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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1936
Page
15
Mrs. Carrie Halbert expects to spend the holidays with Mr and Mrs Paul Bird in Western Springs near Chicago. John De Boer and Chalmers Johnson of Oskaloosa were business visitors here on Friday and Saturday respectively.
Colyn leaves Tuesday for Pasadena to visit relatives. Wormhoudt plans a Chicago trip for holidays with Kuyper family. Vander Meulen joins Dr. G J Hagens in Chicago. John Heeren heads to Chicago for holiday stay. mother Lena Heeren returns from New Sharon and Pella. Mrs. Renaud travels to Valley Junction to see her mother. Van Spanckeren family to winter with Van Gorp on North Main. Visser of New Sharon visited Pella and Mercy Hospital in Oskaloosa for a minor operation on her daughter Sophie Ellen. Van Polen, teacher at Rock Bluff Orphanage, visited A P Van Houwing family. De Zwarte bought Toom property on East Washington. will move Mar 1 from Plender to new home. Goad and Edward at funeral in Amory area. Searcy funeral in Amboo Minn. Henry Welle renews Chronicle subscription in Sully. Sadlers travel to Des Moines to see Santa. Butler family attends Miss Philips funeral in Des Moines. Harriet Helt visits from Des Moines. Carl Clark and Dorothy ill with tonsillitis. Helen Garlick and Dora Hynes of Des Moines visit D Hynes. Gerald Van Sant recovering from Thanksgiving auto accident.
Ted King a blind waste paper man from Pella has lost his truck and risks his Knoxville Oska loosa and Pella routes. He earned a living for sixteen years with a $12.50 monthly pension and a repurposed 1921 car. Community aid totals $16 toward a new truck, while Ted seeks options from relief or new work to regain regular service.
The Chronicle opens a Christmas fund to buy a used truck for Ted King, a blind paper man from Pelia. Contributions in any amount are welcome, with weekly accounting through Christmas Day. Names may be published or kept private per donor choice. Donations listed include G. C. Des Moines 10.00, The Pella Chronicle 5.00, Anonymous 1.00, J. A. Sents 1.00, and others totaling 26.50.
Professor George Mennenga announces seventy two career monographs from the Institute for Research. They cover starting opportunities, earnings, required qualifications, and how to begin in fields from accounting to veterinary medicine. Books are bound, illustrated, and check out for two weeks. director welcomes student consultations.
An adaptation of the famous essay asserts belief in Santa Claus despite skeptical age. It argues that truth and wonder exist beyond sight, comparing belief to love and generosity. The piece defends faith as essential, noting many unseen things shape life and imagination.
A reflective passage recalling belief in Santa Claus, asserting the unseen world holds ultimate reality beyond strength and intellect. It proclaims Santa’s enduring presence as real for Virginia, sustaining childhood wonder far into the future.
A reader from Hoosier Feed Co E. E. Clore thanks the Chronicle for publicity about his visit to Pella. He praises the article’s accuracy and expresses interest in returning during winter. Mentions liking the orderly coverage and looks forward to future visits.
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