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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1957
Page
12
Cordova News shares visits by Mr. and Mrs. John Terjouw of Sully readers, local school ties, a mother’s day party, fittings, and new paint on Vander Zyls tanks. It notes Longevity, illnesses, birthdays, car updates, a price war in Knoxville, and community aid at Adventist welfare center.
Roberta Hodgson reports an injured bird with long legs and long bills. The bird has mottled brown back feathers. Officials will identify the species later.
Local church services at First Chr Ref Church with Rev. Cooke from Tracy. Visits by the Newenhouse families from Chicago Heights and South Holland, Ill. Baptism of James Lilley’s infant daughter, public profession of faith by Gerrit and Jean Beekhuizen. Harrison Homemakers meet with six members and two guests, plant exchange and lesson on Understanding Ourselves. Harrison Hustlers 4-H Club reports ten members, two leaders, four visitors. gopher control demo by Jay Fox and Buddy Lane. Indies' aid of Wright hosts meeting. Clara Meyer of Quincy visits Cedar Rapids and Wm. Holsnear Fre ment.
Opal Carle, treasurer of Marion County, Iowa, presents the semi annual report covering June 30 to December 31, 1956. The statement of accounts by funds certifies the accuracy of the financial transactions during the period.
M Van Arkel returned home from Mercy Hospital last week and is slowly improving. A daughter was born Tuesday evening April 30 at Mahaska Hospital to Mr and Mrs Carl Van Veldhuizen on route 2.
Dr. G T Vander Lugt led morning services at First Reformed Church while Rev A Bennink conducted evening services. Prairie City residents Nettie De Gooyer Hallie Kingdom Mable Vander Linden and Rahanna Ford enjoyed a Southern trip visiting Warm Springs Stone Mountain Cinerama Atlanta and saw the seven wonders of the world. They traveled through Georgia Alabama Tennessee Florida Arkansas Kentucky and Illinois. Mr and Mrs John Henken celebrated birthdays with Arthur Samson and family. Mrs Samson born April 30 and Mrs Henken May 1. Mr and Mrs John Boot marked their 56th wedding anniversary with visitors. Rev Van der Kieft and elder E Memmelaar attended Classis Pella in Newton. Article from Santa Ana Calif reports Parkview Reformed Church planning a 9:30 groundbreaking for a church and educational unit. Cherub Choir to sing. contemporary design.
The Des Moines area Reformed Church plans a temporary 11 am worship at Paulo Drive-in Theatre Newport Beach Blvd as the building at the Santa Ana church is expanded into a two story educational unit with 600 seating and 800 Sunday School capacity. Contractors Farrar Hudson and Associates of Loma Linda expect completion early December. The outdoor service will be called The Family Drive in Church and marks the church’s long Protestant lineage dating to 1628 in New York. The article also notes community events such as the Des Moines African Violet Club show drawing about 1,100 attendees and honors to Mrs. Lea Brown and Mrs. Earl Williams for violet awards.
An advertisement touts itch relief promises with a guarantee. It promotes Itch-Me-Not for eczema ringworm insect bites and surface itch claiming quick relief within minutes and offering a 40 cent refund at any drug store. The copy emphasizes ease of use day or night and notes availability at local outlets.
Community snippets recount visits among families in Pella Monroe and Prairie City. Funeral services were held for 76 year old William Sage at Walters Funeral Home with burial at Waveland Cemetery. Two Fort Madison women, Kessel Conner and Allen Duncan, were fatally injured east of Prairie City in a car crash after a curve.
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