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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1939
Page
4
Dear Editor reports a porch discussion at a local drugstore where a narrator and a doctor trade views on cyclical spending patterns. They warn that future generations plan to match elder spending, leaving questions about what happens after the money ends and whether, eventually, living arrangements will shift.
Rose Hill residents hosted and visited family last week including Arie and Mrs Van Haat ten at Rich Vander Leest’s home. Johnny VanderWerff took a week off due to chicken pox. Neighbors attended an ice cream social in Reasnor. Des Moines repairman Lang fixed stoves nearby. Neal Vander Werf learned of cousin Roy Deavinger’s death in Oregon. funeral held in Galesburg. Ninnie Mae Vanden Berg visited uncle George Vanden Berg in Pella. others, including Mike Vander Zyl and Helen Dicleman of Sully, called at Rich Vander Leest’s home.
Peoria notes a busy farming period with corn still growing while clover is cut and grain fields turning white ready for reaping. The scene suggests unemployment worries lessen as harvest progresses and field work dominates rural labor.
Franci daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Johnson is in Mercy hospital Skaloosa for medical treatment with a heart leakage and serious illness but improving. Also noted is Mrs Geo Stursma in Mahaska hospital Oskaloosa improving and able to go home. her sister Henry Scholten of Grand Rapids Michigan is helping with housework while two daughters Martha and Mary accompany.
Joe Harthorn Jr and Henrietta Van der Pol wed June 30 at 6 30 pm with Treva Buitenwerf and Marion Dieleman as witnesses. The bride wore a white gown and the groom a dark suit. They will reside on a Monroe area farm with relatives from Kellogg and nearby families.
Plans for Iowa's seventh annual State Fair rodeo were announced by officials. The rodeo will open one night earlier than usual this year due to an exceptionally crowded opening week program of events.
The event runs three nights through Aug 26 featuring wild horse riding bulldogging calf roping steer riding bareback riding and wild horse racing open to competitors worldwide Officials expect about 100 top riders ropers from the west and southwest Fresh horses steers and calves will be shipped from Texas and Wyoming a week before the fair A circus fireworks and a festival of light will augment each night A second week brings a musical extravaganza Aug 27 to Sept 1
About 200 million more bushels of corn were on farms April 1 1939 than a year earlier according to a USDA survey cited by Iowa State College economists. Consumption remains near last year’s pace, exports are down, and livestock numbers are up only modestly. Iowa stocks under seal total about 140 million bushels with total farm stocks near 307 million. a larger carryover of about 440 to 454 million is projected for next fall.
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