Social highlights from Pella area clubs and weddings
Community notes from Pella cover a July 18 wedding of Harry Neyenesch and Alberta White in Chillicothe Iowa, with future residence in Bethlehem Pennsylvania. Also listed are picnics reunions club meetings and social gatherings at the Harrington, Van Baalen, Ameureka, Pro-Wo, and World Wide Guild groups, plus various hostesses and afternoon teas and restaurant gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry G. Neyenesch
Henry Neyenesch
Pella
Alberta White
A. T. White
Chillicothe
Michigan
First National Bank of
McClintie-Marshall Construction Company
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem
Pennsylvania
The
Chronicle
Mr. Neyenesch
Community Social Highlights In Oskaloosa Iowa
Several local gatherings are reported including Knoxville visitors hosted by Mrs Bert Baron on Broadway. Gertrude Bruinekool hosted Sunday school class at Second Reformed church picnic at Grundman grove. Brand family reunion near OsKaloosa at Peter Visscher home and Wheeler family fifth annual reunion at 327 North B street featured meals and visiting with many relatives from Fairfield Rose Hill Pella and Beacon among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrington
H. W. Ward
Harvey
C. F. Harrington
Pella
Town State College
Fairgrounds
Oskaloosa
Wayne Wilson
Gertrude Bruinekool
Second Reformed Church
Grundman’s Grove
Brand
Peter Visscher
Wheeler
Ira Wheeler
North B Street
Miriam
Violet
Russell’ Parsons
Wayne
Lelia Marie
Fairfield
Henry Brower
Donna Iva
William Marion
Miles van Polen
Rose Hill
Carl Wheeler
Beacon
George W. Wheeler
Nellie Nicola
Clint Wheeler
Iva Garren
Irvin Wheeler
Mist Moore
Roy
Rose Nella Wheeler
Nettie Howe
City Council Proceedings 1931 Regular Meeting Summary
City Council met May 21 1931 in regular session with Mayor Fultz presiding. Minutes approved. Declined street grading in block 5. ordered a cement walk on Oskaloosa street in block 6. Official bonds for City Solicitor and Electric Superintendent approved. Sewage disposal plant contract and land purchase agreements approved. Bills approved totaling 8418 21 for coal 204 95 freight on water mains 84 20 freight on lead. Tax budget hearing set for August 4 1931. Electric meter discrepancy noted 1250 K W and expert electrician to investigate fue. Adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fultz
Oskaloosa Street
South
Pella
Electric Department
W. B. Carter
Huyser and Langstraat
Impromptu Lunch Pantry Ideas and Summer Dishes
A compact guide lists pantry staples for impromptu lunches such as Salmon Tuna fish Sardines Catsup Pickles Salad dressing and Salt with cornstarch to prevent clumping in heat. It also offers a Fancy Luncheon Dish for Summer Toast with fried tomato sweet breads and mushroom gravy plus a Chicken Delight macaroni dish and a Fruit Ginger Ale beverage with pineapple grape juice and spice notes.
Cheap Angel Food Cake Recipe Fragments
Fragmentary recipe notes list ingredients including sugar flour baking powder cream tartar milk vanilla and egg whites. Measurements appear garbled with missing fractions and uncertain amounts. The readable items suggest a basic angel food cake method using beaten egg whites and light dairy.
Fourfold Sifted Dry Mix Cake Method
Mix well sugar flour cream tartar baking powder and salt sifted four times. Add scalded milk slowly while hot stirring as added. Add flavoring. Mix well. Fold in stiffly beaten whites. Pour into ungreased cake tins bake slowly 45 minutes. Remove from oven invert and cool.
Frosting Recipe Mix With Milk And Butter
Instructions describe whipping 2 tablespoons hot milk with 3 percent butter, then folding in a cup of confectioners sugar. The mixture is stirred until smooth, flavored, and ready to spread as a frosting.
Sewing Hint To Prevent Puckering Sheer Materials
Household hints advise placing paper under delicate fabrics like muslin or crepe de chine while sewing to avoid puckering. After stitching the seam, the paper tears away easily. Hints for women touring recommend dressing naturally with a small hat and a thin dark dress for hot days instead of heavy garments.
All Head and No Body Away Back Before the War
A claim that yellow journalism began to flourish in big cities prior to the Spanish War, sparked by an enterprising publisher in a small upstate New York town who launched a weekly to imitate sensational reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Former Chronicle linotype operator dies in Des Moines
James M. Burke, 65, a former Chronicle linotype operator, died July 20 1931 in Des Moines. He was an early Oskaloosa printer at the Herald and Globe, later worked in Pella, then at the Times-Globe until retirement. Survived by daughter Hazel Burke of Oskaloosa and brother Thomas Burke of What Cheer. Burial at What Cheer Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Burke
Chronicle
Des Moines
Jim
Oskaloosa
Herald and Globe
Pella
Times- Globe
Hazel Burke
Thomas Burke
What Cheer
Town
Facts For Farmers Simple Budding Method
The Jones budding method is simple and fast per the U S Department of Agriculture. A bark section is cut from the stock, the shield bud pared and placed, with bark flap securing the bud until tied. Beeswax strips are preferred for bandaging, raffia optional. Well cured hay minimizes spontaneous heating loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States
Fire safety and vivid spring salad ideas from an old page
The text notes a fire pocket in hay and advises removing hay immediately with extinguishing tools or water to prevent air entering the pocket and possible flames. It also explains a dish called shirred eggs cooked in butter with pepper in water bath and offers a French dressing tip and a colorful method for assembling a fresh spring salad with varied greens and bright toppings.
Grandpa Wayback on Education Costs and Time’s Toll
In reminiscence, a speaker notes that in the old days education could be afforded for less than the cost to amuse a baby today. The saying also remarks that while face painting cannot fool Father Time, age still brings creaks and joints challenges.
Praises Doctor As Indigestion Pains Vanish
A Detroit woman Grace Wheeler credits her doctor and Pape's Diapepsin with curing seven years of indigestion. She reports weight regain and quick relief from heartburn headaches and nausea after meals. The ad claims physicians endorsed the tablets and offers a free trial box from Wheeling West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Wheeler
Church St
Highland Park
Detroit
Michigan
Pape
Wheeling
W. Va
Wet Hands Save Many Small Fish Washington
Officials of the American Game Association urge anglers to wet hands before handling fish. Dry hands disturb the protective film, allowing fungi to attach to injuries and kill fish. Wet hands prevent damage, keeping fish alive for future sport and food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Game Association
How the Body Cools Itself in Hot Weather
Doctor William J. Scholes explains that human temperature stays near 98.6 F, with heat from muscles driving production. Heat loss occurs mainly through skin by radiation, conduction, and evaporation of perspiration, aided by skin blood flow and brain heat regulation. Evaporation speeds with air flow and porous, breathable clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Scholes
Water intake supports body cooling and hydration
The text explains that drinking sufficient water replaces fluids lost by perspiration and helps maintain the heat dissipating mechanism. It advises avoiding excessive food and strenuous activity to reduce body heat production and prevent tissue drying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnet- Brown Corp
Chicago
Illness and recoveries noted in local hospital updates
Reports from the area detail partial improvements and ongoing concerns. James Nunninkhoven shows some progress after paralysis. Mrs. Gerrit Van Heukelem improves slowly at Mahaska hospital. J S Jelsma remains in serious condition after an automobile accident. Julian Vander Schaaf underwent a nasal operation in Newton and misses work at Doctors Carpenter and Wormhoudt. Leon Simonse recovers after heat illness. Elma Le Cocq injures hand from flying glass during a storm. Arthur Hoffman cuts his hand at Korn-Sybenga bakery. Henry Willemsen, eight, breaks arm cranking a cat. June Allen improves enough to walk a little. Lillie Vander Linden undergoes surgery in Des Moines and is treated at Lutheran hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit van Heukelem
Mahaska Hospital
J. S. Jelsma
Vander Linden visitor in Des Moines after hospital stay
Mr. and Mrs. B F Vander Linden and Mrs. Wm Van Sittert visited Mrs Edward Vander Linden in Lutheran hospital Monday. They report she is progressing as well as can be expected. Chronicle want ads bring results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Vander Linden
Wm. van Sittert
Des Moines
Edward Vander Linden
Lutheran Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gerald Paardekooper
Black
Neal van Hemert
Cleo
James van Hemert
Knoxville
Dave Koopmans
Eddyville
Gerrit Koopmans
Leighton
Gertrude Hankamp
G. Hankamp
Triple-Tre Club
Hoogenakker Camp
Wm. van Baalen
West Second Street
Mrs. van Baalen
Roy Andeweg
Merry-Fu Club
A. Hollebrands
Peace Street
F. N. Harrington
PRO
Grandman Grove
H. N. Cannon
Ministerial Circle
Classis Pella
Kool
Jacobs
Ameureka Auxiliary
Ameureka
F. E. and
Neal Verros
John Adair
John J. Kamerick
Betty Butts
World Wide Guild
Y. T. van Niewaal
Grundman Grove
Mae Thomassen
Gertrude Neyenesch
Mable Hoekstra
W. Steenhoek
Helen Neyenesch
Albert van Heukelem
Orin van Niewaal
Baptist Sunday School
Skunk River
Elmwood Inn
Business Men’s Club
R. K. Dan
F. Eb, Hyatt
Lucille Filler
J. F. Dykstra
Broadway
H. Veenstra
Mart Klein
J. P. Klein
Wm. Bruinekool
Bert Baron
League For Service
League For Service of the First Reformed Church
J. P. Grandman
George van Vork
Brand Family Gathering
City Council
Betty Webster
Irvin S. Cobb
Irving
Cobe
Pete Slocum
Steed
American News Features, Inc
Wayback
N. Main St
Apellere
Alth
James Nunninkhoven
Julian Vander Schaaf
Newton
Carpenter and Wormhoudt
Leon Simonse
Elma le Cocq
G. L. LeCocq
Arthur Hoffman
Korn-Sybenga
Henry
John Willemsen
Route Two
June Allen
Lillie Vander Linden
Lutheran
Sunnyside
Sunnyside Beauty Shop
Ie Sadler
Korn Sybenga
Montana
Thoro
Korn’s Bakery
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