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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1937
Page
7
A report from the Pella area notes many community activities including a men's society league meeting at the Christian Reformed church with Rev Griffic oen as speaker. Social events feature birthdays, Sunday school gatherings, visits among families, and a moving lecture on social diseases for high school students and parents.
Sally Mi a Henry Nikkel and Mrs. Rea attended the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. rdema in Pelia last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Eckhoff and daughter Florence of Hollandale Minnesota arrived Saturday for a week with Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Rozendaal.
Mr and Mrs Anne Griffioen of Grand Rapids Michigan and daughter Marie returned home Monday after visiting Rev and Mrs John Griffioen. Two cars collided in front of the Gerrit Wisgerhof home Saturday evening the Dearinger car from Lynnville and driven by Dearinger with Vern Harris also of Lynnville injured. The other occupants escaped uninjured and both cars were badly damaged.
Connie Vanden Berg served on a Knoxville jury last week. Families visited friends, including the Zegers, Klein, Pope and Vanden Berg households. Local concerns include Mrs. Pope’s illness, Mrs. Verwers’s foot injury, gallstones affecting Mrs. Rexroat, and Arthur Zegers’ health improving.
Porterville residents Connie Vanden Baard and children visited Mrs. James Van den Baard and family in Pella on Wednesday evening. The Wear ever aluminum supper at Agnes Jansen’s home drew many locals including De Zwarte family Marilyn. Goe maat family Abraham and Murray Lee. Monster family Antoinette Dorothy Mae and Mary Jane. Van Oene daughters Cornelia Elsie. and John Wouter-Be. Will Monster and daughter Mary Jane also visited Henry Wielaard’s home Sunday. Henry Dee and Henry H. Van Dene families hosted visitors last weekend. Will Monster's wife visited Ollie and Nellie Schakel southwest of Pella. Jim Vanden Baard and Kenneth joined a call at Cornie Vanden Baard’s home. A rainy weekend aided pastures and late potatoes. most started corn harvest. Cornelia and Elsie Van Dene and Maxine Robertus spent Sunday with Murray Sytsma family. Mrs. Koen Verrips visited Will Monster's home Saturday. Connie Van den Baard and Norman Murray Kamerick visited Will Monster Sunday afternoon.
Amsterdam residents note visitor couple Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kuyper from Waterloo enjoying a two week vacation from John Deere. Mrs. Kuyper, formerly Miss Ila Van Ness, taught at the West Amsterdam school for four terms. A week’s rainfall benefited fall wheat and pasture. Local visits include Ishmael Woods family from Des Moines and Sam Webb of Harvey. A new baby boy arrived October 18 to Roy and Mrs. Kersey. Marie Paltzer visited the Schakel home Tuesday.
Governor Kraschel this week will begin an exhaustive study of the cases of three young men now in murderer's row at Fort Madison penitentiary awaiting the hangman's noose, it was announced Saturday.
A crop of oats helped a Jackson County Iowa farmer and others profit by feeding hogs with oats rather than corn. 75 hogs averaged 100 pounds to start and gained about 2.25 pounds daily, with loads of 70 head at 189 pounds and 68 head at 195 pounds sold at 12.10. The method cut feed costs by about half versus corn, kept hogs uniform and blocky, and used Poland China cross pigs fed from pasture and slop. The farmers plan to continue oats with Tanvilac and monitor corn prices to guide future feeding decisions.
Principal Miss June Mapes of Ton, Ohio, said she would not press charges against 17 year old pupil Robert Snyder after he shot her and then turned the gun on himself.
Mrs H W Pietenpol returned from a two week speaking tour through Illinois Minnesota Iowa and South Dakota as vice president of the Women's Board of Foreign Missions. She was accompanied by Mrs T Bosch former China missionary Mrs James Graham former president of the Women's Board of Domestic Missions and Reverend Mr Kempo January to Mexico. New conferences were organized and established on the trip.
Mrs Pietenpol notes with interest that numerous churches visited are served by pastors who graduated from Central. She cites the idea that true greatness lies in the ability to do what one wishes to do, and true wisdom in wishing to do what one can.
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