Pella News Notes A Busy Round of Visits and Local Movements
Miss Lavina Klein at Plott ery. Nettie Simons of Teighton area signals marriage plans. Families travel to Town Falls, Des Moines, and Osceola. Furniture and home moves reported as De Bruyn and Veenstra relocate. Various hospitalizations, visits, and a birth mark a week of community activity in Pella and vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavina Klein
Plottery
Nettie Simons
Teighton
Minnie Rillihan
Des Moines
Grace Ransom
Fred Veenstra
North Broadway
R. D. Doowstra
Iowa South Central Conference Holds First Annual Meeting
The Iowa South Central Conference met at the YMCA in Des Moines on September 21 electing officers and launching plans for a tennis tournament on September 28 at Birdland Courts. A football jamboree concept was discussed to be held on a weeknight with bands and teams from member schools, aiming to improve relations. A planning meeting is set for October 15 in Indianola with reps from all activities. Rules for conference football championships were reviewed with no changes.
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Iowa South Central Conference
YM. C. A
Des Moines
Birdland Courts
E. J. Hasty
Lincoln High School
Clarion
Lunan
Chariton
Hoclen
Osceola
Lillard
Winterset
Indianola
Mine Operators Meet to Study New Coal Code
Several hundred mine operators, employees and truckers from eight counties gathered in Knoxville to hear a preliminary explanation of the new coal marketing code. A Q and A followed as code specialists outlined provisions. The group learned compliance will be challenging and must be followed or faced penalties. Attendees came from Marion, Lucas, Warren, Mahaska, Monroe, Jefferson, Keokuk and Warren. The code goes into effect next Monday.
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Knoxville
Bitumious Coal Code Board
Washington
Marion
Lucas
Warren
Mahaska
Monroe
Jefferson
Keokuk
Knoxville Journal
Most Iowa Corn Well Matured Ahead of Normal
C D Reed director of the weather division of the Iowa Department of Agriculture reports Iowa corn is 10 days ahead of normal in maturity. He notes a late September spurt brought most of the crop to a normal stage and over four fifths were frost safe at month’s end, though early September frost damaged corn in northwest counties.
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Iowa
C. D. Reed
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Reed
Town Crier musings and fall town notes mix of cats and flowers
The piece blends light local items from Pel la featuring a friendly cat Thomas Jr. at Martin Paardekooper's Drug store, college cap colors, and a Grandma Club rumor with fall flower planting, Christmas planning, and neighborly moves. It also notes visits, funerals, and birthdays across area residents.
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Thomas, Jr
Martin Paardekooper
Thomas Jr
Community notes from VVGPELE ELEY area
Local social roundup recounts visits among families around Monroe Newton and Oskaloosa. Hybrid seed corn harvest efforts amid cool weather. multiple visits to Vander Kolk and Van Slemert households. moves to Pella planned. neighbors and relatives from Des Moines Des Moines and Oskaoosa featured.
Citizenship Class Starts at Sully School
A class of 17 meets twice weekly at the Sully school house to study Americanism under Edna Marion in preparation for naturalization papers. Miss Marion has led Sully naturalization classes for two years, with about 90 completing papers during that time, per the Jasper County Record.
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Sully
Edna Marion
Miss Marion
Jasper Co. Record
Otley Visitors and Family News Report
Otley residents note visits from Ed Ganss and Helen Ganss from Prairie City with Arie Van Waardhuizen Sr. and family. Wiggert Rietveld, visiting from New York, spent time with Arie Klyn, his brother-in-law, marking his first Otley visit in 21 years. Mrs Neal De Jong assists Aric Klyn with house cleaning. Klaas Van Buren did some ear.
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John Kool Sr
Schicbout’s
Kool
Martin de Jong
New Sharon
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Mr. de Jong
Pella
Frank
Fred Voorhees
George Croll
Fred
Moravia
California
Elkton
Minnesota
Sioux City
Monrovia
East Prairie
The
Chronicle
Marion Toom
South of Pella
Abbott Hospital
Henry Boaveld
Darel de Bruyn
Galesburg
Mahaska Hospital
Anna Bruina
Denver
Colorado
F. Bakker
Albert Veldhuizen
Ed Ganss
Helen
Near Prairie City
Arie van Waardhuizen
Wiggert Rietveld
New York State
Arie Klyn
Rieveld
Otley
Neal de Jong
Aric Klyn
Klaas van Buren
Time to Pick Pears in Iowa Says Holsinger
C V Holsinger Iowa State College extension horticulturist warns that Kieffer pears left on trees risk grainings and freeze damage. He advises picking green pears to ripen in a crate in a cool room and canning for tart sauce. The big pear crop, mainly Kieffers, urges timely harvest.
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Iowa
Holsinger
Kiefer
Towa
Kieffers
C. V. Holsinger
Iowa State College Extension Horticulturist
Charles Van Doren Dies in Grinnell at 95
Charles Van Doren aged 95 died Sunday afternoon at 4:00 in Grinnell Iowa at the home of his son after suffering a heart attack. He had lived his life in Grinnell and surrounding area. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.
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Harold E. Meisenbach
Sacramento
California
Thomassen
Illinois
Mid-West
Cora Thomassen
John Vande Baard
Otley
Des Moines
Mary van Gorp
East Second Street
Chas. van Doren
Grinnell, Iowa
Charles van Doren
Grinnell
Iown
Mr. van Doren
Van Doren recalled as Civil War veteran and Pella resident
The aging Civil War veteran Van Doren, long in Iowa and once living in Pella, spoke of his experiences and his hoped 100th birthday. He recalled meeting Abraham Lincoln at age thirteen. Funeral services were held in Grinnell, Iowa, after a period of good health followed by illness.
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van Doren
GA. R
Iowa
Pella
Delhi
Illinois
Des Moines
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