Trade Extension Auction Sale to Be Held Sat
Popular young man called by death Monday was a popular teacher. Arthur Mansford Ver Steeg, 25, born in Pella, was a graduate of Pella High School and Central College, taught at Radcliffe and Iowa City high schools, and was captain of his college football team. He died in Chicago after ten weeks of illness. He leaves a young widow Sophia Lautenbach. Funeral held Wednesday at the Second Reformed Church with interment at Oakwood, mourners and pallbearers named.
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Arthur Mansford Ver Steeg
Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago
Ver Steeg
Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Pella
Pella High School
Central College
Radcliffe High School
Iowa City High School
Iowa City
Second Reformed Church
Sophia Lautenbach
Charles Lautenbach
East First Street
George Mennings
Oakwood Cemetery
Fred Dekker
J. Gilbert Boot
J. E. Shultz
Donald Waechter
John Rouwenhorst
Henry de Wit
L. F. Bousquet
A. B. van Houweling
H. J. Rhynsburger
Charles Sipke
Brutal abuse in Mississippi flood camps exposed by nurse
Helen Boardman, former Iowa Red Cross nurse, testified to brutal beatings and cruelties in 22 Mississippi flood control contractor camps during her investigation. Other items note Vice President Curtis opposing foreign debt cancellation, Beebe and Barton diving nearly half a mile, and various political and crime stories from Iowa and beyond.
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Mississippi
Helen Boardman
Iowa Red Cross
How Many Bushels Does It Take On Farm Conversation
In a farm discussion near Poulg Bay the dialogue with Henry G. Bensink touches on corn processing and wartime prices. The fragment suggests questions about how many bushels of corn a machine would handle at bay eight farm.
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Henry G. Bensink
Poulg
Local Man Shoots Self in Harvey Station
John Matthews, 76, a Harvey resident and filling station operator, shot himself Sunday afternoon after alleged domestic difficulties. He was taken to Oskaloosa Hospital in serious condition with a skull wound near the left eye. bystanders and deputies investigated as the town remained agitated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Matthews
Harvey
Oskaloosa Hospital
Matthews
John Nieburg
Knoxville
Farmers Kept Wheat When Price Was High
A farmer asked at Blommers Mill for wheat price. They offered 38 cents for tests 59 and 60. He pressed for 40 cents but was told no, unless prices improve elsewhere. He recalled offers of 70 cents previously.
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Blommers Mill
Those Who Got Fruit Jars Please Call Again
Mrs. John De Haas on East First street found a dozen fruit jars stolen from her sunshine drying area. She offers to share jar rubbers and is willing to supply extra fruit or vegetables from her garden to neighbors who need them, emphasizing the joy of giving.
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John de Haas
East First Street
de Haas
Cornelius Hospers Is Fishing Champ
Cornelius Hospers of Orange City wins blue ribbon for fishing by landing a 1434 pound 40 inch pickerel after increasing his catch while leaving the lake. Ed Cook, Hospers nephew, has a photograph of the massive fish, confirming the extraordinary capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Hospers
Orange City
Ella
Ed. Cook
Hospers
Potatoes Cheaper In Potato Land In Minnesota
In Hollandale Minnesota potatoes are sold at 10¢ per bushel and onions at 30¢ per hundredweight. Dr H C Payne raised the idea of storing a winter supply to help Welfare League, but it was felt transport costs would raise prices so taters could be bought cheaper locally at 80c to 40c per bushel.
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Hollandale
Minn
Welfare League
H. C. Payne
Automobile Stolen From Knoxville Sunday Evening
Burdette Smith reported his 1982 Chevrolet haven coupe stolen Sunday evening while he briefly left it parked on Whiskey Row to enter a restaurant. License a414 Sheriff Waedina notified surrounding counties to watch for the vehicle.
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Ghevrolet
Burdette Smith
Knoxville
Whiskey Row
Smith
Waedina
P T Association to Establish Lunch Counter in Pella
At the first PTA meeting of the year in the re school auditorium the Pella Parent-Teacher Association voted to cooperate with the Community Welfare League to establish a soup or lunch counter for feeding children from needy families during the day. Miss Weir of Central College spoke on her trip to Egypt detailing travel, sights, and cultural observations.
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Pella
Parent-Teacher Association
Re School
Community Welfare League
E. V. Gond
Welfare League
G. H. Lankelma
Miss Weir
Central College
Egypt
Jean Cook
Helen Booher
Leona Wittenberg
Suzanne Hollebeck
Carroll Hollebrands
Exyp
King Tut
Weir
Local bakeries donate hundreds of loaves to help families
Local bakeries have donated more than 800 loaves in recent months to feed hungry mouths. The Welfare League thanks all contributors and notes the appreciation of the families served.
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Welfare League
Pella Overall Factory Busy With Strong Demand
The Pella Overall factory is bustling with full force daily and rising activity. John G. Klein notes the main challenge is securing materials when needed, a condition that could spark renewed cotton mill starts and larger operation scales. He recalls cotton's price drop four years ago as the first to rise again.
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Pella
John G. Klein
Mr. Klein
First Aviation Races Set for Knoxville Show
Knoxville will stage its first aviation air races Sunday October 2 on the Lew Newton farm south of town. The air show is directed by the Town Air Show Company of Des Moines led by Leo Brennan and F C Anderson. The program features a three mile race course, parachute jump by Slippery Slim Grossman, notable pilots Ed Buse Marion Wearth and more, plus pony express race free for all contest bomb dropping spot landing acrobatic and stunt flying including tail spins inverted flight loops and barrel rolls.
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Knoxville
Lew Newton
Town Air Show Company of
Des Moines
Leo Brennan
F.C. Anderson
Newton Farm
Iowa
Slim” Grossman
Ed Buse
Ulmer
Middlewest
Marion Wearth
Ames
New York Yankees Win Game One of World Series
In Yankee Stadium New York defeats Chicago Cubs 12 to 6 as Gehrig belts a homer and the Yankees rally after an early Cubs lead. Guy Bush started for Chicago, Grimes relieved, with 50,006 in attendance and a second game scheduled in New York.
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Yankee Stadium
New York City
Yankees
Chicago Cubs
New York
Guy Bush
Cubs
Gehrig
Manhattan
Bush
Grimes
Clover Time to Be Presented by High School
The first all high school play of the year, Clover Time, a comedy by Lawrence Worcester, will be presented on Oct. 13 and 14 with different casts each night under Miss Grayce Wesselink. Leads include William De Jong, Wayne Pos, Freda Den Burger, and Ruth Vriezelaar, with a full cast listed and class officers elected this past week. Glee clubs are forming, with names announced for the boys group. football trips and Armistice day plans noted. a Des Moines conference set a basketball schedule to be announced soon.
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Lawrence Worcester
Grayce Wesselink
William de Jong
Wayne Pos
Don Menning
Herbert Wormhoudt
Ardith Wilson
Miss Gosselink
Carol Wilson
Jean van Vliet
Catherine Braafhart
Ver Heul
Ralph Menning
Lucille Hollebrands
Thelma Ulrich
Miss Wesselink
Elmer Vander — Waal
George Heeren
Vera Sedrel
Miss Larson
Miss Tysseling
Sylvanus Dykstra
John Sybenga
Roorda
William de
Des Moines
Trade Extension Sale In Central Park Next Saturday
The Pella Chronicle sponsors another trade extension auction with local merchants. Bring coupons to the sale at 2 80 o clock Saturday in Central Park, with rain plan to Kuyper Lumber Co yard. Scrip may be used. many merchants listed. Last two sales before November 6 bidding and buying items needed at home.
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Pella Chronicle
Pella
Central Park
Kuyper Lumber Co S
Dr Van Kersen Illustrated Lecture At Second Reformed
Dr W J Van Kersen presented a motion picture lecture Monday evening at the Second Reformed church. The illustrated talk covered missionary work and social conditions in China, featuring Miss Leona Vander Linden on furlough and Rev De Pree, a Bethel church alumnus now serving as a China missionary.
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W. J. van Kersen
Second Reformed Church
van Kersen
Reformed Church
China
Leona Vander Linden
de Pree
Bethel Church
Correction notice on local property and death report
A correction corrects errors in two items. It clarifies that the farm purchase involved Mrs. Poffenburger rather than Miss Mabel Poffenburger and that the Koen Verrips death victim was Mrs. Poffenburger's husband, not her brother. Mrs. Verrips informed the paper Tuesday.
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John Robertus
Mabel Poffenburger
Welfare League Holds Meeting at Legion Memorial Hall
The Community Welfare League met at Legion Memorial Hall on Monday evening. Treasurer John P. De Cook reported a Sept 19 balance of 43.26, receipts since then totaling 61.24, unpaid bills at 47.98, and other items using the balance. The group thanked Mrs. Ler for donating 9.20 from Sunnyside Beauty Shop for August work.
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John P. de Cook
Community Welfare League
Legion Memorial Hall
Ler
Sunnyside
Nate
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Mansford Ver Steeg
Curtis
William Beebe
Otis Barton
Atlantic Ocean
Cressy Whaylen
Grundy Center
Mae Whaylen
Hoover
Iowa Farmers Union
State Fair Grounds
Boone
Vera Lucille Campbell
Walton Holland
Oland, Cal
Greta Nissen
Weldon Heybern
Hollywood Film ‘Colony
John Johnson
Cora Belle Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Williams, Ariz
Andrew J. Cumps
Adjutant General’s Office
National Guard
Will Keshner
Lancaster
Mbeya
Omternee Sabana Tact
Pursel Funeral Home
Marshalltown
National Council of Parents and Teachers
Washington, D. C
Sioux City
Register and Tribune
Roosevelt
Glenn North
Denison
Swift & Co
John Westhoff
Dubuque
John Clulow
Logan
Frank
John Mack Schultz
Cady and
Dorot
Mason City
Manley F. Price
Council Bluffs
Pat
Port Williams
Springeld, Tl
United Mine, Workers of America
Leland Hotel
Mahatma Gandi
Poland
Persee
Cherbourg
the Political World Series
Busters
Aleap Hoover
Big Gun
Asranklin
D. Roosevelt
Bambino
P. T. Association
Miss. Weir
Land of
NEW York Yanks
Chronicle
Wormhoudt & Plette
United Grocery
Bell Grothing House
Puritan
Van
Benteco Grocery
Wilson's
Thomassen's
Waechter Lumber Co
United Paint and Body Co
Cash and Carry Cleaners
League
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