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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1940
Page
11
A long list of Sunday visitors and calls links residents of Pella Monroe Knoxville Oskaloosa and Otley. Families including Vanden Baard Van Waardhuizen Vander Kolk Klein Angove Vos Vis Verwers McKeever and Glandon figure prominently with hospital updates church services and community events noted.
Grace Buitenwerf and others attended a Newton teachers meeting while Mrs. Deverne Renaud welcomed a seven pound baby girl Marilyn Joan born October four. Eva Budding and Henrietta Budding's shower guests included Mrs. Rozendaal and others at Mrs. Budding’s home near Searsboro. A boy weighed nine and a half pounds born to Mr. and Mrs. Water Van der Leest on October 17, third son in the family. Mildred De Jong, a nurse, visits parental home. Christian Reformed Ladies Aid met October 16 with many members listed. An afternoon courtesy was extended to the Jr home as well.
Tracy News reports Mr and Mrs Gysbert Beckhuizen and Alice and Grace Beckhuizen traveled to Hollandale Minnesota to visit friends and the home of Rev and Mrs Van der Meer former pastor of the Christian Reformed Church. Also noted are visits by Mr and Mrs Ray Wales welcoming a baby boy and groups from Pella visiting local families including the Vande Kieft and Louwsma households and a trip to Marshalltown to see the Tuinstra family.
Mrs Terry Douglas of Leighton spent a few days with her mother Mrs Tom Wilson. Mr and Mrs Tony De Jong visited the Wilbur Engbers home Tuesday. Floyd Ver Steegh of east of Oskaloosa visited Clayton Ustermarkt home Tuesday evening. Mrs Henry Van Rockel and children visited relatives in Pella Thursday. Rev H M Veenschoten on furlough from China visited the De Prenger home. Veenschoten and De Prenger are cousins. Arlene Ustermarkt celebrated her third birthday on Oct 19. Charlie Wilson and daughter Nancy Carol visited Oska loosa weekend at the Will Van Arkel home. Herman Tuinstra, Donald and Arlene of near Otley visited the Ustermarkt family Sunday evening.
Bert Plate of Prairie City visited Mrs B Hugen. Several residents and friends from Leighton Weldon Bandridge Des Moines Monroe Sully and Newton called on or visited relatives at the home. A death notice from Wheatland Wyoming dated October 17 1940 references Mrs L Ret ink sister of Mrs Henry Welle.
Miss Lena Vos attended a Knoxville wedding of Mr. and Mrs. John Roorda. Mrs. Jennie Schutt from Maple Lake Minnesota visited Mrs. Gosselink and the Home. Art Brockhuis and family from Edgerton Minnesota visited Mrs. Van Ryswyk and Mr. Postma of Grand Rapids visited Mrs. Popma.
Marie Smith heads to the Eastern Star Convention in Sioux City then to Minneapolis for a week long vacation. Myron Nelle visits LeMars, while Ben Du Pree enters politics as Republican candidate for County Auditor. Jack Boatsma tours Indianapolis on dealer service calls amid jokes at his hotel. Major order arrives for 99 Venetian blinds for R. J. Reynolds Jr. home in Winston Salem.
The paint department filled orders for two car tons of paint including 42 special colors, plus 13 blinds for Newkirk Consolidated School in Newkirk Oklahoma. The Greyhound Bus Co ordered blinds for a Greenville Mississippi terminal. Rosscreen sent two orders for 33 screens for Dr. McBath project in Philadelphia and 24 screens via our San Francisco rep. An easement order from Rochester New York brings 92 units for the Blanchard residence.
An administrative order by the Conservation Commission on October 14, 1940 establishes pheasants and Hungarian partridges open for hunting from November 12 to 18 inclusive. Pheasants have a three bird daily limit, six possession, with shooting 12 noon to 5 pm. Hungarian partridges have a two bird daily limit and two possession, same hours. Open counties include Lyon Osceola Hardin Dickinson Emmet Winnebago O'Brien Sioux Clay Palo Alto Kossuth Hancock Worth Mitchell Floyd Wineshick Cerrodor Butler Grundy Black Hawk Franklin Wright Humboldt Pocahontas Buena Vista Kerokee Plymouth Woodbury Sac Ida Calhoun Howard Chickas Bremer Fayette Hamilton Webster Clayton Delaware Story north of US 30 and aersball north of US 30.
A 12 year old Decorah boy, Bob McQueen, has won 69 medals and numerous trophies across the last two years, consistently the youngest competitor by about a decade. Separately, 1989 motor vehicle deaths reached 32,600, about 35 percent of all accidental deaths in the year, marking the highest attributed total in the United States.
A political space funded by Democrats who distance themselves from the New Deal era, signaling a distinct ideological stance within the party and emphasizing alternative policy directions.
The document quotes Roosevelt speeches and Democratic platform lines from 1932 to 1940, arguing restraint on government, opposition to farm market meddling, and promises to balance the budget. It cites deficits, debt growth, tax increases, and program spending under Roosevelt, contrasting with Republican positions on civil service and farm lending programs.
A reflective passage poses questions on economic policy and social ethics. It challenges thrift, the balance between rich and poor, wage dynamics, personal responsibility, and self-reliance as foundations for lasting prosperity.
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