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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1931
Page
7
The Chronicle presents a cooking school and food show in Pella led by Miss Dorothy Covert from Westinghouse Omaha. Demonstrations, booths, and modern kitchen setups will showcase menu planning, food elements, and cooking techniques with vendor exhibits. Dates Thursday to Saturday January 22 24 at Legion hall with tickets from cooperating merchants.
Mrs. Gertrude Watton of Des Moines will organize temperance work in Pella on Wednesday January 28. Children from 4th to 8th grade are invited to a 4 o clock assembly in the Webster building. The Loyal Temperance Legion promotes temperance education for youth under the WCTU. Miss Nina Gosselink and Miss Florence Grandia lead the local effort. Parents are urged to support attendance and enrollment.
The Vanden Berg Electric company will supply two Westinghouse Electric ranges with Flavor-Zone ovens for the Chronicle Cooking School and Food Show. Miss Dorothy Covert, Home Economics expert for Westinghouse, will supervise the school in the modern electric kitchen.
Tone's Old Golden coffee will be served at the Chronicle Cooking School and Food Show this afternoon and two evenings. A Des Moines lady will lead the Tone booth with help from a local American Legion Auxiliary member. Attendees may sample Tone's coffee during the three days.
Members of the Farmers Union Shipping Association met for their annual election on Monday at the hall. John Adair presided, and Reuben Schakel reported that audits were incomplete but that cream and poultry volumes stayed steady while eggs rose two and one half times from 1929. James Steenhoek, F. W. Mathes, and Andrew Pethoven were elected to the board. Paul Moore spoke on organization work and noted gains across all Farmers Union activities despite national financial distress, urging members to attend a mass meeting in Des Moines on January 16.
Public sale advertised by A H Boot for January 20 has been indefinitely postponed. Public is advised no sale will take place at this time and A H Boot remains unavailable for further details.
The Pella Chronicle reports on the Westinghouse Auto matic Electric Range showcased by Van Den Berg Electric Co for the three day Pella Chronicle Cooking School starting January 22. The feature extols Flavor Zone ovens and old Dutch Oven cooking, touting automatic operation, time savings, and safer, more convenient kitchen use with 1931 Westinghouse models.
The Chronicle announces broad support for its Cooking School and Food Show at the American Legion hall January 22 24. Local manufacturers jobbers and retailers pledge backing including Blommer Co Tone Bros Georgie Porgie Crescent Macaroni Kraft-Phenix Heinz Westinghouse Majestic Electric Vander Linden Rexall J C Penney and others in Davenport Oska loosa Burlington and Chicago area firms.
A large collection of items supports the Chronicle Cooking School and Food Show with a new kitchen sink and features installed by Globe Plumbing and Heating Co. Miss Dorothy Covert oversees home economics as the event highlights Victor radios from Ideal Pharmacy, cosmetics demos, and Towa Blue Grass butter from Pella Creamery. Local retailers United Self-Serve Grocery, T Plette and Co., Thomassen's IGA, and J C Penney display goods for public viewing.
Thieves burglarized the Joe De Koning shoe shop on Main Street during the night between Saturday and Sunday, stealing up to 80 pairs of high quality shoes valued around 150 dollars. The back door had been securely locked at closing Saturday. officers Brom Dennis and Nieberg investigated, noting no glass damage and two suspicious men seen driving in the country Saturday night.
Last week of Bell Clearance Sale urged shoppers to visit Bell Clothing House before Saturday night. The ad touts unprecedented bargains in men’s and boys’ furnishings, noting overwhelming store rush and calling it the biggest sale in history as Dick Den Adel promotes the event.
The passage notes improvements and refinements to household engineering devices, highlighting features deemed desirable and appealing to women. It frames these enhancements as enhancing appeal and practicality in domestic use, emphasizing progress in domestic technology.
A large grocery sale runs this week at United Self-Serve starting today and ending Saturday January 24. The ad promises a vast range of staples and fancy groceries at prices designed to fit the average purse, urging shoppers to stock up now.
Twenty pianos and players remain from an initial fifty in the Blade store near Pella Motor Company. The terse ad urges shoppers to act quickly for bargains as stock dwindles and remaining items are offered at reduced prices.
The Chronicle promotes an evening meat cutting demonstration by Fred Beard of Iowa State College Extension, detailing hog and beef quarters and cuts. Lectures by Majestic Radio on refrigeration and J B Holcomb of Heinz on food products accompany the program, sponsored by Klyn and De Winter. Attendees are urged to attend day and night sessions for practical meat knowledge.
J Blommers and company promote On Top flour and Wizard pancake flour for Chronicle Cooking School and Food Show demonstrations. The Pella based firm cites 36 years of local milling and broad Iowa sales, inviting housewives to visit the booth and learn how their bread biscuits and cakes benefit from On Top flour.
Majestic Electric Refrigerator highlighted by local dealer George Ver Steeg at the Chronicle Cooking School and Food Show run January 22 to 24. Demonstrations, Q&A on construction and cost, with a Majestic representative giving a lecture on electric refrigeration.
Heinz Co of Pittsburgh will display its 57 varieties at the Chronicle Food Show and Cooking School next week. A Heinz representative will lead the first day Thursday afternoon, with two Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion guiding demonstrations on the following two afternoons. Public invited to visit the booth and sample products.
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