Birthday Tribute to 94YearOld M De Reus at Home for the Aged
M De Reus marked his 94th birthday on December 9 while living at the Home For the Aged for 16 years. He recalls teaching a Bethel Sunday school class and his longtime role as church janitor known as the dog chaser. He praises the home as a fine place to live and says he feels well with keen memory and good eyesight despite hearing loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. de Reus
de Reus
Bethel Ref
Tone van Houweling
Barney van Rockel
Bethel
Reformed Church
De Reus Family Reaches Fifth Generation Greeting
A community note records about 50 postcard greetings to a longtime resident who has seen five generations of the De Reus family. Attendees expressed hope he may reach the century mark, and he quipped that if he feels as good as now he may live to be a hundred.
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de Reus
Silent Night Origin Told In Sorrowful Tale Of Gruber
A long account recalls the creation of Silent Night Holy Night. On Christmas Eve 1818 Franz Gruber, a village schoolmaster and organist, faced poverty and a sick woman while composing music for a poem read by Father Mohr.
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Fred C. de Ford
Des Moines
Franz Gruber
Father Mohr
Christmastime Hymn Emerges From Angel Vision
A weary organist, pondering grief, hears angel voices as dawn fills the church. He writes a Christmas hymn inspired by a vision, shaping melodies that bring hope and sorrow. The hymn, famed for centuries, is attributed to Franz Gruber and a classic Christmas carol tale.
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Mitzie
Franz Gruber
Priest Joseph Mohr and Silent Night’s Alpine pilgrimage
A brief note recalls Joseph Mohr a priest in an Austrian village described as Bethlehem like for its cluster of poor homes. He and a choir of boys traveled from village to village church to church singing Silent Night, Holy Night to enraptured audiences.
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Joseph Mohr
Austria
Bethlehem
How It Works A Iowa farm plan from AAA officials
An Iowa farm example outlines a limited production program with 160 acre size, 140 acre soil base, 60 acre corn limit, and 110 percent productivity figures. It shows diversions, soil building allowances, and conservation payments totaling $209.42 in proposed payments and credits.
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Washington, D. C
Iowa
AAA
College Notes and Christmas Concert at Central College
Professor Liggett and Dr. Van der Lugt ill keep classes canceled as out-of-town students plan travel from Pella. Zeta Sigma Pi met December 15 with new pledges Virgil Ford Paul Teeslink Henrietta Lucas and Helen Bogard joining. The Central College Choir women gave a beautiful Christmas Carol Concert filling the chapel.
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Professor Liggett
William van der Lugt
Zeta Sigma Pi
Central
Cunera van Emmeerik
Melvin Johnson
Virgil Ford
Junior Hospers
Paul Teeslink
Henrietta Lucas
Helen Bogard
Central College Choir
Motorists form human chain save boy from creek ice
Ten motorists joined to rescue 10-year-old Robert Panek who fell through the ice of Scajaquada creek in New York Saturday night. The group formed a human chain after witnesses saw the youth slip into the frigid water during a walk across thinning ice.
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Scajaquada Creek
N. Y
Robert Panek
Standing of Country Schools in School Contest
Tuesday evening standings list numerous rural schools with entries and teachers, noting each will receive a prize. Names include European No 2 Sara Klyn Plainview Janet Steenhoek, Silver Grove Geraldine Gosselink, Pleasant View Jennie Keuning, North Porterville Janet De Jong, Red Rock Sarah Templeton, Valley Eva Van Wyngaarden, and many others with partial scores shown. The Chronicle will print weekly standings in each issue.
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Sara Klyn
Plainview
Janet Steenhoek
Silver Grove
Geraldine Gosselink
Vleasantgrove
Frances van Donselaar
Bunker Hill
Antoinette Rietveld
South Porterville
Leona Heemstra
Jeanette Vander Wal
White Breast
Henrietta Hoksberg
Rock Island
Irene van Haaften
E. Amsterdam
Leona
Richland
Jeanette Mol
Valley
Eva van Wyngaarden
Number 3
Wilma van Gorp
Liberty
Clara Gosselink
Marie Vander Hart
Pleasant View
Jennie Keuning
North Porterville
Janet de Jong
Red Rock
Sarah Templeton
Lynn Grove
Margaret van Roekel
East Weaver
Henrietta van Roekel
Mattie Belle Clark
Junella van Maanen
Burch
Agnes Wren
Irene Vriezelaar
Cherry Grove
Barbara Vander Wilt
Centennial
Bernice’ van Ommen
Helen Groetveld
Filmore
Joye Black
Fair of
Anna Slocum
Flint Ridge
Martha de Boer W. Amsterdam
Margaret Keuning
Pleasant Grove
Agnes Bensink
Battle Ridge
Henrietta L. van Roekel Richland
Mae Vogelaar
The
Chronicle
Children’s Christmas Wish Letters From Pella Kids
A collection of handwritten Christmas requests from Pella youngsters listing toys clothing and treats they hope to receive. Letters from Lorraine De Haan Sidney Judson De Taan Wayne Vander Pol Beverly Vander Heiden Erma May Wander Horst Margaret Doroth y Buwalda Lucile Dorothy Buwalda and others express desires for dolls paints trains snow suits and a dog with varying ages and playful signatures.
Family Gift Requests Amid Royal Affair Note
A letter from Catherine Visser asks for a snow suit for school, blocks for her sister, a train for her brother, and presents for her parents while mentioning her good conduct as a second grader. The text also reports that Edward VIII and Mrs. Wallis Simpson will remain apart for five months despite mutual affection, according to Simpson's mother.
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Fothers
Tooo
Catherine Visser
Edward VIII
Wallis Simpson
Edward
Simpson
Illicit love affair of Edward VIII called lust
Editor Dr. E. E. Ryden of Moline warns in a forthcoming issue that the romance between former King Edward VIII and Mrs. Wallis Simpson is illicit and sinful. Also reported is the disclosure that Joe Coberly, a Trinidad High School sophomore who earns funds by digging ditches and mending fences, is revealed to be dating a girl named Helen Coberly.
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Edward VIII
England
Wally Simpson
God
E. E. Ryden
Moline
Companion
Lutheran Augustana Synod
Joe” Coberly
Helen Coberly
Trinidad
Colo
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