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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1941
Page
8
A brief notice notes major emphasis on farm management with focus on forestry. Burson states the program splits time among class discussion field demonstrations and problem assignments highlighting practical training for students.
A collage of classified items lists high grade white lead paint at 2.50 a gallon tinted or white, multiple farms for sale near Pella with various acreage, a two row corn picker in repair by Ulrich Motor Co, fruit and general merchandise, debt collection services, eczema and athlete’s foot remedies with Ru-Bon products, immediate Watkins route opening in Pella, local agents Leydens Produce offering Miniul M M pricing, and heating duct and furnace surveys by Green Colonial Furnace Co Des Moines.
Trucking ad seeking work hauling livestock grain coal or any cargo. Attends sales at Knoxville on Tuesday and Friday. Contact Connie Vanden Board at home 62 on 4 Pella. Also G Van Dyke offers trucking and safe movement. Phone 139.
Gezel Car Shop advertises repair of wrecked cars with Fender work refinishing and repainting to look like new. Bring your damaged vehicle for restoration.
A deckhand with a speech impediment pleads on the bridge and sings about a missing captain as the storm rages while the jokesmiths mock Confucius with atomy talk. The Toledo Chronicle and Toledo American publish quips on spending, gardens, and canning.
A column from Pella describes a bird friendly yard where thrushes wrens and other species nest and interact with residents like Mrs. Pietenpol. It includes church news, teaching plans, and neighborhood social notes, plus a long list of local visitors, weddings, births, and service members heading to the army.
The weekly column reports threshing slowed by heavy rains, visits by Bernice and Joyce Ver Ploeg near Leighton, and rounds to the De Bruin and De Reus families. It notes funerals, a birth in Oskaloosa, a child’s death in Osage, and local helpers cooking for threshers.
Notice is given there is a will filed in the Marion County District Court Iowa for Antonie Vander Waals deceased. A hearing to prove validity is set for 10:00 a.m. August 6 1941 at Knoxville Iowa before the Clerk. Objections must be on file by the date of hearing.
Mrs H W Vriezelaar hosted a gathering as Mrs John Wagner announces the marriage of Wilma Wagner to Orville Kaldenberg with Rev J Allen Webb officiating. The couple will reside with Kaldenberg's parents after a July 5 ceremony in California. Also on July 6 Ruth Cowman wed Hubert Elrod at Edith Cowman’s home. The double ring service was by Rev William Martin with only relatives present. Wesley Baddely, Monroe High athletic coach, was also noted.
Case neighbors report Children's Bible School begins Monday July 14 at Case School with lessons 2 to 1 45 led by Miss Dorothy May Folville and Miss Ruth Abuhl Ankeny Iowa Two week session includes Gospel team from Des Moines entertaining July 18 and July 25 at 8 pm Everyone welcome Local families share visit reports and car notes provide a snapshot of the area weekly life
Soil Conservation technicians and FSA county supervisors from every Iowa area attend a two week training program at Iowa State College starting July 21. Extension agronomist Paul M. Burson chairs the event which limits attendance due to space. The course theme is Principles of Farm Planning and covers agronomy animal husbandry farm management and agricultural engineering fields.
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