dairy Cattle Congress, National Belgian Horse Show and Allied Exhibits to run October 1 to 7. National contests include Collegiate Dairy Cattle Judging from 18 colleges, Interstate 4-H judging from 11 states, and Interstate Demonstration with 11 states. Major exhibitors, farm machinery displays, and co operation from breed associations and federal and state departments underscore a national scope. E S Estes announces premium lists ready for distribution.
An inexpensive lemon juice mixture promises relief from rheumatism and neuritis. Dissolve the REV PRESCRIPTION in a quart of water with four lemons, costing only a few cents a day, with a money back guarantee if pain remains after two weeks.
Fragmentary note on Harold Clements and Legion post meetings mentions last Monday of the month and a contact or location in Comnia or Martin Hook, with unclear context and missing details.
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