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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1934
Page
2
Mrs. Margaret Van Zee returned from Lynden Washington last Friday morning to move back to her old home. Miss Agnes Mathes hosted an over Sunday visit from her sister Mrs. H Krumm and daughter Katherina of Grinnell. Miss Anna Vander Hart was
In Galesburg on Sunday a nurse tended a pneumonia case. Marjorie De Wit will give an organ recital Thursday evening at the First Reformed church chapel. She has played the organ on many occasions and will present a programmed sequence of pipe organ numbers. The public is invited to attend. Also, Mr and Mrs J E Forbes hosted the former's sister and husband at their North Main street home over the weekend. On Saturday at 7 30 p m the Junior High will stage three fairy plays in the college chapel directed by student teachers. Plays include Rumplestiltskin The Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella with no admission charged though a hat will pass to defray incidental costs. The program aims to showcase the pupils dramatic abilities and invites parental support. On Monday Pi Kappa Delta Forensic initiated thirteen new members followed by a falls picnic supper. E P Hosack and daughter Aleta spent Tuesday in Ottumwa. Martin Van Essen, near Prairie ity, visited Pella Monday night. William Coyne of Ft Dodge and Mrs Coyne visited Mrs H H Sadler over the weekend. Mollie Beckman Loeb of Pawhuska Oklahoma visited Mrs J H Reuvers last Friday.
Koenrand Van Dusseldorp aged 64 died Monday night at 10 at Mt Pleasant Funeral services were held this afternoon at 1 30 at the Pella Burial Association funeral home with Rev G Menning and Rev H J Pietenpot officiating interment in Portergrove cemetery He was born in Holland on Sept 1 1879 and came to this country 33 years ago He worked 20 to 25 years for B N Sack tailor and was well known He never married Surviving are four brothers Arie Bart Gysbert Simon all of Pella sisters Mrs Evert Van Zante Oskaloosa Mrs Dick Bogaards Pella and Mrs C Van Dusseldorp Holland.
Alonzo Ver Ploeg announces Democratic bid for Lake Prairie Township Assessor with support urged for the June primary. L Hackert seeks Democratic nomination for Marion County Board of Supervisors for the 1936 term, urging voter support at the June primaries.
The California Marine exhibit, sponsored by the Pella schools, will be displayed in the Old Dutch Inn quarters on Franklin Street all day Saturday from forenoon to 9:30 p.m. The feature includes a giant octopus and other sea creatures. The exhibit has toured many cities and is praised as an educational show for boys, girls, and adults.
Church events listing shows morning and evening services with sermons on Naomi and Ruth and Nahum Divine Vengeance Vindicated. Includes Sunday school at 9:30 and B Y P A service at 6:30 and a Mother’s Day playette to recruit volunteers.
Church calendar lists Sunday School at 9 30 Morning Worship at 10 45 and Evening Worship at 7 30 with Youth meeting and evangelistic series. Mother's Day message planned as part of Perilous Times series and Ascension Day service postponed due to pastor's family bereavement in Holland Michigan. Open house postponed to May 18.
Rev Ted Manson a Central College graduate from Grange City Iowa and John Albert of Davis South Dakota were injured in an automobile crash four miles west of here. They and four others suffered minor cuts and bruises as their two cars collided at an intersection with a Chandler Minnesota couple and their young daughter riding in the other vehicle. Manson sustained a back injury and Albert a broken collar bone. both are in Door Hinkel hospital.
A reader notes they were en route to attend the Particular Classis of the Dutch Reformed church.
An editor notes a shift where influence and opinion shape commerce and public life. The piece warns that control of narrative may transform personal actions into marketable power, affecting careers, culture, and social norms.
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