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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1929
Page
2
Local notices and social items recount visits by Van Houweling Auto Co. promotional efforts for New Whippet cars, with multiple residents from Leighton Pella Monroe and Ames shown attending events, visiting relatives, and noting ongoing illnesses and hospital stays. Absorbed in a community page of names, travels, and small events.
Two Chevrolets collided on South Main Street shortly before noon Tuesday. No injuries were reported. damage was limited to a bent fender. Ralph Van Brogen, license 565-5582, traveling north, stopped without signaling the following car driven by E G Maurer of Palisades, Colorado.
A daytime leak at the Van Ness millinery, caused by thawing ice, forced removal of some stock to drier areas. No damage occurred, though a night incident could have produced a different outcome.
Fire damaged the De Koning shop with much impact on the front shelving and goods. There was no insurance on contents while the building is property of Bearer. The fire’s origin is unknown as owner left at dusk and a neighbor alerted him en route home.
Ghuteh group opened the public session with a drama and exercises on health duty team game clean living self-control reliability and loyalty in all relationships. Mr Ebersole stressed fair play and self denial in sports and urged balanced life amid athletic and romantic temptations. The boys dramatized the Good Samaritan and Prodigal Son parables then played games as parents’ attendance hoped to grow. A moment of silent prayer honored Ackerman Vogelaar’s bereaved family.
Fred A. Collins of Farmer City and two children endured icy highway travel from Peoria to Ottumwa with no snow on the surface until Ottumwa. Local observers noted several automobilists in grief. Bill Den Hartog of Atlantic visited his parents and plans to work in Coats Shoe Store in Iowa City after selling his Atlantic shoe stock.
Robin L Welch dies in Arizona and the body will be sent to Knoxville for interment with a funeral set for Friday at 2 30 in the afternoon. Mrs Cox recalls Welch's letters shown by Van der Ploeg in Knoxville. Mrs Ollie Hynes of Pella is listed as a cousin of Welch.
Notice filed in the Clerk of the District Court in Marion County Iowa for the last will of Dr DeKock deceased to be heard February 10 1929 at Knoxville Iowa with interested parties invited to attend Walter Kester Clerk of District Court dated January 22 1929
Mr and Mrs Len Gosselink of New Sharon visited Monday with Mrs Emma Vriezlaar. Before returning home they also stopped in Otley at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Jahn Heematrea.
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