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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1942
Page
8
Kiet in the bert reports brief updates from nearby towns and rural communities, highlighting local events, weather, and community notices with a compact regional snapshot.
A busy period in Sully and nearby, with guests from Prairie City and Hollandale joining church events, a Rozendaal reunion at the Old Settlers Grounds, and a Friday wedding of Grace Buitenwerf and Raymond Bandstra. Attendees included numerous Rozendaals, Buitenwerfs, and Bandstras, plus Marjorie Hosvdal and Stella Rozendaal. The ceremony featured a pink and white arch, a wedding hymn, Lohengrin march, and a reception with multiple local families attending.
Harold and Glen Vande Kye left Saturday morning for Wielite Kansas to visit their brother Roy who employed all an air okay there Mrs Geurt Vander Kral and Mia of Sally accompanied them They expect to be back We Visitation in the Us at home Lands dens Steendivels sand Te stan it the Boor list Friday Qevern tied Sunday Roordit home Harry Vande Krol hospitalized Mercy Hospital after an injury from an accident Roorda family visiting the past week with grandfather Jon Roorda at Adley reunion held at Beli nau and family in Fiernoon
A local Rose Hill roundup records births visits and social calls from August through Sunday. Mr and Mrs Brances Van Zante welcomed a 2% son at Met Hospital Oskaloosa. Elizabeth Oliver traveled to 1 City for an event. Community members attended a Pell hand concert in Galesburg. The Lads of the Christian church sold refreshments. Numerous visits between John Van Veen Vanden Berg families and Newton area residents are noted along with church and post activities.
Clarence Bricker visits Mikesell at Oda Ware home for the night. Alva Ware and sister from Colorado. Alva works in a defense plant. Hart attends a church convention in Ottumwa. Anna Marie Van Ryswyk visits Beulah May De Hleer. Crozier visits the Clarks in xville. Donald Balmer calls at Roy Karr’s. Howard Stukin stays with uncle Herman De Me and Mrs Pete Van Hemert. Van Hemert’s two nieces visit from St. Louis in Monroe for a fish dinner at George Dailey’s. later they visit Hugh Pontus in Des Moines after Mrs Pontus injures her arm and wrist. Ben Hocksema and von, Frank Karr and daughter, and Raymond Karr gather at Cord a Karr’s for a family reunion. Jock Templeton family plans at Temple home for weekend. Sybil Donahue departs for Cleveland via Newton and Chicago. stores furniture. may sell or rent property. Jack Donahue’s youngest son accidentally swallows shelled peanuts.
A long paragraph of fragmented town news covers births deaths and family updates. It mentions Randolph Berkey undergoing appendicitis surgery at Mater hospital, funeral notices for John Griioen, Wieldie Byber, and Pouvis, plus residents visiting Des Moines and Knoxville events. Airing a community tone, the item notes farm work, hay harvest plans, soil conservation tours, and local repairs at homes and barns.
An obituary fragment notes a man survived by his wife and a son Frank of Parana Washington with relatives including Mary Ellen Patterson and others. It mentions Des Moines area connections and a medical procedure at Methodist Hospital, plus a Mrs Olive Kain event.
A Knoxville Journal report notes that for August the county allotment of new automobiles varied, with Marion receiving none and Warren and others receiving small shares. The pattern appears to tie quotas to population and vehicle registrations, not fixed monthly portions, affecting Marion, Wauren, and Balk counties.
Unn gside Beauty Shop reports a healthy summer with permanent waving services driving business. The shop notes gratifying client response and steady demand for styling and care throughout the season.
A historic note reports attempts to fire 19 000 cannon to seed clouds and keep hail from damaging crops in Mali farming regions. The effort aims to protect harvests by cloud seeding with artillery.
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