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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1957
Page
11
Pella to Des Moines bus service operates at 9:15 am 2:10 pm and 6:15 pm daily. Routes and stops include main streets and terminal at Des Moines. Service note shows trimming errors in OCR but the timetable times are clear.
A schedule of farm sales and related events with dates through January. Listings include Herman Bruxvoort near Kellogg, Earl Bruce and Everett Denby near Altoona, Will Winegar near Prairie City, Everett Zickel near Monroe, Van de Geest Bros. near Leighton, Veldhuizen near Cedar and Oskaloosa, Dick Rozenberg Reasnor, Anthony Van Zante near Pella, Van Zee family near Pella, Armour Van Wyk and Veldhuizen entries, VE Vander Linden, and Robert Roorda Praire City, plus a December 11 Farmers Co op Exch annual meeting and multiple closing out farm sales.
Several local items offered for sale including two Holstein heifers from Myron Renaud of Sully Iowa. Willis Vande Voort advertises 40 Duroc hogs. A three bedroom home with oil furnace lists 413 Broadway and a contact MA 6-3132. A new 36 inch Ward gas range with burner oven is available by calling MA 8-3839. Also listed are livestock and gifts from Byron Beukema eight miles southeast of New- with delivery available.
Cards of Thanks express deep appreciation to relatives and friends for sympathy during bereavement illness and hospitalization. Notes from multiple families thank neighbors, relatives, Rev. Ridder, Rev. Pronk, and others for flowers, cards, visits, and prayers.
A jumble of holiday bargains from Carpenter Drug Store Bakker and Bus Western Auto Gambles Hoeksema and more feature Christmas gifts including leather billfolds candelabras and toy items. For sale items include a 1955 Maytag dryer a 24 inch chain saw a 17 inch Coronet console TV and an electric adding machine with full details and prices.
Information wanted on the family of Fielding Stokes Webb born 1817 or descendants. His farm was in the Tola school district four and a half miles northwest of Harvey Iowa. Correspondence to Guy P Webb 2616 South Veitch Street Arlington Virginia. WANTED TO BUY eggs and poultry. We give S and H Green Stamps plus top prices. Pella Poultry Service Dial MA 8 2571. HELP WANTED can you use extra money. Earn 35 to 50 dollars a week in spare time supplying Rawleigh products to consumers in Pella. Start immediately write Rawleighs Dept 1AL 722 312 Freeport Ill. CAN YOU USE 36 to 50 dollars a week in addition to present earnings? Supply consumers in Pella with large Rawleigh line. Start earning immediately write Rawleighs Dept 1AK 722 337 Freeport Ill. WANTED Sewing machine operators. 40 hour week, no part time. Pella Mfg Corp 707 East Third St.
An advertisement lists Meyer's Radio and TV offering an electric adding machine with subtraction at the price of a hand operated model, with a full year guarantee. Also promoting related services and other business ads including barber shop, typewriter repair, poultry service, artificial breeding memberships, and a note for complete typewriter service by Dennis Van Wyk.
An ad from Van Zee Pump and Plug highlights Speed Queen washers and dryers with best value claims. It notes service and general work estimates, signaling customer options for maintenance and installation.
Iowa ranks first in the nation for the percent of farms with passenger cars, based on 1954 census data, with 178 217 farms reporting 225 451 cars. The state also leads in farm tractors at 311 677 and 41.5 percent of farms with trucks, signaling high living standards and extensive road infrastructure.
Iowa State College economist Tom Rackham notes a stronger feeder cattle market this year with higher prices and delayed runs. Canadian cattle reentered the United States after a five year absence, accounting for 89,000 western feeders and 61,000 slaughter cattle between July and November 1.
Helen Koob of Dakota City was honored for 25 years of service with Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. She began with the company after high school. A dollar an hour was charged cancer patients for seats in a radioactive tunnel until a Geiger counter revealed the radioactivity matched a radium watch dial.
Reduced prices advertised at SCHAKEL WAREHOUSE CO for durable materials. Listings include standard and construction grade 2x4s in various lengths per 100 bd ft, 2x6 and 2x8 lumber, 4 CD plywood, tarpaulins, barb wire, steel roofing, doors from Frantz and Raynorette, eave trough, down spouts, feed bunks, hog feeders, and kin dried floors. Prices and sizes aimed at builders and farm supply buyers in South Pella Mayfair area.
A compact notice details December services across Churches including Second Reformed First Church and Trinity Reformed. It lists worship times sermons such as The Authority of the Bible and The Word of Life in Living Language, Sunday School for various age groups, youth fellowships, and midweek family nights.
George T. Pinches preaches at 9 30 am Bible school and I class 10 30 am Lord's Supper and Word of God 7 30 pm Gospel service The Great Divine Searchlight Series continues Sunday and Tuesday with Revelation chart Sunday where are the dead When do they rise How do they rise 30 pm Tuesday Dec 10 Prophetic History Of Church Testimony Catholic Church Mass every Sunday morning at 8 80 o'clock
Rev. G. Lubbers, missionary, is featured in the Reformed Witness Hour broadcast. The program airs every Sunday morning at 7:30 a.m. on radio station KBOE in Osceola.
The Sunday School meets at 9 30 am with lessons on Agrippa and Bernice. Morning worship at 10 30 am features a sermon Winning Friends Successfully. An evening service at 6 80 pm led by Henry Schuring, and evangelistic message at 7 30 pm The Impossibilities of a. Dorcas Ladies hold a Christmas party Thursday December 5 at 7 pm in the church annex with gift exchange. A church wide Christmas party December 10 at Legion Hall starts with a pot luck at 6 45 pm grab bags for all ages. Mid week services Wednesday at 7 30 pm.
Rev Marvin R Doornbos invites attendance at worship services: morning service 9 30 with The Second Commandment evening service 7 30 with Go Anointed King Sunday School youth fellowship and adult Bible class 11 00 You are invited to Back to God Hour rally tomorrow night speaker Rev Eldersveld at 604 Jefferson Street First Reformed Church
Wilbur Ringwalda, Minister presents The Supreme Gift to Christ at 10 50 am. Sunday School hour That I May Know Christ at 6 30 pm. Jr C E and Intermediate C E and C B F at 7 30 pm. Evening praise The Believer s Birth. Family Night every Wednesday at 7 30 pm.
The Second Christian Reformed Church at 611 East First features 9:30 a.m. morning worship on the theme The power of the Word of God as a key to open or shut the Kingdom of God. At 2:00 p.m. a Holland service titled De Heerlykheid van Immanuel and at 7:30 p.m. a pulpit exchange with Rev. K Rietema of Newton. Visitors and all without a church home are welcome to attend.
Mahaska County representatives say the three day Iowa State College short course emphasized proper servicing of tractor air cleaners. Participants included Joe Minor Bayard Phillips Martin Vander Heiden and Chuck Wengert. Engineers warned dirty air harms engines and urged regular inspections and adherence to operator manuals. Local tractor schools will begin in February with support from Standard Oil Foundation and extension services.
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