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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1950

Page

9

Federated Arts and Crafts Dept Meeting Tonight

Society notes show the Arts and Crafts Department of the Woman's Federated Club meeting tonight at 7 30 in the High School Home Economics rooms with metalwork and textile painting activities. Other items cover Lynn Grove Rockets 4 11 club at Barbara Evans home, Leighton Happy Hearts 4-H at Elsie De Jong’s, and community visits, gifts, and upcoming Christmas plans.

Arts and Crafts Dogment of Woman's Federated Lynn Grove Barbara Evans Lynn Grove Rockets Joan Versendaal Lester van Gorp Lawrence Wagamon Wagamon Leighton Happy Hearts 4-H Club Elsie de Jong Dolores Rempe Henry G. Rempe Norma Jean de Bruin Joyce van Rockel

Relatives Attend Mrs Van Wyk House Shower

On Wednesday evening November 22 relatives gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Gradus Schakel to honor Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Van Wyk with a miscellaneous shower. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Albert De Wild, Mr. and Mrs John C. De Bruin, Mr. and Mrs Gradus Dyks and Mrs. John De A. WH. Van Zee and Lester, Mr. and Mrs. Louis De Wild, Toward, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Zee and Audre.

Hopkins Mitchell Hackett Union Building Hom Gus. van Weelden John da Zwarte Nick de Jong L. J. Monster W. M. Monster Henry Hackett Gornie Vander Baard John Battistello Elizabeth Battistello Louis de Wild John de Wild L. M. van Zante Peter Dykstra Peter Hackett Jane Nugteren C. N. Keunning M. A. del Zwarte Ed. Tysseling Gradus Schakel Ralph van Wyk Albert de Wild John C. de Bruin Mr Gradus_ Dyks John de A. WH

Plan Holiday Meals From Plentiful Foods

The U S Department of Agriculture reports December will bring abundant produce with lower prices. Oranges and grapefruit plentiful, turkey supplies remain steady for Christmas and New Year. Pork becomes low priced in December while chickens, hens, broilers, and fryers are ample. Cranberries, apples, onions, cabbage, sweet potatoes, and Irish potatoes are good buys for holiday meals.

U. S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration Iowa State College

Clear Vision in Car Windows Warns of Death Risk

A public safety notice urges motorists to keep car windows clear and unobstructed to prevent accidents. It argues that larger windows improve visibility, reduce blind spots, and protect lives, warning against replacing glass with unsafe covers and stressing that laws require clear vision.

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Christmas Tree Fire Hazard Warns Nation Widens

The National Board of Fire Underwriters warns that Christmas trees can become a major home fire hazard unless precautions are taken. Tests by Underwriters Laboratories show average trees ignite easily and burn furiously, prompting safety tips from the board.

National Board of Fire Underwriters Underwriters’ Laboratories, Inc National Board

Home Christmas Tree Safety Guidelines

Instructions from Underwriters Laboratories cover safe practice for holiday trees. Do not unplug lights under the tree and do not leave lights burning when no one is home. If needles brown or fall, move lights or take the tree down and discard it.

Underwriters’ Laboratories, Inc

Duck hunters capsize boat in icy Iowa waters

Three Iowa hunters, Dr. Lloyd Meder of Elkader and two companions from Oelwein, were left in icy water up to their shoulders when strong winds and choppy seas capsized their boat as they returned to shore from a duck blind.

Iowa Lloyd Meder Elkader Oelwein

News from the Home for the Aged Visitors and Remembrance

The Home for the Aged records numerous visits from families and friends including Huiser and son HL, Lief Kronkhite of Ohio, Vander Veer family, Den Hartog relatives, Langstraat and Pol families, Van Heukelom of Leighton, and Weeda. Alle Johnson spent Thanksgiving at Eddyville. On November 27 Miss Jane Tos remembered for turning 77.

Jane Tos

AS wife oi d Springs, a husband and within a few hours of

A fragment from a local page mentions a wife in Colorado Springs and a husband, with context truncated to a few hours later. The readable text provides no clear event, date, or outcome to document further.

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Society Arts and Crafts Dep't OF Federated Club Leighton DE Jong Henry Dykstra Marion de” Bruin Helen Elmer Evelyn Betty AMVET George Gezel Vanden Berg Presid Am W Carl Voxelaar D. W. van Garp Knoxville Mr Boat A. de Penning A.T. Vander Beek Hostes and Means The Sherman Chicago Personality Iowa Safety Congress Best Buy Motorola Meyer Main St Charlotte Life Insurance Warner van de Voort Equitable Life of Des Moines Miss L. Keeper Monte Sotowight Womhoudt Furniture Store Yalu Sharon Hudson Bay Rock River
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