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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1932
Page
11
Friday evening February fifth marked Mr and Mrs Adrian De Youngs twenty eighth wedding anniversary. About thirty neighbors attended for a pleasant informal evening with hymns and visiting. Refreshments were served by the hostess with help from neighbor ladies. Guests departed after a cheerful farewell.
If you have society items or other news call Mrs. Gerald Paardekooper. Phone Black 401 in the mornings or 82 in the afternoons.
The Holland Singing club was entertained Monday evening at the Brandt Ver Meer home. Forty guests attended the Farm Bureau of Black Oak township meeting Friday evening at the G. Van der Wilt home near Leighton. After the business session a program of readings and musical selections followed.
The piece argues thrifty charity through smart purchases of canned foods. It cites widespread price drops since 1929 30, highlighting tomatoes beans corn peas salmon milk and fruits with specific can sizes and reduced prices from recent shopping by a dietitian in a large city.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union meets February 16 at 3 PM at the home of Miss Jennie and Miss Hattie Harrison with Miss Elizabeth Graham in charge. The M G R club gathered Wednesday at Mrs. H J Vanden Berg. Mrs Fred Van Rheenen hosted the E O W club Wednesday afternoon with refreshments served. The Baptist young people gave a Valentine party Tuesday evening with games and a lunch. The Golden Rule class is hosted Friday by Mrs Simon De Haan. The Philathee Class will be hosted Friday by Mrs John Liter.
This week Albert De Jong has the typing pin for accuracy and Roy Van fark for the highest rate of speed. Debates are in season in the oral English class with pairs debating on topics drawn from personal experience. Donald Klein and Andrew Klyn will debate whether the U S should follow Washington's Farewell Address policy to avoid entangling European alliances. Miss Wesselink and Mr Frush judged the Jasper county declamatory contest in Monroe Tuesday evening. The School Board held its regular monthly meeting at the high school with the Secretary's report on school expenses read and approved. The annual School Board election will be held Monday March 7 with terms expiring Herman Veenstra and formhondt. Absences due to the epidemic include about a fourth of the total enrollment. Miss Miner returned to work Monday after a week with the mumps, and no kindergarten classes were held during her absence. To deter crime the superintendent's office safe was replaced with a new extra large safe after a rifling incident.
Old shade trees on the Webster school grounds have been cut down due to safety concerns. New trees will be planted soon. The Girls basketball tournament remains active with the Senior team defeating the Sophomores 17 to 4 on Monday after school. Junior class play It Happened in June cast named Betty Bronson Frances Van Rees Sue Crundel Helen Vander Wal Nell Crundel Gertrude Lasachuit Mollie Jessop Wilma Van Dort Evalina Scroge Katherine Crum Randy Stewart Arnold Schippers Charles Atkins Ralph Bogaards Jim Pritcher Richard Sels Jarvis Sneed Sylvanus Dykstra.
Four o clock in Miss Bayliss speech room hosted a verbal clash between Simpson College and Central. Both teams offered strong constructive arguments on the proposal for centralized control of industry, with heated cross examination and ten minutes of closing. Referee verdict was no decision, but Central earned reader sympathy.
One week ago tonight Central College aired a nearly one hour broadcast featuring the Bells of St. Marys Ladies Glee Club and guests. thirty two singers led by Miss Peterson and Bailey with Dr Wes selink and Dean Pietenpol. A caravan of cars transported performers through icy winds to the event held with WSUI Iowa City. Students and friends heard the program in dorms rooms and nearby towns.
Godard’s Second Mazurka, Old English Carol, Song of the Volga Boatmen, Sleepy Hollow Tune, and more were performed by Men’s and Ladies' Glee Clubs and soloists Ruth Dykstra and Willard Langerak under Earl Van Rees. The event enhanced the college’s reputation as it reached a wide audience despite a cold night and some delays returning to Pella.
Writing an article is a perilous craft as ink fumes and rhythm pull the hand to form lines then paragraphs. The process sweeps from typewriter to presses, delivering words to newsboys and readers who trust what is printed.
Excerpt reflects on the urge to write under the pressure of the press and the act of typing as words surge from nerves to paper. The passage contemplates abundance of copy and the demand for endless output in a literary life briefly framed as Juvenilia from an unknown author.
The Missionary Review of India questions Mr. Gandhi's stance on religion and Christianity, arguing his view that each country has an adequate religion signals provincialism. It claims his world view lacks modern breadth, contrasting India's traditional life with Western progress and urging broader solutions beyond old methods.
Mrs Anna Rus entered Abbot hospital Oskaloosa last week for treatment W G De Wit bookkeeper at the Pella Produce plant was taken to Town City Friday morning for a nasal operation Miss Ruth Good has been on the sick list for a few days being absent from the high school the first of the week H H Geelhoed suffered a sprained shoulder from a fall last Wednesday He is some what better at present and able to be about a little
A scientist recalls a rule to read only the Bible after dinner and on Sundays to avoid worldly distractions. He credits this discipline with access to spiritual truths from Scripture. Also notes 7,000 U S ministers unemployed and local property purchase by Jim Van Vark with move planned by March. Miss Erhina Hamilton’s slow improvement reported.
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