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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1935
Page
3
Local notes recount visits among families in Now Dakota Leigh ton Pella Otley and Oskaloosa. Measles cases noted with care to prevent spread. Community groups hold a quilting party and a telephone meeting. April 1 set as corn hog contract sign date. officials urge cooperation.
At the regular meeting in Peoria A Van Duren and P Vander Wal represented Cherry Grove with Van Duren serving the previous term and Vander Wal elected for the new term. Hickory Grove was represented by F Vogelaar and Tracy Boyd, with Boyd newly elected but declining the post and Vogelaar continuing for a second term.
Sully and Conie Welle attended the state base ball tournament while relatives returned to Cedar Rapids after a week with Neal van Gorp. Many Newton Pella and Kilduff residents visited friends and family, with dinners, bridge games, and governess appointments shaping a busy social weekend in rural Iowa communities.
Helen Hayes stars in Vanessa Her Love Story at the Princess starting Sunday March 31. She credits eight syllables of the word relaxation for success and says nerves and taut muscles are as vital as concentration, noting she relaxed on set by knitting between takes and that the film earns praise from Hugh Walpole, with a cast including Lewis Stone May Robson Otto Kruger.
Miss Jennie Moes hosted a surprise gathering at her parents home with many uninvited guests and generous baskets. The event celebrated her departure for Bethesda Sanatorium in Denver, and she will enter the facility on Tuesday. Friends and relatives expressed best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Mr and Mrs Dirk Weyers visited Thursday at John Van Zante s home near Prairie City. Mrs John Buwalda and daughters Joyce and Mary Alice spent a few days with her parents Mr and Mrs Bartus Klyn near Cordova. Mr and Mrs Nick Schuring and…
Friday evening the family of near Fifield visited the Louis Schuring home and Miss Alberta De Joode helped her aunt Mrs Dow Poortinga with house cleaning midweek. Sunday guests at the Wm Roush home included Mr and Mrs Gerrit Korver and daughter Gretta and Miss Erma Kooyman of Des Moines. Otley and Pella men Jim Vriedelaard and Gerrit Steenbock left for Kansas City on business Monday. Mrs Gysbert Aalbers mily of Otley and Neal Sederel of Leighton traveled to Oskaloosa Sunday to see Mrs Harmon Sederel at Mahaska hospital, who underwent an operation last week and is reported doing fine.
Tainter Mr and Mrs Henry S Men ning and daughters and Mr and Mrs Gradys Kuiper and children of Otley visited their mother Mrs A B Rouw. John Vander Beck and children and Everett Rouw of Oskaloosa also visited Mrs A B Rouw Tuesday evening. Paul Wehrle was an Oskaloosa caller Saturday. Harold Hull of Grinnell visited Tainter. Grace Hull and son Clair went to Marshalltown to see sister Mrs Mary Coreyll. Lowell Robertson and David Lenaker taught school after the snow day. Ray Sandwick and wife were in Oskaloosa. Mrs Will Sparks died of heart trouble northwest of Lynnville. Dr Francis Quire visited Mrs Garner ill with flu.
Mr and Mrs Earl Northcutt and family spent Wednesday evening at Bert James home. Jack Miller stayed Tuesday night with David Langaker. Sunday guests included members of the John De family.
Longtime resident Jo Springer and Erlyn Northcutt hosted gatherings while Ruth James and Landon Hull visited Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd James. Ali Springer of Missouri came with his son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Springer, and Voyian Northcutt spent Sunday with Ruth Opal James. Anna Hiemstra of Otley is visiting a few days with her friend.
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