Night School Ends With Rat Control Study at Pella High
The Adult Night School session closed Monday evening with a talk and survey on rat control measures for farmers. The program outlined four steps: cleaning the farmstead, pre baiting, poisoning, and rat proofing farm buildings. The event also reviewed the Vocational Agriculture program, its classes, and a 14th year of adult education at Pella High School with topics from weed control to beef cattle management and soil conservation.
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Towa State College
America
Pella
Henry van der Beek
Agriculure
Show Boat to Perform on Central College Campus
The Show Boat The Corn Tassle will tie up at Central College in Pella Iowa on Thursday March 3 and Friday March 4. The Omega couple owners of The Corn Tassle will star in Only an Orphan Girl with a contest awarding free tickets to Nellie and Dick named readers.
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Central College
Iday
Alpha and Simega
Midwest
Omega
Chronicle
Nellie _ Shakespeare
Omegas
Nellie
Si Omega
Pella
Iowa
Arthur Rutherford
Arthur
Last Home Game for Pella High Next Wednesday
The Little Dutch close their home basketball schedule on February 16 hosting Valley of West Des Moines coached by Tom Karpen. Seniors Harry Weyers Dale Van Wyk Leo Sels and Andy Van Berkum likely play their final home game. regular season ends February 18 at Knoxville with sectional play at Monroe the following week.
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Valley of
Knoxville
Monroe
British Team to Lead Youth Rally At Sully Tonight
Youth for Christ groups in Sully and Lynnville sponsor a rally at Sully Community Building this Thursday night February 10. Three members of the British Team touring England Ireland Scotland and Wales will lead with music and message. Don Lonie Harvey Klapstein Cy Jackson plus Don Haag will provide organ accompaniment.
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Sully
Lynnville
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Don Lonie
Detroit
Michigan
Harvey Klapstein
Cy Jackson
Des Moines
Taniel
Klapstein
Jackson
Youth For Christ Teader
Don Haag
Youth For Christ Organization
Holstein Registry Transfers Highlight 1948 Activity
Friesian Association of Brattleboro Vermont reports Vla Van Zante registered Holstein-Friesian bulls from Amana Society Iowa and Amana Posch Regis. Gosselink sold Piebe Aaggie Ormsby Fobes to James Kamp in Miluca Minnesota. The association issued 11,031 registry and transfer certificates to Iowa breeders in 1948.
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Holsteinerica
Friesian Association of
Brattleboro
Vermont
AL van Zante
Amana Society
High
Iowa
John 8
Gosselink
James Kamp
Miluca
Minnesota
Towa
The Corn Tassle Play Promises Bold Villainous Night
Advert says genuine villain Biche appears both nights of the play with Arthur figures at the box office for free tickets not offered to named men. Rutherford described as deep dyed villain in Only an Orphan Girl. Dates listed Thursday March 3 and Friday March 4. Nellie Dick and Arthur urged to mail postcards to Al Pha and Si Omega today.
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Arthurs
Arthur
Sguze
Rutherford
Nellie
al Pha
Si Omega
Mexican teacher assists Central College staff
Esplanza Soldana of Monterrey Mexico assists Mr Wing a Spanish professor at Central College as a Spanish informant. She helps students with dialogues pronunciation and reading while taking courses in English music art and typing. She attended elementary and secondary schools in Monterrey and studied voice German and Italian privately. In 1940 she attended a Pan American students convention in Biloxi Mississippi where the American Consulate tested her suitability to teach in the United States. She remarked on the careful screening. Students at Central welcomed her on Graham Hall campus and made many friends.
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Esplanza Soldana
Mon
Mexico
Wing
Central College
Miss Soldana
Monterrey
Biloxi
Mississippi
United States
Central
Graham Hall
World government urged by Pella speaker
David Stanley, executive secretary of the Iowa World Federalist, urged Kiwanis members to support a limited world government to preserve peace. He argued nations must cede powers over arms and finance and accept international law enforcement, criticizing the Hague, appeasement, and UN limits while outlining a federal structure with branches and a world police force. He said Congress would need support and UN-wide action to draft an International Constitution.
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Pella
Iowa
United States
David Stanley
World Federalist
Pella Kiwanis
Stanley
Hague
Congress
U_N
Kiwanis
Pella Duchesses Fall in Semi Final at New Sharon
Pella girls traveled to New Sharon February 8 4 5 for the sectional tournament. After a first round bye they beat Gibson 32 35 in the second round before losing to New Sharon 46 16 in the semifinals. Consolation loss came to Barnes City 36 19. The Pella Gibson game was tight early with a 7 6 lead before Gibson surged.
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Pella Duchesses
New Sharon
Pella
Gibson
Barnes City
Farmers Night School Dinner Ties Chamber Event
Members of the Chamber of Commerce host the Farmers Night School annual turn about dinner at Graham Hall next Tuesday February 15. Dinner is at 7:00 PM with Arthur Brayton of Des Moines as speaker. Certificates will be given to men completing this year’s course.
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Chamber of Commerce
Farmers Night School
Graham Hall
Arthur Brayton
Des Moines
Inner Wits
Four Drama Club Plays at High School Tonight
Pella High School Drama Club presents four one act plays on Thursday February 10 at 8 00 PM The lineup includes Cemetery Moon a comedy The Happy Journey from Trent to Camden a Thornton Wilder prize winner Two Crooks and a Lady an unusual mystery and the dramatic Winter Sunset Cast changes include Melvin Hagen replacing Bob Vander Heiden due to injury Tickets are available at the school box office tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella High School Drama Club
Trenton
Camden
Melvin Hagen
Bob Vander Heiden
Bill Andrews
Vander Heiden
Candidates for County School Board Should File New
Area 1 of Marion County public school district will elect a board member in March. A. L. Dykstra currently serves Pella in a short term and seeks re election. Any additional candidates must file by February 21.
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Marion County Public School
County Board of Education
A. L. Dykstra
Pella
Dykstra
Sup't Buerkens A Delegate to L.E.A. Assembly
Marion County represented at the Delegate Assembly of the Iowa State Education Association in Des Moines last week by County Supt. Mrs. Sylvia Plotis, Mr Marjorie Litton, Knoxville teacher, and Supt. Muerkens of Pella. The two day session heard reports from committees, adopted budgets, and elected new officers. Dr. Ralph McDonald warned that many teachers hold emergency certificates and called for higher standards to raise elementary training. A proposal would require six years of schooling before first grade. Officers elected include President Harvey Hill Des Moines and Vice President A E Sorenson Algona, with Dorothea Vande Pict of Lee County named to the Executive Board.
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Marion County
Ampnbhy
Iowa State Education Association
Des Moines
Sylvia Plotis
Marjorie Litton
Knoxville
Muerkens
Pella
Town State Education Association
Ralph McDonald
National Committee On
Ment
MacDonald
G. T
Ashi
B. C. Berg
Newton
Harvey Hill
A. E. Sorenson
Al‘ona
Kossuth County
Alligator souvenir tale from mail carrier’s 30 years
Frank Sturdevant, a longtime mail carrier in Waverly, recalls unusual items he carried over three decades under four postmasters. He notes Florida tourists once sent small live alligators to friends back home, a curious highlight of his long service.
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Frank Sturdevant
Waverly
Florida
Speech Contest Set for Feb 17 in Pella
A Preliminary State Speech Contest will be held in Pella on Thursday February 17 with five schools Baxter Knox ville Oskaloosa Pella and Pleasantville entered. An interpretive reading group meets at Douwstra chapel in the afternoon while the evening session at the high school auditorium features humorous oratorical and dramatic readings and two one act plays. Admission will be charged and the public is invited.
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Pella
Baxter
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
Pleasantvill
Douwstra Chapel
Little Dutch to Play Winterset Here Tomorrow
The Winterset Huskies of Madison County coached by Frank Berlin travel across the South Central Conference to face the Little Dutch in the High School Gym Friday night. Both teams sit in the lower brackets and appear evenly matched, with a curtain-raiser at 7:00 p.m. and the main game around 8:15 p.m.
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Winterset Huskies
Madigan County
Frank Berlin
Winterset
Pella’s
Johansen
Need Support From Rank And File To Reach Goal
March of Dimes effort led by Mrs. M Nesbit aimed to mobilize Pella and surrounding areas against Infantile Paralysis amid 1948 epidemic fears. Despite belief canvassing unnecessary, several hundred dollars are still needed and the appeal must reach citizens to ensure donations.
Will Sing Dutch Psalms At Vesper Service Sunday
A Sunday Vesper Musical at Douwstra Chapel features Professor Clifford R. Keizer presenting organ numbers and Mrs. Lenora Van Dellen playing three cello solos with Professor George Malacek. The program closes with three Dutch Psalms sung by the congregation led by President Gerrit T. Van der Lugt and Keizer on the organ.
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Douwstra Chapel
Clifford R. Keizer
Lenora van Dellen
George Malacek
Gerrit T. van der Lugtlending
Keizer
Byron Center
Michigan
Hope College
Kenneth R. Osborne
University of Arkansas
University of Illinois
First Presbyterian Church
Urbana
Illinois
Forest Avenue Presbyterian Church
Dayton
University Baptist Church
Champaign
East Cleveland Congregational Church
Cleveland
Ohio
Progama Columbia
Wgare Statler ‘Hotel
van Dellen
Pella
Lemmens
Grave
van Bijken
van der Lugt
De Kock Named Chairman of Handbook Study Committee
Walter De Kock Professor of Education at Central College has been named chairman of an A B T committee to study and report on a Handbook for Supervisors of Student Teaching. The national body expects the report to influence teacher education nationwide. The committee begins work at the winter A B T meetings in St Louis and New York. De Kock joined Central College after teaching in California and Michigan earning a PhD at Columbia University.
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al Association For
Louise Willson
A. 8.T
de Kock
St. Louis
Missouri
New York
Central College
Pella
Bellflower
California
Western State Tenchers’ College
Michigan
Columbia University
They Won't Do For Tulip Time
A stenographer and local businesspeople in downtown Pella lament worn Christmas decorations left hanging on wires above street lighting. They note the bittersweet sight as missing cleanup runs counter to the town’s festive Tulip Time reputation and wonder who should remove the evergreens.
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Pella
Big Dutchmen and Little Dutch win at Indianola
Central College tops Simpson 63 to 59 while the Tent high school team edges Indianola 31 to 28 in a Conference upset. Little Dutch improve to 8 wins in 8 South Central Conference play ahead of Friday’s Winterset clash. Standings show Albia Le Pet 90 1,000 and Des Moines Tech 4 4 .500 among others.
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Central College
Simpson
Indians
le Pet
Albia
D. M
Central faces Dubuque in home game under handicap
Central Dutchmen face a depleted lineup with star Stan Borgman out for the season due to a knee injury and Don Heller sidelined by a sprained ankle. Reserve center Don Kohlman has measles, and Adrian Cutler, Audrey DeGraaf left school while Chuck Vander Ploog quit basketball. Dubuque, league champion in 47 and 48, visits Pella Saturday Feb 12 at 8:00 p.m. for the only meeting this year.
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Eugene Heideman
Selves
Stan Borgman
Don Heller
Parsons College
Don Kohlman
Adrian Cutler
Audrey de Graaf
Chuck Vander Ploog
Central
Parsons
Borgman
Heller
Lindsey
Brown
Bergman
Dubuque
Lla
Pella
Skater Howard Kelley Keeps Cedar River Routine Active
At Waverly 78 year old Howard Kelley remains towns oldest active skater. He completes a daily 45 minute Cedar River workout. He owns 50 year old clamp skates and now uses shoe-skates bought at age 74.
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Waverly
Howard Kelley
Cedar River
Back Home After California Holiday Visit
Mr and Mrs Elmer Peterson of Titonka returned from California where they sought a warmer climate for Christmas. After a month there they came back to Titonka to enjoy the milder weather and ease into winter warmth locally.
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Elmer Peterson
Titonka
California
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Holstein
Harold
Young Lady
Drama Club
High School Tonight
Sup’t Buerkens
L.E.A. Assembly
Momibers
Legislati Farm Bureau
F. M. Roberts
Jam Caramittes
Marion County Ators
Moines
G. T. Clark
Paul Eggers
Holland
Guy Bal
Clifford Keizer
Wilson Jewelry Store
Holland Theatre
Joe Anderson
American Legion Auxiliary
Friend
Dr. W. de Kock
Walter de Kock
Indianola
Dubuque U
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