Local Social Notes Highlight Betsy Ford Era Kensington Teas
Eager groups gathered at homes along Main Street for club gatherings and parties. Mrs L Van Rees hosted the E O W Club with sewing and lunch, the Fire Department held a social after a brief meeting, and Miss Louise Gladstone hosted an informal bridge night at the Van Gorp home on North Main. Mary Jane Baron celebrated her ninth birthday with a long table luncheon and pink cake, while several Pella residents attended a dinner party at the Vander Ploeg home in Knoxville with a large guest list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Gladstone
H. Pp. van Gorp
North Main
Bridge
Fire Department
Marion C. van Gorp
John Hoeksema
C. Brueklander
Monday Bridge Club
H. P. van Gorp
Main Street
J. A. Kuyper
Mary Jane Baron
Will van Sittert
G. F. Sadler
Mary Jane
Pella
W. G. Vander Ploeg
Knoxville
J. M. Cox
Nora Scholte
B. H. Langerak
Carl Aschenbrenner
A. B. van Houweling
George Gaass
Paul Scholte
Dudoc Langerak
F. A. Snow
Mason City
Edith MacArthur
Chicago
Marie Lautenbach
Hugo Kuyper
Women's Federated Club
Independence Street
Athens
Venice
T. H. Liggett
Rome
Zelma Rysdam
Miss Rysdam
Bridge Club
Verda
Helen Vander Pol
Louise Gladatone
Artie Gaass
Lola Renaud
Varied 1920s gossip mixed with court and crime notes
A collage of brief items notes weight loss stories, divorces, robberies, arrests, and oddities from cities like London Paris Milan St Louis Dublin Melbourne and Chicago. Headlines mention a Buckingham Palace residence, a New York Stock Exchange seat sale, a thief in Milan, and a court joke about jail time.
New Officers Re elected By Ladies Home Society
A Ladies Home Society meeting reported reelection of new officers for the coming year. Herman Swanks’s relatives gathered at his home to remind him of his birthday. Mrs. David van Stearns remains on the sick list and Mrs. Epp Hootie is on the road to recovery after days of entertaining guests. Van Steenis ill recently, Hat Toll and family of Harvey were dinner guests. New meats with Raymond Ankin and Mr and Mrs Case Nuninkhoven spent New Year’s Day with Mr and Mrs Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stattore
Neal
Verross
Herman Swanks
Birt
Mra
David
Van
Steenis
Revered Patton Blames Women’s Dress for Crimes
Reverend Patton of Hull England asserts that crimes and misdemeanors are incited and accelerated by the dress of women. The statement appears overdue as modern attire is said to excite little interest today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patton
Hull
Eng
Girlhood Friends Exchange Greetings
Mrs. Nora Scholte hosted her guest Mrs. Frank A Snow of Mason City who toured here two weeks and returned home Monday. They recalled childhood play days and old ties that endure as they age gracefully together. Also noting W. A. Cannon of Belfast left his wooden leg to a nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Scholte
Frank A Snow
Mason City
W. A. Cannon
Belfast
New Inventions and Machining Highlights from The Era
Sir Matthew Montgomery of Glasgow announces a device to cure squinting eyes. A German gas mask like apparatus for asthma is described. In Dallas 200 gallons of gasoline moved between new airplanes at night. Helium solidifies and most gases become solids. Rochester Time Union uses perforated paper for typesetting. A new motor towed by a motor handcar is noted as a labor saver. A woven paper fabric is reportedly used for shoe uppers in England. Black Record Typewriter Ribbons and carbon paper are advertised at the Chronicle office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gerald Paardekooper
van Zante
H. Mattins
Mrs. van Rees
Kensington
M. Langerak
C. Sipkema
B. Baron
P. Scholte
Miss Gladstone
Miss Verross
Leehan Verross
West Union Street
Martha
Third Reformed Church
Miss Verros
Marion Toom
Ralph van Zetten
Jennie Vandermeiden
W. D. Johnson
First Presbyterian Church
van Zetten
Martin van Zetten
W. J
Oskaloosa
van Gorp
Ladies Aid Society
The
First Christian Reformed Church
J. de Haan
American Legion
Legion Hall
State Department
Marinus Meulpolder
Young Women's League of the Second Reformed Church
Dan Meulpolder
Firat. Reformed Church
Miss van Emmerik
Cunera van Emmerik
Second Reformed Church
Winnebago Mission
Nebraska
Bessie Veenscoten
Dorothy Nollen
Arabia
Andh
Wilma Vande Voort
Truth Seekers
First Reformed Church
George Ver Steeg
East Washington St
Janet van Gorp
Leona Vander Linden
Margaret Lubberden
Arthur Klein
West Washington Street
Mr. Klein
Federated Club
van Vliet
Tom
G. R
M. G. R. Club
Chas, van Vliet
Florence Boot
Nancy Ruth Renaud
Ames
Ruth Lautenbach
Iowa City
M. E. Circle
Weyer
M. FE
John Weyers
Mabel VanZante
Kathryn. Schulte
Tuesaday
Alice Toom
League
League of Service of
Dick den Adel
J. Jansz
Dick van Houweling
Dykstra
C. F. Dykstra
Helen van den Berg
H. J. Peitenpol
Masonic Hall
A. T. Vander Beek
Bob Goedhart
East First
Stouwie-Bohlen
Anna Stouwie
Otto Bohlen
Cecil Stouwie
Mr. Stouwie
Stouwie
Miss Margaret
H. J. Pietenpol
A. F
A. M
A. F. and
Hdrews
London
Frau. Hedwig
Ansitz
Vienna
Rehua Tey Ee Smith
St. Louis
Dugmore
France
Queen Victoria
Buckingham Palace
Irene Coulter
Philadelphia
New York Stock Exchange
Fran Agusta Gurvisch
Hamburgh
John Maculey
Dublin
Jane Reichenberg
Melbourne
St. Joseph’s Church
Samuel Sowersby
Thomas Bradley
New York
Charles Zerlinck
Jane Gillen
Buffalo
Henry Carter
Cardiff
Russia
Karl Rittiich
Monte Carlo
Mathew Gould
Winsford
Signort Luisa Valdino
Milan
Mile
Danielle Bergis
Paris
R. C. Hebburn
Kathleen Fetherstonhaugh
James C. Darwen
Glasgow
Dredson
Leonard Dunning
G. V. Robertson
Matthew Montgomery
Germany
Dallas
Tex
Rochester
Chronicle
J. van Klootwyk, Jr
J. Hum. van Spanckeren
Fred van Dyke
Columbus Street
Third Street
Blommers Mill
G. W. Paardekooper
Ideal Pharmacy
Chronicle Office
Frank A. Rhynas
West Second St
Ottumwa
Iowa
Charles Vander Ploeg
Call Chronicle Office
Hanna & Eveland
Lacy
S. M. van Hemert, Cor
Weaf
Washington
Cotton Rags Chronicle
Wm. van Hemert
Washington’ Street
Studebaker
Ford
Graham
van Houweling Auto CQ
Herman Tol Harvey
Cou
Buick
Pontias
Bella
Navy
Au Monroe
Tall East East
Otley
Weiners
van den Berg Electric Co
Pella National Bank
Meanudan
Wyurmerlyo
United States
Banking Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Patpiga Fund
Erte Ee
Marion
Scholte
Cress ‘Dha
DE Geo, G. Caan
Cook
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