Pella High Musicians Shine With Superior Ratings In Colfax
Pella High School earned several Superior ratings at the Colfax District Music Contest held last Thursday and Friday. In instrumental solos Myrtle Evers, Joyce Sadler, Bill Ofcutt, John Hesselin, Keith Kach, and Meer Ploes won Superior ratings. Gene Van Zee and Charles Vander Ploes earned top honors in tubas and baritone euphonium. Robert Evers and Mary De Vries excelled in vocal solos. Glee Club and Mixed Chorus also rated high. Some students earned Second Place, including Joyce De Reus and Patricia J. Shaw in soprano solos and Mary De Vries in piano solo. Superior recipients may advance to the State Contest in Creston on April 27-28, but transportation limits small groups from traveling. Pella plans to enter solos and small groups. Miss Anne Tusseling and Robert Brittell are praised for guiding the contestants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
van Gorkom
June Aj
Mary de Vries
Gi Club
Joyce de Reus
Patricia J. Shaw
Creston
Pella High School
Anne Tusseling
Robert Brittell
Holland Reports Urgent Need and Relief Plan
Holland remains partly in enemy hands with famine disease and death. The National War Fund through the Queen Wilhelmina Fund reports Nazis flood areas steal food and cattle, cripple housing and utilities, and force population displacements. Infant milk scarce, child rations cut, TB and measles deaths rise. The fund plans to supply food and clothing to children to safeguard the nation’s future, aiming to reach as many as possible quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Holland
National War Fund
Queen Wilhelmina Fund
T. Kempkes
Netherlands
New York State
Maryland
Kell Wins Fellowship for Central Senior in Biology
Amy Kell, senior biology student from Oakland City Indiana, earned a prestigious fellowship at Central. She joined Central as a junior, excelled in coursework and labs, served as Homecoming Queen, and will take a graduate assistantship at the State University of Illinois Urbana with duties in zoology and embryology before pursuing a doctorate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Kell
Oakland City
Indiana
Kell
Golamith
Central
Iology
State University of Illinois At
Urbana, Ilinois
Choir Program at Third Reform Church Friday Evening
Friday evening April 13 the Third Reform Church hosts a free choir program conducted by Fred Vander Schaaf with Mrs Abram Dykstra as pianist. The program features solos duets and choruses including Praise Ye the Lord Rejoice Calvary and Great is the Lord with readings and offertory hymns inviting public attendance and a free will offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Reform Church
Vanden Berg
Dykstra
le Borst
Walster Sisters
Wilma van Gilst
Jake van Dusseldorp
Nancy Hoxaards
Adies
Divine
Lord
Rozendau
Des
Fred Vander Schaaf
Abram Dykstra
Central Makes Good Record in Speech Tourney
Central College sent its poetry reader Lucille Brunsting and extemporaneous speaker Maxine Huenink to the Provincial Pi Kappa Delta Tournament in Cedar Rapids last Friday and Saturday. Brunsting won a superior in poetry reading with excerpts from Russell Davenport’s My Country, while Huenink qualified in prelims and placed high in finals on the theme Re education of the Nazi Mind. Ten schools participated, with Central not entering other events, as Miss Van Emmerik accompanied the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
Central
Cedar Rapids
Lucille Brunsting
Hull
Iowa
Russell D. Davenport
Maxine Huenink
Baldwin
Wisconsin
Miss Huenink
Gee
Culver- Stockton
Park
Tarkio
William Jewell
Missouri
van Emmerik
Senior Class of Pella High to Present Comedy Tish
The Senior Class of 1945 at Pella High School will present Mai Roberts Rinehart's comedy Tish in the high school auditorium on Friday night April 20. The cast includes Letitia Carberry Tish Bonnie Buerkens Lizzie Aggie Colleen Klein Mary De Vries Ellen Laighton June Klyn Charita Marian Morrow Luther Hopkins Callie Hopkins Patricia Shaw Charlie Sands Bettina Trent Sheriff Lem Pike Keith Lautenbach Wesley Andrews Philip Kempken Denby Grimes Dorrce Gaylord Georgia Van Gorkom Tickets go on sale Saturday April 14 at Rexall Drugs Store. Fans can expect lively humor and a rousing finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella High School
Mai Roberts Rinehart
Letitia Carberry
Tish
Bonnie Buerkens
Lizzie
Aggie
Colleen’ Klein
Mary de Vries
Ellen Laighton
Eagle
June Klyn
Charita
Marian Morrow
Luther Hopkins
Bill Olcott
Callie Hopkins
Ellen
Patricia Shaw
Charlie Sands
Glen van Vark
Bettina Trent
Ruth Klyn
Lem Pike
Keith Lautenach
Wesley Andrews
Philip Kempken
Denby Grimes
Bill Lankelma
Dorrce Gaylord
Georgia van Gorkom
Rexall Drugs
Rainfall Report From April Daylight Shower
Two thirds of an inch of rain fell from dawn Tuesday April 11 until shortly after noon, according to H XK Pals. The brief weather note records a measurable shower in the morning providing a patchy wet spell for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Xk, Pals
Dean Faulkner Appeals for Negro Tolerance at Kiwanis Meeting
Dean Faulkner of Fisk University urged Americans to embrace the American Negro in the postwar era. He recounted his son Captain Faulkner’s death on his 57th mission over Germany and highlighted Black service across all branches, arguing unity under the flag and a bridging of white and Black communities. Lt. Lester Vander Wilt, a B 17 bombardier with 33 missions, attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Dean Paulkner
Fisk University
Nero
Herb Mentink
Paulkner
Germany
Faulkner
Goodwill
America
Signal Corps
Tank Corps
Artillery Corps
Air Corps
Navy
Coast Guard
Marines
Merchant Marines
WACS
WAVES
Merchant Marine
Supreme Court
Marilee Logan
Lester Vander Wilt
Central College A Cappella Choir Concert April 19
The Central College a cappella choir presents its annual concert on Thursday evening, April 19 at 8:00 in Douwstra Chapel. Director Professor Schnelker leads a group praised after a March 26 Oska-Toosa performance. Central notes strong male voices and anticipates high quality choral work, urging attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
Douwstra
Oska- Toosa
Schnelker
Central
Will Canvass Pella For Sale of Products Made by Iowa Blind
Iowa officials announce a local canvass in Pella to sell products made by blind and partially blind residents. Under supervision of Charles Pace, district sales manager, items include ironing boards, brooms, brushes, maps, cocoa mats, belts, billfolds, rugs, and dusters. The program aims to promote purchase on merit rather than pity, with state-supplied materials of high quality. About 2,000 blind or partially blind people in town are involved, many self-supporting. others require help, aided by a product solicitor system devised by Pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Charles Pace
Pace
Iowa
Giles and Cook the toothe brush twins sentenced in Boston
A P dispatch reports Edgar W Cook of Boston and Edgar W Stubblefield of Lincoln alias Giles were sentenced to 19 and 17 years in federal prison for breaking and entering thefts of government property and automobile stealing. They spoke briefly before sentencing claiming lack of burglary intent. Federal authorities tie them to a string of crimes including a post office and theater robbery in Massachusetts. Stubblefield pleaded guilty Cook was convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verought
Pella
A.P
Des Moines Register
Boston
Mass
Edgar W. Cook
Edgar W. Stubblefield
Giles
Lincoln
Neb
Massachusetts
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Stubblefield
Cook
Skating Party At College Gym April 18 1945
Vocational groups farmers adult night school and FFA unite for a skating party at the College gymnasium Friday April 18 1945 at 7 30 p m. Members of the named groups and their families are invited. Skates are 80e 8 pi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Adult
FFA
Rotarians Hear Park Official and Seaman on Leave
Rotary lunch guests included L. A. Garrison Glacier National Park assistant superintendent and Seaman First Class John Gohnny Van Berkum. Garrison described park beauties with colored slides and humor while Van Berkum recounted convoy duty on a Kaiser-built merchant ship in the North Atlantic and England amid high adventure and close calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
L. A. Garrison
Glacier National Park
Montana
John Gohnny van Berkum
Garrison
Glacier Natial Park
Will Mumber
Lonnie
Pella
Central College
Navy
Johnny van Berkum
North Atlantic
England
Church Services and Broadcast Schedule Highlights
Churches COSPEL HALL and Sully Reformed Church outline week events led by ministers George T. Pinches and Arthur J. Bennink. April services include Bible study, Lord’s Supper, and gospel broadcasts on KBIZ 1240. Morning worship topics cover The Seed Plot and Behold Your God with junior sermon Pioneers of Faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cospel Hall
George T. Pinches
Kbiz Dial
Open Bible Church Sunday Services and Activities
OPEN BIBLE CHURCH invites worshipers to a 9:30 a.m. prayer meeting 11:00 a.m. worship with pastor, 6:30 p.m. Overcomers service led by Clarence Vogelaar, 7:30 p.m. evangelistic service with special music, and 8:00 p.m. Bible study on Open Bible doctrine. Youth rally planned to Oskaloosa. THIRD REFORMED CHURCH offers 10:45 a.m. worship, 2:00 p.m. Dutch service, and 7:30 p.m. evening service discussing The Greatest Miracle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Open Bible Church
Wm. Christopulos
Clarence Vogelaar
House of God
Thura
Oskaloosa
Assembly of God Church
Pella
Protestant Ref Church Sunday Services in Holland and English
Pastor Rev L Vermoor leads Sunday morning service at 10 from Der Oorsprong Onzer Elende in Holland. Sunday afternoon at 1 45 from 1 John 4 Boldness in the Day of Judgment. Sunday evening 7 30 youth meeting Bible study and Gremlen centered on Matthew 7 21 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. L. Vermoor
Holland
Young Peoples Meeting
Second Reformed Church Service Schedule Highlighted
Minister R J Vanden Berg leads Sunday School at 9 40 am with "Pioneers of Faith" and Morning Worship at 10 45 am titled "A Unawaiting Prayer" featuring the Game Girls as guests Children's Tall Lassies Work and Evening Worship titled "The Return of Our Lord" at 2 00 pm Junior C at 2 00 pm 8 00 pm Junior Choir 8 20 pm Intermediate C E at 6 80 pm Senior C E
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Reformed Church
R. J. Vanden Berg
Pioneers of Faith
Lord
Sunday Worship at Second Church Led by Theo P Verhulst
The church schedules include 9:30 a.m. Communion with Psalm 23:5, 2:15 p.m. Holland Communion with I John 2:28, and 7:30 p.m. Evening Service on the same day. Pastor Theo P. Verhulst oversees with Mark 14:31 cited for the evening text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Verhulst
Holland
Post
First Reformed Church Sunday Service Notices
A. Haverkamp pastor leads morning worship and evening praise at the First Reformed Church. Sunday School starts at 9:80 a.m. with the theme Pioneers in Faith. Morning worship at 0:45 a.m. features The Spirit and Zion. Evening service at 0 p.m. includes A Walhman Unto the House of Israel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Reformed Church
A. Haverkamp
House of Israel
Federal Corn Crop Insurance Expands in Marion County
Mrs. M Nesbit chairs the Infantile Paralysis campaign in Pella with the March of Dimes drive. Donations listed include school collections totaling 140.02 and support from Amer Legion and local groups. Half the funds stay in Pella for emergencies as organizers plan for a local chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Ruerkens
Kenneth Bean
Mr. Anderson
Anderson
Pella
Murray Nes
Plan For V E Day Public Prayer Services Announced
The Ministerial Association urges national praise and prayer services to mark V E Day. Timings vary by announcement, with sessions at 2 15 p m or 8 p m or 9 p m or 10 a m, plus Sunday morning services and potential mass meetings at First Reformed Church. Rev Lawrence J Borst notes nationwide observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Reformed Church
Pella
Lawrence J. Borst
South African Visitor Examines Pella History
Mr. T. du Toit of the Union of South Africa visited Pella on Friday April 6 while studying American physical education methods. The 40 year old unmarried teacher toured Drake University, USC, and the Scholte House, gathering material for a newspaper story and Tulip Festival notes. He plans to lead physical training at Stellenbosch University and to publish his Pella observations in The Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
8. T. du Toit
Union of South Africa
United States
Drake University
Des Moines
Los Angeles
University of Southern California
South Africa
University of Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch
du Toit
Scholte
South Afric
Holland
Union
The
Chronicle
Ella
Farmers invited to join corn crop insurance test in April
Marion and Buena Vista counties participate in the first federal experiment offering all risk corn crop insurance. Four Pella men will collect applications while AAA committees and local agents promote the plan, with 50 farmer minimum participation and premiums tied to yield coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Buena Vista
Redman Hall
Knoxville
A. J. Loveland
Dewey Cornell
Des Moines
Skunk
AAA
Pella
Dick Boot
Ben den Adel
del de Haan
Fred Lautenbach
Iowa
Martha Firth Remembered At Central College Chap
Central College students and faculty paused to honor Martha Firth during a chaplain service. Edith Le Cocq provided music and Le Aison of Omaha spoke of his aunt. he recalled her as immortal through her Christian life and lasting influence on students and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
Martha Firth
Edith le Cocq
Lubbers
le Aison
Omaha
Miss Firth
T. A. Garrison
Garrison
Martha
College Snack Shop Opens Festive Student Union
Central students opened the College Snack Shop on Saturday night in Jordan Hall completing plans for Jordan Mall’s use as a Student Union. The event featured Ed Crelin's swing band, festive decor, and sales of coffee, drinks, sandwiches, doughnuts, fruit, and chips as students and faculty celebrated a long planned project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan Hall
Jordan Mall
Ed Crelin
Central
Theresa Wormhoudt
Miss Williams
Prof A Kooiker to Be Heard in Piano Recital
Pella residents look forward to Prof Anthony Kooiker performing Friday April 18 at 8 30 p m in Douwstra Chapel. The program features Bach Rachmaninoff Ravel and other composers with Henry Cox William Reed Carl Woodford and Leonora Van Delien as accompanying musicians. The public is cordially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Kooiker
Pella
Douwstra Chapel
Morningside College
Sioux City
Iowa
Northwestern
Eastman School of Music
Bach
Jesus
Harriet Cohen
Dohnanyl
Koeiker
Henry Cox
William Reed
Carl Woodford
Leonora van Delien
Col D Johnston to speak on civil aviation in Pella
Col Don Johnston of the State Civil Air Patrol will visit Pella on Tuesday evening April 17 to outline plans for starting free flying classes. Jordan Hall second floor at 7 pm invites interested youths, both boys and girls, to learn about the program and obtain information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Johnston
State
Civil Air Patrol
Pella
Jordan Hall
New Law of Soil Conservation Booklets To Be Distributed
Chronicle offers six booklets on soil conservation titled New Law of Soil Conservation. Supplied by Congressman Pay Cunningham and printed by the U S Conservation Department, the twenty page book includes thirty seven photographs and guidance on conservation farming. The booklets will be given free to the first six farmers or landlords who request them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pay Cunningham
The
S. Conservation Department
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H. S
Colfax
Mary R. Rinehart
Dean Faulkner
Will
United National Clothing Collection
A. P. Dispatch
Arthur Burke
Sully
Third Reformed Church
Marion County
March of Dimes
Amer
Legion
Arie G. Klein
Bay
Jennie Vander Voort
Union Ladies Aid
A. Kooiker
Col. D. Johnston
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