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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1940
Page
5
The Garden Square sale drew more than two hundred items sold with ready bids and satisfied buyers and sellers. Farmers went to fields early yet crowd size remained manageable. While some thought prices high others felt items were bargain until three months apart or twice yearly exchanges are likely for the community.
Thirty Pella High senior girls joined a Central College Career Conference led by the Des Moines Altrusa Club. The day opened with chapel and a talk on personality development, followed by sessions on business success and college job preparation, lunch at Jordan Hall, round table discussions on fields such as retailing industry and education, and a Dutch koffie tijd in Grah am Hall.
We express heartfelt thanks to everyone for kind deeds and sympathy shown after the death of our brother Ma rinus Van Dusseldorp. Siblings and families name Mrs. Wm Rouwenhorst Mrs Art De Heer Mrs Leen Hackert Mrs Herman Weyerse.
Central College librarian Mary I Reed will read poems by Emily Dickinson on a 1:30 to 1:45 p.m. broadcast on KSO Monday April 8. Student Kuyper will provide piano accompaniment with Mary Phillips Street assisting.
Pella High School sends a strong showing to the preliminaries of the state Music Contest at Grinnell on Friday. Ruby directed entries include instrumental solos and small groups, with Tysselag and vocal numbers in the lineup. Solos are set for Friday morning, with instrumental sessions Saturday morning and afternoon. Glen Clubs depart after school Friday, band members leave around 1 30 Saturday afternoon. Parents may assist by driving, obtaining transportation cards from children or directors.
Central college hosts 25 successful business and professional women from the Altrussa Club for an all day career conference. Dean Clara B. Williams arranged round table discussions on topics from personality development to professions and industry. Ruth Muyskens chaired as a student leader with guest high school students at lunch.
Pella High School typing students swept top spots in the Iowa Every Pupil Typing Contest held March 6. The Pella Commercial Department claimed first in both advanced and beginner speed with medians of 51.64 and 37.80 wpm, while also taking first in accuracy in the beginner group with a 5.0 error median. New Hampton and Guthrie Center followed in speed, with Burlington and Maquoketa next in accuracy.
Quentin Keynes visits London cousin Mary Reed before heading to New York from California. Census work stalls in Pella and Lake Prairie Township due to late-arriving farms. eight enumerators eyed for Pella. John Launtenbach sketches Tulio Time decorations in Benteco store, with George Heeren forming them from wood. The coat of arms of the Queen of the Netherlands features in the display. Maurice Vogelaar re elected high school principal at Tabor with a salary increase. he marks Easter with his mother. Robert Smith remains ill at home.
Marinus Van Dus seldorp, 62, was found on the floor of his Pella home Monday at about 8:20 by neighbor Antone Sels. Death was by shotgun wound to the head. cause whether accidental or intentional was not determined. He had complained of a headache but felt better after a doctor visit. Survived by four sisters, services held April 3 at Wormhoudteral Home with interment at Portergrove.
Pella Public School joins the Iowa State Historical Society this week, gaining two new books The Old Stone Capitol Remembers and Iowa Thru’ the Years by Benj Shambaugh and yr enus Cole. The school will also receive the society’s monthly publications Iowa Journal of History and Politics and The Palimpsest. Other new library additions include Gone With the Wind Movie Version, The Bible of the World edited by Robert O Ballou.
The Central Iowa Area Council Boy Scouts of America plans a Merit Badge Exposition at the Memorial Coliseum in Marshalltown Friday evening April 6. Hundreds of Scouts will display badge work with Indian dancers from Suc-Fox Reservation and a Cub orchestra from Newton. The event is sponsored by the Marshalltown Junior Chamber of Commerce. Drive slowly near children. Be ready to stop instantly.
The First Christ in Reformed church youth group will stage The Blue Boy, a Royalty play, Friday April 5 at 7 45 p m in the High School auditorium. Elmer V Meer plays Frank Blue with Miss Ella Ver Meer and Harold Ver Meer among the cast. Tickets available at Van de Voort's Grocery or from society members 2e for adults 15e for children.
The J C Penney Company marks its 38th anniversary nationwide with exceptional value on merchandise. Womens coats frocks silk hose panties and mens shirts underwear hats socks and shoes are featured along with bedspreads curtains window shades and cleansing tissue at bargain prices store wide.
Rev PL presiding at the service of worship and formal reception of new members. Sermon theme The Our Lord and Lord's Supper observed. B Y group to discuss Jesus Teaching About Worship. Evening topic Taking Second Place Graciously led by Lewis Furda. All warmly welcomed.
CHR. REF. CHURCH Vander Ploeg Pastor 50 a.m. Preaching 11 a.m. Sunday school 2 p.m. "Kurt Uwen Vader en Uwe Moeder." Text Ex 20 12 7 30 p.m. "From Henceforth Thou Shalt Catch Men" Text Luke 5 1 11 Long service beginning 7 20 p.m. SECOND REFORMED CHURCH Rev R J Vanden Berg Pastor 30 a.m. Sunday school Lesson Amos Pleads for Justice 10 45 a.m. Morning worship Sermon I Give 1 30 p.m. Evening worship Sermon Isaiah the Vol Lead 2 00 p.m. Junior C Darlene Halverson 00 p.m. Intermediate C By Leaders Valda Mae Halverson Virginia Carpenter 6 30 p.m. Youth Fellowship Leader Max Kuyk
Rev. M Monsina, Pastor Q 66. Believe of Sin. De verborgen is voor degenen 20. Math 11 12. But the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth.
Des Moines station KSO will air Rev J D Pikuartix's sermonette next Saturday morning at 10 30 with a brief message planned for listeners. The broadcast highlights a religious program featuring the preacher delivering a short sermon to an audience at home.
Rev G Menning leads 9 30 Sunday school on Amos Pleads for Justice and 10 45 Sabbath day rest. Holland service at First Church at 2 00 pm and 7 30 pm The Question of Overcoming Temptation.
Pella High School dramatics earned an excellent rating at the University of Iowa Annual Play Tournament. Inexperienced yet strong, Maur ice Birdsall led a second public performance of What Fools These Mortals Be. Judge Hake praised the play selection and stage business of Blanche Van Donselaat Hor tine Bricker Archibald Baldwin and Everett Klein.
At a Historical Society meeting Tulip Time leadership was chosen with Lon B. Wormhoudt as General Chairman and W. D. Van Sittert handling the parade. Committees report steady progress on pylons costumes publicity and entertainment programs as pupils rehearse Dutch duness numbers for Central Park amid cooperative support toward a standout Tulip Time.
Grant Kimmer, the magician who vanished on March 21, has been found. New arrangements set his appearance for Friday morning, April 19 at 8:30 in the high school auditorium, with a positive promise to perform.
Eighteen Pella Commercial Department students traveled to Newton with twelve guest schools including Ottumwa and Indianola. Contest events covered elementary accounting, arithmetic, typing, shorthand dictation, penmanship and spelling. Pella totaled 98 points, ranking second to Newton with 129. Individual placings included Maxine Vander Veer first in typing speed and Ruth Van Donselaar placing in typing accuracy and speed among others.
The Barometer reports twenty five seats were purchased in the past week bringing the total to six hundred fifteen. Eighty nine seats were subscribed the previous week. An additional one hundred eighty four balcony seats remain. The note urges friends of Central to contribute to finish before graduation.
The play features LeRoy Van Arkel O Kearney as the bully and Hopkins Mitchell as Louie with the Trish cop as the Trish cop. The cast includes the fugitive prisoner and will be staged again at Drake University's annual contest in the near future.
A Pella Tulip Time appeal urges residents with rooms to rent to contact Mrs. D. C. Van Zante. She will headquarters again and compile a list to match visitors with available lodging during the festival, ensuring guests for vacant rooms through early cooperation.
Richard Wilson United Press Correspondent spoke to Des Moines Rotarians on how United Press in Washington obtains world news and made several World War predictions based on foreign country reports. Ralph Ver Meer and Clarence Van Dellen attended and Ver Meer reviewed Wilson’s speech at the noon luncheon on Thursday.
Nominations are held at the school this week to pick representative boys and girls from each class. Each class will nominate three boys and three girls, with a possible third added by the faculty. The Student Council will ballot using a standard score card. After spring vacation, elections will pick the top three for each class, with the winners recognized at Commencement. Eligible boys may attend Hawkeye Boys State at Camp Dodge, Des Moines, June 2 to 9.
Dr and Mrs Otto Gombosi of Basel Switzerland visited Central College this week. He is a music historian and she a renowned stringed instrument musician. They have toured Midwestern colleges during spring. Also notes on local residents including Mrs T J Cox returning from Aston for her sister funeral and other visits and a lumbago illness for D O Thomas.
Community urged to nominate candidates for Pella Tulip Queen with a final vote set for April 13 at the Legion Hall. Ballots available at Rexall Drug Store. judges will finalize the list after polls open 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Eight candidates named so far, must include at least two dozen names.
On March 31 the Home for the Aged marked the birthday of Carrie Hock sema who turned 56. Numerous family and friends from Sully Peoria Lacey Eddyville Pleasantville Otley and nearby towns visited residents including Mrs P De Jong Mrs J Van Gorp Christina and Mrs Ver Stoegh. A farewell party for Rev Thompson in Sully drew Henry Welle and others. visits continued from Keuning Bosma and Hugen households.
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