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Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1937

Page

6

Drake College to Broadcast The Messiah Across 60 Stations

Drake University will present Handel's The Messiah December 20 from 2 to 3 p m Central Time. The program will be carried coast to coast via Mutual Broadcasting System from Drake campus studios with KSO and other stations in the hookup. Solo parts include Ade Beth Peaker Kathleen alt o and Bloom in Des Moines. Stanford Hulsizer directs a 30 piece orchestra and 200 voice Drake choir. The annual Drake Christmas tradition will be radiated from campus and University Church of Christ.

Des Moines Drake University College of Fine Arts Dee University Church of Chin Drake University Church Ade Beth Peaker Moines Kathleen Tralto Bedford Omaha Bloom Carmen Martha Wille

Notice of Sheriff Sale Real Estate in Marion County Iowa

Notice of Sheriff's Sale real estate in Marion County Iowa by Stewart Company against W C Burch for 148.05 dollars. Property described as fast 88 feet of Lots 14 15 and 16 Block 13 Jordan's Railroad Addition Pleasantville Iowa. Sale set January 3 1938 at 2 PM at the south door of the Court House Knoxville. Home stead recording requirement noted. Dated December 2 1937. P J Grundmann Sheriff. Deputy Howard L Kading.

State of Iowa Marion Couny Ss. Stewart & ‘Company W. C. Burch District Court Marion County Stewart & Company Jordan Pleasantville Iowa Court House Knoxville Marion

Central Prof Heads the Iowa Peace Group

Professor William S. Gould of Central was elected president of the Iowa Peace Association at a Decorah meeting last week. The intercollegiate group spans twenty four states with annual state contests awarding prizes totaling 100 dollars for peace orations.

William S. Gould Central Iowa Peace Association Decorah

REAL PROSPERITY PROGRAM FOR CONGRESS

The New York Herald Tribune urges a special session plan including repeal of the Undistributed Profits tax and the Capital Gains tax. It calls for tax system revision to end punitive taxation, visible taxes, and balanced budgets, plus Wagner Act amendments to protect both labor and employers and consumers. It ends with a dismissive note that a romance is wonderful but fades if it lasts.

The New York Herald Tribune

Farm Bureau Holds Annual Meet Friday

Marion CountyFarm Bureau meets to emphasize agricultural programs and livestock quality. Breeders associations represented by presidents adopt resolutions. Marion County Mutual Insurance Association is praised and pledged 100 percent support. Community singing led by Mrs. H H LeGrand and Rev Bond. 4 H and women’s home project reports cited with praise.

Marion County Marion County Mutual Insurance Association Peter Tyling Pella Jacob de Haan Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Association H. H. LeGrand Monroe Bond Prebyterian

Seven Essentials for Highway Safety

The National Safety Council outlined seven core steps at its annual Congress to cut accidents. They include uniform signs and signals, stricter enforcement, efficient safety networks, better road engineering, periodic vehicle inspections, improved safety education in schools, and more research into accident causes and preventatives.

National Safety Council

Fire Damages Nurses Home Floor in Oskaloosa

A small area around the first floor flue at the Abbott hospital nurses home in Oskaloosa burned when a blaze started at 8 p.m. Monday. Damage was slight and investigators blame a defective flue for the fire.

Abbott Hospital Oskaloosa

Two Osceola men held over Osage boxcar theft case

Murphy and Taylor, held in Mahaska County jail, are tied to a December boxcar theft of 20 000 Camel cigarettes from a M and St L railroad car near Oskaloosa. Detectives tied to the case seized revolvers at their home and will compare prints and ballistics with other crimes.

Murph Jim Taylor Mahaska County M. & Stl Os Dee Frank Hook Fritz van Genderen Oskalosa Murphy Taylor Fort Madison Penitentiary Haylor Oskaloosa Tribune Kearns

Former Pellaite Writes Poetry on Old Home Town

Frank Pollard, once of Pella Iowa now living in Los Angeles, pens verse about his boyhood home. He recalls roaming far and wide and the chill of death as he prays for salvation, ending with a return to his mother's grave.

Pellaite Pella Frank Pollard Los Angeles Cal Iowa

Birthday Festivities at Home For the Aged On Dec 9

On Thursday Dec 9 residents of the Home For the Aged honored M M De Reus on his 95th birthday. About 9 am all second floor occupants gathered to sing Psalm 66:8 and 134:3, share 37 postcards and 126 visitors, and enjoy St Nicholas cookies and five gallons of Central Park Cafe ice cream. A Friday sermon by Rev Nicholas Rozeboom preceded plans for another service with Rev Frank De Jong on Dec 15.

M. M. de Reus Pella St. Nicholas Meulpolder Bros Central Park Cafe Nicholas Rozeboom Otley Israel Frank de Jong First Christian’ Reformed Church W. Terpstra Lynnville Henry Terpstra C. C. Carpenter Sally Carpenter Bert Henry Hagen Leighton B. Hagen Henry Ter Louw J. van Gorp Christi Gerrit Dykstra Oskaloosa Tilma Pete van Engelenhoven Dave van Haaften Monroe Dan Dieleman Bethel Ed de

Remembering the Better Half of Midland Schools

The Midland Schools monthly notes longtime Iowa superintendents Frush Cruikshank Moore and Owen, honoring their decades of service with dinners, gifts, and public praise.

Quiet backbone of school leadership praised in editorial

An editorial laments how tireless wives of superintendents quietly bear years of privations while men receive public honors. It honors their loyalty, steadiness, and the unacknowledged role in sustaining education, urging deserved recognition for the wives beside their husbands.

Pilgrim Fathers

Faithful Helpmeets of Education Honored

The phrase salutes the wife of a school administrator and all devoted helpers integral to the educational system, recognizing their essential support within the school community.

Iowa school men partner with valuable coworker and counselor

A tribute to Iowa men who stand in fruitful partnership with a valued coworker and wise counselor, emphasizing collaboration, guidance, and mutual support within the educational community.

Iowa

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Mutual Drake College Alethian Society OF Central College Central College Alave Mildred Toye Florence Toye Mary DuBoise Darie van Wyk Mabel Tahkapfer Esther Bosch Marcella Kelly Ota de Winter Janet Klyn Helen Vander Pol Billie Shawver Naomi Achterman Geraldine Redeker Margaretta Slobe Mary Renaud Gretchen McQuilkin Eleanor Babinsky Hazel Alferts Anna Bess Mallory Kathryn Stupke Cornelia van Gorp Eleanor Wearding Virginia van Gorp Margaret Vander Linden Ferne Alferts Joyce Huibregtse Geneva Wilder Viola Kaldenberg Graaf Russell M. de Reus Frans van Dyk Peoria Marion Toom Howell M. Verros Albert. Buitenwerf Sully H. Buitenwerf Henry Vander Wilt Jr Jett Willemsen Tainter Kate den Adel John Sterk Rev. Duven Eddyville John de Vries James de Penning Galesburg Andrew de Penning P. J. Grundman Howard L. Kading Iowa Peace Group Professor Gould Real Prosperity Program Honey Creek Honey Creek Coal Co Bloodsworth & van Dyke Nurses St. L Ulrich’s Meat Market News of Home For the Aged Midland Schools Town State Teachers Association Frank M. Frush F. M. Frush C. W. Cruikshank Mt. Pleasant A. W. Moore Glidden A. T. S. Owen Farmington Chamber of Commerce Schoolmasters’ Club Ake Firestone Prestone P. Tire & Battery Service Keith A. B. Kersbergen Pella, Iowa Denadel Mackinaw D. den Adel the Clothier
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