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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1930
Page
4
Otto Schouboe of Harlan Iowa bought a Dodge sedan from Van Houweling Auto. Another sale featured a Wills Six De Luxe sedan to G R Graham of Gibson Iowa. The used car purchase shows Chronicle classified ads work beyond local markets.
Local updates show Prof. Lloyd Hillyer and family visiting Hiawatha Kansas to meet relatives and attend a gathering. Vander Linden relatives host in Leighton while Akron Ohio guests tour Wisconsin Minnesota and northern Iowa. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Preston Steenhoek and other relatives visit each other in Sully and Kanawa.
Miss Helene Slob extended hospitality to a group of lady friends at an informal party on Tuesday afternoon August 12 as a courtesy to Misses Helene and Ruth Van Kersen of Holland Michigan visiting here. Mrs Carl Bruce hosted a luncheon at Elmwood Inn at one o clock Tuesday afternoon.
After a luncheon twelve guests gathered at Mrs P H Kuyper s home for Tom Thumb golf followed by a bridge game. League for Service hosts plan a program at First Reformed church with Miss Nina Gosse and others performing. Mrs Geo Thomassen and Miss Anna Van Stigt of Des Moines were guests of honor at a later party hosted by Mrs George Van Vark. Embroidery club met at Mrs John Gaass s home for needlework and socializing. John Ten Hagen a bachelor near Fifield hosted a small gathering Tuesday evening petite social event.
Farm listing buyers asked to trade for cheap house. 54 acres three miles west of Pella near a paved road, contact L Huizenga Route 1 Pella. Also used cars for sale including 1922 Ford Roadster 1925 Ford Roadster 1926 Essex Coach 1927 Chevrolet Coach 1928 Nash Coupe Jewett Sedan from White Way Auto Co.
More than fifty friends visited John’s home Tuesday evening for a cheerful surprise party. A general good time followed by a lunch concluded the event as John recently bought a new car, prompting neighbors to wonder what’s next. Gerrit Boerefijn resigns from Van der Ploeg Bakery after 3.5 years to attend Grundy Center college. Dick Ver Meer will replace him at the bakery.
Sunday, August 17, John Breen of Otley celebrated his fifty fourth birthday with family. His children and grandchildren joined him for a noon dinner and an afternoon social, presenting a coxwell chair as a birthday gift.
A girl's brown sweater was lost Friday night in West Park. Return to Plette's Grocery for a reward.
A hog believed to have been lost about ten days ago may be recovered by identifying it and paying for feed and advertising. Owner D L Weyers of Otley Iowa can claim the animal at 616 on 7.
A recruiter invites locals to join Red Ball Company Madrid Iowa to start a car based business selling Iowa made Red Ball Food Products. No specific dates or additional details provided.
A catalog of vintage cars including a 1926 Dodge Sedan and 1929 Whippet Six variants such as Coupe and Sedan options, plus 1927 Ford Tudor and 1926 Studebaker Coupe. Also listed are a 1929 Model 70 B Willys Knight Sedan, 1925 Maxwell Coupe, 1928 Whippet Six Sedan, and a 1926 Dodge 1% Ton Truck.
Miss Lavina Young of Colfax was an out-of-town guest. Dr. Wormhoudt motored to Davenport Saturday after the day's work of tooth extraction and spent Sunday with his family, who had been visiting at the parental C. H. Korn home for a week.
John Keuning, a Western Theological Seminary student in Holland Michigan, serving as summer pulpit supply for the Reformed Church at Westfield North Dakota, is visiting relatives in the city. he has another year of study remaining.
Local ad notes Mahaska County rural schools can find complete sets of school books at The Book Shop along with a full line of school supplies at low prices.
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