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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1939
Page
6
Local notices recount Sunday visits among families in Otley and surrounding areas, with numerous gatherings at Waardhuizen and Vander Kalk homes. The Otley school board met. farmwork, coal shipments, and care of flowers feature in community updates across Des Moines to Moravia and Knoxville.
Des Moines visitors and local residents gathered for social calls and a funeral near Kellogg. Zegers and Vander Leest families hosted gatherings, Keuning and Klein couples visited, and pallbearers attended the Haarthorn funeral. Rene Van Engelenhoven injured stepping in a spike and received medical care. John Vanden Berg buys a smaller combine and prepares to harvest.
Cordova residents share weekly happenings from church gatherings to farm chores. Local visits, harvests, raspberries picked, bees tended, and youth activities mingle with school board book closings and scouting trips, highlighting neighbors, farms, and small town ties.
The Ladies Aid of the Christian Reformed church met in church parlors after Bible study led by Rev. The regular business session followed with Mrs. D. presiding. Attendees included J. Griffioen, Mrs. P. Kloostra, Mrs. B. Meppelink, Mrs. N. sen, Mrs. Nicuwland, Mr B. Bruxvoort and Mrs. K. B. Versteegh. Also noted were travels and visits by several local families and a hospital patient update for Robert Castorf in Skiff Memorial hospital Newton.
A flurry of Sunday visits and returned travels weave through local households. D. Sjaardema and family hosted. Renaud and Kaldenberg families traveled from Colorado Springs and Hollandale. Rev Win Van Rees and kin returned to Sanborn. Jennie Budding and Kathryn Kaldenberg visited Searsboro. Detours to Estherville and Clear Lake for family ties and hospital checks marked the weekend.
Miss Wilma Slot of Pella visited for a few days at the home of her aunt Mrs. A Vande Haw. Rev and Mrs. Ira J. hosted the third division Bible class Monday evening with games and refreshments. seventeen attended. Miss Mary Lois Van Zoute is ill with mumps and bronchitis. A Willing Workers program and social drew a large crowd with speaker Mrs. A N Vander Linden of Pella. Jeanette De Prenger married Robert Rouwenhorst at the Reform parsonage Friday night.
The double ring ceremony united Mr. and Mrs. A Rouwenhorst of Pella with Rev Ira J Hes selink officiating. After a wedding trip to northern Iowa they will reside in Pella where he is a Sybenga bakery partner. A bridal shower honored Mrs. Lester Klein hosted by Mrs. Tony De Jong and Mrs. Wilbur De Bruin featured contests, lunch, and guests from Pella and Grand Rapids Michigan.
Analysis notes that the United States imports coffee at a volume equal to the combined imports of every other country worldwide, underscoring the U S as the single largest consumer market for coffee. The statement highlights the scale of American demand and its impact on global trade patterns.
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