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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1928
Page
10
GALESBURG special correspondent reports social visits at multiple homes, church events, and school notes in Sully area. Local residents travel to Newton and Kellogg for weekend activities while others visit Oskaloosa and Milo for family matters. A cantata at the Christian Reformed church and two school plays are on the weekly slate, with community gatherings and notes on illnesses and hospital visits shaping the week.
Mr and Mrs Mary Rinehart were Newton callers Saturday and Mrs Lane DePenning were Friday visitors at Clarence Landmesser home. Miss Grace Terpstra is new clerk at C Bicks store. Earl OBrian suffers with neck abscess. Forrest Terpstra and Fred Compton families visited Des Moines Sunday. Farmers report rapid spring work with oats thriving and corn planting underway. P T A elected new officers for coming year. Mrs Clifford recovering from operation. George Emert and Irish own new Chevrolet cars. Rex Tradhel back from throat trouble. Carl Rinehart family visited Galesburg Sunday. Ruther Jackson of Newton visited Killduff Friday. Earl Coakley and wife at E Rhordant home Sunday. Bert Romans dined with Dr C C Carpenter.
A ministers conference convened Monday at the residence of Rev. and Mrs. Thompson with attendees Rev. and Mrs. Reynolds, Rev. and Mrs. Stanley, two Lynnville daughters, Rev. and Mrs. Thorton of Sugar Creek, Rev. and Mrs. Alvin Hoskins of Center, and Rev. and Mrs. Robert Lincoln of Grinnell. Also notes of car trips and visits to Marshalltown and Harvey, and a mishap where George Dieleman fractured a finger at the Sull Motor Co. The Livewire Sunday school class ball team played a Lynnville class team Friday afternoon.
Friday evening program included Toastmaster Merle O'Brien welcome by Oliver Wisterhof with response by Anna Wisterhof. Mabel Diel gave roast. Lucile presented College Visions. Gleaners class to meet at Stanley Wood’s home. Silver and rose colors noted for the event.
Mr and Mrs Harry Schakel and Mr and Mrs P G Klein visited Sunday at C T Twelves home for the annual bake sale by the Indies of the Lam cemetery. N Van Lint improved from sickness and is up and around. John Synhorst family visited Epp Roorda home. Ray Van Lint drives new Dodge. Funeral of Isaac Roorda held at Knoxville. Farmers began planting corn early in week.
OTLEY J M Van Vliet joined the Grocers' convention group in Des Moines last week while R V McKeever and Lorin Rickabaugh drove there. The Bricker families have visited Oskaloosa to see Mrs Lorene Bricker in hospital after an operation. Henry Van Ginkel of Pella visited relatives Monday. Mrs J B Vriezelaar and Mrs Ira Vriezelaar visited relatives in Oskaloosa Tuesday. Wilma De Joode received anti-toxin after a rusty nail injury and is recovering well. Mr and Mrs Pete Pol welcomed a son born Wednesday May 2. Ira Vriekelaar and family visited relatives in Pella Sunday. Mrs Jake Aalbers suffers a blood infection from a fall on a cement walk. Mrs Tradwell of Bellevue Minn visited her daughter Mrs Zack Slocum and family.
Clarence Peat and family from Newton were Sunday visitors in Otley. Mr and Mrs Leslie Breen and their little son of Monroe were salting at the John Breen in Otley. Rev Vander Werff of Prairie City preached at the Christian Reformed church in Otley Sunday afternoon.
Obituaries report Herman Markus of the home for the aged died at 1 45 a m Tuesday aged 78 with funeral planned for Thursday Rev H J Pietenpol to officiate interment Oakwood Cemetery Arie Tell farmer near Pella died after abdominal cancer and pneumonia funeral Wednesday at home and Third Reformed Church interment Oakwood Cemetery Mrs A Vos of Pella died at 10 p m Monday aged 83 with funeral planned at Baptist church interment Oakwood Cemetery Also notes claim college education limits and a New Bedford man finding a pearl from a clam sold for 174 90 and Manchester radio operator Stew Davis first to catch Canada radio message about Bremen landing at Greenland Island
A World Bank study under the International Labor Office compares real wages with Philadelphia as the base. It argues the Immigration Quota Act preserves American living standards by limiting Mediterraneans and East Europeans, noting Nordic Europe and Canada close to U.S. levels while several European cities fall far behind.
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