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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1943
Page
6
Fragmented local notes describe social events, names, and visits in a rural area. The text mentions residents such as Mrs Hobs and Mr Vedivar, and notes on hospitality, homestead visits, and a family trip to the Van Zee home with plans to return that evening. The overall tone mirrors a community brief of names and daily life.
Local notes report a student from Cen Pellu enlisting for active service, families visiting relatives in Cherokee Stanberry Mason City and nearby areas, and various Memorial Day observances. Funeral services were held for 68 year old E Warren after an attack at Knights of Pythias Hall, with survivors including two daughters.
Os Kaloosa residents visited in the region including Mr. and Mrs. Henry Menninga and children and Mr. and Mrs. Gradus Kuiper and children at the Andrew Kuiper home. Several families spent afternoons in Pella and Otley, with many sharing time at Bert Van Zee and C. J. Kuiken homes. G. G. Vander Wilt was laid to rest in a funeral attended by Andrew Kuiper and Bartus Klyn among others.
Marion Vander Zyl of Ft. Knox heads home on leave and plans to attend officers candidate school at Fort Knox for several months. Several relatives and neighbors attend gatherings and visits in Sully Newton and Des Moines. a secret marriage is revealed at a party in Newton. A 86th birthday and a family dinner mark the week, with notes on furloughs, employment changes, and a newborn in the Steenbock family.
Local social and church events highlighted with May birthdays and visitors. Reports from a hospital in New York note a soldier recovering from a wound while on North African duty. Various residents and families, including Van Wyk and Vander Krol households, hosted and attended church events, baptisms, and Bible studies, with several gatherings and visits across Des Moines, Grinnell, Indianapolis, Prairie City, and nearby towns.
Donald Jough arrives on leave for further study next Sunday. A daughter was born to Mrs Ray J Chirk at Collins Memorial in Knox on Tuesday. Iris Donald Alley examined by Marion County draft board. Red Rock church parsonage purchase by Don. Horathy Reed of Des Moines visited with her mother Leena. Bible school ongoing at Red Rock church with 21 pupils taught by Gertrude Hoksbergen and Lois Reed. Jadine Reed stayed with Colleen Deitrick. Nadine and Coleen work in Newton at night. Lorena Van Hemert and others attended Knoxville grade graduation. Summit Township honors highest grades. Otley Co-ops busy delivering, driving trucks at night.
Navy WAVES and Coast Guard SPARS will assist directing takeoffs and landings at radio control towers. Four month training programs include a month of indoctrination and three months of specialized schooling. Thousands of young women aged 18 to 25 will enlist in the Navy or SPARS. the booklet How To Serve Your Country In The WAVES or SPARS explains roles and where to apply.
Fragmented notice reports a church project with new furnace and east entrance addition, plus schoolhouse work and cemetery decoration trips by local families. It notes social visits, travel between Knoxville and Monrovia area homes, bird-listing discussion, and recent graduations and furloughs of residents in Leighton and San Antonio related to local churches and schools.
Community notes list visitors and family connections around Pella and Knoxville. People named include Mrs. Jake Van Hulzen and Edith Van Hulzen of Newton, Gerrit Dykstra, Dykstra and van Doorninck families, and students praised as top rural eighth graders. Hospital and tulip-time visits are mentioned along with mumps illness.
Leighton residents shared a weekend of visits and farewells as Vander Haag and Groenendyke families hosted relatives from Sully Chivayse Illinois and nearby towns. A farewell honored Miss Junella Van Maanen departing for Kansas with radio course links to American Airlines. Community groups met for the De Bren hospital outing and Leighton women hosted the Leap Of Living Club with singing and a contest.
James A. Vrincelaar, from Washington, has enlisted and is now corporal in the U S Army. Details indicate service in the Pacific theater with assignments in Hawaii and the Hawaiian Islands before duty elsewhere.
Artin DY Lar completes training at Minnesota State Teachers College St Cloud and transfers to Santa Ana Saat Army Base. He will undergo a nine week basic air base training. Address listed as Squadron 10 Army Air Base Santa Ana California.
Vernon P Mouw earns his naval aviator wings after completing preliminary instruction at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Sig Mouw of Sioux Center Iowa and previously trained at Low Altus California. Local naval reserve service is noted among the friends and family.
Camp Santa Anita Calif Pvt Andrew La Hoksbergen formerly of Pella earns Sharpshooter rifle rating for accuracy on the range at the 1st Coast Ordnance Training Center. Half his record was slow fire half rapid fire. He was employed by the Des Moines Ordnance Plant and attended Webster School in Pella Iowa. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Matthew Moksbergen of 1108 Pella Iowa.
A Marine Corps private writes from training camp eight months in, praising the program and comrades while noting rugged discipline. He thanks the Dear Mr. T letter for morale, discusses Tulip Time, and describes gossip about postwar sales in Pella as fellow men ask about town.
A World War II soldier writes from a Marine camp detailing two weeks of rain hardships. He describes tents leaking, creek floods, and mud while awaiting a permanent camp. He urges homefront cooperation to supply arms, munitions, and food to help defeat the Axis and asks for letters and encouragement.
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