Downtown Pella Lights Up Yale Season Decorated for Christmas
The Downtown Pella effort, backed by the Chamber of Commerce City Council and light department, displays an extensive Christmas decoration scheme with evergreen festooning colored lights and illuminated store displays. Volunteers and officials estimate about two thousand dollars spent and invite residents to enter the home lighting contest offering prizes such as an electric range and other appliances. Entries close December 10 with judging to occur nightly through December 28.
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del In
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Bob Klein
Connie van Rockel
William Benn
James
East Franklin
Main Street
Henry Cox
Pella
the Chronicle
City Light Department
Annual banquet honors grid squads from Central College and Pella High
Rotary and Kiwanis clubs hosted a December 2 recognition banquet at Second Reformed Church for Central College and Pella High School football squads. About 160 attended as coaches and players received awards, with Andy Van Berkum named most valuable, Marion Ray most improved, and Den and Dale Van Wyk as co captains. Arie Schilder memorialized with a blanket trophy funded by local businessmen.
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Central College
Pella High School
Rotary
Kiwanis
Second Reformed Church
Chur
Bob Kuyper
Dean H. W. Pietenpol
Norman Johansen
Andy van Berkum
Marion Ray
Den
Dale van Wyk
James Ruthven
Press and Reformed Church
Town U
Stanley Borgman
Pella
Arie Schilder Memo
Paul Blommer
Pest Control Topic for Study At Night School
Farmers Night School will hear Harold Gunderson discuss Pest Control With Insecticides on Monday December 18 at 7 30 PM in the Voc Ag Rooms of the Tish High School. The talk addresses corn borers and latest cultural practices to help reduce the pest numbers next year. Neighbors are urged to attend.
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Farmers Night
Harold Gunderson
Tish
Marion County
Gunderson
Usal
Voc. Ag
Christian Endeavor Presents Christmas Musical Program
The Christian Endeavor of the Second Reformed Church presents a narrated musical program Sunday evening at 8 45 containing instrumental and vocal numbers. The program includes Humility Hope Faith Harmony Peace Truth and Love themes with solos duets and quartets. A benediction by Rev E Tanis closes the event at the Second Reformed Church.
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Second Reformed Church
Jesus Christ
Paul ‘Tanis ‘Hark
the Herald Angels
Hope
Evelyn Voskuil
Elaine Wynveen
Joyce Brunsting
Truth & Purity
Manford Byrd
Jesus
Karen Sue Roorda
Tony Tyselting
Marion Kruis
E. Tanis
Second Reformed
Pastor Gritters Installed At Reformed Church In Sioux County
Rev. Gritters accepts call to replace Rev. Ver Meer now stationed in Redland California. Gritters has served in Holland Mich Sioux Center Ta Oak Lawn Illinois and studied in Grand Rapids. He and wife are Sioux County natives and have five children. Services and catechism plan outlined with a sermon on knowing our sinfulness and David’s house taxed.
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Mritters
Ver Meer
Redland California
Gritters
Holland
Mich
Sioux Center
Oak Lawn
Ilinois
Hull, Town
Messiah to be presented at Chapel on Monday
A fine chorus of 150 with a 33 piece orchestra and four soloists will perform Handel’s Messiah at Douwstra Chapel on Monday December 18 at 7 00 p m. Tenor Harold Stark head of the Iowa University music division sings the Messiah in several cities and is featured in this program with notable soloists. The performance includes the overture thirteen solos and twelve choruses with highlights such as Behold the Lamb of God and the Amen chorus.
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Four Days
Johann Sebastian Bach
Mozart
Verdi
Brahms
Douwstra Chapel
University of Iowa
Gerontius
Elgar
Faust
Berlioz
Thompson Stone
Handel and Haydn Society of
Boston
Iowa City
University of Dubuque
Central College Band Impresses Fans In November Concert
Central College band directed by M S Thostenson delivered a standout performance in its first concert of the year on November 20. Audiences compared the group to the A A Rockwell band for musical prowess rather than marching drills. The ensemble features twenty players who have performed with top state award groups and four who hold national ratings. Thirty six of the fifty three players have three or more years in bands, though not all could be on the platform for the concert.
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Dean Pietenpol
Richard
Babe) Tysseling
Central
Wayne Hill
Pat Patterson
Bud Vander Ploeg
Chet Cross
Gerrit Vander Lugt
Arie Schilder
Pella
Schilder
Aric
Lester Claussen
John Ver Heul
Vander Lugt
Stanley Borgman
Stan
Vander Lught
Central College
A. A. Rockwell
Rockwell
M. S.thostenson
Famous Russian singer presents concert tonight
Konstantin Sadke the famous Russian-Holland tenor will present a vocal concert at the First Christian Reformed Church tonight at 7 46. The program supports Christian High School and includes last year’s favorites plus new items. Mrs Sadko will bring greetings from Holland Catherine Rus will accompany with an organ solo. An offering will defray expenses for the school and event.
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Konstantin Sadke
Christian Reformed Church
Christian High School
Sadko
Pella
Mr. Sadko
Gabriel
di Capua
Holland
van Oort
Curran
Tschaikovsky
Bizet
High School Christmas Musical Dec 16
Public invited to a High School Christmas Musical December 16 directed by Miss Anneysseling. Three large vocal groups plus solos and grade performances will be featured. The finale is the drama club production Why the Chimes Rang by Frabeth McFadden directed by Mrs Vera Vande Voort.
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Vocal Music Apartment
Anne ‘Ysseling
Ave
Frabeth McFadden
Drama Club
Vera Vande Voort
Sacred Cantata at Second Christian Reformed Church
A chorus of forty five voices will present a sacred Christmas Cantata at the Second Christian Reformed Church on Friday December 17 at 8:00 pm. Directed by Fred Vander Schaat with Ella Vander Schaat as accompanist, the ensemble invites all to attend.
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Second Christian Reformed Church
Fred Vander Schaat
Ella Vander Schaat
School Vacation Dates Announced for Public Schools
Vacation in the Public School system begins Wednesday evening December 22 with classes resuming Monday January 8. The holiday period covers the full Christmas break and New Year matters for students and staff.
Cry of Hungry Overseas Stirred Farm Folks to Action
The Christian Rural Overseas Program drive closed Saturday December 4 with ten large paling cribs of corn on Garden Square west side, showing farm community generosity. It began November 22 with a canvass of all area farm homes. The Des Moines River north quota was one carload of corn, delivered downtown.
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Christian Rural Overseas Program
Des Moines
Graden Square
Garden Square
Farmers Exchange
Decatur
Illinois
Staley
Europe
Otley
Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Hall
Reuben Schakel
Drive
Herb Plambeck
WHO
Schakel
Ralph Ver Meer
Th Chronicle
Ver Meer
Roy van Vark
Alfred Gosselink
Ray Robus
Parl van Tiemert
Hem Pethoven
Central College to Host United Vision of The Vigil
Central College presents the U. S. premiere of The Vigil with innovative stage effects. A dice choir and apace lighting, including a multi color spring sunrise on foil, will enhance performances at 8:15 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the chapel. Lighting equipment from United Artists Bureau valued over 2600 dollars, designed by Don Jacobs, accompanies the production.
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Central College
U. S
Central
Douwstra Chapel
Marvin Thostennon
Central College Music Department
Don Jacobs
United Artist’s Bureau
Des Moines
Jacobs
Birdsall
George Hyndman
John Wesle
Chronicle
Bobin
Frank Moore
Defense Council
John Keel
Sadoe
Richard Decker
Henhouse Fire Destroys Henry Beyer Farm Structure
A henhouse and 220 pullets burned at 6 30 in the morning on Thursday December 2 on the Henry Beyer farm nine miles north of Pella. Neighbors and Sully Fire Department limited the blaze to the henhouse with minor damage to a machine shed and a wagon of corn. Mrs K B Ver Steogh Sully operator helped mobilize aid quickly.
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Henry Beyer
Pella
Sully Fire Department
Beyers
K. B. Ver Steogh
Sully Telephone
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Light Department
Borgman
Paul Blommers
Prof. Reformed Church
Schilder Memorial
Messiah
D. Maines
Iowa U
Michael Angelo
Shakespeare
Bach
Beethoven
George Friedrich Handel
Ral
Roger Fee
Edith Sedrel LeCocq
Joyce Prins Thompson
K. Sadke
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