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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1951
Page
7
Registration for high school begins today with hours 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. on Thursday and Friday. Students register in the sewing room 100, select courses, and receive lockers. Kindergarten pupils not required to register in advance. Junior High shifts to homeroom system with seventh grade in the old study hall and eighth grade split alphabetically.
Mrs Don De Prenger impressed listeners at Saturdays band concert singing Kiss Me Again by Victor Herbert and was recalled for an encore. Director Whalley plans a fine program for August 25 including My Wild Irish Rose Down by the Old Mill Stream and The Bells of Saint Marys. Mimeographed slips will list this summers selections and a September 1 all request program is planned. Mrs lith Sedrel Le Cocq will be the car soloist for the final concert of the season featuring a program of marches and songs by Olcott, Adams, Lithgow, Sousa and others.
Football practice at Pella High begins 9 30 a m Friday August 24 with two daily sessions until school starts August 29. Prospective players report to the gym at 2 00 p m Thursday for equipment checks medical and dental exams and football insurance full coverage costs four dollars with half paid by the school. An activity ticket for one extra dollar covers all high school activities. The eight game schedule opens with Sigourney on Friday night September 14 at Pella and continues with Indianola Albia Winterset Chariton Knoxville Monroe Lincoln D M and other dates.
The Kiwanis Club of Pella says its Travel and Adventure Lecture Series returns with six Thursday evening programs at Douwstra Chapel Central College. Season tickets cost 4.75 including tax, supporting youth work and recreational programs. The first speaker is Julian Gromer presenting Columbia River Adventure film.
The old Webster Building bell, installed in 1876 at a cost of $22,000, will likely ring for a final time on opening day next Wednesday morning as the school prepares to begin the new term.
The article notes Webster School’s long service and reports plans to dismantle the aging structure as 235 pupils are expected to enroll this fall in a new modern building on the same site. An all weather playground is proposed on the former grounds, while debate continues over what to do with the old Webster building.
A large crowd in Pella attended the grand opening of the Kaiser Frazer dealership at Brouwer Sales & Service on West Washington Street. Visitors explored the new garage and Conoco Service Station under the same management, received a free gift, and entered a contest.
The event awarded top places for a jar guessing game and a beans and oil relay. Winners include Martin Hiemstra in first with five gallons of oil, Ryn Vande Rloeg second with ten gallons of gas, Frane Poorting third, and John Marte fourth with a grease job.
Rev. Virgil Nations leads nightly revival services at Open Bible Church Pella with a musical program by Mrs Nations and VBS participants. Services run through Sunday August 26 with a children's program and musical numbers on the evening of the close. Rev. Anderson welcomes all to attend and be spiritually enriched.
The Pella Merchants travel to Ottumwa tonight at Pool Park and host Belinda Friday evening. Strong teams expected in two good baseball games. fans invited.
The school opens Wednesday morning August 29 and the board plans seven bus routes. Leighton service is by Eugene Sedvel with Alvin De Jong as driver on the central route running to Centennial Corners Dee Brain’s back to Highway 18 to Pleasant Ride then Leighton. Other routes follow last year’s patterns including Ray Johnson and Rock Islands districts. Reuben Ter Louw’s route adds a gravel road east of Wheatgrow. Otley route by Floris Guerts remains similar, now via Whitebreast School and Silver Grove road. A bus replaces a carry-all on Sully Road to handle extra pupils. Carrol Boat is the driver.
Five Pella babies will bid for the state baby health contest at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. Named entrants include Alice Lee Vander Plo, Joenne Klein, Cynthia Elaine Van Hemert, and others. Babies will be judged on intelligence and health. over $500 in trophies and medals will be awarded on September 1. The Iowa State Fair runs August to September 3.
Officials urge cooperation to avoid conflicts as school starts midweek while August 2 is Children’s Day and a fair continues. Attendance is possible Monday Tuesday and Saturday of opening week. A second Children’s Day and Labor Day events are advertised with Labor Day classes limited to the morning.
Pella Chapter Red Cross reports slow response to flood relief appeal for Missouri and Kansas victims. Only about 1500 received toward a 1000 dollar goal. Area headquarters say eleven million spent so far yet relief needs remain vast. Citizens urged to donate now via Van Sittert Store in Pella or J M Van Vliet in Otley.
Darlene Joy De Jong, six year old daughter of N P De Jong and Sarah De Hea, drowned when she fell from a cream can into a cement stock tank on the De Jong farm south of Pella on a Saturday evening August 18. Found by her father minutes later, mortality was confirmed by a coroner with no inquest. Funeral services held August 22 from Garden Chapel and Second Christian Reformed Church.
The Reverend Wim Vander Kam officiated the service with bearers Van Houweling, Robert Van Houweling, Marvin De Zwarte and Jackie Battistello. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery.
Pella schedules an Overall Day on Wednesday August 29 with a prize giveaway tied to the livestock auction. Merchants promote timely sales and shoppers register at a downtown booth for prizes to be awarded at 4 pm in Central Park. no purchase required.
Dorchester resident Charles Hartley drove his Bord car into a large tree trunk on Stilwell Street in Waukon. Workmen were cutting the tree when the accident occurred, and Hartley arrived at the moment to inspect the scene.
Builders report strong progress at the Webster school site with most masonry finished and upper deck poured. Avie De Reus leads a ten man crew finishing doors and trim for thirteen classrooms, with a large multi purpose room planned as gymnasium lunch room and auditorium plus a kitchen area.
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