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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1955
Page
4
Community extends sympathy for Tense Nieuwama 61 who died at home after cancer illness. Funeral at Peoria church with Rev. Verduin, interment Oakwood Cemetery Pella. Several locals named in visits, church events, school fund drives, and community meetings. Includes hospital updates, assesor change, and local social news from Richland Township and surrounding areas.
The January issue recounts visitors and illness in Cordova. Ella Klyn uses a wheelchair yet attends hospital dressings. Bart Klyn undergoes major surgery in Des Moines with three weeks’ hospitalization. Families from Klyn, Willemsen, Van Wyngarden, Bricker, and De Moss share illnesses, hospital stays, funerals, and community meals.
Sunday and Thursday gatherings fill Leighton homes as De Goey Van Zee Brumm and Sneller families host visits. The Farmers Savings Bank of Leighton held its annual stockholders meeting with directors re-elected, including De Bruin Van Donselaar Else Steenhoek Rempe Van Zee Beintema.
Donald Van Soelen of Council Bluffs, a pupil at the school for the handicapped, lost all fingers and part of a thumb in a Tuesday shop accident. His parents are Mr and Mrs Neal Van Soelen. Geels returned from the State Sanitarium to the hospital last Tuesday. June Vonk arrived Friday to stay with the Case Vonk family. June works at Braniff Airways Love Field and will return Thursday. Sunday visitors at the Case Vonk home included Mr and Mrs Duane Oswalt and Steven and Mr and Mrs Clifford Verwers and Michael of Pella. The Ruth Circle met at the Christian Reformed Church basement Wednesday with Rev J Geels leading a Bible study. Officers elected at the business meeting were Mrs John H Jansen president, Mrs Lucy Kramer vice president, Mr John Van Maanen secretary, Mrs Henry D Jansen treasurer, and Mrs Ralph De Vries vice secretary and treasurer. Refreshments.
Meeting closings featured hostesses Mrs. Anne Lanser and Mrs. C Van Kooten as nine members attended in Sully. Guests included Bert and Fanny Renaud visiting, with several Van Sant and Van Genderen families noted. A U and I Farm Bureau Club met at Mrs. Robert Renaud’s home with 17 members joining in songs, scripture, and a talk on trade impact, followed by refreshments.
A fragmented local notice lists Penning family names and mentions Mrs Les Van Gorp and Mrs Van Genderen. The text appears from a community notice page with multiple names and partial references to individuals and households.
Oskaloosa News items report Miss Lisabeth Newenhouse featuring The Gold Girls and social gatherings at the home of Mr and Mrs James Van Wyk and Ronnie. Mrs G De Wolf visited Grand Rapids with Rev Hubert De Wolf's family, returning Monday. Other visits include Ed Simms Bussey Ral Chilton Hayesville at W Van Zomeren near Fremont and New Year gatherings. A Nunnikhoven family moved from Cedar to McCaffrey farm on lane 2, Oskaloosa, joining Mr and Mrs J Grootveld for dinner at H Grootveld’s home.
Mr and Mrs Jake Laverman visited Tuesday evening at the Laverman home. Clarence Laverman and son hosted Mr and Mrs Arthur Dearinger for Sunday dinner with Rev John Kerr and son John Neil of Des Moines. Overnight guests in the Martin Dearinger home were Francis Bond and Betty of Davenport. Sunday visitors in the Carl De Bruyn home included Wayne Scenbice Rhonda Sue and Clifford De Bruyn Gordon Rae Kellogg and Vernon De Bruyn Pamela. Mr and Mrs Frank Zickel visited Francis Heemabergen. Anna De Bruyn hosted Saturday evening. Dewey Ramer entertained as their Sunday evening supper guests Jake Swank of Pella and Anne De Penning.
The Galesburg Christian Ladies Aid Society gathered at the church for an all day quilting and cleanup, with a sack lunch at noon. Nearby visits included Mrs. Cecil Pinegar in the Carl De Bruyn home, Mrs. Wilbur Ramer in Oskaloosa, and Sunday dinner guests at several Dearinger and Kling households with extended family from Monroe and Newton.
Extension agronomist E R Duncan of Iowa State College cautions against applying nitrogen fertilisers on frozen ground. He warns fertilizer on frozen soil risks runoff pollution from rain or snow and urges careful timing to avoid excess leakage on contour-plowed ground once used for corn last year.
Rough contours in fields are advised to prevent runoff that could carry phosphate lime and other fertilizers. The guidance emphasizes retaining fertiliser in the soil and warns against losses when water runs off after snow melt.
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