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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1952
Page
4
Local notes from Pella area churches and families recount visits and travels. It lists ministers called on, service attendance, farewells, birthdays, blood donor efforts, school drives, and community gatherings with numerous named residents and nearby towns. A two sentence update highlights spring weather and a farewell party for the Vos family.
Monroe News lists funeral services for Dora Hill Sampson in Creston Iowa and for Wm Hagan a former Monroe resident who died in Des Moines after a hip fracture. Ora Scarbrough, 66, died at Skiff Memorial Hospital with services at Monroe Methodist Church. The column notes relatives and survivors, plus local residents visiting Arizona and Mississippi, and a student attending Cedar Falls during funeral duties.
Otley News reports the birth of Janie Marie Schwab in Oskaloosa to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schwab. former Otley resident Louise Langdon. Multiple visits and social events occur at the George and Forest Brown home near Pleasantville and local churches. The Otley Co op held a bi day with large attendance. Banner Bearers Society served over 300 lunches. Church memberships expanded with four new members and two transfers. A Men’s Chorus forms at Otley Reformed Church with weekly practice. Local residents and families, including Vanders Werff, Ver Heul, Carnahan, Ryke, Pollen, Muilenburg, Ver Steeg, and Breuklander, are noted visiting, hosting, and relocating between Newton, Chariton, New Market, and Paris, Missouri.
Iowa school children receive weekly safety lessons from the Iowa Safety Congress. About 260000 students hear, discuss, and see a weekly safety message via posters and a lesson plan endorsed by the Department of Public Instruction and teachers.
The column lists many local visits and family gatherings from Pella and nearby towns. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Murray Ver Steeg Carol and Gene from Des Moines, Andrew Ustermarkt family, Gerrit Vander Gest, Rev. Medendorp, Bernie Van Ee, and Adam Van Toorn celebrated 90th birthday. Community events feature hospital stays, church services, Amvet Auxiliary meeting, and farewell for Delmar Nollen.
Visitors in the afternoon included Mr and Mrs Virgil Klein and daughter and Mr and Mrs Harold Van Essen and family of near Tracy.
Arlene Klyn was ill on Tuesday and Wednesday. Roy and Bill Karr appear on the sick list. Clinton Rinehart had Bill Mike sell his car jacked up in the garage when it fell, injuring a front tooth. Y. Cee broke an ankle when a log rolled on his foot in timber work and is hospitalized. Home is New Sharon. They commute to a sawmill here. A new timberlot man loads between 2500 and 3000 feet. Blocks and slabs are sold. sawdust is produced. custom jobs will be undertaken. Merl Price begins work planning houses in Red Rock. Army Pfc Harvey 5 P 21, 1620 S E Pleasant Dr Des Moines, was killed in Korea May 20, 1951. He receives posthumous Silver Star for gallantry, also Combat Medical Badge, and prior wounding.
Last summer his body was returned to Des Moines for burial. Harvey's mother Effie, sister of May Van Hemert in Cordova, is remembered. Barrer visited here only a few times. Bus routes and drivers change as Gerrit Klyn moves spring, with Carl Crane not driving Monroe route due to a Christmas trip to Mesa. Mary’s Bob Tice returned from Texas. vaccination school in Pella. Angus sale in Des Moines. Irene’s birthday. new Wa bash signal lights checked. Community anecdotes include Thanksgiving sayings, school visits, and local social updates with varied names and events from Pella, Monroe, and Des Moines areas.
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