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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1942
Page
8
Advertising brief lists Fairbanks Morse mills water systems washers and farm gear including corn shellers stock tanks hog waterers and more. Henry Hackett Leighton seeks hatchery work while Vulcanizing tires offered by Scheihout's with contact details.
Miscellaneous notices allege collection of notes judgments and all indebtedness. No charge is listed as unsuccessful. collections can be made anywhere. References to R C Valentine Co Light Company Building Marshalltown Ta.
Marion County farmers are urged to boost food production amid the Pacific war. Herbert McCoy and Secretary Wickard push increased small garden farming, school lunch expansion, and local support for vegetables from home and community gardens. The goal is a garden on every farm next spring and a 26 percent rise in small gardens in Mahaska County.
A column fragment surveys a turkey’s tassel or beard terms with jokes and reader exchanges. It mentions Leona Vande Linden, Nellie Van Arkel, and Golden Mine Camp Idaho, plus hints at Tulip Time preparations in Pella. The piece blends humor, local notes, and community voices.
Fragments detail a 1941 home for the aged gathering with Rev. Hen Van Deller delivering a sermon. Memorials list ten bereavements, visitors to residents include family from Ames and Pella, and several wartime notes mention Doyle Care ter and Chaude Wolfe serving Marines on Midway Island. A January 9 preaching event at the Pella church is announced along with holiday visits, travel from Chicago, Moody Bible Institute ties, and a recent marriage license for Dick De Haas and Nolen Scattervelyn.
Monroe residents shared Christmas with relatives in Ohio and at home. Local families attended services for Dick De Muni and welcomed newborns at Mercy Hospital in Oskaloosa. Oakley Warner seeks treatment in Hot Springs Arkansas. A Christmas gathering at the William Roxenberg home honored Corporal Jacob Rozenberg via telegram from San Diego.
Amsterdam News notes long days as Jack Frost grows stronger with cold driving back armies. Locals unable to attend church services, travel hampered by snow. Ben Terluuw moves a trailer house to Carl Hackett place and stores a bird cage. Community visits and winter food plans feature Gingerbread and lemon sauce offerings.
A detailed quarterly financial statement shows receipts and disbursements for the school district with line items for salaries, supplies, transportation, and various vendors. The report confirms a starting balance of 20,181.61 and total quarter receipts and disbursements, ending with a district seal and secretary certification. It also notes a general note on a broader redistribution movement and an agricultural pest infestation affecting several counties, with weather as a key factor for next spring and possible bait needs estimated at 250 tons.
Neighbors and friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 1b 1stinneen in Denison after a fire destroyed their poultry. The crowd brought chickens and provided a luncheon following an evening of reminiscences and stories as they helped the Christiansens recover from the loss.
Dr. C. C. Franks warns that only 6 percent of pigs farrowed reach the market in Towa due to exposure disease and carelessness. He urges coordinated efforts among producers veterinarians and officials to improve disease control, reduce overcrowding, and boost national hog production.
Across most of Iowa the grasshopper population fell in 1941 with only a few southwest counties showing persistence. Dr Deake, state entomologist, says crop losses and baiting needs in 1942 will be limited. In the southwest, second-generation lesser migratory grasshoppers Mel...
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