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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1950
Page
4
Local notes recount daily life in Pella and nearby areas with visits, family events, birthdays, and church news. Residents like Mrs. Vander Kolk, Andrew Kool, Gerrit Ustermarkt, and Rev. Muller frequent gatherings, hospital plans, and a church redecoration project after a wind storm.
The column reports on Sunday afternoon services at the Second Christian Reformed Church of Polla led by Pastor Herman A De Jones, Carol Faye Stursma’s hip surgery at Blank Memorial Hospital in Des Moines, and recent church activities. It notes visitors and guests, including reflections on vacations and social gatherings, plus weather and haying conditions. Names of local residents and families appear throughout, with references to July 4 travel plans and multiple hospital and church events.
A sequence of social notes from Iowa to Michigan details birthdays visits and guests. Carol Kay and Daryla Kay of Zuni New Mexico along with Miss Helen Vos of Grand Rapids Michigan are honored on a tieth birthday with visits and travel between households. Various families host dinners parties and church events including a Male Chorus trip to Pella for a sacred music program and a wiener roast at a church lawn. Local ministers seminary students and guests are named along with travel to Iowa and Canada and plans for academic studies at Westminster Theological Seminary.
The Harrison Zippers 4-H Club met at Helen Hoover's home to map plans for the Farm Bureau meeting. Committee members Reuvena Dieleman Evelyn De Bruyn and Leona Fallis were chosen to plan the achievement show. Salad demonstrations followed and refreshments ended the gathering.
Iowa farmers face widespread bloat in cattle due to heavy June rains boosting alfalfa growth. Veterinarian John Herrick notes several chronic bloaters on dry hay, suggests selling affected cattle, and outlines prevention including early pasture exposure, mixing grasses, self-fed grain, and avoiding legumes. Front-quarter elevation and rope chewing advised to ease gas. trochar as last resort.
Kenneth McCombs of Bussey died from suffocation after his car rolled 430 feet down an embankment into a creek with about three feet of water. The incident ended his life when the vehicle submerged.
The new Iowa Safety Congress announces a two week highway safety effort from August 22 to September 5. It aims to reduce traffic deaths, projecting about 26 lives lost during the period, and features a safety flag with streamers to mark fatalities or injuries. Mrs Edna Lawrence Ottumwa safety commissioner leads the Drive Right campaign committee.
A poultry expert from Iowa State College says yellow coloring in a hen’s beak and legs signals a non-producer. Cull non-layers early to save feed costs and prevent depreciation at sale as hot weather drives more hens to stop laying.
Iowa State College extension weed control specialist warns that drift from 2,4-D spray can kill neighboring plants. Recommends low pressure near plants, amine forms near sensitive foliage, separate sprayers, and thorough cleaning with ammonia to prevent damage. test spray before use to protect gardens and orchards.
Whitfield notes that market prices dip as more low quality birds enter the market. He cautions buyers and sellers that quality declines may accompany increased volume, affecting overall prices and demand.
Visitors at the National Duroc Congress in Cedar Rapids July 28 29 may judge hogs in a judging contest starting Friday at 9 45 am. Prizes are offered in seven classes of four animals and final scores in the barrow class mix on foot and carcass results. A special division for women focuses on judging pork chops on the hoof alongside divisions for Duroc breeders commercial pork producers and 4 H and FFA members.
The judging contest is one part of a two day program at the 1950 National Duroc Congress sponsored as a public service to boost profitable pork production. Participants include Town State College Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce All-Fair Association and United Duroc Record Association.
A flash flood swept Dolhe creek over its banks near Mediapolis sweeping 65 year old Lena Hellenthal from her pasture where she tended cows. Her body was found the next morning about three miles from her home.
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