Homemakers Conference Notes at Ames Iowa
Early August journey to Ames for the Iowa High School Homemaking Conference laid out a health and preparedness theme. Talks by Fern Goulding and Veneta De Witt highlighted health, with sessions on nutrition and home economics curriculum planning led by Mattie Pattison at Iowa State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline Dickema
Blanche de Prenger
Ames
Roberts Hall
Welch Hall
Fern Goulding
Town State College
Veneta de Witt
Milford
Iowa
Denmark
Georgebelle Smith
Kentucky
Hampton
Mr. Ayr
Colfax
Manning
Oclwein
Waterloo
Fort Dodge
Iowa High School
Mattie Pattison
Iowa State College
Tri County
Marion-Mahnskaaper
Des Moines
Younkers Tea Room
Mary Farris
Jessie M. Parker
Es Moines
Dean Genevievesher
Division of Home Economics
Memorial Union
Miss Ruth Anderson Attends Iowa Vocational Conference
Miss Ruth Anderson attended the Eleventh Annual State Conference for Vocational Homemaking Instructors at Iowa State College from August 20 to 22, 1941. About 230 instructors from 189 Iowa departments participated, with Spencer High School and Keokuk High School staff presiding sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Anderson
Iowa State College
Iowa
Ember Day
Spencer High School
Irene Faye McNee
Keokuk High School
Partia Deacon
Des Moines
Edna Kraft
Ant
Bernice Strawn
Porter to leave for Albuquerque after visit to Pella
Verlan Porter, employed by Dr. L M Henry at Forest Park Sanitarium Davenport, visited Pella Monday and plans to depart soon for Albuquerque New Mexico where Dr Henry will lead a sanitarium. Mrs Mollie Carris of Keota Iowa is visiting sister Mrs S F Cole and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verlan Porter
L. M. Henry
Forest Park Sanitarium
Davenport
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Dr. Henry
Mollie Carris
Keota
Iowa
S. F. Cole
Plowing Match Set At Paltzer Farm Pleasantville
Marion County plowmen sponsor first contest at Paltzer farm near Pleasantville on September 11 with open homecoming events to follow. Governor Wilson to speak. cash prizes of 20, 15 and 10 dollars to top placers. Entry deadline September 9. contestants must be farmers or farm employees with farm-owned equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasantville
Marion County
Joe Paltzer
Herb Plambeck
Wilson
Albin
A. R. Rees
Pleasantville Commercial Club
Peoria News Guests and Visits From Many States
Local scene in Peoria shows relatives and friends from Chicago Minnesota Colorado and Kansas visiting residents. Several families including Blom De Jong Hoitenga and Vander Meer were seen with plans to depart for home and school resumes on September 2 with new classrooms and repairs underway at the Christian school.
Tomatoes Lead The Winter Vitamin Protection List
Iowa State experts budget 125 quarts of tomatoes and juice per family for winter vitamins. Tomatoes provide vitamins A C thiamin riboflavin and iron. Proper canning steps include boiling water dip skins core and packing jars then processing in a hot water bath for 25 to 45 minutes. Tomato juice offers a versatile beverage option and canning requires processing and sterilization for safety.
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Iowa State Cell
Local wedding announces Vos Van Zee nuptials near Peoria
Mrs Adrian Vos and Cornelia Van Zee, daughter of Mr and Mrs G Van Zee of Leighton, will wed on Wednesday afternoon at the bride parents home with Rev D Flietstra and Rev D J Hoitenga officiating. The couple plan to live on A Vos farm two miles northwest of Peoria. Congratulations and best wishes are extended. Two carloads of young men attended a convention of Young Men's societies in Sheboygan Wisconsin, returning Saturday night. Peoria Christian school society held its annual meeting with Henry Dahm and John Van Gorp elected to the board for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Blom
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Ogilvie
Minn
Gerrit Pethoven
Denver
Colo
Pella
Wedne P. C. Rus
Prairie View
Kan
Pethovens
C. C. Rus
Tulsa
Okla
C. Kronenberg
John Gorp
P. A. de Jong
Kalamazoo
Ich
Richard A. de Jong
Californian
Wm. de Jong
Steen, Minn
G. P. de Jong
P. "de Jong
Grand Rapids
Mich
Isi Ives
Dick Meer
D. J. Hoitenga
Ben Vander Meer
Vander Meer
F. van Houten
Otley
G Niuwsma
L. van der Molen
Augusta Schuurma
Orange City
Iowa
Janet de Jong
J. van Lonkhuizen
Netherlands
Holland
Delores Roose
Bert Roose
Carpenter
Newton
G. Brouwer
Home For
Vander Hart
C. B. Vander Hart
Carisso
New Mexico
Adrian Vos
Peoria
Cornie Vos
Cornelia van Zee
G. van Zee
Leighton
D. Flietstra
A. Vos
Sheboygan
Wis
Christian School Society of Peoria
Henry Dahm
John van Gorp
F F A Boys Entertain Eighth Grade Graduates Picnic
The local A F F A boys host the annual eighth grade picnic Friday at 6 30 p m at Big Rock near Pella. A ball game precedes a wiener roast then a high school movie from the project tour. Eighth graders and their parents invited. each F F A boy brings a sandwich for himself and a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Rock
Boorday Timber
Pella
F. PF. A
Homer Sherman Jr Making Good in Plane Factory
Ottumwa story notes Homer M Sherman of Ottumwa rising from employee to assistant supervisor at Consolidated Aircraft Corp in San Diego. He, active in Y M C A affairs, swam for Ottumwa High and served as lifeguard. He will travel from Des Moines to Ottumwa August 24 then depart for Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Homer
H. L. Sherman
Shermans
Homer M. Sherman
Ottumway
Inone
America
Consolidated Aircraft Corp
San Diego
L. Sherman
Carroll Street
Sherman
Mid-Continent Airlines
Dea
Ottumwa High School
Y. M
Inter
Beronautics
Consolidated
Paul De Wit Charged With Forging Check
Paul De Wit, a Pella contractor, faces forgery charges filed by County Attorney William M. Spencer in Justice W. J. Howell’s court. He may be arraigned Thursday in Oskaloosa after a Knoxville hearing. The case involves forging a client’s name to cash a check at Farmers National Bank in Leighton and follows a period of disappearance and a found truck along the Des Moines river near Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul de Wit
Pella
Court of Justice
W. J. Howell
William M. Spencer
de Wit
Mn County
Rges
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
Des Moines
Moline
Farmers National Bank
Leighton
Oskaloosa Herald
Is Your Child An Orphan
An Iowa study warns that many children lack essential affection and security at home amid busy parents and social duties. It argues parental play, intimate chats, and nurturing attention are vital for a child’s mental and emotional development, beyond food and clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
University of Iowa
Children Learn To Give and Take In Their Playing
A kindergarten lesson shows Billy and Bob eight nine and Wendell eleven learning cooperation. When the older boy hogs turns the younger boys go home but Wendell urges them to return. Bob insists on shared batting and all three compromise, learning the value of teamwork at a young age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Bob
Wendell
Bill
Teaching cooperation in children through early guidance
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station advises parents to model and teach compromise and cooperative play. When disputes arise children learn to share, take turns, and negotiate. If peers fail, parents must intervene to guide behavior toward constructive cooperation and away from retaliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Tommy
Frankie
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
University of Iowa
Boone Oats Tops Jasper County Oats Test Plot
Boone oats yielded 61.2 bushels per acre on the Frank Laskot farm near Colfax, with a 32.1 pound per bushel. CI-3350 was second at 60.3 bushels and 31.7 pounds. Tama, Marion, and others followed in the field trial results from Iowa State College Laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Laskot
Colfax
Iowa State College Laboratory
L. C. Burnett
Boone
Tama
Marion
Hancock
Togold
Iowa
For Sale and Trade Items in Otley Chronicle
Classified notices list various for sale and trade items including irons beds iron cots curtain stretchers kitchen tables and multiple Ford vehicles 1937 1936 1940 models with new box and license. Also listed are McCormick Deere equipment cook stoves mowers a 1936 pickup oil stoves cream separator and other used goods at Vogelaar's Hardware Sinclair Station Otley and requests to see new and used goods. Also rental offer for a farm with wood bottom 156 crop acres and two men. Inquire at Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair Station
Otley
SAI
Chronicle
Vanguard Gopher and Columbia Bushel Weights Report
The report lists bushel weights for several varieties including Vanguard 45.3, Gopher 42.13, Columbia 31.6 and notes Vanguard’s yield was low due to rust infestation and late out with heat hindering proper filling. Jasper Co Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanguard
Gopher
Columbia
Hancock
Town
Logold
Jasper Co
Civil Service Exams Open for Engineering Aids in Eight District
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations for Chief, Principal, Senior, Engineering, and Assistant Engineering Aids in the Eighth U S Civil Service District covering Iowa Minnesota Nebraska North Dakota and South Dakota. Applications must be filed by September 16, 1941 with the manager in St Paul Minnesota. details and blanks available from the secretary of Examiners or any First or Second Class Post Office in the district. See Professor Sadler's ad in this Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Civil Service Commission
U.S. Civil Service District
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
U. S. Civil Service District
U. S. Post Office
Customhouse
St. Paul
Board of
U. S. Civil Service “Examiners
U. S. Post Office and Customhouse
Sale Notice in Pella Iowa Estate of Kelderman Sr
Public sale starts 1:30 p.m. Saturday September 13 1941 of the west half of Lot 5 Block 51 Pella Town Marion County Iowa. Terms require $200 cash day of sale $300 after providing merchantable abstract and balance due December 31 1941. William Kelderman Jr administrator of the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kelderman
District Court
Marion County
Iowa
Pella
William Kelderman, Jr
Weekly Markets: Local Produce Quotations Reported
Wednesday morning quotations from local dealers cover cream grades one and two eggs old hens leghorn hens ducks and hog prices at Pella and Chicago, with wheat oats corn and hides also listed. The data highlights price ranges like hogs at Pella eight sixty five to eleven dollars and hogs at Chicago nine fifty to eleven ninety, alongside various poultry and grain items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Chicago
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Ames, Towa
Anderson
Sunkist Lemons
Deven
Meat Department
Ulrich
Miller’s
Ig. Phys
Paltzer Farm
Peoria News
F.F.A
Homer Sherman Jr
Boone Oats
Jasper
Baptist Parsonage
Bess
Harold Veenstra
Civil Service Examination
State OF
Mahaska
Jack Sprat Food Stores
Harvest Inn
Malaga
Monster’s Jack Sprat Store
FBI
Lady Eve
Henry Fonda
Barbara Stennyck
Connie Smorenburg
Beery
Lione“Barrymore
Laraine Day
Ronald Reagan
Charles Chaplin
Paulette Goddard
Jane
Lee's
Cc Pane Teon le
Golden Dale Flour
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Vriezelaar’s Grocery
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