Joe Kool's IGA Opens in Otley This Week
Otley Chronicle announces the opening of Joe Kool's new IGA store at Otley from Wednesday to Saturday September 17 to 20. The edition highlights store bargains and welcomes congratulations from Otley and Pella firms. An upbeat feature section covers local churches, the school, the Farmers Cooperative Exchange, the Rock Island depot and other institutions.
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The
Chronicle
Joe Kool
IGA
Otley
Pella
Kool
Farmers Cooperative Exchange
Rock Island
Otley Christian Reformed Church 30 Years Admired
The Christian Reformed church of Otley marks over 30 years since organization believed to be December 98. Original charter listed 11 families or 65 persons with many living and several deceased members. Pastors served include Van Het Loo Blick Brat Maring Drost and current Rev Paul De Koekkoek. Present membership holds about 45 families and 200 plus persons. Church groups include catechism six classes and multiple societies plus a Christian School society. Annual local and missionary budget stands at 3000 dollars and a modern parsonage accompanies the church.
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Christian Reformed Church of
Tley
Aart van Zee
William Sturesma
L. Weierse
J. Kaldenberg
Maria Aademiet
Koenraad van Zee
John Poelstra
Aart van Toren
Jan Visscher
J. Schutt
William Lille
William Poelstra
J. Visscher
Theodore van Het Loo
Abraham Blick
Albert Brat
Cornelius Maring
F.J. Drost
Paul de Koekkoek
Ladies’ Society
Young Men's Society
Young Ladies’ Society
Christian School Society
Iowa State Fair Substantially Successful In 1930
Special reports from Des Moines indicate the 1930 Iowa State Fair drew 375,353 attendees, about 7,000 more than 1928, with a peak day of 68,085 on August 22. Weather was ideal, ten days without rain, and exhibits livestock and resources showed strong gains along with a large rural chorus performance. Secretary A R Corey called it one of the best fairs for exhibits and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Rural School
Iowa
A. R. Corey
Otley Baptist Church Origin and Reorganization
The Otley Baptist Church traces its founding to Evangelist Wood in 1869 or 1870 with the building completed in 1871. After a 20 year inactivity, it was reorganized in 1905 by Rev Ezra Temple, and has since seen several pastors including Albert Vander Ploeg. Currently 20 resident members sustain a Sunday School with improving attendance.
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The
Baptist Church of
Otley
Evangelist Wood
Jenie Vriezelaar
Henderschott
Bryce Henderschott
Columbus Long
White
Robert Cully
Kelsey
Ezra Temple
D. Ellebrook
Central College
Albert van der Ploeg
Iowa Farm Bureau eyes 60 thousand members
Des Moines report notes about one third of Iowa county Farm Bureaus run special campaigns to push total statewide membership past 60 000. C W Beeler says current totals are 2 800 higher than last year and Johnson and Carroll lead with near doubling. Also mentions muster day and township drives across several counties amid Illinois challenge. Two glass measuring cups article fragment.
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Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Iowa
C. W. Beeler
Iowa Farm Bureau
Osceola
Kossuth
Winneshiek
Floyd
O’brien
Sioux
Woodbury
Greene
Crawford
Harrison
Poweshiek
Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
IGA system described by Independent Grocers Alliance
Promoters of the IGA say the term means an association of independent merchants banded for mutual cooperation and mass buying. The IGA asserts it aids independent merchants against unfair competition, differs from chain stores, and supports local managers. Since its founding by J. Frank Grimes, it has grown to about 15,000 home owned stores in 39 states, with 350 IGA stores in Iowa, gaining momentum.
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IGA
Independent Grocers Alliance
J. Frank Grimes
Iowa
Otley Reformed Church Marks 50 Years Of Service
The Otley Reformed Church has over fifty years of active service with a long line of pastors from Rev. A. G. Lansing (1870 77) to Rev. R. D. Douwstra who began in 1929. The church, organized in 1878, lists 180 members and multiple groups including Sunday school Dorcas Banner Bearers and Happiness Band.
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Otley Reformed Church
A. G. Lansing
Josiah Meulendyk
E. Westing
A. G. Ziegler
C. Heines
George Niemeyer
Henry K. Boer
Jacob G. Brouwer
Martin C. Ruisaard
H. J. Veldman
D. de Groot
Otley School History Tied to Town's Growth
Otley School began around 1868 with roots in Summit school and town founders. The present two-room building, erected in 1926, houses 19 students taught by Principal Carl Hoefker and assistant Miss Bertha Van Zante in her second year.
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Otley
J. A. Caruthers
Margaret Baldwin
Des Moines Valley Railroad
Isaac N. Crump
J. W. Honnold
Summit School
Carl Hoefker
Bertha van Zante
Better Lunch Bread Sparks Child Interest
Fewer sandwiches may be discarded if bread is high quality. Children eat more bread when variety is offered. Simple changes like baking a new form or cutting sandwiches into shapes can boost interest, and adding raisins currants dates or nuts enhances flavor.
Keota Farm Sold For 225 Per Acre In Cash
John Cupp of Keota paid 225 dollars per acre cash for the former Glen Dutton farm eight miles northwest of Keota. The sale from the State Bank of Keota becomes effective March 1, 1930, with Cupp assuming the obligation and interest for the year and taking that year’s crop. The 120 acre well improved farm brought a total of 27000 dollars.
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John Cupp
Keota
Glen Dutton
State Bank of
Cupp
Farmers Co op at Otley Builds a Big Elevator
The Otley Farmers Co operative exchange elevator, built in 1913, marked by early leaders Bryce Hendershot Simon Vander Zyl and A T Van Houweling with current manager Robert Kaldenberg in charge ten years. The operation handles livestock grain produce salt coal and feed with an annual volume of about 75 000 bushels of corn 200 cars of livestock and a roughly 500 000 dollar last year. 50 wagons waited for unloading in earlier days and up to twenty thousand bushels of corn moved around Otley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otley
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Bryce Hendershott
Simon Vander Zyl
A. T. van Houweling
Robert Kaldenberg
Kaldenberg
Sandmeier Recalls Sixteen Years as Otley RI Agent
M A Sandmeier has served as Rock Island agent and operator at Otley for sixteen years. He began telegraphing in Waukee and rose without formal training, witnessing shifts from rail to trucking and the rise of motor vehicles. He recalls earlier pay and long hours, noting higher today’s cost of living and the impact of autos on salaries and transport.
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Rock Island Railroad
Iowa
Otley
A. Sandmeier
M. and
St. L
St. P
Chicago and Northwestern
Waukee
Sandmeier
M. A
J. C
Arnold
Kansas
Idaho
Buying Feeder Cattle Timing for Fattening
The USDA says feeder cattle should be bought based on fattening system feed quantity and cattle quality. Early fall suits lower grades for immediate fattening, aiming at late winter or early spring markets. Low grades peak before June, while quality steers may fetch higher prices later.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bank turned into modern grocery store in Otley
Joe Kool formerly farmer and owner of Otley IGA opened a general store at Fifield in December 1928. He sold the Fifield stock to Louis De Vries of Pella and moved into Otley, converting the former Otley Savings Bank into a grocery, with groceries only and possible lunch room.
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Joe Kool
Otley
IGA
Fifield
Kool
Louis de Vries
Pella
Independent Grocers Alliance
Otley Savings Bank
State Banking Department
Open New IGA Store at Otley
Otley Iowa September 15 Joe Kool and family traveled to Des Moines on business. Local residents visitations include J A Kool of Pella at Joe Kool home and Klaas Van Buren with Mrs Henry Van Buren traveling to Des Moines for dental work. Numerous neighbors attend funerals and social visits as Otley prepares for the big opening day of the new IGA store on Wednesday seeking strong local business.
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Otley
Iowa
Joe Kool
Des Moines
J. A. Kool of
Pella
Klaas van Buren
Henry van Buren
IGA
Feeding grain to sheep with good grazing is seldom profitable
The passage notes that grain feeding is rarely profitable when pasture is good, with flocks often thriving and lambs marketable without grain. It estimates about 100 pounds of grain per year per ewe and lambs as the upper profitable limit, and advises frequent pasture changes and winter rations of leguminous hay and succulent seeds, with any grain fed only in winter after lambing.
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Christian Reformed Church
Otley’s New 1
Baptist Church
Church
Dorcas Society
Banner Bearers
Happiness Band
United States Department of Agriculture
Otley Public School
Reformed Church
Rock Island Depot
Baptist
Otley School
Farmers Co-Op
South Texas
R.I
M. A. Sandmeier
Mr. Sandmeier
BANK
Otley Stand
Mrs. Robus
Barrys Klyn
Ange
Luther Passmore
Ivy
Anne Beyers
Evelyn
Will van Zee
Will Waarthuizen
J. B. Vriezelaar
Klaas Menninga
Setse Menninga
Tilma
Gerrit van Dyk
Gerrit de Jong
Herman Sedrel
Oskaloosa
Gus Aalbers
Albert de Joode
Don Poortinga
W. M. Roush
Gerrit Ryke
Connie Muilenberg
Will Waardhuizen
Joe Vanden Berg
Clarence Bricker
Tony Robus
Robison Home
Tony Aalbers
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