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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1932
Page
8
An ad from Ideal Pharmacy promotes Carbolineum Avenarius as a guaranteed remedy to rid hen houses of mites and lice, highlighting poultry care products and farm supply availability.
Lost Black robe not specified owner. Also Lost girls brown leather glove. Finder urged to return to Mrs Ross Schakel. Phone Red 338.
Second Reformed Church offers Church School at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 45 a m with Gethsemane at 6 30 p m C E at 7 30 p m feature Prof Kuyper organ pre Easter selections Evening service at 7 30 p m with High Priestly Prayers and It Is Finished sermon The sixth saying from the cross It Is Finished 103 ii A Cry from the Cross Palm Sunday includes special music at 9 30 a m Crown Him With Many Crowns 7 30 p m and The Boat which was Simon's at 7 30 p m The Baptist Church notes contest with Monroe and morning worship at 10 45 a m Sermon The Church As Separated People Young People Service 6 30 p m Evening worship 7 30 p m Sermon The Thirst of Christ plus Palm Sunday music and Kuyper organ selections The Boat which was Simon's Crown Him With Many Crowns Remember the contest with Monroe and be at Sunday school at 9 30 a m Morning worship 10 45 a m Sermon The Church As Separated People 7 30 p m The Thirst of Christ Special Palm Sunday Music 9 30 a m Church School 10 45 a m Crown Him With Many Crowns 7 30 p m Prof Kuyper at the Organ 7 30 p m The Boat which was Simon's
March is community service month on the American Legion auxiliary calendar. Today March 17 is set apart to help the unemployed with lawn cleaning and spring garden work. A WOI Ames broadcast March 25 will cover local efforts and there is free distribution of the bulletin Corn and Its Uses at Ideal Pharmacy.
Funeral honors for D P Van Gorp mark a well attended service detailing a life rooted in family work at Woodrow and Garden City firms. Miss Kate Johnson and Van Gorp shared a devoted 15 year marriage, built on kindness, steady faith, and mutual respect. He will be missed at home, office, church, and in the community, with many friends traveling from Des Moines to Oskaloosa to pay their respects.
Mrs John Branshart, convalescent at her mother’s home in Prairie City, returns home much improved. Miss Martha Firth and Mrs Edith Bevan fall ill. Cornelius Ver Meer recovers enough to sit up. Martin Herweter’s wife at Lutheran hospital. Cornelius Koopmans seriously ill. J Gilbert Boat ill. Donald Klein back to school. Mrs Carrie Halbert suffering neuritis. Each item reflects local health concerns and brief updates on residents’ conditions.
Greta Garbo and Ramon Navarro star in Mata Hari opening Sunday March 20 at the Princess theatre Oskaloosa for four days. The film blends lavish production with a glamorous romance and a dramatic finale as Mata Hari is executed by a French firing squad for espionage. Navarro plays the aviator lover whose role leads to her death penalty.
Mrs. Mary Schippers daughter of Mrs. George Liter of this city and wife of Cornelius Schippers of near Oskaloosa died Thursday night at Mercy hospital of Pneumonia at age 41. Funeral services were held at Central M E church Monday at 1:30 pm. Interment in Oakwood cemetery Pella. Surviving are her husband seven children her mother and three brothers and three sisters.
The Marion County declamatory contest at the high school featured seven schools with Tracy absent. Judge Prof. Reidlich of Drake awarded top prizes to Malcom MacKenzie of Bussey and Junior Doud of Dallas. Extra entertainment came from the Girls Letter Club and the orchestra.
Poem-like notice presents an anonymous verse praising virtue and service. It highlights striving, fairness, hope, and improving society, ending with a call to read the Chronicle Want Ads for opportunities and notices. The item preserves period tone and serves as a brief literary interlude within an advertisement page.
The script urges listeners to vote for a moderate candidate while praising reliability, urging they tune in on Thursdays at 6 30 p.m. over WHO and WOC. It presents Simpkins as the trusted bus driver choice, and wraps with an advertisement extolling Ken-Rad tube quality and longevity.
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