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Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1940

Page

3

Local News Highlights From December Community Notes

The Christian High School Aux met at First Chr Ref Church on Friday. Principal George Pals spoke on parent teacher cooperation and plans for the year were discussed. Town residents and visitors, including numerous Visscher families and others, are listed along with regional travel and hospital updates. Coaches attend Iowa Conference meeting in Des Moines. new regulations and schedules to be discussed.

Christian High School Aux George Pals Peter de Pree Melvin

Tootsie Toy Sets in miniature ships planes and trains

Toy notices advertise miniature Tootsie sets priced at 25 cents and 0c and one dollar sets, with singles at five and ten cents. The Book Shop features dolls games and other toys in a display aimed at shoppers seeking small novelty items.

Splene

Tipton Student Misses Days After Concussion Incident

Donald Dysart a Tipton high school student attended school for one day before a slight concussion was diagnosed after being struck by a basketball.

Donald Dysart Tipton

Man Trapped in Sewer Collapse Rescued After Two Hours

Herman Feldmann of Centralia was buried up to his neck when a sewer ditch walls caved in. About a ton of dirt covered him as rescuers worked for nearly two hours to free him.

Herman Feldmann Centralia

Churches Calendar Highlights Royal Service and Cantata

At First Reformed Church Rev A Haverkamp offers Sunday school on Jesus Teaches His Disciples to Pray at 9:30 a.m. Morning worship at 10 45 a.m. A Holland service toda y afternoon at 2 00 p.m. Christ mas Cantata Yule-tide Memor ies directed by Prof Harold E Root at 7 20 p.m. Also First Chr Ref Church Rev J Vander Ploeg preaches 9 30 a.m. and Sunday School at 11 00 a.m. Evening program and radio Bible hour follow. The Back to God Hour airs Sundays 4 30 to 5 00 over KMA Shenandoah and 930 k with Timely messages and singing. Sponsored by the Christian Reformed Church, the program feeds from six stations in Chicago New York City Canada Michigan South Dakota and Iowa.

First Reformed Church A. Haverkamp Jesus Holland Harold E. Root N. L. Veltman Kma Shenandoah Town The Christian Reformed Church Chicago New York City Canada Michigan South Dakota Iowa

Christmas Sermons and Church Events at Local Churches

The Baptist Church led by Rev P J Christensen lists morning worship at 10 45 and evening service at 7 30 with Christmas theme Bethlehem Changed the World and a message On Withered Mirth The Young People's meeting discusses How to Face Great Crises The Pella Baptist G Men will meet Dec 16 with Prof Herbert Van Wyk as guest speaker The Third Reformed Church under Rev G Menning announces Sunday school at 9 30 and services including The Christian Life series with dates through February 16 The Holland Service includes The Lord's Prayer Bible Gem and lessons on The Christian Life

Herbert van Wyk

Open Bible Church Schedule and Radio Sermonet

The Friendly Church led by Pastor T A Tousley offers Sunday services at 9 30 a m with Sunday school and morning worship and an Overcomers Service. Evangelistic service Tuesday at 7 30 p m and midweek prayer Thursday at 7 30 p m with a Saturday 2 p m children’s church. Also notices Pra irie City Church Ref church Rev M Monsma teaches Psalms and catechism series and a radio sermonette by Rev Nelson Veltman on KSO Des Moines next Saturday at 10 46 a m.

Open Bible Church Nelson Veltman Prairie City KSO Des Moines

Debate Teams Ranked High in Speech Contest

The Central college forensic squad competed at the Midwest Speech Tournament in Kirksville Missouri on December 6 and 7. Senior division debaters Roy Vander Kamp Suily and Hal Birch Wallkill N Y won three of four debates for a .750 percentage.

Central College Kirksville Missouri Roy Vander Kamp Suily Hal Birch Wallkill N. Y

Competition ends with no perfect score in meet

Birch and Vander Kamp tie for first among seven teams, while Augusta Nieuwsma Strasburg ND and Art Grull Denver CO share second in junior college. women’s team members Mae Reynolds Montezuma and Geraldine Goodell Pella drop three of four debates to finish in second row. Martha Childress Oskaloosa earns a superior poetry rating and third in the Ted Malone Poetry Appreciation contest as Professors Van Emmerik and Clarke lead the squad.

Birch Vander Kamp Augusta Nieuwsma Strasburg North Dakota Art Grull Denver Colorado Mae Reynolds Montezuma Geraldine Goodell Pella Martha Childress Oskaloosa Ted Malone van Emmerik Clarke

No More Pennies in Rural Mail Boxes

Post Office Department orders rural patrons to affix proper postage on first and third class mail before depositing in rural boxes. Carriers carry stamps and will supply them if unavailable, provided patrons request them and sign their name.

Post Office Dept

Public sale dates announced near Pella and Prairie City

Public sale dates listed for farms near Pella and New Sharon with cattle sales by Madison M. Hull and New Sharon Sales Company. George Van Vark sale, Bogaards and Vos sale, and a Prairie City sale are scheduled between December 12 and December 30. John Goema is noted as organizer.

William N. Bogaards Pella Madison M. Hull New Sharon Sales Company George van Vark Galesburg Bogaards and Vos Prairie City John Goema

Bromegrass Boosts Pasture in Iowa Mixtures

Iowa State College agronomist P Burson notes pasture improvement work introduces bromegrass and alfalfa mixtures to farmers. He says the mix performs better than bluegrass, with high palatability and drought resistance, carrying about 50 percent more livestock in a season.

Iowa P. Burson Iowa State College Burson Breuth Sioux City

Pasture Seeding Mixes Vary For Alfalfa Bromes

Agronomist Burson notes 265 pasture days from alfalfa-brome mix and 66 to 100 days on old bluegrass pastures. Brom e grows dense alone, sodbound in years, due to nitrogen shortage. Longume like alfalfa boosts nitrogen. 7 pounds brome with 8 pounds alfalfa works well. Up to 181 pounds alfalfa for hay. Seed in spring or fall before Sept 10. This is the third year of pasture.

Burson

Improvement Work in Iowa Counties This Year

Improvement work in Iowa continues with 34 counties engaged this year. Projects around Sioux City and Cedar Rapids have enlisted farm co operators. Pasture improvement in central and southern Iowa will culminate in a clinic in Des Moines on December 12.

Iowa Sioux City Cedar Rapids Des Joines

Lutefisk Supper Draws Hundreds In Thor Area

About six hundred residents in and around Thor attended a lutefisk supper, consuming roughly eight hundred pounds of lutefisk.

Lutefisk Thor

Long Service Co. M Culbertson Resigns After 35 Years

M Culbertson a carpenter rural mail carrier with Long Service Co has resigned after a 35 year career. His departure ends a long tenure serving rural routes and delivering mail from early years through recent decades.

Long Service Co M. Culbertson Carpenter Rural Mail Car

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C. Visscher Jake Visscher Walter Visscher Redrick Charlie Visscher Barbara Albert Buitenwerf Sully Bert Rodlofsen California Clarence Lee Reuben Leydens Mercy Hospital Janice Wielaard Mahaska Hospital Genlooes Dorothy June Langerak Ruth and Blanche van Donselaar George Bates Robert Barrer Harry Smith D. C. Thomas Paul de Wit Dorothy Ruth Virgil Ford Brooklyn Hattie van Gorp Grand Rapids Gerrit Engbers Orange City LeMars Dirk Nieuwendorp Sheldon R. A. Awtry Eddyville Seymour Ford Miller Irwin J. Lubbers Buffalo Center Norman Leats John Ennen Central Students of Lubbers Jt. J. Vanden Berg Second Reformed Church Atlantic City New Jersey Reformed Churches American Federation of Churches Vanden Berg Mise Bernice Niemandsverdriet Bernice Allen Raymond Overbergen Near Leighton Terry Douglas Ted Ashby Des Moines Register and Tribune Owens Register Ashby S. A. Sandren Central Ottumwa Des Moines Register Harley Croft Bob Menning Bill Slickers Bonwell Sims Menning Slickers Len Winter Loras College Loras Dubuque U Ben Field Baptist Field A. P. Kuyper Sibley E. Wheeler Armour Boat Arnold Schippers J. Hiemstra West First Street Frank Stubenrauch Knoxville Eva Stubenranch Jerry Carpenter Iowa City Jack Rhynsburger State Highway Department Atlantic Jack James Amsberry Milo Tootsie Wormhoudt & Son Givine Annem Wembley J. Vander Ploeg Third Reformed Church G. Menning Shiloh First the Christian's M. Monsma Pontius Pilatus Coty Yardley Wrisley Hudnut Paris Colgate Carpenter’s Drug Store Smith L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriters, Inc Locust St Vogelaar Sunbeam Coleman McCormick Deering Taio Gicalenrsin al Gulbransen Christmas Gulbransen America Saiomelepsie Radiorgan Kuypers Tong Aadese Radio
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