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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1933
Page
6
Local social notes list visits across relatives and neighbors in New Sharon and nearby towns. Names frequent Vander Molen Nieusma Westerkamp Heimstra Buwalda Dear Roose Van der Molen and others. Several visits to parental homes and farms noted along with a few sick and travel updates.
Miss Anna Van Oene spent Sunday with Miss Mabel Goemaat. Several Porterville residents visited friends in University Park and Pella, including the Scott, Pinkerton, Vander Syde, and Jansen households. The Porterville sewing club met July 12 with seven members, ending in embroidery and social time, hosted by Miss Antoinette Monster and Mrs. Marinus De Zwarte. Threshing commenced in the area.
Leighton News reports visits and patchwork of events around town. Stephen James and John Elmer Heemstra with cousin Mary Lois Van Zuuk spent time together. various church and family gatherings recur. Several relatives traveled to Des Moines for business and to Pella and Leighton for visits, and many locals attended a Veenschoten family reunion and other social gatherings.
The Scott Township 4H Club iris group will stage a program at Ike Jerney’s home on Friday evening July 21 featuring a musical dialogue by Edna Van Heukelom and Leona Bientema, a flower garden drill, and two plays. Cast includes Freda Den Burger Neva Veenstra Margaret Vander Linden Wilmar Vander Wilt Francis De Bruin and Edna Van Heukelem. An ice cream social will follow. Mildred De Reus is helping her grandmother Mrs Tyssel this week. Margaret Vander Linden visits cousin Mary Van Vliet in Pella this week.
Dirk Weyers suffered a serious leg injury last week while haying as a hay fork pierced the lower leg. He is recovering. Several visits occurred including Miss Carrie Bloodsworth and La Verne Weatherall of Des Moines at John Bloodsworth’s home. Albert De Joode and daughters Martha and Wilma visited Tony Robus’s home in Fifield. Hattie and Alberta De Joode visited John Bloodsworth. Anne Beyer and children Alta Marie and Bobbie visited Mrs. Neal Kuiken’s home. Will and Klaas Van Duren welcomed a baby boy born last Tuesday July 11. Joe Kool and daughter Evelyn visited Jim Hammer’s home in Newton. John Vos, working for Gerrit Vander Wiel near Prairie City, spent weekend withMarinus Vos family. Neal Huisman and Birmingham residents visited Huisman family home.
Knotholers edge Rolacroon 5 2 in the opener as both teams commit few errors and Knotholers take early lead. Second game sees Star beat Jockeys 2 1 after late scoring in the seventh, with Cummings starring in left and three key catches. Umpires were Pete Heerema Rex Dixson Bill Stout Henry G. Carson. score-keeper James Koopmans.
A letter from Albert Hoksbergen argues repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment harms Christian duty while prohibition itself harms God’s will, contending wine is biblically permitted and should be taxed but not banned. Editorial notes discuss Dr. Fox’s stance and warn against mocking religious belief as societal norms shift.
A reader reflects on Sunday Open Bible services in Pella and recalls his father’s sermons. He argues the world’s pursuit of wealth and pleasure does not negate God’s Word or end times. The writer cites biblical figures and warns that satire echoes past disbelief.
In the opener Rolsereen edges Jockeys 2 to 1 after a quiet scoring run late, with errors and key hits by Tysseling and Rolsecreen featuring in the box score. Batteries were Rolscreen Weyers Braafhart for Rolsereen and Breuklander Van Niewaal for the Jockeys. In the second game Shell defeats Knotholers 8 to 2 in eight innings after a late rally sparked by Leater-Liter and Donai Ver Meer, with Wisse tagged for the loss after a string of walks. Shell wins on Wisse’s wildness and Donai’s clutch hits. Two separate incidents follow: 15-year-old Gordon Mitchell remains in critical condition after a mower incident near Montezuma, and two El kader high school girls drown near the area.
Fragmentary text mentions large sums and institutions. Total reserves near eight hundred thousand and a reference to May. No clear subjects, dates, or entities identifiable for a reliable summary.
Chronicle Weekly Health Message notes auto death rate fell to 16.9 per 100000 in 1982 from 22.8 in 1931 with 419 deaths in 1932 and 564 in 1981. Officials attribute part of the decline to safety campaigns and public awareness about automobile hazards, though other factors are noted.
Four Keys sisters Mona Roberta Leota and Mary quad- ruplets graduated in Hollis Oklahoma. The girls, all 18, have long fascinated scientists as one of the rare same-sex quadruplets reaching maturity. They face college options at Baylor or Stephens.
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