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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1941
Page
7
Local church and community activities fill weekly page as Monroe area residents attend wiener roasts and meetings. Mrs. Van Houweling promotes rag rug making. funeral services honor Mrs. Danks and Mrs. Cat ing. Jasper County news covers enlistments, plant updates, and May Festival events with notable residents and visitors.
Summit News covers judging classes at Ray Dyer farm near Pleasantville with 4 H members Elaine Burton Elmus Burton Made line Vriezelaar and Leslie Burnett in attendance Angus cattle judged while Poortinga Ross skip school for measles. Local social scene includes Crusader class at Mon roe Presbyterians visits to Neal Heemstra home and many neighbors visiting relatives in Monroe Pella Otley and Des Moines. Funeral for Howard Holmes at Galesburg Christian Church noted.
Present were Mrs. Rose Heffelfing er and Mrs. H. C. Dickman. Mrs. A. C. Van Houwelingen will enter ain the group at the next meeting.
Charles Lindberg visited Sun day at Pete Van Hemert s. He drives an old time Ford in good condition. Many locals ill with colds sore throats and stomach trouble. Graduation and activities at Knoxville and Red Rock are noted with picnics baccalaureate and a class play. Community visits and family notes fill the week with trains planes and local happenings.
In 1927 Phillips 66 pioneered new fuels and delivery, growing to over a billion gallons annually and expanding with Poly Gas. The ad touts early leadership in high test gasoline, weather matched blends, and the polymerization process, inviting motorists to try a tankful at Orange and Black 66 Shield stations.
Local social listings describe guests and visits around Oskaloosa and nearby towns. Entries mention suppers at the Kuiken and Vanden Berg homes, Tulip Time attendance, hospital baby party at Mahaska, Mothers Day meals in Pella, flower hunts at Elk Rock, and a planned physical for Gerrit Kuiken. A helper note suggests fitting wire screens over roof gutters to block leaves and debris.
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