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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1952
Page
4
Local column corrects a baler misstatement and extends condolences to the McDuffy family of Runnells after a Father's Day drowning. It notes community updates from Iowa counties including hospitalizations, births, garden clubs, social events, and travel, with several names and places such as Otis Wynsteker, Van Hemert, Karr, Red Rock, Ogden, and Des Moines.
A notice invites visits to a local Dairy Queen at 408 Oskaloosa Street to enjoy a favorite sundae. Patrons are urged to choose among flavors such as chocolate strawberry hot fudge cherry and butterscotch.
A joint meeting of Cedar Hi rson White Oak and Spring Creek townships at Farm Bureau rooms featured a covered dish supper and program headlined by Chas Hutchcroft of Ames on corn yield. A surprise birthday for D A Van Zante was noted along with Father’s Day visits. Pvt Stanley B Boertje returned from Ft Bliss for furlough before more schooling. Numerous locals attended, with church services led by Rev John Oltkoff and a Troop school review at Good News Chapel highlighting Majors and Captains, music, and a Bible salute.
Groenendyke gave the closing prayer. Diplomas and awards were given out at the close of the program. Joe Newenhouse was a Sunday evening supper guest at the parental J G Newenhouse home. Mr and Mrs Marion Knoot and family visited at the home of Mr and Mrs Gerrit Knoot and family near Rose Hill.
Social notes from Galesburg recount visits by Roy Ritter and Howard Ritter families with Carroll Talbot and Raymond Talbot of Phoenix and Mrs Martha Dink and Stella Andreas of Newton. Des Moines and Newton residents joined gatherings, including a Maytag Park picnic in honor of Mrs Kenneth Carpenter, a linen shower for Mrs Donald Peery of Atlanta, and multiple Sunday dinners and birthday celebrations.
A long feature list notes Sully neighborhood kinship as Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Vander Pol and twin Gary Dennis travel from Pasadena to visit relatives in Indianola and OsKaloosa. The document records hospital visits, birthday gatherings, and weddings, with numerous Vander Pol relations appearing across Iowa towns.
George Kaldenberg and two children with Mr. and Mrs. John Kaldenberg joined relatives at the Athletic Celebration in Colo Iowa on Thursday evening. Blaine Lamphier and his wife were Sunday dinner guests in Gerald Lamphier’s home, while Fred Sears and family visited Harley Renaud’s home at Killduff. Marvin Zylstra and Case Van Soeien, Fort Bliss Texas, returned on furlough to spend time with Paul Zylstra and Marion Van Soeien families.
Regular meeting notes from Leighton Iowa with full attendance. Motions approved payables including F B Denburger & Sons and local utilities. Minutes read and approved. Council adjourned.
Iowa State College researchers report cornstalks and cobs, when paired with specific protein supplements, can double beef output per acre of corn. Studies indicate roughages provide substantial feed value, boosting efficiency in cattle production and offering a cost effective alternative to traditional feeds.
Iowa State College Agronomy Farm hosts the annual field day highlighting breeding work on grains and forages. Dyas, agronomist and event chair, notes emphasis on oats with variety plots, disease nursery testing over 13 000 selections, and demonstrations of purification procedures. Additional topics include barley flax spring wheat and forage crops plus seed studies on birdsfoot trefoil and related forage work.
A field day opens at 9 30 a m at the Agronomy Farm on State Street two miles south of the Ames campus. The event includes a session on crop rotation and selling fertility plots with a noon lunch provided for visitors on the grounds.
June 19 items note Mrs G Vander Wal turning 70 as residents recall family and friends visiting. Peter Lubberden travels to Denver. Dozens of local names from Pleasantville Oskaloosa and surrounding towns visit Mrs Ella Johnson and others. An ending line mentions alcohol boiling at a lower temperature.
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