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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1938
Page
5
Last Saturday before Christmas shoppers found great deals on children's wagons, barrel churns, a bicycle, games, sleds, and beef roasts at the auction. White Elephant sale day nextweek promises many surprises as merchants clear inventory and retailers urge Pella farmers to bid.
Notice is given that a meeting of the stock holders of the Pella National Bank will be held at its banking house in Pella on Tuesday January 10 1988 between 1 and 3 P M for the purpose of electing not less than five nor more than seven directors. GEO G GAASS President.
Mrs M Porter and Mrs Emma Jo Langerak express thanks for holiday blessings. Emma Jo Langerak moved from the Ideal Pharmacy area apartment to the Rexall Store area apartment this Wednesday. Her son Norman helped with the move.
Mrs J Vander Pol of 412 Lincoln Street won one dollar for the best title "A Word to the Wise Should be Sufficient" in the LeCocq cartoon contest. Honorable mentions went to C De Vos Murray J Van Hemert Otley and Mrs Garret Roose Leighton.
A Tuesday evening blaze five miles south of Taintor and east of Pella destroyed the five room home of Robert Hite. Origin unknown, furniture saved little. The farm belongs to Peter Schakel and Martin Vander Linden of Pella, with partial insurance coverage on the house.
At a Friday afternoon party in the southeast factory corridor Rolscreen Co employees gathered for a short program. A Christmas tree and platform hosted a gift exchange with 170 ham gifts handed out in holiday wrappings. P. H. Kuyper received a fine gift and spoke briefly. Ladies of the College Auxiliary served refreshments.
A baby girl named Patricia Ann was born to Mr and Mrs Paul Bandstra east of Knoxville Wednesday morning weighing eight pounds four ounces.
Montezuma hosts Pella High and junior high teams Wednesday December 21 earning a 26 to 15 victory for the high school and a 22 to 8 win for the junior high. Pella struggled with a scoreless second quarter and a late surge by Monte to seal the high school win. Heerema led Pella with five points as the Dutchmen endured a lid on the basket and unable scoring from the rest of the lineup. The junior high managed only two points in the first half and remained behind through the second, suffering a tough defeat.
Mrs. J. B. Vriezelaar of Otley, age 79, died at her home Monday at 9:00 a.m. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the home. Complete life details will appear next week.
Mrs J H Thomassen expresses gratitude to neighbors friends and relatives for kindness during illness and after her husband’s death and for the floral offerings.
The community shares holiday visits among residents including Mr and Mrs William Slobe with Mr and Mrs Albert Jones in Oskaloosa, plus numerous relatives in Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Pella. Notable notes include Keith Fox selling over four thousand bushels of corn on sixty acres in Keota and a large Christmas gathering at the Hiemstra home in Pella with forty four present. A church consistory meeting at First Christian Reformed plans to call one of three visiting ministers.
The fire department was called to Gerald Vriezelaar’s residence on Oskaloosa Street Wednesday around 8:00 a.m. Most of the fire was in the chimney with some heat inside the home. Crews extinguished the blaze in a few moments.
Welch Richardson of Eddyville Iowa a graduate of Iowa State College technical journalism has joined the staff of a farm magazine as correspondent and writer He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ellsworth Richardson formerly of this city and is expected to have a bright future with broad potential in farm news and features.
The Pella tuberculosis committee urges citizens who have not paid for Christmas Seals to do so at once. The campaign has been gratifying but all funds are needed for 1939 plans. Mrs C Wilkins, chairwoman, notes $126.00 has been realized to date, $13.00 more than last year, with courtesy boxes at Van Sittert's Store.
Mrs Tony Robus died at her daughter’s home near Knoxville Sunday evening at 11 45 after a four day illness. Funeral services were held at Wormhoudt funeral home in Pella Wednesday with interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
A Minneapolis family traveling to Pella for Christmas collided with a Des Moines street car. Mrs. Dittrich suffered serious injuries and was hospitalized. Other travelers returned home by rail except Robert Dittrich who stayed with the Smiths. The car was left for repairs. The party joined the Smiths for a Des Moines Christmas gathering.
Business houses will be closed Monday in celebration of the New Year. The closure is recommended by the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce.
The Pella Chronicle invites readers to title Ed LeCecq’s second sef cartoon on post Christmas expenses. The piece centers on Dad reacting to gasoline, wear and tear, and lost time from family shopping trips. Readers may submit titles. best entry earns one dollar.
Three Reformed churches in the city plan a Week of Prayer from January 2 to January 6 with daily evening services at 7 30 featuring Rev G Menning and Rev A Haverkamp on topics from reconciliation with God to effects on church life Thought life home life and thought life to be explored at the services in Dutch and English inviting members and friends of other churches in Pella and vicinity to attend.
J H Thomassen longtime merchant in Galesburg Peoria and Harvey Iowa died Friday morning December 23 at 8 00 after a heart ailment He was 69 He had lived west of Pella retired last year and had been in poor health He is survived by his second wife Ethel Childers of Tracy a daughter from his first marriage and numerous relatives Funeral services were held Monday at 1 30 at the home with Rev Anthony Haverkamp and interment in Bellefontaine cemetery Tracy Iowa.
The Federated club sent seventeen Christmas baskets and thanks Lincoln school pupils for 98 cans, Webster school for 71 packages, and high school for two cans. They also acknowledge two jars of fruit and a chicken left at the garage.
OSOCETY ENTERTAINS AT CHRISTMAS DINNER with G M Visser hosting a large group including Chas Bishop and families. SCHOLTE HOME hosts a Christmas day family gathering, with out of town guests from Cedar Rapids and Omaha. FAMILY DINNER features John Blommers hosting relatives from Dunlap and Mine. Rotary Club hears Harry Lynn, new Iowa agriculture secretary, discuss logistics of sending six hundred mules to India. Eastern Star officers feted by Mrs Kathryn De Bruyn with a Christmas party and luncheon. Frank Brand of Sully dies in Town City hospital. brother to the late Henry Brand.
City officials flooded the southeast playground to flood the rink as cold weather freezes ice. The event invites every resident to skate with younger children protected by rules and a supervising officer, ensuring free access and fewer accidents.
Des Moines reports Gov. Nelson G. Kraschel pardoned Ottumwa bank robbers Wayne Wellman and Robert McElroy, who stole 1640 dollars from Leighton Town Farmers Savings Bank in 1935. Paroled in 1936, they received Christmas pardons to help them establish themselves, after earlier sentences of 20 years, later life, and a 1986 commuting action.
Anthony D and Dick J Ver Meer brothers closed a deal to purchase Onstine Grocery and will take possession on Tuesday January 2. Anthony has twelve years and Dick one and a half years with the store. Friends wish them success in the undertaking.
Public sale dates listed from January 8 1989 to January 19 1939 for Rozenboom Bros M G Klein Elmer Klein Henry Van Haaften Gerrit Gosselin Jr Wm Hart and John Gosselink Sr. Locations include farms near Sully Leighton Otley Pella and Fifield road with roads and landmarks noted. Livestock and farm machinery offered. multiple closing out farm sales referenced.
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