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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1939
Page
9
A long column of notes covers village happenings. Deaths, births, construction, school openings, and family visits thread through Red Rock Cordova and Monroe area residents. Entries mention farm work, livestock, harvests, and local road work with numerous named families and locations.
Mr and Mrs Walter Van Door ninck and family visited last Sunday at the Peter Breed home near Fairmount. Otto Van Essen hulled clover for Roy Van Essen Wednesday and at L Van Dusseldorp’s Saturday. Silo filling was done on the A L Dykstra farm. Gravel hauled to Dave Vander Ploeg for a machine shed foundation, to L Van Dusseldorp for a cement feeding floor, to Gradus Vriezelaar for a cement floor in a corncrib and to H W Vriezelaar for a barn foundation. Mrs Jake Van Hulzen and family attended the Van Hulzen reunion in Pella on Labor Day.
The article recounts the 1912 promise and 1919 sale pact of a Shetland pony to Fred and Jeanette Dekker near Pella and Eddyville Iowa, with the animal eventually staying with Len Van der Horst of Bussey after a cautious buyer declined. It weaves in local notices about residents, births, and community events across nearby towns, including hospital reports, school enrollments, and awards, highlighting a slice of early 20th century rural life in Iowa.
Readers note a sequence of visits and familial gatherings across Pella Knoxville Monroe and nearby towns. The report lists Arthur Vriezelaar returning from El Paso Illinois to his home and numerous families visiting relatives attending reunions showers and meals at homes and churches.
Don Schilder of Des Moines spoke at the Baptist church Sunday morning and evening. Winners of the Whisker Derby closing the three day Frolic were Bert Van Baale for longest beard Francis Barber for nearest beard and Tony Vos for craziest beard. An honorable mention went to 80 year old Jack Bench noted for his flowing white beard.
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