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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1938

Page

9

Aid Officers Named In Nearby Towns News

News items from Cordova and surrounding areas list new aid officers Ellen Karr president Ross Dailey vice president and Ethelyn Core secretary treasurer. Community notices include job news for Jim Van Hemert at Catch all Motor Co Grinnell and updates on local visits illnesses and events across families.

Ellen Karr Ross Dailey Ethelyn Core Nell Muilenbers Jim van Hemert Catchall Motor Co Grinnell A. I. B. College Des Moines Arie Waardhuizen Lu Leech John Hart Clarence Bricker Cordova R. M J. M. Hart Roy Karr Califo Wildorado Texas M. P. van Hemert Marjorie Bricker WHO Cletha Coolley Will Waardhuizen Sylvia Klyn Gerrit Klyn Mercy Sylvia Calvin Talbot Wayne Farm Bureau Ruby Versteeg Ray Clarke Ethel Hart

Summit Heeren Host D Vander Ploeg and Heemstras

Summit Mr and Mrs Gysbert Heeren hosted Mr and Mrs D Vander Ploeg and Mr and Mrs Neal Heemstra and families Friday night A pot luck was held with guests Shaw Mrs R Bleakley Grace Kane Bertha Wittmer Nellie McBride Cora Birkenholtz J C Hiemstra Maxine Donald visited Poortinga home P H Vos visited Stravers home Des Moines trip taken Vriezelaar H W Vriezelaar Poortinga visit N Roozenboom Judith Vanden Berg weekend with C Vanden Berg district farm bot fly campaign focus County Club Agent Marvin Zellar and H W Vriezelaar called on cooperators in school district.

Gysbert Heeren Otley D. Vander Ploeg Neal Heemstra Mamie Vander Ploeg Shaw R. Bleakley Newton Grace’ Kane Bertha ‘Wittmer Nellie McBride Cora Birkenholtz J. C. Hiemstra Maxine Donald Sam Poortinga P. H. Vos John Stravers Galesburg Des Moines Sam Poorting William Vos Mary Poortinga H. W. Vriezelaar

Birthday Party Honors Mr Heemstra in Pella Family Group

A Sunday gathering honored Mr. Heemstra's birthday with family members from Pella including Mr. and Mrs. Nick Heemstra and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hulleman and family, Miss Grace Heemstra, and Mr. and Mrs. Marion Hulleman.

Mr. Heemstra Nick Heemstra Pella Henry Hulleman Grace Heemstra Marion Hulleman

Local visitors drop by many area homes this week

Case Mr and Mrs John Willemsen and family visited Richard Van Doorn home Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Guy Elscott and family visited parental Henry Elscott home Wednesday. Mrs Lydia Gause and Clifford of Lynnville visited the Harry Williams home Wednesday. Mr and Mrs John Elscott and family and Mr and Mrs Raymond and son Lowell and Mr Evert Vander Pol and family were Pella callers Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Henry Elscott and Harry visited Dirk Monsma home Monday. Mr and Mrs Lester Gause Sr drove to Marshalltown to see sick relatives Wednesday. John Renaud spending the week with his aunt and uncle Evert Van der Pol and family. Mr and Mrs John Jansen, Minerva Howard and Lorene of Sully visited at the John Elscott home Friday. The Richard Van Doorn family had dental work done in Sully Saturday.

John Willemsen Richard van Doorn Guy Elscott Henry Elscott Lydia Gause Clifford Lynnville Harry Williams John Elscott Raymond Lowell Evert Vander Pol Harry Dirk Monsma Lester Gause Sr Marshalltown John Renaud Evert. van der Pol John Jansen Minerva Howard Lorene Sully R. A. de Jong Henry van Roekel William Rozendaal Adrian Rozendaal Rozendaal Wayne League For Service of the Reformed Church Don de Fong L. W. Maasdam Fred Maasdam Pred de Jong First Reformed Sunday School Lane de Penning Fred de Jong Simon Vander Pol Holdsworth Newton BR. Kaldenbers Pella Jansen C. Harthorn J. G. Jansen

Coal Ridge Notes on Local Visits and Birth Announcement

Coal Ridge residents report visiting relatives with Sadie Brown at L. T. Newton home before returning to Sharon Penn. Announcements told of a daughter Carol Arlene born to Ralph and Carol Desenberg of Detroit Michigan on Christmas Eve. Also mentions Rev E V Goad sermon at Coal Ridge and visitors Frank Blackman from Saskatchewan and Bert Kingman family at O T Bailey home.

Sadie Brown George Wells Sharon Penn Ethel Andrews Connie Vanden Berg W.G. Neeley Pella Prairie City Ruby Conley Frank Blackman Saskatchewan Canada C. F. Blackman Bert Kingman Coal Ridge O.T. Bailey Carol Arlene Ralph Desenberg Detroit Michigan Desenberg Ethel Wells E. V. Goad

Monroe County News Yields Opera Plans and Local Movements

Monroe High School to stage an operetta and students and residents travel between Ames Newton and nearby towns. Roles include Robert Jarrigin ill in hospital but hopeful to perform Tuesday January 1. Local families, visits, and moves noted with hospital, college, and home addresses.

Peoria Winter Weather and Local Health News

Peoria reports fine winter weather with occasional cold and light snow. Jacob Vos and family under smallpox quarantine, others vaccinated. Christian school children vaccinated, and 121 more at the church basement with Dr. Oscar Quire of Lynnville vaccinating at 50c each. Wm. Vroegh hospitalized in Oskaloosa for goiter operation, reported successful. John Blom visits Pella relatives. Louis De Vries buys horses at county line auction. Elizabeth Saman of Prairie View, Kansas, died. formerly lived in Peoria.

Jacob Vos Christian School Oscar Quire Lynnville Wm. Vroegh Mahaska Hospital Oskaloosa John Blom Pella Louis de Vries Anne Vander Waal Elizabeth Saman Prairie View Kansas Peoria

Scintillating Stars of Stage Door Come to Rivola Oskaloosa

Katharine Hepburn Ginger Rogers and Adolphe Menjou star in Stage Door from RKO Radio The stars compare stage and screen acting noting no retakes in live theater and easier control in films They discuss first nights voice projection and the director's influence and Hepburn says stage work remains a screen actor's stimulus for balance and craft.

Rivola Oskaloosa Katharine Hepburn Miss Hepburn Ginger Rogers Adolphe Menjou RKO Radio Miss Hevburn

Community Notes From Local Families and Events

Mr and Mrs E Sam an ran a blacksmith shop here. Cecil Vander Mol en of Pella visited the Sams and H W Bokhoven. Schools resumed after a one week Christmas break. Lena De Nooy will return to Prinsburg Minnesota to teach at the Christian school. Henry Bennink’s house burned likely from a faulty chimney. insured by Bear Ye One Another's Burdens Insurance Co of Pella. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Gerrit Dieleman on Jan 3. Joe and Mrs Dahm returned from Denver. Farmers attended an electric fence night school in Pella with Mr Van Pelt of Waterloo showing pictures. Other fence topics were discussed.

Christian School Henry Bennink Joe Dahm Denver Golo

Obituaries and Local Notices From Prairie City Area

Prairie City area news reports the death of Pitt Remsburg at 77 with funeral services and interment at Waveland Cemetery. Survivors include three sisters and two brothers. Remsburg long served as a rural and Prairie City school teacher. Also noted are a marriage announcement for Irene Artie Birkenholtz and Peter Meindersma, to reside on a Monroe-area farm. local illness recoveries and student travels. and church lectures and social notices involving Rev. Login, Prof. Pietenpol, Rev. Walters, and community burial association efforts.

Pitt Remsburg Findley Waveland Cemetery Remsburg Prairie City School Elmer H. Birkenholtz Irene Artie Peter Meinders Men’s Society of the Christian Reformed Church Pietenpol Central College of Pella the Heavenly Bodies Dick Walters Christian Reformed’ ‘Church G. Vander Kooi Newton C. Vander Leest Prairie City

Community notices and club activities in Oskaloosa area

Reports from Mahaska hospital in Oskaloosa note Sally Vander Wilt Jr underwent major surgery on Monday. Ladies Aid served a chicken dinner, with a Friday business meeting led by Mrs. Lewis Shutts. Sally Parent Teachers Club held a meeting led by Margaret Huyser and Ruth Castorff, with musical numbers by local girls. Several local families visited or hosted gatherings, and a birthday celebration for William Rozendaal and others was held at the Rozendaal home.

Henry Vander Wilt Jr Mahaska Hospital Oskaloosa Ladies Aid Lewis Shutts C. C. Holdsworth Oscar Carpenter New Ors Louisiana San Antonios Brownsville Arizona Long Beach California Sally Parent Teachers Club Busin If Margaret Grace Huyser Ruth Cas George’ Woodens Ted Emmert Gweneth Macy Ruth Castorff Verna Vander ‘Beek C. W. Polk Fred de Vries Bert McBride

Reformed Church Socials and Nuptial Shower Report

A keepsake listing host families and attendees details a church social week with Rev R A De Jong and many couples. The event honored Nellie Jansen with a nuptial shower and featured officer elections for the First Reformed Sunday school class. The report notes Mrs Don De Fong as hostess and guests including Maasdam and Rozendaal families, with mentions of health and age milestones.

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