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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1936
Page
5
The Second Reformed church held a crowded Sunday service as Rev. Jacob Prins spoke on marriage and the home. Excerpts cite moral standards, divine guidance, and the need to view marriage as sacred, contrasting pagan practices with Christian teaching on commitment and companionship.
The Little Philharmonic Orchestra led by George H. Shapiro will perform Friday evening January 24 at the High School Auditorium. The group, a Teague of Nations blend with artists from Russia to Mexico, promises symphonic works performed under Shapiro's renowned direction for a 50 cent admission.
The Monroe church movement promotes a series of services at the Municipal Skating Grounds over the coming weekend. A farmer’s night features contests with prizes for largest act and greatest distance, plus special numbers by M. K. Long and J. M. Carlson. The sermon topics include Selling Your Soul for a Nog and Home Sweet Home. Special music and solos, duets, and quartets are planned, with ministers and churches united in support.
The sermon recalls Genesis creation of woman from man and God’s design for marriage as companionship and procreation. It argues marriage is permanent, non polygamous, and foundational to society, contrasting it with modern birth control, free love, and trial marriage, and cites a 1984 Iowa divorce rate as evidence of "hardness of heart."
In a sermon on Christian marriage the speaker urges upholding the original divine ordinance. He cites Adam and Eve and Jesus’ words on marriage, warning against drifting toward human whim and passion and calling for prayerful reverence for the family and Sabbath within the church.
The Monroe Union Revival meetings enter a second week as snow and cold fail to dampen attendance. High school youth lead in prizes and attendance, while Rev J M Carlson presents an ancient Dutch Bible. Future nights feature Des Moines visitors, Harmony Trio performances, and youth centered themes and yells.
Miss Grace Toom of north of Knoxville suffered an unusual accident Saturday when a chicken bone lodged in her throat midway between mouth and stomach. After four days unable to eat solids she saw a specialist in Des Moines who removed the bone with an esophagoscope. The instrument, with an electric light, passed down the throat and found the bone opposite the top of the breast bone.
Cyrus Nolin 78 farmer of Monroe Iowa died January 9 in Tipton Oklahoma from heart failure while visiting his daughter Mrs G A De Young. Funeral services were held January 13 in Monroe with Rev A Moore of Kalona Iowa officiating. Interment in Monroe cemetery. Survived by wife Robena Marshall, four children Mary De Young Tipton W H Nolin Bondurant and E M Nolin Pleasantville, plus grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Work Progress Administration crews exposed eleven Sioux or Ioway remains at Lime Kiln hollow four miles north of Council Bluffs while prospecting for gravel. Curator Pruitt of the Pottawattamie County Historical Society identified the bones as Vo Tian squaws and noted the red haematite stones buried with each body. The site lies near an old Indian village from the Lewis and Clark era.
The list presents honor roll recipients across grades at the high school with seniors Jean Cook Delmar Needham Phyllis Carter Alda Mae Van Heukelom Pauline Hoogenakker Dorothy Van Houweling Marie Jansz garetta Slob 'eda Van Zante juniors ence Langerak ris Clarke rginia Van Gorp Elizabeth Huyser Martha De Joode Janet Klyn Joan Kuyper Betty Lankelma Mary L. Renaud sophomores Wm. Vande Keift Mary Jane Baron Viola Helen Boot Leona Breuklander Bety Jane Carter Florence Hackert Ruth De Heer Mary Jane Van Hemert Anna Keuning Johanna Keuning Anna Joyce Klein Emily Kuyper Bernace Vander Linden Velma De Prenger Dorothy Vander Waal freshmen Willis Dieleman Norman Van Gorp Gerald Den Hartog Kenneth Henry James Huyser Stuart Kuyper Everett Vande Voort Lester Vander Wilt Melen Viola Den Hartog Virginia Kempkes Lora Ruth Vander Waal.
Joe S. Utterback acting as receiver for Mahaska National Bank and trustee for bondholders purchased the Southern Town Fair Exposition Association property for 17889.80 at a sheriff sale to satisfy a 71438.90 judgment issued by Judge Frank Bechly. The sale was conducted at the courthouse on Saturday afternoon.
The stock and equipment of United Paint and Body Co., Frank lin Van Gorp, proprietor, are moved this week to the old Feeder Works building on Franklin street. For years the business was in the building soon to host J. F. Dykstra, proprietor of a hardware and auto accessories store. It is necessary to vacate the current building for the new concern.
A collection of brief, varied items notes doctors labeled as dope addicts, a New York housewife returning a unsliced loaf, tax exempt bonds with exceptions, the President’s wife served with a large summons, Virgin Islands liquor plans by government, Navajo themed Boulder Dam decor, and Chicago wives empowered by court to judge husbands’ reform pledges.
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