Local notes on residents and visitors in Pella area
Long column details visits and travels of local families and friends including Rev Vermeer's daughter Jean at Convalescent Home Town City recovery after emergency operation. Reports of Emmetsburg trip home of Mrs Alvin Evers and children, Mr and Mrs Johan Nunnikhoven visiting Waterdown Ontario, Niagara Falls and Northern Ontario with Antonie and grandsons John and Joe Dunne. Also covers Usual hospital releases, car accident injuries, veterans bus visits, and missionary gathering notes at Boone retreat with Mrs Jennie Veensehaten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean
L. Vermeer
Town City
Alvin Evers
Emmetsburg
B. van Veen
Johan Nunnikhoven
Waterdown
Ontario
Niagara’ Falls
Antonie
John
Joe Dunne
Burlington
Ed Nutter
Charles
Gus Anderson
Moline
Len’ Kaldenberg
Sun Nutter
Kaldenberg
Andersons
Tunis Kooyman
Marion
Iowa
Len Kaldenberg
Louie Schippers
Phyllis Ruth
Reasner
Mercy Hospital
Oskalonsa
William Hl. Vande Voort
Leighton
Mahaska Hospital
Clarence Rouwenhorst
Oskalopen
Merle den Besten
George den Pesten
Otley
Corsica
Dak
Stan
Ft. Dodge
Merle
Newton Hospital
George T. Pinches
Pella
Gospel Hall
Neal van Veen
CE. van Veen
Kathryn
Evers
Corn Booklet Boosts Iowa Corn as Nation’s Greatest Crop
Town Development Commission in Des Moines distributes a free booklet asserting corn leads in bushels, acres, value, and versatility. It notes corn's use in penicillin, pills, synthetic rubber, batteries, tents, film, and more, and includes a poem about corn as America's emblem. Copies go to hotels for visiting tourists.
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Town Development Commission
Central National Building
Des Moines
Edna Dean Proctor
England
France
Ireland
Scotland
Great Republic
West
The
September Is Proper Time to Plant Peonies
September is the recommended period to plant or transplant peonies for next spring. Do not divide healthy clumps. discard old roots. Keep three to four eyes per division and prep soil by digging 18 inch holes and mixing in bone meal. Plant buds not more than two inches deep and form a soil mound over the crown to shed water. Cover with straw to guard against frost heave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Grove
Iowa State College Horticulturist
Nauvoo Wine and Cheese Festival Features Local Baxter Family
Settlers in Nauvoo after 1846 and German Icarians built cellars now used for wine making by Baxter family members. The event plates Nauvoo Blue Cheese and a Roquefort style pageant titled The Wedding of the Wine and Cheese. Parades, tours, and entertainment are planned with Mayor Horton and festival chairperson restoring the tradition next weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nauvoo
Icarians
Baxter
Roquefort
France
Lowell
Horton
Tired of Thistles McGregor Suing Neighbors Over Weeds
Kenneth McGregor, a Nashua area farmer, files damage suits against neighboring farmers for failing to eradicate thistles. He notes one of his own fields that was weed free two years ago now has 150 patches, which he attributes to seed blowing from nearby farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth McGregor
Nashua
McGregor
Pella Softball Season Review Calls For City Cooperation
The column analyzes mistakes in management and scheduling of Pella softball, urging a local business figure to centralize game scheduling, improve publicity, and reduce burden on the unpaid Softball Association. It questions city cost sharing, highlights field improvements funded by volunteers, and advocates fair support for the nonprofit group and its two weekly recreation nights.
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Easen
Ncmumber
Xenon
Pella
Softball Association of
Mes
Nationals
Ottumwa
Imps
Softball Association
Church League
Fens
Pool Park
Obituary for Laurel Boot Dies After Stroke in Newark
Laurel Boot, born November 24, 1906 in Jasper County, died August 26 after a Hood clot ended his hospital recovery in Newark New Jersey. He lived in East Orange with wife Marion Frederick and worked as a training auditor for Aetna.
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Laurel Boot
Chronicle
Maria M. Boot
Nancy van Buren
Jasper County
Pella High School
Central College
Columbia University
New York
Columbia
Marion Fredirick
Newark
New Jersey
East Orange
New Jerse
Taurel
Carrier Corporation
Syracuse
Aetna Casual- Thsurat
Mississippi
Exas
Oklahoma
First Church of Orange
New Jerseyymphony Orchestra
Boot
Haberle and Barth
Irvington
Westland Memorial
Hanover
Laurel Root
Nancy Root
Laurel
Andrew Root
Minneapolis
Koenraad Stouwie 76 Dies in Oskaloosa
Koenraad Stouwie aged 76 died early Monday at 815 Third Ave East Oskaloosa after a heart attack. Born April 15 1871 in Mannekeryl Netherlands he was a son of Jacob and unknown mother. Survived by wife Mary Van Haaften two children Hattie Vander Meiden and Jacob with seven total descendants. Funeral held Sept 8 at Van Dyk Funeral Home and Prof Rev Church with burial at Evergreen cemetery Leighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koenraad Stouwie
Third Ave
Oskaloosa
Mr. Stouwie
Mannekeryl
Province of Vriesland
Netherhand
Jacob Stouwie
Meindert Stouwie
Stouwie
Prof. Reformed Church of
Pella
van Dyk
J. Vermeer
Evergreen Cemetery
Leighton
Mrs Martin Van Helten dies near Eddyville at 58
Mrs Martin Van Helten aged 58 died at her home west of Eddyville early Monday morning August 26 1947 after a period of poor health. Survived by husband a son Tony Van Helten four daughters and a large number of relatives. Body at L W Klein Funeral Home services at First Reformed Church Eddyville with Rev Walvoord officiating. Burial in Highland Cemetery.
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Martin van Helten
Eddyville
Tony van Helten
Pearl McDonough
Des Moines
Tunis Aulsburg
Ottumwa
Carl Walker
Laberta
L. W. Klein
First Reformed Church
W. C. Walvoord
Highland Cemetery
Death of Gertrude E. Tice in Perry Missouri
Word has been received of Gertrude E. Tice's death after a long illness at the family home in Perry Missouri on August 27 1947. She is survived by her husband Daniel T Tice. Daniel was born and raised east of Pella and was the son of the late Madison Tice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude E. Tice
Perry
Missouri
Daniel T. Tice
Pella
Town
Madison Tice
Pella backs softball with lung power wins praise
Pella faces an off season as efforts to boost softball gain limited results this year. With improved cooperation across the community next year, the program could develop into a source of pride, according to Leslie Sadler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Leslie Sadler
Rats Cost Iowa Farmers Dearly in Crop Losses
Iowa entomologist Harold Gunderson warns farmers that rats eat 10 to 20 million dollars worth of rat corn yearly and damage grain buildings and livestock. He urges immediate cleanup of rat harbors, prep baiting over three nights to gauge rat numbers, then poisoning with red squill or Antu, while protecting livestock and sealing buildings with hardware cloth and tin caps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Gundervon
State College
Gunderson
No Dinners Church Raises Funds by Direct Donations
The Salem Lutheran church north of Correctionville attracts notice for operating without church dinners. Members fund church needs through direct donations, and any dinner given is strictly for church purposes as explained by Pastor Albert Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Lutheran Church
Correctionville
Albert Jail
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