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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1930
Page
4
A menswear overview notes fall and winter clothing tailored to athletic builds with trim lines and natural shoulders. It highlights fabrics like tweeds and worsteds, color trends in greys darkened from summer, and styles from double breasted coats to camel hair topcoats, churned by trends from universities and regions.
Notice is on file in Marion County District Court Iowa for the last will of C De Geus Sr deceased. The will will be heard October 7 1930 the first day of the October term at which all interested persons may appear. WALTER KESTER Clerk of District Court. Sept 1 1930. Read the Chronicle Want Ads.
Mr. and Mrs. Dirk Vander Veen went to Oskaloosa Thursday. Marinus Vander Hart and John Van Gorff returned from Chicago Thursday. Martin Vander Molen, who has been in ill health, is improving on Title. Mrs. Henry Dahm and Mrs. Harry Van Roekel attended the Willing Workers society meeting of Bethany Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Ben Vander Molen visited Thursday with her son Louis Vander Molen and family. Mrs. Marion Vander Werp and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Vander Molen spent Sunday evening in the Martin Van der Melen home. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sheesley and Miss Mamie Sheesley, of Eddyville, spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herald Sheesley. Mrs. Dunwoody and daughter, Mrs. Klein, went to Pella Saturday evening. Wesba De Vries was a Peoria caller Tuesday morning. Miss Margaret Vander Molen and Jacob Vander Molen were shoppers in Pella Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vander Schaaf were Pella visitors Saturday evening.
An Illinois report shows savings deposits in forty eight banks rose by 13 069 985 from June 1 and 1.2 per cent above July 1 1929. Commerce and Finance notes profits may grow in slow times due to cheaper raw materials lower prices and thrift, suggesting a rapid mood-driven recovery.
John De Jong, tar and feather victim from last June in Orange City, will be arraigned Monday before Justice C. De Booy on adultery charges. Peter De Cook, a participant and civil defendant, filed the charge. Seventeen Sioux county men were fined for unlawful assembly over the incident in which De Jong was paraded through town in tar and feathers and a blanket. De Jong is free on a $2,000 bond posted by his mother.
A new type of internal combustion engine, claimed to revolutionize aircraft making, was patented by William G. Dunn of Clarinda, Iowa. The design uses two paired pistons on opposite oval cams to maintain constant crankshaft rotation, promising lightness, compactness, high horsepower, and reduced connecting rod bearing trouble. Also listed as patent grants: Paul M. Ha Fairfield for overhead carrying equipment, Charles McLellan Sioux City for a rotary toothbrush, and Emil B. Nor Davenport for a power cart.
County board appointed Mrs. Robert Kissinger as county social worker with Mrs. Lucile Brobst assisting. The office follows the plan used by Miss Graham who recently resigned. Buys Cafe owner sold taxi line to J A Dennis and bought a cafe at Lineville. Mr. Maxon took possession of the Lineville cafe on the Iowa side near the Missouri line. Former editor J W Johnson of Oskaloosa visited Knoxville, noted for Penn College graduate at 76 and contribution to The Journal. D W Webster, Pleasantville crane operator, treated for acute appendicitis after an operation.
The county treasurer will visit Security State Bank on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 16 and 17, and Pella National Bank on Thursday and Friday, September 18 and 19, 1930, to collect taxes.
A near fatal incident occurred at a coal mine near Eureka as Grant Kersey and his son Ralph faced foul air. Ralph nearly suffocated while Grant escaped. Other local happenings include Market, church, and road work notes with community events and repairs in Harvey Iowa.
The Mahaska County Old Settlers' Association hosts a program at the Masonic opera house Oska loosa on Wednesday September 17 1930. Fore noon in Chamber of Commerce rooms features social hour and bring your own eats. Afternoon program at 1 30 includes music by Antique Quartette and chorus, poems by Emma Cadwallader Kemble, and speeches by Rev Richard Collier and K R Cox. At 2 o clock Dr John W Potter speaks, officers are elected, music by Evelyn Smith McFadden and others. 3 PM addresses include L T Shangle on The Early Mahaska Bar and J W Johnson There Were Giants in Those Days with musical interludes by James Myers. Visitors from out ia introduced.
Introduction of old settlers notes the officers including President G W Shockley and Secretary Treasurer A R Hellings. Township vice presidents cover Adams, Black Oak, Cedar, East Des Moines, Garfield, Madison, Monroe, Pleasant Grove, Prairie, Richland, Scott, Spring Creek, Union, West Des Moines, White Oak, and five Oskaloosa wards with ward officers. An executive and program committee comprises A R Hellings, G W Shockley, Phil Hoffmann, J W Johnson and L T Shangle.
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