24 Feb 1938
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1938
Page
1
Journal notes untidy travel during World War era as Jasper De Raad visits homes with Arthur De Raad likely to become a sale cri er. A lone January 27 trip detailed from Fifield toward Liberty Corner school along highway 163 with gravel, amid rough road conditions and partial clearance.
A reminiscence of visits to Jasper De Raad and family near Pella Iowa describes rough dirt roads and a missing tire chain. The piece details the Two De Raad Farms, residents Rene Van Engelenhoven Irene Van Waardhuizen and Angeline Van Waardhuizen, and Arie De Raad. It notes farming life, shared meals, horse use, and Arthur’s loss of a pony in a recent calamity.
The column details the Bricker family of Otley, a Dick Van Zee visit, and long local ties including De Raad prairie neighbors. It notes church services, a cremation-like funeral for a Van Zee relative, postnuptial showers, farewells, and weddings with multiple households in Sully, Pella, and Newton, listing guests, farms, and community ties.
Dr. William E. Shepard, eye refracting specialist, will conduct a free eye examination clinic at Dr. M. C. Verhey’s office in Pella on Monday February 28. The event offers a thorough eye check and exact refractive diagnosis using modern equipment. Appointments through Dr. Verhey. subsequent clinics occur every two weeks on Mondays.
Mr. De Raad recalls wartime service in the U S Army with a year overseas and coping with homesickness in France. He describes a pony incident where a stag attacked a pony, and notes his daughter Leona attends Fifield school under teacher Miss Henrietta Hoksbergen. The family cites snow as beneficial to livestock and soil.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Henry Jansen. A quiet wedding united Doris Monsma and Walter De Jong at the First Reformed parsonage with a reception for family and friends. A. W. Wilander, butter maker at the local creamery, dies at 64 after brief illness. his passing shocks the community.
'Tillie, Elizabeth and Kathleen Nik kel, Catherine Kaldenberg and Gertie Vande Geest attended a Sunday dinner at the parental Grover Varle home in Lynnville alongside Mr. and Mrs. Harrie Boat and Gordon.
Case De Jong family visits Mercy Hospital patient Alvin Shutts in Oskaloosa while neighbors attend an elevator association meeting in Tainter. Local residents, including Blscotts and Vander Pols, attend funerals, celebrate anniversaries, and host visitors. Russell Hill, Ruth James, and others are noted in a sequence of social calls and family tasks.
Congratulatory note records the marriage of the bride of Landon Hall last Wednesday February 16. They will move to their home with the groom’s parents west of Tainter. Also mentions Mr. and Mrs. George Va and family of Grinnell visiting Leg Gause and Mr. and Mrs. Evert Vander Po and family visiting Carl De Prenger’s home near Grinnell.
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