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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1940
Page
9
Local Garden club members led by Blanche Templeton visited Delight Karry's home for a Tuesday garden tour with twenty attendees. Despite strong winds the tulips looked beautiful. another tour planned to drive through Pella to view tulips and a tower.
Centennial Circle News notes visitors to Sibley and Pella families, hospital stays and recoveries in Des Moines and Oskaloosa, a May 17 baby born to Henry Van Roekel at Mercy Hospital OsKaloosa, and relatives visiting Gerald Huyser who remains improving after a back injury.
Local names Doretha De Goey Dorotha De Goey Miss Dorotha De Goey recently left the hospital and thanked well wishers. Several families including Van Houweling De Goey Roorda and Heyveld share visits, birthdays and hospitality as Church and school life continue. A new son arrived to Van Rockel Leighton, and Bell school closed for summer with a picnic and a few gatherings noted.
The Lynnville community praises last Saturdays rain benefiting farmers. Members visited Case Jansen home. infantile paralysis case improving. Lynnville High School commencement held May 16, 1940 with eighth grade grads Lois Clayton, Elmer Matthews, Lois Brush, Rex Stuart, Dorothy Van Gorp, Albert Terpstra and high school grads including Harriet Brush, Dwight Gause, Alice Terpstra, Lois Sparks, Esther Vanden Hock, Velma Ratcliff, Margaret Willemsen, Edson Mitchell, Ruth Petersma, Betty Ratcliff, Paul De Jong, Roy Gause, Bernard Johnson, Kenneth Ratcliff.
Merman visited in the Otro Dear inger home on Sunday. Pauline Terpstra is employed in the J. H. De Vries home in Pella. Mrs. Levi Miller went to Newton with Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Shaw last Monday.
The Case school closed its doors for the summer Friday after a noon picnic with pupils, teachers, and parents present. Neighbors and families, including the Elscotts, Williams, Bensons, De Jongs, and Terpstra, were noted in varied visits and weekend activities around Lynnville and Oskaloosa with several graduates named Paul De Jong and Dwight Gause.
Mr and Mrs Jim Vander Leest and son Norman saw Neal Vander Leest Thursday eve. Mrs Wayne Stotts of Pella spent the weekend with her sister Mrs C Vanden Berg. Mr and Mrs Ed Meinders visited the C J Kuiken home Tuesday. Mrs Vanden Berg and daughter Helen Douwstra attended the Rural Women Choruses music tournament in Indianola with six choruses participating.
Marion County moves to the superior class for the State fair signaling readiness for competition. The article lists local families visiting, hosting, and social events at various homes including the Zegers and Vanden Berg households. School closes Wednesday with a neighborhood picnic planned and medical visits noted for Ervie Zeters in Iowa City.
Charles Baker Slocum died at his Oradel home on May 7 at age 81 4 months 27 days He was born in Butler Pennsylvania and moved to Monroe at age three He is survived by son Robert Van Horn Iowa three brothers Thomas Pershing Janes Knoxville Ben Hamilton and a sister Ella Bennett Hamilton Funeral services were held May 9 at Pleasantville Interment followed in Oradell cemetery Also notes William Wittmer recovering from surgery at Hannah Herwehe home in Des Moines en route to Monroe.
A Sunday basket dinner and program at the Baptist church celebrated the church's Sdth anniversary and welcomed the Shar family. The Methodist church of Monroe will mark its 95th anniversary on June 16 with a special program. Various local residents are noted for personal events, health news, and visits, including seniors’ activities, a minor car accident near Monroe, and upcoming hospital and college engagements.
Promote Rock Island travel to Colorado Rockies Carlsbad Caverns Yellowstone California and Canada with both World’s Fairs reopening. May openings Golden Gate Exposition May 25 and New York World’s Fair May 11 offering low round trip fares on Rock Island main line trains.
Art Umble was taken to the Veterans' hospital in Des Moines Saturday evening and has been very ill. His condition prompted medical staff to monitor him closely as his family awaits further updates on his health status.
Leighton school closed for a community picnic at noon on Friday drawing about 120 attendees. Visitors included Creston’s Mr and Mrs Robert Duffug and son Jimmy, and Mrs N J Larson hosted a miscellaneous show in honor of her sister Mrs Floyd Lowman, with hemming towels as a gift activity.
The Willing Workers of the Reformed Church hosted a Saturday meeting with guests including Roy Else Cedar and Mrs Ernest Biesham Delta among others. Professor Sadler plans a summer season of piano on pipe organ lessons with pupil registration open now and lessons to begin soon.
A home remedy claim offers Hu-Ex Compound for rheumatic arthritis or neuritis. Mix with a quart of water and the juice of four lemons, take two tablespoons twice daily, with purported relief within 48 hours. If no improvement, money-back guarantee applies and Carpenter's Drug Store endorses the product.
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