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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1937
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Frank Baer of Los Angeles California visited his parents Mr and Mrs P Baer and brother Will Baer this week. They then traveled to points east for a two month vacation. He works for the Southern Pacific railroad.
A baby girl named Janice Ann was born May 20 to Mr. and Mrs. John Ver Stee on Franklin street. Local high school Letter Club members and Coach R Wilkins held an annual picnic at Red Rock Monday evening. Halvorsens plan West Union visit Friday to Sunday, attending graduation where Frances will graduate. W J Hilmert and baby travel Tuesday and Wednesday to Orange City for Vander Wal silver wedding. Marvin Klein underwent appendicitis surgery at Oskaloosa Jerry Hospital. Louis Wanders family from New Sharon visited Tunis Klein north of Pella. Tunis Schakel, working in Davenport, visited Mrs P Van Steenwyke. Interment for Glenn Jay, stillborn son of Mr and Mrs James A Klyn, occurred Tuesday at Oakwood cemetery. Sympathies extended for the loss of their first born.
Memorial poppies, replica flowers grown on World War I battlefields in France and Belgium, are distributed by American Legion Auxiliary volunteers. Poppies fund welfare for disabled veterans, their families, and the families of the dead, with each flower warranting veteran-made assurance and aiding living veterans.
An advertisement extols Spry vegetable shortening for economical baking and frying. It claims Spry makes light, tasty cakes and "pry fried" foods that are crisp and digestible, urging customers to buy the 1b can for true economy.
Farewell Chapel on Wednesday featured devotions by Dr. Brok of New York. Awards honored include Philo Cup to Orville Smith, track letters to Melvin Johnson and others, W A A numerals to Maxine Robinson and peers, forensic and oratory prizes to multiple students, plus journalism keys and band awards. Senior class gifts a desk to the college.
Heavy split cedar posts and John Deere tractors offered for sale plus a two-row cultivator and Oliver planter. Also New Idea farm equipment advertised. Includes other items like broilers, seed beans, and a found pair of roller skates with return details.
A gift was presented to the Placement Bureau, marking a formal acknowledgment or gesture of support. The event highlighted collaboration with the bureau and underscored ongoing efforts to aid job placement and career services.
In April 1937 the Teth Annual Early Diagnosis Campaign opens with a Town Health Department notice praising an editorial “Danger Signals” and the National Tuberculosis Association piece. It urges readers to heed warnings as disease, like seasonal change, can presage danger.
The text urges recognition of four signs of tuberculosis the lingering cough unexplained fatigue weight loss and ongoing indigestion. It calls on everyone to see a family physician promptly during the Early Diagnosis Campaign run by tuberculosis associations nationwide.
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