Tulip Queen Attendants Nomination Procedure Outlined
The Chronicle announces plans for nominating attendants to the Tulip Queen. Eligible contestants are unmarried women aged seventeen to twenty five with a Pella address who have not served as an attendant before. A voting coupon will appear next week, judges will choose ten finalists, four attendants named, and the Queen from among prior attendants. Votes cast May 1st with winners announced shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bas
Dro Teo Fultz
Casman
Quade
Chronicle
Goodster
Paic
Conference of International Relations Clubs at Simpson College
The Mississippi Valley International Relations Clubs Conference will convene April 9 and 10 at Simpson College Indianola Iowa. Delegates from Central College will attend under Faculty Advisor Dr Laura Nanes with Francis J Moats coordinating. Topics include Britain and the U S A Europe and The Future Peace with Carnegie Endowment speakers Clyde Eagleton and William C Johnstone Jr. Also Amy Tieminway Jones leads Endowment efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson College
Indianola
Iowa
Central College International Relations Club
Laura Nanes
Britain
U. S A
Far East
Phere
Europe
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Manitoba
Canada
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Francis J. Moats
Carnegie
Clyde Eagleton
New York University
William C. Johnstone, Jr
George Washington University
Washington, D.C
Amy Tieminway Jones
Chinese Speaker Miss Kuan To Address Donston Chapel
Miss Kuan, a Chinese lecturer invited by the Student Volunteer Movement of New York, will speak at Donston Chapel on Friday morning April 18. Born in China, she earned a FA degree at a Chinese university and has taught at Talford and Chi Theological Seminaries, sharing insights on Chinese life and Christian family roles in China’s development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sai Chen Ruan
China
York
Miss Kuan
Kuce Qhinese University
Yenehine
Soecie
Clubs to Send Three Boys to 743 Boys State
The Hawkeye Bo State event at Grim Town runs June 6 to 11. The American Legion Department of Town funds three boys from Pella and community, with Pella Rotary covering one and LaXion the other two. Selections drawn from a citizenship program in the high school. Governor B Hickenlooper praised the program and its goal to teach government fundamentals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Department of Town
Pella
B. B. Hickenlooper
Towa
Bay State
Legion
Recording of Psalm Singing Sunday Night
The Dutch Psalm Sing at First Chr. Ref. Church will be held at 9 00 Sunday evening. Special numbers by the church chorus Mannenkoor and a group from Second Chr. Ref. Church. All who love Dutch Psalms are invited to attend and bring a Dutch Psalm book to join in the singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ytelock
Mannenkoor
Noted Author and Scholars to Speak at International Relations Club
A regional conference of International Relations Clubs will be held with Dr. Eggleton, a frequent European visitor and former head of the United States National Committee of International Student Service, expected to discuss forces leading to future international organs. Dr. Johnstone and Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler are also featured speakers, with emphasis on round table discussions and faculty adviser balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eggleton
Europe
United States
National Committee of International Student Service
Foreign Policy Association
Carnegie Endowment
Commission
Johnstone
Japan
China
Indo-China
Dutch East Indies
Australia
New Land
Endowment
Nicholas Murray Butler
Ed Inves Hhuria
OPA Sets Meat Price Ceilings Across Zones
The War Price and Rationing Board led by Hl. BP. Van Gorp announced ceilings on 102 beef, veal, and mutton cuts effective April 15. Prices will be uniform within each of 12 pricing zones, with beef, veal, lamb and mutton marked to government standards to curb black markets and ensure consumer predictability at the point of sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hl. BP
van Gorp
Ani Iationing Board
Reta American House
van Garp
Zoe WV
Lowa
Pulte
Jackson
Clinton
Scott
Muscatine
Maines
Lew
Hein Wires
Second War Loan Drive Now On In This District
County war bond committee members from Pella attended a county meeting to outline April’s cash sales goal for War Bonds. The drive aims to raise 13 billion dollars nationwide with Iowa allotted 100 million and Marion County 640 thousand. Pella District’s share is 167,872 dollars, while Knoxville and other areas may supplement if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Kay
John Fe Dykstra
Pellatrict War Bond Committee
K. H. Bean
Ralph Ver Meer
On County State Bank
Smorenberg
Pella National Bank
Iowa
Marion County
Pella
Lake Prairie
Summit Ships
Post Office
Knoxville
County campaign quota revised for April efforts
Partial county report notes revised quota for Pella and two townships at 572 dollars. The item mentions continued discussion on the back page and frames this as part of ongoing county campaign efforts.
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Pella
College Will Not Abandon Liberal Arts
Local residents voiced concern that liberal arts education at the college might end as a Navy draft drive looms. New admissions director Dr Laggin seeks a freshman class of two hundred for fall, signaling the college’s continued operation and aim to train teachers and doctors. The Navy quota remains uncertain, with six weeks of possible arrivals between forty and eight hundred, but campus plans do not foresee dormitory takeover or shifted commencement.
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Lubbers
Pella
Conehieien
Yroinge
Navy
Laggin
Sriivers
Ames
First Meeting of Council Held Monday at Noon
The newly elected council convened at noon with Mayor Brash presiding. Committees named for campus housing, utilities, health, and public safety. Debates touched on dormitory policies, wartime housing shifts, and potential long term changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meather
Magor Brash
Mayer
Volluwine
Rivetine
Aid to Crippled Children Seal Sale in Des Moines Area
Des Moines area drives support for Easter seal campaign aiding crippled children and the disabled. The Society for Crippled Children and the Disabled funds health and vocational aid, with Marion County among targets. Henry KR Peterson chairs the state group. Dorothy Phillips leads Des Moines office along with other officers and Randall Klein.
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Ciety
Iini
Soci
Marion County
Society
Henry KR. Peterson
Council Butts
Dorothy Phillips
Des Moines
Bess I. Johnson
A. C. Fuller
Cedar Falls
Randall Klein
Robert B. Net
University Hospitals
Lown City
Big Scouting Meeting in Des Moines April 12
Des Moines hosts a major Boy Scouts gathering on April 12 featuring Dr Elbert Fretwell newly appointed Chief Scout Executive of America and Charles J Hendry National Director of research and statistics. The event in Des Moines will include a dinner with Dr Fretwell as principal speaker and attendees from Marion County expected.
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Boy Scouts
Des Moines
Ty Des Moines
Elbert Fretwell
Boys’ Clubs of America
George Williams College
Chicago
Ill
Smith College
Springfield College
University of Southern California
Urge Washington University
New School For Social
Hudle West
All Corn Council
Ein Hendry
Dimock
White House
Hendry
Canada
Hoy Scouts Association
Marion County
College Broadcast Delay Prompts Later Air Date
A slip in Central College Music Department broadcast caused recordings set for 2:80 pm Tuesday to miss air due to the engineer leaving town. Pella listeners on WOE at Ames did not hear the explanation. The second program airs later. tune in WOT at 2:30 pm today.
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Central College “Music Department
Pella
Ames
Mrs Darwin Squib Returns Boy From Hospital
Mrs Darwin Squib brings her baby boy home from Mahaska Hospital on Sunday, marking a family milestone. The event reflects a routine discharge and emphasizes the child's healthy status and parental relief.
Honor Draft Board Members Friday Night
Marion County Legion posts plan a mass meeting at Knoxville Memorial Hall to thank the Draft and Rationing Boards. Brigadier General Charles Grahl will speak. a bean supper raises funds for the Red Cross. Tickets from Henry Vander Ark or Adjutant Warner Vander Voort and local posts arrange transport for non car owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Peu Tert
Secon Melvheton
Knoxvi
Legion
Knoxville
Charles Grahl
Iowa Selective Service
Memorial Hall
Red Cross
Henry Vander Ark
Adjutant Warner
Vander Voort
Pella Legion Hall
Ten Contour Layout Demonstrations Held Last Week
Ma County Oil Conservation District conducted ten contour layout demonstrations during the past week to precede oat seedings. Two more demonstrations are planned in April and April 12 at Grove Town. Additional sessions are urged across the county, with requests to be filed at the District offices or County Extension Director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma County Oil Conservation District
Pa ‘Township
Grove ‘Townorp
di Liel
Triple-A
Pamin Ph
Lloyd van
Johnson's Scrap Drive Seeks Local Metal for Red Cross
Henry FP Johnson urges Marion County residents to donate scrap metal to the city scrap pile behind the Pella Fire Station. He plans to collect iron, copper, brass, and zinc to meet a 100 thousand ton statewide quota by July 1 for Red Cross relief. contact Blue 300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry FP
Johnson
Heand
Broadway
Old City Hall
Marion County
WEB
Johnnson
Red Cross
U.S.C
Pella
Peoria Woman Reports Army Chaplain D Hoitenga Assigned
Mrs D J Moitenga of Peoria says her husband Rev D Hoitenga completed training for a U S Army chaplain post at Harvard and has been assigned to the Brooks New York area. Mrs Hostens and the children will move to join him, then reside in Paterson New Jersey.
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D. J. Moitenga
Peoria
Rev
D. Hoitenga
U. S. Army
Harvard University
Brooks
New York
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Tysseling
USS
Chapel Hill
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LeRoy Timm
Iowa State College
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Central College
Raymond Smalling
Ames Senior
Naval Aviation
U. S. Navy
OPA
Pella, Summit and
College
Liberal Arts
Finane
Dieleman Pyssetings Light and Water
Brtineke
Hoewren Street
Railrnacs and
Heeren Hruinekool Vyrselings
Fire Department
Ordinsnee
Tysselinss Dieleng Mette
Vainekool Heeren van Gorp
Wis
Marsh Ma
U. 8
He Cox
Hot Springs
Arkanining School
Women’s Reserve
Ruby Es
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Rem
Jay Robinson
Gordon
Aviation
Legion Hall Room
Anion County
Tawa
Ron Easter
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Lowaiting
Charles & Hendry
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