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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1943
Page
7
In Am cram the crops and farm life dominate the week with corn growing rapidly and threshing machines active. Local residents like Mery Van Steenwyk and many neighbors attend gatherings, visits, and farm work. Notes mention Hagels and Van Hemerts, a Florida furlough, Harvard dreams, and a church burial in Evergdeen.
Leighton News Tract reports a group including Hesselink and the Van Zauks enjoyed a picnic at Edmundson Park in OsKaloosa. Families visited homes in Pella, Edgerton, Minnesota, Hull and Inwood Iowa, with birthdays celebrated and relatives staying over weekend visits noted. Various locals, including Van Vliet and De Jong families, attended gatherings at home and community events across the region.
W. A. Richerd died aged 74 with family and friends visiting at Riverview last Sunday and at various homes the same weekend. Several locals including the Murdy, Karr, Slykhuis, and Templeton families visited, and a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Rilen De Heer at Stone Hospital in Knoxville on July 20, 1943 weighing 5 pounds.
Mrs Herman Vann Veen and Jennie were Newton callers Tuesday. Art Vander Wertf was a Newton caller Wednesday. Joe Vander Werff and John Van Veen attended the horse and pony show at Pella. The Vander Werth family visited the Vanden Rene home. Neal Vander Wert spent Sunday with the Delhert Lehrader home near Monroe. Several from the community attended the Firemen’s Prairie at Monroe Thursday evening. Families including Vander Wert and Van Veen kin visited neighbors Sunday evening across Killduff area.
Otley residents visited relatives in Pella Monroe and Des Moines while others hosted family gatherings. Community events included church parsonage cleanup and seeking a new minister, firemen Frolic attendance in Monroe, and a USO unit meeting at the Otley schoolhouse. LeRoy De Leeuw and others prepare for military service as summer visits continued in Newton and Chicago connections noted.
The fragment notes John Visser from Grand Rapids Michigan and Mrs Visser visiting Virginia in August with their household goods arriving the fourth of August. It mentions Joan Donrenthal from Des Moines visiting her aunt Mrs Norman Robus and other relatives planning a short stay at various homes including Mr and Mrs John Lille and Mr and Mrs Andrew Uiter.
A flood of names, relations, and visits from various towns follows the funeral and church gathering at a Catholic church in Searchbar. Relatives from Wichita to Knoxville, Pella to Newton attend, with many meals, social calls, and farewells noted as Corporal Vos visits home on furlough and plans for travel to Pratt Kansas.
Scattered notes report local events in Monroe including a 19 year old Ruth Boreman a plan for a service at the Chapel and a hospital visit in Ottawa. The piece mentions a fatal fire at a barn with livestock losses and nearby property saved by neighbors. It lists several residents visiting relatives in York and Texas, wedding news, military assignments, and church activities tied to Monroe High School class of 1941.
The fragment lists attendees Miss Chire Hendershot from Oak Park and others including Ity Wirtiner Dorothy Dir man Jeen Ballird Wire Diothy dune Matherly Gene Nolin Evelyn Dike and Deas Shalt from Nes Moines. Mrs Rene Hendershot and family are mentioned with a note on Mr Hendershot’s gradual improvement after a Des Moines hospital stay.
The Peoria area reports quiet weather then a busy spell of threshing and church events. Rev William A emphasizes reform as parish plans visitation, with pastors in Bundy Minnesota and local choirs preparing for Sunday services and a new telegram confirming Melvin’s return from a hospital stay.
Summit News reports Geala Vensndaar had eye surgery to remove a fragment of steel. The piece lodged in his left eye while sharpening a mower sickle days earlier, with accompanying local social and club news. The item also lists community members visiting, camp experiences at Camp Hantexa near Boone, and several residents’ weekend activities and visits across Marion County and nearby towns.
A series of weekend and midweek visits are recorded, naming Mrs Rich Weinzed, Mr and Mrs Van Hulzon, Nelson, the Vriezelaar family, Jane Oldham and Jimmie, Ralph Vrievelaar and children, Henry Vries, Helen Van Zee, Mry and Mrs Arie Beyer, and Tuinstra in Oskaloosa. The garden note reports gardeners' belief on sweet corn suckers, stating removing suckers does not boost yield or ear size and may reduce output when done at tassel time.
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