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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1948
Page
4
Community notices from nearby towns recount events at churches clubs and family gatherings. Names like Mrs Henry Bedeel Connie Seibel and Mrs Howard Glenden appear with hospital visits birthday anniversaries and Thanksgiving planning among local residents and visiting guests.
Local families including Uiter markt, Uitermarkt, Van Doorninck, Vriezelaar and Vander Mloeg share visits, meals, and hosting duties. 4-H members John Vrievelang and peers attend county and state events in Iowa, with trips to Chicago for 4-H Congress and sheep shearing competition noted.
The Monroe News reports the funeral of David A Taylor at Crumpacker Funeral Home with Rev. George Pennington officiating after his death November 9. A heart attack claimed W. L. McNamara November 13 as he lived in Monroe since June, with burial in Honepartie Cemetery. Mr and Mrs Dan Shannon observed their 39th wedding anniversary with open houses and out of town guests from Des Moines and Newton. District residents and family members from Des Moines, Perry, Dex Moines, Altoona, Mason City, and other towns attended services, visits, and hospital stays noted in the column.
Galesburg News reports the Thursday Methodist Circle gathering at Mrs Wilbur Rarer home with Mrs Harald Sehnus presiding over officer elections. Meals followed as members listed names, families and guests, including Dewayne Ramor Barbara Dearinger and Harry Dearinger. Next meeting set at Bud Breen home with Franca Heemsberg visiting.
A lightning bolt struck a residence in Independence last week, running down a drop cord into the kitchen and causing the kitchen to spark like a furnace. Owner Miss Kate Bray was not present but fell and bruised herself thanks to the event.
A territorial veterinary expert warns that shipping fever, a hemorrhagic septicemia risk in cattle and sheep, follows poor rations and bad weather. Signs include cough, tearful eyes, appetite loss, fever, and lethargy. early veterinary contact and treatment reduce deaths. Preventive steps include proper shelter, sunlight, moderate roughage, and a gradual grain start, with baking soda added to water as a possible aid.
Bud Morck of Emmetsburg hunts near Al Gona and lands two Canadian geese with a single shell in a notable early season episode.
The Monroe Evening School resumes on December 1 at 7:30 pm in the High School Assembly with Marvin L. Smart leading a session on planning for 1949 farming. Subsequent topics include livestock by grade, buying to feed, farm building construction and insulation, with speakers from local firms and Iowa State College Extension. Attendance invited.
In separate incidents last week William Kahn and his son Gale of New Hampton escaped limb loss. William knocked his jacket free after a tent mishap, while Gale became entangled in a corn-picking machine and lost his pants.
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