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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1949
Page
7
The Chamber of Commerce calls a meeting for Thursday evening December 8 at 6:30 after an oyster supper at the Legion Hall. City Council will discuss acquiring the gas distribution system from Central States Electric. other topics include Saturday store closing hours and holiday downtown decorations.
Central College artist in residence C. A. Bartels will exhibit water colors etchings and drawings in the Maytag Hotel Newton December 8 and 4 from 1 to 4 pm The display features works made in the Netherlands Germany and the United States A Cathedral of Rotterdam picture will debut December 1 and a new image will be shown weekly through December. viewers are urged to watch Van der Ploeg's bakery window for previews.
Evangelist J J Rouse from Cleary Alberta Canada will bring a special message at the Gospel Hall this Thursday evening. He has spent over fifty years in evangelization across America and endured storms cold and danger in his devotion to God. He will be with us for one night only.
The third meeting of this season's Farmer's Evening School is Monday December 5 in the Agriculture Room at 7:30 p m. Bill Stewart Vocational Agriculture Instructor will lead a discussion on Artificial Insemination for Herd Improvement and its twenty year development. All farmers are invited to attend for practical dairy stock improvement.
Loren West of Pella is named manager of the Standard Oil Station at the corner of Franklin Street and Broadway in Des Moines. He recently graduated from a comprehensive merchandising clinic conducted by Standard Oil Company (Indiana) in Des Moines, part of a large sales training program for dealers and employees across Iowa and fourteen other central west states.
Dr H Hagaman will spend a week on campus for Religious Emphasis Week at Central College December 5 through 9 with the theme Gods Way Out. He will speak on morning meditations in the chapel and participate in campus events with Dr and Mrs Hageman including discussions, Bible study meetings, and a fireside girls meeting. An art slide show on Giotto will be shown by the Art Students League open to the public. Public is invited to daily 8:00 AM meetings.
A new plan expands Pella Municipal Band instruction for the 1950 summer season. Louis A. Van Rockel announces a program to include all learners, with Fred Whalley directing. First rehearsal is next Monday at 7 30 pm at the Fire Station.
Along the north side of the Farmers Cooperative Exchange office in South Pella a Fairbanks-Morse weighing device was installed on November 11. The platform weighs and prints a ticket with the result, serving as a community asset for anyone with a load to weigh. it is easily accessible from the street.
The Central College A Cappella Choir directed by Marvin Thostenson will perform at Third Reformed Church during the evening service on Sunday December 4. The program opens with Moments of Music at 7:00 p.m. and will feature a solo number.
Pella High opens its South Central Conference season against Albia Blue Demons on the local court Friday evening. Albia lost 37 to 27 to Oskaloosa last week but kept it close. The game marks the debut of conference play for both teams with a 7 p.m. curtain raiser for the reserves.
Central College presents an annual Christmas carol program Sunday at 4 p.m. in Douwstra Chapel featuring the A Cappella Choir under Marvin Thostensen, the Girls Ensemble directed by Mrs. Le Gocq, and soloists including Miss Olive Camille Hancock. The program includes European and American carols, organ numbers, and hymns celebrating the Nativity, with a long roster of arrangements and premieres.
Mahaska County youth exhibitors fared well at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. John Montgomery and Marvin Smith from Oskaloosa had top placements in Angus and Shorthorn classes, with seven of Mahaska’s eight calves surviving the sifting and auction to follow Friday. The event drew 528 calves, with 267 advancing after preliminary judging.
During a Chicago trip by Maquoketa seniors a girl named Kay Simpson became separated from the group. Principal Merritt Jensen stayed behind to search, while Kay boarded a commercial bus and returned home two hours earlier than the rest of the group.
In the worship services of Pell's Churches a further announcement will be forthcoming next week. The brief item notes a planned addition or update to services and schedules to be shared by church leaders.
The Ro tary and Kiwanis clubs hosted an athletic honors event at the Second Reformed Church dining hall with about eighty-five athletes from Central College and Pella High School. Bert Bandstra, Central College senior tackle, received the Schiller trophy blanket as the most valuable player, in a ceremony featuring coaches, faculty, and local sports fans.
Central College basketball drills through Thanksgiving recess to prepare for tonight’s opener against Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. Coach Wen praised freshmen Merrill Nisely and Jack Casey, senior Jed Kooi, and listed a roster including Chant, Hartog, Telling, and Vander Linden among others.
Vella Merchants schedule a December 9 and 10 fall bargain festival to attract shoppers and support CROPS. Marion and Pella volunteers organize home calls for donations, led by Tay Robus and Warner Vande Voort with Federated Club and Legion Auxiliary support. Signs point to a city-country effort to complete the drive by Saturday amid holiday decorations and local charity.
The Music Department presents its first student recital of the year in Donwstra Chapel at 7 30 pm. Outstanding vocal piano and organ performers will be featured including freshmen and transfer students. The program lists works by Paisello Schubert Brahms Strauss Brahms Chopin and more with students Shirley Kooistra Elick and Arlene Ebhring among the performers.
A fragmented OCR read lists numerous surnames and given names alongside places like Des Moines Newton and Knoxville. The passage reads as a jumble of football or basketball style roster items with centers and players, but lacks coherent structure or clear event or team context.
The Grotto presentation of the Life of Christ will be shown Monday evening December Sth at 7 30 in room 27 as part of Religious Emphasis Week replacing Thursday plans. The Life photo exhibit titled The Holy Land is sponsored by the Dents' League of Ce Life and the Central College Art Department features biblical scenes like Sea of Galilee Mount of Olives and Garden of Gethsemane. The exhibit coincides with Messiah at College Oratorical Society’s annual event, previously shown four years ago to strong local interest.
The choir of the Reformed Church of Leighton Ta will present a sacred musical program on Thursday evening. All are invited to attend the program and a jovial hour following.
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