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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1940
Page
4
The piece urges unity after the election to focus on recovery and defense. It highlights National Education Week with a call for parents to visit schools, praises library gifts from local groups, and discusses road safety and German propaganda concerns. It also notes views on education reform, school tax equity in Iowa, and a farmers' appeal to feed the starving in Europe during wartime.
Editorial notes praise for free enterprise and investor risk in building prosperity while wartime hardships persist. Samuel Guard cites blessings from fruitful fields and peace, urging remembrance of providence as Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation is recalled. The piece questions who could voice such sentiments at Thanksgiving.
A family night contrasts ordinary joys with Europe’s devastation. The writer urges readers to imagine refugees and mass displacement in American cities, urging support for the American Red Cross and prompting readers to donate.
Reading Plus Learning discusses Book Week and American Education Week, arguing living experiences and practical skills matter as much as reading. It promotes libraries, personal reading plans, and buying books to build lifelong personal libraries, emphasizing books as essential tools and sources of adventure and happiness.
A 6th birthday party for Margaret Van Niewaal at the Ike Van Niewaal home on East Washington Street drew many girls. The issue notes Isaac Overkamp’s death, funeral attendees, local fishing trips, and a Knoxville stock and grain farm ad. Also mentioned are long walking feats by Frank Skelton and a portrait gift for Mitchellville Industrial School leaders.
Oskaloosa resident Hardin Tice travelled to Illinois to visit after the accident. G B E Warren edits the Pella Times and is on the sick list. D C Rillihan of Oskaloosa, a brakeman on the Iowa Central, lost an index finger when he rode as cars coupled. Maud and Bessie Vander Meulen hosted a large gathering at their spacious home. Peter Ten Hagen and Son advertised home made copper wash boilers. Mr and Mrs H Terlouw were thrown from a buggy. both injured en route to Amsterdam. Bernard Ongers and Will Waechter biked to Monroe and back in one afternoon. Bas Visser of South Pella suffered facial injury from a flying stick of wood and feared for an eye. Doctor Allen cared for a daughter of Mr and Mrs Kryn Van Dusseldorp near the Tile Mill. the girl was dangerously ill. Rev J Cantine, long associated with Samuel Zwomer, spoke at First Reformed Church during furlough.
Thirty years prior a local column reports Peter Bloem recovering from typhoid fever and A N Kuper improving after illness. Mrs H D Wormhoudt is advised surgery for appendicitis. The De Cook infant dies of typhoid after a brief illness. Several obituaries are listed including Mrs A Doedyn and Henry C van Ploog. F Carroll wins Iowa governor by a narrow margin. Judge Preuty and Meyer Langerak also noted. Partial election returns and an anecdote about workmen on electric wires close the fragment.
A collection of brief items mentions Henry De Gooyer praising independent film service, Will Schreiner advertising for fifty workers on Pella water system, Charley Fisk returning to Nebraska to lay tile, and Alderman Plender saying new plant electricity will reach lines after January first. Also Marty De Reus home from Grinnell to vote, Elizabeth Gezel attending a teachers’ meeting, Glenere Grundman lauding an elocution reading, and Joseph Severn’s daughter Beth teaching as a missionary in the Belgian Congo with ration news and the Severn family letter from Cleveland Ohio Beulah Beach.
In a November 11, 1920, report Simpson defeated Central 26 to 0 amid a rough game injuring Ottopoby Borgman Ralph Ver Ploeg and Ray Vander Wal. Some fans blamed smoking, while The Reporter defended the team and praised Simpson as the better side. Also noted hog bidding at Star Auto Co. and stalled Central College gym plans due to funds.
In Pella area notes, several Col lege youths held a Stag and Hunt in Loyde Hillyer’s room with the Reporter noting the event occurred the night before in someone’s chicken coop. Estelle Kuyper, Lake Mills teacher, visited her parents Mr and Mrs A C Kuyper. M P Van Gorkom sold property on Oskaloosa street to Jacob De Hammer and planned to move to Oskaloosa.
A 1930 Chronicle issue highlights Dan Turner’s Iowa gubernatorial win, a Penn-Geneva game interlude with a drum corps, and a 45 point Central victory over Dubuque. Ver Dught runs fifty yards for a TD while Pella stores open and a Parent-Teachers Club debate looms. Central tops St Ambrose 36 to 0 as War ner Van Berkum meat market opens.
Leighton reports Bert and Harold Hugen Ernest Steenhoek Elmer De Prenger and Bert Hugen of Pella attended the National Corn Husking contest in Davenport. The Leighton Parent-Teachers club met at the school house on Wednesday evening with about one hundred people. a short business meeting preceded community singing led by Mrs. Joe Brummel. Mrs. Dirk Beintema and Miss Gladys Rexroth served on the program committee. The second grade staged a puppet show and Miss Rexroth’s pupils sang Playmates. Mrs. Carlson of Oskaloosa introduced Miss Naomi Drake, a blind girl, and her Seeing Eye dog.
A Reform church social featured a talk on Beacon Lights Along my Pathway and a Braille machine demonstration. Mrs Clar ence Bailey played accordion selections. Refreshments were served by several hosts. Multiple local families hosted and attended throughout the weekend in Oska loosa and surrounding towns.
Mr and Mrs John Vande Krol and Mr and Mrs Russell Vande Krol visited Mrs John Meppe and a new baby in Mahaska hospital Oskaloosa on Wednesday. The Renaud family and Elgar Taylor groups were guests in local homes, with Vander Wilt and Vander Pol families also seen around town.
Greenfield must hold another election to authorize the city swimming pool project after two prior votes. The latest ballot passed, but the petition initiating the action was improperly worded, prompting a new vote to proceed.
A quirky city column notes that memory improves in summer while advising against loaning money when the shade thermometer dips below 80 degrees. The piece blends weather observations with prudent financial cautions for readers.
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