Meet the New Teachers In Pella's Public Schools
Pella schools announce hires across elementary and high school departments. New staff include Edgar Epperly in social studies at the high school, Joyce Bell in English and junior high music, Gladys Powers in second grade at Webster, Esther Reith in Lincoln first grade, Barbara Dieleman joining junior high, and Ray J. Reith named junior high principal with coaching duties. Additional hires cover English and world history, with Ruth Horstman teaching first grade and Elizabeth Bowdish in eighth grade at Lincoln, reflecting enrollment growth and staff expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Powers
Webster
Sara Ann Gosselink
Frances Papich
Esther Reith
Reith
Nebraska State Teachers College
Clarinda Junior College
Bedford
West First Street
Pella
Iowa
Carlson
Towa State Teachers College
Gowrie
Ruth Horstman
Moravia
And
Pella Receives 2990 From Use Tax Fund Distribution
Marion County was allocated 50458.65 as its share of Road Use Tax from State Treasurer M. L. Abrahamson. A line in the release notes 2990.00 was allotted to Pella. The distribution formula grants counties 35 percent for secondary roads and cities get 8 percent. This year’s distribution is an all time high. Hart is noted as the European term for a fully grown male deer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
M. L. Abrahamson
Iowa Good Roads Association
Pella
4-H Club Sale Highlights Beef and Swine Auction Totals
One hundred fourteen baby beeves sold at the Marion 4-H Livestock Auction last Saturday with an average of $26.97. Mary Ver Meer of Pella sold the reserve Angus for $32.26 per hundred to Millcrest Auction Co. Swine topped at $26.00 per hundred for Van der Ploeg’s champion market pig. Sixty lambs sold to Knoxville and Pella merchants including Farmers’ Co-op and Pella Implement among buyers. local banks and businesses supplied the purchaser roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle News
Laddie
Mary Ver Meer
Marion County
Harold Ver Meer
Route 2
Pella
Lake Prairie Township
Heeves
Marion
Millcrest Auction Company
Knoxville
van der Ploeg
Duncen Cafe
Montov
Bob de Witt
Pleasantville
Monroe
Otley Cooperative
Archie Long
Oskaloosa
Rodney Robuck Wins Marion County Livestock Judging
Rodney Robuck of Pleasantville won the Marion County Fair Livestock Judging Contest with 242 points. Daryl Jordan of Knoxville had 229, Jum Crozier of Knoxville 222, Dorothy Miller of Pleasantville 219, and Sam Fisher and Doug Wilson of Knoxville tied for fifth with 218. We-X-L 4-H club near Pleasantville led, followed by 3-Ls 4-H near Knoxville and Friendly Fellows near Knoxville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Robuck
Pleasantville
Marion County Fair
Daryl Jordan
Knoxville
Jum Crozier
Dorothy Miller
Sam Fisher
Doug Wilson
Pella Christian High School prepares for 235 enrollment
Registration for Pella Christian High on August 28 will see freshmen register, with upperclassmen on September 8 and classes starting September 4. New staff include Miss Jean Folkerts and Mrs. Minnie Dahm, while Mr. Lloyd Kleinhuizen departs for Calvin College teaching Music Theory. Building renovations and an expansion plan were outlined at a High School Society meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella Christian High School
Lloyd Kleinhuizen
Pella Christian High
Calvin College
Grand Rapids
Mich
Jean Folkerts
Canton
South Dakota
Christian High
Folkerts
Sioux Falls College
Minnie Dahm
Dahm
County Institute
Knoxville
Stanley Boertje
Harold Bossenbrock
Paul de Jong
Marvin Dicleman
U.S
Michael Ruiter
Jay Weldhouse
Henry Stursma
Stursma
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edgar Epperly
Town State Teachers’ College
Epperly
Cedar Falls
Leon
Town
Washington D.C
Fred Schwengel
Joyce Bell
Theigh School
Bell
Penn College
Lincoln
Barbara Dieleman
Eddyville
Ray J. Reith
Mr. Reith
Northwest Missouri State Teachers College
University of Nebraska
The
University of Iowa
Ston
Des Moines University
State University of Iowa
Drake University
Johnston
Grand Junction
Esther Keith
Franklin Carlson
Ray J. Keith
Mrs. Bowdish
East Third Street
Elizabeth Bowdish
Evelyn Johnston
John
Mrs. Evelyn Johnston
Hartford Major
Pohlmann
Cook & Son Agency
Dad
Fany Suve Plan
Buster Brown
Robin Hood
Step Master Shoes
Angus
Farmers’ Co-op
White Way Auto
Jacob J. Ver Meer
Henry Brouwer
Marion County State Bank
Pella Implement Bakker & Rus
Pella National Bank
L. P. Crawford
Pella Construction Wormhoudt & Kempkes Vogelant’s Hardware
Cook & Son Insurance
Robert van Dyke
Pella Poultry Service
Donald H. Crawford
Co. Fair Judging Contest
Minnie Dahm Mn
Kleinhuizen
Boertje
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