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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1935
Page
7
Mr and Mrs John W Vander Linden and their daughter Mildred attended the 50th wedding anniversary of Mrs A D Van Skike in Des Moines last Saturday. Dinner was served and the day was enjoyable for the honorees.
A double ring wedding was held Tuesday evening at the First Christian Reformed church with Rev. Eleo Oostendorp marrying Miss Cora Branderhorst and Mr. Lam bert Veenstra. The ceremony featured yellow rose bouquets, a blue white arch, and a reception for about 80 guests at the Branderhorst home.
Three couples from Pella join local guests for a Turkish dinner hosted near Oskaloosa. The Rev DeJong cited scripture in a service and a busy church college week followed with talks on the constitution, the Bible anniversary plans, and campus activities including Y M C A events and a new choir.
Reverend Drukker, secretary of Young People's Work for the Reformed Church, visits campus to headline a Thursday mass meeting uniting all Reformed Church youth groups in Pella Classis. Rev. Oscar Maddaus and Dr. John R. Mulder join events. school and city churches host conferences and talks on internationalism and education.
Denver reports a second snowfall of the season with a brief September snow earlier. Farther off the Rockies foothills sparkle with white crowns as Pike's Peak and Long's Peak stand in majestic silence. The orange and crimson autumn colors frame evergreen silhouettes along the distant ranges. Mr and Mrs E Jansen are touring California and western states for two months. Mrs Jansen has a brother in California not seen in seven years. Mrs H Stck hosted Mrs Ma Brink and Miss Anne Faber at her home. Miss Henrietta Vander Heide resumes teaching at Denver Christian School after mumps illness. Mr and Mrs L Rolfs received sad news Sunday.
National Hearing Week October 20 26 highlights prevention measures for hearing loss especially in children. It urges detection through school screenings, lip reading and devices for the hard of hearing, and promotes organizations like the American Society for the Hard of Hearing founded by Dr Wendell C Phillips in 1920. The Des Moines League plans to push awareness via newspapers and radio. local o to logists will address women and men service clubs.
The passage outlines steps for diagnosis and treatment, retesting and follow up, education of parents and the public on reporting isolation and control of communicable diseases, and strengthening local health organization. It invites inquiries to Miss Elizabeth Rankin, Executive Secretary, at 504 Polk Building, Des Moines, Iowa.
Obituary notes the death of Rev. John Ossewaarde of Zeeland Michigan a former pastor of Ebenezer Reformed Church Leighton from 1918 to 1922 announced from Leighton and Zeeland. Also reports a fatal auto collision near Green Mountain Iowa involving farmer Christian Jorgensen 37 Garwin Iowa at 2 p.m. Saturday.
A blaze began in a stubble field Saturday afternoon near the Elwood Hanson farm northeast of Humboldt. City firefighters contained and extinguished the fire, preventing spread to nearby buildings.
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