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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1938
Page
5
Iowa Senator Gillette delivered a fine address on current issues. The 14th annual Farmers Union picnic featured multiple sessions from 10 am to late, home talent acts, and talks by Harold J. Veenstra, C. C. Buerkens, Dr. Irwin J. Lubbers, Miss Mamer, and George Youngbear. Indian reservation details were shared, and prizes were awarded for program performances.
Request for Marion County centennial number material urges residents to contribute stories or photographs. Officials welcome readable anecdotes from Pella and beyond, inviting anyone with county history to visit the office or send written accounts to ensure a worthwhile centennial edition.
Nelson Vos takes over duties of manager at the Farmers Co-operative Exchange succeeding Albert Van Duren who held the post since March 1 of this year. Previously Andrew Van Drimmelin served in the role in two different periods and Vos spent two years with John Wynberg in trucking after farming near Otley on the Albert Van Houweling farm.
Dr Richard Drost and family faced an abrupt end to their trip when their car collided with another on Highway 65 in Des Moines as they traveled down Euclid Avenue. No injuries were reported though all occupants were shaken. The damaged car forced them to cut short their vacation and return to Pella.
Officials announced a centennial feature rodeo at the sixth annual Iowa State Fair in August with three nights August 26 27 28 and four afternoons August 29 through September 1. Top events include wild cow milking bulldogging calf roping and 75 leading western riders expected to compete led by Kid Fletcher Scott Carman Vandene Strauss and Clemente Gonzales. The fair will import 200 head of fresh range stock for the rodeo along with national circuit auto races harness races fireworks an open-air circus a thrill day program and a large musical show.
Mrs. G D Brouwer 66 died Monday morning at 8 at her son Anne Brouwer 506 East Second Street after a two week illness begun with a hand felon. Funeral at 10 Wednesday at Pella Co operative Burial Association funeral home Rev Martin Monsma officiating with burial at Portergrove cemetery. Born in The Netherlands May 30 1872 she came to America with husband and children in 1916. Three children Dick Otley Anne Vella and Weil who lives with Dick plus three grandchildren. Husband G D Brouwer died 18 years ago on their 22nd wedding anniversary.
The Pella group in Dutch costume joins the Cavalcade of Town at the state fair pageant. More than thirty participants portray settlers and pioneers with an ox team and wagon. Dominic Scholte is featured amid groups representing Quakers Scots Mormons Germans Amanas Hungarians Scandinavians Irish and English. The mass choir will perform Faith of Our Fathers as the cavalcade passes. The pageant aims to outshine past Iowa productions and runs tonight and Thursday.
Donald G. Van Haalen of Pella enters Aberdeen Angus cattle at the National Livestock Show inside the Centennial State Fair in Des Moines. The fair runs August 24 to September 2 with about 6 000 animals and 80 000 dollars in cash prizes, including 2 000 junior livestock entries and 600 head in the boys and girls baby beef show.
Cecil Holder of Oskaloosa faces drunken driving charges after a collision on A avenue east near the M and St. L tracks at 8 10 p m Sunday. His wife Bertha is in Mahaska hospital with a sprained back and shock. Gerald Rysdam of Pella was in the other car. Police say Holder, held in jail, would be arraigned this afternoon. Rysdam says the Holder car swerved and struck his vehicle as he tried to turn left. affidavits from L E Davis and R A Welch claim Holder forced them off the street before the crash.
Raspberry season continues as a late crop at the J. H. Shinn home 608 East First Street. Clusters of raspberries were discovered over the weekend. berries are still green but expected to ripen soon. This may be the latest local harvest in recorded history.
The Vander Wilt picnic is moved to next Friday September 2 instead of the previously announced August 23 date per last week's Chronicle notice.
Frank and Ernest Van Haaften of Pella lease the Mobilgas service station north of the square. They vow best possible service and continued Mobiloil and Mobilgas products with tank wagon service and stocked oils and greases for motorists.
A National Consumers Tax Commission survey reports Pella families pay 314 250 annually in taxes on retail purchases. Hidden taxes within food, clothing, medicine and daily goods drive the burden, with 25 cents of every dollar of income going to taxes. The figure reflects retail sales only and omits other taxes paid daily by residents.
Red ripe tomatoes flood the Grimes plant in the city south area as thirty one Pella workers bottle a bright labeled catsup. New equipment and stricter sanitation raise quality while planned harvest gains promise more jobs and higher production for Grimes products.
Mrs Belinda Coffman mother of former Pella milliner B H Van Ness died in Skiff Memorial hospital and funeral services were held at Monroe Baptist Church. She was born March 28 1857 in Marion county and is survived by two daughters two half brothers fourteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Also brief note on a late August birth at Mercy hospital Oskaloosa.
Last weekend's downpour postponed the concert but the same program will be presented this Saturday evening in the park. Willard Langerak will sing The Champagne Waltz as the guest soloist. The audience area has been improved and children may play in a designated section. A band outreach to Reasner joins local business leaders Friday night. The program includes entre act Twilight Fancies, Overture Ariane, The Donkey Serenade, Spanish Fandango, Saxophone Solo Palm Garden Bay, Jack Bootsma, Medley Yankee Rhythm, Vocal Solo Champagne Waltz, Overture Charlemagne, Popular Fox Trot I Wanna Go Back to Ball, among others.
The Netherlands rejects the term Dutch as misleading and uncomplimentary, tracing English usage to a seventeenth century trade feud. Government clarification rebrands Dutch East Indies as Netherlands Indies and Dutch West Indies as Curacao, while noting origins in Deutsch. Prof and Mrs Bingaman, former Central teacher, visit before returning to West Virginia.
Pella defeated Knoxville 76 to 68 at the Pella pool in a meet last Thursday. Peter Gaass took 2nd in the 50 yd free, Bob Van Vark won 60 yd breast and 100 yd free, with Gaass and Mark Thomas 2nd and 3rd in the 0 yd back. Relay teams and divers placed, while Oskaloosa edged Pella 72 to 42 at the Aug 23 meet in Oskaloosa.
A large auditorium event in Chariton hosts rural, grade, and high school teachers and Marion County school board members. The day features Dutch treat banquet speakers Dr. N Edward Steele and Mr. Charles Miller, plus regional Dept of Public Instruction lead Cameron Rose. Demonstrations cover unit teaching methods for elementary and secondary levels. About 274 teachers and 60 board members from Marion County attend, with nearly 800 people expected.
Pella families Francis Leslie and Shirley Rae were among the first of more than 700 babies entered for the health title at the 1938 Iowa Centennial State Fair. Four hundred dollars in trophies and special awards will be given. The contest runs August 26 to September 2 with 46 Iowa baby specialists providing examinations and parental consultation on each score.
The Pella band will perform in Reasnor Friday evening in response to a cordial invitation by the Reasnor committee. A short program and vocal numbers will accompany the concert with refreshments sold by the Methodist church ladies to aid the church. Citizens and business people are urged to attend with families for an outdoor social event at the dalgie theater ing room park.
The Iowa AAA sets storage musts for corn cribs including slatted construction strong floors roofs and locations away from livestock and other buildings. Width limits vary by region from seven to nine feet with eight feet typical and rectangular shapes favored for ventilation. Cribs must protect against weather and rodents for at least two years and a printed guide with crib designs will be distributed to farmers.
Sealed bids for lump and stoker coal will be received by the secretary of the Independent School District of Pella Iowa. Coal to be delivered to district school buildings during the winter of 1938 1939. Bids due by 8 00 p m September 12 1938. A state preference favors Iowa produced coal. Board may accept or reject any bid. Samuel Versteeg secretary. The Iowa farm price index fell six points in April.
National Geographic photographer Joseph B. Roberts visited Pella on Tuesday to photograph city sights and Dutch costumed children for an upcoming educational feature. A Virginian by birth, Roberts spoke of the magazine’s respect for Iowa and the potential use of the educational story in schools and libraries.
Grinnell Herald Register reports President J S Nollen sharing tales about Rev Henry Scholte, founder of the Pella settlement, including street plans named for virtues and U S presidents, a church site swap, a church split, and a humorous inquiry about how to deal with his wife, Scholte's wife.
De Vos of Coopersville Michigan, a printer and contributor, commends the Centennial edition note and the first class local newspaper quality. He says the engravings are the best he ever saw and exceed anything he has used in his own paper.
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