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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1938
Page
9
Ruth Kiyn attended a class shower at Otley Sunday school. Chester Wayne Bricker will join Pella high as a new student. Families visit, illnesses treated, and several weddings, births, and farm changes noted. Wabash bridge inspections, smallpox vaccination, and Epworth League formed by Tainter youths.
Mrs Porter Hi returned to her home Thursday after a week with sister Mrs Keith Hart in Keota. Miss Arlene Hadley visited Miss Ina Clevenger while Mrs Hull was away. A child of Lys Hull came home Sunday evening for his birthday anniversary as sandwiches pies and coffee were served for the evening.
The Tainter area mentions re election of local men to bank posts with Charles Linsted as president and Charles Garner as vice president while C T Miller serves as a director. Paul Wehrle drawn for petit jury. Social visits note Mrs Elmer Mitchell with Mrs Elvin Dimit and Harold Dimit's family guests near Grinnell. Mrs Milo De Young visited E Northeast home. Mrs Jack Linsted stayed with sister Mrs Claude Heitsman.
Edith Heemstra hosted Cincinnati Summit and Pleasant View Homemakers on Jan 12. A L Dykstra and Herman Tuinstra led a block printing lesson using soap blocks and foil paints to decorate home items. Lunch was served and plans announced for February at Earl Umble’s. Visitors included J C Hiemstra and Donald, Neal De Geus’s wired farm, and Grace Heemstra of Monroe. Vaccination clinic slated Jan 18 at Otley school for Summit Township children.
Events include a pie supper on January 21 at Liberty Corner school with a district youth play. Miss Eva Mae De Koek of Pella teaches at the school run by H W Vriezelaar and family. Community members attend various gatherings, a chorus practice, family visits, births, and local notices across Monroe and nearby towns.
Astaire stars in A Damsel in Distress with Burns and Allen for RKO. Joan Fontaine plays the title role with Gershwin music and famed dance sequences. The story follows a London dancer trying to escape fame amid romantic adventures in a Tudor setting. Local social notes record residents' visits and a birth in the area.
Prairie City residents report family visits and travel noting Henry Braafhart and Mrs Hoagland illness in Orange City. Attendees at a Coliseum wrestling night include John De Wit and John Grose. Joy Verought returns from California after the Rose Bowl. American Legion Auxiliary holds a meeting led by Mrs Clara Coy with hosts Valura Brock and Lake Baldwin. Birthday gatherings at Gerrit Vande Kieft home celebrate Mrs Bert Schuttinga Gerald Schuttinga and Margaret Vande Kieft.
The community reports many social visits and movements. John Williamson bought four Lynnville properties and plans to move soon while the De Jong family assisted with wood cutting. Rita Vander Pol and Alexander Vander Pol hosted relatives in Pella and nearby towns as Williamsons and Ellscotts hosted guests. Telephone meetings and sales at Eddyville and Oska Joosa show active local commerce and social ties.
Rose Hill residents Rose Hill Mr and Mrs Art VanderWerff and Arthur and Kathryn were Newton callers Tuesday. Charlie Earp the assessor has made his rounds in the neighborhood for this year. Mr and Mrs Frank Wielard and son visited Tuesday afternoon at the John Vanden Berg home. Donald Myer and Jerry Vanden Berg attended a surprise at the Woody home Wednesday evening in honor of Wayne Stuart who is soon to leave for his home in Nebraska. Minnie Klein from Perry Ind returned to her home again Saturday after staying a week with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Harold Fisk and family Rey and Mrs Grooters formerly from Monroe visited a Tuesday at the Albert Van Zante home Minnie Mae Vanden Berg.
A reader updates on visits and movements among area families. Turned to her home Sunday after two weeks with the Matt Tuinstra family who moved from Pella to Marshalltown New Year's day. Neal Vander Werff injured an eye Friday while working in timber and was taken for medical care. Mr and Mrs Art Vander Werft and family visited Sunday evening with Herman Van Veen. The Vander Leest and Van Haaf families called at Joe Vanden Berg home near Cordova on Saturday night. Our Want Ads bring results.
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