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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1941
Page
4
A fragment notes want ads rate policy with per word charges and mentions replies directed to The Chronicle Office. No further details on amounts or terms are provided.
Market quotations from a weekly page show varied prices on cattle hogs and hides. Difficult to parse due to OCR errors but notes indicate livestock and hides trading at different levels. The piece uses a period voice typical of a late 19th or early 20th century local market column.
A dense classified page lists used cars for sale from A.B. Van Houweling Auto Company and Veenstra's Garage along with related automotive parts and services. Vehicles include 1941 Chev Town Sedan, 1937 Chev Master Town Sedan, 1935 Plymouth Sedan, 1983 Dodge Sedan, 1933 Plymouth Sedan, 1979 Ford Sedan, 1926 Chev Sedan, and more. Also advertised are tractors, farm equipment, heating services, and various sale items from local businesses.
FOR PAINTING and Decor ing call John J. Ven Dyke at Kuy pers Builders Material Co Phone 21 DEV SHEATING For prompt iul service call Join Vane Noord Phone 125 FOR PORTABLE GRINDING exit Gearts Feed Mill Phone 61 Pella Iowa PORTABLE MILLING OAT HULLING AND CORN SHELLING Forrest Ver Ploeg Phone 392
A heavy rainstorm baptized the vicinity with about four inches Sunday night. The Van Gorp family held a reunion and decided memorial day plans for next year. Residents reported visitors from Holland Michigan and Des Moines, while locals attended church events, auctions and a Federation of Man’s Societies gathering. A rash of personal news followed: births, illnesses, a poison ivy case, car purchases, and several social visits, with garden tours and canning demos scheduled in Knoxville to support defense preparations.
Last Sunday a convoy of trailers trucks and a semi passed through Cordova. Local residents Lynn and Ruth Perkey visited the R M Hart home while Harriet De Vries tended Ed Klyn’s house. No storms battered the area as rains fell gently and the river rose, backing grader ditches on the new road. Families and neighbors attended picnics and auctions, with notable visitors from Osceola and Pella. Funeral services were held for Wily Talbot of Osceola, who died in Bussey after growing up near Knoxville. An art student Lois Reed earned sixth in a Brain Derby at Iowa City, and Dorot Alley was hired to teach Band school in Polk County.
A heavy Monday rain caused flooding washing soil into gullies and damaging a dam, leaving no pond. Amsterdam Creek overflowed a road and bridge. Reports recount a Ladies Aid gathering with Mrs I Tanner near the Des Moines river, Gospel team meetings in Pella, and Donna Terlouw's bee stinging accident. Mentions of visitors Mrs James Van Veen and Mrs Hackert, hospital operations, and Kaiser Billy's death.
Two days of last week at HW HL Oostrum home. Mr and Mrs John Kamerick spent Monday evening at KH Oostrum home.
Lee Rubber and Tire Corp president A A Garthwaite reports record first half 1941 sales totaling 4 203.22 with 20 percent rise year over year and earnings 1.68 per share after tax. plants at Conshohocken and Youngstown operate at full capacity as orders remain strong. Crude rubber costs rise since the war while supplies stay adequate. Garthwaite foresees eventual price increases to sustain industry reserves and a sound position.
The nation mobilizes 4-H youth to boost meat production for defense. About 250,000 rural youths will enroll in 1941 livestock projects, with county agents guiding efforts under the state extension service. Awards include gold medals and a gold watch for top performers. past winners reported substantial cash returns.
An advertisement seeks a house worker for a Des Moines residence. Private room, pleasant surroundings, good wages. Applicants aged 20 to 30 should write to 1102 High Street, Des Moines, Iowa.
A page from the Pella Chronicle lists subscription offers and prices for magazines such as Ladies Home Journal, McCall's, Popular Mechanics, Reader's Digest, Red Book, Saturday Evening Post, Successful Farming, American Boy and others. It notes an all expenses paid trip to the 20th National 4-H Congress in Chicago next November plus a $2000 scholarship for a blue award group of three from regional winners. The advertisement promotes clubbing price deals not listed elsewhere and references Pella, Iowa.
For farm and city property insurance including crop and auto, the text urges securing coverage with reputable companies at low rates. It also recommends opening a savings account with a life insurance firm to provide income in old age. Call 60 Sully or write P.O. Box 146. Wm Dieleman, Sully, Iowa will call.
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