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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1954
Page
3
Local residents report travel, births, anniversaries, and marriages. Notable items include the Brouwer 25th wedding anniversary, birth notice for Shirley Ann in Tokyo, and the Mollenaar death in California with funeral plans in Grookston. Architectural work by Stan Verploegh highlighted along with community moves and hospital stays.
Church notes list Sunday morning worship and Sunday school with youth groups, evening evangelistic message by the pastor on sin and worthlessness of religion, midweek Bible study, Dorcas meeting, and Friday parsonage gathering. Other items include junior and college society participation, sermons such as Seven Trumpets, and courses on time and prophecy as part of School of Religion series.
Dr. P. Y. De Jong leads morning worship at 9:30 on the topic The Enjoyment of Christian Comfort with 11:00 Sunday school and Bible classes. Evening worship at 7:30 Untitled sermon When God Turns Our Lives based on Jeremiah 81:18-19. Denominational broadcast The Back to God Hour airs on KBIZ Ottumwa at 8:30 a.m. and KVJB Marshalltown at 2:30 p.m.
Pella Baptist Church presents a Sunday programme led by Pastor Rollin V Wildin with Sunday school at 9 30 a m morning worship at 10 45 a m a sermon That Second Mile junior high BYE at 1 30 pm junior BYF at 6 00 pm senior high BYF at 6 30 pm evening service at 7 30 pm and a sermon Look at Jonah.
Pella High School Auditorium hosts Wm C De Jong minister for Sunday morning service at 11 The Sunday school hour features Doing the Works of God with Temperance at 11 and 6 30 p m Junior C F Herman Harmolink of Central guest speaker at 6 30 Senior C FE Joanne Terlouw leads at 6 30 The Sunday evening service Life s Most Important Question Trinity Church invites worshippers Wednesday 7 30 Family Night in the New Central building
Russell J. Redeker leads a 9 30 a m morning service with the theme This is My Task followed by 11 00 a m Sunday school on Doing the Works of God and a 6 30 p m Young People service What is a Christian The church extends a cordial welcome to all Radio Temple Time at 9 15 p m over KXEL and KBOE with Rev H Bjast Warning Against Wavering Family Night Wednesday at 7 30 p m an evening of inspiration and instruction for young and old
Anthony Haverkamp, minister at Douwstra Chapel Central College hosts a Sunday schedule with 9 30 am Sunday school obeying Do ing the Works of God 10 45 am morning worship The Christian s Faith I Believe in God at 1 pm Evening praise A Ladder Set Up on the Earth 6 30 pm Junior Endeavor 6 30 pm Intermediate Endeavor 6 30 pm Senior Endeavor 7 0 pm Tuesday Prayer and Praise Gospel Chapel
A. W. Rudnick of Town State College advises a cream taste test using four to five housewives to compare 1 day old versus 4 day old cold cream. The fresher cream yields better flavor in the butter, affecting consumer appeal and market value.
District Governor Evan E. Rowe presented the Sully Lions Club its charter at a January 18 meeting in the Sully Community Building. A 7:00 dinner was served by the Sully Women’s Club, with visiting Lions from Lynnville Oskaloosa Montezuma Prairie City Newton Kellogg.
Iowa extension home management specialists expect 1954 farm housing to emphasize remodeling over new homes with running water and central heating. Electric service is available. lumber supply remains steady, prices mostly stable. Many families plan do it yourself projects aided by prefabricated items and power tools.
A forum on education and business featured Harry D. Linn Iowa Manufacturers Association and Marlene Sels Central College with panelists from public and Christian schools. The evening stressed industry support for education and the need to balance free enterprise with responsible practice.
Laura J Carson of Town City died suddenly of a heart attack while shopping in a drug store after previously suffering a stroke. A 45 year old Iowa City nurse, she was born in Newton Iowa and educated at the University of Iowa and the US Nursing School. She was survived by her parents Mr and Mrs Embert Carson and siblings. Funeral services were held Monday at Beckman Funeral Home in Town City.
Maggie Vanden Berg born near Pella April 5 1881 died January 22 1954 at home aged 72 years 9 months 17 days. She married John M Vande Kieft March 1 1900 and left five children, 26 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral January 25 1954 at family residence and Second Christian Reformed Church with Rev Henry Vander Kam officiating. Interment Oakwood Cemetery.
The family of Mrs. John M. Vande Kieft expresses heartfelt thanks to those who offered kindness during illness and after her death. Gratitude is extended to all who sympathized and those who sent flowers. John M. Vande Kieft and Children
Bart Vande Voort aged 80 died at 3 30 oclock Wednesday morning January 27 after seven months of illness marked by repeated strokes. Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Saturday January 30 at the Garden Chapel with a fuller obituary to run in The Chronicle February 4.
Missionary groups and Central College music department host a visit by Japanese opera singer Mrs Miyake and her husband from Ferris Girls' School in Yokohama. They will perform sacred works and plan concerts as they travel to the west coast and back to Japan, with local audiences invited to hear them next Monday.
A public interest note states freedom comes with welfare duties for others. The quote signals appreciation for an evening event and its rewarding outcome. The remark frames civic responsibility as a key qualification in public life.
The City Council met in adjourned session with all members present. Minutes from October 20 and October 26, 1958 were read and approved. Bids on Elm Street and Broad Way Street sewer extensions were received. Joan Mathes the lowest bid was accepted. Utilities reports, refunds on assessments, and various bills across General, Public Safety, Sanitation, Recreation, Water, and Sewer funds were listed and approved. The council discussed nuisance petitions and related district court matters, with several dismissals or settlements approved. The session adjourned to November 9, 1953.
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its regular meeting Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at the Legion Hall.
Clarifies that ISOLDIER ADDRESS L Q stands for Intelligence Quotient and explains its use as a military abbreviation. Notes the term appears in older records and may reflect a coding or shorthand practice in archival texts.
Pleasantville defeated Pella 53 52 in the Marion County Tournament second round at the Pleasantville gym. The Dutchesses trailed most of the first half before a second half comeback, with lead changes in the final minutes. Pleasantville finished 58 to 41 with Ganss scoring a large share of Pella’s points.
Eldon Job of Knoxville and P H Kuyper of Pella, Marion county chairs for the U S savings bonds division, report 1958 county purchases of series E and H bonds reached 1 262 188 00 dollars, 115 83 of the annual quota. Nationwide 1953 sales set a seven year record totaling 4 368 000 000, 22 higher than 1952, with 25 percent of matured 10 billion dollars in E bonds reinvested via extensions.
The fragment mentions Mahaska county with 1,165,122.00 and 126.62 tert at 72.0, Jasper county with a 2:00 time and 139.48 per, indicating a data table or financial figures. No clear event or outcome is stated.
A readership survey in Corning shows 25 percent of men and 19 percent of women recall reading a legal notice about an estate. The study by Iowa State University journalism professors examined notices on executors, administrators, creditors, and other legal ads in local weeklies.
The couple Mr and Mrs F W celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary, marking six decades of marriage with family and friends in a quiet observance.
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