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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1942
Page
2
Locals report visits in St. Louis and Hollandale. births, moves, and illness noted. Army air corps officer Enos Berg to Miami for training. several residents change jobs or addresses. community events include church and college news, honors, and upcoming meetings.
The Second Reformed and First Reformed Churches list upcoming sermons speakers and times. Dr Ida M Scudder of India will speak at both churches, with topics on peace, alcohol control, and Christian nurture. Morning services include Ex 20:3 and 2:1-1. broadcasts and union service noted. East Amsterdam School hosts Gordon preaching next Sunday at 2 pm. all welcome.
A local Armistice observance will feature the Sailors and Like It choir performing two patriotic anthems. The ceremony includes dedicatory service and a sermon titled A Good Soldier delivered by the Pastor. All are urged to attend.
Sunday services include 10:00 Sunday School and 11:00 remembrance meeting at Gospel Hall. Tom Wilson of Des Moines will preach. In Christ's Order to call no man Rabbi. Ref Church events feature Rev. M Monsma and Rev. Geo C Lubbers with sermons on faith and prophecy. Also radio program at 4:30 p.m. by Rev A Cammenga from Hull Iowa.
The Baptist church Sunday morning services will include dedication of new Christian American and Service Flags in memory of the Cox family parents. Pastor Perron will deliver the sermon. Activities: church school at 9:30, morning worship, Youth Fellowship at 6:30, Union service at 7:30 with Dr Ida Scudder, and mid week prayer Bible study at 7:15 Wednesday.
Community updates from Peoria include Mrs Le de Roose recovering after hospital admission following a birth to Mr and Mrs Jacob Vander Melen on October 31. A local Christian school held an open house with student programs by Miss Martha De Boer Miss Clara Gosselink and Miss Valent Van Garp. Refreshments followed in the church basement. De Nooy is home for two weeks. A service flag donated by the Finglish dies Aid now shows 1 star. Grand De Vries experienced a fainting spell while shopping but recovered by evening. Dan Kloosterman will auction his farm in December and then move to the Vipura house in Pella. Rev D J Moitenga returned from vacation in Minnesota. An asphalt coating project was completed locally.
Irregular OCR text describes church roof work by Snodgrass and Stanton of Des Moines alongside scattered personnel notices and military home addresses. It also mentions Miss Jennie Agema at a Michigan hospital, various Pvt. service members, a pudding recipe note, and a brief reference to the Amer a Junior Red Cross enrollment tied to a school campaign from November 1-15.
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