Pella Area News Highlights Social and Civic Events
A long column recalls university conferences in Iowa City and Amana visits, local births and health updates, citizenship filings, and community efforts to protect street trees. Notes on fires, hospital visits, anniversary celebrations, and meetings of church and school groups reflect village life and wartime farming planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pietenpol
Dean Williams
Prof
Wing
Mentink
Mary’ Reed
Iowa City
Amana
Bobbitt
Leon Wielard
Henry van Buren
Des Moines
van Buren
Recruiting Flying Cadets From Des Moines ARI Ault Says
Ducks in the Potomac self qualified physically and educationally should apply personally to the Naval Recruiting Station in Des Moines Iowa. While flying cadet qualifications remain unchanged the system will cut the time between the original application and starting flying instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval
Des Moines
Iowa
Ault
Pella Town Crier Muse on Christmas Cheer and Local Spirit
The column notes the beauty of Pella’s Christmas trees and open house events at Sunnyside, predicts Santa’s Saturday visit for a school recital, and urges local shopping and community pride. It praises city hall preparations, the square merchants, and Tom Parade-Kooper for pest control, ending with reflections on holiday faith and neighborliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Parade- Kooper
Tom
Young Men May Enroll in Navy Aviation Corps
Young men may apply for flight training and an ensign commission in the U S Navy Reserve. Applicants contact nearest Naval recruiting station for initial tests, then proceed to a Naval Reserve Aviation Base for a fitness and flight physical. Selected men begin training as flight students at an aviation base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Aviation Corps
U. S. Naval Reserve
Government 88
Naval Reserve
United States
How Santa Claus Came to America
A compact history traces Santa Claus from Saint Nicholas the bishop to the Dutch Sinterklaas and finally to the American Santa. The piece notes the voyage from Europe, the gift of gold to aid a nobleman, and the December 6 night visits in New Amsterdam, linking the name Santa Claus to Dutch childhood prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Donai
Des Moines
Pella
W. W. Cook
Santa Claus
Lycia
America
Holland
New Amsterdam
New York
Saint Nicholas
Amsterdam
Santa Claus shaping Christmas lore through ages and legends
A concise survey traces Santa from Dutch origins and St Nicholas to modern depictions by Washington Irving and global variants. It notes Santa as a symbol of giving, a playful figure for stories, and argues children’s imagination can sustain him as a fictional, universal Christmas character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
Washington Irving
Santa Claus
Santa
Sambo
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
University of Iowa
Safest to Send Seed Early to Get It Tested
Dr. R H Porter head of the Seed Laboratory at Iowa State College urges farmers and seed sellers to test seed samples early to avoid spring rushes. Law requires seed labels with purity and germination, noxious weed content, and inspectors will be strict on labeling. Interstate seeds fall under the Federal Seed Act. movers should know its rules. Charles Koleski and Adelyn Rostagno were fined for a stop sign offense but later married with a license issued by Justice R D McIntyre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
R. H. Porter
Towa State College
Porter
Iowa
Mark Thornburg
Charles Koleski
Waukesha
Wis
Adelyn Rostagno
Loretta
Mich
R. D. McIntyre
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Kesoie
Kersbergen
Sinclair
Servy-Center
Service Staton
Ben Kuyk
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Pella Produce CO
PeLua
Pella Produce
Guiding
HAND
Harry
Grootveld
Fred
Verle
TP Cafe
Gerrit
Gary
SHE Boat Body and Tire CO
Lu Tenbah
Accals
Fultz
Minnesota
John W. Vander Linden
A. D. van Skike
Delis Walraven
Marilyn Ann
M. Vander Linden
Herman Vander Linden
Leighton
J. H. Vander Linden
Hurt
Phoenix
Arizona
Roland Knopf
Near Fifield
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Andrew van Drimmelin
Orange City
Abe Ver Ploeg
Newton
Jim Roovart
Lewis van Wyk
Charles Roovart
Prairie City
Eall
University Hospital
van Wyk
Jim
Gifford Winegar
Gradys Klein
Marilyn Joan
John Weyerse
John Bloodaworth
Fifield
Ed Davis
Don
Central
Lynnville
Eddie
B. F. Vander Linden
Will van Sittert
Lily Vander Linden
John Bloem
Govert Hackett
Peter Bloem
Arthur Klein
Hubert Wynberg
Rexall
Dan Meulpolder
Lutheran Hospital
Dan
Mary
Christian High School
Harvey
High School
William de Bruyn
Oakwood Cemetery
Bousquet
de Bruyn
Reformed Church
Wilbur Vande Noord
Maggie Nollen
Mercy
First Christian Reformed Church
Peter
Boylan
Board of Supervisors
Trustees
Cunningham
Tracy
Bussey
Mahaska County
Hugh Lundy
J. Pickerel
Dunkin
del de Haan
AAA
Iowa Co-operative Livestock Marketing Association
Hotel Kirkwood
Del
Ducks
Potomac
U. S. Interior Dept
Fish and Wildlife Service
Potomac River
Pils
Sunnyside
James Wisse
U. S. Navy
W. B. Ault
U. S. Naval Reserve Aviation Base
Fairfax Airport
Kansas City
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Wormhoudt & Son
General Electric
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