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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1939
Page
1
In a Leid area report, neighbors pulled up hogs in two large stacks from a sixteen acre field while Myron Mike Sjaardema mourns his wife’s death and tends three children. A fire destroyed his barn on September 12. Neighbors assisted with recovery as roads and orchards nearby received attention.
Pella area farmers report heavy yields with the Scholte orchard harvest near nineteen hundred baskets and plans for a 700 bushel storage, while Jonathans dominate. The season sees pests and pruning demands, storage needs, and favorable prices for drops and trifles, amid a statewide rise in prosperity checks and farm outputs including turkeys and corn parity distributions.
A brief item notes men sharing goodwill after a voluntary haying effort. Myron Sjaardema Leo Kiser and Charles Popma are pictured working with other volunteers to help fellow workers and celebrate camaraderie born from unselfish help.
Myron Sjaardema and his son Clarence stand on the foundation of a large barn destroyed by a September fire. The blaze, caused by spontaneous combustion, started at sundown and could not be saved while adjacent buildings were protected by earnest effort.
Verna reports pimples cleared after using Adlerika. Skin described as smooth and glowing with health. Product claimed to relieve constipation that aggravates complexion. Vander Linden's Drug Store.
Increase hybrid seed corn acreage to 18 407 acres this year from 17 116 in 1938, with Joe L. noting dedication to certi fied seed production and growth in the sector.
In mid September neighbors from north of the Chiquamma river near Pella gathered with wagons hay tools and a hay machine to harvest and stack hay for Myron Sjaardema after his barn burned earlier the same week. About four o clock the crew worked while four women fed them. Dozens of men including R Popma Case De Koning Ernest Vander Kamp Leo Kiser Charles Popma Gerrit Vander Mol en Lloyd Kiser Albert De Koning Melvin Deur Peter Westerkamp Vernon Van Ee Connie Van Wyk Harold Nieuwsma Bert Van Wyk William Andyinga Wilbur Van Ee Kryn Van Zee Jacob Brand Roscoe Brand Joe Sjaardema and the owner assisted. The effort strengthened neighborhood bonds and left Mr Sjaardema grateful for longtime neighborly support.
Leighton area reports describe a Wednesday visit among neighbors and a planned Denver trip. Livin' Club met with nineteen members. officers were elected and vacations shared. Miss Mary Lois Van Zunk celebrated sixteenth birthday with a Mexican themed party and gifts. Joe Brammel missed mail due to a back injury. Live and Learn club held a hobby roll call and social with a note of thanks for Mr Den Adel.
Robinson of the Towa Agricultural Experiment Association forecasts more than 70 000 bushels of Towa grown with certified hybrid seed for 1940. He expects 5 000 000 acres planted, notes uncertainty about noncertified or external seed. A list of 314 certified growers will be available mid October from Joe L. Robinson at Iowa State College.
Farmers near Lenox handled an ambitious hay-barn blaze after spontaneous combustion sparked by hot hay. Neighbors fought through the night and saved the barn. tenant Clark used an iron rod to probe the pile as it cooled, preventing further flames.
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