Pella Girl Wins State Spelling Championship
Marilla Van Day of Pella, an eighth grader at Webster Junior High, won the 1947 Iowa spelling title at the Shrine Auditorium in Des Moines. She correctly spelled hydrangeas after rival Herbert Hammer failed on hydrangas, earning a trip to Washington D C with expenses paid by the Des Moines Register.
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Nda
Des Moines
Marilla
Herbert Hamme
Washington, D. C
Des Moines Register
Pella
Shrine Auditorium
Herbert’ Hammer
Kossuth County
Iowa
der Meulen
Merna Spence
H. C. Vander
Marilla Wins State Spelling Title at Des Moines
Marilla describes her journey to the 18 April Des Moines trip with Superintendent Buerkens and Miss Spence. She details tickets, hotel, a banquet at Younker's Tea Room, and an invocation by Rev. Hoskins. Rollo Burgeson welcomed spellers, Governor Blue absent. Food, entertainment, medals, and a 820 word written test followed as Janet miss ed eight words.
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Marilla
The
Chronicle
Des Moines
Younker’s
Don Miller
Fred Hoskins
Rollo Burgeson
Governor Blue
Tim Gary and Company
Vero Claire
Eddie Jester and Company
Mary Frances Boyd
Janet
Famous Dutch writer to visit Pella during European tour
Rudolph Van Rees, pen name of K C Van Spronsen of Goes Netherlands, arrives in Sioux County next week for about a week to ten days. A noted author and manager of De Reformatie, he travels with his wife to study Dutch communities and plans to speak publicly in Pella while staying with Rev. L Vermeer at 609 Peace Street.
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K. C. van Spronsen
Netherlands
Goes
Holland
U. S
van Spronsen
California
Ripon
Manhattan
Mont
Sioux County
Pella
Americ
Reformed Churches
L. Verme
Peace Street
Low
Queen Contest Draws Strong Voter Turnout at Festival
Citizens flocked to the polls on April 20 to choose the Queen and Attendants. More than four hundred votes were cast as seven candidates named Uella Dingeman Ruth Van de Geest Bernice Heerema Bernice Jaarsma Marian Morrow Ruth Vogelaar and Joyce Vos were listed alphabetically. The final winners will be announced at a kick off meeting on April 29 at the Legion Hall with a program of pep talks music and entertainment.
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Uella Dingeman
Ruth Vande Geest
Bernice Heerema
Bernice Jaarsma
Marian Morrow
Ruth Vogelaar
Joyce Vos
Legion Hall
Boy Struck by Car Survives with Bruises
Five year old Robert Olmstead of Corydon was struck by an automobile. He flew about 35 feet from the impact and was thrown 86 feet according to witnesses. He suffered severe bruises but no broken bones.
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Robert
Marion Olmstead
Corydon
Central Orator To Interstate Speech Contest
Charles Botkin a Cen tral College junior leaves Thursday for the Interstate Oratory Contest at Evanston Illinois He will present An Equivalent of War his coach Miss Cunera Van Emmerik will judge The Western Divisional field includes Nebraska South Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin The Eastern Divisional draws Michigan Kentucky Indiana Illinois and Ohio Women from the same states except Missouri and Kentucky compete in the same divisions Winners on day one advance to a final on day two
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Charles Botkin
Central College
Evanston
Illinois
Missouri
Kentucky
Dutchmen tame Iowa Wesleyan in season opener 8 to 4
Central opened baseball season at Mount Pleasant with an 8 to 4 victory over Iowa Wesleyan. Bob Harvey allowed three hits and pitched well while contributing a single and double for all five Central runs. Whitey Warne added two hits in three at bats as Central built an early lead.
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Central
Mount Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan
Wesleyan
Bob Harvey
Tigers
Whitey Warne
Tagabearf
Grayer
Byrd
Cooper If
Brown
Warne
Chevront
Dykstrass
Harvey P
Smith
Donald
Connich
McBeth
Huston
J. Williams
Gorham c
Lange
R. Williams
Messer If
Conn
Kay
Alehss
Bittle
Oxinski
Gipple
Cooper
Cornich
Harvey
Messer
Uleh
Tagabuo
Gray
Scratchin Festival Promise Brings Grand Pageant Buzz
A typewritten list for the Pageant City of Refuge lists items from covered wagons to a twenty pound perfumed sanitary pig as director Paul Haagen plans a grand festival. Local organizers Mort Goodwin Ralph Grundman and supporters warn of the heavy load but vow to proceed amid high hopes and Tulip Time comparisons.
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City of Refuge
Paul Haagen
Property Committee
Goodwin
Hage
Ralph Grundman
Pella
Elders Guests Of Rotarians At Noon Luncheon
A noon Rotary luncheon at the Baptist Church in Pella honored 26 elderly residents aged 80 to 90, totaling 2,170 years. Dutch language singing and a Pioneer Days skit celebrated Pella’s centennial with memories of Holland, Centeral College, and early settlers.
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Pella
Baptist Church
Vanden Berg
Robert Lautenbach
Old Holland
Sarah Welch Nossaman
Mariah Scholte
Siebertje Viersen
Nora Scholte
Charity Cox
Mattie Morgan
Central
Martha
Miss Viersen
Dominic Scholte
Centeral College
Anthony Tyysseling
Yale Fellowship Awarded to Central Senior Ed Crelin
Central College senior Ed Crelin has won a Yale University teaching fellowship in zoology at New Haven. He will begin his doctorate there next September and is the son of Mr and Mrs E A Crelin Sr of Red Bank New Jersey. Crelin is a biology major finishing work under Miss Alice Carlson and Yale biology head Dr George Baitsell.
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Ed Crelin
Central College
Yale University
New Haven Connecticut
Crelin
E. A. Crelin
Red Bank
New Jersey
Alice Carlson
George Baitsell
Pella
Yale
Recognition for English Club at Central College
Members of the English Club at Central College were notified this week that Tau Epsilon Pi earned a charter in Sigma Tau Delta. The local group, organized in 1942 under Miss Clara B. Williams, progressed under Dr. Sinia Billups and now operates under Dr. Arthur Wormhoudt, chair of the English department.
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Central College
Sigma Tau Delta
Tau Epsilon Pi
Clara B. Williams
Sinnia Billups
Arthur Wormhoudt
Two Art Exhibits at Central College This Week
Central College hosts six Laurence Rathsack paintings in the student lounge with a companion show, A Color Notation, by design students. The exhibits run daily 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and feature works shown in Chicago, Milwaukee, and San Francisco venues.
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Pella
Laurence Rathsack
Lou
Central College
Desien
Midwest
Artitute of Chicago
Univer of Chicago
Milwaukee Art Insttute
Wisconsin
Milwaukee State Teachers College
Art Institute of Chicago
San Francisco
Wyatt Earp Revered in Pella History and Screen Tales
Pella residents cherish Wyatt Earp lore from boyhood days spent in the old brick home near West Market Square. The New Holland Theatre shows My Darling Clementine this week, and the Screen Guild Players dramatize Earp’s exploits on Columbia radio next Monday at 8 or 9 p.m. depending on DST. WMT Waterloo provides reception.
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Pella
Wyatt Earp
Earp
West Market Square
Wyatt
West
Lankelma
Farps
George A. Stout
K. R. van Zee
Pilsworth
Kansas
Dodge City
Tombstone
Arizona
New Holland Theatre
Clementine
Columbia Radio
Screen Guild Players
WMT
Waterloo
Tulip Time festival date moved to May for better blooms
The Centennial Tulip Time committee shifted the festival from May 8 9 and 10 to later dates due to cold wet spring delaying tulips. Advance ticket sales were extended to May 7 with exchanges for individual admissions starting May 8. Bert Boat urged early purchase to ensure crowd support and funding for the City of Refuge project.
Central College Choir Delights Illinois Wisconsin Tour
On an eleven hundred mile circuit through Illinois and Wisconsin the Central College a cappella choir received warm praise. Under Gordon Farndell they sang in twelve Reformed churches and other venues while President Van der Lugt joined by bus to promote Christian education. Highlights included performances at Christian High School Chicago Waupun Wisconsin Carroll College and Kohler Company visit. The group ends with three more concerts before the May 30 Pelle appearance.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
Central College
Choi
Gordon Farndell
G. T., van der Lugt
Chicago
Christian High School
Waupun
Carroll College
Waukesha
Carroll Coll Choir
F. M. Christiansen
State Penitentiary
Kohler Company
Sheboygan
Kohler
Alps
Waelderhaus
Plant
Reformed Church
Eddyville
United Presbyterian Church
Newton
Douwstra Chapel
Mission talk outlines five musts for modern missions
Miss Ruth Ransom of the Board of Foreign Missions spoke to the Tuesday meeting of Pella Kiwanis Club. She emphasized reconstruction and rehabilitation, literacy and literature, and the importance of supplying reading material. She urged world literacy programs and tolerance in religious practice.
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Issionaries
Local Red Cross Will Accept Gifts For Texas City
The Red Cross urges local aid to Texas City Texas through the Pella Chapter. Basil O Connor National Red Cross Chairman directs gifts go via Ralph Ver Meer treasurer at Marion County State Bank. Citizens should not pay solicitors. no drive has been called.
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Local
Red Cross
Texas City
Texas
National Red Cross
T. G. Fultz
Pella
The
Basil O'Connor
Ralph Ver, Meer
Pella Ch
Marion County State Bank
Mr. O'Connor
Pella High Musicians Head for State Cantos
Pella High plans a Friday and Saturday trip for seventy including directors and chaperons to compete in State Music Cantos. Seven cars depart at 6:00 to 6:15 a.m. drivers include Cox Segeenat Van Zante Whalley Gossela and Menninga. Glee Club sings at 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The bus returns to Pella by 5:30 p.m.
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Washington
Washiton
Towa
Thia
Pella High School
Henry Cox
Dick Segeenat
Dirk van Zante
Anne T. Fred Whalley
Jane Gossela
Arvin Menninga
Boys
Ise Glee Club
Ghorus
Pella
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Marilla Vander Meulen
Webster Junior High
Buerkens
Marilla Vanday Manon Cos
Marlene Sels
API
Miss Spence
Younger
Capitol
Congress
White House
Truman
Ed Krelin
Nuri High School
Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors Association
Five Arts Leagues
America
Rathsack
John Wesley
Burkhart Potsry Club
Wealdee
John S. van Vark
Dennis Net
Richard M. Thys Paard Per
Jacob de Haan
Abe Ver Bloeg
Aart G. de Kock
Gerrit L. Vaney van Roskel
Bert Boat
Chamber of Commerce
Historical Society
Ruth Ransom
Pella High
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