Tulip Time Kickoff Meeting On Corn Borer Field Day
Marion County farmers can learn corn borer control May 1 at Red Rock starting 1 30 p m. Earle Ryan from USDA will discuss late controls while Planes will show DDT aerial application and tractor sprayers. County Ext Director Gress Rogers cites a 2 5 percent infestation and notes potential yield loss. field day may move to May 3 if weather delays.
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Marion County
Red Rock
Gress Rogers
Earle Ryan
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Towa
Stevenson
Mark
Knoxville
Iowa State College
Rogers
Exhibiting Art Works of Central College Students
Central College hosts a traveling exhibition of student artworks on display in Central Hall galleries through May 8. The show features 60 plus works across media including oils watercolors sketches and prints from many classes by numerous students. It travels from Carroll College Albion College and Wisconsin State Teachers College Milwaukee and marks the first Pella showing with high praise noted.
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Central College
Central Hall
Carroll College
Albion College
Wisconsin State Teachers College
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Central College Beak and Coffee Club Revue Friday
The Central College Beak and Coffee Club presents a Friday revue on April 30 at 8:00 in Doustra Chapel. The program features comedy acts, minstrels, freaks, trapeze artists, dancing girls, and old time favorites including I Want A Girl and Dry Bones. Tickets go on sale at Paardekoopers Ideal Pharmacy. adults 35 cents, children 15 cents at the door.
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Central College Beak and Coffee Club
Beak and Coffee Club
Doustra Chapel
Paardekoopers Ideal Pharmacy
Flying Tiger to Speak at Legion Meeting in Oakwood
Legion members set plans at Monday night session for Memorial Day events in Oakwood Cemetery and a festival parade float. Volunteers, drivers and committee heads, including Commander Clarence Van Niewaal and Dr H H Kramer, will coordinate policing grounds, seating, and a Memorial Day program. Lt Colonel A J Binsfield of Des Moines, a former Flying Tiger, will speak May Day with a talk expected to cover China theatre experiences.
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Legion
Oakwood Cemetery
West Market
Clarence van Niewaal
HH. Kramer
Max Schakel
Will van Hemert
Martin Hocksema
East Franklin
Garden Square
Cronicle
A. J. Binsfield
Des Moines
Flying Tigers
China Theatre
Tulip Time Baby Parade enrollments urged in Pella
Cornelia Wilson and Marie Le feber announce the baby section of the Tulip Time parade will return with strong entries. Mothers are urged to bring children under three and invite friends with babies. Last day to enter is Monday May 10. Dads welcome. Guidance available at Wilson Jewelry.
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Cornelia Wilson
Marie Lefeber
Pella
G. I's
A. Sandyen
Central College
H. S. Musicians to Go to Contest at Fairfield Friday
About 65 Musicians from the local high school will travel to the State High School Music Contest at Fairfield on Friday. The boys chorus performs at 8:20 A.M. followed by the girls chorus at 9:40 A.M. Pella entries include Ruby Leydens in the treble, a mixed quartet, and a clarinet solo by Carol Ver Steese. Other schools entered include Ottumwa, Iowa City, Sigourney, and Oskaloosa with several vocal and instrumental events scheduled throughout the day.
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Fairfield
Schem Aed
May Gcirls
Ottumwa
Iowa City
Voice High
Ruby Leydens
Pella
Sigourney
Oskaloosa
Bella
Tom
Marilyn Tans
Carol Ver Steese
Club Speaker Forecast Year of Good Business
Murray Goodman of Green Colonial Furnace Co. spoke to Pella Rotary urging that business will stay healthy next year as demand for consumer and capital goods remains strong. He cited rising savings deposits, solid agriculture, and ongoing consumer spending as factors supporting a positive outlook. Attendance at the meeting reached 100 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Goodman
Green Colonial Furnace Co
Des Moines
Pella
Goodman
Ruth Ransom Visits Campus for Foreign Mission Talks
Miss Ruth Ransom, recruiting secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church, spent Monday and Tuesday on campus interviewing students. She held numerous conferences with about thirty five to forty students seeking guidance on missionary service and how to make life count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Ransom
Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church
Graham Hall
Meeting Tomorrow Night On Horse Show Plans
Town gathering invites all horse enthusiasts to the Simon Kooyman Harness Shop tomorrow evening at 7 30 to discuss a possible horse show. Pro and con views will be considered, no decision yet, and a large turnout is urged to obtain a cross section of opinion.
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Simon Kooyman Harness Shop
Children Send Gift to Central College
Reverend R J Vanden Berg college treasurer read a note and a thirty dollar check from the First Reformed Sunday School of College Point New York. The message said they had long been interested in Central College since several ministers graduated from there. Bless their little hearts.
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R. J. Vanden Berg
Central College
First Reformed Sunday School
College Point
New York
College to Lose Dr S Hamilton to Kansas State College
Dr Samuel M Hamilton, assistant professor of philosophy and Bible at Central College, will become professor of philosophy and religious literature at Kansas State College in Hayes, Kansas. He will also serve as campus chaplain and advisor to pre theological students as Central prepares to close summer session.
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Samuel M. Hamilton
Bible
Central College For the
Kansas State College
Hayes
Kansas
Chapl
Fort Hayes State College
Episcopal Church
James R. Wilson
Central College
Wilson
University of
Tulsa
Le Cocq Recital Pleases Central College Music Lovers
Mrs Edith Sedrel Le Cocq of Central College music faculty presented a Thursday evening recital in Downstra Chapel. The program featured Handel Monteverdi Italian arias Hugo Wolf songs and pieces by Dupare Sibelius Farley and Terry. An audience including Mrs Caroline Wilcox of Colorado Springs welcomed the performer and extended encores plus a post recital reception.
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Central College
Pella
Edith Sedrel le Cocq
Central College Music
Downstra Chapel
le Cocq
Caroline Wilcox
Colorado Springs
John Wilcox
Handel
Montevedi
Celia
Monro
Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana
Santriz
Lola
Davi
Hugo Wolf
Dupare
Russell
Sibelius
Farley
Terry
Joon Farndell
Varndell
Pian
Harold Postma Dies in Tractor Mishap Near Monroe
Harold Postma, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Postma, was killed Wednesday afternoon April 21, on his father’s farm seven miles east of Monroe. He jumped from the tractor as it began to slide down an incline, and it rolled onto him. his father could not free him and had to seek aid to recover the body.
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Harold Postma
Richard Postma
Monroe
Monroe Mirror
Little Boy Hit By Car In Downtown. Grave Injuries
Seven year old Richard Tharp was struck by Marion Van Rheenen’s car near Central Park. He suffered a compound fracture above the knee and serious head injuries, dragged a distance, with will be monitored as doctors assess possible brain injury. His condition remained grave as he was taken to hospital.
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Richard
Dickie) ‘Tharp
Eldon ‘Pharpy
Marion van Rheenen
Centrals
Dickie
van Rheenen
Whet Haske Hospital
Ather
Plans Advance For Pella Hospital Project
A Te Ways and Committee meeting in Pella outlined forming a representative panel from local churches and civic groups to study hospital needs, size, funding, and operations. Aim to present findings to a mass meeting after Tulip Time with a fall fundraising drive. Sheldon’s $200,000 hospital fund success boosts confidence for a $300,000 facility.
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Pella
Sheldon
Iowa
Mahaska
Pella High Commencement Calendar Highlights
Pella High lists events from May 10 to May 21 including final senior exams May 10 15 baccalaureate at First Reformed Church May 17 senior class day and cap and gown photo May 17 4:00 p.m. May 18 eighth grade promotion 7:30 p.m. May 20 commencement 8:00 p.m. May 21 early dismissal doors close 2:30 p.m. report cards issued buses run after dinner
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First Reformed Church
Tulip Queen and Attendants to Be Shown in Pella Event
In Pella the Tulip Festival kickoff will present the elected Queen and four Attendants at Legion Hall Friday night. The program includes community singing, color films of 1947, and a quiz with prizes. The Red Mill operetta cast features local actors and memorable tunes, promising a lively historical society production.
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Peila
Legion
Irene Bloodsworth
Bernice Hoerent
Mary Kamerick
Ben Thomassen
Marcia Valster
Ella van Sittort
Verla Vander Streek
Joyce Ver Heul
Thes
Bob Klein
Buerkens
I. Q
Pella
The Red Mill Comedy and Musical Treat at Tulip Time
Maurice Birdsall describes The Red Mill as a Dutch style comedy and melody operetta. Two wild comic roles star Ralph De Cook and Bob Mosier as screwball Americans abroad with slapstick routines and tumbling antics.
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Maurice Birdsall
Tulip
Victor Herbert
Kid” Conner
Ralph de Cook
Don” Kidder
Bob Mosier
Holland
Mosier
Poll Pella Students On World Government Plan
The United World Federalists urge study of strengthening the UN with federal powers. A May 7 and 8 poll at Pella will measure opinion as Congress considers bills to empower world governance.
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Strenthening
United World Federalists
Central College
UVF
Pella
Congress
House
Senate
UWF
Tomain
Burgemeester Johnny on the Spot in Tulip Time scare
While moving hay at his Maxwell farm Tuesday afternoon Dr T G Fults slipped on a loose board suffering chest bruises and a head gash that bled. he returned home to rest. The Burgemeester, famed for Tulip Time, is central to festival leadership and its anxious mood after the mishap.
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Maxwell
T. G. Fults
Johnny
Noted Illinois Woman to Speak to College Women
Mrs. Paul Gebhard of Oak Park Illinois will be the feature speaker for Women's Day at Central College on Friday May 7 and will address Rotary Club members on Thursday May 6. She has broad experience in radio broadcasting and leading Presbyterians in public affairs. She served three years as Secretary of Social Education and Action for 10 000 Presbyterian women and has done special work for the national Presbyterian Division of Social Education. Her roles include United Nations Assembly representative for Illinois and Washington lobbyist for the Presbyterian Church. She also broadcast for the League of Women Voters in Illinois conducting roundtable discussions.
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Paul Gebhard
Oak Park
Ilinois
Central College
Rotary Club
Gebhard
Presbyterian Church
National Board of Education
United Nations Assembly
Washington
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H. J. Steenhock
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Red Mill
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Hez
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League of Women Voters
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