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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1939
Page
6
Pella residents will perform at Younkers Tea Room in Des Moines for Tulip Time promotion. About fifty entertainers include a Dutch band, singers, dancers, and officials, with a Dutch costume program and a windmill scenery. Tickets $1.50. reservations via Miss Helen Sawyer.
Word spread on Central College campus that a chapel is assured after a substantial anonymous donation. Plans fold the new chapel into New Central on the west side, with construction required to start before June 16 this year. A fuller report will appear in next week’s Chronicle.
Notice states Dr M Kramer MD has returned to Pella and can be found at 1100 North Main Street offering services from his home.
Last Sunday at the Third Reformed church parking lot Bernie Menninga’s car filled with smoke and burst into flame after his family attended Easter services. Neighbors and churchgoers assisted with dirt and cinders until the fire department arrived and quickly stopped the blaze. Only charred upholstery and burned cloth in the roof remained, and the car was driven away afterward.
The body of Gysbert Brandenhorst was found in the Des Moines river near Chillicothe by a farmer. A gunny sack with weights tied at the waist was attached. His son John Brandenhorst identified the clothing. It appears a self inflicted death after he disappeared December 4, 1938 while planning to visit his daughter in Pella. Funeral services were held in Ottumwa with Rev. J. D. Pikaart in charge and the body interred there.
Pella High stages The Milky Way next week with Othella Van Baale as Anne the showgirl Bill Black plays Speed the Middleweight Champion and Gerald Den Hartog as the milk truck driver The class of 39 proves strong in this Broadway era comedy likely to be a big hit.
The 13th state conference in child development and parent education at the University of Iowa in June 2022 will center on Youth in the World Today. About 1,000 people are expected to attend. A feature will be a round table session with participants under 25 sharing their problems.
Rehearsals underway for Tulip Time operetta in the gymnasium. Anne Tysseling and Martin Heeremann lead with Melba Hoekstra and Carl Brown as second leads. Fred Dekker Prof Birdsall provide comedy. Joyce Huibregtse plays a key part and Gerald Vanden Berg stars as Burgemeester.
A 40 member chorus with 8 Dutch girls and 8 male students, plus a humorous operetta, rehearsals begin next week. The show moves from West Market to the college gym for three nights Thursday Friday Saturday to avoid weather risks. Tickets at 36c general 25c. A house canvass urges early purchases to cover expenses.
Local notice asks homeowners with spare rooms to rent to Tulip Time visitors in Pella. Mrs D C Van Zante will coordinate listings. Call to offer available room(s) for overnight or weekly stays.
The speaker thanks Lautenbach Verought Insurance Agency and Town Mutual Dwelling Insurance Company of Des Moines Iowa for prompt settlement of the J C Hagens home fire loss. Relations described as business like and pleasant.
The Tulip Time committee requests thirty quarts of snijboon ties and asks that sellers call telephone 161 if they have any available for sale.
Tuesday, April 11, Central College marked Women’s Day with chapel services for women and attendance by men. Mrs. Florence S. Robnett, Northwestern University Dean of Women, spoke on personality factors for success, noting health, tact, posture, voice, and goal focus. Luncheon at Jordan Hall hosted Mrs. Robnett, followed by private conferences with students seeking guidance.
The Neyenesch family expresses gratitude for kindness, flowers, and sincere words of sympathy following a death.
The regular monthly emergency relief meeting was held in the court house at 1:30 p.m. with W. J. Casey presiding. Present were W. J. Casey, W. A. Butts, Jerry Speed, J. F. Clark, A. L. Dykstra, C Ted Johnson, Alice H. Fry, John Caswell, and County Attorney Clarence Rading. Minutes from March 13 were approved. Garden seeds will be distributed soon. The caseload reached 706 with 95 closed for WPA. State funds for May were approved. Social Welfare Conference set for Burlington May 18–20. Clients must store cars if substantial budget relief comes from car use. Newly married couples cannot receive relief in their name for one year. Rent payments limited to employable families. Coal operators with heavy winter business may be ineligible for summer relief. Some fraud cases noted in WPA or private employment relief. Meeting adjourned. Next regular meeting May 8.
Pella High School music pupils travel to Osceola for a district contest across instrumental and vocal sections. Performances include String Quartet, Band, various solos, brass ensembles, and choir groups with listed times and participating schools such as Baxter Corydon Monroe Allerton Moravia Seymour Pella and Prairie City.
Professors Dean Pietenpol and Dr. Vander Lugt joined the Conference of Personnel Officers and Deans of Men at Town State Teachers College Cedar Falls last Saturday April 8. Discussions covered student mortality rates and college persistence with examples from the University of Town and the College of the City of Los Angeles. Extra curriculars and dormitory systems for men were also debated, noting two Cedar Falls dorms that are self liquidating with one paying $10 000 annually.
Mayor Fultz reorganized appointive city staff at the April 4 organization meeting. The council set committee rosters with Weyers Dieleman Den Adel Van Duseldorp Kooyman Versteeg named to posts. A board of review heard assessments for Peila residents, adjusting some values during meetings.
Housewives can avoid moth damage by using Lester Liter The Cleaner. He will pick up winter clothes, store them in a mothproof facility, and return them cleaned and pressed before winter, charging only for cleaning pressing and a small insurance fee. See ad in this issue.
Pella High School earned second place for the third straight year in the state every pupil contest for commercial departments. Clarinda High won, with ninety schools competing. In Class A amateur, Clarinda led 58.83 median, Pella 52.52. In Class A novice, Pella competed as the entire class, using the class median.
County Attorney Clarence Kading was the Rotary Club guest last Thursday noon. He explained the office’s duties and its relation to other agencies, noting added responsibilities from relief programs, unemployment, homestead exemption, and various legal matters. He commented on the busy workload and the need for guidance across county offices.
A crowded Legion Memorial dining hall hosted the Chamber of Commerce and guests for a Tulip Festival banquet. Miss Bernace Van der Linden was named Tulip Queen with attendants Miss Leona Schilder Miss Janet Klyn Miss Margaretta Slobe and Miss Martha Van Berkum amid cheers and 600 votes cast. President Charles Dykstra and H B Sixsmith spoke as entertainment included Wheels Across Africa with sound.
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