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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1931
Page
6
A compact collage from Van Den Berg Electric Co issues features ads for home appliances and radios, plus humorous vignettes about money, work, and social mores. It highlights low-cost radios, washers, toasters, and wares while delivering light jokes about spending, prices, and domestic life.
The sick list includes I J Beerends, Lloyd McFall, and Richard Goad, with Mrs Herman Bogaard, John Kaldenberg, and John De Vries at the Home for the Aged. Robert Lee Van Zante underwent double mastoid surgery at Mercy hospital in Des Moines and is recovering. Mrs B H Sack seeks observation and treatment in Iowa City, accompanied by her son Harold.
Ten 4-H club leaders gathered April 29 at Memorial Hall Knoxville to receive the final lesson of the Second Year Clothing Club project from Miss Helen Putnam Iowa State College Extension Specialist in clothing. They will teach about two hundred 4-H girls countywide this summer and have scheduled meetings for the rest of the year with programs focused on sewing.
An informal but vibrant dinner and program by the Men of Second Reformed church in Pella featured Rev W J Fowler from Knoxville, music by an orchestra and quartet, talks by local men, and a main address praising brotherhood and practical religion.
Reports cover Hapgood speech at the chapel and a second play before the Woman's Federated Club featuring Gertrude Bensink and others. The piece notes audience interest in juvenile performances, a favorable year-end Lecture Course Committee report, and student involvement in The Central Ray. A mock poem about postage ends the fragment.
Buster Keaton announces Parlor Bedroom and Bath opening at the Strand May 6 and 7. The farce features Greenwood, Denny, and a mix of witty silences. Edward Sedgwick directs with a strong ensemble including Edwards and Brophy in a tale of flirtations, jealousy, and a pursuing detective.
Pi Kappa Delta biennial convention and tournament at Westminster College Fulton Missouri April 16 18 drawn from sixteen colleges including Penn Simpson Missouri contest results noted central delegates proved capable though not taking a main prize special praise for Simpson women’s orator and men’s orator second place Penn wins women’s extempo Missouri colleges dominate including William Jewell delegation enjoyed lectures and theater entertainment with a humorous note on Westminster cast crime of mischief ends with a folk cartoon about cooties written by a negro soldier
Officer Paul Grundman was notified by Marshalltown Police that Julius Buerkens was picked up in a demented condition, wandering the streets and collecting material for a book. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Buerkens of Fairfield, should be located.
The article recalls how the poppy became a symbol of remembrance after World War I and outlines its adoption by the American Legion and Auxiliary in 1919, the nationwide sale starting in 1921, and the shift of program management to the Auxiliary by 1926. It notes the poppy’s role in funding welfare and relief work, and urges Auxiliary members in Iowa to increase efforts as many families still face need.
Schedule lists four daily round trips Des Moines to Ottumwa via Prairie City Monroe Pella Oskaloosa with three trips connecting at Monroe for Knoxville. It notes special round trip rates and specific departure times from Pella to Des Moines and from Des Moines to Pella plus Oskaloosa routes. All buses except late evening connect at Monroe with Knoxville line and run through Oskaloosa to Ottumwa.
Bob Goedhart of this city was elected president of the annual B Y P U rally for the Oskaloosa English River and Fox River Baptist associations held at Ottumwa First Church. About twenty Pella youths attended and Pella won the cup for the most ideal program, now a permanent possession. Revered T Nordlund appeared on the program.
Library officials urge brighter rebound covers to boost circulation and urge students to cultivate vivid, engaged minds. Nearing year end, reflections on failures show the only true defeat is quitting, while true victories come from effort.
A quoted passage by E. Stanley Jones surveys eight world religions and modern thought, pairing each faith with a paradoxical exhortation. The lines contrast moderation, self-control, disillusionment, separation, submission, loyalty, industry, and Christlike selflessness across traditions.
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