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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1932
Page
7
Mrs. Gerald Paardekooper handles society inquiries. Content covers multiple club hostess duties including E. O. W. and A and J clubs, Holland Singing Club, Masonic lodge activities, and numerous church and community society meetings. Remarks include weddings, anniversaries, and birthday honors with extensive lists of attendees and local families.
Hints for a Household Saint Patrick's Day luncheon include spinach soup Lamb with green peas String bean salad Green ice cream or ice Shamrock cake Fun ideas include a shamrock hunt by hiding sham rocks cut from green cardboard with prizes for most finds Children or guests draw a pig with eyes blindfolded and prizes for the best pig drawing
A mixed collection of kitchen notes and recipes. Includes a March recipe by Betty Webster for mint pineapple cocktails, a pepper stuffed bake with rice and salmon, and a vanilla frosting made in a double boiler. Also contains guidance on prep steps and oven timing for each dish.
A fragment describes chopping mint parsley olives and mixing with mayonnaise to form a herb butter spread. Includes paprika butter white bread as ingredients and suggests mixing the greens with mayo.
Mrs H Beyers hosted the Legion Auxiliary meeting on Tuesday March 1 with a business session and social hour. The Junior League held its annual meeting at Miss Edith Roorda’s home with officers elected Mrs Bob Kuyper president and Rex Dixon vice president Florence Van Sittert secretary treasurer. Herbert Klaaren celebrated his nineteenth birthday with a small gathering, Rook being the main game. Mrs Roy Andeweg hosted a Saturday afternoon party for Miss Lela Oosterfaust of Hedrick visiting at the Peter De Cook home. Lenora Hartman Verna Hartman and Ermina Beaman attended dinner at S F Cole’s Saturday, and Florence Larson hosted Verna Hartman for a Saturday afternoon gathering.
Culver Stockton college of Canton Missouri defeated Central College in Jordan Hall Tuesday evening in a college debate arguing for centralized government control of industry. Judges were S. Bert Baron Miss Larson and E V Goad. The affirmative argued for a national bureau and educational standards to address economic evils, citing idle workers and coal output gaps as reasons for consolidation and centralized planning.
A simple Lenten loaf combines 1 cup rice with 1 can salmon. The prepared dish blends grain and fish for a quick meatless meal option.
The discussion praised a centralized plan reducing overhead and hours while preserving private industry if employers act fairly. It cited Ford as an efficiency model, warned centralized control risks, inflation of unemployment, and opposed government takeover as killing initiative and threatening the social order amid criticisms of the Federal Farm Board.
A Des Moines Register Sunday review discusses Stuart N. Lake’s Wyatt Earp biography. The book traces Earp from birth in Illinois to death in California, detailing battles with cattle rustlers and gunmen across Ellsworth Wichita Dodge Tombstone and Arizona.
A Denver reviewer lauds a Wyatt Earp biography for detailing the gun battles and frontier courage that defined the marshal. The work connects the Earp family to Pella and notes vivid episodes while urging fuller background context.
The county clerk lists numerous marriage licenses issued last year with many couples from Pella and surrounding areas. Names include Helene Slob, Eva Noel, Harold Kaldenberg, Gerrit Andring, Ella Stuursma, Ruth Fennema, Sophia Lantenbach, Henny Van Rees, Tena Olivier, Emma Van Haaften, Betty Rhynsburger, Alberta White, Johanna Schakel, Theodore Van Dorland, Rachel Bogaards, Ina Visscher, Elizabeth De Goey, Gerrit Kuiper, Hen rietta Groeneweg, and others across Pella Knoxville Oskaloosa Prairie City and nearby towns.
Keota two banks Security State Bank and Farmers Savings issued a joint circular to reassure the community and preserve solvency. They announce emergency measures to keep banks open, limit withdrawals, protect trust and public funds, and guarantee continued interest on accounts while deposits remain safe.
In a public statement Keokuk and Washington counties banks urge community cooperation to preserve sound assets. They insist the Banking Department will not close solvent banks and that restrictions target hoarding currency, not ordinary deposit holders, noting deposits after February 8, 1932 remain protected and that depression conditions are temporary.
Mrs. Kate Beard recovers at home after a flu attack. Mrs. Frances Pals improves after her operation at Lutheran hospital Des Moines and will soon return home. Miss Grace Wesselink, high school teacher, returns to school after illness. Betty Carter remains on the sick list since last Tuesday.
Dr William J Scholes argues spring lassitude stems from indoor living and overeating. He cautions against bottle tonics and promotes outdoor exercise, fresh air, and moderate daily activity as the best spring tonic, with vacations if possible.
Federal chemists plan to develop commercially practical methods as chestnut pigment vanishes from tanning. The effort aims to craft a feasible substitute for the long relied upon chestnut in leather processing.
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