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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1950
Page
6
Central College prepares for a full fall semester with 18 faculty and 18 students assigned as new-student counsellors. Registration runs September 7 for new students and September 8–9 for upperclass, followed by an opening convocation September 12. Buildings ready, chapel and dormitories freshly improved, and activities planned including mixers and YWCA Big Sisters program.
Newly elected commander Don Douwstra and Adjutant Vivian Weirather led Van Veen- Van Hemert Legion Post in the first meeting of the 1951 year held Monday night August 28. Members voted to close the Club Room during monthly business sessions. Building committee reports boilers installed and remodeling progressing toward a larger kitchen for Legion Auxiliary VFW and AmVets. Dues raised to five dollars to fund rising fees, with payments urged to these officers. Members approved square dances and Payé Commander Jacob Van Der Veer appointed chair for the dance committee. After business, a watermelon social followed the film program.
Enrollment at the Public School system rose about five percent on opening day due to higher high school and junior high enrollments. The Webster junior high opened with 97 students, up from 76, and the high school rose from 267 to 271, totaling 675 versus 643 with late arrivals. A new bus unit of 48 seats is due by September 11, while current buses will be crowded. An $3 activity ticket covers most events for students. School hours emphasize later morning start and no noon supervision.
Thousands are expected at the Milner farm northeast of Pleasantville for a two day plowing event and open house showcasing soil conservation. The program, sponsored by WHO Des Moines, Marion County Soils District, and state agencies, features county and state level plowing contests, a queen selection, and a $750 prize display. Visitors ride a wagon tour of the Milner improvements, with sport demonstrations and a fish pond bait cast. Governor Waters and officials will speak.
President Truman signed the 1950 amendments to the Social Security Act, boosting monthly insurance checks for 9,500 beneficiaries in Des Moines field office area. Increases range from about 50 to 100 percent, with examples including a retired worker’s average from 26 to 46 dollars and a widow with two children from 55 to about 110 dollars per month.
Last call issued today for tickets to the Master Plowman's banquet set in Pleasantville. Orders may be placed by phone through local farm bureaus in Knoxville and Knoxville, Pella Chronicle, or John Beem in Knoxville. Entertainment includes WHO’s Marriet Moore, Bill Austin, Ken Black, Red Schoby, with Henry Hovland as Master of Ceremonies. The event features top 20 plowmen and the coronation of the Plowman Queen.
The College Music Faculty under Prof Farndell plans a Sacred Vesper Musical at 4 p.m. in Douwstra Chapel on Sunday September 10. Guest performer Laurence Groot will sing three Dvorak Biblical Songs while Minka Bartels plays Liszt and Edith Le Cocq sings. Marvin Mhostensen will feature clarinet and Gordon Farndell will play two pieces from the Bri ish organ school. The program inaugurates the year’s college music offerings and all are invited.
Michael Elkin of Ellsworth had a frightening incident last week when a dog he played with snapped at him. Teeth pierced the upper eyelid but did not injure the eye itself, leaving him shaken but unharmed.
Seven Marion County men including two from Pella were called for induction after passing physical examinations and will report to Des Moines on Wednesday September 20. The list provides home towns and names such as Albert Bly Swan Carl Cop Pleasantville Robert Van Zante Pella Carl Hague Knoxville Harry Koopmans Pella Richard Cooney Knoxville Loren Anderson Knoxville.
Gerrit L. Vis of Pella, an inactive Navy Reservist, has been called back to service and is to report for duty September 13, per the Oskaloosa Herald Tuesday August 29.
Afternoon events feature Level Land Plowing contests with Master of Ceremonies Henry Hovland, banquet for plowmen, queen candidates, and entertainment. Morning hosts Pleasantville Band, flag raising, school displays, state contour plowing opening, pond conservation demos, haying, band concerts, and a whirlwind terracer demonstration. Notables include Gov Beardsley, Don Davis, Herb Plam, and local officials.
Coach Tysseling and Wendell Hill welcome 40 players for the first football workout at Central College over Tuesday morning, with 10 more expected this week. The coach notes a strong freshman class and aims to replace graduated lettermen and backfield players. Practices run twice daily until September 7 ahead of a season opener at Pel la against Cape Girardeau State College, with a schedule that includes Coe, Southeast Missouri, Iowa Wesleyan, and other opponents. A 450 acre Cass County farm owned by Okay Petersen sold for 60000 to Nick Jensen of Audubon.
The Pella Band plans the final season concert this Saturday evening September second with Miss Wilma Kenning as pianist. She will join the band for Dream of Olwein and Dizzy Fingers, with other favorites and fan requests to fill the program. Weather has caused earlier cancellations but the band has improved all season and invites all listeners to attend the finale.
Rotary meeting drew five visitors including John Nate from the University of Minnesota Physics Department and new member Dr Walter DeKoek. The Pelly Club reported 89.50 percent perfect attendance, 51 regular meetings, and 86 members, with three achieving perfect attendance.
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