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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1926
Page
2
Goodrich Tires Byers Batry Shop marks local business mention as families relocate and visitors drop by. Recitals, school diplomas, visits to Knoxville, Ames, Oskaloosa, and Des Moines appear among social notes. Short items cover purchases, travel, and community events at United Self Serve Store and local homes.
Remodeling sale at THE BOOK SHOP offers Gem Safety Razors at 1.00, 500 Auto Strop Razors, Fountain Pens 1.50, guaranteed, and Wahl's Eversharp Pencils at 1.00, advertising bargains for readers and collectors.
Work has begun on the new building at Central College with cement house completion water connections and sod progressing on campus. The community enjoyed two band concerts with praise for Carl Byers and local singers. several students from Knoxville attend music classes and Arie Vander Stoep to Ames for summer school. Garret Vander Stoep and Magdelene Kuyper wed at Central College. other notes include planning of homes at Central, STOP signs in Pella, a girl’s chorus being formed, and visits by F M Sadler and Ivan to Douds for a week with relatives.
Sioux County patron honors delicious lunches and snappy service at a local venue while Central College offers summer piano and pipe organ study. Mr. Sadler runs piano sessions at the college studio for interested students.
Gerrit Vander Stoep of Maurice and Magdalene Kuyper of Pella wed at the bride’s parents home at nine o’clock Wednesday morning. Rev. George M. Derbyshire of Des Moines officiated. Guests included Mrs. Derbyshire, Fred Bartow and Gilbert Boot, Leona Reavers, and Minnie Vander Berg. A wedding breakfast followed. Both newlyweds are Central College graduates.
The ceremony marks a year of teaching at Bloomfield as the couple looks to the future. The bride, noted for character and musical talent, will be missed by friends in Pella as well as beyond. The Chronicle offers best wishes from the couple’s community.
The state department of agriculture reports Iowa yielded 492,847,590 bushels of corn in the last season, up 61 percent from 1924, with the earlier high 465,915,000 bushels in 1922. Ground planted for corn in 1925 exceeded estimates by 104,317 acres. Iowa also harvested a record 243,647,413 bushels of oats.
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