Cornerstone Laid For New Church Blog Ceremony
The First Christian Reformed Church laid the cornerstone of its new church on Thanksgiving Day with the architect Hugo C. Haeuser and contractor Albert Jones present. The ceremony included placing a metal box with church artifacts, and a reminder that the cornerstone guides future construction. The building, designed for 75 years of faith, is progressing toward a spring completion.
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First
Christian Reformed Church
Hugo C. Haeuser
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Albert Jones
Oskaloosa
John Vander Ploeg
Haeuser
Ing
Chri Reformed Church
Central debate teams to compete at Kirksville Mo
Central College of Pella will be represented in men and women's debate junior college debate poetry readings and speaking at the Midwest Speech Tournament hosted by Missouri Theta chapter of Pi Kappa Delta at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College on Dec 12 and 13. Miss Cunera Van Emmerik will accompany the students. Ted Malone awards praise to winners in poetry contests at this tournament. Mr and Mrs C Vander Hart plan to return to their mission post after recovery from illness. Mr and Mrs Wayne Lanferman of Ft Dodge visited Mrs Sadler in Pel on Tuesday.
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al College of Pella
Missouri Theta
Pi Kappa Delta
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Cunera van Emmerik
Central
Ted Malone
C. Vander Hart
Pel
Second Christian Reformed Church
Four Pella High Players Honored by Iowa Daily Press Assn
Four Pella High School grid stars were named to the Iowa Daily Press Association All State football selections. Ray Klootwyk earned third team back, with Bob Black guard James Kempkes center and Tom Grundman back as honorable mention. Kermit Steinbeck of Richland was a first team utility back. Central College connections noted. Des Moines Register lists show no Pella names on its six all-state teams.
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Pella
Iowa Daily Press Association
Ray Klootwyk
Bob Black
James Kempkes
Tom Grundman
Central College
Kermit Steinbeck
Richland
Iowa
Kermit
Eldon ‘Tharp
Des Moines Register
Pella Boys
Klootwyk
Grundman
Black
Wilson Heads Iowa Savings Committee
Washington D C Secretary Morgenthau announces Governor George A Wilson accepts honorary chairmanship of the Defense Savings Committee for Iowa. Previous release notes Dr John S Nollen, President Emeritus of Grinnell College, as chairman of the Iowa committee.
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Washington, D. C
Morgenthau
George A. Wilson
Towa
Defense Savings Committee
John S. Nollen
Grinnell’ College
Iowa
Rockwell's Netherlands Rhapsody Highlights College Concert
Central College Concert Band directed by A. A. Rockwell presents the Netherlands Rhapsody a new composition addressing Holland's sorrow. An all Rockwell program features the Insect Suite with graphic nature inspired contrasts and twelve additional pieces for a full evening of music at Douwstré Chapel Thursday December 11.
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Central College
A. A. Rockwell
Douwstré Chapel
Rockwell
Holland
Nature
Honors to be Given Football Men Tonight
The annual football banquet at Jordan Hall 6 30 tonight honors Pella High School and Central College teams. Tickets available at Schilder Meat Market and Dr Cornelius Wieren ga will speak. Colored game films shown and Schilder Trophy Blanket displayed. Captains for next year to be announced.
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Jordan Hall
Pella
Pella High School
Central College
Schilder
Cornelius
Casey) Wierenga
Farmers Urged to Plan Farm Machinery Repairs for 1942
Marion County USDA Defense Board chairman Herbert D. McCoy asks farmers to inspect and replace worn parts now to ensure smooth operations in the Food for Freedom drive. With steel and metals diverted to defense, repair parts will be scarce unless ordered early, and dealers should report any part shortages to the county board.
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Herbert D. McCoy
Marion County
Usda Defense Board
McCoy
County Oefense Board
Iowa Vocational Instructors Attend Boston Convention
M. M. Dockendorf, Vocational Agriculture Instructor, will represent the Iowa Vocational Association at the American Vocational Association meeting in Boston next week. He was elected president of the Iowa Association at the State Teachers Convention in Des Moines and will join colleagues from Chariton Ames and others to discuss new developments in vocational fields and the National Defense program.
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M. M. Dockendorf
Iowa Vocational Association
American Vocational Association
Boston
Dockendorff
Iowa Association
Des Moines
Hardy
Chariton
Starrak
McClelland
Ames
Eighteen Game Schedule Set for Central Cagers 1941-42
Central College coach R Babe Tysseling announces an eighteen game season with sixteen Iowa Conference games and two non conference matchups. Ten home games. several lettermen miss due to military service and aviation training. The schedule lists opponents and dates across Pella Decorah Dubuque Mount Pleasant Iowa and Davenport with key returnees named.
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R. “Babe” Tusseling
Central College
Iowa
Tysseling
Clysing
H. Voskuil
Fremont
Mount Pleasant
Simpson
Indianola
St. Ambrose
Pella
Parsons
Davenport
Loras
Dubuque
Luther
Iowa Wesleyan
Penn
Chicago Artist To Play Violin At Chapel Monday
On Monday morning December 8 at 9 05 Robert Elliott a youthful Chicago violinist will appear in the regular Artist Series at Central College. Elliott a twenty year old American born violinist has been praised as a sensation after performing Brahms concerto with the Chicago Little Philharmonic Orchestra. He has soloed with the Symphony Orchestras of Richmond Washington Chicago and the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra. Pella people will be welcome at this event without charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Elliott
Chicago
Central College
Elliott
Chicago Little Philharmonic Orchestra
Johannes Brahms
Richmond
Washington
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Pella
Hawk eye Spark Arrester from Iowa State College
The Hawk eye Spark Arrester, designed by Iowa State College Agricultural Experiment Station, is a box-screen chimney attachment that prevents sparks from escaping. Invented by a college professor and patent holder, the device uses a horizontal bafle plate to deflect air and trap sparks, reducing fire risk. It was developed under long term research funded by Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance and Farmers Mutual Reinsurance, and is manufactured as a student industry at Central College in Pella, Iowa.
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Agricultural Experiment Station
Iowa State College
Henry Giese
Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Association
Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Association
Central College
Pella
Towa
Pictures on Display at The College
Two art exhibitions will be on display at Central College until Christmas recess on December 19. Work by college art students is shown in the Art Studio and the Chapel Foyer, featuring fourteen reproductions of various artworks suitable for the season.
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Central College
Show Boat at Pella High School Auditorium
Next Wednesday evening the Pella High School auditorium hosts Show Boat with Skipper Birdsall as master of ceremonies and the finest local talent. A professional marionette show by Charles Lautenbach, dolls insured for 1000 dollars, plus glee club, art reproductions, Oh Mama by Screwballs, violin by Jeanne Van Orkum, art class rhythm painting, and a Shakespeare spoof promise a grand night.
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Pella High School
Birdsall
Charles Lautenbach
Charles
Boys Glee Club
Jeanne van Orkum
Mr. Chesley
Julius Caesar
Pella High Ag Head Accepts State Position
M M Dockendorf Vocational Agriculture instructor in Pella Public Schools for six and a half years has been appointed by the State Department for Vocational Education as assistant state supervisor. He will move to Des Moines around January 1 to help establish defense training classes for out of school youth, with office in the State House but plans to live in Pella. The local Board will seek a successor in the Agriculture Department in the coming weeks. Albert Rozenberg, 30, nephew of Mr and Mrs L Wielaard, died the morning after an illness with flu, prompting a Maple Lake Minnesota trip for the funeral. Mark Todd left for California Sunday after visiting friends and relatives here.
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M. M. Dockendorf
Pella
State Department For
Dockendorf
Des Moines
Iowa
Dockendorff
State House
Agriculture Department
Consider Dam Project At Knoxville Des Moines River talk
A mass meeting in Memorial Hall Knoxville Monday 8 pm will discuss flood control dam proposals Red Rock and a second site at Saylorville Farmers and businesspeople in Marion and nearby counties are urged to attend Prominent attendees include Mayor Mark L Conkling Charles D Reed John W Budd Walter S Arrant John D Dennison and Lloyd Waddell with Q A and views for and against the dams welcome The Knoxville Journal
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Des Moines River
Memorial Hall
Knoxville
Marion
Red Rock
Saylorville
Des Moines
D Moines
Mark L. Conkling
Charles D. Reed
U. S. Weather Bureau
Iowa
John W. Budd
Walter S. Arrant
John D. Dennison
Lloyd Waddell
Des Moines River Valley Project
Knoxville Journal
Shorthorn Association In 60th Year
The American Shorthorn Breeders Association marks its 60th annual meeting in Chicago on December 3. Delegates including 4-H and FFA members will participate in an informal program to shape future breed progress under President Wharton Allen. Notables Ralph Reynolds J B Mckorike Dean Carlisle and Charles Yule will judge steers with a banquet for 1941 Exposition winners and a Vera Pearl Kemp Ensemble musical program.
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American Shorthorn Breeders Association
Chicago
FFA
H. 3. Gramlich
Wharton Allen
Colorado Springs
Colo
Ralph Reynolds
Lodi
Wis
J. B. McCorkie
Columbus
Ohio
Dean Carlyle
University of Alberta
Edmonton
Alberta
Can
Charles Yule
Canada
Congress ‘Hotel
Vera Pearl Kemp
Bloomington
President Endorses 35th Christmas Seal Campaign
President Roosevelt endorses the 35th annual Christmas Seal Campaign as a vital national health effort. The Iowa Tuberculosis Association directs the program and counties participate, with the president calling the tradition valuable and far reaching in the fight against tuberculosis.
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Des Moines
Roosevelt
Iowa
Protect Your Home from Tuberculosis
A patriotic message urges continued support for the National Tuberculosis Association and its 1700 affiliated groups to fight a killer disease. The text emphasizes health as a national foundation and calls for Christmas Seals donations to extend care from 15 to 46 year olds.
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National Tuberculosis Association
T. T. Club Seeks Toys For Children In Need
Members met Tuesday at Mrs. Martin Heerema’s home to request good toys and dolls from Pella residents. Repaired and painted items will be presented to children with limited Christmas cheer, donations asked at Kuyper Music House soon.
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T. T. Club
Martin Heerema
Pella
Kuyper Music House
Steen's Place Among Dutch Figure Painters
Steen, aside from Rembrandt, ranks highest among Dutch figure painters. Born at Leiden, he studied there and painted humorous mythological scenes and bustling interiors. His work blends sympathy and humor with satire, depicting tavern life, Prodigal Son and Father scenes, apothecaries, doctors, and religious subjects, including The Eve of St Nicholas, a Christmas piece showing contrast between a well mannered child and a poor boy, illustrating Steen's comic spirit and masterful draftsman ship. This is part of a series of reproductions by Central College's art department courtenu.
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Steen
Rembrandt
Leiden
Holland
St. Nicholas
Courtenu
Central College
Night School Nights Highlight Educational Film and Fertilizer Talk
Village night school members enjoyed the film The Soil last Monday focusing on soil fertility and fertilizer use. Next week Bath Packing Co expert Mr Nelson will discuss commercial fertilizers and may show another educational film to aid farmers and local businesspeople.
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Nelson
Bath Packing Company
Waterloo
Herman Nollen
Vanden Berg
Fry
Miss Anderton
Ruth Elaine van Baale
Minnie Rose van Zante
Farm Price Index Falls Two Points in November
The Iowa cooperative service reports prices received by farmers dropped two points to 138 percent of the 1909-14 base as of November 15, while prices paid rose to 143 percent. The ratios show parity at 97 percent. Grain prices mostly steady to higher. meat animal prices down. eggs up. butterfat and wool steady. milk up. Hog corn ratio at 16.8 remains above normal, encouraging pork production amid rising feeding costs and butterfat price pressures.
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Iowa
Towa Co-operative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Bary
College Auxiliary Bazaar Sparks Holiday Fundraiser
The Gellage Auxiliary women plan a Saturday Bazaar on December 6 featuring items and crafts to raise funds for campus programs. Paul Boertje affiliated Bulldogs present for support and participation.
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Nick Vander Ploeg
Vander Ploeg
de Wachter
Hueuser
van der Ploeg
Bert Kersbergen
Kirksville, Mo
Wayne Lanferman
Ft. Dodge
Pella High
Ja. D. Press Ass’n
Wilson
Iowa Savings Committee
Central Cagers
Pella High AG
M. M. Dockendorff
Mark Todd
California
Relati
Shorthorn Association
Seal
Merry Christmas
Jan Steen
Packing Co
Farm Price Index
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