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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1962
Page
3
A vivid autumn scene from a kitchen window recalls Papa and Mama at the farm, with apples, leaves, and a golden light. The column shares a popcorn recipe with cinnamon sugar and a feathery light biscuit recipe from Mrs. Otto Van Essen, noting German origins and quantities for half batches.
Mr and Mrs Neal Newen and Joan Crookham visited Charles City hosts last weekend. C H Boosters 4H met in October at Donna Ferguson home with seven members present and two reavers. Installation by Nicosahe Vv Weidhuizen. Pieage led by Connie Barnard Maraawitz. Karen and Linda Per aui died in games. Gifts and refreshments provided. Gene Ferguson and Jamuy of Wright visited Leighton relatives. Carol Ewing celebrated with friends at Oskaloosa restaurant, with Carol’s grandfather Gil swing. Mrs J Vanden Heuvel arrived after a Farm Bureau trip to the South touring New Orleans with ladies. Fre mont senior class presented Life of the Party with premium awards. October meeting added Merlyn suscott Dogie Huyser Dogie Ver Ploeg. Refreshments by Mrs Brand. Next meeting November 5 at David Conover’s. Reporter Gary Brand.
The Lynn Grove Hustlers club met at Gary and Connie Brand’s home with eleven members and one leader present. Money for the record books was discussed.
Camp Fire leaders and board members held their October meetings led by district director Miss Virginia Lee Cunningham. The box supper fundraiser is planned for December 3 at First Reformed Church. New board members Mrs. J. B. Dahm and Mrs. Charles Vander Ploeg were introduced. Vander Ploeg joins the finance committee. Other items include a Candy Sale starting October 24 with Mrs. Arlo Knowles in charge, a postponed city-wide council fire, equipment purchases, and funds for Camp Hantesa Lodge drive. The national program changes shift Blue Bird to third grade and Camp Fire Girls to grade four, with eleven groups adopting revised handbooks. leaders for each group are named.
Practical advice from a vintage guide on stowing gear in boats using surplus Army bags. Suggestions include folding bags flat, attaching straps to gunwales, and creating closeable storage pockets to save space. Additional tips cover binoculars, monocular hacks, zipper care, and rust prevention for firearms.
A collection of quirky, often unsafe tips appears, offering improvised fire starting, deer tagging pranks, match carrying stunts, rust prevention with oil-soaked pads, and a disposable frying pan idea. The prose mixes humor with questionable safety practices and light hunting culture.
Thursday Oct 25 Vogelaar's Hardware in Pella opens from 2 to 5 pm with special hours for shoppers. Local customers invited to stop by for product showcases and exclusive in-store offers.
Tom Steward and Mrs. Fred Whalley appear with grade five leaders Mrs. Henry Monster and Mrs. Henry Shetterly, while grade six leaders include Mrs. Earl Grandin, Mrs. Gerald Van Zee, Mrs. H. Stuart Kuyper, Mrs. Peter G Gaass, and Mrs. Ray Hagen. Grade seven groups are led by Mrs. John Toom and Mrs. Albert Wyma, and by Mrs. Anna Belle De Zwarte and Mrs. Lawrence Van Zante. Grade eight leaders include Mrs. Donald Buttery in Trueblood.
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