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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1935
Page
6
Community notices describe visitors to Des Moines and Pella areas including Gerrit Carver family, Mr and Mrs Herman Tuinstra, and many others. It mentions farm work resuming after the Des Moines River rise, Fourth of July celebrations in Pella, school board meeting at Fifield, and social events with local families in Ottley Murphy’s and Newton areas.
Cordova Artie Zegers returned home Saturday of last week from the Gerrit Viseer residence. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rexroat and family visited their son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Leo Waits and daughter near Knoxville. Fern stayed to visit Mrs. Waits for a few days. A local farmers union meeting was held at the Rean Ver wers home at Pella Friday night. A cool crowd attended after business, with refreshments served.
A large family gathering near Taintor and multiple Leser relatives from Lynnville Kellogg Oskaloosa and Des Moines joined Neal and Sally Van Gorp at their July Fourth celebration at the Vander Wilt home. Attendees included Hubbard Rupe De Jong Rozendaal Brand Van Genderen Van Gorp and several grandchildren with a noon cafeteria meal and social afternoon.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables in a 20th Century Zanuck production arrives at the Princess Theatre Oskaloosa for four days starting Sunday July 14. Richard Boleslawski directs with Fredric Marek Charles Laughton Sir Cedric Harwicke Rochelle Hudson John Beal in leading roles flanked by Jessie Ralph Florence Eldridge Verdian Gottschalk Knowlden and Evans as a child in era Copper. screenplay by W P Lipscomb.
Community members from Porterville, Des Moines and surrounding towns hosted visits at various homes, noted dinner guests, and Sunday calls. The Des Moines River flood waters affected weekend plans, delaying events near Otlette and postponing Union Sunday, with residents continuing to check on neighbors amid high water.
News notes the Amsterdam region sees the Des Moines river rise ten feet in a week causing farmland damage. Two inches of silt covers pasture and corn signs disappear under water as debates about silt benefits for soil and fish arise amid ongoing flood woes. Mrs. Nellie Schakel visits afterward.
The text describes a visitor from Minnesota staying a few days with relatives in Des Moines, mentioning Ishmel Woods, and notes Rev Ralph Nordlund delivering a sermon at East Amsterdam school next Sunday at 2:00 p.m. It also records Mrs Carl Vnckert staying with her sister Mrs William Schakel in Perth to assist, a blocked road east of Howell station, favorable farming weather with plowing haying and hoeing underway, and remarks on damage suffered.
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