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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
9
Weekend visits and family gatherings dominate regional social notes. Des Moines area relatives travel to Newton and Pella for familial duties while many attend church events, birthdays, and graduations. neighbors report illnesses, nursing care, and holiday plans across Sully Montezuma Prairie City and Keota communities.
Community items from Monroe include attendees at Epworth League Institute in Indianola and visits by neighbors. Roger Lewis had tonsil removal in Newton. Pfister corn was harvested at Orcutt. a Ross funeral service followed a June 11 gathering. Local veterans and families visited kin in Adelphi and Des Moines. several weddings and reunions noted. measles illness affects Elaine Barton. knee infection eases for John Otter. Elaine Barton ill. Ogg family vacation.
John Vander Krol Leo, Lloyd Le ryl and Lucile with Mr and Mrs John Meppelink and Mr and Mrs Russell Vander Krol and baby are listed in a family notice reflecting names in a shared event or announcement.
Otley residents share visits and family events from Thursday to Sunday. Henry Rozenberg Pella and Lille families with children visited Rene Aulbers. Trey Billie Caswell returned from grandparents' home. Vonk family near Monroe and Vander Kolk hosted gatherings. Raymond Robus helped with hay. Abraham Bogaard hosted a Father’s Day reunion with Norman Robus. Bernice Bogaard joined Robus family. Roush and Vander Kolk families toured Des Moines and attended a Gretta Carver birthday dinner. Jake Stoll home visit noted. Farmers Co op shipped ten car loads of shelled corn in two weeks. Alvin Rosebaum family returned from Otton Mo visiting sister Mabel Atkinpe and Anna Michel et al. Ruth Maxine listed as very ill en route home from Mercy hospital after three weeks’ stay.
An old guide offers porch comfort tips focusing on seating, lighting, and arranging furniture. It suggests using bamboo roller shades for privacy and shade, choosing matching or contrasting awning colors, and placing light chairs to facilitate conversation while avoiding drafts and glare.
Local residents such as Arie De Vries De Young Gerrit Vink and Norman Robus attended visits and family gatherings in Otley and nearby towns. Birthdays were celebrated by Rene Aalbers for Ju nella with friends and relatives visiting. Several families traveled to Des Moines Rock Island and Monroe for visits and events over the weekend.
The Iowa Swine Producers Association plans a new 52 page Pure Bred Swine Directory for 1940 41 with 7500 copies. It covers swine industry facts and will be distributed to land grant colleges agricultural agents county club agents vocational instructors and breeders nationwide. Copies available in June upon request.
At Iowa State College a cattle feeding trial compared soft Reid Yellow Dent corn with harder hybrids across five lots of steers fed 210 days. Soft corn raised daily gains to about 2.17 lb vs 1.8–2.09 lb for harder types, with soft corn costing less per 100 lb gain. Hogs salvaged corn similarly, and overall feed efficiency was similar when credited to cattle. Columbus Junction voters may favor first floor ballots in hall renovation.
In Anamosa a large group of children underwent tonsil removals recently under a communal arrangement. The operation was organized through a local health program and medical staff coordinated the procedures.
Jay Downey returns from a two week vacation to resume work while Martha De Joode also ends her break. Arlo Knowles joins the Des Moines born employee group in Pella from Kansas City, as the plant expands for spring. Orders pour in for Venitian Minds McGou Clinic and Des tines Water Works with new installations in Indianapolis and Newfoundland. A southeastern sales group visits, a Nashville dinner follows, and staff note the growing importance of Rosscreen products amid warmer weather.
A Brooklyn, Iowa boy's book set earned a prize in the sixth annual farm and home association contest. Marion Hendrickson of Brooklyn received a $50 award while the Iowa club members collected $39 in prizes across the counting contest for TV year, under the State Extension Service program.
The International Harvester Company sponsored a contest requiring receipts and expenditures, opening and closing inventories, and analyses of farm home and crop accounts with suggested income improvements. More than 5,000 youths submitted records. notes mention iron works interests once owned by George Washington's father.
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