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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1939
Page
6
Raymond Heavlin lost two fingers after a sickle accident while harvesting at Marion Van Haaften’s. A fishing party failed to net breakfast. Numerous visits, illnesses, and social calls noted among Van Ghent, Karr, Muilenberg, and related families. Farm work, threshing, road work, and local curiosities fill the week.
In Cordova the Lord family and neighbors recall old mail service hardships. Carriers like Link Garrison and Sam Coek rode horses or waded flooded rivers to reach Otley and Knoxville. Amos Chambers ran the ferry and local post, with lanterns guiding late trips amid deep snow and ice.
The community articles record visits among Fifield residents and friends from nearby towns. Families such as De Rand, Van Eck, Berg, Van den Berg, Zegers, Paltzer, Meinders, Mol, Bloodsworth, and de Young are mentioned visiting homes, with one note planning a Paltzer reunion at Riverview Park on August 9.
Mr and Mrs Henry Keuning and daughter Dorothy with M Robert Grandin and daughter Bla spent Friday at Elk Rock and hosted neighbors at the S H Keuning home. Several relatives including Mrs John Vanden Berg and Mrs Lewis De Bruyn visited the Vander Wal family Thursday. Sunday visitors at Wm Verwers included Mr and Mrs Klein Hulleman and Grace Heemstra. Jamie Van Weelden with Hendreka Zegers attended Sunday supper at Jim Vander Leest home near Lynnville.
Miss Ruth Van Zante shows improvement after illness. Kathe rine Fleming wed Henry Snetselaar in Colfax on June 24 by Justice of the Peace Salmon. Old Settlers reunion set for August 15. Gerrit Schuttinga injured? after wagon tipping while threshing for Ed De Graaf, breaking both legs near ankles and injuring a shoulder.
Miss Ruth Van Zee returns to Michigan with Rev Veltman and finds factory work in Muskegon where she had prior employment. Bert Van Zante arrives from Colorado. Mr and Mrs Joe McElveen return from the World's Fair. Marinus Vos buys a new truck in Chicago. Seminarian Anthony Hoekma led two Sundays of services in the Christian Reformed Church, with Rev Monzma of Pella to lead next Sunday during Rev Veltman’s three week vacation in Michigan. Joan Schuttinga hosts a birthday gathering for friends with refreshments by Mrs Schuttinga and Mrs Warner and Bonnie. Funeral services held for Mr Dowden aged 82. interment at Waveland cemetery. Dowden was former treasurer and manager of Dowden Manufacturing Co.
A report shows Great Britain possesses twice the number of merchant ships compared to the United States, highlighting a substantial edge in maritime trade capacity and merchant fleet size during the period.
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