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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1940
Page
9
Miss Hendrika Zesovs and Jim Van Weeblen attend a surprise event at Miss Minnie Rozeboom s Otley home Monday evening. Numerous visits and calls trace a busy week across Otley Pella Sully and Colfax communities with neighbors stopping by homes, birthdays and anniversaries celebrated, and local weddings noted.
An advertising insert from the Louisville Ear Drum Co promotes a five dollar device said to relieve deafness. It claims invisibility, no head sensation, and a thirty day trial with money back guarantee.
Mr and Mrs P Vanden Berg marked AA years of marriage on a Saturday February 17 in a celebration reflecting a golden wedding. Mrs John Vanden Berg and others attended as visiting relatives were noted in Des Moines and at the Kuiken home.
Tracy notes Dorothy-Jean Groenendyk recovering from pneumonia while other items report relatives attending a funeral, moves to new farms near Oskaloosa and Barnes City, a church Ladies Aid meeting, a wrist injury, and a child visiting relatives, all reflecting small town life.
The sick list includes Neal Hiemstra Mrs Frank Aalbers Robert Van Rockel Dale Ross and Mrs Edgar Ross with most improving. Pella visits and shopping outings feature repeatedly as Summit residents attend 4-H training in Knoxville and Farm and Home Week in Ames. A 40th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Van Rockel is noted along with Lincoln birthday observances by Summit school pupils.
Officials greet a Des Moines crowd as a Rock Island bound special train arrives with new farmers attending a midday Ford Tractor with System launch event. Photo shows many named figures among Lews attendees, hosted by the Iowa Farm Equipment Company as the Revolutionary Tractor expands in Iowa.
Mrs Roy Van and Mrs Avie Samson visited in Pella on Sunday. Mrs Sohn Willemsen and Marjorie of Lynnville spent a Tuesday at the G J Klein home. Madeline Vriezelaar attended a luncheon at Miss Joh nne in Knoxville. Miss Fienne hosted demonstration teams of eleven 4 H clubs in Marion County.
A number of Peoria area farmers plan spring moves. Rick Beyers will relocate to a farm east of New Sharon, others like the Septer and De Vries families shift homes near Pella, Leighton, and Des Moines areas. Wedding anniversaries, local illnesses, and weddings are noted among Peoria and Pella residents.
Monroe area social life is outlined with Betty Lou Van Roekel’s tenth birthday party hosted by Mr and Mrs Albert Lust. Local gatherings include Rev J M Carlson speaking atOt tumwa’s Fundamental Baptist church and various family visits among Gash Ammer Breed Oldham Elrod Gerald Dorothy Vriezelaar and Scheffers families in Pella Mingo and nearby towns.
Social notes detail multiple gatherings around Monroe with weddings and parties. Highlights include a February 4 dinner at the John Jess home for a 20th wedding anniversary, a February 2 Today Club visit at John Van Roekel’s south of Monroe, and a Valentine party for Exelsior school pupils. Additional items cover a February 11 wedding at Porter home for Edith May Porter and Harold Whitney Jr., with attendees from local families, and various visits and celebrations among residents including Vander Pek and Geygar families.
Sunday events in Sully feature Mrs. Jenry Nikkel and family plus several Nikkel relatives receiving silverware, marking a welding anniversary for Art Van Maanen. Adelaide Rozendaal and Erma Mac De Jong hosted a Valentine bring and share for school friends at Bert De Jong’s home.
The report records social visits and events around Ames on a recent Thursday through Sunday. Mentions include Weir, Henry Willemsen, Susie Meppe, Lary ard M, Iva Vander Pols birthday, and visits to and from Mrs. Elsott, Mrs. Elscatt, Dorothy, Kate Pry Willemsen, Svert Vander Pol, Meredith, Mrs. Glen By, Mrs. Russel Vande Krol, Mr. John De Jong, and Julay evenings at the Luford Pothoven home.
Rose Hill residents recount visits from Me and Mrs dieah De Ronde on Sunday, February Heat at the Avie Klein home. Mrs Rich Leest spent Monnday and Tuesday with her parents Meo and Mrs Dick Dunnink in Pell. Lambert Beyer and Ben Beyer families visited Lane Dunnink Saturday. John V Minnie and Dew Reng of Bear visited the Vanden Berg home in Pella Wednesday. REA meeting reported as very proofed. Kathryn Vander Wert and Jen Van Voon attended the wedding of Albert Beyer and Charlotte Goodyk near Sally Wednesday. Berst, D and My, and Mrs. Robert Schrad er were Polo callers Thursday. Arie Klein and son Glen visited Tuesday evening. Delbert Schrader Thursday at John Vanden Berg home. The neighborhood finally got electric light. TL turned on Saturday morning. Tuniy Blom and baby of Sully visited Friday at John Vanden Berg home. Schrader
Lynnville residents Mr and Mrs nest alan and children of Grinnell spent Sunday at the Frank Grahim home. Mr and Mrs Lyle Montgomery visited the David Conn home in Prairie City. Mr and Mrs Case Dunsbergen and Cornice attended a Rural Electrification Association banquet in Pella. Harold Klyn and family moved to the Jelsma Estate east of year old Ve Charles returned to her home Tech U after spending time at Methodist hospital in Des Moines for observation.
The report notes ill health leading to an impending operation for Doris. Miss Wilma Van Hal has had recent time away. Miss Lois Joyce Clayton was a Sunday guest of Vanda Terpstra. Arie Terpstra is driving a new Packard.
Clarence Webster near Teterson found a four foot long ivory tusk with a six inch diameter after blasting frozen gravel with dynamite. The piece appears to be from a prehistoric mastodon discovered during the digging.
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