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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1940
Page
7
Town and rural notes report Tulip Time in Pella caused the Summit Strivers rally and related 4 H readers training to be delayed to a later Saturday. The column lists numerous local visits, hospitalizations, family gatherings, and community notices from Summit and nearby towns.
Relatives mourn Anna Scofield of Elsegun do California. Visits to Ames from Van Rockel, Ver Steeg, and Carter. Local church Sunshine Class honors Mrs Carlson of Decatur Illinois. Hospital stays involve Mrs Irber and Margaret Barber. Birth news includes Robert Lloyd Hook and Keith Jones, Charles McConley, and Marzette Le Grande’s upcoming Knoxville wedding. Tulip Festival trips to Pella. school events and a Tulip Time outing. Baccalaureate at Methodist church and Monroe High 1940 graduating class of twenty six with names listed.
Local residents record a week of visits and gatherings in New Salem. Mr and Mrs Lambert Nieuw land visited the Roose home Tuesday, Mrs Harold Vande Krol visited the Vande Krol home last Wednesday, and Mr and Mrs Terlouw spent Sunday with Gerard Roorda. Others hosted visits and Sunday dinners as well as Saturday afternoon gatherings. Henry Vander Wilt returned home from hospital in Sully and families such as Gertsma and Meppelink visited ill relative Tenty Veldhuizen Sunday evening.
Tracy plans May 16 gym commencement for seniors and eighth graders, with a May 8 junior senior banquet at Downing Hotel in Oskaloosa. Rev H S Koning gives baccalaureate May 12 at the Methodist church. Dean H W Pietenpol to address commencement. District seniors include Barnhill Trent Beekhuizen Koning Spaur Bruen Groe yk Wyn Gard Nellie Wyn garden Thelma Ray Andrews Culvert Culver.
Wilmer Vande Kieft and Janet De Haan of Grand Rapids Michigan visited Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr and Mrs John M Vande Kieft while Rev H 8 Koning traveled to Newton.
A Sully town notice recounts May events from Kay Wildman’s birthday gathering to a large high school alumni banquet. Attendees include De Jong, Dieleman, Rozendaal, Haan, Vos, Arkema, and Wisgerhof families, with visits to Iowa City and Pine Lake. The Sully High School Alumni Banquet on May 10 featured orange and black decor and radio-themed centerpieces.
C W Wildman and Joyce Renaud led senior response at the 1940 class banquet. Polk stood in for Ward Ver Steesh as toastmaster and spoke on radio advertising while Vander Kamp and Louenover discussed radio opportunities and future. The program featured a boys quartet, a Kay Williams tap, alumni pictures, and new officers Harris Roat, Margaret Denni, Alma Wisgerhof, and Keith Emmert.
Cordova News reports 8:00 o'clock program with pie and buns after. Marion county eighth grade graduation set for Thursday May 23 in Knoxville. New gravel hauled for Primary 14 and river bridge getting final coat painting with Dwayne Ruckman on site. Various locals mentioned: Lynn Perkey home for Mother's Day. Ote Wing and Neal Stanton work on highway posts. section men unload ties. Mushrooms found in abundance by some, others find little. New back porch under construction at Joe Templeton home. Local land trades: James Templeton buys W B Teter farm. Herd live there after next week. Cecil Reese, Clyde Core, and Joe Templeton plant corn. Ed Klyn buys horse from Otto Wynsteker. Herman De Heer and Glen Murray new tractors. Leslie Waites family in Des Moines. Jorena Van Moment visiting Knoxville on business. John Fond with heart trouble. Ruth Perkes and John Perkey attend baccalaureate for graduating seniors. Orchards in bloom. crystal piece found in quarry rocks after blasting. The sun shines as six years pass.
Activity and arrivals fill community life from backyard birds to family events. Chickadees, orioles, wrens, and rosebreasted grosbeak appear near homes as friends visit Bryan Karr and Karr kin. May 8 and May 18 weddings unite LeGrand Reese and Klyn, with farm life and kinship plans afterward.
Otley residents enjoyed Sunday visits to relatives in Oskaloosa and Des Moines while Tulip Time drew heavy highway traffic. Central College men's chorus led worship at Otley Reformed Church as families gathered at homes of Van Waardhuizen and Poortinga relatives. | multiple local names, places including Oskaloosa Knoxville Tracy Des Moines Albia Otley Tulip Time and church event. no single dominant event beyond social visits and community gathering actions.
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