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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1935
Page
6
Muscatine visitors joined Leighton and Pella families for a Klaaren reunion at Oskaloosa. Beulah De Prenger wed John Klein on June 20 at Ebenezer Reformed with Rev. J A De Jong officiating. Relatives gathered for a reception at D De Prenger’s home as plans announced for a July 10 home. Community events included dinners, farewells, and choral performances by local churches.
Leighton and nearby residents hosted and visited family friends and church groups over the weekend. Don De Prenger and family stopped by George Philips’s home in Oskaloosa Sunday afternoon, Betty Verrips visited Dirk Beintema’s home, and Rev. Marion Klaaren with others shared meals at L. Van Roekel’s residence. Des Moines trips, Priscilla Sisters gatherings, and a Van Zee Boat wedding attendance were noted along with upcoming bazaar plans for the Reformed church group and a village social at Prairie. Community members including Sedrels and De Jong family members were part of the weekend’s social tapestry.
Otley Peter Crum of Al visited Sunday at Crumer home with Mrs. R Heer en and family. Tone Van Zee and family spent Wednesday at Gerrit De Jong home. Mrs. Stirnemann and Mrs. Lille shopped in Pella. S Korver, at Jennie Robus home, attended Korver reunion at Louis De Vries home in Pella. 54 attended in honor of Cordel Hady and children from Los Angeles. They depart Monday June 24. Aalbers family returned from Jows City hospital after three weeks. Bloodsworth and Diekema families visited Joe Kool home. Tone Aalbers and family visited Dow Poortinga home.
Sally Awtry and Mrs Eldridge hosted guests at a Thursday afternoon gathering. Multiple families from Pella and nearby towns visited others, shared lunch, and enjoyed social time. The record notes several visits including Welle, De Jong, Rozendaal, and Versendaal households, plus a two year anniversary surprise for Oliver Wisgerhot and his wife.
A crowded social scene unfolds with courtesy lists, family visits, church attendance, and friendly gatherings. Names such as Briggs Baarda Van Arkel Mintle Holds Worth Vander Zy1 Vanness Gertsma Kling and Wisgerhof appear alongside relatives from Peoria Newton and Pella. Weekend visits, a community taxi society meeting, a 4-H club event in Ames, and a kitchen table of refreshments are noted. A Vos farm fire, fishing trips, oil station swaps, and quilting activities at Van Dene and related homes fill the page with neighborhood life.
Porterville notes list Miss Cornelia Huckert who worked for Mrs. John Vander Wert near Pella last week. Visits include Miss Johanna Wielard with Miss Ruth Visser on Wednesday, Marjorie Vanden Bard staying at Cornie Vanden Board home, Antoinette Monster visiting Ruth Hackett, and Elsie Van Dene staying with sister Mrs Murray Sytama. Local residents, visitors from Knoxville and Coalport, and a sick list for Miss Jeanette Monster are mentioned with short mentions of family and neighbors.
Mr and Mrs Henry Van Dene with daughters Anna Cornelia and Elsie and Misses Darlene and Maxine Robertus visited the Murray Sytema home Tuesday evening Mrs Cornie Vanden Beard and
Wheeler and Woolsey big screen team bring The Nitwits to Rivola Oskaloosa on June 28 with three new tunes. The score features Music in My Heart The Black Widow Will Get You If You Don t Watch Out and You Opened My Eyes from noted composers Mc Hugh Fields Gilbert Bernard. The plot centers on an extortionist The Black Widow with Woolsey delivering comic song turns and Betty Kable dancing in a song and dance specialty.
Galesburg residents and visitors share Friday and Wednesday evenings with neighbors including the Ver and Van Gorphen families, Hendricks, De Penning, Schultz, and Wheeler households. Local gatherings feature church Ladies Aid quilting, Sunday school class activities, and a belated birthday lunch at the Dearinger home marking Ed Dearinger's 76th birthday.
A tractor carries an umbrella attachment used as a shelter and elevated lookout. The device provides shade and a high vantage point for fieldwork, combining practical cover with an aerial support function.
Local report from Lower Grove notes recent heavy rains hindered planting. Missionary H Jen opened the Daily Vacation Bible School at Lower Grove Church with Miss Jacobsma of Sheldon directing the Junior Division and Wilma Van Gory managing the primary division. Attendance starts at twelve and a June 28 program is planned to showcase the work. Various neighbors and families, including Van Gorp and Van Itheenen, hosted attendees and contributed to farm chores and birthday celebrations.
Killduff Mrs Bert Romans and Miss Dorothy Romany of Galesburg visited Mrs C B Dick and daughter Katherine to celebrate her birthday. The Killduff Girls beat by Reasnor 13 to 20 in Reasnor. Fillduff boys lost to Sully 3 to 2 in ten innings at Sully. Buona Vista beat Bower 5 to 1. Killduff boys beat Newton All Stars 2 to ?. Mrs Forrest Terpstra to Newton for weeks visit. she is bed ridden with bone cysts. Van Arkle of Sully works on David Sampson house ready for Tom Swan of Newton. John Earp of Grand Junction CO and Selma Shaverly of Fruita CO visiting Tom Earp.
Wednesday letters from Killduff list numerous visiting relatives and friends from Newton Grinnell Pella Lynnville and Clinton. Names include Mrs. Clarence Wheatcraft Helen Nichol and Jane Stock ton Grand Junction Mrs. Will Bruce and Mrs. De Penning. Trips to Iowa City Niagara Falls and New York are noted with youth hiking adventures and hospital visits.
A weather note describes Thursday afternoon sprinkles west of Wright and a big Sunday rain with continued precipitation until Tuesday. Bridges and fences were washed out, and residents Evert reported a birth.
Plate a son, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Van Ringelstine a daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Van Roekel a daughter, Miss Anna Bauma of Denver, Colorado, is here visiting relatives and friends.
The Amsterdam Des Moines river rose after last week’s heavy rains with two inches falling Tuesday morning. Farmers worked in fields last Sunday as cool weather, rain and floods complicate river bottom farming. The depot, built 35 years ago, is not the first.
Twenty homeowners report termite attacks in Council Bluffs this year, with higher numbers since the insect appeared years ago, per city building inspector Tom Dustrop. Amsterdam remains nearby, and the remark reflects the survival of the fittest in local conditions.
BE. Hentges says a $1 bottle of Dr Emil's Adla Tablets cured sharp stomach pains in three weeks and now he can eat anything. Vander Linden's Drug Store carries the product.
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