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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
5
Harry Viersen has shown slight improvement over the past two weeks. Mrs Herbert Klaaren of Lewiston Idaho arrived at the start of the week to spend the holidays with relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs John Vander Tiinden attended a church wedding.
In Des Moines and surrounding towns a string of health and travel notes appear. Families report scarlet fever quarantine, a Tever illness, and various relatives visiting or moving. Several residents, including Miss Henrietta Islom and Mr Brom, face hospital stays or recoveries while church and college groups plan holiday plans and travel.
Mrs. Frank Trump returned from Oskaloosa hospital after surgery and is on the road to recovery. The Veenstra family, including Donna Jean and Carol Ann, visited in Oklahoma and St. Joseph, Missouri with relatives before heading to Des Moines for winter plans. Several others, including Mrs. Metlish and Mrs. Ten Hagen, are listed as improving or ill, with Arthur Meppelink and Mr. Meppelink noted as ill and rheumatic. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. William Van I. Dr. J M Cook was hospitalized for observation. Bernie Vogelaar, a Town State College student, underwent appendectomy after an attack of appendicitis. Stuart Kuyper, Lawrence Liggert, and George Heeren returned from Ames to spend holidays at home.
A 1939 year in review notes progress and anticipation for 1940. Local shop advertises New Year cards priced three for five to ten cents as the year turns.
Mrs Frank D Vanden Berg died Friday morning December 15 at 12 30 at her home 412 University Street after a long illness. Born Luella White of Oskaloosa she married Frank Vanden Berg May 9 1909. Survived by her husband and one sister Mrs Addie La Follette of Oskaloosa. One brother and one sister preceded her in death. Funeral services were held at...
A funeral service for Reverend Paul J. Christensen of the Pella Baptist Association took place Monday afternoon December eighteenth, with the interment conducted in Oakwood cemetery.
Miss Rachel Phillips and R Peterson of the Rev Peterson Book Company Chicago Ili nois visited Pella Public hours to oversee primary reading instruction. Phillips, a supervisor and reading demonstrator, led thirty minute room demonstrations and a round table discussion on readers the company publishes.
The after school program for primary teachers impressed the superintendent who commended the good work in the first three grades. She stated that compared to other schools, the Pella Public Schools deliver the soundest work she has visited this year.
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