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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1956
Page
10
The executive board will meet at the Home for the Aged on May 22 1956 at 7 30 pm. The public is invited to attend this meeting.
We thank neighbors and friends for help with chores during our hospital stay. Gratitude to Rev P Y De Jong for visits and prayers. Thanks to all who sent cards and flowers. These acts will be long remembered and appreciated. Mr and Mrs Abe Goemaat and Family
Martin Hoeksema expresses sincere gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors for the cards visits and flowers received while hospitalized and after returning home. He also thanks for prayers and the visits of Rev. Haverkamp and Rev. William De Jong noting the deeds of kindness are deeply appreciated.
The Van Niewaal family thanks friends and neighbors for aid and comfort after the death of husband son and brother Oren S Van Niewaal. They acknowledge the Legion Post for services and gratitude for flowers sent as sympathy and regard. Y T Van Niewaal Family
Mrs. Nick Dykens expresses gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors for visits cards and gifts received during hospitalization and especially to Rev Redeker for prayers in her behalf.
An Iowa State entomologist notes carpet beetles infest many homes over six months old. Inspect closets, rugs, and baseboards for larvae and cast off skins. Recommend DDT in a 5 percent solution to protect rugs for six months, applied at one quart per 100 square feet, with eight hours no foot traffic after treatment.
About ninety women from Pella and nearby communities attended a flower arranging demonstration Saturday. Mrs. Paul Perry, a Des Moines expert, presented the lesson in the Legion Hall, Flowers F. The late spring meant tulips and other blooms were scarce, but the organizing committee adapted the stage for the event.
The church listings show services at 9 30 am Sunday Bible school and 10 45 am worship with a sermon Life With Mother and Father. Baptist Youth Fellowship at 6 30 pm for juniors and seniors. First Baptist with 9 30 am Bible school 10 30 am Lord's Supper 7 30 pm Gospel service and a 7 45 pm Thursday series on The Hammer of the Reformation and its recovery.
Public notice from Iowa Marion County clerk announces a writ ten will of John E Van derzyl filed for probate. Hearing set for May 22, 1956 at 10:00 a.m. in Knoxville to prove validity. Objections must be filed by the hearing time.
The community church announces Ascension Day services on Thursday May 10 at 7 45 pm and Sunday May 13 at 9 30 am and 1 30 pm with sermons from Luke 2 0 51 and Mark 12 27 led by Pastor M Gritters and Minister Thomas Boslooper. A Haven of hymns and scripture readings follows at 7 30 pm with college CE chorus and soloists. Sunday School meets at 11 05 am, Junior CE at 2 00 pm, and Senior CE at 6 30 pm. 604 Jefferson hosts Pella Christian High School services at 9 30 am and 7 30 pm with guest Rev P De Jong of Grand Rapids. Thursday May 10 7 30 pm Ascension Day service conducted by Rev Y P De Jong. Visitors are welcome.
Notice of probate of will for Henry Van Oen, deceased, set for 10:00 a.m. May 23, 1956, in Knox ville Iowa, to prove the instrument. Objections must be filed on or before that hour.
Springtime events marked a Valley school social as mothers gathered at 1:30 p.m. May 4 for a short pupil program at the school, then moved to teacher Mrs. Bill Van Hemert's home for tea served with Dutch doll table decor and pink carnations. Honored guests included Mrs. Van Donselaar and others. L. Ver Ploeg celebrated her eightieth birthday with a family luncheon on May 8.
The Independent School District of Otley Marion County Iowa invites bids for thirty five thousand dollars in school building bonds. Bids must be in quarter percent multiples and a bond opinion by Rogers and Dorweiler of Des Moines will be provided. Sale is set for 0 o'clock p.m. May 22 1956 at Otley school house. Harry C. Van Den Berg secretary.
Morning worship at 9 30 a m features sermon Like Treasure Hidden in a Field by Rev John A Vander Waal Ph D guest minister. Sunday School at 11 00 a m titled Preaching to the Gentiles. Evening praise at 7 30 p m with sermon The Sin of Blaming Somebody Else. Junior Intermediate and Senior C E at 6 30 p m A cordial welcome to all.
Corner Liberty and West Second Dr. P. De Jong, Pastor, announces Ascension Day service on Thursday May 10 at 7 30 p m with The Exaltation of Our Saviour King. Sunday May 13 features morning worship at 9 30 a m titled Forgive Us Our Debts, 11 a m Sunday School Ascension service, 2 p m Holland service Het Onschatbaar Levensgeluk Van De Kinderen Gods led by Dr Y P De Jong of Grand Rapids Mich, and 7 30 p m evening worship The Safety of Gods People.
Mrs Perry demonstrated a variety of flower arrangements and corsages at Pella’s Tulip Floral Show held at the Legion Hall Thursday through Saturday. The event, sponsored by the Pella Historical Society, featured assistance from Ben Kuyk, Mrs Art Bruinekool, and Mrs George Ver Steeg.
The Church of the Open Bible at 835 Washington Street lists Sunday services: 9:45 a.m. Sunday School for all ages, 11:00 a.m. Morning worship, and 6:30 p.m. Overcomer's youth service led by Pastor Gerald Breen. An evangelistic service is held at 7:80 p.m. with Wednesday prayer and praise at 7:45 p.m.
Corner Franklin and East Third hosts The Sunday Morning Service at 9 30 a.m. and The Sunday Evening Service at 7 30 p.m. Trinity and Third Reform churches list morning worship at 9 30 a.m. and Sunday School at 11 00 a.m. plus evening C E meetings and guest speakers. Temple Time broadcasts Sundays on KBOE KNWS and KXEL. Reverend Henry Bast topics Christ Is the Only Answer. Midweek prayer on May 16 at 7 30 p.m.
Rev G Lubbers promotes the Reformed Witness Hour on KBOE Oska roo every Sunday morning at 9 am. A distinctively Reformed service offers singing and preaching from the First Protestant Reformed Church Grand Rapids Michigan. Amsterdam school house near Pella hosts Mass Sundays at 8 30 with Rev H L Van Dellen preaching on the second and last Tuesdays each month at 7 30 pm.
Conservation officers in Iowa will join a spring and early summer dove banding program to help federal managers band 8 000 nestling mourning doves in the north central states. Officers will place bands on 6 to 10 day old nestlings, with help sought from Boy Scouts 4 H and FFA groups. The program aims to cover several broods as nesting spans spring to late summer and supports the Fish and Wildlife Service's population inventory of this important game species.
Walter Rabe of Belle Plaine, a mail carrier by trade, is honored by the weather bureau for ten years of volunteer weather observation. The citation highlights his dedication to collecting meteorological data as a hobby and his long service to national weather efforts.
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