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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1946
Page
1
The town crier notes he judged 68 performances at Drake University regional music contest last Monday. Pupils earning Superior proceed to the State Contest at Drake next Monday. He will again judge in the Piano and Pipe Organ departments.
Sunday is Easter and families are urged to rise early for egg hunts in hidden spots around homes. The Easter Bunny is praised as a symbol of salvation alongside Christmas, with reflections on snow surprises, a distant earthquake thought, and birthday wishes to J M Gosselink on April 12.
A reader from Brandon Wisconsin requests The Chronicle be sent to Box 357, Brandon. He cites reading pleasure and personal ties to Pella and Central College, noting family graduates and comparing quality to chronicle coverage in other cities.
A mimeograph breakdown at Rol screenings delays a large mailing slated for Monday. The blind department notes a surge of Venetian Blind orders reaching the factory, with most current fabrication in metal type. Frances Hagens resigns after seven years with Rolsereen.
E Sutton named Mahaska County Extension Director, moving from Keokuk County. A former Vocational Agriculture teacher for five years, two at Montezuma, he grew up near Iowa Falls and graduated from Iowa State College in 1988. His wife and child reside in Sac City with her parents awaiting housing. Farm Bureau Board highly recommends him.
Farm Bureau members and friends announce Mr Sutton will assume duties as County Extension Director beginning May first. The appointment signals continued leadership for extension services and local agricultural programs.
A Minneapolis VA representative outlines a new veterans benefit involving admission and emergency care options. The deputy administrator of brands notes the VA will consider direct calls to local VA offices to determine eligibility and available capacity for emergency attention.
Esther Jean Visser of Des Moines Iowa who at age five contracted poliomyelitis shows progress from recent operation. Doctors and nurses express optimism that she may yet walk to work with some assistance. While hospitalized she hopes to receive mail.
Through the cooperation of local service clubs the school invites the Public School to select representative citizens in each grade. Nominees include Grade Five boys Roy Van Dyke Lee Van Hemert Alvin De Wild Girls Beverley Ray Nancy Groendyke Shirley Leydens Grade Six boys Dick Mentink Leo Van Vark Girls Peggy Kuyper Junella De Zwarte Grade Seven boys Raymond Meulpelder Robert Van Hal Sperond Girls Marlene Wyk Dorothy Enghtp... Dean Gays Bob Hack Jim Van Tomie Thuta lyn Ver Ploeg. A dinner will be held with one boy and one girl chosen from each grade.
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