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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1940
Page
10
A community gathering of the Truth Seekers of the First Reform school took place on Thursday evening with devotions music and an illustrated talk on missions. Hosts served coffee sandwiches and cake during a social hour.
The ERM calls all members to pay dues and attend the October 1 regular meeting. Aiming to reach the member quota by the deadline, the group will host guest night on October 27 with invites to eligible members. The note adds a birthday surprise for Mrs. Clarence Bricker and a social gathering with refreshments.
Town State College horticulturists advise three general soil blends for house plants. Mix No 1 uses loam garden soil 3 parts with 1 part manure or leaf mold and 1 part sand for amaryllis begonia and others. Mix No 2 adds rotted manure leaf mold sand bonemeal and superphosphate for African violet gloxinia primrose etc. Mix No 3 favors cactus and succulents with garden soil sand and bone meal or superphosphate. They stress fibrous material to prevent hard packing and outline watering rules and drainage for potted plants. House Plante bulletin details care guidance.
Miss Freda Zwank daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Zwank Pelma wed Mr G Vanden Berg son of Mr J Vanden Berg Sioux Center at the Second Reformed Church on Sunday September 22. Rev Ric Vanden Wer officiated in the presence of immediate relatives the couple plan to reside in Sioux Center where he is recreation room manager.
Mr and Mrs Henry Hackett entertained their hatchery fox and turkey farm employees and families at their Oskaloosa farm home for an evening of goodwill. They dined at 6 30 with roast turkey and spent the night playing games on the lawn. Miss Norma Jean Van Steenis and Miss Edythe Hackert sang with guitar accompaniment.
Churches schedule morning and evening worships with pastors, topics, and promotion day at Church School. Also notes tent services, forthcoming sermons by Mr Farquharson, and gospel meetings in Peoria and Pella with a call to unite for scriptural truth.
A local church bulletin lists sermons and services across First Chrref and Second Reform churches. Rev J Van der Ploeg preaches at 11 am with a sermon on Abraham’s faith, and there is a 7:30 pm lecture on Mammon. Second Reform Church shows morning worship with Holy Communion, afternoon and evening services, and a radio address by Rev D J Hoitenga from Peoria over KSO Des Moines.
An explosion in the engine room of a Laurel consolidated school near Baxter hurled a steel water tank into a domestic science room. Authorities suspect gas from a deep well supplying the tanks caused the blast. In 1989 about half a million drivers were involved in crashes causing injuries or deaths nationwide.
A Centralia chapel reading by freshman secretary Martha Childress outlines a mock challenge from the freshman class to the sophomores. The document, dated September 1940, describes a symbolic contest with stipulations and a pledge of sportsmanlike conduct amid wartime rhetoric and references to national themes.
A formal, ceremonial tribute signed by Sir Rodney Sutter honors the royal magistrates Bete and Paul Lubbers with due homage. The brief excerpt presents a courteous, antiquated tone befitting a civic or ceremonial context.
Ed notes indicate toasted cheese slices with crisp French rolls, English muffins with marmalade, Melba toast, hot raisin muffins, cottage cheese pairings, and cheese buttered bread cubes baked until cheese melts. Includes fruit and cheese pairings and pastry sticks with cheese for crisp contrasts.
In Poll City a rolling cart collided with a lane frame near the Nevin home. Mrs. Doris Maxson of Greene traveled to Rochester Minnesota for a medical procedure to remove a chickenbone from her throat and is reported to be recovering.
J. V. Russell now holds a cherished item once deemed rightful in Adel, following the collapse of the ing team. All members of the ing team are dead, marking a grim end to the group and a somber turn in the tale.
A trimmed rosewood baseball bat trophy won by Adel in a 1970s Marshalltown tournament has circulated nationwide. Park Garoutte of Denison returned the item to Adel, resuming its custody in the local community.
Geyser like water spout erupted 80 feet high for 40 minutes during a well drilling near Ames. Water then stopped by nightfall after reaching 160 feet with no further flow. Officials blamed peat decay gas pockets for the geyser and the operation continued.
Ellis Jordan was elected president of the We X L Club at the monthly meetings at the Van den Berg home last week. Jordan will succeed Donald Vanden Berg who was elected vice president for the coming year with Worth Rankin as treasurer and historian. The club will meet the first Tuesday of each month during the year. Ray Brooks with Tommy Without their cars, millions of Americans would have to be relocated.
A sale on the Okla Vlaugh farm at Reasnor will feature Duroe and Hampshire hogs including gilt stock. Buyers can inspect prior to the sale date and terms will be announced.
The list shows various confections: Delicious Chee.Creams, XXXX Mints, Ib Anise Squares and other items including Box Home Sweet Home Chee sp 1 1b and Box Dar Cherri. The note references a book shop at 290 with these sweets as offerings.
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