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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1932
Page
15
Designers explore endless versatility in 1932 patterns for ties shirts hosiery and pajamas noting distinct departures. The article highlights cycles in fashion and cites neater shirt patterns with pin stripes hairlines panel treatments and jacquard effects, predicting warm color trends.
Fashion notes for spring emphasize demi-bosom shirts with matched or white collars, soft collar attached shirts in white or pastels, and a shift toward striped and novelty weave ties. Hosiery favors clocked patterns to create vertical lines, with fabrics leaning to solid colors and small figures.
The AAA motor clubs of Iowa urge entries for a Tour Iowa campaign to boost tourism. Last year’s tourist business exceeded two billion dollars, yet Iowa received only half of its share. Send slogans on separate post cards, with Cedar Rapids’ Carl G. Stoddard as slogan committee chairman, and include the idea of Iowa being a "beautiful land." Contest runs March 16 to April 15.
Read the Chronicle Want Ads for coal deals from Liter's Kirkville and Cox Riggen and Bishop. Guaranteed Iowa coal at 20 cents delivered and 16 cents delivered with prompt service. Phone Red 319 to order Roy Kersbergen.
Reverend Frank E. Weston aged 68, longtime pastor of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, dies. Funeral held at the Methodist church drawing over 1500 mourners. burial at Mt. Pleasant cemetery. Survivors include widow and several children. Service led by Dr. J. F. Cook and local ministers. noted for community friendship across races. A fuller life profile to appear in the Baptist Record.
Local notes recount Rev R R Brown’s stop in town and Dr Bernie Mulder’s installation as pastor in Grand Rapids with H J Veldman and J R Mulder taking part. Residents and visitors include Ed Schreiner family in Knoxville, Louise Gladstone from Des Moines, and funeral attendance for D P Van Gorp.
The Christian Reformed church marks 75 years of denomination in 2021 with a March 22 festival at First Christian Reformed Church in Pella. Delegations from nearby churches plus speakers Rev I Van Dellen and Prof Samuel Volbedd will lead Holland and English sessions, with music and bilingual addresses. Rev Van Dellen, longtime Denver pastor and author, will speak in both languages. The evening program starts at 7:80.
A pair of kitchen shears with sanitary white handles and sharp blades serves many tasks. Useful for chopping celery apples and pickles for salads cutting meat and poultry trimming fish heads and tails shredding lettuce and stuffing bread. It can also cut marshmallows dates nuts for desserts and assist with paper twine shelf paper and other everyday tasks.
Dedication notes mark Gerrit Vander Wilt nicknamed Pud on his 60th bachelor anniversary honoring his single status with affectionate memories and well wishes from friends and family.
A verse about Pud the bachelor who sang at daybreak and dusk living alone. Neighbors found him odd and he claimed to love them all. Fifty years pass and he repeats a lyric that life remains a dream despite joys.
Albert De Wild, Rov Henry Van Oostrum, and Dick Den Adel heard Rev. R. R. Brown at United Presbyterian Church in Oskaloosa last Thursday. Brown used the prodigal son to urge Americans to seek help from their father, outlining a three week revival beginning there. He left for Chicago after the service.
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