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Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1949

Page

2

Local health and hospital notes from Mahaska area

Mrs John A Buwalda shows late improvement despite illness. Mrs Arnold Bogaard and baby daughter left Mahaska hospital for home. Leonard Schakel admitted to Mercy hospital Oskaloosa for medical care. Rev and Mrs Cli of Oelwein visited Pelin area. Rev C Anderson attended Open forum. Mrs N Vos ill, suffered a second stroke. Mrs Wilma Armstrong submitted to Mercy Inst Thursday. Henry W Langerak living with daughter after wife’s passing. Gerrit Van Rockel, college admissions counsellor, left Pelin for Denver for Bethesda Sanatorium meeting. Miss Cunera Van Emmerik entered Rochester clinic for observation. Dick I Gosselink left for California. Lar Bensink underwent tonsillectomy in Oskaloosa. Mrs John Vink Sr is seriously ill at home on Independence Street after a stroke. Mr and Mrs Wm Louwema moved to former arm south of Ne Sharon. Anne Reyinard purchased farm Ravoh Vander Syde ill past week. Mrs A Monweting called and C Van Houwelin Mahaska Hospital Saturday. Mrs Will Brand improving and expected dismissal next day.

John A. Buwalda Mra Arnold Bogaard Mahaska Hospital Leonard Schakel Mercy Hospital Oskaloosa Cli Oelwein Pelin C. Anderson N. Vos Wilma Armstrong Ery Thurs University Charles Tapley Jowa Tapley Henry W. Langerak John Ver Plooy South Gerrit van Rockel Denver Colorado Hethesda Sanatorium Association Cunera van Emmerik Rochester Minnesota Dick I. Gosselink California Lar Bensink John Vink Sr Independe Wm. Louwema Sharon Anne Reyinard Ravoh Vander Syde A . Monweting Houwelin Mahaska “Hospital Will Brand

Pella residents host visitors and note local moves

Mr and Mrs Arthur De Cook and others visited Pella while relatives from Des Moines Denver and Lafayette attended. Arthur De Cook will join Deere & Co after leaving Carnegie-Illinois. Vert Hols injured at the library fall. x rays to check for fractures. John Res of Sas senheim Netherlands moved to the U S with family and plans a Tulip Festival visit.

Arthur de Cook Prairie City Pella George Valkenburg Des Moines Gilbert van Polen Mary Ellen Miles van Polen Anna Harris Martha Tharris Alp. van Houweling Jim Kuyper Juline Palmquist Denver Colorado William Ad. Vande Waort Juline Inde Vander Pal John Vander Teest Fort Knox Gerald Vander Leest Vander Leest Jerry Larry Terry Fort Carl Parkapile Anne Ver Dught Donna Beverly Bella Ver Dught Ayn Vander Ploeg Honey Grootveld Cornice Ge California Day Waterloo Paul Triplett Ames Joe ‘Onda Roxie Grootveld Blanche Neely Herman Plate Iowa City Iowa Peter van Gorp Lafayette Indiana Arthur den Adel Rock Island Bertha den Adel Arthur Gary Works Carnegie—Illinois Steel Corporation Deere & Co Moline Ill The Steel Company Vert Hols Memorial 1 Public Library Bert Roorda Librar Legion Hall Hols Legion John Res Res Sassenheim Netherlands United States Battle Creek Michigan Holland Midwest Missouri Kansas Nebraska New York John South Clark Street Chicago Res & Co. Inc

Independence at three under a loving mother’s guidance

Peter, age three, learns self-reliance with gentle help from his mother at the Iowa State University child welfare station. He greets dressing, feeding, and de-tying tasks with growing autonomy, while affectionate support reinforces his sense of worth and security for the future.

Peter Towa State University of Iowa

Precautions for Families in Small Flooded Areas

Public health guidance advises families in small flood zones to protect water supplies, wells, food, and surfaces after floods. It recommends boiling water, disinfecting wells with chlorine, sterilizing canned foods, cooking root vegetables, washing hands, scrubbing basements, and inoculating all family members against typhoid fever with vaccine supplied to physicians.

State Department of Health

Vegetable Fat Keeps Lard from Going Rancid

Mildred Nelson Iowa State College extension nutritionist advises adding hydrogenated vegetable fat just before removing lard from the rendering kettle and before storage. Use 2 or 3 pounds of fat per 50 pounds of lard, melt and mix thoroughly, store in small tightly covered containers in a cool dark place to slow rancidity.

Mildred Nelson Iowa State College Extension Nelson

Growing in Discipleship at Churches Third Reformed

L. J. Borst leads a morning service with Bible School and a sermon series titled His Lips Speak. The day features Junior and Senior C. E. with topics launching the offensive, plus evening music by Wm. Van Zee from Prairie City Reformed Church and a King of Kings message. Congregational welcome extended. come early and call on God.

Third Reformed Church Wm. van Zee Prairie City Reformed Church

Church Activities Schedule Highlights This Week

PROT and Second Reformed Church outline Sunday services at 9:30 and 10:45, Lent series on Betrayed, catechism classes Tuesday evenings, Junior and College C E groups, and Union Missionary Rally Wednesday with Missionary De Valois from India. Thursday features Missionary Packing Ten with sessions at 10:30 and 2:00.

Second Reformed Church Edward H. Tanis C. E Reformed C. E. Friends and Companions of Jesus Jack Thomassen Logan van Sittert College Rosemary de Bruin Union Missionary de Valois India Second Church

Baptist Church Services and Guest Preacher Schedule

The Baptist Church lists a morning worship at 9 30 and evening service at 6 80 with Church School at 10 45 and Baptist Youth Fellowship at 7 80. Rev Don Stanley of Kansas City will preach both services by invitation of the pulpit committee.

Baptist Church Church School Baptist Youth Fellowship Don Stanley Kansas City

St Mary Morning Service At Eight Ten

A fragment notes a morning service at St Mary with a time read as 8:10. The readable text provides limited context about location or event details beyond the church and time.

St. Mary

Sailor’s Address Fragment in New York Postmark

Fragmentary OCR shows a sailor’s address listing Harlan Kloostra aged 82 and an address in Macon California with Hay Division, and a New York P O box. Details incomplete and spacing irregular, making full identification uncertain.

Harlan Kloostra Macon P. O New York

Rendering fats for faster yield by cutting finely

The text describes rendering fat from meat, advising to cut the fat into small pieces or grind it to speed rendering and increase yield. It emphasizes removing skin and gristle to improve efficiency during the process.

Hogs and Corn Economics for 1948 Fall Pig Crop

Town hog producers can expect $1.30 to $3.50 per bushel for corn used in feeding a 1948 fall pig crop. Experts urge using a balanced supplement with corn to maximize returns and cut costs, showing higher per bushel returns when tankage and supplement are included. Also notes on early seedbed prep and fertilization to improve clover and alfalfa stands for next season.

Town Towans Damon Ron Towns State College Catron Iowa

Seeding Rate Cuts Aid Clover Grass Stand

Iowa State College agronomist N D Hughes urges cutting legume and grass seed rates this spring to preserve stands. Reducing to 1 to 2 bushels per acre can lower oats yield slightly but boosts establishment. Use cultipacker firming soil and proper seed depth to improve germination and stand, notes Hughes.

Hughes N. D. Hughes Iowa State College

Infamous Tin Foil Fracas In Emmetsburg News Erupts

A local note from Emmetsburg highlights Bob Nietert, a visually impaired resident, receiving assistance from the group Friends of Bob Nietert amid a small community dispute over a TINFOIL item and related gifts.

Bob Nietert Emmetsburg

Unusual Christmas Gift Items Reported in Tin Foil Pack

A peculiar gift featured a large tin foil bundle resembling a Havling ball weighing about 40 pounds with a sale value near 40 dollars. The package included 9,000 pieces ofette wrappers and chewing gum with wipers, among other items.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Carl Vander Schaaf Albia Sales CO Albia H. C. Peterson & Sons Paul Morehead Filok Wermboudt Furniture Store Courtary Institute For American Democracy, Inc Church OF the Open Bible C. O. Anderson Ladies’ Dorcas Society First Reformed Church Jesus Calvary Jo—X Christian Endeavor Classis RC. A Gradys A. Aalberts Gospel Hall Ministry of God's Word James G. Steele M. Gritters Luke Grocery and Service A. B. van Houweling Auto Company Pella Products Inc Town & Country Shop Pella Sale Company John Deere McCormick-Deering Barrow Pella Sac Company Vander Zyl Bros. & van Zante, Auds Pella National Bank
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