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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1940
Page
7
Local building experts urge a six point fall home check to prevent winter damage. Inspect basement walls for cracks, joists for rot, plumbing for leaks, electrical wiring, insulation, and exterior features. Immediate repairs protect comfort and preserve resale value, avoiding larger future costs.
Mr and Mrs Walter Renaud and family spent Sunday afternoon at the Henry Vander Wilt home. Leslie Vande Krols were in the Marold Vande Krol home Friday evening with Catherine or Pol.
Marvin Caswell of Dev sustained severe injuries Tuesday at the Olley strip mine when a drag line operation went wrong. He fractured his hip, mangled his leg, and crushed his shoulder and arm. he is treated at Kaska hospital in Oskaloosa. Community notices record a Thursday Sept 12 township meeting at Otley school to elect local AAA committee men and appoint county convention delegates for Kno ville.
Township elections for the local AAA committees are set for Thursday September 12 at 8 pm. The next day Friday September 19 at 9 am the county convention of local delegates will meet in Knoxville. Voters will choose township chair, vice chair, a regular member, two alternates, and a county convention delegate.
Monroe residents report visits and travels for funerals and baptist services, with gatherings at Seymour and Des Moines. A new house rises in Monroe for Rose Tagrande, blue ribbons win at Star Fair, and twin Hummel daughters crowned champions. Local church figures, school enrollments, seed corn meetings, and band festival plans accompany notices of marriages, licenses, and a self-inflicted death near Tools Chapel.
An estimated 4000 people attended the Buxton reunion at Simon Brandt Park in Old Buxton Sunday. Guests arrived from New York, Virginia, Missouri, Des Moines, Oskaloosa and nearby cities. Morning religious services were led by Rev. London of Oskaloosa, with a colored choir singing.
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