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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1944
Page
4
A propaganda piece urges readers to invest beyond planned purchases, arguing national income is high and many have extra dollars. It frames the issue by contrasting civilians’ finances with soldiers’ sacrifices and encourages adding 100 to 500 dollars in war bonds.
Residents and relatives from Knoxville Des Moines Otley Pella and Centerville are noted in a crowded column. Logs are being cut for a barn hog house corn crib and hen house while various visits weddings trips and hospital news mark the holiday period.
Otley news notes visits by Ottermarkt and Vanden Baard families from Dakota and Des Moines, birthday gatherings, and supper guests. Descriptions include a move to a farm near Runnel, coal and gas shipments, pork butchering help from Pella visitors, illness and a twin daughter's death, and Pvt John Vanden Baard’s Tarawa service details.
Miss Lena De Nony taught at the Christian school in South Holland and spent the holiday at her parents John De Nony home, returning Monday. Mrs R Stursma, ill with pneumonia, is improving but remains bedridden for some time. Rev and Mrs De Haan visited Des Moines Friday to see John Pothoven, who is improving in hospital but not ready to go home. Miss Jeanette Veldhuizen died Monday at her parents’ home. funeral held in Sully with Rev Borst officiating, interment at Bethany cemetery. Word of Mrs Med Rus of Byron Center Michigan’s death reached relatives on Wednesday December 29. she leaves husband Rev M Rus and three daughters. Mrs Martha Bruinen, Metta Kuipers of Roches, Mrs Eve Stene with her husband, Jacob Huizen of Gordon Johnstown, Phi, two sons Marvin Rus in North Africa and Louis Rus at home, and three grandchildren. Henry Dahm, who had co-owned a store, sold his share to his brother and plans to run the Newton store. future plans not yet decided.
Bob Brittell and the instrumental department push out the first paper of the year with news on musical events and people in the band. Students also plan a name contest, while new subjects begin January 17 including solid geometry economics and world geography.
A Pella man, Pals, awoke to find two ten dollar bills in his hands after listening to a radio report and reflecting on his tenant Van Dort. He praised the town as a safe place where neighbors help each other and money appears like Santa.
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