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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1936
Page
12
A dense classifieds page lists farm and livestock ads, machinery and vehicle sales, services, and insurance. Names include Van Gorp's Hatchery, De Jong Floral and Seed Store, Vogelaar's, Hoeksema Bros Garage, Van Houweling Auto Co, and Van Zante Bros. Offers cover Delco light plants, tractors, stoves, kerosene, poultry supplies, feed, and used cars. Multiple contact phone numbers and locations appear for each listing.
A local advertisement hires John Gus Van Gorp to provide poultry culling services with 12 years of experience. The dealer also sells worm powder and worm tablets at low prices and lists a contact phone number 36.
An advertisement lists rebuilt washers wringer rolls and motors from Van Gorp offering machine work. A second item notes Carole Lombard named best dressed actress of 1930 from votes by studio designers. Police Chief Huebsch, dubbed Iowa’s handsomest police chief, was discharged by the Fort Dodge city council for misconduct and failure to perform duties.
The partnership of Ulrich Meat Market in Pella Marion County Iowa is dissolved by the withdrawal of Luke N Vander Linden. Aric Schilder will continue the business at the same location and under the same name. Creditors and others indebted to the firm are asked to pay promptly. Dated November 18 1986. ARIE SCHILDER LUKE N VANDER LINDEN
Three real football players Tom Brown Larry Crabbe and Benny Baker star in Rose Bowl a foothill romance at Rivola Theatre in Oskaloosa for three days. Crabbe a 1982 Olympics swimmer ex University of Southern California star Brown led a Boston high school team and many college kids Baker from Nebraska plays a football rival. The plot centers on a love triangle among Miss Whitney Miss Lawson and the players as the Rose Bowl game decides their loves.
Gerrit Van visited Tuesday at the Van Gorp home and local visits noted. Fifield school children under Miss Henrietta Hoksbergen will present a Christmas program Monday night December 21 at 7 0 o’clock with a pie supper and treats. Several residents reported visits, moves, and illnesses, including Walter Geurts relocating to Knoxville and Mrs. William Verwers improving after doctor visits. A hospital gallstone operation occurred in Oskaloosa, and lectures were given by Henry Hekman of Grand Rapids Michigan for local church groups. Reverend J Gritter declined the call to the local church, while Paul Bandatra and wife welcomed a baby boy born Sunday morning.
Joe Dahm and Minnie Van Gorp married last Wednesday at the Van Gorp home in Peoria. Rev P Dahm of Ogilvie performed the ceremony. Afterward the couple left for a Southern honeymoon and plan to settle on a farm northwest of Peoria. Relatives from Evergreen Park Illinois attended. others visited Grinnell and Chicago.
Sally Mrs. Herman De Pen hosts Dex Moines visitors on Friday. Kellogg area families joined Mrs. Henry Welle for Sunday dinner. The Kings Helpers of the Reformed church met at Elizabeth and Marie Harlgers home to plan for the Annville Kentucky mission and Verna Vander Beck joined the society. Clarence Van Rees had appendix surgery at Skit Memorial Hospital in Newton. Mrs A J Vander Boek entertained for Sylvia Vander Boek's seventh birthday with games and presents.
Mrs. Jenny Ver Steegh marks a birthday with cards and calls while Mrs. Ver Steegh spends twenty years in a chair. a 60th wedding anniversary is observed by Mr. and Mrs. Renaud with a family dinner. Guests and relatives gather for meals and social hours across Newton Grinnell Pella and nearby townships.
An old drug advertisement urges avoiding sleeping on the left side as it may affect the heart and promotes Adlerika to relieve stomach gas. It claims one dose removes poisons and gas pressing on the heart, helping you sleep soundly all night from Vander Linden's Drug Store.
A fragmentary notice mentions families from Pella Dex Moines Knoxville and Van Zee sharing congratulations and best wishes for a joyful occasion with many more such events to come.
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