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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1942
Page
9
Army and Navy reports describe Allied victories with tanks and guns outperforming enemy armor, plus multiple Allied strikes in the Pacific and European theaters. Operations include air and naval actions near Hankow Canton and Wake Island, with salvage drives and production boosts for wartime needs.
County agents and breeders associations worked with fair board volunteers to reroof barns at the fairgrounds, with completion looming as funding stretched. Marion County farmers report good hay yields with alfalfa and clover, Sudan grass rising, bluegrass pastures browning, and plans for second crop pasturing and seed production amid seasonal moisture concerns.
A local newspaper piece extols backyard barbecues as wartime entertainment. It highlights Max Cullen as a barbecue authority with new tips for cooking franks and meat, plus guidance on weather, potatoes, and cooking technique to make barbecue a popular home pastime across the nation.
Agricultural analysis notes that price support measures favor farmers, with price parity programs and proposed controls potentially raising farm incomes. The discussion cites effects on input costs, consumer prices, and broader market stability amid national regulatory moves.
A fragmented meditation blends reflections on faith, the tide, and guidance from a father figure. It weaves imagery of nature with passages about trust, peace, and resilience, mentioning a living child, a service flag, and a daughter who rules the world, framed by a Tennessee Herald selection.
Leighton residents and visitors are noted in social items including Art and Mrs Den Adel and their son from Gary Indiana visiting the parental home of Mrs John Den Adel and David Grandia. Mercy Hospital treatment updates and local illness notes are included along with church society activities and weekend visits by Maurice Tusseling of Austin Minnesota.
Mr and Mrs Bernard Rozendaal of Sioux Falls and others were dinner guests of Rev and Mrs A Rozendaal and family. J B Vander Linden and daughter visited Julius Ustermarkt. Connie De Bruin and sons joined Fred Grandin and family for a Saturday supper. Tony De Jong and relatives held a picnic at Edmundson Park. De Prenger family joined a Lake Keomah picnic. De Brain and Junior hosted a reunion.
Mrs Mattie Vander Linden, longtime resident of Milton, died after a long illness. Survived by five children Leonard, Connie, Marion, Trevor, and Kenneth, plus many grandchildren. funeral services held at the Pella Cooperative Church with interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. The family notes her life on farms near Velia, with distant ties to the Raw Het Deadlies Aid Society and Eastern Star Chapter No. 68.
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