Pella Chronicle (Newspaper) - January 22, 1920, Pella, Iowa THB OFFICIAL COUNTt CHRONICLE MARION JAN. 22, 1920 12.00 PER YEAR L PARSONAGE HAS FIRE LOSS mma of j. e. - bt caught fire department was called to the E. Church lay upon the a lire that had already got on The waa prompt and soon had lire hut the roof ni upper part ot the building were badly and the entire more or less Injured by The meeting ot the city council Monday was of abort not much being A petition waa read from a number of asking that no paving be done this but was not acted on by the The city electric department report for December showed ot and ot 89. It waa during this month that the city was obliged to pay abnormally contents of the building were all removed and were not While this was Les Welle was struck on bead by a part of a bedstead he was helping take from an opper and a considerable was The wound bled was not found to be It Is supposed the fire started from apark from the Rev. Mr. maaH that when he fixed his In the he noticed the drew but thought no about It. It seems likely that tht draft fired the soot In the chimney causing to tali on the We understand the loss is probably covered by PELLA 16 SPEECHES AND BIG BANQUET j. 8. who was with 168th in hebe sunday high prices for coal to keep the plant and general satisfaction was felt that there was no An ' ordinance regulating traffic which had been Introduced and Is tp was passed and Is to be found In another column of this week's Another ordinance licensing itinerant doctors and fixing the fee at per day was introduced and given its first Questions In connection with paving tor which bids are soon to be opened were discussed but no further action can be taken until the bids are A number of paving men have been in the city and have looked the field The size of the Job makes It an attractive and It Is hoped the bids will be at a reasonable rate and work can soon be Pella people are to have the privilege on January 26th. ot hearing a man who has spent more than a year with the boys of the 168th. Regiment ot the Rainbow Division in France as a We refer to Rev. J. S. Pastor ot the Presbyterian church at the home ot Co. A. of the 168th., the company that went out under Captain C. W. formerly of and which lost so heavily In MINSTREL SHOW PLEASES CROWD The Pella High basketball team with the High tmm on the local floor winning by the above The game started with a Pella making the first The visitors were somewhat lost on the floor 4t but soon made themselves at hoino and started to make a few Za the first Pella made 18 and the visitors making locals think they bad the game as In the second had the effect of them to show the visitors outclassed them In making 11 points to our the final score being 23 to 16. Van played a good game at right guard in the first but waa not in the second which may have had something to do with the Change of form in the two starred for and other fun at high school notice to bidders The Township Clerk is ito advertise for bids for road to do repair work on the public roads of Lake Prairie for 1920. Bids to be tor man and team by the day of eight also for one grader and one engineer to operate tractor for grading These bids to be by the hour without Bids must be in not later then 11 A. February 2nd, 1920. Board will meet on Monday February 2nd at 8 A. M. at the Square Deal Auto Co. to examine but reserve the right to reject any or all At the same date and place contracts for dragging will be let at the rate of 90 cents per mile round Parties who wish to do dragging please bear this In mind come For further see either C. 0. Hoek or D. D. ot the By order ot board L. Vander 4-5 Clerk ot new shop We expect to open a new VulcanI aing and Retreading shop In the second building south ot Vander blacksmith shop on East First about March The building is to be and we Will have all' new and first-class We have been taking course In preparation tor work and will endeavor to give and courteous treatment to the public Watch our in the future M. C. Van & Arle Klyn Jr. The big minstrel show of the Chamber of Commerce was seen by the public for the first Wednesday and the large audience pronounced It a complete The same show will appear again this and It Is expected to draw another big About twenty local men appeared In the which was put on under the direction ot Mr. Harry McIVer of the National Entertainment Bureau ot The colored members of the company were represented by Doc Earl Glen Van and Martin The success ot the boys In this color may make It difficult tor them to explain to some ot their friends that it is not natural with them and that their shade Is not the result ot Their wit was ably directed by Mark and assisted by a com pany ot vocalists consisting ot Lon Carl J. V. Paul Vander Harry Totten Tunis George Ver Steeg and George Other Interesting features were Buck and dancer In the person of Harry Man of represented by Ell who did some very clever tricks ot and Madame who assisted We are not going to say who represented this but her jokes bad a sting to them that re minded one of Doc Mitten pulling We must not forget another female Princess the Hula Hula whose gracious smiles made deep Impression on the tender hearts ot some ot the younger One ot the big bits was quartet consisting ot Tudor Harry Lon and Carl It will be hard to con vines those who saw them that Tudor is not a sure-enough farmer and only disguised when he Is selling Wormhoudt as was his inimitable nothing more than which needs to be Buffalo Bin and his Irish and Negro Indian filters were right there with the realistic giving the audience a perfect Idea of Arizona seventy years Rube Brand's Orchestra was on band and supplied the music in their usual classy style adding much to the Interest ot the legion the be Dr. j. 8. Corkey Rev Mr. Corkey comes to Pella under the auspices of the arrangements having been completed at a metting held here this week of the Y. workers of the city and County Secretary J. Stewart There will be three meetings addressed by Mr. Corkey on He will preach at the hour or morning wor ship at the M. E. and will speak ot his as a worker in France at the Baptist church at 3:30 p.m. In the evening he will address a union meeting at the Second Reformed church at 7:30 p.m. Mr. as a had a varied experience both on this side ot the water and abroad In France he saw some ot the heavy fighting at the He Is therefore in position to tell as an eyewitness and participator ot the work of the during the great Un fortunately this work has been made the object of a deliberate and dirty propaganda aiming probably at the in particular and at Protestant Penn beats Victory marked the opening of the Penn college 1920 home basket ball season last night when Lee's Quakers tucked the Central College game away In a score reading Penn 26 Central 14. touted offense was speedily solved by the Quaker and the team play waa partially star whose fame has spread was under the watchful eye of the midget and failed to mark up a single To the tall Central who good Judgment with his follow-up shots and to the demon basket who registered a couple ot ringers from the tar end ot the belongs any special The Dutch was ejected from tbe game by the referee near the close of the Ed Wright ot the Quakers claimed much ot the attention ot the He tallied four baskets for Penn from the playing and added eight more points out of ten chances at the foul the other Penn came Into his own last tossing three ringers from difficult The game was fast and tree from unsportsmanlike Central College was well backed tor a large crowd ot rooters accompanied the Dutch five Old time rivalry between the two waa The line up and Penn 26. Central 14. STOCKHOLDERS ENJOY BANQUET national bank folks feast on annual meeting occasion Wright Michener Ware Capt. Ferree R. P. L. F. C. R. O. L. Q. Slob Renaud Byram Itzen for Vander Stupe for Field 4, Michener 3, 2, Byram 2, Ware 1, Jones 1 Slob 1, Free 8 out ot 10; 4 out ot 6. Personal 1, 1, Itzen 1, Byram 1, IV right 1, 1, Jones 1. of 6, Penn 3 Herald INTERESTING ON TO THE AU and ot and marines who are members of Legion are urged to at a meeting to be held at tba of Commerce Rooms at p. m. January 24tta, for UlB purpose ot a Auxiliary to the American Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Van accompanied by H. Van Zante and Miss De left Friday afternoon tor New from which port they will take shipping tor They will visit and Colon in Panama and on their way back stop in Costa Rica and later visit then return to New From there they will go to tor a short stay and then proceed northward to and finally back ism In It is only fair that since this was spread broadcast that a bearing should be given by Christ Ian people generally to a representative of the and its Mr. Corkey was in Pella three months ago at a meeting of but few people heard Those who did have that privilege are delighted at his return and earnestly hope that none will miss this present chance to learn from a man who was in it all the Mr. Corkey has spent much time during the three months in this work and will be in Pella next Monday Monday evening at the Central College dormitory a and banquet will be given at which time Mr. Corkey will be heard as will also Mr. C. H. Pipher of Des state county work secretary of the this banquet is for all men with boys in their and one ticket will admit both father and It you have no son of your own ot the proper age and are interested In the work of the Hi you are asked to adopt a son tor the evening and be present at the Tickets must be procured not later than Saturday You may be visited by a committee asking you to buy a ticket It tickets can be secured from M. Vander or other members ot the publicity Mr. Pipher is a moat Interesting as well as Mr. and it will be a privilege to hear These meetings should mean much tor the Hi Y. in Pella and tor the work among the young men in No one who can possibly arrange to be present at any of them should tall to be A lecture Italy on a was delivered by the pastor Rev. H. M. Bruins at tbe Second Reformed cburch on Thursday It was Illustrated with more than 100 telling interesting details of the widely varied things of of interest in from the ruins of old civilizations to splendid modern the lives ot Emperors and Popes to the homes ot the Those present expressed themselves as well pleased with the It is a sort of entertainment which should be more widely given In our The world and its millions of population furnish facts of vivid interest and the both for still and motion enables us to see the things of interest far distant without actually going COLLEGE NOTES EXAMINATION Dean sold his house That means a new home just east of The pep meeting of Thursday evening was a big une speach was 30 minutes it was a good Our boys played Iowa Wesleyan Wednesday and Parsons We have a game here with Monday You are invited to the Chapel Hall next Tuesday evening January 27tb. Loyde will be heard in his Junior Piano Program begins at 8 o'clock The Junior class will Examinations Wednesday and New Semester opens next The Male Glee Club is rehearsing twice a week Mrs. Liggett entertained her pupils at her home Thursday night of this The new modern language teacher will be here next Miss of St. How about a Washington We have heard nothing as Of we'll have Let's all get ready to This being the ladles may all have company If they so The meeting ot the ot the Farmers National Bank ot this city tor the purpose ot directors for tbe ensuing year an occasion ot more than Interest this The was held at the American Hotel evening of last wek and a banquet tendered the by the officers of the The bank has shown a remarkable growth during the past one ot which those who have been directing Us affairs and administering its can justly feel and which the officers felt called for something more than the ordinary in the way ot an annual The banquet was served In tbe dining room ot American House in a delightful manner with tbe MENir Long Waters Ripe Olives Pickles Cream ot Tomato Soup Celery Hearts Tom Thumb Wafers Roast Young GIblet Sauce Cranberry Jelly Mashed Potatoes Sweet Potatoes Sifted Peas in Cream Spiced Melon Pickles Salad Wafers Ice Cream Nut Cake After Dinner Coffee Cigars The evening was rather a bad and some ot the stockholders who live at a distance were unable to be All that were did ample justice to the after which attention was turned to tbe following program of a different sort H. P. Van Toastmaster The Bank G. H. Wormhoudt The Bank and the Business Man H. Van Gorp Bank tor 1919 H. Vander Ploeg Our Bank tor 1920 - J. H. Cochrane Election ot Directors Mr. Van Gorp made a good toast as he had a little something on each of the speakers that started him off in good Mr. Worm houdt presented in an interesting way the characteristics of a good bank or a good banking man In any He spoke with respect and feeling of the late B. H. Van through whose influence he became interested in the Citizens National of which the Farmers National is an and how fully Mr. Van possessed these qualities desirable In a The next Mr. P. H. Van was able from his experience in the business of manufacturing to bring many illustrations pointing the relations of the bank and the business man and the reciprocal obligations resting upon The facts given by him are of great Importance and Increasingly so as the business of a bank grows and its connections become more and more Cashier W. H. Vander Ploeg told in a very Interesting manner some of the things the ot the bank had done and tried to do during the past year to make the bank more serviceable in the That they have been in part at to realize their ambition is indicated by the following comparative statement ot as made to the Comptroller of the Resources Dec. 31, 1919----$837,649.66 31, 1918____ 500,482.85 and officers In lug its Interests and gave specific Incidents showing tha necessity ot going tar beyond tha absolute requirements of the law In nerving the community and showed that it paid to do so. Changing conditions must be met by the banker with changes In tha character of tbe service he Tba extension of the Income tax to Include BO large a number is one ot tbe things mentioned by Mr. Cochrana as canting changes of this Tha Farmers National has been amony the foremost banks ot the state In undertaking the work in connection with the Income tax tha cashier having but recently returned from a special held at Iowa City ao Instruct bankers In this Mr. O. A. Ver Meer was to speak to the Bank and the but tor some reason waa A speaker whose name was not on the Mr. W. O. Vander Ploeg ot was and spoke in an Interesting The editor of the chronicle was alsa called upon and made a tew frivolous The election ot directors resulted itk the reelection of tbe outgoing the stockholders feeling that the sacr cess of the past year justified a continuance ot the same management tor the ensuing Tbe directors ara J. H. W. H. Vander Anna Van O. H. P. H. Van W. Vander and A. C. Van A meeting ot the board was held tha following at which time were chosen as J. H. Vice Anna Van W. H. Vander Assistant J. B. The feeling at the meeting Thursday as expressed by all the was that the remarkable increases of the past year are only a beginning and that thera are many new flelds Wa believe if good business and hard work are determining their be realised and the a year from now will be fully as satisfactory as one just when the business of 1930 is compared with that ot 1919. KNITTING club of dogs take notice The regular January will be held In my office at Qog license is license Is 11.00 and January 28, 29, 80, be- if paid this After January Gain 67 per Loans Dec. 31, 1919________$571,491.62 Loans Dec. 31, 1918________ 327,766.80 Gain 74 per Deposits Dec. 31, 1919____$737,313.42 Deposits Dec. 31, 1918____ 418,589.23 ginning at 8 Mae County amount ot license will be O. w. City 76 We believe all must agree that this is a remarkable the Increase in the surplus this as well as the dividend checks attached to the menu cards beside the plates of the indicates that the policy of tbe bank is meeting with favor on the part of those who do business with it. President J. H. Cochrane ot the in speaking ot 1920, told ot the plans in mind tor making the Institution still more serviceable to the community and the splendid enthusiasm and cooperation of all the The Pella Knitting Club recently received a letter from Mrs. who sailed January 9th. This letter is written especially to acknowledge the receipt ot a box ot clothing and quilts made by the Women's Working Club ot Pleasant View School District east of an organization which has done much The letter 1031 Walnut St. Pa. Dec. 31, 1919. My dear Mrs. I want to send this word to yourself and the other ladies of the Knitting just before my return to We deeply appreciate all you have done to help and our Belgium people are so Our Secretaries are sending us urgent appeals from the other side for more warm clothing of all This promises to be a very so many are out of work over and prices are so We supervise personally all the distribution ot supplies and see that the clothing goes to truly deserving In many cases thus ministered to have become regular attendants at our Gospel and some have accepted Christ as I trust that you may continue to stand by us with gifts and with your prayers as we return again to this needy Yours most Edith P. Readers of the Sunday School Times and those who have of the Belgian Know well what the have done and are doing for We might also add that Mr. and Mrs. Beard have been in personal touch with the and their Mission for several years and can testify to the great work they are doing in to these people a vital Hundreds have been led to accept Christ as a personal The Knitting Club la still working for the French orphans and the and are glad to accept money and clothing tor It any other clubs or Individuals wish to help In this please bring to tha home ot Mrs. H. P. Treas. ot the
