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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1943
Page
4
A cluttered list of autos from 1939 to 1942 models and various makes, plus farm goods, livestock, and hardware items offered by multiple dealers. Items include Plymouths, Buicks, Dodges, Fords, Pontiacs, and a piano, with notices on hay, grain, and farm services. Includes hogs, cattle, heifer, wool, feed, pumps, stoves, and farm equipment with contact cues and locations in Pella and nearby towns.
Begin the new year with a family party planned by children to foster responsibility and unity. Outdoor sledding or skating at a favorite spot followed by a simple, jointly prepared supper. Indoor games, library research for ideas, and homemade hats and favors add to the festivities.
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of holders of the Pelkt National Bank will be held at its banking house in Pella Iowa on Tuesday January 11 1944 at 3200 oclock p m for the purpose of electing not less than five nor more than seven directors SMORENBERG Cashier. Card of Thanks I want to thank my relatives and friends for the cards and letters they sent me and for the help they gave us while I was in the hospital I thank you all. Mrs Art Huckert Turn into your county AAA office your receipts for milk and butterfat sold in October That check four cents per pound for butterfat and thirty cents per hundred for whole milk in Wallace Farm and Town Homestead territory will help with the feed bill Wallace’s Farmer.
On Tuesday night December 14 Peoria issued word that a Parent-Teacher Association was organized with Rev R W Tain as president and Mrs Dahm as secretary treasurer. The report mentions births, Christmas programs, church services and upcoming weddings involving Lena Nugteren Evert Vanden Berg Tony Nibbelink and Frances Roose with ceremonies planned in Peoria and Pella. The couple will reside on a farm east of Peoria.
The report notes residents and families in the Pella area including Connie Stursma and the Stursa plan to move to Huyser arm northwest of town. It covers church services conducted by Rev Ro HL Haan and illness of pastor Bastian Vander Wilt, plus holiday breaks for the Christian school. It mentions Sybrand De Vries and Wy De Vries households, Bart Vander Wal and Gerrit Van Andel death in Pella, with services at First Christian Reformed Church of Pella.
Selecting and cutting fence posts this winter allows drying time to prevent checking and splitting and to reduce insect or disease damage. Heartwood is more durable. posts may be unpreserved or preservative treated. Cut ends smooth with bevels, remove bark, pile in layers on a foundation, and cover with a rough roof to keep dry. A separate note mentions Junior Red Cross members donating thousands of items for armed forces.
Deer at Ledges State Park near Boone resumed reduction and dispersal after weather delays. About 500 animals roamed remote park ravines, raiding corn and crops, injuring farmland and rare flora, including pink lady's slipper. State officers shoot deer on park and adjacent lands while work continues to reduce, disperse, or eliminate danger. Meat and hides will support hospitals and charitable institutions and milt equipment vendors.
A series of farm sale dates listed with sellers and locations around Pella Leighton Oliver and Ot ley. Notable entries include Jan 4 Chris Vander Hart 6 mi north on Sandridge and Feb 3 Henry De Jong 1.5 mi northwest of Oliver with several auctions through February 16 by De Prenger Co Wanders McConoghey and Van Zante.
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