Pella News Highlights from a Busy Week
Kennebec native H J Hoogenakker visited Pella with daughter Harriet. Des Moines weekend trips included basketball finals at Drake Fieldhouse, with Roosevelt High defeating Central High of Sioux City. Local residents attended funerals, hospital visits, church events, and community gatherings. the Robinson family, Van Vliet relatives, and Van Roekel and Van Vark households figure prominently in the week’s social and civic notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Hoogenakker
Kennebec
S. Dak
Pel-la
Harriet
Steve van Roekel
Gerald Weis
Des Moines
Willard de Winter
Edith Kyger
Drake
Roosevelt High
Central High
Sioux City
Florence Black
Western Union Telegraph Company
Ottumway
Farmers Union
M. J. de Wit
Prairie City
Walter de Wit
Oskaloosa
N. de Wit
Connie van Roekel
J. H. Toom
J. E. de Wit
Sigourney
John Ulrich
Des Moines General Hospital
Pella
Monroe
Gysbert van Vliet
C. G. van Vliet
B. E. van Vliet
Boston
Mass
Anna van Vliet
Minneapolis
John van Vliet
Russell and
Harry
D. Ingman
Omaha
Neb
Earl van Vliet
New York City
Nancy Ruth Renaud
Algon
W. Reading
Terris
June
R. M. Smith
Ray Vander Wal
Montezuma
A. T. van Zante
Easter goods line for all ages advertised
A local retailer promotes a broad Easter assortment for children, youths, and adults. Shoppers are invited to explore decorations, greeting cards, candies, Easter baskets, and novelty ties.
Boy Who Discovered Easter at First Church
A dramatic Easter program titled The Boy Who Discovered Easter portrays a crippled boy who has never seen nature’s wonders and a man who has lost faith after family tragedy. His sister brings them together and a sequence of coincidences leads to a heartfelt, faith-inspiring birth of belief. Miss Christina Bruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina Bruins
Battery brooders reshape poultry rearing practices
Many poultry operators adopt battery brooders using single or multiple tiers with electric or hot water heating or heated rooms. Chicks per compartment range 60 to 100, with one fourth to one third raised to broilerage. the rest moved to other brooders or on range. Metal brooders have 132 inch wire floors for droppings. Benefits cited include less disease, space and labor savings, reduced fuel, and year round operation. Eastern foresters urge tobacco growers to exercise care.
Preparing tobacco beds amid quiet days for safety
A brief note explains tending tobacco plant beds involves turning on quiet days, extinguishing all coals, and keeping tools ready to prevent fires. Emphasizes fire safety and careful handling of embers during field work.
Fires Threaten Woodlands If Not Stopped Early
Fighting handy, authorities warn that the spread of damaging fires to woodlands may be avoided with swift action and preventive measures.
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Geo. Croll
Leland
Ruth Blake
Jack Schiele
Wilton Junction
West Liberty
Joe Vande Geest
Iowa City
Wilma
Children’s Hospital
Carol Carson
Clarence van Vark
Vee
Bob
Dailey
Bertha Veenstra
T. G. Foltz
Ames
Alden H. Wyatt
Democratic
The
Chronicle
Ella Vander Schaaf
Christian Reformed School
Peoria
Peter A. de Jong
Reformed Church Seminary
Princeton
N. J
People’s Park Church
Patterson
de Jong
S. Vander Schaaf
Gerald Pastdekooper
E. 0. Brace
Abe Klein
Kilduff
J. M. Carlson
Andrew Boot
Des Mois
Spike
H. C. Jacobs
Mahaska Hospital
Connie van Toorn
Ben Grandia
Ed. van Toorn
T. Plette
Clara
D. den Adel
Lucille
H. G. Carson
Mrs
D. S. Barr
H.E. de Reus
John Nieberg
Knoxville
Grandy College
Grundy Center
KSSO
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Gerrit Boerfijn
Betty
Bernice Blommers
Casey Niefert
Herbert Kiaaren
Newton
Kate van Vliet
Gus van Vliet
Herman Langstraat
Christine Brom
Connie
Vliet
Elizabeth Ver Heul
Ottumwa
Mrs. Mansford Ver Steeg
Paul Lautenbach
Fred Lautenbach
Morrison, Ilinois
Anna Pals
Merservey
Morrison
Erma Kaldenberg
Harold Veenstra
L. Kaldenberg
Klaas van Dellen
H. L. van Dellen
Kate Fry
Chas. Sipkema
A. Rysnyk
J. Ziegela
A. A. Lubberden
J. Veenstra
H. J. Brom
Louise Gladstone
Henry Edmand
Caroline of
Fred Lankelma
D. J. Rietveld
Ila Fox
Seward
Nebr
Nordlund
Baptist Church
Harve van Gorp
H. H. Sadler
John Vander Linden
H. J. Dixson
John Vander Wal
Barney Mensch
the Baptist Church
Minnie Vanden Berg
A. Hanson
Louis van Roekel
Baptist Missionary Society
Kate Beard
Elizabeth Graham
Gilbert Boat
R. S. de Haan
Ruth
Raymond
Wayne
Cawker City
Kas
Es Cornelia Kelderman
eBooy
Oska
Loren Cooney
Pauline de Leeuw
Wm. Vander Horst
Grandma Vander Post
W. A Jansen
South of Town
John Vanden Baard
Otley
Daisy Welle
Martha Jansz
W. H. Fowler
Arie Soetens
Richland
Earl van Rees
Bert Vander Horst
Bussey
Minnie Phillips
Gysbert van Zante
P. W. Kelderman
Henry Vander Horst
Edna Beyers
Henry Beyers
J. S. Gladstone
W. S
Billy
Garret Popma
Lincoln, Nebr
Mrs. H. A. Veenstra
Verlan Porter
Anne Soetens
Len Kaldenberg
Lee Wickcliff
Baby
Harve Evans
Walter Visscher
Hedrick
Cornelia Porter
C. A
Shelly Diggs
Lee Vriezemar
Dexter
Charles F. Unger
Mary—Henrietta Vanden Oever
Maggie
Mildred Verhey
Chuck
Arabia
Christian Endeavor Society
ELECTRIC_ COMPANY
Christian Endeavor Group
Sunnyside
Nestle Circuline
Mrs. Jessie Sadler
South Central Iowa
Winterset
Indianola
Pella Theatre
Hollywood
EL Kapitan
Rin-Tin-Tin
Montana Wranglers
Ers
Hoekdema & Trump
Vanard
Fitch
Gresolvent Mechanics Soap Reg
Magnesia
Phonograph Records
Victor
Ideal Pharmacy
Martin Paardekooper
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