It Was News Years Ago In Pella Chronicle
It was years ago in Pella Chronicle noting several local incidents. Two Guernsey cows owned by John Riley near McGregor were killed by lightning under a tree. Lester Drestler of Waverly displayed garden strawberries and a fry measured six inches. The Pella Meteors defeated Prairie City with notable plays. H P Van Gorp and Frank Stubenrauch traveled to Des Moines for a Ford roadster while Tennis Ver Meer bought a Ford touring car. The Male Choral Club home concert at the College auditorium charged 25 cents with Laura Kramer assisting. A large barn on the Van der Waal farm southeast of Pella burned, four horses and two buggies lost. A major aviation meet was planned at Lake Prairie Fair grounds with planned three daily plane flights. The First Christian Reformed church barn suffered minor fire damage. Ed Schakel visited Deep River for drainage tile work. Hattie and Anna Hosper and Cornelia Braam vacationed in Colorado Springs. Henry De Wild and James Ver Ploeg bought Jackson automobiles in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Prairie City
Veen
George Boyd
Bloom
H. P. van Gorp
Frank Stubenrauch
Des Moines
Ver Meer
Star Auto Co
College Auditorium
Laura Kramer
Vander Waal
A. J. Klyn
Klyn
Nick de Winter
Lake Prairie Fair Grounds
First Christian Reformed Church
ED Schakel
Deep River
Baptists Work On Summer Camp Near Skunk River
A 1922 town canvass for funds to build a summer camp by Baptists on the Skunk River below the Mathes bridge northeast of Pella reported gifts including a $1,000 contribution and several $100s while many donors pledged smaller sums. The project included labor donated and costs at $300 with a river pier planned for boaters and bathers as the Old Central site burned weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Central
Baptists
Skunk
Mathes Bridge
Pella
Clarence van Niewaal
Welfare Need Grows as Depression Deepens in 30 Years Ago Era
Report from a local Welfare Board meeting shows 60 families needing aid. Ministers pledge help and urge a fundraising drive to assist more in need as Depression worsens. Also notes Mary Bruins earning an MD and interning in Madison, Camp Fire Girls completing a south country camp, Chamber of Commerce drive with 100 firms, a murder mystery county wide with two women found burned in Knoxville area, golf tournament participants, Rev Anthony Haverkamp's unaccepted call to Pella church, and Tom Thumb golf course in Pella being torn up due to waning interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bruins
Women’s Medical College
Philadelphia
General Hospital
Madison
Wis
Chamber of Com ™ Merce
Knoxville
Jennie
Letitia
Harry Boland
Casey Vanden Berg
Joe Shinn
Marshalltown
Anthony Haverkamp
First Reformed Church of
Pella
Twenty Years Ags 3 Teachers Leave Public Schools
Three teachers depart Pella due to military call ups and new positions. Pella Airways offers civilian pilot training starting July 1 with Navy trainees to be found. the airport and facilities expand under manager George Hansen with instructors Earl Schweppe and Robert Nemmers. Other notes include wartime ration board changes, a metalworking course at the high school, local social arrivals and farewells, and a call for war bond purchases as education funding links to national security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Maurice Birdsall
Kenneth Rankin
Ahd
Robert Ruby
Grundy Center
Marvie Kooyman
Pearl van
Gorp
Mav Thomassen
Peral
A. Vander Wal
Tunis Kempkes
J.B. van Hemert
Robert Lautenbach
Kenneth Dekker
John Hoeksema
Boyd
Pella Airways
Navy
George Hansen
Earl Schweppe
Robert Nemmers
Don Davis
Air Force
Harry Count
Stampé
Unclear historical note on Dr Jiason and local workers
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Dr Jiason and Dr Mason, workers with a full year net and forty hours, The Rolsdeen Co. improving to 450 people, Donna Schakel graduate in home economics at Iowa State College, and Wilbur Boot completing work in agriculture, but details are incomplete and ambiguous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Ol
Ato Ieaus
Rolsdeen Co
Donna Schakel
Iowa State College
Wilbur Boot
Agriquitur
Oskaloosa visitors attend wedding and showers in Pella
Galesburg residents visited Cheryl Van Rheenen Wielard at the Third Reformed Church in Pella for a wedding last week. A miscellaneous series of bridal showers hosted by Mrs. Freeman Hendricks and others were held in Pella and Galesburg. The newlyweds plan to reside in Grand Rapids Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yella W
Menstinga
Francis Heemsbergen
Oskaloosa
Cheryl van ‘Rheetieh
Marvin Wielard
Third Reformed Church
Pella
Wilbur Ramer
Dwayne
Jee
Wassenai
Craig
Cheryl van Rheenen
Freeman -Hendricks
Dick ‘Pleima
Janice Hendricks
Jaffice
Harold Schnug
Annie Marks
Val van Rheenen
Dick Pleima
Kenneth Wielard
Larry Rus
Howard Westerkamp
Wm. van. Rheenen
Albert de Orick
Kolenbrander
van. Rheenen
Grand ‘Rapids
Mich
Aid Room
Galesburg Christian Church
Dewey Ramer
Jake Swank
Plastic bottles and gas cans for boating move urged
The piece argues against carrying gasoline in glass jugs for outboard motors. Glass can shatter, flooding the bilge with explosive fumes and creating safety hazards aboard.
Clever DIY: Deodorant Reagent and Motor Stand Uses
An old deodorant roll on bottle can become a no spill repellent container. Salvage a sturdy cellar chair to make a simple outboard motor stand by removing the bottom. For winter storage, drain the fuel, fill the tank with oil gas mix, and seal for spring use.
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axsOne
Bix
Bez Rmon
Tonal Editorial
Asépc
Guernsey
John Riley
Near
McGregor
Fing
Lester Drestler
Waverly
Skunk River
Garden Square
George Heerens
F. M. Frush
Leon Goulooze
Rock Rapids
Iowa
John R. Mulder
Auto
Michigan
Tom Thumb
Main
Washington
State College
Air For Reserve
Gary A. Brouwer
Camp Gordon
Arie Brouwer
Roland Eysink
Marion County
Aries
Sully
Rt Evers
San ‘Diesel
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
U.S
de Ruiter
Vander Schel
D-X
Jiason
U. Ni-Misgig
Galesburg
Tom de Vries
Jake’ de Vries
Henry van Norden
Elvin 'van Wyk
Nelson Pleima
Gilbert Vander Waal
Wm. Hendricks
Jarold Steenhoek
8Th ‘Ave
New York
Sabille
Edgar Roorda
Roorda Const. Co
Roorda Const
Savina
Oua
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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