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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1939
Page
5
Local teachers from Indianola and nearby districts gathered Tuesday night to shape the conference year. Committees advanced proposals for theater, music, and sports events, with sessions at the United Presbyterian Church and the high school.
The Pella High School Dairy Judging Team representing Towa earned fourth place in the Guernsey division at the National Dairy Judging Contest in Kansas City last week. Individual Herman Van der Linden placed eleventh overall in all breeds and received a merit certificate for his judging skill.
A group of Future Farmer boys toured the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City and judged dairy cattle, placing twelfth among states. They attended the National Future Farmers convention with about 8000 attendees, and thanked the Pella Chamber of Commerce Rotary Club banks and Rock Island Railroad for support. The trip enriched their experience beyond trophies.
Luther, defending Iowa Loop champion, faces hard test as Norse seek repeat in grid race. Skale shifts to quarterback with Solfa departed, and a starting lineup includes Lounsber Hoff Nesset Hanson Sebastian Anderson Melson Hougard Kvam McDonald Woodiwiss.
Pella fans ask how the Little Dutch will fare against the Oskaloosa Indians. Coach Claypool contemplates his unpredictable squad after ties with Railsplitters and a 6 to 0 win over Indianola. Friday night’s game against Harold Rose’s team will reveal the outcome and the defense against Jack Ferrell.
The week yielded diplomatic moves with Turkey signing a mutual aid pact with Britain and France. Germany faced a setback as Turkey sided with the Allies, while Finland, Russia, and the Nordic states watch Russian demands closely. In the west, Germany re occupied much of the earlier French border with minor activity elsewhere.
The Western Front report notes heavy use of radio and press for messaging. Goebbels accuses Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, of ordering the navy to disrupt air activity in Britain, while claiming Allied raiders on the coast were repelled.
A list of visitors from multiple Iowa towns call on residents and staff during the week at the Home for the Aged. Names include GC Beyer Hollandale and families from Davenport Leighton Albia Milo Sully New Sharon and Pleasantville among others. Several Den Hartog and Van Zuuk households are noted.
The Bethel neighborhood saw a sequence of calls as residents such as Mr. and Mrs. Henry Van Rees of Monroe visited B. Van Rees and Mr. John Keuning then called on Mrs. S. Bosma. Home residents traveled outward with Mrs. M. Verros visiting Oska loosa, Mrs. Joe Vander Meulen staying with her sister in Peoria, and Miss Jane Bos with Mrs. P. Van Hemert visiting Neal Van Hemert and Henry Welle. Bart Donai spent time in Sully and Ottumwa.
The R E A in Orange City reports Washington has delayed a loan to extend rural electric lines into new territory. The cooperative must resurvey its second project and raise the average users per mile. The board is revising the loan request to satisfy government criteria amid limited funds from Congress.
Sioux County News notes that funding may be granted to build rural electric lines, outlining potential eligibility and impact on local communities and infrastructure development.
Dr Carl Seashore of the University of Iowa explains a method in the October Scientific Monthly to convert spoken sound into feedable data. Machines reproduce sound in labeled parts by kind and amount. Three motion picture cameras record pitch intensity and timbre to aid speech improvement.
Two Duroc male hogs for sale by Will Blom. Wanted washing and blankets, 25 cents each. 401 West Second Street.
A wide assortment of farm equipment and household goods offered at a close-out price. Items include stoves, a 1936 Chevrolet coupe, 1935 Ford V-8, 1939 Pontiac sedan, Willys panel, 1935 Chevrolet truck, tractors such as Farmall models, IHC 10-20 and 30, hay baler, binder, huller, gas engine, and a boy's bicycle. Contact VOGELAAR'S at phone 295 for details.
For sale Turner's Certified Hybrids U S Hybrids 5 13 35 4d and Minds 751 960 at six dollars a bit. Arthur Tysseling contact number 62 on 16 in Pella.
A brief 19th century styled notice offers a married man for farm work with preference for no children in Chrisman Knox ville. Also an ad for used pianos, two U. K. models for country schools priced at 25 dollars each from Kuyper's Music House.
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