City Council Tackles Paving Costs and Utilities
Minutes of a called meeting show total paving work at 56530.90 dollars with asphalt at 1.20 per square yard and 44000 plus for benefitted properties. The city to pay waterworks bonds 2500 on July 1 and interest 1175. cigarette licenses extended. electric line request discussed. street use and parking ordinances debated. two boilers for electric plant due soon. salt supply for water softening approved at 11.10 per ton from Farmers Co op to start work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Candy Co
Gerrit de Geus
Paul Ver Meer
City
Johnson
Gaass
Howell
C. Dieleman
Farmers Co-op
Removal Notice for Dr James V Lankelma Dentist
Dr James V Lankelma announces removal to a new office over the Ideal Pharmacy in Pel Ia Iowa. Contacts show phone number 38 and the notice appears in a 1925 1941 context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James V. Lankelma
Ideal
Des Moines Doctor S L Taylor Tonsil Work Day Plan
Dr S L Taylor of Des Moines plans a single day to handle tonsil work for all interested. Dr Georgia Chalfont notes numerous inquiries and asks interested parties to communicate soon to arrange a convenient date for all, as it is hard for him to leave his city offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. Taylor
Des Moines
Special price on spring chickens at coop
Farmers' Co-op Exchange offers broilers at 32 cents per pound for one full week starting June 21. Sold to customers at the regular market, limit applied per household. Local shoppers urged to visit the exchange for timely poultry bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Co-Op Exchange
White Way Improvement Passes After Board Meeting
The county board of supervisors approved continuing grading this season for the White Way or Primary Road No. 2 through Marion County. The A line from Otley to the Jasper County line along the railroad track was chosen from three routes with right of way secured by contract in most cases and condemnation only in one. The Mahaska line route through Pella to Otley deviates little from the present line, completing grading from Oskaloosa to Des Moines and continuing East through Mahaska and Keokuk counties where grading is underway or planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Supervisors
Marion County
Otley
Jasper County
Highway Commission
Mahaska County
Pella
Oskaloosa
Des Moines
Mahaska
Keokuk
Pella Hi Y and Young People's Notes Summary
The Pella Junior Hi Y notes strong spring activities with 34 attendees from an enrollment of 37. The group formed a successful baseball team, winning twice over Knoxville and tying Tracy, with one pending game against Tracy and no losses. A July camping trip to Geneva Glen will pause activities until September, with Marion County Sunday School Association officers organizing county youth attendance. The Geneva Camp offers a two week training session for Sunday school workers, with eight delegates planned and more possible. space is limited and arrangements should be made promptly.
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Pella
Knoxville
Tracy
M. Vander Linden
Fred Lautenbach
Marion County Sunday School Association
Bussey
Liberty
Geneva Glen
Geneva
Elma Strawberry Festival Invites Pella Chamber
The Elma Community Association invites Pella Chamber of Commerce members and citizens to the second annual strawberry festival on Sunday June 24 1923 from 11:00 A M to 3:00 P M in Elma Washington. C M Moore secretary extends cordial attendance.
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Pella Chamber of Commerce
Pella
Iowa
Elma Community Association
C. M. Moore
Sec'y
Elma
Washington
Valuable directions for canning
A July Delineator article warns against packing food tightly in jars as it prevents even heating and fails to kill dangerous organisms. It advises packing vegetables loosely, shaking without pressing, leaving half an inch headspace, adding one teaspoon salt, and filling with boiling water for safe canning.
Blick and Doedyns Wed at Home for the Aged
A. Blick manager of the Home for the Aged married Miss Marie Doedyns, long in service as matron. Rev. H Walkotten officiated at the Van Duren home. They departed by noon train for Edgerton Minnesota to visit Mr Blick’s children. Chronicle offers best wishes.
HiY Ball Team Ties Tracy In Night Game
The Pella Hi-Y team traveled to Tracy for a Saturday game with the Tracy Hi-Y squad. Delays caused a 7 pm start, five innings were played, and the score stood 6 to 6 when darkness ended the contest. Pella players included Tysseling at catcher De Winter and Van Ostrum as pitchers, with Wesselink in right field and Beyer, Du Pree, and Van Ostrum in various infield/outfield roles. Atkinson was umpire.
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Pella
Tracy
Tysseling
de Winter
van Ostrum
R. Field— Wesselink
C. field—Beyer
L. field—Du Pree
Atkinson
Afternoon Musical at Ed Cook Home Recalls Social Event
Mrs Ed Cook entertained about fifty ladies with a Friday afternoonMusical featuring Mrs Slob of Orange City singing a program of songs. Selections included I Love My Love Little Winding Road The Danza The Erl King Roadways Remembrance Night Wind Little Banjo and Cargo Weiße. Miss Lucile Cochrane was the accompanist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Cook
Dr Payne to Return to Practice in Pella
Dr H C Payne of Monroe announces he will return to Pella to resume medical practice. He has spent years in Otley and Monroe but remains linked to Pella and will announce office arrangements next week.
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DR. Payne
Pella
Mrs J Van Baale Dies at Woden Iowa at 84
Mrs J Van Baale aged 84 died at the Home for the Aged in Woden Iowa at 12 10 am Thursday June 14 1923 after a short illness. Her son Anne G De Bruyn of Pella hastened to Woden and brought the body back for burial at the Home with funeral services held Monday at 1 30 pm. Interment was at First Reformed Cemetery. She was born De Bruyn and survived by five sons and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Reformed Cemetery
van Baale
de Bruyn
AS A WOMAN THINKETH by Marion McLean
A Delineator excerpt extols a friend as a steadfast, selfless, reliable woman. Despite ordinary looks and social limits, she shares joy in others success, offers help freely, and remains constant across time and distance. Her strength lies in loyalty and unwavering support.
Early Central Alumna Dies in San Francisco
The Knoxville Journal notes the death of Sahah Sumner Shoup, a well known former Central college student and Knoxville resident. She died in San Francisco, and funeral arrangements call for burial in Graceland cemetery beside her husband T. V. Shoup. She leaves two sons, Paul of Los Angeles and Guy of San Francisco. Paul is a Pacific Electric president and Southern Pacific Railway vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville Journal
Central College
Shoup
Pella
Journal
Sahah Sumner Shoup
Knoxville
Polk Rees
San Fransisco
Calif
Second Reformed Church Unveils Marker at Grave of Rev Sharpley
Morning service features the Senior Choir and a duet by Mrs Hesseling and Mr Sipkema. A 4:00 p m ceremony at Oakwood Cemetery by the C E Society marks the unveiling of Rev Sharpley’s grave marker. Rev Giles H Sharpley of Davenport will attend and preach at the evening service. Special music planned.
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Hesseling
Sipkema
Oakwood Cemetery
C. E. Society
Sharpley
Giles H. Sharpley
Davenport
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White Way
Young Peoples
ED Cook Home
Andrews
Ronaldo
Chadwick
Aga
Schubert
Densmore
Salter
Farley
Dichmont
Weissei Eeetees Handel
Lucile Cochrane
Marion McLean
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Henry Cabot Lodge
Jericho
San Francisco
Second Reformed Church
Palm Beach
Wormhoudt
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