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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1931
Page
2
Miss Mae Plette returns to West Liberty schools after holidays with her parents. Visits span Des Moines to Denver with family, students at Western Theological Seminary, and New Year gatherings in Oskaloosa. Several towns report illness, travel to Rochester and Milwaukee, and farm shipments to St. Louis.
Mrs Carrie Asher sends a clipping from the Oregonian to share local pride for John Van Zante and Pel la friends in Portland. She extends New Year wishes to John B. Smith and family, noting her move from Oskaloosa, Iowa, to Portland, Oregon, and calling Oskaloosa home.
Mrs Lenora Scholte describes a winter visit to Grand Rapids visiting a Reformed church, meeting Rever end Gerrit Rozenboom, and touring Cutlerville and the Christian Psychopathic Hospital. She notes the hospital chapel, nurses home, and the six women’s groups contributing over sixty thousand dollars for the nurses home and chapel. Dr Mulder attends daily and Reverend Van Vessen aids patients.
The speaker notes weekday and Sunday services by Christian people, praising the vast physical and financial sacrifices made for the needy, services beyond what private homes or state institutions can provide.
Mrs. Clarence Vander Linden hosted the Sunshine Mission Circle’s annual meeting at First Reformed Church parlors. Officers elected: president Mrs. B Mulder secretary Mrs. Dick Langerak assistant secretary Mrs. Gerard Gosselink treasurer Miss Minnie Kruzeman assistant treasurer Miss Melene Vanden Oever. The Social and Literary Club to meet Friday at Mrs. G Hankamp’s home. Mrs. Jerry Hellinga hosted M E circle meeting with needlework and social time.
In a private exchange Mr Knox remarks that a man’s better self emerges during life. Mrs Knox responds with hope, saying she has waited for years for that better self to surface. The dialogue reflects domestic anticipation and belief in personal improvement.
The piece extols theatre glamour as the magic of make believe that makes life feel real. It imagines a bare stage transformed by performance into life illuminated. Wilkins and Tysseling receive all conference honors.
Tysseling secures second team after versatile play and reliable hands. North notes Wilkins star punting passing and plunging, earning a first team spot while Tysseling, captain this season, receives second team honor for his dependable pass catching and rare wing coverage.
A quip-filled exchange turns on a broken engagement to George. The woman jokes that she does not hate the ring, prompting a humorous response that reveals social ribbing over romance and possession in a lighthearted note.
Church notes list Sunday schedule details for Third Reformed First Reformed and Second Reformed Churches with morning worship at 10 45 and evening services including sermons on The Majesty of God Descent into Hell What Aileth Thee and The Seed and the Soil plus Bible study sessions and mission classes across all ages.
John De Haan died suddenly at his Fort Morgan Colorado home on January 4. He was the son of the late Hendrik and Greitje De Haan former residents of Pella. His sister Caroline S De Haan of Des Moines attended the Fort Morgan funeral.
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