Pella Band Shows Bright Prospects For Season
The newly organized Pella Band held its first rehearsal with about twenty-four members and strong performances. The cornet section is strong with Burke and Goodwin, formerly of Oskaloosa, joining. Rehearsals will be twice weekly until summer concerts. Manager Rube Brand has bookings for Knoxville fair on August 12 and seeks other engagements, with plans for Pella city concerts forthcoming.
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Pella
Messrs
Burke and Goodwin
Oskaloosa
Rube Brand
Knoxville Fair Management
Knoxville
Pella City
Homecoming visit of Asa Vander Mast in Iowa
Asa Vander Mast of Santa Ana California and his wife stopped in Pella Iowa to visit old friends during a trip from Camp Greene North Carolina to Portland Oregon. The couple postponed their return after meeting locals and sharing memories in the snowy town.
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Asa Vander Mast
Santa Ana
California
C. de Vos
The
Chronicle
Vander Mast
Iowa
Monroe
Pella
Camp
St. Joe
Portland
Ore
Moore
Ali Gue
Vander Oace
Pella Red Cross asks women to pledge weekly aid
The Pella Chapter appeals to local women to pledge one afternoon weekly to sew surgical dressings for soldiers in France. It calls out slacking, urges 120 volunteers, notes 150 sweaters needed in sixty days, and stresses the war’s human cost. The notice cites H. P. Van Gorp as chairman and H. P. Scholte as secretary and treasurer.
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Pella
American Red Cross
Red Cross
France
Pett
Central Division
Piano Recital Honors Central College Music Dept
Prof. Sadler showcased his pupils in a First Reformed church recital last Friday evening. A large audience applauded the piano quartette Fay Lankelma Verna Hendricks Freda Hesselink Fern Smith and solos by Ada Van Zante Corn Ver Ploeg Verna Hendricks Grace Van Ryswyk Kathryn Cochrane Beulah Veenstra Violet Colyn Freda Hesselink Mabel Van Donselaar Fay Lankelma and Lucile Cochran. Alfred Johnson and Donald Waechter missed the event due to measles. The program received enthusiastic praise and Central College is congratulated on the music department’s showing.
Otley White Way Band Concert Invitation 1918
The Otley White Way Band extends a cordial invitation to attend a concert at Otley Reformed Church on Wednesday May 1 1918 at 8 P M Admission is free but a silver contribution is requested Peter Grodters president
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Otley White, Way Band
Otley Reformed Church
Otley White Way Band
Peter Grodters
Boys Back From Across the Water Adrift in New York City
A returning crewman writes from New York City on April 20 1918 describing liberty time post voyage home from France He and companion Hein visit friends at the Aschenbrenner household meet Harriet Reitveld at work tour Fifth Avenue Tiffany library and Billie Burke Liberty Bond rally Their visit includes stops at Columbia University Grant's Tomb and a dinner with Ruth Collins Geraldine and Dr Syhenga before returning to the other sailors and planning more sightseeing during a subsequent day of rest.
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New York City
Rube
Hein
Navy Yard
Chicago
Aschenbrenner
Harriet Reitveld
Lance
Fifth Avenue
Tiffany
N. Y
Billie Burke
Marguerite Clark
Mary Pickford
118Th Street
Vanderbilt Home
Broadway
Central Park
Riverside Drive
Hudson River
Grant
Harriet
Columbia University
Ruth Collins
Knoxville
Syhenga
Ruth
Geraldine
Helen
Pella
Wally Fowler
France
Helene
No Red Cross Funds For Medical Research
The Red Cross War Council in Washington announces no money will be used for medical research or vivisection and any past expenditures will be refunded. The decision reflects the views of many members while not judging the value of research. An emergency appropriation had been made last August by army medical officers seeking animal experimentation remedies. An individual offered to fund the work and reimburse past Red Cross costs, ensuring funds go to relief work as members expect.
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Red Cross
Red Cross War Council
Washington
War Council
College Notes Preview in Pella News on May Commencement
The notes describe campus events and faculty moves including Commencement in May Fern Smith expecting Leona from Grand Junction for ceremonies Miss Williams away over sun Rev Leppeltak chapel duties and Sadler authoring a farce for Commencement week The summer term offers free music lessons for youths under 14 plus a mental and educational tests course for teachers and students A large recital concludes the excerpt with campus activities and plans for next year.
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Fern Smith
Leona
Grand Junction
Colo
Miss Smith
Miss Waliams
Prof
Sadler
Pella
Pella City Orders Spring Clean-Up Dates
The city council of Pella designates April 30 and May 1 1918 for a thorough municipal clean-up. Citizens must tidy premises and place nonburnables on curbs. men with teams will collect in wards on designated days. Brush to be burned. owners bear dumping costs. no ash piles on streets. Mayor H J Vanden Berg urges beautification.
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Pella
Seventeen More Local Draftees Called for Induction
Marion county exemption board reports Induction Telegram No. 29 ordering 19 Class 1 registrants to be drafted. The group, seven and five tenths percent of the quota, must depart by May 10 after trainer assignment. Names and occupations span Knoxville Pella Tracy Dallas Bussey Melcher and nearby towns, including farmers, laborers, miners, a druggist, and a bank cashier, with 35 boys scheduled to leave Knoxville April 30.
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Knoxville Journal
Marion County
Cam Culbertson
Crowder
Iil
Knoxville
Pella
Tracy
Dalla
Attiony
Hamilton
Cordova
Plea
Lionel W. Saunders
Farmer
Mike Angelo
Lee Newman
N, Lucas
Melcher
Ie Roury
Flagler
Miner
Barney Mensch
Carpenter
John Angelo
John Breuklander
Chas
H. Deeter
Bussey
Roy Vander Linden
Bumgardner
Pleasant
Groverville
Paul Ruwalda
C.F. Sweigart
Gullion
Attica
Albert W. Spencer
Dallas
Thos. P. Cowan
Arthur Godfrey
Gysbert E. van Houweling
Louis B. LeCocq
John Krehel
Leslie XN
Sherman
Washington
Antonio van Zee
Robt
V. Watkins
Floyd W. Lyman
Bank Cash
Marion
Morse
Stanley B. Rowland
Andrew J. Bickle
Swan
John Q. Snelson
James H. Burt
Chester Greer
Service of Intercession at Second Reformed Church
A special service will be held Friday from 2:00 to 3:00 PM at Second Reformed Church in response to the President's proclamation. Short addresses will be given in Dutch and English, with a War Work committee member discussing the Third Liberty Loan. The service will include a period of intercession for the nation, its allies, and soldiers. All are urged to attend.
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Second Reformed Church
Holand
War Work Committee
Pella Markets Reported Prices for Grain and Cattle
Van der Zyl Bros. issued corrected figures for cattle grain and market prices. Cattle ranged from 0 to 11.00 per ewt with adjustments noted. Grain values showed drops from 1.00 to 1.25 per bit and 1.75 to 2.00 per bushel, with declines of 80 ets per bur.
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Vander Zyl Bros
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Pell
Mickie
Les Welle
College
Rey. Bruins
Thursda
Mr. Urns
H. J. Vanden Berg
Pella Markets
Pella Produce Co
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