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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1943
Page
12
A scanned page lists numerous classified items including used cars from 1930s to 1940s, farm land for sale near Otley Iowa, various monuments and washers, and employment notices. Regional sellers such as A.B. Van Houweling Auto Co and White Way Auto Co auction vehicles, while Augustine Stock Yards advertises cattle and feeders. Small business service ads cover monument makers, washer repair, and farm sale services.
Advertisement notes debts and judgments collection services. Mentions Collec tions made, legitimate references, and a firm location in Marshalltown. Also an offer to handle magazine orders with free wholesale list and liberal commissions from Mc Gregor Magazine Agency Mount Morris Illinois.
Letters mention personal life during wartime rationing, a reader’s picture in the Chronicle, college opening date September 20, and arrangements for students with chores and jobs. A reader describes kitchen shortages, renting a kerosene stove, and rationing buybacks. Daylight saving drew debate with farmer inconvenience. Youths Conference in Pella described as worthwhile with lively singing.
Sears Roe Co offers complete optical service with budget plan and all styles. Complete guarantees on eyewear. visit Dex Moi Town location for prescriptions and fittings.
Brom Feed Store advertises manufacturing feeds to boost profitability in production. The notice emphasizes tailored feed options, aiming to attract farmers and mills seeking optimized yields and cost efficiency.
The Annual Meeting will be held on the grounds at m Tuesday, September 14. The meeting aims to elect trustees and conduct other business. All interested persons are urged to attend to elect officers. Earl Van Zante, Sec.
Community notes list visits among residents and relatives from Leighton Tracy Adel Sioux County Peoria Knoxville Otley Percy Prairie City and Sally. Sept 6 remembrance marks 83rd birthday for Andrew Blom as health concerns include Mrs Vanden Heuvel ill with intestinal flu and headache.
Mrs Lane Dunnick and children joined Mr and Mrs Anne Beyer of Pella to Des Moines to visit sister Viola Beyer in the hospital. Alfred and Art VanderWerff helped with threshing and traveled by cattle truck to Chicago, returning Thursday. Art Ver Steeg sold his 70 acre farm to Howard Dearinger for 150 per acre and bought the Ramer property in Galesburg, planning to move this fall with his daughter Elizabeth Oliver.
Cadet Robert C Van M is listed as stationed at San Antonio Texas with the Wing 2 Group C Squad 236 unit of the AAFPTS SAACC. The entry credits Mr. and Mrs. Ci Ie as the parents.
Ensign Don Menning writes from Atlanta Naval Station about his transfer to the Instrument Instructor's School after commissions and orders from Corpus Christi. He explains training by instruments, landing and takeoffs under a hood, and expects to return to Corpus Christi as an Instrument Flight Instructor. Address given: IFIS BOQ 204B Naval Air Station Atlanta Georgia.
Gerald G Versteegh son of Mr and Mrs Walter Sch of New Sharon and husband of Mary Van Zank Versch of Leighton has been promoted from Seaman to Petty Officer in the Navy of Chicago. He graduated with high honors and now serves as an instructor in the Structures department at the pier.
John Naaktyeboren, son of Mr and Mrs C J Naaktyeboren of Pella Iowa, trains at a major Idaho naval station. The program emphasizes military discipline, seamanship, and physical hardening to prepare him for service in the U S fleet and future study at naval schools.
Av/C David Branshart writes from Athens Georgia describing daily routines at the Athens Pre-Flight School. He notes demanding academics and physical training including cross country runs and sports while detailing subjects like aerial magnetization aerology and naval gunner basics. He mentions military drills four days a week and expects a October leave, signing from Essex Barracks Athens.
Peoria youths attended a Labor day picnic in Pella hosted by Christian Reformed church groups. Jacob Ozinga's furlough extended due to measles. Martin Vos returns from Texas on a 10 day furlough and will rejoin camp Monday. Frank Blom from Moody Bible Institute visits relatives and attends services. Glen Dunwoody expected home Sept 18. Sgt. Fred De Nooy arrived in Australia Aug 19 and is well. Mrs. Stursma and her children return from Grand Rapids. her mother Mrs. Rottshafer visits. Address changes announced for Marvin Vander Linden and J. P. De Jong. Christian School opened Aug 30 with 89 pupils. Hart family member visits Texas.
Cordova News details Grace Kate Harold Clarke and SE Armstrong of Maoror as Monroe High School seniors who joined the Navy and left for Idaho. Harold Rickabaugh returns home on furlough. The column compiles local moves, visits, and small-town events including farm sales, school notes, weathered signals on Highway 14, and community arrivals through September 1943.
The Centennial school began last Monday August 30 with eighteen pupils including beginners Glenn Van Sleuke fom Melvin Kelderman and Jean ette Westra under teacher Birdie Beinte ma of Leighton. Glen Vander Haar of Des Moines visited Friday with his family as did the Vander Haar and Ustermarkt households for a Friday evening gathering near Leighton.
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