Pella Area News Notes Local Visits and Travel
Mrs. J R Gosselink and daughter Miss Agatha Gosselink visited Des Moines Friday. Miss Marguerite Vander Wilt of Hotel Pella spent Friday with her parents at Drairiech and helped celebrate their birth anniversary. Miss Dorothy Kool, a local high school student, is ending spring vacation at her Monroe home. Eddyville Tribune reports William De Queen of Pella spent Monday at the Roy Shipman home. Several families from Pella and nearby towns visited relatives, attended church, or traveled to Des Moines and Oskaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Vander Wilt
Hotel Pella
Drairiech
Dorothy Kool
Monroe
Eddyville
Wiliam de Qeent
Pella
Roy Shipman
John Liter
Paul Buwalda
Hankamp
Reformed Church
Gove Vander Beck
Martin van Helten
Dan Kamp
Adams
Nebr
Ross Schakel
Pete van Niewaal
Ford Korn
Des Moines
A. B. van Houweling
Will de Boe
Anville
B.C. Coffman
BH. van Ness
Jacob de Haan
Peter de Haan
Paving Reduces Auto Costs
A bulletin from Ames Town Engineering Experiment Station shows paving saves about two cents per mile on average autos versus dirt roads. Costs per mile on high type roads are around 5.5 cents, intermediate 6.5, and low 7.5. For 11,000 miles annually, paved roads would save about $110. using paved roads could double that annual saving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Engineering Experiment Station
Ames
T. R. Age
H. S. Carter
Records Keep Man On Farm
Fish, a Collins area farmer, credits seven years of farm business records with keeping him on the farm. He maintains inventory, receipts, expenses, and analysis under Iowa State College Extension Service guidance. The 160 acre corn and alfalfa operation uses records to measure labor efficiency and compare farm income with other farm types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. ¥. Fish
Collins
Fish
Iowa State College Extension Service
Pioneer diets praised over modern American meals
The article argues pioneer days offered harder lives but better nutrition. It cites Iowa State College and home economics studies noting earlier peasant meals of whole grains and fruits are nutritionally superior to contemporary American fare. Immigrant health investigations are referenced to support the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Central College Gifts and Campus Events Review
Community groups contribute to Central College Endowment Fund including Mothers' class and Otley Reformed Church with 25 and 100 dollars respectively. Budget adds 200 dollars from local Baptist church. Debates, glee clubs, lectures, and a March 27 performance of The Enemy are highlighted with plans for student-led productions and upcoming elections at Central College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Reformed Church
Otley Reformed Church
Baptist Church
Central College
Central
Wesselink
Chicago
United States
K. A. Kennedy
Boeing School of Aeronautics
van Emmerick
Presbyterian Church of
Monroe
Reformed Church
Sully
Henry Eggink
William Bakker
Raymond Sprague
Marion Kiaaren
Maude Sheerer
Miss Sheerer
College
Doxie Putnam
Lois Smith
Eppa Timmer
Wichita
Kan
Antoinette Vander Ploeg
Channing Pollock
America
Philo and
Arethian
Doxie Putnam Frits
Winckelman
Ed Vander Ploeg
High Schol
Iowa Crop Report March 1 1930 Overview
Iowa farm stocks on March 1 1930 total 290 446 000 bushels down five percent from a year earlier. Corn on farms equals 196 992 000 bushels about 45 percent of 1929 harvest, and oats total 86 772 000 bushels five percent lower than last year. Wheat 1 794 000 bushels produced in 1924 shows 14 000 bushels on hand, with 1929 crop near one percent above 1928. Rye 96 000 bushels, barley 5 091 000, and notes on shipments abroad and monthly receipts complete the data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. S. Court House
Des Moines
Owa
Community Welfare League Seeks Donations for Needy Families
The Community Welfare League asks for clothing shoes bedding or money to aid local needy families. Please notify executive board members Dr. C. Aschenbrenner Mr. J. P. De Cook or Mrs. L. A. Kuyper with appeals for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Aschenbrenner
J. P. de Cook
L. A. Kuyper
Difference Between Desire and Determination
A concise reflection contrasts wishing to act with the firm resolve to act. The line underscores that true progress comes from steady commitment, not mere intent, and highlights how determination transforms intentions into results.
Husband calls wife Birdie in memory linked phrase
A young husband refers to his wife as Birdie, saying the nickname reflects a long held mental association. The remark appears in a brief personal anecdote illustrating affectionate or habitual language within a marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birdie
Allen
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J. R. Gosselink
Miss Agatha Gosselink
J. J. Farndree
Gilman, Iowa
Sam de Cook
Oskaloosa
Dave Evans
G. W. van Arel
Murray Ten Hagen
Prairie City
Antone Sells
Marion Frush
Colfax
Frush
Ed Schreiner
Gerald Paardekooper
Knoxville
J. A. Winter
Baby
Cedar Rapids
Grace and
Harriett Veenstra
John van Haalen
A. J. Gookin
Ira N. Curtis
Anne Blom
William Dowdell
Larson Construction Co
Norma Jean
William van Dyke
Oskaloosa Street
H. O. Wormhoudt
Oren
Mahaska County Dental Association
Theresa
Davenport
C.H. Korn
A. Dickema
John Bloodsworth
Joe Kool
Dick Dickema
Mt. Pleasant
Ralph Grandman
Sioux City
J. P. Martin
Chambear
PS. Bare
Sund
City
Faenee van Vark
W. van Vark
Ligsie Ver Steeg
Mins Dena Ver
Steeg
Newton
Mra
Ver
William Kubbernes
Dora Bootsma
Webster School
Bloomfield
John Bootsma
John Firth
Keokuk
Karl Klein
Paul Grundman
John Rillihan
HW. van Ness
van Ness
John de Hoot
Fred Lautenbach
Lee Lautenbach
Pella, Iowa
South Side Square
John
Vander Linden
Ethyl
Leslie M. Carl
Agricultural Statistican For
Martin Paardekooper
Ovc
Lord Rocheste
Maine
California
Lord Rochester
Michaels-Stern Tailor
Ing
Michaels-Stern
D. den Adel & CO
Pella’s Largest Clothiers
Selby’s, Peters and
Enna
Jettick
J. P. Smith Shoes
Freeman-Beddow
J. P. Smiths
Smart Footwear
Sa Ea
Owaiki Son
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