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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1938
Page
12
Local column reports on visits and gatherings across Pella Ames Oskaloosa and Des Moines. Families such as Vriezelaar Van Zante Van Essen Van Ee Brower Vander Ploeg Van Door ninck Van Houwelingen De Koekkoek and others are noted for visits engagements and a farewell sermon. A windstorm in Prairie City and a fatality in Prairie City are also mentioned along with a birth and a marriage in the community.
Prairie City resident Harry De Bruyn was seriously hurt Friday afternoon while plowing a field three miles northeast of town. The tractor collapsed into a ditch, pinning him beneath it. A Prairie City wrecker could not lift the tractor, so workers used jacks to lift the machine and free De Bruyn.
Mrs. Jesse Hill, sick five months, went to University hospital Town City. Mr. Hill stayed with her briefly. Miss Vander Pal works near Scarsboro for Mrs. Bakey. Mrs. John De Jong's brother Elwood Shuts died June 14. funeral at Lutheran church near Galesburg Friday. Jessie Hill visited Oskaloosa Monday. Dick and Jack Taylor of Ottumwa visiting cousin Max Pethoven. John Elscott family attended Elwood Shotts funeral. Vander Pols hosted Carl De Prenger family Sunday dinner near Grinnell. Gause Sr. and family visited Mrs. Arnold Latham in Scarsboro who has pneumonia. Elscott family visited Brand home near New Sharon. Russell Hill family visited Jessie Hill. Twenty five thousand chicks flown from Barneveld to London in under 25 days.
Listings from New Salem mention callers and visits across local families. Mrs. Catherine Kooistra joined John Vande Krol’s Sunday dinner. Herman Vander Pol family traveled to Oskaloosa to visit Mrs. Marinus Guerts in Mercy hospital. Iva Vande Krol and Vera Vander Wilt met Saturday. Catherine Vander Pol and Sylvia Elscott stayed with Joe Baarda near Newton Friday to Sunday. Bert Renaud and daughter of Sully visited Leslie Vande Krol, while Guy Vander Pol family went to Oskaloosa Friday. Sylvia Van Willigen saw Catherine Vander Pol Tuesday.
Lynnville Mr and Mrs Dick Terpstra announce the birth of a son on June 17 their fifth child and first boy. The couple also celebrated their forty fifth wedding anniversary with many relatives visiting including W J Wiser Rev Lubbers and families and numerous Terpstra relatives from Lynnville to Oskaloosa New Sharon and Des Moines. Other notes mention Wanda Terpstra visiting Carl Terpstra home and Ray Van Wyk welcoming a baby boy June 12 with Marie Van Zante and Donna Graham names also appearing in local visits.
Miss Ruby Dimit returns from Oskaloosa to Taintor. James Fleming spent Saturday with friends Junior and Gordon Northcutt, then Sunday dinner with James. Mina Willock and brother Willock of Sully joined Chan Fleming and families for Sunday dinner with Mrs. Mary Straughan in New Sharon. Vernon Northcutt has measles. J E Hull in New Sharon hosted visitors Elma Burden Fern Boyd and Donald. Clair Phillips narrowly escaped injury when his cay skidded west of New Sharon. Tainter opens kittenball season with Friday games. regulars Tuesday then rain Friday. Children’s day observed at Tainter church with program under Grace Grosenbach.
Mrs Hester Beck traveled from Mason City to spend the weekend at John Wehrle's home with family. Mr Beck joined Sunday and they headed home in the evening. Henry Bennink joined a crowd at Edmundson park for a Thursday evening picnic. The Veerman home is under smallpox quarantine after Mrs Veerman fell ill earlier in the week. Mrs Etta Hull and Mrs Mary Miller of Des Moines depart for California to visit relatives this summer. Nadine Linsted stayed with Laura Fisk for a week. Pearl Hull was summoned to Rockwood, II on Friday morning. John Needham and son Walter visited Oskaloosa on Saturday.
Otley residents visit the Waardhuizen home and Renaud home in Pella. Slocum family weekend at the Van Viiet home then CCC camp return. Kommer visiting near Pella. Vander Kolk and Vander Leest visit Van Wyk near Harvey. Summit Strivers 4-H Club members drive to Ames for the state girls convention with Mrs. Dykstra and a cloth ng program. Wm. Vriezelaar and Helen Van Engelenburg attend state convention in Ames. Van Vliet and Donai visit Roush home. Slocums and Angone with children visit Diekema home.
The district Rural Letter Carriers association may meet in Marion county on Labor Day September 1, and the State Rural Letter Carriers convention may be held in 1939. The Chamber of Commerce plans a half page ad in the state paper to bid for the event.
Sally and Amelia Andreas attended a surprise party for Fred Castorf on Tuesday June 14. Obituary notes Elwood Shutts died Wednesday morning at six after a 21 week illness, aged 48, with services at Lutheran cemetery. Also listed are numerous local visits, family arrivals and social gatherings across Pella and surrounding areas, including Rotterdale and Os Kal osa references and several birthday acknowledgments.
Various residents of Marengo and nearby towns hosted and visited family and friends over the weekend. Gatherings included visits to Pella Newton and Volga residents, a birthday party for James Vander Pol, a young people Bible class gift night, and a two week Black Hills and Yellowstone vacation plan. Attendance included the Vander Pol, De Jong, Van Dyke, Kling, Willemsen, Van Maren, Wisgerhof, and Beers families among others.
Rose Hill and nearby Newton area residents made multiple social calls and attended events this week. Don Oliver and family visited Newton business contacts while Jansen from near Peoria and Vander Werff hosted visitors Monday. Hog transport by Vander Leest to Knoxville marked farm activity. Vroom and Van Gorp called on Vanden Berg in Pella, and Arie Meyer along with Tonald attended William Van Rheenen’s funeral in Pella. Avie Vinle family joined Newton trip for eighth grade graduation with Nick as sole Rose Hill graduate. Yella Menninga, Dorothy, and Ver Steeg attended Monroe band concert while Ver Steeg family joined Elwood Shutts funeral near Galesburg. Harvest work drew Donald Meyer, Gilbert Van Dusseldorp, and Jakie Kuiken to Prairie City area Saturday.
Birch elm and fruit trees suffer in this locality with blight and drought harming lawns. Shriveling branches started last summer and many trees died including some over 60 feet tall. Elms blighted for a month, foliage stripped, new growth returning. Apple trees show shriveled wood and dried leaves. pear trees damaged, yielding a short crop. Andrew Ver Ploeg cites an abnormal season as a factor, but the damage may not be permanent.
The Iowa Association for the Blind adopted resolutions in Vinton urging recognition of white canes in state traffic rules and enabling the blind to earn money without pension deductions as part of proposed legislation.
Albert Verwers of Killduff, a veteran driller, visited Pella Saturday to answer common well drilling questions. He disputes the divining rod as a means to locate groundwater, says shallow wells are obtainable at former depths, and notes rainfall has little effect on underground water depth. New wells are being drilled in the Killduff Sully region and between Pella and Kilduff.
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