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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1938
Page
6
News of nearby towns records visits and calls by Vander Krol Vander Wilt and related families in Grinnell Oskaloosa and Pella. Reunions attendance at a Van der Wilt gathering included Willemsen and Vander Wilt families. A Grinnell sale and a hospital visit in Mercy Os kaloosa are noted with several local names.
Case Mr and Mrs Milo De Jong near Galesburg spent Tuesday evening visiting and sharing ice cream at the parental John De Jong home. Neighbors held threshing machine meeting Monday at Harry Williams home. Evert Vander Pol family were Oskaloosa callers Thursday. John De Jong family visiting Milo De Jong Sunday. William Rykhoek visited Vander Pol Friday. Jeanette Williams spent Friday with Irene Elscott. Willemsen attended Vander Wilt reunion at Pete Rozendaal home in Sully Saturday.
Cordova Lorena Van Hemert, with parents, traveled to Newton Friday for eye glasses and made a similar trip Tuesday. Marjorie Bricker works at Benjamin Franklin store in Knoxville. The Eden children have whooping cough.
Community updates include residents visiting relatives in Grinnell and Centerville, new car purchases by Hobart Nicholas and Herman Stierneman, hay and baler planning by R M Hart and Lynn Perkey, and stirrings of school census duties. July Jason born to Herman De Heer, grandson of Pete Van Hemert, with several visits and weekend activities noted among Hart, Perkey, Van Heer t families. Otley ball team played Pleasantville. score 3-3 through six, then Pleasantville pulled away. Red Rock Ladies Aid activity incomplete.
A local sale conducted on Monday fetched more than $16, with bidders competing for items and prices rising on the auction floor. The event drew a modest crowd and several notable purchases were reported.
Sally Heinie Brower and Marion Rempe traveled to Marshalltown. Des Moines visit to see patient Mrs. Wm Vos after goiter operation. Gatherings include threshers meeting at D Bruxvoort home with Elscott Roten Holdsworth and others. Claire Boat returned from Knoxville. Mino Willock stayed with E Meredith in Oskaloosa. Martha Circle of the Ref church met at Mrs. Maasdam with plans for July 14 ice cream social.
The Chronicle highlights two Future Farmers of America members, Jacob De Haan with his sheep and Mark De Prenger with purebred Duroc Jersey pigs. Mark explains pig qualities to superintendent C. C. Buerkens as the 60 day old pigs weigh 37 pounds, exceeding Duro Jersey standards, with plans to breed and sell to farmers. Jacob shows twin lambs and praises sheep as a valuable farm project for cleaning lots and boosting farm appearance and profit.
In Pella Iowa Mark De Prenger and Jacob De Haan outline their 4H and FFA cattle and lamb programs. They describe purer bred Duroc pigs, litter weights around 225 pounds, and lambs weighing 55 pounds at three months. They discuss feeding, expected profits, and their plans as they move into higher grades.
Flora Gertsma attended a discussion at the Ref. church Mrs G Van Gen deren and Mrs Bernard Vander Pol hosted. Among others present were Mr and Mrs L De Penning G Van Genderen Vander Pol F De Jong Ad ian Rozendaal and B Vander Pol. Pete Pleima and son John Blom and Gilbert visited in T Blom home Tuesday. Sully moved week with Evert Verwers moving and storing furniture Wm Dieleman moved into his house and the Wildmans moved into Dieleman residence The Wildmans from Sioux City now own the local drug store The Fooma reunion was at G C Jansen home with 45 attending Pete Fopma and four grandchildren from Michigan present Vander Wilt reunion at Pete Rozendaal’s with a pot luck dinner 34 people There was a trip to Britt Iowa for Amelia Andreas Left Saturday Erma Jean Dieleman had a tonsillectomy this week.
Mrs Henry Maasdam and Mrs Leo Maasdam share recent visits with friends as Jennie Budding and Joan Wielaard attend a gathering. Betty De Jong spent a week at the Ed De Zwarte home in Knoxville while Henry Swank visited the Art Huyser home. Mrs C O Macy hosted contract bridge with high score for Mrs John Elscott. A farewell for Mrs Loren Eldridge accompanies a large afternoon gathering at the C J Sparks home. Ladies Aid at Community Church held a meeting with a varied program under Mrs Fred De Vries.
The Nov 6 1924 Pella Chamber of Commerce Bulletin notes activities of the Pella club and announces Mrs Ellsworth Richardson head of the Women’s Department of the Iowa Farm Bureau and State Lecturer would attend.
The record covers the next general meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. J T Van Zante hosted a sign contest with prizes. First prize went to Johnny Goedhart for Let he who is without tin cast the first stone. Second to Paul Vander Zyl for Capacity 24 000 one at a time. Third to Luke Vander Linden for Excuse me if I seem in a hurry Another installment's due.
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