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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1938
Page
5
The article outlines Pella Public Schools opening plans with a new lab for sixteen students and eight double desks, two large sinks, and four stoves. It details bus service, grade consolidation, and campus arrangements to improve instruction, plus a profiles of transport arrangements and early enrollment notes.
The Marion County Centennial Fair begins Friday with a Knoxville group pageant showing 100 years of local development from education to industry and church. Livestock entries top 300 head seeking $1,000 in prizes, with barns full and a crowded poultry exhibit in a tent. Sunday program led by the Marion county ministerial association features Dr. Richard C. Raines.
Mrs Mildred Giffen died Saturday at 4 00 pm in Ft Dodge hospital after a period of ill health. She lived with her mother on South Broadway and visited her sister Mrs G H Waechter. She is survived by one son A G Giffen his wife and two grandchildren Mildred and Jimmie of Ft Dodge and five sisters. Funeral services occurred in Ft Dodge Tuesday and interment was in Atlantic Iowa. Attendees from here included Mrs G H Waechter and Judson Mrs J J Lubbers Mrs Fred Lautenbach Mrs A B Van Ho T G Fultz Mrs John Bloommers and Mrs G G Gaass.
Corsica Globe reports the death of Ethel Marie De Heer, Salem South Dakota, at 3 30 Sunday morning July 24. She was 22, died of heart disease after a period of ill health. Funeral attendees from the area included Mrs Tone Boat and sons Marion and Elmer, and Miss Jennie Groeneweg of Knoxville. She is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs Steve De Meer and three sisters Verna Doris and Ella Mae. Friends mourn her passing.
Shortened summary of a cookie recipe from Quaker Oats lists ingredients and steps to make Oatmeal Raisin Cookies yields about four dozen. Instructions include creaming shortening and sugar, adding egg, combining dry ingredients, mixing in milk vanilla oats and raisins, chilling briefly, and baking at 375 degrees for about 12 minutes.
The Southern Town Fair announces the biggest grandstand program yet at the Oskaloosa exposition September 3 to 9. Auto racing, harness racing, circus performances, pet and doll parade, All-American Exposition shows, and the Tip Top Revue headline a week of events. Notable acts include the Seven Gauchos, Guilty & Jeanney, Marimer and Hudson, the Four LaVernes, George the Great, and the Jackson Troupe.
Judging in all open classes begins Labor Day with poultry on Monday baby beef on Tuesday lambs on Wednesday pigs on Thursday. The auction sale runs Friday. Team demonstrations start Tuesday and continue through the week with finals Friday afternoon.
An old proverb notes a boyish love for Oatmeal Cookies and presents Quaker Oatmeal Raisin Cookies as a new recipe for all ages. The copy highlights fruity flavor, long freshness, and cost, touting health benefits from Quaker Oats including Thiamin, protein, iron, and phosphorus to support energy and growth.
The preacher argues this era is the most restless in history with a craze for amusement and global clashes. He cites a ministers’ convention showing half doubt core doctrines and urges living by biblical fundamentals as the only hope amid uncertainty and conflicts between capital and labor.
Mrs. G. C. Johnson of Keokuk recounts spanking the future world flyer when he was a toddler in a Keokuk doctor's office. Hughes, a Keokuk native and Rupert Hughes nephew, drew attention by his early scientific curiosity and restless energy during a visit there.
In Keokuk a crowd gathered to see Mark Twain, described as having worked as a printer there early in his career. Mrs. Johnson and her daughter Merta then two, later Mrs. Matlack, were among the onlookers and sat on the famed writer's lap, an event seen as historic and memorable.
The annual Van Gorp picnic will be held at West Park on Friday August 19. A pot luck dinner is planned with each family bringing a covered dish sandwiches and a drink. Mrs M C Van Gorp is listed as contact.
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