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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1936
Page
11
Numerous Christmas events lit up Pella area life with family gatherings at Van Vark and Hoeksema homes, a Normal Training Club party, Sunnyside piano recital, and Legion holiday festivities. Reports highlight open houses, carols, toys for children, and charity efforts by local groups including Farm Bureau and the World Wide Guild.
The reel organ accompanied Kuyper and the group to entertain churchgoers. The singing was warmly received by elders and left a lasting impression on the younger attendees, with the pastor also joining in.
Church services listed include 9:30 A M Sunday morning worship in Europe focus and 10:45 A M Sacrament of the Lord s Supper with additional afternoon and evening observances. Friday and Christmas Day events noted with hymns and school reference amid a church program.
Morning service begins at 10 30 with Lord's Supper reception of members. Theological sermon by William Kolenbrander. Christmas service Friday morning at 10. English language used.
Church calendar lists Sunday school at 9 30 morning worship at 10 45. Sermon title Numbering Our Days by B Y P U L.
At 9 30 a m Sunday school presents The Spread of Christianity. Morning worship follows at 10 45 a m with a communion service. Evening worship at 7 30 p m features The Greater Christ.
This week Friday morning special services mark the birth of Jesus Christ with bilingual observance at 9:30. Christmas morning includes public confession of faith by 16 youths, two to receive baptism. Sunday school program Friday at 7:30. Elder Van Zee, weakened, attends final year’s end meeting. his elder term ends December 31 after many faithful years of service.
Start right, stay to the right and finish right. Some drivers favor the road center for tire blowouts, but this logic risks leaving the road. Keep to the right, drive safely, and avoid thoughtless hurry. safety is 99 percent common sense.
From Central Bay, a week of chapel programs opens with Dean Pietenpol reflecting on Exodus two and Moses motherly preservation. Other days include Christmas readings, a talk on world affairs by How ard McKee, and an International Relations Club led session urging vigilance to keep America out of foreign war.
Pol from Illinois read the Christmas story from Matthew. Paul Nelson also performed The Virgin's Slumber Song. President Lubbers closed with wishes for a safe journey home and greetings to parents.
A child writes to Santa Claus asking for a big baby doll if available or a tea-set instead. The note mentions leaving an ear of corn in the stocking for Santa's reindeer and ends with a Christmas wish and signature Donna Jean Veentra.
Central College Industries workers have been busy preparing the Buildertoy for early sale. President Lubbers hosted Wednesday evening celebrations at Central Park Cafe for students who helped complete the first shipment. Buildertoy will be displayed and sold in Pella, Des Moines, and surrounding towns.
The first joint meeting of the Y M C A and Y W G A for the year began Thursday with Joyce Huibregtse playing a prelude. Greta De Koster led Christmas hymns, Paul Ammerman read the Nativity story, and special music by Gysbert Rozenboom Herman Rozenberg and Daniel Reeverts featured We Three Kings. Alberta De Jong read The Christmas Substitute to close, leaving a true spirit of Christmas pervading the gathering.
The group led by Melvin Johnson at Miss Van Emmer ik’s home last Tuesday night discussed Cooperatives, especially in Sweden, and their value. Professors Van der Lugt, Stuart, Drost, and Van Emmer ik attended as a larger gathering with five more students expected. A lively discussion followed on present economic conditions and possible developments, then Paul Teeslink and Virgil joined in.
Ford, Henrietta Lucas and Helen Bogard pledged as loyal members to engage in investigations and action. Janive Hospers has received an invitation and will be pledged the third Tuesday in January. Initiation of these five pledges will occur later.
A campus rules change targets cutting across a lawn between the library corner and Graham Hall. Students formerly used the path after dark, risking grass damage. Officials urge using sidewalks to preserve the campus beauty and reduce janitorial strain, noting Student Council members’ night vision.
New York NSFA reports 159 college cooperatives with 40 000 students involved in domestic student cooperative business ventures amid rising campus interest.
Three million dollars annually fuels growing interest as cooperative living centers are founded at the University of Oregon and University of Southern California. A federal commission studies Nordic movements, while Paul Turner earns the Walker Cup at DePauw University for organized cooperative economics. The Tenth Biennial Congress of the Cooperative League plans a special college cooperatives session led by William Moore.
A fragmentary item notes Drake University law Dean A A Morrow praising American courage. It mentions a collie named Shep at St Anthony hospital Rock Island Illinois awaiting a master who died after an operating table in 1923. Also reported are two-year medical failure for Joann Belk and a train auto crash near Litchfield Illinois killing five hunting trip men.
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