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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1940
Page
7
Community visitors and family gatherings span Summit area with numerous calls in Pella Monroe and Otley. Attendees include Hulleman Vriezelaar Vander Ploeg Van Roekel and Van Door ninck families plus 4-H and Farm Bureau events. Weather disrupts church services as Summit school closes for snow.
Leighton residents attended church activities at First Reformed in Pella with Lou Van Roekel at the Father and Son Banquet. The Priscilla Sisters met with eighteen members, led devotions by Mrs. Gerrit Van Zemeren, and discussed Christmas in Madras. Officers were elected. a co op supper was hosted by the Van Zee and De Bruin families. No services were held Sunday due to snow.
Rose Hill notes list visiting patterns among families including Vand Werff Dunnink Jansen Vander Werff Ver Ploeg De Goey Vanden Berg and Van Veen with several gatherings at the Dunnink Ver Ploeg and Van Veen homes. A De Heus sale near Pella draws attendees and a funeral honors Mrs I E Ver Ploeg. A birth announced by Vander sved partners and a no school day due to road conditions wrap the brief.
Zegers helped Rene Van elenhoven saw wood Tuesday afternoon while Mrs Zegers and son Envie visited with Mrs Van Engelenhoven and children. Cornice and John Vanden Berg filled their ice house in proportion for the coming summer. Those helping put up ice were Pete, John and Corrie Vanden Berg, Albert Keuning, Wm Verwers, Billie Roush, Arley Chrisman and Johnnie Klein, they used Ralph Kuyper's truck to haul the ice home from the gravel pit near Elk Rock. Jasper De Raad and son Arthur motored by truck to Illinois Monday and Tuesday to get feed for the Farmers Union store, Mr and Mrs Wm Zegers and son Ervie spent Wednesday afternoon at the Lloyd Mathes home. Mr Zegers helped Mr Mathes saw wood. Mr and Mrs Gradus Klein, Mr and Mrs Cornie Vanden Berg, and Mr and Mrs John Vanden Berg attended Farm Bureau supper in Knoxville Thursday evening. and Mrs Jasper De Raad and daughter Toons Mac visited at the Wm Verwers home Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs Rene Van Engrenhoven and children were visitors at the Nelson Vos home in Polla Thursday evening. The Otley Reformed Bible Glass enjoyed a Hobo Party Tuesday evening. Those attend-
Frank Grimes IGA president and Betty Roberts discuss a nationwide drive from January 19 to February 15 to move one thousand cars of oranges and grapefruit packed in cotton bags to reduce the citrus surplus and cotton over supply in the South. The plan envisions tens of millions of cotton bags, with social hosts and local community notices describing events and gatherings across Newton and nearby towns.
Nellie and Mary Zegers, Wayne Vanden Rey, and Pete Van Gent with Darlene visited Wm Verwers. Keaning family and others attended Bible school and prayed. Otley visits, illness of Dora Mol, and a church lesson on Clothing led by Beryl Vanden Berg and Ellen Eardily. Lunch served by Mrs Elyn with Ruth and Sylvia assisting. attendees listed.
In Lynnville, Mrs. John Van Maanen hosted the Ladies Aid of Fir Reformed Church at her home with refreshments for numerous members including Mrs. Kate Huyser and Mrs. Will Rhykock. The events spanned visits, a 6:30 dinner for the school board, and a miscellaneous shower honoring Treva Buitenwerf for her forthcoming marriage to Marion Dieleman.
Mrs. Francis Poortinga spent Wednesday at her mother Mrs. Jennie Zandstra's home while Mr. Poortinga, his father and his brother Dow Poortinga were mentioned in the same report.
In the fifteenth century the Earl of Warwick provided daily sustenance for about 30,000 people. He hosted meals at his London home, consuming six oxen each morning to feed such a vast crowd.
In New England the distinction is clear while in the south and middle west the names are blended by the Inyman, causing confusion between the two berries in common usage.
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