Pella pupils urge clean up week across city
A class of Pella students report on clean up week efforts, describing lawn mowing, tin can disposal, garden work, and rubbish removal to keep Pella the cleanest city in Iowa. They note communal action, plantings, and sanitation reasons.
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Pella
Leslie Sadler
Winifred Clark
Tunis Gosselink
Marjorie L. Lautenbach
Margaret Rus
Virginia Klein
Iowa
Dorothy Jean ~Mdman
Marriage License Rules Now Five Days in Advance
A new Iowa law requires five days notice before a marriage ceremony. The rule applies nationwide after the Fourth of July, with applicants needing to secure a license in advance to comply with the change.
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Iowa
Wife Gas Scare Man In Dead of Night
A wife recounts stomach gas causing fear in the night and reports that Adlerika relieved the gas in ten minutes. The ad promotes Adlerika as a full bowel cleanse addressing upper and lower bowels and claims superior results to partial cleansers from Vander Linden's Drug Store.
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Adlerika
Five Day Waiting Period Proposed For Marriage Licenses
A new bill aims to delay license issuance for five days to curb hasty marriages. District court or a designated referee may shorten the wait if public policy requires, with orderly records of applications and orders. The bill allows out of county or state ceremonies with proper five day certificates and applies to nonresidents too. Senate passage was by Clearman with one vote against, House 61-38.
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Senate
George Clearman
Johnson-Iowa
House
Irish Musical Comedy Brings Laughter at Local High
A sparkling operetta Bits O Blarney was staged last week by the high school music department under Miss Verna Hartman. Set on an Irish country estate, the plot centers on Peggy luring boys from their girlfriends and a series of disguises and romantic resolutions led by Mike O Noole and doctor masquerades. The cast, including Peggy Robert Patrick Mary and Marjorie, navigates love sickness to a happy ending as the orchestra led by Prof. Richard Lewis supplies musical numbers from Overture to Sweethearts of Mine.
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Gien
Verna Hartman
Ireland
Mike O’noole
Peggy
Mike O'Noale
Patrick
Mary
Robert
Mike O’noale
Marjorie
Doctor
Richard Lewis
Fifty Students Honor Roll At Local High School
The high school lists fifty students on the honor roll for the fifth six weeks with a 90 percent average and no grade below 85. Names include James Van Hemert Purl Van Hemert Marion Vander Linden and many others. The report also covers upcoming events such as a PreDistrict Baseball tournament and senior activities at Pella High.
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James van Hemert
Purl van Hemert
Marion Vander Linden
Dorothy Cook
Jeanette van Heukelom
Helen Huyser
Helen Vander Linden
Jennie Keuning
Ruth Langerak
Bernice van Ommen
Pearl Shinn
Sarah Wormhoudt
Adair
Louis Bosveld la Mar Hank
Amidon
Pella
Frush
Tracy
F. M. Frush
Chariton
Creston
Corning
Mt. Ayr
Ottumwa
Centerville
Winterset
Montezuma
Sadler
Webster
Lincolnuildings
Patrick and Mary Make Believe in Staged Ireland Play
A vintage parish pageant features Peggy Frances Van Rees and Patrick Donald Hesselink with Robert Dave Bevans and Mary Viretta Van Zante in lead roles. Mike O Nole LHospers Kuyper oversees the chorus while Lenora Gaass Ruth Vander Zyl direct the Irish Girls. Peter Du Pree designed the stage and lighting.
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Peggy
Patrick
Mike
Mike O’noole
Mary
Frances van Rees
Donald Hesselink
Robert
Dave Bevans
Viretta van Zante
Mike O'Nole
Private Tate
Lhospers Kuyper
Agnes
Rosie
Lenora Gaass
Ruth Vander Zyl
Peter du Pree
May Nights Promise Popular Saturday Attraction
The article previews a May event series noting pleasant May nights as a draw for Saturday evening crowds. If this May’s weather matches last year, the event is expected to attract many attendees across the Saturdays.
Submarine Polar Quest Eyed For Arctic Discovery
Mt. Ayr Iowa writer H. E. Bagley argues a Wilkins Ellsworth polar undersea voyage this summer could unlock long held mysteries of the Arctic. He warns of dangers yet cites safety measures and hopes the expedition advances science more than fame.
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H. E. Bagley
Mt. Ayr
Iowa
Wilkins-Ellsworth
Arctic Wastes
Polar
Sixty feet, tracks and caution in Detroit safety note
A Detroit based facetious safety philosophy from a 15 year old author urges drivers to yield and watch their step. It warns that taking the other fellow’s dust can be worse than “to dust returneth” and notes six feet of space await those who won’t give an inch. It ends with the idea that visible tracks do not prove a train has just passed.
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The
Santa Fe
Detroit
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