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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1932
Page
5
Saturday activity at Central Park featured a bustling trade extension auction sale run by the Pella Chronicle with merchant support. Buyers used auction scrip to purchase merchandise. weather cooperated and interest in monthly auctions grows, with the next sale slated for Saturday Oct 1.
The Reformed churches of Classis Pella held a mission fest despite weather delays. Speakers represented both foreign and domestic missions and the day raised 498.72 dollars for various boards and causes, distributed according to classis rules.
Community Welfare League struggles with unpaid bills totaling 199.85 while only 162.84 remains for payments, creating a 17.51 deficit. Two new families seek assistance. Red Cross offers up to 20 yards of cloth per family for make up. The group vows careful scrutiny of needs and to cover only bare necessities.
Arnold De Bruin son of Mr and Mrs Jacob De Bruin of east of town on U S Highway 63 won the grand championship in the baby beef show at the Southern Iowa Fair in Oskaloosa He captured the Hereford steer championship and received congratulations for the win.
Paul Popma traveled to Orange City for his cousin Anthony Popma’s funeral after a collision on a highway 10 miles south of Parkston South Dakota. Anthony was a 22 year old assistant rancher at Parkston High School and had just begun duties for the year when the accident occurred.
Cabbed actions and political shifts fill the week as Joseph V. McKee succeeds James J. Walker as NYC mayor amid Walker’s vow to seek vindication. Other items record bank robbery in Hamilton County, a record Rio Grande rise, executions commuted, state fairs deficits, air crashes, drownings, assaults, and violent deaths across multiple states.
The area mourns three deaths: Adrianus Ter Louw aged 73 at his East Third Street home after a heart attack. Mrs. John Van Rees aged 82 at Mt. Pleasant State Hospital after a brief illness. and Henry De Kock aged 88 at the Home For the Aged. Ter Louw's funeral was held at the Second Christian Reformed church with burial at Graceland. Van Rees, born in Amsterdam, died at the hospital and was interred at Grace land cemetery. De Kock, a longtime resident, passed at the Home For the Aged with services at the Third Reformed church and burial in Graceland. Surviving relatives are listed for each case.
Central College reports forty football candidates with six lettermen returning as drills start for a demanding season. Freshmen may swell the squad past fifty, with hopes high despite no undefeated forecast. Practice tightens for Sept 23 opener vs St Ambrose at Davenport, amid weakened center position and a tough 1982 schedule.
Central College begins its new term with Freshman Days, tests, campus tours, and a park band concert. The assembly featured singing, a campus tour led by Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. volunteers, and a delicious dormitory dinner. English placement tests followed, with student leaders elected for the class officers and student council.
Awtry and Lankelma furniture store reveals a full stock rearrangement with new green price tags. Prices are often lower than replacement cost in today’s market. The ad highlights a new business policy and progressive merchandising.
The Farmers Union distributed to the needy in Pella 318 dozen eggs nine gallons of cream and four bushels of potatoes. Producers also gave cream and eggs directly. Harold J. Veenstra, chairman of the local holiday association, says a truce is pending while awaiting the governors conference decision on support.
The Welfare League hosts two benefit games at the athletic field with proceeds to aid the needy. At 6:45 the Stars play Independents, and at 8:00 Shell faces Amsterdam. lights donated by Pella Kittenball league and grounds by Central College. The league seeks funds as treasury is depleted and asks for contributions.
The family expresses heartfelt gratitude for kindness and sympathy shown during the bereavement over their daughter and sister Mrs. Mar ie Synhorst Boles. They thank friends for floral tributes and say it is comforting to know she is in her heavenly home. Paul Synhorst and family.
The Chronicle reports nearly 400 responses to a limited time offer for subscribers and non subscribers to save one dollar by presenting a coupon and bringing one dollar in cash to the office. The promotion ends September 10 and renewals are accepted until Saturday at 6:00 PM. Afterward the rate will be two dollars per year.
Monday Labor Day saw hundreds of rural letter carriers and their wives gather in Pella for the sixth district convention. Speakers included Congressman C C Dowell Postmaster Frisk and Assistant Postmaster Ryan of Des Moines. The Ladies Auxiliary met at the Baptist church where dinner was served and officers were elected including David Alred Des Moines and W M Miller Runnells. The 1988 convention will be held in Perry Iowa.
The Van Den Berg Electric Co advertises an eight day sale on all electric refrigerators. Their offer includes a free choice of an ABC Liberty Electric Washer or a Silver Jubilee Hoover Electric Cleaner. Prices for refrigerators are claimed to be at historical lows with a future rise expected. Read the advertisement on another page for details.
The Independents edged the Jockeys 8 to 2 in an extra inning finish after a tense seven inning tie. Verle Ver Dught led with a home run and three-base hit driving in three runs as Independents rapped 10 hits. Stamps fell 11 to 3 earlier, despite 7 errors by the opponents, in a daylong seven-game slate drawing about 2,000 spectators.
The Community Welfare League reports a large stock of used clothing for the needy and invites applications through Jacob Plender, Red Cross chairman. Garments have been organized by Miss Gertrude Plender in a storeroom above Vanden Berg's bar, including coats dresses men and children shoes and other wearables in good condition.
City Council adopted a resolution revoking the cigarette licenses of Constantine Bros. and Lloyd Maplethorpe after fines for selling cigarettes to minors. Maplethorpe, once manager of the Dutch Law cafe, is no longer a city resident. The fire department was granted $25 to cover expenses for the firemen’s convention at Chariton. A query over recording a negative vote on a non roll call vote was sustained.
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