Social and Masonic events fill town agenda
The church ladies hold an all day meet on Friday with reader Mrs J ne Zante and a one o clock dinner. Teel Masons in Oskalee met Tuesday. Council Lodge marks 20th with a life party. Next Thursday no Masonic meeting at Kiosville. a Berlin upbringing speaker on Hitler and Masonry draws a large crowd. Second Reformed Church hosts ladies aid and missionary programs. May gatherings include annual meetings and a bride shower for Mrs Lawrence Steenhoek. A birthday party at Bet ty Miedema’s marks her 11th birthday with games and prizes.
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J Ne Zante
Voorn
Oskalee
Council Lode
Hfe
Kiosville
Berlin
TaVerne Rietveld
Viola
Robert Grandin
Barbara
Asa
Second Baptist Church Holds Farewell Picnic
The II Cor of the Third Be nch church ended with a farewell picnic at Municipal Park for sponsor Miss Ann Huisman. On Wednesday she plans to stay two weeks with Mrs. Ella Wilkins in Morrison, Minnesota, then move to Lansing where she will be employed.
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Third Bench Church
Ann Huisman
Ella Wilkins
Morrison
Minois
Lansing, Alme
Honored on Birthday by Van Zante and 4-H Club
A birthday celebration for Van Zante followed by reports on a 4-H Summit Strivers meeting at Mrs. Wo A Vriezelaar’s Oz- home. Activities covered health posture lessons, upcoming May all day pot-luck, and notices of other joint meetings with Miss Mary Frances Norris leading Victory Stivers 4-H. Farewell picnic honors Anna at Edmundson Park with factory coworkers presenting a gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. van Gorp
Bert van Hemert
Kar Donselaar
Sophia Am
Leona Vander Linden
Anmoy
China
Amoy
Summit
Wo A. Vriezelaar
Price Vanden Board
South of Pella
Ala
Mary Frances Norris
Vic
Tory Stivers
Connie Vanden Baard
Apri
Lillian de Jong
Lenora Blom
Mary Jane Monster
Margaret de Zwarte
Corni Bard
Dwarte
See
Pridiay
Edmundson Park
Oskalaos
Iowa
Miss Anna
Lansing
Ilinois
Virginia Dale
Ruth Hausel
Joyce van Hemert
Thelma Mulloy
Zelda Myers
Edith Turner
Cora Wiseman
Marcella Wisse
Esther Burbank
Mary Gregory
Helen {Olden
Wilma Kelderman
Harriet Dusenberry
Evelyn Penland
Edna Mulvihill
Lucille Dusenberry
Blanche Carmean
Hazel Klein
Clarissa Grandia
Hollyce Blackwell
Dorothy Scharff
Fern Meinders
Wilma Allbaugh
Eileen Schmidt
Pauline Hahn
Nita Butler
Josephine Shipley
Golda Gladwin
Velma Beach
Opal Long
Louise Wyman
Leroy Johnson
Continental Overall Factory
Winifred van Dyk
Hattie van Gorp
Minnie Iol
Pella
Old Coins in Montezuma Resident’s Riches Range
Robert McKee of Montezuma owns a 50 cent piece minted in 1803 and a rare Colombian Half Dollar. He also has a 26 cent Canadian paper piece about the size of a dollar bill with no date. At Ames tests show sweeps outperform shovels in cultivation.
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Robert McKee
Montezuma
Juniors Sponsor Fine Dinner for the Class of 42
Interclass relations were warm at a Pella High School dinner in the Second Reformed Church basement. The six o clock gathering featured a V for Victory motif, a quartet performance, a long menu from fruit cocktail to ice cream, and salutations by Rudy Schilder and Principal Lubbers. Special guests Gerrit Van Den Berg and George Van Gorkom spoke on World War I experiences, while Supt. C. C. Buerkens compared the senior class to a battleship, predicting the launch of the V-42 ship. The evening closed with a theater party for juniors and seniors alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Second Reformed Church
Betty Vriezelaar
Madeline Vian der Zyl
Lloyd Menning
Sndh
Robert van Roekel
America
Lauries’ Aid
Phomore Irks
Rudy Schilder
Nior
Irwin Lub Dt
Bob
Lubbers, Jr
Rudy
Prince
Ruiy Beexe
George van Gorkom
Mr. van den Berg
General MacArthur
MacArthur
Obituary: Clifford Vande Waal Dies From Crash Injuries
Otley youth Clifford Eugene Vande Waal aged 17 died from injuries after a collision northwest of Oskaloosa. He died en route to Mercy hospital as the truck driven by Bo Price struck the tractor he was riding. Funeral services were held at the Reformed Church in Otley with burial at land cemetery. He is survived by his father Peter Vande Waal and siblings, along with several uncles and a cousin in the army.
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Clifford Eugene Vande Waal
Otley
Oskaloosa
Vande Waal
Mercy Hospital
Oskio Track
Bo Price
Waurshboro
Val Owas
Henry Plate Farm
Price
Peter of
Monroe
Albert Ingham
Henry
Oskiloos
Dward
Gilbert
North Carolina
Mrr
Ann Louwsma
Oxkaloosa
Gertie van Woerkom
Oskilous
Bessie Meinders
Angeline Harvey
Catherine
Gradus Bensink Funeral Held After Illness
Funeral services were held at the First Reform Church on a dry May afternoon for Gradus Bensink who died at home after a long illness. He was eighty three and had been ill for a year and a half. A fuller obituary will follow in next week's Chronicle.
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First Reformed Church
Gradus Bensink
Mr. Bensink
Mrs W B Verwers Dies at 84 in Pella
Mrs. W B Verwers died Tuesday morning May 19 1942 at the home of her children Mr and Mrs Thomas Bloodsworth 114 East First Street Pella at age 84 years 6 months 233 days Funeral services were set for 1:30 this afternoon at the First Reformed Church The body lay in state this morning at Forbes Funeral Home Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery Further life details were not available at press time likely to appear in next week's Chronicle
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W. B. Verwers
Thomas Bloodsworth
East First Street
Pella
First Reformed Church
Forbes Funeral Home
Oakwood Cemetery
Chronicle
Pope orders repairs to church not for doctrine but for music
A report notes that the pope directs church repairs chiefly to improve music space rather than changes to doctrine or liturgy. The move focuses on acoustics and fittings to support musical worship within the sacred building.
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Pope
Local Church Services and Pastors Featuring Diverse Rites
A poorly legible OCR listing multiple church notices highlights First and Third Reformed Churches with pastors Rev Al Haverkramp and Rev Go Mennings, plus Rev Anthony Varva Michivan. It mentions morning worship, evening services, scripture study groups, and community activities amid garbled text.
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First Reformed Church
AL Haverkramp
Anthony Var Va Michivan
Third Reformed Church
Go Mennings
Hal Effects
Pentecostal Prowehinge OO Het Remmeri Sant den Ware Chricen
War notes and home front measures in early 1944 Chronicle
The article reports unified command across theaters and American troop movements, with about 600,000 troops deployed overseas in the war’s first three weeks. It notes OPA gasoline rationing set to start June 1, with fuel oil and gasoline deliveries cut on the West Coast and records to be opened for inspection. It also mentions shipyard laborers pushing for wage talks and civilian purchasing power trends as inflation concerns rise. The piece includes local notes on piano lessons and a reference to the Chronicle.
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Australia
Philippines
Mamigre
OPA
Crescen
Washinton
WER
Profeum
Tekess
Jan Wedesthey
Mar
Canimepen
Vincuult Wieseles Nant
Sixty-six Will Graduate from P. H. S. Tonight
The P. H. S. class of sixty six will graduate tonight in a commencement program at eight, with Dr. Roy Abbott of Iowa State College delivering the address Stay Young With Me. Special senior awards will be presented by M Hopley and others as diplomas are handed out in a ceremony led by Dr H C Wormhoudt, with a class photo to follow.
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Tas
Shaw
Nate
Bob Lubbers
Jessie Ard
M Hopley
Airdsall
Miller
Roy A. Abbott
Iowa State College
Sehish School
Abbott
Me” Link
Esse
H. C. Wormhoudt
Board of Education
Ors
Dal Re
Serior Citizenship
Week of the War Reports Shipyard Expansion and Navy Commando Actions
The White Mouse reports a vast shipbuilding program on schedule with 120 new vessels in 130 days, 20 percent more than 1941. Shipyards are producing merchant ships faster than ever, though shortages will persist until sinkings decline and production reaches peak. An Army Navy War Review notes several successful offensives against Japan, including raids on Gilberts and Marshall Islands, Wake and Marcus Islands, artillery and bombings of Japan, and submarine actions in the Far Pacific.
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White Mouse
White House
Gilbert and Marshall Islands
Wake Island
Marcus Island
Japan
Coral Sea
Macassar Straits
Far Pacific
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Baptist Missionary Meeting
Ladies Aid
C. C. Buerkens
BH. Lanerak
J. G. Klein
M. Vander Linde
Mise
Margaret Vanden Berry
Dunes Br
Second Chitian Reformed Church
Wenessay
Sunchine Mission
Chure
van Gorp
van Touwelit
Mision Stations of
Arabia
Fred Visser
Misson and Doreas Society
College
Ladies of
Central College
Jordan Hall
Miedema
Hetty
ATV Haol
Betty
Coll Renaud
Phyllis van Hemert
Elladane van Sittert
Pete Miedema
Schakel
Uella Dingeman
Myrtle Evers
Harriet Gaass
Darlene Halverson
Ruth Vogelaar
Ella Jur van Sittert
Wilma van Zee
Heen van Brogen
Vera de Vries
Elma Bloodsworth
Beverly Thomassen
Emma May Vander Florst
Susan Grundman
Virginia Groendyke
Colleen Renaud
Donna Russell
Betty Mae Miedema
Dorothy
de Jong Floral
D Gamble
Betty Miedema
Peter Miedema
South Street
van Zante
Paul
Chiesus
Vanecards
Victory Strivers
CLUB
Towa Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames Show
Donald Sedrel
D Logan Andeweg
Bab
Larry
Edrel
Hao
Aden
Royo Bod Vanden Bere
Pieter Yew Gam
Eh Galt
Venus
Pean
C.K Teque
Guid
Macon Olwatt
Potluck
Geo. C. Labbers
Iva
Your People's Society
Lrd
Hine
Petal Weieys
Bahar
ASO00
Vrofecur Sadler
Elise
The
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