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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1933
Page
6
Morning and evening services are scheduled across First and Second Reform churches with special music by choirs and organ. Good Friday services on April 14 at 7:80 p m feature sermons on themes of the cross and grace.
A friendly score race between Pella and Monroe Baptist churches starts Sunday with ten points awarded per attendee for both Sunday school and worship. Ten weeks lead to a final ice cream and lemonade prize week. Both churches aim to outscore last year's showing and invite all locals to participate.
A vintage Sunday school note by E. V. Good reflects on the Mount experiences of Jesus and his disciples, focusing on going up, living on the mount, and the Transfiguration. The piece blends devotional tone with extended commentary, citing John 1 14 as the basis and weaving in personal memories of thrill seeking in modern times alongside spiritual ascent. It discusses themes of ascent, transformation, and heavenly visitation by Moses and Elijah.
The passage discusses the mount of transfiguration, urging believers to seek holy inspiration but not linger there. It contrasts visions with active service, cites Moody's caution to come down, and emphasizes Christ’s revealed glory seen when focusing on Jesus alone. It notes the glorified Christ and the need to live the gospel in daily witness.
Fragmentary account traces postwar debt, reparations, and moratoria from 1917 to the Hoover era. Mentions Britain, France, Italy, Germany, and American loans and relief efforts, leading to a 1931 crisis and Lausanne talks. Ends with moral reflections and unrelated lines.
A college lecture course presents a full length play by Art Theatre Co featuring Madame Lazare and professional actors. The Russian rooted drama titled Silver Cord offers strong acting and balanced drama with scenic effects. Single admission is one dollar and includes a post performance lecture recital in April.
A reflection on relentless deadlines shaping success and integrity. The speaker credits the Dead Line as a daily guide, calling it the wisest friend and a powerful motivator. He urges others to adopt it as whip, goal, and moral compass alongside faith.
A memoir fragment recounts a famed industrial general who rose from a daily newspaper start to lead a vast manufacturing empire. He reflects on early newsroom discipline and the constant pressure of meeting the deadline, framing it as a core life practice.
In a brief exchange Mrs. Mumble confides to Mrs. Crumble that her husband has suffered a parallel stroke and the couple are struggling to make ends meet. The dialogue underscores medical and financial hardship at home.
A reader letters page argues for higher teacher wages amid rising job stress and demands consistent public pay scales. The author cites morale, student learning, and the need to fund education now, warning against delaying crucial school investments.
Knoxville Iowa April 12 Marion county may become gopher free if the mood of the public persists. County Auditor Gerald W Paardekooper says about 2 594 pairs of gopher feet have been turned in as bounty from Jan 1 to Apr 1. The top trapper so far is H A Hull of Pleasant Grove with 265 pairs and a 26 50 bounty. If traps continue, the next three months could bring over 5 000 pairs.
Miss Arlene Rader a Pleasantville eighth grader won the county spelling contest held Saturday. She will advance to Des Moines on May 8 to seek state honors and possibly compete in the national finals in Washington, D C. The event tested many top spellers in a two and a half hour contest with Ruth Harrison of Hamilton finishing as runner up.
The crowded courtroom audience watched contestants including Watkins Knoxville Jean Reeves Liberty Clarice Bulgarelli Victor Knoxville Wilbur Worrall Marion McKenzie Marysville Miss Harrison and Miss Rader. Margaret Perry of Melcher placed third as judges Miss Eflen Nichols Dallas Beulah Hawkins Melcher presided over a tense oral contest with students stumbling on words like pneumatic fictitious and auxiliary.
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