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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1932
Page
8
A weekly visit to the Home For the Aged in Pella features B Goemaat and other Holland-born residents. Elders share memories, reflections on farming life, language struggles, and the institution’s 25th anniversary, with decorations and gratitude for care.
Chronicle reports on the Iowa diphtheria eradication drive begun in 1923 under the slogan an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. It notes 289 deaths in 1923 and a long term decline as immunization rises, urging yearly renewal and infant vaccination, with weekly county totals for diseases including diphtheria scarlet fever whooping cough tuberculosis and others.
Retired farmer Leen Hackert, southeastern farm near town, works to restore land to its 18 year condition. Arnold Klein assists with a tiling ditching machine uprooting about 150 trees. Ten workers cut and convert timber into saw logs for fence, stove and fire wood. Hackert plans to move his large 66 by 44 foot barn 226 feet, calling it the state’s best built.
A lively local Boy Scout troop operates with 22 members and a goal to add ten more to fill the roster. Ivin Evers, a former Scout, directs activities with assistance from Bob Gohart. Meetings are held every Wednesday evening and a written feature on the group is promised.
Arnold De Bruin of Black Oak township placed third in the lightweight Hereford class at the International Livestock Show in Chicago, the only family member to medal. His Hereford calf earned him the grand 4 H championship at the Southern Iowa Fair this year. His father Carl De Bruin and Harold De Bruin showed cattle but did not place. The report also notes a drive by Leon Hackett and Bert Hagen near Olivet en route to Pella, including a visit to the Cas Kinney place south of Pella.
Hackett recalls a scene described 76 years ago a log house with a thatch hat and home made shingles and clapboards. He notes Mr Hagen, seeing such a structure, considered it a remarkable treat unmatched in his experience.
Effie and Addie Cherry, famed performers of the gay nine ties, announce plans for a comeback and have traveled to the eastern cities to pursue the engagement.
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