Pella Chronicle (Newspaper) - November 22, 1945, Pella, Iowa This Year for All Thanksgiving Day Has Meaning Help Change This Marking Time to A Forward March IOWA NOVEMBER 22. 1915 PUBLISHED EVERY PER 81 NO. 47 Soc IOWA NOVEMBER 22. 1915 PUBLISHED EVERY PER Iowa C Convention Starts Here Friday P. M. Dr. M. J. Hoffman to Tell About His Recent Visit to Holland Monday Evening Talk to Be Illustrated With Pictures Of Ruin and Devastation MEMBERSHIP IN LEGION POST AT RECORD LEVEL Help Wanted in Providing Xmas Gifts for Vets At Hospital On Nov. 26 at 7:30 at the First Reformed Dr. Milton who recently returned from the will present in pictures and us he found thorn ill Dr. will havu for he took of towns and visited when he the of in the and pictures of the same towns and after the of the Nazis had swept the Dr. Professor of Church History at New made the trip to Holland at tlie of the Fund With his keen his careful analytic liis fluent use of the Holland Dr. has able to much information about the of the ancestors of many Pella Not since the report of the invasion of Holland fell upon Pella as a bomb during Tulip Time or the visit of Princess have Pella people been .so close to the effect of the war on the Netherlands as they will be next Monday Since the days when Dr. Hoffman was president of Central people of Pella have always anticipated with pleasure occasions on he was to There will be a double interest in the meeting next man and his Army Recruiter To Be at Pella P. O. Every Thursday letter from Lt. Vincent for the army at the Old Building Des dated Nov. 19th, tells of changes in for recruiting In the letter Lt. Sullivan United States Army Recruiting tour originally scheduled to visit your city every other has been cancelled and the following revised schedule formerly with the Second and now on will at the Post in Pella every Thursday afternoon from one to Klima will be glad to any questions regarding the and will also furnish interested persons information about the new United States To Tell About Holland to Play Recital Nov. 29 Central College will offer the public a musical treat on Thursday evening of next week 29) when Mr. Josef Schnelker and Catherine Wolfe Schnelker play a recital in Douwstra Both Mr. and Mrs. Schnelker have been practicing for some although they are always busy people and must sandwich their practice betwen classroom and household The recital ia going by the 29th should be highly The college is fortunate to in these two two musicians of unusual Mr. Schnelker is one of those rare people who have a faultless technique both at the organ and at the Mrs. Schnelker is already known to Pella for her sympathetic she is a soloist at the instrument in her own Both are graduates of Oberlin Conservatory of holding their masters Mr. Schnelker is also a graduate of the University of The complete program will be published in next week's Suffice it to say hero that it will include such general favorites of the average music lover that none will want to miss the Four Central Professors to Omaha Meeting On November 14 Dean H. W. Dr. H. S. Van Prof. Chester Leu and Dr. William Vander Lugt attended the all-day annual conference of Colleges in the West Central held at Hotel Nebr. The conference was held under the auspices of the National on Christian Higher Education of the Association of American Under the Problems of Christian Higher the group dealt with problems such as the Faculty and Christian the need for Christians in scientific production and the need of Christians to handle the products of Men of tlie Legion enjoyed their November meeting Monday There was a attendance for the November meeting night is traditionally known as and eighteen fine cockerels were known to bo ready for The birds were passed out at the close of the business session amid a great deal of banter and Serious business of the evening was a Legion Memorial service for four members who have passed Ralph Vander Paul Gerrit Van and Louis Post Chaplain Tunis Prins led in the service assisted by Commander IT. H. The service was closed by the playing of taps while the men stood at respectful No Street There was little business requiring The committee on Christmas trees and decoration for downtown streets reported that the Chamber of Commerce had discussed the matter and had decided not to buy trees as lighting will not be available this year due to the heavy load on the power plant at this This situation will be remedied before the holiday season rolls around in 1946. Tait was reported a patient at the Des Moines facility and members were urged to send him cards and A letter was read from Mrs. M. L. Hausner of Gth District President of the commending and thanking the Post for entertaining the delegates to the District Convention held A similar letter from District Commander A. W. Nicholson was Gift Appeal Commander Kramer outlined a plan for providing Christmas gifts for men in the Knoxville coin will be placed in downtown where folks may drop contributions or gifts of their own Legion Auxiliary will see that the gifts reach the boys in the This effort is part of a statewide project of the Legion which has become A joint Christmas parly for Legion and Auxiliary is being planned for Membership was reported at a high ICO being signed Many World War n men have joined the Post and more are expected to Membership is now near quota but it is not expected to stop Eventually it ia believed the Post will have 250 or more No further report was made by the building Consent has been obtained by the Trustees from the Supervisors of Marion County to make the improvements desired but building at the At the close of the meeting a half hour of fellowship was enjoyed over oyster Hurt In Auto Mishap West of Otley A father and daughter were brought to Mahaska hospital at and three other of the same family were less seriously injured when the automobile in which they were riding overturned after colliding with an truck two miles west of Otley on Highway 103 at 3 p.m. according to a story in the Oskaloosa Aber M. Klaaren of 46, suffered a fractured left shoulder and other lacerations and bruises while his 10, received head Both were reported as doing well at hospital Less seriously hurt were Mrs. 45, and two other 12, and 5. They were taken to Pella where they were treated by Dr. Vander The Klaaren family were on their way from Collins to visit at Pella and were driving east when the car passed the truck belonging to Glen Currier of It was being driven west by Loren Schippers who escaped injury when the vehicles sideswiped on the according to Sheriff Van Hemert of Marion The car turned over and ended up laying on the top with the wheels in the The car was badly damaged while the truck received about damage but did not Adult Homemaking Classes To Begin Monday Evening The Homemaking Classes will have their first meeting on November 2(), at 7:45 p.m. in the high school homemaking The topic for the lessons before Christmas At these meetings there will be opportunity to learn how to do textile painting work with and create attractive This will many ideas and opportunities for making Christmas Do not feel hesitant in coming if you don't have that The type of craft work we will do will be something that anyone can These classes are open to anyone in the who is There will be a series of ton Fven though you cannot come to all of them come to as as you can. The lessons will be conducted by Miss Phyllis High Miss and will assist with the craft Sessions Will Be Held on Central College Campus Four Hundred Delegates Expected to Visitors to Be Lodged in Homes Central From to 400 young people are expected to visit Pella from November 23 through 25 for the 59th annual convention of the Iowa Christian Endeavor which will be held on the Central College Registration and assignment to lodging will open the convention on Friday November 23. A meeting of the faculty and state Annual Soils Dist. Meeting Coming Dec. 12 The public it cordially invited to hear an old Dr. Milton J. in illustrated lecture on Holland at the Reformed Church Monday November 26th. Will Mail Out Christmas Seals This Week End The 3'Jth Annual Sale of Christmas Seals begins in Pella this week end with the mailing of e r s enclosing Christmas seals KALAS FORESEES HIGH DESTINY FOR AMERICAN PEOPLE Prevent Honor Society In High School Given Charter Pray for the best but prepare for the Note that even churches are equipped with lightning Community Service Ballot SOLOISTS NAMED FOR PRESENTATION OF Practice Hour Changed from Sunday Afternoon to Monday Night Buy Nomination Ballot for Outstanding Community Service For the outstanding lady in community service for 1944 I of her service in the following For the outstanding gentleman in Community Service for 1944 I because of his service in the following Pella High realized a dream that has been several years in the making on Friday morning when the students were called together in a special assembly to receive a charter that established the Pella Chapter No. 3007 of the Secondary Principal's Honor Mr. Buerkens presented the charter to Jo Ann Vande Voort who accepted in the name of the Student John President of Pella High's first Honorary Society reviewed the requirements for membership and presented Miss Ver Society who in turn presented membership awards to new High Standards The movement for a charter was started by the Student Council about a year Only North Central schools are eligible to While emphasis is on three other standards have to do with leadership and Local standards permit any number of Junior and Senior students whoso scholastic average ia 02 or better to become Ten percent of the sophomore class may also become honorary or probationary members with all privileges except that of These sophomores received membership Leland Van Florence Van Artie Ruth Van Mason Jimmy Van and Mary Jane New junior members are Nancy and Gladys Do with Paul McGee as a new senior Honored in 1944 The following named students and grads have their names on the original certificate as charter Class of Bonnie Verla Vander Mary Lou Gladys Colleen William Ralph Van Glen Van Keith and Joe Those of the class of are Jo Ann Vande Lila Van Joyce LeRoy Huber Pete Van John and Chester nf the of are Colleen Virginia Wilma Van Krma Vander Ray Vander Kenneth Students whose grades fall below the required average are required to turn in their honor A student must be a student in Pella High for at least one year before he is eligible for Van Vliet is vice pres Van student council Bernace and Virginia Groendyke ia the or The seal sale finances the Marion County Tuberculosis Association's y e a including tuberculin tests and x-rays to locate hidden cases of T. rehabilitation aid to and education on the treatment and prevention of the From this program it can be seen that the sale of Seals provides funds for the prevention and spread of the disease more than for the cure of persons already having the Other seal sales that have patterned after the Xmas seals program are used for cure Health Insurance When you purchase Christmas Seals you are not only buying a cheery message for your packages and letters but you are also helping provide health insurance for your home and community against this dread Kach packet of seals contains an addressed return envelope for the convenience of purchasers in sending their remittances or returning any seals which they feel they cannot Remittances may bo sent through the or they may be dropped in the courtesy box placed in Van Visiting Preacher Urged Listeners to Serve Others COMMITTEE HERE TO STUDY NEEDS OF Information Gathered as Basis Plans for Expansion In more ways than one the representatives of the Board of Missions of the Reformed Church made a flying trip through Iowa Dr. R. pastor of the Middle Collegiate Church in New York Dr. Gould Secretary of the Church Related and Dr. Guy Director of the Association of American visited Hope and Central Colleges and Northwestern Junior College in order to gather Information for a basis of their recommendation on the needs of expansion for the educational program of the Reformed Church through its colleges and They arrived at Ottumwa Sunday at spent the viewing the meeting the students in and the faculty called together in the Student most with Dr. H. W. and Mr. R. J. Berg and gathering specific information which they had asked to have prepared in At 1:45 they left for Sheldon by specially chartered Dr. who accompanied them on this returned to Pella at 4:46, while the special guests I went on to Orange City for in- and nations are a means to an In declared Dr. H. H. guest preacher and new executive secretary of the Iowa council before the congregation of the Second Reformed Church Sunday Ho believes America is destined make in the desert a highway to the Using this as his biblical ho called the attention of his eager listeners to other common errors in mistaking means as ends in Not the least among these is lie recalled the experience of Jesus and the rich man who away because he was unwilling to follow Christ's suggestion to use his money as a means to help the Dr. Kalas quoted someone who said that u man becomes either God a or he loses his Meani to An End A church building too is not an end in Unless it is used to edify God and truly serve humanity it is falling far The truly live churches are those that this great Church doctrine is too often treated as an end in itself when a man joins a accepts baptism and settles back to think ho is he is confusing his means to be of service as an end in congregations are inclined to accept their ministers as an end He quoted the foolish church member who said she would quit the church if her minister loft to accept another only every one of us is a moans to an concluded Mr. are in danger of being of thinking egocentric The Universe does not revolve around We can't realize the joy of living unless we become channels for the will of Another of those enjoyable annual meetings of the folks who plow 'round the plant in strips on tlie hill and build terraces and ponds will bo held at Memorial Hall in Knoxville on December 12th. It will be the good will and progress meeting of the co-operators in the County Soils The meeting will be preceded by a Speaker of the evening will be Herb farm editor of radio Reports on progress in the district since the annual meeting of 1944 will be presented by commissioners R. S. Paul Harp and Glen District technicians will give information and There will be entertainment by people from both north south of the Everyone who attended the 1944 meeting had a most enjoyable time in received an inspiration from the talks presented and from the enthusiasm for soil conservation ed bx the it to their pleasure and profit in this More information on the meeting will appear in The Chronicle before the Dr. Billups Given Leave of Absence From the College The Executive Committee of Central College last week granted to Dr. Sinnia Billups a leave of absence for the second semester in order that she a home for her elderly After the death of Mrs. Billups last the home was kept up by two But now it seems necessary for Miss Billups to return to S. to carry on the home Billups will be sorely missed from the campus for oven one Since her coming to Central in 1942 she has built up a strong department even in war She has made all the students feel the of the masters through her sophomore course in World as well as to have given to majors and minors in the department an inspiration through the more specialized The English started the year before she came to the has developed into a strong departmental Her literary and dramatic abilities liave become known in the community through her critical review of the Trilogy and her production of one act plays before civic WANT NAMES OF AGED FOR LISTING IN THE CHRONICLE The Chronicle will publish a list of names of all Pella elders who have reached the ago of 80 years and more after the Now following an old Kindly send the ago and birth date to C. H. 1123 W. 2i]d Street on a postcard or in a letter between this date and Mr. Vander Meulen will prepare the The information may bo Handel's which is to be the week before Christmas is beginning to take form under the directorship of Mr. Anthony The soloists for this year's production are as Mrs. Harold Mrs. Delia Beth Du Bey and Ralph Harold the blind sang last year's to Mrs. Thomson is from Orange and has won second honors in New York City in the contralto artists division of the National Federated Music Club's Mr. Appelman sang the at Drake University last and has been described as a singer of style and Mrs. LeCocq needs no introduction to Pella The Orchestra Henry Cox will again be concert The orchestra will be composed of the following Henry William Mrs. Donald Mrs. T. W. and Miss Jean and Carl Frances Lois and Lenora Van The flutes will be played by Carol the clarinet by Donald the oboe by Grace Ida Sarvis and Mr. Hoyl the trumpet by Ed the trombone by Mark Vander and the horns by Robert Evers and Ellen At the tympani will be at the Miss Evelyn and at the Mr. Josef Next week's rehearsal will be held on Monday evening at 7:30 instead of Sunday since many students will be off the campus for the Thanksgiving week Only four rehearsals remain before the final performance on Dec. will be followed by at Hall at 5:45. of the evening service at with Miss Dorathea Plambeck will bo messages by Dr. Henry Green and Dr. Raymond B. The mixer will he in the gym at 8:45 with a meeting of the Birthday Club at 9:30. After breakfast on Saturday the Quiet Hour period will begin at 9:00. Rev. Tunis W. Prins will lead a service of song while Dr. Henry Green will again present a The convention will then be divided so groups may participate in various conferences and Bible study A general assembly with an address by Dr. George Kerr will precede Noted The Junior Convention will convene at the Second Reformed Church in the afternoon while the regular conference begins ita Quiet Hour Period with a message by Dr. a general business and committee reports will be followed at 3:00 by an address by Rev. De Loss The Convention banquet will be held at 6:00 Saturday The General Assembly in Douwstra Chapel at 7:10 will be privileged to hear Dr. Raymond B. Drukker The delegates will attend church Sunday morning with their The last assembly will be at 2:00 in Douwstra Chapel with messages by Dr. H. H. Kalas and Dr. Will W. Installation of the State Executive Board is under the direction of Dr. Herbert the or the of the 59th Annual Convention will be WHEELS ACROSS AFRICA To Bring Mobile X-Ray Unit Here For T. B. Exams Funds from the sale of Christmas Seals will bo put to a very practical use locally shortly after the first of the when the State Department of Health in cooperation with the Iowa Tuberculosis Association plans to bring its mobile unit into Marion County for the purpose of carrying out a tested of examinations for Tuberculosis through miniature films and The local Board of Education has already made formal for the Other Boards wore also invited to sign up at a special meeting of school hold at Knoxville with Jay Harmon of the State Department on Wednesday of last According to the all teachers and all students of high school sent to The Chronicle for are to have a chesl ing to Mr. Vander Prom 400 to 700 films can be a Such x-rays are to bo i read bv Dr. Planchar of the State of the school planned to board a plane at Ler Mars again shortly after In spite of the speed with which they traveled they did got a fairly adequate impression of the Central College That impression with the information provided in special reports was quite convincing as to the needs and of greater expansion for the local and convincing also as to the hopefulness of the future of Central The Senior young people of the Church are inviting all interested both old and to their meeting next Sunday November 25th, at 0:30. They are showing the Across through the courtesy of the Van Motor Co. Those pictures give a good idea of much of African Come and enjoy this hour with the young No admission Thank Friends For Clothes To Be Sent to Holland Wo wish to thank all those who donated either and money for the cause of relief for our brethren in the We may report that we have packed five boxes of 100 lbs. thus far and have on hand about four boxes more that must yet be We have received about 65 dollars to help cover expense of sending This naturally docs not take care of all the but it helps us along very Also we thank Mr. of the hardware store for the boxes ho donated for this worthy Many fine garments were especially for which is just what ia ho And wo wore thankful that we might act as the clearing house for all those and bo busy in this work of mercy for those in dire We thank all those who made this cause worthwhile and Ref. Church Committee Rev. L. Chairman Bond Sale Total is Short of Half Way Mark Department from whom each student receives a Since the first examination is really nothing more than a screening all suspected coses of Tuberculosis symptoms or enlarged heart directed to stand a larger 14x17 x-ray under supervision of his own All of these services are given without one cent of expense to the All cost is met from the sale of Seals in the With throe and a half weeks of Victory Loan Campaign gone by and five and a half weeks to the district has reached a sales total of in This is 49% of our quota of Sales of all types of bonds combined total or 67.37% of our quota of The latest report sent by the State War Finance to the local P. H. places Marion County in thirtieth place among all the counties in the with an Bond total of 38.68 per cent of This indicates that the Pella district with sales of 49 per cent of quota is running ahead of the rest of the Get Job Done Both the Pella district and Marion County are running ahead of our near Mahaska County is in seventieth place with Vi per cent of quota and Jasper is in place with 27.13 per cent of The Pella district is also woll ahead of the entire state average of per cent of Reports coming in from the various pledge soliciting teams show wide Some teams report doing hotter than in previous and others report not doing so - some teams have not completed their It is strongly urged that this solicitation work be completed Bett Reports from the country are very With farm income at top farm folks should be in position to invest heavily in Victory These bonds are tho world's best and safest They are backed by all the resources of this prosperous They are just as sound as our and are better than cash in the bank because they increase in in cash remains in cash ten years from and there is always the temptation to spend the money put into a Victory Bond increases to in ten years and can be safely tucked away so as to be ready for a special A Thank Offering This Eighth Loan is the last general campaign for the sale of government and it is advisable to buy now while an interest return of almost 3 per cent can still be This is the week of Tf we are that tho wars are over and that our boys are no longer facing enemy there is no better way of expressing that thankfulness than going to the banks or post this week to make our The money is put to good brings the boys home and cares for those who have been wounded and maimed and are now recovering in our The can well afford to heavily ita
