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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1931
Page
8
A busy week in Peoria and nearby towns features Mrs. G Stouwie visiting Vander Melen kin and traveling to Hamilton with Rev De Waal Malefyt. The Calvin College quartet performed at a local church, and a long column reflects on church practice, baptism, and Peter’s vision in Acts ten, urging faithful adherence to New Testament fundamentals and inclusive gospel outreach.
Farmers' Co operative Store urges farmers to protect fowl from worms with Dr Salsbury's Kamala Nicotine Worm Caps. The ad claims the product is easy on birds and effective against worms and offers a free Poultry Disease Book.
Otley Iowa August 17 Mr and Mrs Anne Van Gent and children of near Monroe visited Pete Van Gent home Thursday evening. Several families from Ed dyville Pella and nearby towns joined John Ten Hagen home gathering with ice cream and cake. Attendees included Gerrit Vander Keift Jasper De Raad Verwers Rexroat Bloodsworth Bloodsworth Dick Van Zee and Levi Waites among others.
The Mission Circle of the Christian Reformed church held an all day picnic at Hoyts Beach last week Friday. Groenendyk reunion was held last Thursday at the Dennis Groenendyk home near Leighton. Roy Van Haaften of Pella and family visited the Jno Van Haaften home last Thursday afternoon. Mr and Mrs B Groenendyk and Mrs G Stewie left Monday for a month long trip to Canada to visit Rev and Mrs Charley Malefiet and children. Rev J A De Jong and family, homeward from Minnesota early last week due to the death of Rev De Jong's sister Mrs John Neels of Grundy Center Iowa. Mrs T Vos of Leighton is quite sick.
Cordova Iowa August 17 Grace Toom to lead women events in community roundup. The record lists numerous local families and visits from Hart Bricker Van Hemert Pontus Dailey Rankin and others. It notes attendance at a Wichita Des Moines game and various Sunday gatherings along with hog shipments by the Farm Union of Pella.
The Inquiring Reporter surveys opinions on restoring state speed limits. Tunis Van Heukelem and Pete Bloom favor lower limits or current laws with stricter enforcement. Henry Pethoven argues to keep the law to reduce congestion. M Slob supports no limit but urges stricter penalties for slow drivers. Opinions vary on safety and driver behavior.
The State Highway Commission awarded contracts for three bridges on Primary No. 77. Olson Construction Co. of Waterloo gets the span near Richland for 10,518 dollars. Ben Cole and Son of Ames will build the Skunk River crossing for 37,759 dollars. Jensen Construction Co. of Kimbelton receives 6,500 dollars for the creek bridge replacement. Construction expected to start about the 16th.
Read Acts 10 in full Corinthians 1 23 25 and Isaiah 11 1 5 The verse There is no distinction between Jew and Greek for the same Lord is Lord of all and is rich unto all that call upon him Romans 10 12 Open mindedness is the key to the lesson today All truth is Gods truth in the physical world and in the spiritual world A straight line is the shortest distance between two points is just as much Gods truth as is Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God Prejudice selfishness an unwillingness to study facts have hindered the growth of the kingdom of God great-
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