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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1957
Page
2
In early 20th century origins Tees Paardekooper enters the drug trade under rough conditions. By 1936 his nephew Clarence Babe Caldwell takes over a transformed business with standardized prescriptions and factory packed drugs, ending the era of hand mixing and bottle washing.
Worship services listed with minister Merman J. Ridder including morning worship at 9 30 a m sermon titled In the Beginning. Evening service titled The Signature of Christ The Bread of Life. Sunday School at 10 45 a m and Christian education sessions. Ordination and installation of Mr Ralph H Pronk on Tuesday Sept 10 at 7 30 p m with cordial welcome extended.
Mercy and Mahaska hospitals report multiple patients admitted for observation or treatment and several dismissals. Names include Ruth E. Winegar, Dingeman Verros, Stephen De Jong, Joh De Navy, Mrs. Wilma J. Kempe, Russell D. Singleton, Robert C. Van Vark, Mrs. Chester Zylstra, Mrs. Geurt Van Dyk, Mrs. William H. Vander Hart, Roorda, Henry Hoogendoorn, and Jake Ten Hagen. Treatments range from cataract surgery to eye injuries and ulcers with varying discharge dates and hospital stays.
Independence and Broadway Everett G Ward minister 9:30 a.m. Sunday Church school with classes for all ages 10:45 a.m. Morning Service guest preacher Dr Clifford Perron Executive secretary of Minnesota Baptist Convention Sermon subject I Will Build My Church 6:30 p.m. Senior High Baptist Youth Fellowship 7:30 p.m. Worship service sermon topic A Dozen Believers in the Dark 8:30 p.m. coffee time and informal reception in Fellowship Hall honoring Dr and Mrs Perron Everyone invited A cordial welcome to all
Funeral services for Frances Witzenburg 27, of Pella were held August 31 at the Van Dyk Duven funeral home and the Third Reformed Church with Rev. Wilbur Ringwald officiating. Burial followed in Oakwood cemetery. She was born September 1919 in Pella to Yellena Witzenburg and Marie De Zwarte Witzenburg and worked at Rosiereen Co and later Fowler Telephone Co. She is survived by her mother and two brothers Clarence and Marion. Her father preceded her in death.
Thomas Boslooper will lead Sunday services on September 8 with Sunday School at 6:30 p.m. for all ages, C. E. at 7:30 p.m., and an event titled The Big Push in the evening, involving the Intermediate, High School, and College classes.
Leo De Prenger serves as minister at the Church of the Open Bible with Alvin Van Houweling as Sunday School superintendent. Morning worship and Sunday School are on the program, along with Overcomers and Evangelistic services and a midweek Web service at 8:00 p.m.
604 Jefferson Marvin BR. Doornbos, Pastor, leads morning worship at 11:00 with Sunday School afterwards. The church emphasizes grace and welcomes all. A local broadcast of the service is heard on radio at 8:30 a.m. on KIOA.
Minister Van Laar presents a sermon titled Justification by Holland service racht in Zwakheid Tares Among the Wheat as the second in a seven part series. The church invites all strangers and those without a home church to attend and listen on KBIZ Ottumwa at 9 a.m. or KIOA Des Moines at 9:30 a.m.
Rev G Lubbers, mission worker, speaks on the Reformed Witness Hour each Sunday morning at 7 30 a m over radio KBOE Osage City and area listeners are invited to tune in for the program with church and mission updates and sermons.
The parish announces a Sunday 8 30 a m mass schedule for worshipers. Regular services are set for weekly observance with ongoing parish activities surrounding the liturgy.
Milton Truelove Sparks son of William and Angeline Sparks was born June 12 1876 near Lynnville Iowa and died Aug 7 in Skil Hospital union at age 11 years 2 months 6 dd He lived in Lynnville area, last of a family of 16 He married El Rolls 1827 who died Dec 24 four children born Hollis Vera Wayne and Winema He is survived by grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral Aug 21 at Lynnville Friends church conducted by Rev Carl D Byrd Miss Howard Macy led a quartet and pallbearers included Floyd Sparks Lloyd Sparks Kenneth Sparks Russell Jackson George Manly and Lewis Jones Burial Woodland cemetery.
The Third Reformed Church schedules morning worship Sunday School and afternoon services with a 7:30 pm and 1st Ae Our Refuge. On Wednesday September 11 the film Seventeen will be shown at 7:30 and 8 pm in the church auditorium. Time broadcaster Dr Henry Bast offers a program with Temple Time choir while daily broadcasts from KBOK KNWS and KXEL provide content.
Trinity Reform Church invites worship at Franklin and East Third Streets with morning service at 11.00 a.m. Sunday School led by Baruch, a Faithful S ecretary, and junior and senior C E classes led by Sheryl Van Steenis Bill Gosselink and Nancy Ter Louw. Evening worship at 7.30 p.m. features guest minister Rev. John Vander Waal.
Dr. P Y De Jong pastors 1001 Liberty Street with morning worship at 9 30 am titled Worship According to Gods Word The Second Commandment Sunday School at 11 00 am Gods Servant Teaches by a Parable Judges 9 1l Youth Fellow God of All Grace Speaks at 11 am Evening worship at 7 30 pm The Pilgrims Prayer for Light is noted and a hearty welcome is extended to all visitors
Gospel Chapel invites worshippers for a Lord's Supper service led by James White from God's Word. Welcome at 3 p.m. with prayer and 0 am. Sunday 30 am. The 'The 0 am and Tuesday Bible Study follow.
Iowa crop and livestock report shows the August 15 index at 260 percent of the 110-14 base, up 3 from July, with livestock products up 9, poultry eggs up 20, meat animals up 8, and dairy up 1. Crop index at 207, corn and oats down 2 cents, wheat up, rye and soybeans up, barley unchanged, and hay prices fell 10 per ton.
The Chronicle on August 29 notes one survivor's name was omitted from the life story of John W. Vander Linden. The missing name is Miss Johannah Vander Linden, his sister. The omission was stated as wholly unintentional.
Robert B. Tootell, governor of the Farm Credit Administration, told 260 PCA directors and officers in Omaha that credit roles grow as farming shifts from labor to capital. He noted PCA loans in four-state district surpassed 61 million dollars as of June 30, 1957, reflecting heightened demand for operating and capital loans.
A reunion and picnic for the 1947 Pella Christian High School graduates and their families was held August 2 at West Market Park. Twenty-two classmates attended, with Alan Arkema family from South Dakota and Doris Boerema from Miami, Florida traveling the farthest. The photo shows attendees in three rows with names including Arkema, Vander Wal, Van Wyngarden, Boerema, and De Vries among others.
The eighth annual Mid-West Old Settlers and Threshers Association reunion will be at Mt. Pleasant Iowa September 4 6 and 7 with McMillan Park as the site. Over 65 steam engines will run and display large and miniature mills and threshing machines. A cavalcade of cars and machines appears each afternoon and on Thursday and Saturday nights. Family exhibits include Indian relics firearms dishes glassware spinning wheel carding machines and old settlers tools. Mrs Frank Monson will demonstrate the spinning wheel. A horse shoe tourney and Indies programs with music are planned. Peter Bucher will balance a large steam engine on a teeter board. Visitors may bring items for sale or trade to the Trading Post admission parking and grandstand seats are free.
Guidance for drivers after a crash, detailing steps at the scene. Stop and stay. aid the injured without risking further harm. collect facts, notes, and witness information. exchange names and licenses. document road and weather conditions. avoid arguing. and urge witnesses to come forward to ensure justice. Remember to keep calm and record facts for possible court use.
Harold E. Vos FT3-324-75-95 served in the Navy at Great Lakes aboard USNTC. Listed with unit 56 Bldg 616-SSC, this notice highlights servicemembers directory-style update and location details.
County extension home economist Marilyn J. Olson warns mildew thrives on moisture darkness and warmth. She advises cleanliness ventilation and dry storage for clothes and luggage, stresses washing or dry cleaning damp garments, air circulation for fabrics, and suggests desiccants like silica gel activated alumina and calcium chloride while noting caution with paradechlorobenzene on plastics.
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