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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1938
Page
5
Local items report ill grandfather Jac ob Van Gorp cared for by his daughters near Sully while relatives visit. Marion Rozenberg recovers well from tonsillectomy in Newton. Various social visits and family events across Pella, Des Moines, and surrounding towns are noted, including birthdays, dinners, and church activities. Several deaths and obituaries are mentioned, with services and survivors listed.
A page of community items records a Des Moines college luncheon for pharmacy students hosted by Dean and Mrs. Kaye, plus weekend visits by Hannah Bench and Dwight Warner in Des Moines. Monroe Baptist class dinner, a 65 attendee church gathering, and a list of attendees follow. An obituary notes Perry Catlin of Monroe passing October 23 at his daughter’s home in Altoona, with funeral details in Monroe. Additional notes cover local club visits, Legion Auxiliary events, farm updates, a marriage announcement for Miss Marie Kool and Ashley A. Canfield, and various travels and family visits among area residents.
Jong rented the farm with his brother Herman where John A. De Jong lives now and Jacob Vander Molen plans to move next spring to the place where Gerrit A. De Jong lives today.
Rose Hill residents Mr. and Mrs. Dick Dunnink visited their son Lane and daughter Mrs Gerrit Vander Werff who was recovering from an operation at Skiff hospital in Newton. Jeanette Kaldenberg shared time with Albert Van Zante at his home. Mrs Albert Van Zante visited Monroe on Wednesday. Donald Meyer will reside with his sister Mr and Mrs Andrew Schippers near Pella for the time being.
Porterville residents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stoker of Des Moines and Mrs. Huber Van der Syde of Petre spent Sunday afternoon at John Reber tus home. Huber Vander Syde s nephew Huber Lee Rebertus joined the visit in Oskaloosa. Visits continued with Mr. and Mrs. Henry De Jong at the parental Henry H. Van Oene home. Another gathering saw Mr. and Mrs. Cornie Vanden Baard and family with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Weyerse at the John Vanden Baard home northwest of Pella. Cornelia Van Dene stayed with Aber De Zwarte this week helping with work. Mrs. Cornie Vanden Baard and son Norman called on their grandmother Vriezelaar in Otley Wednesday morning last week.
Peoria reports pleasant fall conditions with steady corn harvest and good quality. Local residents traveled to Des Moines and Michigan for purchases and trips while Charley Huff rebuilds after a winter fire. Farmers near town visited Oskaloosa for soil conservation papers to obtain benefit payments. Reverend Herman Koning of Plainfield, Michigan, conducted a service.
Church services planned for Sunday afternoon. Peter Rus of Pella visited relatives Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. B Vander Wilt and daughter traveled to Iowa Falls Saturday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brand. Vander Wilt and Brand sisters. The Van ee Wilts returned home Sunday. J. J. Stursma Jacob Dahm Jacob Stursma and others from the vicinity attended a speech on The Sons of the Reformation by Rev E Van Halsema of Passaic New Jersey at First Christian Reformed Church in nearby Cecil De Vries helped his brother Ben De Vries gather corn in Leighton last week. John A De Jong reportedly bought the Kiser farm in Peoria and Gerrit A De…
Mr and Mrs Don Oliver spent the weekend with friends in Ottumwa. Martha Meyer spent the weekend at the John Vanden Beng home. Mr and Mrs Henry De Joode of Prairie City visited Sunday at the Art Vander Werf home. Mr and Mrs Rich Vander Leest visited Sunday afternoon at the Henry Mol home near Sully.
A fragment hints at weather as a metaphor for fairness and power. The line suggests rain falls more on the just than the unjust, while an umbrella represents protection. The readable text remains cryptic about who acts and who suffers.
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