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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1941
Page
12
Hessel Van Zante, son of Mr and Mrs A T View Gants, was honored at a Monday evening shower. Attendees included Aliida Ver Meer Gordel Alta Marie and Mimi Zante plus many relatives and friends who brought beautiful and useful gifts for the bride to be.
A family gathering at Mr. and Mrs. C. Visscher home on August 27 hosted Mrs. John Zuidema’s birthday from Kalamazoo Michigan with a pot luck supper and homemade ice cream. Attendees included the Zuidemas Steenbocks Dykhuis Dykhuis Visscher and Blom families from Pella Oskaloosa and Kalamazoo. A Portergrove Cemetery Aid meeting is set for September 16 at Mrs. A. M. Blom’s home.
Mr and Mrs Jesse E Carpenter announce the marriage of their daughter Cleora Filen to Mr Harry Van Waardhuizen. The ceremony was held at the Carpenter home on Thursday September 4 at 6 00 pm in the presence of immediate family and a few friends by Rev V Woortman of Sully Congregational Church. A wedding dinner followed.
New full fashioned cotton hose targets homemakers amid silk stock restrictions. Designs range from cobweb mesh to plain knits with improved fit, two way stretch tops, back seams, and reinforced heels. Mercerized yarns, air-drying features, water repellency, and snag resistance boost comfort and wear. Durable, elastic cotton stock will fill hosiery needs if silk remains scarce. Funeral notice follows.
The bride, eldest of the Carpenter sisters known in Pella for piano and accordion performances, marries the Otley farmer. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Van Waardhuizen, plans farming as a livelihood. They reside in Otley and will farm next spring.
Iowa reports 1940 soybean acreage and production reach new highs, ranking soybeans as the state’s third most important grain crop after corn and oats. District 6 in central Iowa accounts for 23 percent of acreage, Grundy and Calhoun lead counties in production, and Henry County posts the highest yield per acre at 25.2 bushels.
Richard V. Clark born December 8 1866 near Leighton Mahaska County Iowa died September 8 1941 in Pella after a lingering illness aged 84 years 9 months retired farmer son of R V Clark and Mary Meyers Clark survived by wife Nellie Shafer deceased two siblings Hannah Vaughn and Charles W and by three children Blanche Van Brogen Walter and Clara S edrel 12 grandchildren 20 great grandchildren 2 great great grandchildren and moved from Rose Hill to Pella in later years He joined Baptist Church in youth later affiliated with Church of Pella and lived with his daughter Mrs Clara Bedrel in Pella before death
Cheryl Sue Richards daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Richards Cedar Falls Iowa formerly Helly died Monday September 10 at University of Jews Hospital Town City after spinal meningitis. She was stricken July 4 141 taken to Cedar Falls hospital then August 28 moved to Town City where she died at 2 40 Monday September 1 1940. Survived by parents a brother Gary grandparents Earl Northcutt What Cheer and Richards What Cheer and many relatives. Funeral held September 3 1941 at 3 00 PM at New Sharon Methodist church burial New Sharon cemetery.
Mrs Maggie Vanden Baard born in The Netherlands June 15 1855 to June 1941 died at her daughter’s Des Moines home aged 84. She married Cornelius Vanden Baard in 1875, had eight children, survived by five daughters a son 24 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Service held at Forbes Funeral Home Pella and First Baptist Monroe with Rev Albert Vander Ploog and Rev C E Sharer officiating.
Bert Meppelink, resident of a farm west of Pella, died Monday evening September 8 1941 after a several week illness. He was 68 years old and had been treated in Rochester Minnesota before returning home where he passed away. He was the son of.
John Meppelink born on a Richland Township farm near Pelia later moved to Pella Nebraska then Sully and Tella. He married Jennie Vos Sept 1 and had five children Diane Gertrude Wilt John with family ties across Iowa. Surviving siblings include Herman J Meppelink Henryville Mrs ALT Os Mrs John Vander of Foorie West and Mae Van Hou welme. Parents and Gerrit preceded him. Funeral today at 12:00 at home and 6:00 at First Christian Reformed Church with Rev John Vander Bloor. Oakwood cemetery interment.
Data from the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station shows babies rise in height and weight rapidly. By six months average heights exceed 26 inches, and by one year babies range 26 to 34 inches with girls around 29.4 and boys about 30.0 inches. Birth weights average 7 pounds for boys and slightly less for girls, with six month weights near 17 pounds and annual gain about 6 to 8 ounces monthly. The year end weights vary from roughly 12 to 20 pounds, with about 25 percent over 24 pounds and another 25 percent under 20 pounds.
Peter Bruni's Scout Troop 214 marks its tenth anniversary in Chicago's West Side district. The retrospective, written by Frank Cucciardi, credits Rev. PR Tecurle and Vincent Conesole for founding and leading the troop with support from Peter Bruni and donations by De Carlo and Ruegiero. The piece praises discipline, public service, and the boys' growth, and notes recognition by Scout Headquarters as a model troop for inspection by visitors.
Karl Hondek of the Rockford Register laments changing styles and conduct. He cites neckwear and public displays as proof that youths now engage in openly visible acts once hidden, invoking heavenly days and nights amid a shift in social norms reported by the Northwood Anchor.
A Boone resident found a swarm of bees on his car bumper. Police said there was no code requiring an arrest for swarms. A bee man was called to handle the situation.
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