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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1931
Page
4
The editor and photographer toured four Route 3 homes and Hackert hatchery after a night fire that destroyed the Hackert residence. They visited Arie Van Dusseldorp’s 147 acre farm, with 100 acres cultivated and 47 in pasture, raising 70 hogs and 300 to 400 White Rock chickens annually.
Survey of local farms includes Van Dusseldorp improvements and family details. Van Dusseldorp, a native Hollander who arrived in 1900, bought from the Vogelaar estate and built a modern home with cistern water. The report also covers the George Liter Homestead, Van Maanen’s 170 acre holdings, and comments by Van Zee on hard farming times and unreliable rain.
Mildred shows surprising housekeeping, Dutch language quirks amuse visitors, while the Den Hartog farm on 130 acres sees a 50 year granary removed and a new driveway and extended water service. The Liter homestead stories trace George Liter and family moving from Kentucky to Illinois to Iowa, with six of seven children born on the lower farm and later moves to Ella in 1917.
The Midget band of Fort Madison with 30 youths averaging fourteen and a half, tours for a fourth year and performs Monday at 7 45 p.m. in Central Park weather permitting. Local organizers expect a large crowd and the Chamber of Commerce plans a warm reception to show hospitality.
A visit to Henry Hackett’s hatchery near Leighton reveals a large scale, modern plant with an 18 by 42 foot building housing five Bundy electric incubators totaling 32 000 egg capacity and two weekly hatches. The facility includes 1 000 mature chickens in two large outside houses, six brooders for chicks, galvanized siding and roofing, reflecting a well equipped operation led by a 12 year poultry experience and White Leghorn specialization.
J. J. Sprando and Connie Van Veen received $300 fines and three months in jail in Marion county district court at Knoxville for illegal possession of liquor. Unable to pay, each sentence was extended by three months. Sprando was paroled to Jacob Plender for home duties due to his ill wife. Van Veen remained in county jail.
An article argues that while modifications to cow milk improve artificial feeding, human breast milk remains the ideal for infants. It notes higher mortality and digestive issues in bottle fed babies, and cites US Department of Agriculture findings on irregular milking and feeding affecting dairy output.
The One Hundred Twenty fifth annual session of The General Synod of The Reformed Church in America opens June 4 at 2 30 p m in Asbury Park New Jersey with retiring president Rev Milton J Hoffman preaching the synodical sermon Friday features young people's work and a Holland Mich speaker Wynand Vickers s president elect of Hope College A centennial service marks 100 years of Domestic Missions work and deficits are reduced through gifts and expense cuts across boards and committees
The golden jubilee of Christian Endeavor work is celebrated this year in four conventions with Pella hosting the June 19 gathering. Local committees organized publicity and entertainment to welcome delegates. Notable speakers include Harold Singer, Judge Hubert Utterback, Rev. Harry Sutton, George Hamlin, Rev. A. Raymond Grant, Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith, Dr. William H. Phelps, and Dr. E. K. Serrill. A banquet at 50 cents and a $1 registration badge cover all sessions.
The synod considers uniting the Christian Intelligencer and the Leader, discusses church union with the Presbyterian Church in the U S A, and revises ordination and constitutional provisions. It also recognizes Northwestern Junior College and lists daily schedules and expected attendance of about 400.
Local donors present nine medals for meritorious college work on display at Bell Clothing House. Honors include Senior Excellence, Men's Tennis Singles, Declamation, Oratory, and Scholarship, with sponsors Mrs Keables Beard Van Houweling and others.
Van Houweling receives Ganss Gold Medal for Women's Gans Tennis and Van Houweling Silver Medal for Oratory from local sponsors. Next year Chronicle plans a literary medal for Central Bay work. Beekeepers adapt to lower wholesale honey prices by selling direct, via house to house canvassing, farm to farm, dairy collaborations, ads, parcel post, and roadside stands.
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