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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1934
Page
6
The city council voted to waive December electric bills for hundreds of customers, allowing January payments to be forgotten. The total easing exceeds $8,000, with bills approved for eastern coal 198.69 and local coal 464.11, plus 278.00 for pavement work. Snow plow operations were approved to widen main streets, starting Wednesday.
Mrs A E Johnson of Eddyville mother of Wilber E Johnson manager of J C Penney store died Tuesday night at 11 00 after lingering illness Mr Johnson was at her bedside at the end She was 57 Funeral and interment will be at Eddyville His father is critically ill with pneumonia.
William Schippers, about 10 miles north of Pella, found a carrier pigeon dead in his barn hay mow. A leg band read Aug 33 St. L. 1010. The date was the Sunday after Thanksgiving, with no clear indication of entry time or duration. He suspects a snow storm drove the bird inside.
Dr Wilton McCarthy longtime Des Moines surgeon died Thursday night in Annapolis Maryland of a heart condition. He and his wife Fay Lankelma McCarthy had lived at Carvel Hall where he operated with his brother Albert. Born 1872 in Ames he faced a 1911 eye injury a broken leg and 1922 nerve damage from a fall leading to retirement. He sued insurers for about 194000 with a life payment provision. Survived by wife son and brothers Marion Denver Frank Iola and a Chicago-based son Cornelius. Funeral services were held in Des Moines Monday at Dunn's funeral home with local attendees.
Fire Chief C. W. Van Vark and Mrs. Van Vark parked in front of Globe Machinery Co when their car was stolen. Police were alerted but no trace found. A Waterloo traveling salesman lent them a car to return home and the chief later returned with the borrowed vehicle hoping for clues. His overcoat was left behind in the stolen car.
Saturday around 8 pm Ed and Henry Van Rees encountered Officer Joe De Hoog on Main Street near Franklin. After resisting an order to go home they were knocked down and later jailed. Wives intervened to take them home. On Tuesday they appeared before Mayor Fultz and each paid a 14.85 fine for intoxication. Resisting an officer was dismissed with a warning.
A copy of Higley s Sunday School Lesson Commentary for 1935 is offered at 1.00 postpaid. Now in its second edition the neatly bound volume covers the year s lessons with text readings verse by verse interpretation exposition of the golden text and three short articles on main facts. Pastors Sunday school teachers and others are urged to purchase as a valuable investment for instruction and meditation.
The 1934 Plymouth is now on display at the Van Houweling Auto Co establishment. Mr. Van Houweling invites prospective buyers to call, see, and test ride the car and note the bargain it represents. The 1985 Plymouth is touted as a big improvement over prior models.
The local post office will be closed all day on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Outgoing mail will be dispatched and incoming mail delivered the following day, with Christmas parcels delivered on Christmas Day. No deliveries on New Year’s Day. mail from street boxes collected at 9 A.M. on both holidays. Only 41 percent of qualified voters cast ballots in November.
The Old Grimes Canning Co. plant will resume operations next Monday, employing 50 workers as needed. Washington reports cattle slaughter from the drouth area will start in Albia Friday, with 5,000 head to be killed and immediate movement to canning centers.
The first prelim inary declamatory contest was held in the auditorium last Thursday evening. Awards: Oratory Herbert Wormhoudt first, Dramatic Mary Louise Renaud first, Humorous Kathryn Henry first. Program directed by Miss Mae Plette included titles such as Beneath American Roots, Challenge of Patriotism, Vengeance: is Mine, White Hands of Telham, Sabotage, Peter and The Angels, Ma at the Picnic, I Dunno, Do You, Aunt Abby's Escort.
The Junior Class of Pella High School has purchased 1936 jackets from The Model Clothing Co. Wormhoudt & Kempkes, with a deep brown color and orange and dark brown knight emblem on the sleeve. About thirty six students bought jackets, reflecting careful selection and class pride.
Miss Jeanette De Kock of near the city suffered severe facial burns Thursday evening while preparing chocolate at the Second Christian Reformed church. A boiling liquid from a pressure cooker splashed her face, one eye remains closed, the other sight limited. She was moved to the Van Gorp home for medical care and is reported as getting along as well as can be expected despite the pain.
Pete Van Wyke, a Boston sailor on relief work bound for San Francisco, arrived in Pella after a hitch hiking eight day journey. Fluent in Dutch, he found local friends and lodging at Hotel Pella with meals at the adjacent cafe. He walked from Oskaloosa, very tired upon arrival.
Condensed news item cites Judson C. Doke's acquittal in the white hibiscus murder case involving his wife’s poet-lover, amid a roundup of 1934 state and national headlines. The report also notes unemployment insurance progress, legal actions, crime, and notable social happenings from the year.
The high school music department presents a varied Christmas program at the school auditorium with a requested donation for Welfare League. Highlights include H. S. Orchestra, Girls' Glee Club, violin solos, Cantique De Noel, a Christmas play Peace I Give Unto You, and community carols with a cast featuring Joseph Slob Martha De Joode Peter Ver Meer Alec Klein and others.
Jacob J Wouda of Otley dies at 62 after apoplexy struck during church janitor duties. Funeral services at home and Reformed church, Rev. Douwstra officiating with interment at Oakwood. Born in the Netherlands in 1882 he farmed and threshing for 80 years before retiring to Otley. Survived by widow Jennie Kein daughter Sarah Dena and siblings Peter Wouda and four sisters.
Santa Claus visited the Home For the Aged on Friday morning and gave each inmate a sack of candy after a Yuletide talk. The residents' faces lit with memories of childhood as they enjoyed the festive gesture and expressed their pleasure.
William Lyod Harding, 57, governor of Iowa from 1917 to 1921, died at his Des Moines home Monday from a heart attack. A vigorous Republican figure, he had been ill since last fall while campaigning for the party. Born in Osceola county near Sibley, he studied at Morningside College and the University of South Dakota before practicing law in Sioux City. He served in the Iowa House, then as lieutenant governor before becoming governor as the U.S. entered World War I. He declined a third term. Peters and telegrams of sympathy flooded the Harding household.
A historic note marks only 11 ruling monarchs remaining in Europe and 17 worldwide, counting 10 kings and one queen, highlighting a shrinking royal landscape across continents.
The Bussey consolidated district announced it is out of debt after bonds totaling 22000 were assumed on June 1 1915. Regular 1000 payments were made from 1917 to 1930 then 2000 annually until the debt was cleared on December 1 the year following. Superintendent Colston remains bedridden from a five week injury.
The annual Week of Prayer will be observed by the citys Reformed churches beginning Old Yearss Eve Monday Dec 31 and continuing through the week. Five evening services in the American language and two Dutch services are arranged with more details to follow in next weeks paper.
Santa Claus Day drew hundreds in Pella last Friday with a parade from Kuyper Lumber to Main Street, a candy giveaway funded by the chamber of commerce, a balloon ascent, and a Christmas broadcast from a square station. The event, second annual, featured Santa Claus, Mary Christmas, fairytale floats, and local school children in costumes, boosting town activity despite mushy roads.
A shopper-friendly note highlights a range of gifts for Him including a muffler monogram belt spats and warm gloves. Wormhoudt Kempires offers an assortment with a focus on satisfaction and quality for holiday buyers.
Walter Johnson of this city sustained a broken arm leg injuries and crushed ribs in a two-vehicle crash on highway 63 near Otley. Louis Schuring received a knee injury while Johnson was taken to Mahaska hospital in Oskaloosa. Johnson had been in Des Moines on business and was returning home when the wreck demolished his car and damaged the truck. A Monroe physician attended him and late reports say he is getting along as well as can be expected.
The court issues a final ruling in the trial of three local bankers including J. H. Van Vliet, a former official of Security Bank. Prosecutors had pressed charges backed by fifteen local informers. The acquittal ends the lengthy legal action and closes this chapter in the case.
The Christmas clearance at Black's ready-to-wear store drew strong patronage, marking one of the season’s most successful sales. Mrs. Black announces the coat sale will run again this week as advertised on the other page.
Mary Eliza Rouze wife of Herschel N Rouze a Marion county pioneer died at her Tracy home December 16 after hours of illness at age 80 years 9 months and 19 days She taught school 18 years was active in the Tracy M E church and Sunday school She and her husband had farmed near Bethel City and she served as rural mail carrier east of Tracy Funeral services were held at the Tracy M E church with burial at Bethel cemetery Oskaloosa News
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