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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1934
Page
5
National Bank will distribute 10 percent of waived deposits to depositors under the waiver plan. Officials say checks totaling hundreds of thousands will be issued Friday as they complete distribution for 0 depositors. The bank, closed during the 1933 banking holiday, reopened under the waiver plan to provide funds to depositors.
Eleven suits against the Iowa Highway Commission totaling 101 875 were filed in the Jasper County district court by landowners along Highway 88. The petitions seek injunctions to halt further construction and removal of culverts and structures already installed. Damages named include Maxwell 21000 Beals Beals and Kimberly 10600 Mullihan families ranging from 450 to 15000 with other individuals in amounts up to 18500. Trials set for October 22 in the September term per the Jasper County Record.
Director R K Bliss of the Iowa Extension Service notes voluntary planned production of basic crops to lift farm prices. He cites 1865 onward data showing above average corn yields after drought years, except 1930, and urges farmers to rebuild pastures and sow temporary forage crops to preserve land use and stabilize corn prices.
X A Robinson, former proprietor of the Pella Coffee Shop, remodels the Security Bank building formerly occupied by Duinink s sparker and beauty shop for a new nesting house. The formal opening is set for Saturday and Robinson invites the public to visit and become acquainted in the new quarters. A NRA opinion canvass by 16500 American women is published by Dr Paul Achilles and Dr Bensis Likert of Columbia and New York universities.
In Detroit 47,000 fans watched the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Detroit Tigers 8 to 3. Dizzy Dean pitched well for the Cardinals while Hank Greenberg homered for Detroit. The second game moves to Detroit, then the teams head to St. Louis for the next games. St. Louis won the pennant and the World Series in 1931. Detroit had not won a pennant for 25 years before this year.
The city council met Tuesday with little business beyond routine officer and committee reports. Mayor Fultz and the clerk delivered quarterly updates. Police fines were low. The mayor proposed reconstructing the municipal wood pile by purchasing timber to employ transients.
Local druggist John Heerema and his wife report from the National Druggists convention in New Orleans that white Southerners rely on Black workers, with Huey Long praised as a reformer in Louisiana. Heerema notes the South’s slow progress, warm humidity, and very low wages cited by a Black laborer who earns fifty cents a day.
Lake Prairie farmers met at Pella high school to vote on the 1935 36 corn hog program. The tally: 134 for 67 against on 1935. 66 for 120 against on 1936. Ballots split between signers and non signers of this year contract. Results statewide later in the week.
H Muilenburg of Orange City died Sunday evening at 7 30 p m age 83 after ten days at home Born May 9 1851 at Pella Ia he moved to Orange City as an early settler He served as organist at First Reformed Church 25 years Married Cornelia J Vande Waa in 1871 They had nine children five living Survived by widow and five children three sisters and three brothers thirteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral held at residence and Trinity Reformed Church Interment Orange City Cemetery
Guffey Johnson of Jefferson township filed an injunction against Elbert Groenendyke seeking 350 dollars in damages from blasting at a rock quarry on an adjoining farm. He cites 100 dollars to his pasture, 100 dollars for livestock injuries and fright, and 150 dollars for loss of peace and quiet, claiming cattle were injured and forced to be kept in confinement during the day.
Des Moines Oct 1 Iowa counties receive 2872 14 in refunds from September motor carrier tax collections. Board chairman Fred Woodruff notes 80 percent goes to counties for road maintenance and 20 percent funds administration. County allocations listed include Black Hawk Boone Cedar Clinton Des Moines Dubuque Henry Linn Mahaska and Washington with varying amounts.
The community mourns Mrs. J. V. Jewell 71 who died Tuesday night at the Cook home in Morningside after a long illness. Services are planned at the Cook residence then in Janesville Iowa. Surviving: husband Dr J W Jewell, two children William Jewell of Chicago and Mrs J M Cook of Pella, eight grandchildren and one great grandchild, plus a sister and brother in Cherokee.
Byron Spooner, a M and St L brakeman from Oskaloosa, suffered a left shoulder injury and was drenched after stepping off a work train bridge 26 feet above a creek west of Brighton during consolidation work between Oskaloosa and Winfield. He was treated at Washington county hospital and later moved to a trainmen’s hospital in Peoria, Ill. His condition was not serious.
Andrew Lubbers proprietor of the Clover Leaf Dairy on Washington street installs a new automatic bottle filler. The all white porcelain unit fills 600 to 700 bottles per hour and caps without handlers touching the bottles, a valued addition to his equipment.
Montezuma residents testified at a revival led by Pentecostal evangelist M C Plotts about noise complaints. Cross examination showed many witnesses only heard noise, not witnessing Plotts or associates. Ruth Fletcher and Mary Pollard noted Plotts, Bruce Bachman and Eddie Manges at the meeting. Fletcher recalled Plotts praising louder singing. A directed verdict for the defense was denied. defense testimony began late.
The Model Clothing Co. imports 500 pairs of Big Dutch overalls made in Pella with 10 plus features. Wormhoudt and Kempkes endorse the garment line as superior for farmers and workers and the ad promises detailed features on another page. John Miller, a worker at the nearby Iowa Hospital for the Insane, was fatally injured in a cavern incident Friday night.
The Marion County Social Service Department and Emergency Relief reports 772 families received unemployment relief in September, including 108 on work relief. Federal funds totaled 9,685.75, with 167 county relief cases costing 2,119. Surplus commodities aided 947 families. The office aided in the Government Cattle Buying Program, purchasing 266 cattle and distributing 106 pigs. Service cases numbered 140, including hospital nursing, venereal disease tests, insulin, juvenile pensions, burial arrangements, a tonsillectomy, and out of town agency investigations.
An interesting historical display in the south window of the Heerema drug store shows the names of Central college men who won the Heerema blanket since 1913. The 1934 blanket will be awarded at year end. Years and winners include 1918 Carl Ver Steeg 1914 Peary H. Peterson 1915 Frank Muirhead 1916 Carl Beyer 1920 Harry Neuenesch 1921 George Flikkema 1922 Ben De Vries 1928 Fred Van Doorninck 1924 Andrew Butt 1925 Gerald Rowland 1926 Glenn Kerr 1927 Inor Alsip 1928 Clarence Wilkins 1929 Elmer Meredith 1930 Dick Giles 1931 Raymond Hostettler 1933 Cleatus Stimmel 1982 George Wildasin. The display highlights how many pursued teaching, business, or other fields, thanks to Mr Heerema's trophy.
Forty five years ago on a Wednesday morning at 5 00 o clock the J Vander Veer family left Holland for the land of the tree and the home of the brave Johnny Vander Veer a south end shoe repairer was then eleven years old and has since repaired shoes for a long time through many changes of the moon
A Northern Iowa Methodist church conference at Algona demanded full recognition of labor's constitutional right to organize and bargain collectively. The roundup notes other items from national and state news including unusual incidents and crimes.
Hon Edward O Connors attorney general of Iowa will address citizens of Pella and vicinity on Wednesday evening October 10 at Legion Hall. Everyone invited.
Former governor Dan Turner will address the Marion county audience as a guest of the Pella Republicans. The event includes a banquet at 6:80 with tickets sold by local committee members, a large local and outside delegation, and no charge for non attendees. The Legion Auxiliary serves the banquet and a powwow clash caused the date shift with a Central Simpson football game.
Mrs. F A Dupar, daughter of Dr EB Secarff, early Central college leader and Pella pastor, returned after 50 years. The former Lulu Scarff and Dupar married in 1884, left town, and recently celebrated their 50th anniversary at the World's Fair in Chicago. They now reside in Monrovia California after buying a Ford at the fair.
G Kamerick of Pella, working at Palmquist and Liter mine northeast of Knoxville, was injured Monday of last week when caught under a fall of slate. He was taken to Mater hospital at Knoxville where doctors found no broken bones but a badly injured back.
Veenstra and Croll local contractors begin a modern front at Benteco Kash store on Main Street. The new façade aims for a commanding appearance with a building addition far south of the front.
Evidence of rising business in Woodrow appears as a shipment of Woodrow washers and designs departs for Seattle to supply leading Northwest stores. En route, Mr Steenhoek will visit Yokohama for a visit with his sister. Increased sales support keeping the industry local.
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