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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1946
Page
2
Local families host guests from Creston Waterloo and Springfield with notes on visits and picnics. Military, hospital, and school news touch many names including Was senaar Black Newendorp and Versteeg families. A wedding in Ames and a Detroit connection add to the week’s social tally.
Marion Witzenburg son of Mrs Marie Witzenburg 914 Franklin St Pella was promoted to Corporal at Robins Field Georgia He serves in the 104th Weather Group assigned to Warner Robins Air Technical Service Command Formerly a driver for Farmers Union Co op in Pella The Weather Group provides weather observations forecasting and data for military operations in the southeastern United States.
The program features Glory of the Trumpets March Brockenshire Pluribus Unum March Jewell Hyperion Overture Russell I'm Sorry Sally Fox-Trot Fiorito Memories of Stephen Foster Medley Selection Holmes Swinging on a Star Burke Vocal Soloist Martin Heerema In a Moonlit Garden Intermezzo King The Gypsy Reid Festival Overture Taylor Onezy Twozy Taylor Cyrus the Great March King Our National Anthem.
Maple Lake residents share visits with Lois and Eunice Van Egmond of Colton SD and other friends. Guests include John and Joanne Mense from Marquette MI and Hugh Vandergon hosts. Chicago visitors H Wheeler and family seen with Jake Hoekstra clan. The Rozenberg circle and Schut family greet travelers. Rev Schut led services and sang The Stranger of Galilee. Local furlough updates follow for Pvt William Schut. plans mention California trip. Agricultural notes report most farmers finished cutting grain and are putting up alfalfa. threshing to begin next week.
Mrs H W Vriezelaar reports visiting relatives while Mason City guests spent the weekend with Mrs Florence Fisher and Mr and Mrs Harold Bowie. Pleasant Hill Church Fair set for Aug 22. birth announcements include a son to Mr and Mrs Hubert Price formerly ldred Meyers and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Earl Gray formerly Doris Marshall. Conrad Donahue discharged from Navy after two years in the Pacific. Rev H E Ketcham inaugurated as Monroe Baptist pastor. his son Rev J Ketcham of Baltimore attended services with family. Several residents vacation in Wisconsin and Minnesota. cross lake trip for Gweneth Bump. local social calls and visitors noted. Fireman Frolic July 25 27. Old Settlers Reunion Aug 15 16 with Blue and Frank Miles as speakers. Track ramp project details mention coal loading facility from Indiana. Courtyard visits include Mrs Howard Karr’s Chicago friend and Aunt Kate Karr guests along with Blanche Templeton, Wing family, and Neli Bundy.
Summit and Liberty Corner notes recount Mr and Mrs Fred Van Door ninck and their son visiting Walter Van Doorninck after moving a Cincinnati schoolhouse to Liberty Corner. African arrival William Van Doorninck stayed with the family, threshing began at Neal Heemstra and I Van Dusseldorp. Community events include Garden Club plans for August 9 at H W Vriezelaar, 4 H project tours, and visitors Radine Brown and Cpl Blaine Vriezelaar returning from Fort Worth for a furlough.
America is vacation bound as thousands of automobiles cross the country. Key advice urges drivers to watch the road and themselves, take time to be careful, and signal intentions before actions.
TheSafety Man Fred Braun urges drivers to stay on their side of the road and check on themselves first. He warns against letting a pleasure trip overshadow a funeral trip. The piece notes New York City relies on Catskill reservoirs for water and that 25 years of weather data show the North Carolina coast has as much sunshine as Florida.
Obituary for William Roush at Collins Memorial Hospital Knoxville and funeral at Methodist church. Local health notes mention Mrs. Fred Robinson ill in Collins Hospital. Slykhuis family updates include tonsil removal and pink eye. Births, military furloughs, local arrivals, and travel notes cover Paul Marshall, Jack Nichols, Red Rock Sunday School attendance, Loren Stevenson’s unfinished carpentry, Bennie Lambert relocation, Harold Clarke’s baler purchase, and Red Rock store employment. Nearby families and visitors from Oakland, Des Moines, Chicago, and Pella are listed along with travel to Oregon and Omaha. The Monroe Black Coal Co. fills a new road on the south property.
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