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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1939

Page

6

Gates of Ottumwa guest and war work in Ames

Gates of Ottumwa road contractor stayed with T F Waites Monday and Tuesday on business in Ames. Leslie Waites family visited Davenport. Clyde Karr and Ora Rainier groups joined. Nurses training at Lutheran hospital described with meals, housing, and tuition. Local residents listed in social and farm news with cattle shipments, repairs, tuberculosis tests, and bridge work updates.

CA. Gates Ottumwa T. F. Waites Cliford Fiten Ames The Highway Commission Leslie Waites Davenport Clyde Karr Ora Rainier John Sannigan Florence Capital Ave Des Moines Dorothy Thompson

One Quart Milk Per Day Promoted By Iowa Health Officials

Iowa health officials joined with the state dairy commission to urge every person to consume one quart of clean milk daily. They argued milk supplies essential nutrition and provide vitamin A and calcium in a readily assimilable form, stressing safety from milking to consumption to bolster public health.

Tyler McCollum Johns Hopkins University Iowa State Dairy Industry Commission Iowa State Department of Health

Weekend at Spencer and Otley church events through Otley notes

Summit news covers visits and social life in Otley and Pella areas. Glen McConoghey and family spent a weekend in Spencer. Pella Classes met at Otley Reformed. Banner Bearers and Dorcas served meals to about 20 delegates. Rev Douwstra spoke at a public address. Women’s Mission conference to be held at Leighton. Numerous local residents attended funerals, visited, and shared gatherings across Otley, Pella, and surrounding towns including Monro e, Eddyville, and Knoxville. Dwight Pringle returned from naval furlough for training in Chicago and San Diego.

Pella Otley Reformed Church Dorcas Douwstra Leighton Otley Ottopohy Oley Gradus Vin Servic Conlaar Ben Luffin Reasnor Tueday J.P. T Tiemstra Lenora van Zante Alta Marie John van Elswyk Monroe Gerrit Brouwer Tanner van Zante Anna Slocum Doris Lee Roy van Essen Artie Hemstra Simon van Dusseldorp van Essen Simon van Duseldorp Artie Heen Govert Kamerick N. van Essen Robert van Essen H.W. Vriezelaar Coralee J. . Buwalda Marjorie van Hemert Margaret Vos Henry van Oene Eddyville Jake Wouda Gerrit van Zante Frank van Zante Artie Hiemstra H. W. Vriezelang J. W. Pringle Newton Dwight Pringle Knoxville Gradus Vriezelaar Dave Vander Ploeg Elmer Vogelaar John Edwin Ter Louw J. C. Hiemstra Maxine Donald Peter Westercamp Mildred Francene of Taintor Martin Heemstra John Hiemstra Gerrit J. Vanden Berg Everett Joan of Marie van Houwelingen MacDonald N. Vogelaar Chas Dop Vel

Marriages and deaths mark Monroe week

The Monroe News reports a wedding Sunday September 17 1939 at the A rents home in Monroe with fifty five guests. Rev Elm er Patterson officiated and attendants Miss Phyllis Gloyd and Miss Ruth MacKershergen. A second wedding of Miss Ruth MacKershergento Mr Blake E Carnahan took place in Unionville Mo. Rev G W Swan officiated and the couple will live near Reasnor Town. Ben Lufkin of Reasnor died September 17 at a D Maines hospital. Funeral services were held in Reasnor and Anna Herwehe Lufkin survives. Mrs A Mateer injured falling peaches fracturing her hip.

Lloyd of Monroe Hensler Des Moines Arents B. G Elmer Patterson Marzette le Grand Carol Clevenger Des Moin George Helms Astors Phyllis Gloyd Robert Hensler Chas Mr Hensler Ruth Mac Kershergen Gerrit Kershergen Blake E. Carnahan Carnahan Reasnier Unionville G. W. Swan Chrisan Carn’ Han Reasnor W. W. Johnson Tted Presbyterian Church Presby Church Ben Lufkin D. Maines Anna Herwehe Lufkin A. Mateer Bride

Newton area social notes and hospital update

A clipping records visits and events around Newton including Alice Thomassen visiting Myrna Van Haatten, Donald Schiller’s dinner guest, and many gatherings at Grandview Park and Mitchellville. Henry Herwehe was hospitalized after a sudden illness. Skiff Memorial Hospital treated him with improving condition noted. Numerous family birthdays chapels and church activities are listed along with a local fire at Worth’s Cafe.

Fifield Store Relocation Noted In Local Brief

Mr and Mrs Arnold vacated the old Fifield store and moved to a new home near Otley. Mrs Jasper De Raad visited Monday afternoon with Mrs Will Verne and Mrs Pete Vanden Berg accompanied by Mr and Mrs Ralph.

Arnold Fifield Otley Jasper de Raad Will Verne Pete Vanden Berg Ralph

Kuiper to Des Moines Visit and Local Social Notes

Residents report Kuiper traveling to Des Moines on Wednesday to visit Mrs. Luther Passmore who remains hospitalized in serious condition. Helen Vanden Berg aided Mrs. Vanden Berg at home while bedridden last week. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Verwers hosted supper near Kellogg. A group of ten men near Cordova dismantled a bridge and installed a culvert intended to last decades with minimal upkeep. John Vanden Berg and Will Verwers attended a Mitchellville tractor demonstration. Jake Mol and two children joined S H Kenning for Friday supper. Ervie, ill at Mahaska hospital, shows signs of recovery and is expected home Sunday. Gerrit Klein and son Ben spent Sunday with John Vanden Berg.

Boyd Knoxvi Oskaloosa Arie Klyn Clarence Bricker Zegers Gertrude Passmore Tatheran Hospital Dick Brower Newton Carpenter Poe Phyllis Dunreath Mohler Core Des Moines Otto Wynsteker Clarence Bric Cecil Reese Roy Karr Karr Rai Road Wabash Bridge Fifield Gordo Massman’s Coffer Dam Faye de Heer New Baby Son Iowa City Elmer Cooper John Adams Red Rock James Templeton Croy Knoxville Alice Lou Thomassen Myrna Jean van Haatten Donald Schiller Ray Nearmeyer C. C. Ammer and Jr Laurel Buckley Ammer Grandview Park Maines Edward Beyer and Sons Mitchellville C. C. Amlay Donald Wayne Cash Henry Herwehe Grover Herwehe Skiff Memorial Hospital L. C. Stanley Leland Eloise Gloyd Mavel Jane Crumpacker Mesdames Lel Seymour Max Fisher Hensler Nedra McCall Carol Clevenger Phyllis Gloyd Iris Zerley Jean Roberts Faye Rickabaugh Phyllis Bowman Francis Ducan Myrna Jean John Vanden Berg Vanden Berg Jens Jensen Kristine Jean Colorado Rozeboom Jensen Gertrude Hook L Geles Calif Minnie Heffelfinger May Scharf Los Angeles Monroe the Baptist Young People’s Union Ralph ‘Creger Mary Jane van Hemert John Vanden Bere Will Verwers Jake Mol S. H Gerrit Klein Ben

Community members aid saw mill rebuild and local visits

Jasper De Raad helped Pete Vanden Berg rebuild the saw mill over Monday and Tuesday. Wayne Vanden Berg and Willard Klein attend high school in the community. A group including Master Verwers Kellogg and the Van Gent families visited Will Werners on Sunday. Mrs. Bert Adams of Belle Plaine tried to clear wasps with burning rags but called the fire department which saved the building. Two American tourists in Lisbon, misdirected on a 1200 mile trip from New York, learned they were actually in Iowa and heading the wrong way, amid jokes about women drivers.

Jasper_De Raad Pete Vanden Berg Wayne Vanden Berg Willard Klein Master Verwers Kellogg Pete van Gent Will Vander Voort Will Werners Bert Adams Belle Plaine Fire Department Lisbon New York Iowa

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