Things on the Boom at Grimes Canning Plant
The Grimes Canning Plant in Pella processes about 950 cases of bone less beef daily with output over 10 000 cases to date. Since September 7, cattle from Al bia and Perry packing plants are processed under the company, employing about 80 people to distribute work and preserve sanitary, strictly regulated operations. Visitors may tour Tuesdays and Fridays with permission from Verle Ver Dught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimes
Canning Company
Towa
Albia
Perry
Pella
Verle Ver Dught
Central Lineup Shifted For St Ambrose Tilt
Central College prepares for a Davenport trip to meet St Ambrose Friday night. After a opening loss to Buena Vista the team shifts many players into new roles, adds first year talent, and hopes for an open, attack minded game weather permitting.
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Central College
Davenport
St. Ambrose
Buena Vista
Central
Gullispe
Geery
Gardner
Michael
Feshman
Paulson
Berkey
Wilson
Westra
Reimer
Holdsworth
R. Ford
Leavengood
Miller
Gullis
Rolenbrander
Irissi
Satchett
J. Hunt
Underhill
Teas
Smith
Wells
Kregel
Ford
Hunt
Whittenburg
Patty
Card of Thanks from Maanen Family
We wish to thank all our friends and neighbors for the many tokens of kindness shown during the illness of our wife and mother and the beautiful flowers sent at her death. Maanen and Children.
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Sym
Maanen
Daughter of B H Gholson Struck by Car in Knoxville
Cheri Gholson four, daughter of Mr and Mrs B H Gholson, was bruised when knocked down by a car driven by Mrs William Brady on the north side of the square. The accident, deemed unavoidable, left the girl with several bruises while the two year old brother escaped injury. Mr Gholson, owner of the Pella theater, had warned the children to stay in the car before crossing the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheri Gholson
B. H. Gholson
William Brady
Brady
Knoxville Journal
Gholson
Pella Theater
City to Open New Recreation Center on East Second
Residents praise the four acre field to replace crowded kittenball games with greater seating and space. Grading finished and seeded for the 1935 season while fencing will come later. City council notes the facilities will boost next season attendance and civic spirit.
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Municipal Recreation Center
East Second
Veterans Seize Edge in Battle for Iowa Posts
Iowa City reports Veterans take lead on University of Iowa first team as Ossie Solem drills Hawkeye squad for an eight game schedule. Captain Russ Fisher and Oze Simmons vie for quarterback and running roles while Dick Crayne returns at fullback. Major home games loom against Minnesota and Purdue with strong ticket sales.
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Towa City
University of Iowa
Hawkeye
Ossie Solem
Jerry Foster
Fred Radloff
Jack Gallagher
William Seel
Ted Osmaloski
Toledo
Chusky
Bernie Page
Gordon Matson
Russ Fisher
Texas
Ainer
Hawkeyes
South Dakota
Minnesota
Purdue
Pershing Man Taken For Ride
Charles Brown a 21 year old resident of Pershing reported Wednesday that he was forced at gunpoint to switch seats while driving Mrs Susie Melias car on Pershing main street. The unknown man directed the car toward Knoxville, then to Louilla where he boarded a freight on the Wabash and vanished. Brown had not been apprehended at press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Brown
Pershing
Brown
Susie Melia
Knoxville
Louilla
Knoxville Express
Dan Turner to Speak Here on October Fifth
A large Republican gathering is planned in Pella the evening of October fifth. Former governor Dan Turner will be the guest of honor along with county and state candidates. More than 150 Republicans from across the river plus local supporters will attend at Memorial Hall. The evening includes an orchestra from Knoxville, Dutch flavored acts by Pella residents, and a Legion Auxiliary banquet in the hall basement followed by program activities in the auditorium. Tickets are sold through Fred Lautenbach and party committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Dan Turner
Memorial Hall
Knoxville
Legion Auxiliary
Fred Lautenbach
Five Bank Failures In One Year Highlight Deposit Guarantee
The text notes the federal guarantee of bank deposits insured over 50 million depositors, with only five banks failing in the past year. It recalls the 1908 Democratic push, enacted under Roosevelt, and says more than 14,000 banks meet the guarantee and 97 percent of deposits are protected. Depositors were paid within ten days after receivers were appointed.
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Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Mail carrier Loren Reed dies by suicide at Keota home
Loren Reed a 36 year old rural mail carrier from Keota shot himself with a 12 gauge pump gun at his parents home Sunday morning around 5 45. A note said he feared losing his mind after a nervous breakdown and two weeks in a Davenport hospital. Survived by sisters Ora Frederick and Mrs Harry Westhall, funeral held Tuesday at the Methodist church with burial in Keota cemetery.
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Loren Reed
Keota
D. H. Reed
Reed
Davenport
Tew
Mia
Frederick
Harry’ Westhall
Kinrosa
Van Sittert Buys Geelhoed Store In St. Paul? No town given
On Monday W D Van Sittert, long time clerk and recent manager of the Geelhoed dry goods store at Main and Franklin, bought the business. The Geelhoed store, 48 years old, has expanded in recent decades, and Van Sittert predicts a strong future under new ownership with expanded display space and stock.
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W. D. van Sittert
Main
Franklin Streets
van Sittert
Mr. van Sittert
Geelhoed
A. H. Viersen
Dorris LeCocq
Frank and
Ike le Cocq
John Sybenga
Dick Rhynsburger
Harry Sheets
le Cocq
Aschenbrenner
van Spanc- Keren
the Chronicle
Editor To Speak At Iowa City
E. V. Goad editor of the Pella Chronicle received an invitation from the School of Journalism at Iowa State University to address the Iowa Newspaper Conference in Iowa City on Friday October 26. He will discuss how the editorial page can help the home town. Dr and Mrs Carl Aschenbrenner leave for Detroit Michigan to visit their son and expect to return around October 8.
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E. V. Goad
Pella Chronicle
School of Journalism
Iowa State University
Iowa
Carl Aschenbrenner
Detroit
Michigan
Pella
P H S Girls Glee Club Is Chosen
The P H S music department selects the 1st soprano Dorathy Johnston Ota De Winter Viola Kaldenburg Wynona Van der Linden Virginia Van Gorp Anna Joyce Klein Melba Hoekstra Betty Lankelma Lillian Crum Mary Louise Le Cocq Dorothy Van Houweling The 2nd soprano list includes Helen Schilder Ruth Heerema Mildred Van der Linden Leon a Wittenburg Norma Olivier Pauline Hoogenakker Freda Van Zante Helen Bogaard Alda Mae Van Houkelom Janet De Jong Betty Ries Altos include Ma Jansz Maxine Gaass Joan Kuyper Alberta De Joode Helen Vos Jean Van Vliet Bernice Vander Linden Ruth Koeleman Accompanist Emily Kuyper.
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Anna ‘Tysseling
Dorothy Johnston
Ota de Winter
Viola Kaldenburg
Wynona van der Linden
Virginia van Gorp
Anna Joyce Klein
Melba Hoekstra
Betty Lankelma
Lillian Crum
Mary Louise le Cocq
Dorothy van Houweling
Helen Schilder
Ruth Heerema
Mildred van der Linden
Leona Wittenburg
Norma Olivier
Pauline Hoogenakker
Freda van Zante
Helen Bogaard
Alda Mae van Houkelom
Janet ‘de Jong
Betty Ries
Ma Jansz
Maxine Gaass
Joan Kuyper
Alberta de Joode
Helen Vos
Jean van Vliet
Bernice Vander Linden
Ruth Koeleman
Emily Kuyper
Pella High Studs Stage The Quest Comedy
Pella High School presents The Quest a comedy of American life by Lee Owen Snook. A cast of seventeen students under Mae Plette directs and begins work immediately as the all high school play of the year.
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Lee Owen Snook
Mae Plette
Travelogue Drawing Card Draws Local Crowd
Mr Kirkpatrick, lecturer and explorer under Union Pacific sponsorship, spoke at the high school auditorium about Utah and Arizona canyons. He showed life like photos of flowers and trees growing in canyon strata, noted 53 colors, rainbows after rain, and urged belief in a supreme being while praising scenery and the chamber of commerce.
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Kirkpatrick
Union Pacific Railroad
Scenic West
Utah
Arizona
Kirkpatrick Neers
Chamber of Commerce
Miners Likely Lost After Gresford Explosion
One hundred coal miners entombed half a mile underground by a blinding explosion in the Gresford colliery near Wrexham, Wales, were reported as given up for lost on Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gresford
Wales
Death comes to Mrs Van Maanen
Obituary notes the death of Pieternella Ten Bosch Van Maanen on Liberty Street after a six week illness. Born December 27 1866 near Pella she married Brandt Van Maanen August 25 1887. Survived by husband nine children ten grandchildren and a sister. Funeral held at home and First Christian Reformed Church with interment at Black Oak cemetery. The Chronicle expresses sympathy.
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L. 3
Brandt van Maanen
Liberty Street
Christian Reformed Church
R. J. Danhof
Black Oak
John Primus
Grundy Center
Sang
John Brouwer
D. de Prenger
Jacob J. de Bruyn
C. Nanktgeboren
A. P. Hasselman
William Vander Wilt
Pella
Pieternella Ten Bosch
Mahaska County
Alletta
Gilbert
Camp Dodge
John B
Charles
Leighton
Letta
Fred Wotan
Fremont
William
Fred
Reuben
Elbert
Charlotte
Florence
Marcia
Frances
Nancy
Bernice
Junella
Kenneth
Mark Ewing Wotan
Angeline Meppelink
van Maanen
Knoxville Plans Repaving of Second Street Through City
Mayor Leon Miller and officials visited the state highway commission on September 18 to secure paving funds for Highway No. 2 from Attica to Graceland cemetery. The commission assured $80,000 federal money is available, with work set to begin next spring, as brick pavement is torn up now for reuse at the municipal pool.
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Attica Road
Graceland Cemetery
Knoxville
Leon Miller
Ames
State Highway Commission
Frazier Lemke bill urged by attorney general
Attorney General Cummings said the Frazier Lemke bill held unconstitutional in Baltimore is of sweeping importance to farmers and should be passed by the highest court. The item ties into broader state and national policy debates of the era.
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Cummings
Baltimore
Fire at Frush Home Suppressed Before Fire Dept Arrival
The city fire department was called to the Prof. F. M. Frush home shortly after 7 00 this morning. Mr Frush started his car when it backfired and caught fire He extinguished the blaze before the arrival of the fire department. Minor damage was reported.
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F. M. Frush
Tax reductions expected for Marion County property owners
Real estate and personal property owners in Marion County will see about four thousand dollars less in taxes for 1935 than 1934 due to a state levy omission and the impact of a new three point tax program including sales, corporate and income taxes. The auditor reports refunds totaling over twenty seven thousand dollars arising from canceled 1933 levies, with townships and several corporations receiving the refunds. overall the county levy is down and the outlook for taxpayers is favorable.
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Marion County
Gerald W. Paardekooper
State Board of Assessment and Review
D. D. Galvin
Clay
Dallas
Indiana Township
Franklin Township
Knoxville
Lake Prairie
Liberty Township
Pleasant Grove
Polk Township
Red Rock
Perry Township
Swan Township
Summit 25
Washington Township
Union Township
Hervey
Harvey Bank
Alias
Melcher
Pella
Pella ‘Bank
Bussey
Bussey _ bank
Hamilton
Marysvill
Pleasantville
Iowa
Autor
Barn Fire Destroys Barrel Barrett Farm Barn Near Barre
A bolt sparked a fire Monday evening at the Jurgen Ehler farm near Barre, burning the 40 by 64 foot barn to the ground. Neighbors aided with water and bucket brigades to save the house and nearby outbuildings. Thirteen tons of alfalfa, straw, and oats were lost. insurance covered the $5,000 barn, built in 1948. No livestock were harmed.
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Jurgen Ehler
Barre
Elmer Ehler
Bowen Aay
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City
Stars —Shoes
W. van Sittert
Iowa City
P. H. S. Girls Glee Club
Pella High School
Mr. Kirkpatrick
Harry Elgin Webster
Chicago
Bessie Kent Webster
Onawa
Orval Godkins
Burlington
William E. Mitchell
Washington, D. C
Municipal Stadium
Salvation of Nations
Jesus Christ
McGregor
Wallace
Washington
Harry Pierpont
John Dillinger
Dillinger
Homer van Meter
Jess Larber
Lima
Town City
James Roosevelt
Marlin Greenup
Ottumwa
Ray Howard
Greenup
Paul Porter
AAA
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
National Association of Manufacturers
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bruno Hauptmann
Loup City
Nebraska
B. 0
Hostetler
Communist Party of Bismark
Henry L. Stimson
Scot Id
Hoover
Crisi
Louis F. James
Omaha
Anna Hauptmann
George Michael Paullin
Ohio
Hauptmann
Frush
Barrett
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