Central Gospel Teams Busy Throughout the Year
Spencer De Jong reported strong Gospel Team activity with ninety teams sent out, up twenty five from last year, to Bethel Red Rock Washington and Asbury. Sunday School services were held at most locations, with Porterville offering only Sunday School. About fifty students gained experience, including thirty boys and twenty girls, who spoke and taught, and some joined Pella churches. New directors Dena Saaijenga and Frank Snuttjer oversee Gospel Team work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer de Jong
Bethel
Red Rock
Washington
Asbury
Porterville
Fairfield
Pella
Dena Saaijenga
Frank Snuttjer
Butterflies
Goodrich
Virginia_ Heerema
Hanging Gardens
Williams—Stuart
Kuyper
la Ginquantaine
Gabriel-Marie
Hen Eggink
Dick Rolenbrander
Winifred Ukes
Herman Kregel
Penn College
Gertrude Bensink
Herb Bert van Wyk
Miss van Emmerick
Miss Bailey
Iowa State Forent Association
Cedar Falls
Menning
Penn College Concert and Chapel Address Report
Penn College featured a Saint-Saens concerto played with a second piano by Prof. Griffiths, to warm audience reception. Rev. John S. Ter Louw of Waupun Wisconsin delivered a chapel address on My Task, stressing discovering life task through aptitude and will of God, with preparation for service. The YWCA installed a new cabinet in the dorm parlor, listing officers Marjorie Baron Ruth Pietenpol Winifred Aukes Dena Saajenga Freda Ten Boer Gertrude Scholten and Gertrude Hasselman. Campus Day postponed due to snow. Jan plowed walks with horses and a team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn College
Saint-Saens
Griffiths
John S. Ter Louw
Waupun
Wisconsin
Marjorie Baron
Ruth Pietenpol
Winifred Aukes
Dena Saajenga
Freda ‘Ten Boer
Gertrude Scholten
Gertrude Hasselman
Farm Bureau Conducts 4 H Clothing Project Training
Twenty leaders, assistant leaders, and committee members attended a 4-H Clothing Project training school at Memorial Hall in Knoxville on Wednesday March 18. Miss Helen Putman of Iowa State College led lessons on cutting patterns accessories and selecting materials for wool dresses and coats. A post lunch meeting focused on fundraising for the October banquet and health contest planning.
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Clothing Project
Memorial Hall
Knoxville
Helen Putman
Iowa State College
Harold Morgan
C. M. Livingston
Arminta Rose
Lester Rankin
C. 0. Emerson
J. L. ‘Templeton
Carrie Hulleman
Guy Spaur
Ira Huffman
Harvey
Ira Ward
A. L. Dykstra
B. F. Craig
L. F. Beyer
Dorothy Waddle
Maxine Emerson
Mabel Loynacan
Sarah Jane Templeton
Geraldine Brady
Hazel Loynahan
Mildred Rankin
C. S. Harvey
Girl's Club
Did You Have Your 2977 Dollars in 1929
A New York survey by the national conference board reports that each person held a per capita share of wealth amounting to 2977 dollars in 1929. Total national wealth reached 361.8 billion, up 158 billion since 1914, with 692 dollars per capita income and a national income of 84 billion.
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New York
National Conference Board
United States
Wealth figures reveal private water systems and bullion values
The report lists assets including vessels, privately owned water supply systems, and gold and silver coin and bullion totaling 355 trillion dollars. It also notes per capita wealth by state with Iowa at 4617 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Courthouse Licenses and Birth Records Report
The clerk of the district court issued licenses for Walter Fritchen Montezuma Rosemond Reed Oskaloosa Ralph Shappell Knoxville Florence Curtis Knoxville Clark Cundiff Newton Frances Sharp Newton. Birth records show Beatrice Pearl Townsend Indiana Township born March 21 1931 John William Holder Red Rock born March 8 1931 Mary Phyllis Rinehart Washington Township born March 30 1931.
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District Court
Walter Fritchen
Montezuma
Rosemond Reed
Oskaloosa
Ralph Shappell
Knoxville
Florence Curtis
Clark Cundiff
Newton
Frances Sharp
Beatrice Pearl
A. 0.Townsend
Indiana Township
John William
James W. Holder
Red Rock
Mary Phyllis
John C. Rinehart
Washington Township
Orpheum Des Moines Opens With Two Films And Vaudeville
At the Orpheum theatre Des Moines a two film program and two vaudeville acts begin April 1 with a full show change on April 4 The Flood stars Eleanor Bordman Monte Blue and David Newell as a small town girl faces river disaster and romance Chris Charlton Performs magic illusion on the vaudeville bill Brooks and Rush offer musical comedy The Clean-Ups feature and The Five Hot Shots dance team headline the April 4 Laugh Week debut with a major feature comedy to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RKO
Orpheum Theatre
Des Moines
Mississippi River
Eleanor Bordman
Monte Blue
David Newell
Chris Charlton
England
Spain
Sweden
Denmark
Brooks
Rush
The
Orpheum
National comedienne headlines musical comedy bill
A national comedienne and musical comedy star headlines with a feature titled I Wanna Go Home. She is aided by Leo Kar lyn, with Franklin D Amore Jack Lane and Ethel Truesdale completing the bill in a routine that blends singing gymnastics and dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Comedienne
Leo Karlyn
Franklin D'Amore
Jack Lane
Ethel Truesdale
Officers Break Up Robber Gang
Indianola Tribune reports five men tied to Easter store robbery at Norwalk. three already in penitentiaries, one awaiting sentence in Chariton, another at large. The gang linked to multiple thefts including Daniels store, Michener garage, Long store at Milo, and Hunter Bros. and VanScoe stores at Lucas. Arthur Dunaway is among those awaiting Chariton sentence.
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Indianola Tribune
Norwalk
Chariton
Daniels
Michener
Long
Milo
Hunter Bros
van Scoe
Lucas
Arthur Dunaway
Des Moines gang tied to multiple robberies
In the Lucas and Easter robberies authorities name Jack Shelton and Dwight Brady as already sentenced. Mike McCue, who confessed to the Easter raid in Warren county court, and a fifth unnamed man are under investigation. Sheriff Houghtaling doubts their link to the Iston drug store burglary at Lacona. Pat Griffen found part of the Lucas loot at Dunaway’s Des Moines home, and Dunaway implicated the others. The gang, all from Des Moines, is also connected to the Harger & Blish safe cash theft and a Fort Des Moines drug store robbery.
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Lucas
Jack Shelton
Dwight Brady
Mike McCue
Warren County
Houghtaling
Iston
Lacona
Dunaway
Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
Hen Found On Rear End Of Train In Sigourney
Webster station agent F L Meredith reported a chicken aboard the rear of Milwaukee Train Number 103 arriving Sigourney at 9 30 A M Leonard Knight Milwaukee agent retrieved the bird as the train began moving from the depot The hen had apparently perched on the rear of the train overnight in Cedar Rapids yards and was set for the early morning ride This bird will no longer ride railways.
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Keokuk County
Webster
F. L. Meredith
Sigourney
Leonard Knight
Milwaukee
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Yards
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Nientjes
Alec
Mr. Kennedy
Jan
Farm Bureau
Chas. Farrell
Sandi
Lila Lee
Rie Schakel
East First Street
Jarry Schakel
Steven Grandin
Fgn Bros
Fred Lautenbach
Oakdale
Bayard de Ruyen
Finette
Distrait
Chere
Margot
Melon
Mazette Ni
Rubens
Laboureur
Mirza Ni
C. G. Good
Ogden
Magic Farcour
American Association of Importers and Breeders
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa Department of “Agriculture
C. J. Sparks
Farcour
Sully
Pella and
Sully Road
A. J. Terlouw
Sarah Austin
Sarah
Edna May Oliver
Cimarron
Hugh Herbert
Joe
Dorothy Lee
Wheeler-Woolsey Pictures
Russel Gleason
John Harron
Maude Fealy
Charles Sellon
George David
Robert Emmett Eane
Francis X. Bushman, Jr
Flo Lewis
ALL A&p Food Stores
Aight
Mua Ta So
Red Circle
A&p
Bokar Coffee
Red Circle Coffee
IONA
ANN Page
Pozen
Gampbell
Ohio
Ester the
Seiterik
Wad Paane Hee Company
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