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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1949
Page
4
Random list of vehicle sales and scattered notices from a Marion County area paper. Includes used car sales, a furniture and hardware mention, auction style lines, and public clerk notices about estate probate, school bids, and meeting reminders. Names and places include Marion County Iowa items and local officials.
Notice of incorporation for Pella Chronicle Incorporated filed under Chapter 491 of the Iowa Code. The company, based in Pella Marion County, will publish the Pella Chronicle and engage in printing, real estate, stock ownership, and lending. Board to consist of two to five directors. Officers to be president executive vice president secretary and treasurer. Meetings to be held annually in February beginning 1950. T. H. Sadler named president with Sadler as secretary.
Mrs Louis Schippers of Reasnor Iowa thanks neighbors and friends for flowers and visits during hospitalization and for helping with chores at her home expressed with sincere gratitude to the community.
Members and leaders of the Lake Prairie Township 4-H Club thank the Pella merchants who bought club calves at the Marion County Fair auction. They appreciate the interest and action encouraging participation in 4-H projects and activities.
On August 17 the Home for the Aged remembered two birthdays Mrs Van Hemert aged 83 and Mrs Effie Lepchak aged 81. Residents and visitors from Jasper, Peoria, Rock Rapids and Holland gathered as Rev Ralph Vander Pol and Rev C J Reynen called. Several residents, including Mrs Douwstra and Mrs Langstraat, were mentioned along with illness notes and travel from Michigan and Iowa.
A late rally by the Merchants over the Pontiac team at the Pool Ground lifts them to a 3 to 2 victory. Key hits from McClelland and Kelly drive two runs, while Henselman allows seven hits over seven innings. Giffard and Tek contribute in the field as Caljuen Seaton supports the offense.
The Osociety Plate reunion occurred August 17 at Duke Keon with a noon basket dinner and ice cream in the afternoon. Attendees include numerous Ames, Attica, Fremont, Lynnville, Oskaloosa, New Sharon, Prairie City, Pekin, What Cheer, and Texas residents, among them many Plate and Jansen families. Next year’s event will be the third Wednesday in August.
Local notes recount chilly evenings in Pella with cold fish bite and early winter attire. Margaret De Hamer just back from Minnesota near the Canadian border recalls cold temps. she did land four fish one day and enjoyed her trip. Cora Kruseman returned from Wisconsin sight seeing including the largest packing pint seen in the state. Ray Iugen active, strolling with daughter Sally before a St Louis trip. Kee Buitenwerf and John Toom note vacations in Ozarks and rest time. Zolma Rysdum and Louise Bruce returned from Colorado, planning sleep and short drives amid unusual rising hows.
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