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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1950
Page
4
In Otley and surrounding areas residents share Mother's Day visits and family gatherings. Numerous relatives from Pella Monroe Des Moines and Knoxville traveled for celebrations. Local graduations and school closings are noted along with yard work and home repairs after a recent windstorm.
Leighton News reports the regular club meeting at Mrs. Otto Brummel’s home led by president Mrs. Gary Meyveld. Eleven members plus one guest attended. contests judged by Mrs. Brummel with winners Mrs. Dale Roorda and Mrs. Anthony Ver Meer. Fire incident at Ben Wos home caused extensive damage. cause undetermined. Dinner guests at Beintema home included Mr. and Mrs. James Verhey and Miss Elizabeth Verrips. Mrs. Gene Van Zee hosted a retreat evening. Mark De Prenger won the door prize.
Local women observed County Women's Day in Dutch attire. The De Prengers and guests sang songs and Mrs. Carl Hoover spoke on her United Nations trip. Several Leighton residents attended, including Mrs. John De Prenger and Don De Prenger. Other items note school closings, graduations, club meetings, and Central College Women’s Auxiliary planning in Oska loosa and nearby towns.
North Dakota tops the nation in spring and durum wheat production and ranks second in rye and flaxseed. Other major crops include potatoes hay oats barley and corn as key agricultural outputs.
In Emmetsburg Molly Mulroney and her sister Mrs Alice Devlin are hospitalized with broken bones from separate falls. Their brother Jim remains handicapped by a broken leg from a fall three years ago, while another brother Robert is laid up after ligaments in his leg were torn in an automobile accident years past.
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