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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1940
Page
10
Classified style page listing numerous used cars from 1930s to 1939 models at White Way Auto Co and Vegelant's Pontiac, along with assorted services: coal, tires, welding, shoe repair, wrecked car work, and farm notices. Includes farm land offers, livestock hauling, radio repair, and a Green Colonial furnace survey promotion. Numerous personal names, addresses, and phone numbers interspersed.
A parent asks Doctor Brown how to handle her son Dicky who screams and holds his breath when upset. The doctor explains temper tantrums result from parental reactions and urges consistent, nonreactive responses. The piece ends with the caller thanking him and signing off.
The East Texas Field Trial Association sought a site for its annual dog trials and Liberty residents offered land for a one dollar per three dollar entrance fee. Revenue from the trials funded a church, aided by community meals. W P Martin of Winterset Iowa reports 115 fish caught this season for the State Conservation Commission. The report lists 68 Channel Catfish 3 Flathead Catfish 41 Bullheads and 3 Bass.
Knoxville Iowa January 20 1940 notice that D G Van Zante proposed last will on file in Marion County Clerk of District Court. Hearing to prove validity set for February 19 1940 at 10:00 am in Knoxville. Objections must be filed by then. Don L Remy Clerk. J Rex Weddle Deputy.
Mrs Cornis De Jong underwent a goiter operation at Ma haska hospital in Oskaloosa. Live and Learn club members met at Mrs Ben De Vries home to hear readings by Mrs William De Prenger and Mrs De Vrie. A discussion on future farm programs followed and refreshments were served by Con Ver Ploeg and Robert Ver Ploeg. Several neighbors and families visited in Creston New Sharon and nearby farms.
North of Peoria farmers traveled to Oskaloosa last Monday to urge the Board of Supervisors to approve vacating the one mile road between the Sheesley schoolhouse and Nieuwsma. No decision was made, amid arguments on bridge reconstruction and road condition. Local church plans discussed nominating ministers for the national meeting, with $1000 church debt payment decided. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Simon Bokhoven on Saturday January 27, and Jacob Dahm recovered from flu with Bill Vander Melen assisting trucking duties.
Miss Elizabeth Van Heukele returned home after visiting relatives in Sibley and the De Prenger and Van Ommen families. An overnight guest was Miss Blanche De Prenger with Mr and Mrs Lou Van Rockel in Leighton. Numerous visits circulated among Van Roekel, Bert Hoksbergen, Uster markt, De Prenger and Van Arkel households near Oskaloosa and Peila with Will Rempe and Ernest De Cook noted among attendees.
Otley residents C Brand and Rob Kaldenberg drove to Des Moines to sign citizenship papers. Chris Van der Peut John Breen and Arie Klyn also headed to Des Moines where Vander Peut gained naturalization status. The column lists social calls, visits to New Jersey, and local birthdays and illnesses, with mentions of towns Otley Newton Pella and Des Moines along with several families and community events.
The state designates 240000 acres as game refuges with 80900 acres in a single tract where hunting is banned under an agreement between land owners and the Mississippi Game and Fish Commission.
Pella High students study Edward Arlington Robinson poems while preparing illustrated obituaries of Miniver Cheevy Richard Cory and Bowick Finzer. Maurice Birdsall assigns six week contracts requiring daily work one project a notebook and 600 lines of poetry with correction by the instructor. If he breaks the contract he must recite on college life.
Oral English students practice pantomime to portray people aged ten to ninety, telling stories by movements only. The speech classes received an invitation to the South Central Conference festival in Indianola, where a one act play will be presented, entered, and judged without rates.
A muddled note on Edward Bok's autobiography highlights chapters on his early American days, theater, Wall Street plunge, and club life. It mentions his marriage into the Curtis family and work with Ladies' Home Journal publisher, with coach and team remarks mixed in. The piece ends urging support for the team after a Lincoln game.
A garbled passage lists multiple individuals including Freda Schipper Anne Langerak Sir Jean Van Gorkum Madeline Vand and Margie with items such as jewelry dresses hats and watches. It hints at social chatter about outfits personal updates and curious remarks without coherent narrative.
Wm. Dicleman of Sully Iowa advertises insurance for farm and city property and bail on crops and automobiles. He urges readers to insure now with low rates and safety in mind, offering to call on interested customers after contact via phone 60 or P. O. Box 146.
On Friday January 19 Rev George G Lubbers from the Protestant Reformed Church of Pella preached on Psalm 20 7. The Home observed birthdays for Mrs A Van Duren on Jan 19 Henry Welle on Jan 21 John Meyer on Jan 27 and Bastin Van Rees on Jan 28. Fourteen residents are sick including M Van Dyk and Jacob Van Gorp.
More than 29 000 square miles of Iowa have been surveyed for common barberry the alternate host of black stem rust since 1933. Over 113 000 barberries have been destroyed under the U S Department of Agriculture effort led by D R Shepherd Iowa State College. The survey inspects yards woodlots timber fence rows and stream banks destroying barberries on over 8 700 properties. Shepherd explains barberry fuels rust spread to wheat oats and other grains and may spur new fungal strains threatening previously resistant varieties. Local laborers have been hired since 1938 to carry on the program.
Under experienced supervision, berry survey work teaches the control program fundamentals and field procedure methods. Crews range from three to ten men based on the territory covered.
A district court clerk in Marion County Iowa sets hearings for final reports on settlement and discharge starting February 6 1940. The list includes administrators executors guardians and guardians ad litem for numerous cases with dates and names. An 800 acre desert statement appears as a separate fragment referencing Maine.
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