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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1939
Page
8
Fall wallpaper arrives with September discounts on 25 30 and 35 cent papers at 15 20 and 25 cents per bolt. Bulk room lots offer 10 3 and 4 bolts per lot with quick paste free with orders. Also listed are Chester White hogs for sale from Nick Terpstra and Wm Tysseling with contact numbers for New Sharon and nearby area.
Gary Cooper stars as Beau in Paramount's Beau Geste joining Ray Milland as John and Robert Preston as Digby. The film follows his brothers into the Foreign Legion to escape past dishonor and promises a smashing adventure when it opens Friday at the Mahaska theatre.
Mrs Jasper De Raad and Mrs Frank Huntoon visited at Fifield school Wednesday afternoon. Farmers busy with hay. Various locals helped with hay, illnesses noted including Garber and Boxers. Community members attend funerals in Corsica and Des Moines. local teaching positions announced. church events scheduled.
Local families hosted guests from Pella to Cheney and Chicago, with Monroe High opening Monday at 123 pupils and the grade school at 181. Jasper County 4-H demonstrators earned red ribbons at the Iowa State Fair for biscuits made with whole wheat, while the W moren booth highlighted wheat products. The Frazier reunion was held September 3 at Maytag Park.
Mrs W M Cash Mrs C O Ammer Phillip Betty Lou and Rodney Ammer Jean Anderson Madeline Vriezelaar and Keith Neilson spent Labor Day driving to Pella and relaxing at the swimming pool on a sunny holiday.
Otley notes recount a September family reunion of Fraziers at Maytag Park in Nixon with many attendees. Local residents attend Legion frolic in Monroe, and several Otley families visit relatives and seek medical treatment in nearby towns. Reunions involving McKeever and Zandstra families are mentioned along with several weekend visits and travel for care and errands.
Sunday visitors called at Pete Dykstra home as Mrs Dykstra improves slowly. Mr and Mrs Dick Lille welcome a baby girl expected Tuesday Sept 5, with one older child in the family. An ex Toa d of grain arrives in Otley to store corn for government. Otley Coal Co ships six carloads of coal. Farmers Co op Exchange ships a carload of corn last week. All Otley houses full, trailer houses moving in. drag line man relocates near ra grounds. W L Angove injures eye, medical care sought, eye to be sore days. Parl Van Heme and Mary Jane Van Hemert visit M P Van Hemert’s in Prairie City. Charlie Vander Ploeg sells 3400 bushels of corn to Farmers Co op Exch. Poortinga boys hauling. Purl Van Hemert returns from ten day California trip by bus with brother Jim Van Hemert at Rath Packing Co and other relatives.
Two Kansas men were arrested in Clarinda after police discovered 1200 bottles of liquor in the rear deck of their bolted Ford V-8. The possession reportedly violated state liquor laws and prompted an investigation by local authorities.
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