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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1932
Page
6
A large trade extension auction is scheduled for Saturday at 2:80 o clock in Central Park with Worth and Van Zante as auctioneers. If rain interrupts, the sale moves to Kuyper Lumber Yard. Shoppers use auction scrip, no cash accepted, and coupons are required for every dollar spent with cooperating merchants listed below.
Eight city league kittenball teams will play Monday afternoon starting at 1 00 at the athletic field with all stores closed for the holiday. Matches feature Independents vs Stamps Holscreen vs Jockeys Star vs Shell Amsterdam vs Knotholers followed by semifinals and finals to crown the winner. Community turnout expected strong as teams show spirited play and rivals vie for the title.
The osteopathic led adult clinic at the state fair offers a full physical exam with lab work and Ray review. Officials note high death rates from heart disease cancer and other illnesses among adults and urge all to visit, follow advice, and improve parental health for healthier children. Drs Kramer and Kramer provide location information by phone 280.
The Mission Feast of the Reform ed churches in the section was postponed from Wednesday at West Market Park due to rain and will be held today at Third Reformed church if weather remains inclement.
Billy Yates, 15, of Sigourney, takes grand championship in the baby beef show at the Town State fair. The slate also notes Missouri and Texas political matters, a fatal farm accident, fair attendance, and regional developments from farmers to national leaders.
Public schools open next Monday September 5 with a teacher meeting in the forenoon and classes for grades at 1 30 pm and high school at 1 00 pm. The plan favors single enrollment to improve organization and urges attendance, noting book costs and possible school-provided books for those in need.
The American Legion post at Memorial hall hosts the sixth rural letter carriers meeting next Monday Labor Day with speakers Postmaster Frisk Assistant Postmaster Ryan Des Moines Congressman C Dowell Commander Colflesh state Legion and W Poyster of the city. A basket dinner follows at noon at the Baptist church where the ladies auxiliaries also meet. The Chronicle welcomes the visitors and wishes them a good stay. Louis J Catla and his wife to be are seen in Rock Island Illinois clerks office seeking a marriage license with a glass jar of pennies saved for the occasion.
A remodeled site at the old Smith Shipley Co. corner will reopen as a department store led by C. C. Alsop, former head of Oppenheimer Alsop Co. The store will mirror the old operation with similar staff, popular brands, and low prices.
All residents and former residents of Marion county are urged to attend the annual bucket picnic of the Marion County Picnic Association at Greenwood Park on Sunday in September.
Public thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during illness and death of Ona H. Gezel and family express appreciation for support and condolences.
The Pella band will give two extra concerts on the next two Saturdays at the request of the Chamber of Commerce band committee. The season contract expired last Saturday and the group is donating these performances.
Mr and Mrs Je Zwarte, Sunda, mourn the loss of their eight month old daughter Ruby who died after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at the home Monday at 2 o clock with interment in Eureka Cemetery. Surviving are the parents and five brothers and sisters.
Grimes Canning plant reports 85 women and 385 men employed as it processes 1500 bushels of tomatoes on Monday. Manager A M Sels notes rains reduced field yields about half but hopes coming fruit will be better. Factory operates as a bee hive of activity washing scalding peeling and canning to feed workers during depression.
The family of Mrs. Peter Kooyman expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for sympathy during illness and after death. The White Way Auto Co. reports selling a new Chevrolet coupe to Martin Lewis.
A 4:30 AM lightning strike shattered a yard tree and porch at 314 Franklin Street in Pella. Bark ripped from the tree broke into the house, a six foot branch pierced the porch, four windows shattered, and debris litters the street. No injuries reported as family and neighbors surveyed the damage. Keith Andewey, visiting from Monroe, narrowly escaped harm. The shock was felt by nearby residents as crowds gathered.
A motorcycle carrying Dan Rope and Conner Bishop collided with a car about 6:00 PM on highway 88, west of town. The riders suffered a badly lacerated arm and both vehicles were slightly damaged as the motorcycle attempted to pass a truck.
Henry Lee Bruinekool, one year old, crawled under his father Arthur Bruinekool s car on Huber street Monday between 5 and 6 pm. He succumbed to injuries Tuesday morning at 1 30. Dorothy Butts first to witness the scene. funeral today at 2 pm at the home.
The Southern Iowa Fair and Exposition at OsKaloosa will host professional dirt track races starting Monday featuring top United States and Canada drivers. I M C A sanction places OsKaloosa in a national plan awarding points toward the 1932 dirt track championship. Season tickets cost $1.50 at the Chronicle office, $2.40 after Saturday.
The Summit school led by Miss Mae Vogelaar won first premium for an entire school exhibit at the Marion County Fair in Knoxville. Vogelaar and her pupils are commended for the fine work they did.
Sealed bids for lump coal will be opened September 5 at the school in Tone At Geet delivered to the needy school buildings for the winter of 1982 1988. All bids must be listed spot later and may be rejected in whole or part at the discretion of the board.
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