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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1940
Page
4
Lucile Paltzer Henrietta Vanden Oever Marie Smith and Viola Bont appear in the community notes listing engagements and social standings. Their presence reflects local family ties and social circles highlighted in society pages.
Isabel Thomas attended the wedding of Miss Roya Buitenwerf and Mr. Garrett Van Gorp in Prairie City on Thursday evening, June 20, and served as waitresses. The event featured a notable surprise as the guests began departing.
The office notes orders from diverse locations including Rio de Janeiro Mendes and Maranhoo and Portland Oregon Arnstein Apartments. Major projects include Palisades Towers in New York City and the Schloss job in Indianapolis. Local staff include David Braashart of Pella as assistant to E F Bick, and visitors from Muskegon Michigan as well as vacationers Clarence Wilkins and Marti Dedood. Myron Nelle plans swimming practice while the office reports several Venetian Blind orders and a large hospital installation in Springfield Massachusetts.
Marion County farmers are invited to a Tuesday demonstration at Basil Overton's farm, four miles south of Knoxville, on using creosoted paper barriers to stop chinch bug migration into corn. State Entomologist Dr. Drake urges barrier erection before migration. oil and barrier materials are available in Knoxville at 1 cent per gallon.
Driving through Marion County, the agent notes soybeans are becoming weedy. Farmers who drilled or broadcast beans should cultivate with a rotary hoe or harrow to destroy young weeds as they emerge. For drilled rows, cultivation 2 to 3 times helps. town June weather favors early weed growth.
Cedar Falls hosts the nineteenth annual interdenominational Bible Conference at Riverview park with Dr. T Z Koo of Shanghai headlining. Arthur Hewitt of Northfield will speak on rural church activities, joined by Dr Sverre Norborg and Dr Earle V Pierce with Dr Geo L Robinson presenting. The verse speaking choir from the Cedar Falls Woman's club features during the event, which draws hundreds of pastors and laymen from Iowa and nearby states and does not require registration.
Central College representatives travel the Midwest during summer for fall enrollment. Tennis Prins visits New York New Jersey Pennsylvania. A. Sandren returns Monday from North west Iowa Minnesota South Dakota. Herbert S Mentink promotes in Wisconsin Illinois and north central Iowa. Richard Tynseling spends June in south and western Iowa. Dr William Vander Lugt plans eastern and southeastern Iowa calls before July 1. Indications point to a larger freshman class, following an 18 percent enrollment increase last year.
The District Court Clerk of Marion County Iowa advertises a will for Martin J De Jong deceased filed for probate. A hearing to prove validity is set for 10:00 a.m. July 8, 1940 in Knoxville Iowa. Objections must be filed before the hearing.
A pet pig attacked a two month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Liles in Bloomfield during the mother's brief absence, inflicting severe facial injuries.
Towa health officials warn that tetanus deaths rose last year with 16 of 19 deaths occurring June through October. They urge thorough wound cleansing, removal of foreign matter, and tetanus antitoxin when needed, especially for puncture or dirty wounds.
Marion County farmers received $391,027 in 1939 under the AAA soil conservation program. Across Iowa, $40,887,617 was distributed, with Kossuth leading at $906,114 and Van Buren at $169,778. The national total reached $520,360,802, including operating costs.
Local figures detail immediate distribution of conservat ients across Marion county including Marion Monroe and surrounding areas with sums of 177,597 in Marion and 374,342 in Warren and other values for Lucas Clarke Davis and Dusper as part of county financial notes from Knoxville Journal.
County Engineer Bob Johnson says bids for grading about two miles of farm to market road near the Pella end of the Knoxville Pella highway will be called soon. The project runs from the Wabash railway crossing to the new cut off road entering Pella. Surveys were completed 40 time ago and plans approved by the Marion county Board of Supervision. Surfacing bids will follow after grading. Changes to the old roadway are minor but improve grade. The Knoxville Journal reports.
A one-year old goat belonging to W. J. Kollman of Rudd reportedly swallowed two banknotes ten and one dollars. The boat was butchered and the money, though damaged, was recovered from the goat's stomach for redemption.
Seven truckers were summoned to Justice Fred Miller's court in Car roll for speeding. Six defendants were from out of state, reflecting a broad interstate violation pattern during the crackdown.
Several young Guttenberg boys man a boat to serve ice cold pop and snacks to fishermen in the area. They hope to earn spending money this summer by offering small services and supplies to local anglers.
Want ads note a lost billfold with a name Merlyn Gertsma from Route 1 Lynnville Town. It mentions a youth sleeping room for 1 or 2 persons and provides a partial address 408 Independence with phone 304 Black.
At Jules Dorn farm near Waver a woodpecker named Mami carried a burning cigarette stub to her two nestlings. The cigaret caused a fire that scorched the nest and tree, but nearby drillers spotted the smoke and saved a barn. The two babies died.
A quirky notice notes George Getztenberger of Hazelton plans burial in his wedding suit from fifty years ago. The suit remains in good shape, sparking amused commentary about how business success seems to blur a man’s signature and discernment.
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