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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1943
Page
8
Local notes from Pella and vicinity detail church activities, visitors, and family events. Members of the Reformed and Christian communities host meetings, services, and picnics. residents travel for work, school, and relatives’ visits. Highlights include Rev. Visser’s inauguration, bus routes, farm and trade visits, and attendees at the Southern Iowa Fair.
A tractor shed at Tunis Blom fim burned Wednesday around 5 pm. A tractor, 200 bales of straw and alfalfa hay, lumber, and other stored items were lost. Insurance covered the damage. Cause of the blaze remains unknown. Local residents listed as visitors and callers in Des Moines, Oskaloosa, Grinnell, and Marshalltown.
Mrs H W Vriezelaar lists area students at Monroe Pella and Des Moines schools including Etta Belle Ross Willa Mae Van Doorninck Junior Huyser John Henry Vriezelaar Effie Heemstra and Eugene Den Har tox. Kathryn Brunin of Des Moines visited Neal Heemstra home. Nora Van Essen was ill. Gradus Vriezelaar family attended a plenary supper honoring Gress Rogers and Walter L Brown in Knoxville. Walter Brown and family plan to move to Des Moines this week. G Gress Rogers suc-
Production corps volunteers produced garments for the Red Cross as local figures across Marion County see family visits and reunions. Lois Van Viet returns to Cedar Rapids for training at St Luke's Hospital amid a three week vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Jones Van Viet. Community members including Gerrit Van Val, Nelson J of Vella, and Mrs. Hatzen call on families. many gatherings mark birthdays and anniversaries. Des Moines Des Moines and Ames residents are noted among visitors and weekend stays.
Monroe residents and visitors share weekend visits across Iowa and Michigan. Mrs. Peter Brevi and Mr. John Breed hosted relatives, while Curtis Crane and Mrs. Crane spent time with family in Monroe. Missionaries from Africa, Rev. and Mrs. Wilkins, and Rev. Pennington’s family were seen at local gatherings. Ailes of Searsboro and Mason City trips appear among extended stays, with Patty Clement of Shell Lake visiting Monroe briefly.
Leighton News reports multiple Prairie City families and friends visiting relatives across town. Attendances include Mr. and Mrs. John Me and children, the Meppelinks, Van Zee family, the Douglas and Van Ploeg households, plus Henry Sedrel and Rev. D. Fiieatra’s son-in-law guests visiting Oskaaloosa and nearby homes.
A readable fragments overview of Chicago Saturday plans with family visits for Marwell Piel and Monteom ery, Alateima, and Liberator Bemiber trainitas. Leighton Independent School opened Monday morning for a short session before Labor Day observance. Numerous local teachers, a Christian school program, and a family reunion at the J. C. Den Marto home are noted amid scattered names and places.
Rain and a light frost likely tonight as East Amsterdam weather cools. Wedding bells rang in Amsterdam on Sept 1 for Apollos Terlown and Dorothy De Zwarte with a reception for relatives. The newlyweds plan to live on the old John Hoogewalker farm southwest of Pola. About eighty charivarier guests celebrated. gospel meeting scheduled next Wednesday at East Amsterdam schoolhouse. East and West Amsterdam public schools opened last week. teachers Miss Norma Sehakel and Dorothy Wittenburg noted. Henry Van Steenwyk sells his farm and plans to move next spring. Win Sehakel rents across the river this fall. Hubert Oostrum buys near Flagler and may move. Additional moves by Gerrit Klyn and Arthur Van Maarten noted. Amsterdam correspondent visited home near water tower No. 1. Henry Perlouw, 1015 Independence Street, Pella, reports this is his 18th move. A rolling stone gathers no moss but orthodoxy’s followers say it foreordains future moves.
A 1944 weed eradication program should start immediately to curb Canada thistle and bindweed. Extension plant pathologist HP from Sylvester, Iowa State College, recommends plowing infested land, cultivating every 10 days, then fallowing until spring to weaken perennial roots. If heavy cover crops exist, plow after removal, then resume spring weed growth, with soybeans sown at 2.44 bushels per acre and alternate crops like sorghum or millet on unsuitable land.
Reports describe the American Committee in Aid of Chinese Industrial Cooperatives organizing relief for hundreds of thousands of famine refugees in western Chinagata province. Refugees join cooperative projects in mills kilns mines and weaving workshops supervised by Ruike hay and United China Relief funded programs led by Rewi Alley.
Farmers are advised to keep forage piled higher in the center of the silo during filling and to level the top and tramp the surface thoroughly afterward to ensure stability and prevent spoilage.
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