Local News Notes and Community Visits Mix
Local notes report visitors and trips in and around Pella including John Heerema family at his sister’s home, J M Cox in Des Moines, Puritan Drug Co fruit jars sale, and many relatives visiting in town. Rainstorm details mention 5.21 inches fell overnight, widening creeks and washed bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Heerema
John Hollander
Lacey
Puritan Drug Co
G. D. Woolford
Des Moines
Pella
Richard Benson
Rowena
Montrose
Colo
Dick Weyers
Y W C A Service Army at Camp Dodge Hostess House
A partial report details Hostess House at Camp Dodge serving 41 071 meals in three months and housing 1 985 women for sick relatives. Wedding ceremonies occur on request, with staff coordinating arrivals, rest rooms, sick rooms, nursery care, and coordination with camp headquarters and local clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Dodge
Adele Lyle
M. F. Club of Women
Quincy
Delphians
Des Moines
Adele Lyle YWCA Camp Director in homelike lobby
In a homelike lobby setting Miss Adele Lyle appears as the YWCA Camp Director with writing desks and stationery available for visitors, suggesting a welcoming, organized space for campers or staff. The scene emphasizes hospitality and administrative readiness within the camp environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adele Lyle
Church and Pulpit Second Reformed and Baptist Schedule
The Second Reformed church lists services at 9:30 Sunday school 10:45 morning worship with sermon The Second Mile 3:00 Junior Endeavor 6:30 Senior Endeavor and 7:30 Evening worship by Rev Marion Gosselink Also 7:30 Wednesday prayer meeting led by Rev H M Bruins Baptist services at 10:45 and 8:00 Bible School 9:30 Junior Union 3:00 Senior B Y P U 7:00 Prayer meeting and Bible study Wednesday 8:00 Pastor Robert Carroll extends a cordial invitation to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Gosselink
Holland, Mich
The
Reformed Church
South Branch
N. J
Pella
Second Reformed Church
Second Reformed
H. M. Bruins
All. Bible School
Robert Carroll
First Reformed Sunday Service Promises Brief Evening Chorus
Sunday evening the mixed quartet will sing The Son of God by Bruno Huhn with solos for Miss Riet veld and Mr Ver Hey. Mr John Gosselink will sing The Two Cities by Gray. The chorus choir leads gospel hymn singing and the pastor delivers short sermons. Service begins at 8 o clock and lasts about one hour with an unusually large congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son of God
Bruno Huhn
Miss Rietveld
Ver Hey
John Gosselink
Gray
Portland Congressman Reed Sees Stranger Offer Car Advice
A stranger accosted Congressman Thomas B. Reed as he left his Portland office. The man, evidently intoxicated, asked where to obtain a car for the depot and was directed to the next corner where two cars stood. Reed advised taking the first one, noting the other would not be there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Thomas B. Reed
Mr. Reed
Removal Notice of Cook & Son Insurance Agency
Cook and Son move their insurance agency from Pella National Bank to the Booster Press office. W. W. Cook will devote his entire time to Insurance and Farm Loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook & Son
Pella National Bank
Booster Press
W. W. Cook
John Hancock and the Large Signature Legend
The first signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock, wrote his name so large that he claimed King George II could read it without glasses. This anecdote explains the origin of the slang term Hancock used as a bold signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hancock
John Hanecock
George II of
England
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J. M. Cox
Stratton and
Lucile
C. L. Eller
Ottumwa
F. R. Gambell
N. Meppelink
Herman Paul
Gerald Anthon
Leighton
Murray Ten Hagen
Prairie City
G. G. Thomassen
Lou Thomassen
Lou
Sylvia
Linn Platt
C. H. Randall
A. Blick
Christian Reformed Church
Otley
Orange City
Edgerton
Mifin
Richard Sybenga
Richard
Davenport
K. G. Brunia
Calhoun Creek
Buck Creek
Calhoun
R. B. Hendershot
Monroe Mirror
Newton Daily News
Fleet van Gorkum
Kohrdang
Moses van Gorkum
J. C. Smith
Laura van Gorkum
Ruby
Roy Rohrdanz
Francis
Thomas Mann
Grinnell
Joan Faassen
Chicago
Broadway
Henry Verhey
Citizens National Bank
Nick Vander Ploeg
Ben
Boon
Yella Heerema
Carl Byers
Orew James
Rose Hill
Mary
W. F. Crew
Mercy Nel Des Moines
Martha
Fternoon
L. Popma’s
John Branshart
Catherine
Prairie “City
P. D. Wagaman
H. A. Sadler
Cedar Falls
Jennie van Zante
Topeka
Kans
Sioux City
Iowa
Marie van Zee
H. M. Tusseling
Oskaloosa
E. T. Metz
Cornelia Rhynsburger
Glen Cove
N. Y
John Goodhart
Robert
Blakesburg
J. H. Veenstra
Walter McNaught
Indianola
W. E. Houck
Wilson
Geel. Hoffman
Harry DeHaan
Prairie ‘City
Jacob Brand
John Brand
Faulkton
S. C
Brand
Andrew Wormhoudt
John Ellicott
G. F. Sadier
First Reformed Church
Athletic Union
Carrie Halbert
Verna
Central City
Leno Tolling
Cedar Rapids
Stronghurst
Clarence van Maren
Ruth Grandia
Art Grandia
Florence Grandia
Irene Grandia
Marié van Zee
William Jennings Bryan
Merédith
Mercedes
Jeluma
Frella
Baptist
U. S. Army
Navy
Vander Linden
Raxaklh
Y. T. van Niewaal
Athena
Skein
Germantown
Saxony
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