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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1955
Page
4
Everett G. Ward and The Reverend Everett G Ward will preach at multiple services at Deuwstra Chapel and Trinity Church on Sunday and evening events. Classes include Sunday School and Sr. C. E sessions with guest speaker Mrs. Dave Roorda. A cordial welcome extends to all worshippers.
Anthony Haverkamp leads a church schedule: Sunday School 9:00 am on The Southern Kingdom Overthrown. morning worship 10:15 am Your Good Works. evening praise 7:30 pm The Deceitfulness of Sin. 6:30 pm Senior C. E.
The Rev C Russell Archer president of Open Bible College Des Moines will be guest speaker at 11 00 am morning worship 6 30 pm youth service 7 30 pm evangelistic service at 835 Washington Street with Rev and Mrs Archer in charge Also 9 45 am Sunday School 6 15 pm youth prayer 7 40 pm evening praise and midweek prayer Dorcas meets at 7 45 pm Temple Time broadcasts listed with stations KBOE KXEL and others The Central Reformed Church Muskegon Michigan minister R Vande Bunte will discuss The Christian s Confidence.
Society notes describe the Toom family reunion at McHenry Park Des Moines on Sunday July 17 gathering nine children and sixteen grandchildren for the first time in five years. Attendees included John of Pella Earl Bettendorf Donald Pella Rose Alexander Helen Van Der Beck Marion Jr. Dorothy Grandia Robert and David J H Toom and farewell to Delbert Alexander family moving to Hammond Indiana and Sgt Marion Toom Jr and Jill en route to Weisbaden Germany. Ladies Aid and lab group meetings are noted with hostesses and speaker Marie Lautenbach.
A study by Iowa State College specialist Zmolek notes a long term shift in American eating toward lean meats. Data show beef uptake rising from 2.5 to about 2.8 percent of spendable income from 1920 to 1954 while pork falls from 3.2 to around 2 percent, with 1954 pork drop partly due to shortage and partly to consumer preference.
John H. Stek leads a 9:30 am session on Spiritual Enlightenment focused on Ephesians 3 14 19 and a 7:30 pm session titled Prayer for Material Blessings citing Matthew 6 11, outlining themes of inner insight and outward needs.
Morning worship at 6 30 am titled The Life of Christian Gratitude. Hollandschedienst at 2 00 pm. Evening worship at 7 30 pm titled Christ Casting Out the Devils based on Matthew 8 28 32.
M Gritters pastor leads 9 30 service with reading. absent due to appointment. Evening service at 7 30 features Rev J Howerzyl delivering sermon.
The schedule lists 9:45 a.m. morning worship 11:05 a.m. church school and 7:30 p.m. evening worship. Guest minister Dr. Herbert S. Van Wyk from New Brunswick Seminary will preach at the evening service.
Rev G Lubbers invites listeners to tuning for the Reformed Witness Hour each Sunday 7 to 7 30 over KBOE Oskaloosa with singing and preaching. The program originates from First Protestant Reformed Church Grand Rapids Michigan and features Rev H L Van Dellen preaching at Amsterdam schoolhouse two miles southwest of Pella on the second and last Tuesday each month at 7 30 PM.
A Catholic church holds Sunday morning Mass at 9:00 o'clock, inviting parishioners to attend. The service schedule is listed for regular weekly worship.
Zmolek notes that quality factors affect farm product competition with other meats. Consumers increasingly equate excess fat with low quality. Over 50 years demand has moved toward lean cuts while lard and fat cuts decline.
Gerrit A. Vander Beek born February 9 1873 Alem kerk North Brabant Netherlands died July 14 1955 Collins Hospital Knoxville aged 82 years five months five days married Allie De Zwarte March 9 1900 she died March 13 1964 survives one daughter ic Mrs Nick Geurts one granddaughter Caroline and siblings Mrs Johanna Schilder Henry Vander Beek John Vander Beek funeral July 16 1955 Van Dyk-Duren Funeral Home at 1 30 p mDr P Y De Jong officiated burial Oakwood Cemetery Pella
The family thanks friends and relatives for kindness during his last illness and after his death. They acknowledge expressions of sympathy and flowers, noting Mr. and Mrs. Nick Geurts and Caroline as among the helpers.
Willem J. Clement 68 died at Mercy Hospital in Oskaloosa on July 19 after six weeks of hospitalization due to a heart condition. Survived by daughter Cornelia, he was husband to Nellie Vanden Heuvel, who died in 1939. Funeral at First Christian Reformed Church on July 22 at 1:30 p.m. Burial in Grace-Tand Cemetery.
Iowa State College expert Wm Zmolek notes lean hogs bring better value amid high lard costs. Excess finish depresses hog prices, as producers still allocate a quarter of feed to reduce lard. Lean breeding reduces feed per pound of gain and lowers overall production costs.
Cadet Murl J. Grandia, son of Mr and Mrs Murray L Grandia of Pella Iowa, prepares to board a B 36 bomber during AFROTC summer training. He is among 237 college men at George Wright Air Force Base near Spokane Washington, studying at Iowa State College in Ames.
Walter L. Brown of the Iowa Bankers Association reports that Iowa banks were the largest lenders to farmers in 1954, with most loans used for production and operating costs. The fourteenth annual farm lending survey shows production credits exceeding real estate loans, and all 615 insured Iowa banks made farm loans in 1954.
Law officers in Laurens seek vandals after cemetery monuments were toppled for the second time in a year. Citizens urged to call the news tip line 32 with information.
Mr and Mrs C E Jennings reside at U S Naval Training Center Bainbridge Village Bainbridge Maryland in the disbursing office Sp 3 Lawrence G Dykstra U S 55388995 16th Ord Co F M APO 102 San Francisco California
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