Pella News Roundup Sees Moves and Visits Across Iowa
J Z O C A L S H Lawrence Fennema accepts Blakeshare Board of Education post as superintendent of Tlakebury Public Schools for next year. Mrs Terrelt and Letitia Van Buren visit Pella while Harold Kaldenberg serves in the Navy with corrected address. Leona Schilder heads to Collins Iowa to teach high school commerce and English. Jennie Vander Zyl Ange City visits, Fred Veenstra moves to Oskaloosa, and Arnold Wittenburg opens a car shop. Richland Clarion reprint highlights Andrew Hoekstra store success in Tach, farm trade noted. Red Cross instructors Virginian Carpenter and Dena Ver Steeg attend Aquatic School. Gerrit Klein relocates to Pella. Mrs Rouwenhorst to Iowa City for treatment. Roy Te Selle and B. F. host guests in Pella area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Lawrence Fennema
Pella
Blakeshare Board of Education
Tlakebury Public Schools
Alvin Terrelt
Valley Dunation
H.W. Pretenpot
Richland Clarion
Midland
Keokuk County
Proseres
Sive Grocer Oid
Andrew Hoekstra
Self Prin
Dick Sprat
Tach
Andrew
Galesire
Hoekstra
Pella area social notes and upcoming events
A column of local society mentions visits and travels of Vander Linden family from Preston to Pella, Cedar Township and Des Moines residents moving to Pella. It notes several weekend guests, school plans, and a car sale spree by A B Van Houweling Auto Co. Also recaps a Mondamin Illinois school band trip accident, hospital stays, and mission workers visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Faust
Central
Mondamin
Faust
Claire
Foust
Little Sioux
Towa
I Vander Linden
Amoy
China
William van Sitt
Holkeboer
Jean Nienhuis
Pella
The
Reformed Churches
Birthday notices and visits at the Home for the Aged
August events at the Home for the Aged include birthday remembrances for Jacob W. Van Gorp aging into his sixties and Mrs Tit Gosselink turning 68. A wave of visitors from multiple towns such as Hollywood California Nebraska Alford Iowa Otley Sully Knoxville and Orange City stop by to see residents including Mrs G Bosma Miss Lena Vos Miss Mary Brand Miss Jennie Vander Zyl and Mrs Lena Vos. Local families like De Vries Van Gorp Smits and Dykens share greetings with residents as staff coordinate gatherings and well wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob W. van Gorp
Tit Gosselink
Louis de Vries
J. van Gorp Christina
Gerrit M. van Gorp
M. van Gorp
Henry de Bruin
Hollywood
California
Anne de Bruin
B. Bakker
Nebraska
Gerrit Exgink
Alford
Iowa
G. Bosma
Peter Rozendaal
Henry Vander Wilt
Kate den Adel
Sarah van Ry Ryken
Otley
de Hoed
Fred Bosveld
So City
Smorenberg
M. P. van Hemert
Pred Dykens
B. van Rees
Wyk
Token Force for Battleship Iowa Enlistment Drive
Iowa Navy Recruiting aims to enlist 4000 men as a token force September through October to back the USS Iowa before sea duty. October 27 is Navy Day. local towns plan ceremonies as Men from this area may apply at Des Moines Navy Recruiting Station. The battleship was launched at Brooklyn Navy Yard on August 27 and will be tested before commissioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Lowa
Theavy
Naval Reserve
Navy
Des Moines
Brooklyn Navy Yard
U.S. Navy
Loch something ship hailed as Navy’s finest crew seeks Iowa men
Powerful and faster than other ships, the vessel features stronger protection against catapults and air attacks. Naval officials claim the Loch is the fourth ship to bear the name and note the crew will be drawn from Iowa as the Navy’s ablest officers. The ship’s reception quotes praise for Iowa men and their famed capabilities.
Nodulation Check for Soybeans Advises Nodules Inspection
Iowa State College soil staff explain how to test soybeans for nodules by digging plants at several field spots and shaking off soil. Nodules appear grayish white on main tap roots, with many smaller nodules on lateral roots. Inoculation effectiveness varies with soil fertility and bacteria presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alg. Norn
Lowa State College
Norman
Amsterdam Farewell for Ben Terlouw At Ottumwa
The notice recalls Ben Terlouw leaving for Camp Bradford with Henry Terlouw Apollos and Mrs W Schakel and Mrs Cyert accompanying them to Ottumwa where he took the rain for Camp Bradford. Carl Hackert sick, tomatoes mentioned as large and smooth ripe for harvest. Visser reunion affected Sunday school attendance. East and West Amsterdam opened their school term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hackert
Ben Terlouw
Fford
Henry Terlouw
Apollos
W. Schakel
Cyert
Ottumwa
Bradford
Carl Hackett
Carl
Amsterdam
Dorothy Witzentening
Fragmented Text Reflects Unclear Historical Notes
The passage contains garbled lines about theaters and bombs, mentions Nazis and Japs, and a nonsensical recipe snippet. It references US actions and wartime context amid distorted phrases, lacking coherent events, dates, or identifiable figures. The overall content is too corrupted to extract a clear reportable item.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Letitia van Buren
Moline
Hlinais
Sa Franklin Street
Harold Kaldenberg
Harold
Sea Bees
Mise Leona Schilder
Collins
Jennie Vander Zylange
Pella Frid
John van Vliet
Fred Veenstra
Orkaloosa
Arnold Wittenburg
Fred
Virginian Carpenter
Dena Ver Steeg
Red Cross Aquatic School
Millewa
Woodward
Carpenter
Ver Steeg
Cours- Pella Red Cross
Gerrit Klein
Sioux Center
William J. de Bruyn
Robert Rouwenhorst
Iowa City
Roy Te Selle
Firth, Nebraska
B. F
Petertown
Melody Lane
Merry Macks
Anne Gwynne
Robe
Broadcasting Busine
Hopalong Cassidy
Andy Clyde
Baby Sandy “Fown
Henry Fonda
Gene Tierney
FBI
York
Gary Cooper
Joan Leslie
Eli Rolenbrander
Tripoli
New Holland Theatre
New Holland
Vander Linden
Mrs
Preston
Minn
Arnold Schippers Jr
Cedar Tupid
A. A. Schippers
Paul Klein
Fairfield
Town
Arthur Klein
Don Davis
Davis
Don
HL. 1
Sixsmith
Don Reed
Jess Vriezelaar
Hetty Vriezelaar
Denver
Colorado
Harold den Besten
Camp Carson
Nettie Sim
Tana Mae Vi
Leighton
Gilst
Charle de Winter
Baby
Davenport, Towa
B Ollebrands
Ray de Wit
Stucdio
Miss
Leona Breakland
Sea Sheab
Dex Moine
Martin de Wit
Ree
William Vanden Berg
Myron Brink
Muskegon, Mich
Dick van Zee
A. B. van Houweling Auto Co
L. Overbergen
Shton
Marvin Phillips
New Sharon
Roy EF. Towell
Scarsboro
Herman Hasselman
John D. Vander Ark
Byron Center, Michigan
Henry Vander Ark
Edgerton
Minnesota
Mr. Vander Ark
Byron Center
Gary Vogelant
Orleath
Wisconsin
Dells
South Woods
John W. de Bruyn
Yelle Wittenburg
Henry van Oene
Mercy
Cunningham
Rhode
John Ulrich
Chicago
University of Rhode Island
Nadine Versteeghof
Sully
Colleen Renaud
Henry Zylstra
Western ‘Theological Seminary
Holland
Michigan
Third Reformed Church
John ‘Tor Louw
Steen
Elmer
Weetechee Toweil
Shernen
Mann
U.S. A
Frovne Et Othe
Pillsbury
Rie
Rock Springs
Farmers Union
Photographic Studio Service
Mein Street
Jully Cafe
Nellie van Roekel
Ye Foto Shop
True Art Studio
Edward DuPree
Pella, Iowa
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