Preparations for 1948 Tulip Festival Under Way
Steady progress reported for Tulip Time 1948 with M M Dockendorf citing strong volunteer interest. Immediate need for workers to help with Central Park West Park stage setup today. costume exchange at Legion Hall tomorrow. folk dance practice tonight and ongoing enrollment at 7 30. Governor Robert D Blue to attend luncheon May 14 and parade appearance.
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M. M. Dockendorf
Central Par
West Park
Oud Jods
TTT
Legion Hall
Central College Gymnasium
Tunis Prins
Robert D. Blue
Pella
Garden Square
Gene Stientjes
Bob Kuyper
Tulip Festival Volunteers Invited for Garden Square Setup
Thursday afternoon coll actors and carpenters will erect platforms for festival programs in Garden Square and Market Park. Citizens urged to report to the Boss and Stand in Garden Square to help with odd jobs as materials have been hauled hard. Public response is vital to Tulip measures in Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Square
Central College Honors Two Pella Men At Commencement
Central College will honor two of its own men and an outstanding church leader at commencement. Henry G. Cox will receive Mus.D. for lifelong music devotion and violin mastery. Cox, son of J. M. Cox and Lucila Keables Cox, trained at Des Moines Musical College and studied in Berlin, directing the Pella band as a youth and later teaching at several institutions before returning to Pella in 1940. He joined Central College faculty in 1944 to teach strings and direct the orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
Henry Given Cox
J. M
Lucila Keables Cox
Cox
Pella
17Th Iowa
RL & P
Murray
Henry
Bonaparte
Iowa
Ladies Department
of Central
Des Moines
Berlin
Central
Des Moines Musical College
Christian College
Columbia
Mixsouri
State University of Town
School of Music
Omaha School of Orchestral Instruments
Beulah Roorda Rises in State Spelling Championship
Beulah Roorda, 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Roorda, Marion County Spelling Champion from Pella, placed second in the written round at the state contest in Des Moines and seventh in the oral round. She earned 12.50 plus 6.00 for a total of 17.50. Beulah attended with her mother, superintendent, and teachers, staying at Fort Des Moines Hotel.
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Beulah Roorda
J6. Roorda
Marion County
Pella
Des Moines
Des Oines Register and Tribune
KRNT
Mary Frances Boyd
Drake University
Demry
Ed Christiansen
Harlan
Iowa
Mary Heth House
Sigourney
Beulah
I. G. Roorda
Sylvia F. Platts
Gilbert F. Demry
Fort Des Moines
Rooms and Homes Needed for School Teachers
The Board of Education met in regular session Monday evening with a three member quorum including WD Van Sittert, newly seated Shultz and Lautenbach. Blommers reported a balance of 11.16 with tax money from Marion County Treasurer adding 52000 to the general fund and 8885 to the school house fund. The board formed a housing committee to address teacher vacancies numbered 4, 5, and 6 at the high school and urged public cooperation to find homes for incoming teachers, with action noted for June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
WD. van Sittert
Shultz and Lautenbach
Secretay Blommers
Marion County
Vocal Groups Shine In State Music Contest At Newton
The Boys and Girls Glee Clubs earned two Superior ratings at the Preliminary State Music Contest in Newton, advancing to the State Contest in Fairfield on April 30 and May 1. Mixed Chorus received Division T, and Fred Whaley's 51 member concert band posted a Division II rating. Valley of West Des Moines led with top class rating. Pella High School celebrates its first state contest for several years under director Anne Tusseling.
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Newton
Fairfield
Anne Tusseling
Fred Whalley
Pella High School
Valley of West Des Moines
Pella High
Choral Society Program Tonight at Sully Church
The Choral Society of the Christian Reformed Church of Sully will render a program Thursday evening April 16 at 8:00 oclock at the Christian Reformed church in Sully. Directed by Mr. Fred Vander Schaat of Pella the group counts about forty voices and invites all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sully Church
Christian Reformed Church of
Sully
Christian’ Reformed Church
Fred Vander Schaat
Polla
Senior Play at Pella High Friday Night
Pella High School presents George M. Cohan’s Sev en Keys to Baldpate on Friday April 16 at 8 p.m. in the auditorium. Senior class actors include Dirk Van Zante and Arita Ruth Van Wyk as Mr and Mrs Elijah Quimby, with Dave Prins as Magee and Gertrude Steenbock as Nyra Thornhill. Other roles feature Mason Olcott, Fred Brummel, Jim Van Vliet, Gerald Vandeling, Wilfred Willemsen, Wilbur Booth, Loren Vander Wert, Donna Schakel, and Marcie Valater in a large ensemble cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Cohan
Pella High
Dirk van Zante
Arita Ruth van Wyk
Elijah Quimby
Dave Prins
Magee
Gertrude Steenbock
Nyra ‘Thornhill
Mason Olcott
Thomas Hayden
Renton Suburban Railroads
Fred Brummel
John Bland
Hayde
Gene Voyce
Peter the Hermit
Jim van Vliet
Jim Corgan
Renton
Gerald Vandeling
Lou Max
Wilfred Willemsen
Jiggs Kennedy
Wilbur Booth
Loren Vander Wert
Donna Schakel
Mary Norton
Marcie Valater
Mrs. Rhodes
Mayor Corgan
Meulpolder the Speaker at April Amvet Meeting
The Schildey Menlpolder Am Vet Post 26 held its monthly meeting at the Paul Ver Meer home. M Dan Meulpolder shared experiences of coming to America. He spoke of hard work and opportunities for a Dutch boy, concluding that America is the best country in this world. Commander John Vanden Berg presided, and Mrs. Paul Ver Meer served a delicious lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schildey-Menlpolder Am
Post 26
Paul Ver Meer
Dan Meulpolder
America
John Vanden Berg
Pate Irate Title Man Stars In Bald Pate Inn Play
The score features Leland Van Ee as the irate title man in a winter set at Bald Pate Inn a summer resort. Vera Cannaday directs with Fae Velina De Penning assisting. Wilbur Toot stage manages Arvin Menninga runs the show and Mary Jane Menninga handles business. The production staff includes Thelma Grandia Ruth Van Wyk Arya Menninga and a full stage crew.
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Baldpate Inn
Howard de Prenger
Robert Pippel
Gene Vayee
Arvan Mainga
Leland van Ke
Thelma Grandia
LaVelma de Penning
Kock
Artie Huth van Wyk
Betty Dew Hartog
Mary Jane Menninga
Plan for a Local Hospital Gathers Community Support
An enthusiastic meeting at the high school brought together churches businesses service groups and surrounding communities to discuss building a local hospital. Rev R J Vanden Berg chaired the session as costs size and scope were debated. A permanent ways and means committee was approved and a hospital association financing plan will be formed with input from city and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Vanden Berg
House of Mercy
Pella
Flood control interest at Howell site hearing rises
At the Red Rock Howell site public hearing in Knox ville on April 8 a flood control plan drew about twelve hundred attendees. Colonel W N Leaf of the U S Army Engineers outlined the Howell dam project with 1 870 000 acre feet storage, 65 000 acres flooded, and a 105 foot dam height, while residents and city officials from Ottumwa Knoxville and other towns urged action to reduce flood damage.
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Howell
Red Rock Dam
Memorial Hall
Knoxville
Des Moines River
Mississippi
Des Moines
Miname
W.N. Leaf
U. S. Army Engineers
Red Rock
Necessity Farm
Hoods
Washington
Howell Dam
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Minneapolis
Chambers of Commerce
Ottumwa
Eddyville
Bonaparte
Keokuk
Towa
Quincy
Warsaw
Illois
Hannibal
Canton
Missouri
Federated Club Convention Set for April 20 at Pella
The Federated Club of Pellawill host the Marion county Convention of Federated Clubs Tuesday April 20 at the Second Reformed Church. Registration begins 1 30 p m at 10 cents per member with the meeting called to order at 2 00 p m Dr Richard Wendell of Central College will address the topic International Relations District Director Miss Hlgie Willians Earlham will be present Reports from Knoxville Bussey and Pella will be read and projects for the coming year discussed The event emphasizes local and national civic programs urging Pel la Federated Club members to attend noting the time is earlier than normal meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated Club of
Pella
Marion County Convention of Federated Clubs
Second Reformed Church
Richard Wendell
Central College
Hlgie Willians
Earlham
Federated
Knoxville
Bussey
Federated Club
Pelth Federated Club
Schools Join National Thrift Drive This Spring
The United States Treasury Department launches a thrift program through schools from April 16 to June 30. Literature has been distributed to patrons and the effort is endorsed by PT groups Miss Jessie Parker and Charles Martin, president of the Town State Education Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury Department
PT Groups
Jessie Parker
Charles Martin
Town State Education Asociation
Tulip Queen Festival Nomination Appeals in Chronicle
Dr. T G Fultz urges nominations for the Tulip Queen and attendants as ballots appear in The Chronicle. Ballots will be collected at Van Sittert Store at 8 p.m. Saturday April 17 for tabulation, with the Queen chosen April 24 from eligible candidates certified by the Queen Committee.
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T. G. Fultz
Folka
Phe
van Sittert
Tabuterm
Citi- 18
Ty the Queen
Chronicle
van Qt
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Ed Plette
Ed J. van Gorp
Washington Streets
Victor Herbert
Maurice Birdsall
Willem
Tunis Kempkes Franz
Ralph Grundman
Tina
Peggy Leu
the Burgemeester
Henry G. Cox
Herman P. Lankelma
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
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Gerard H. Gnade
Minister’s Fund
Reformed Church In America
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Rome
Styles, Ene
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la Coes
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Leland van Ee
Mr. Lubberden
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Peter Lubberden
Sam
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Uncle Sam
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