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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1946
Page
11
Locals report visitors and travel from Pella and surrounding towns. Names include Fowler visiting Detroit, Mr and Mrs Vander Wert, Van Rooekel family, De Brumen mission bound for India, Mayo Hospital Rochester visit, and many relatives from Donnellson Eddyville Monroe and Des Moines joining for events and funerals.
Mr and Mrs A Van Santvoord Olcott of New York City spent two days last week with his brother Mason Olcott and family in Greenleafton Minnesota. Fr iends of Mrs T H Liggett are glad she recovered from illness by Monday. William Slobe opened a cash and carry grocery on the west side of the Square with good sales both days. Mrs Gertrude Shirk became cash girl at the store. A window display at Farmers Exchange titled Silent Night Holy Night features a tiny village under winter snow. Rev Russell J Redeker Kathleen and Jimmy of Spring Lake Michigan were guests of William Van Sittert. Redeker spoke at Second Reformed Church. Mrs Gertrude Stockie joined in Des Moines weekend visit with the Redekers returning to Michigan. Baby Judy was born to Mr and Mrs Ralph De Cook at Mercy Hospital Oskaloosa Friday Dec 6, the couple’s second daughter.
Eighteen percent of all home fatalities are caused by burns. And for every fatality, many more persons are permanently disabled or neared.
The plant reports key staff changes including Henrietta Nielsen quitting after long service since 1942. Marion Davy of Beacon and Bill McGee of Oskaloosa are among recent personal events and hires. The carpenter shop set a new rails record at 3 779 and new automatic slat cutting machine arrived from Hunter Engineering.
The article notes Christmas decorations in the office vestibule and a tree, with P. H. Kuyper returning from New York, Bob Sherwood ill with influenza, and visits by Curtis Johnson and Milton Binder from Minneapolis. A Rolscreen order for Durban, South Africa, grows from 2000 to 4000 units as Africa shows interest. Santa Claus is due at the Jordan Hall party, and Roefel is pictured wearing a cap as winter arrives.
Adet resident Barney Smith and a companion saved three hunters trapped by a snow slide in the Big Horn Mountains Wyoming. Had rescuers not arrived, the hunters likely would have perished from freezing within a short time.
Modern Magazine notes that when someone interrupts with I only want to get in my two cents worth the contribution is often of little value. The remark highlights the modest impact of brief opinions in discussions.
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