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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1955
Page
3
Summit neighbors share dinners and church visits led by H W Vriezelaar and families from Otley Pella and Monroe. A corn on shares fundraiser for County Line 4 H Club took place with field hands including Peter Rus and Marvin Verros. A new baby Philip Henry to C H West and Marcella O Mara is reported.
Weekend guests at the Peter Breed home include Monroe News editor Mrs H W Vriezelaar and John Breed of In wood Iowa with several Anie Breed Ot tumwa Coralee Vriezelaar Ce daris and ISTC students also visiting. A daughter Theressa Ann born October 15 at Skiff Memorial Hospital Newton to Harold Sparks Jr and Ruby Price. Perry Woody of Auburn Washington and numerous locals attended a dinner at Robert Sheeler home. KYT Club met October 18 with 19 members. lessons on lighting lamp shades and meal management noted. Robert Keuning returns from two years service. Maurice Valentine on a 10 day furlough from Elgin Air Force Base Florida. Mrs Leo Bump visited Washington Iowa where son Carlton Bump suffered a heart attack last Monday.
Merritt Van Roekel earned first place with a 10 ear corn sample in the FFA contest. Don Mullins took second and Don Waddle third. The judging panel included Merritt Van Roekel, Larry Wheatcraft, Dean Waddle, and Jerry Woody.
Iowa's habitat program will receive over 350000 from the Federal government for the fiscal year ending June 1956. Of this, 258334 funds Pittman Robertson game habitat, 96734 funds Dingell Johnson fishing areas. Funds cover 75 percent of costs with state 25 percent. Unspent money by June 1957 reverts. Iowa ranked 13th in national allotment.
Vital statistics from the National Council of Churches show over 97 million Americans attend church regularly, up 2.8 percent from last year, with church giving surpassing two billion dollars in 1955 and Sunday school enrollments at 37,623,530. Bible reading rises as the Revised Standard Version sells over 3.6 million copies, underscoring nationwide religious revival and faith as guidance in troubled times.
Pittman Robertson funds may be used for game habitat improvement or buying and improving waterfowl, marshes and other public hunting areas. Dingell Johnson funds are used to purchase fishing access on rivers and lakes, as well as other areas that be used or developed for fishing.
A note encourages baking with apples during the October 27 to November 2 celebration and suggests adding Banana Apple Scallop, a dessert pairing 3 firm apples and 3 firm bananas with sugar cinnamon nutmeg and lemon rind. The recipe yields a honey like flavor from the banana in baked apple dishes.
Prepare 2 3 cup graham cracker crumbs 1 4 cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons butter or margarine 1 4 cup chopped nuts Use ripe yellow bananas wash core pare and slice apples peel bananas and cut 1 4 inch thick layers Alternate apples and bananas in a greased dish each layer sprinkled with sugar and butter, fold in nuts. Bake 375 F 30 40 minutes until tender. Serve hot with sauce or whipped cream. Four to six servings.
A family coping with parental illness shows children sense mood shifts and worry. Parents should explain plans and involve kids to ease the burden, offering a realistic view of the father's operation and convalescence. Open conversations help children support the family during a difficult time.
Lemuel Coil of Woodward sustained a deep leg gash when an axe slipped while he cleared a yard stump. He was working at his residence when the incident occurred.
German services at East Friesland Presbyterian Church in Ackley featured singing and meditation conducted entirely in the German language.
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