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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1940
Page
10
A dense newspaper classified snippet lists used cars from several dealers including AB Van Houweling Auto Company and White Way Auto Co with models from 1926 to 1938, followed by ads for used stoves ranges washing machines radios deworming and detousing services, poultry feed and supplies from Van Gorp's Hatchery in Pella Iowa.
FEEDS TRUCKING offers live stock grain and coal transport with safety. Spouting repairs by Bert Kersbergen. Wynberg Truck Line storage and monument sale offer from New England Granite Works. Ben Vos handles cattle sales with Morrell’s buyer visiting periodically. Air conditioner promotion for a Green Colonial unit via Paul De Wit.
Ex tension horticulturist Sam Edgecombe of Iowa State College urges planting about 3000 more acres to meet the roughly one million bushels of apples Iowa must import annually. He cites 600k bushels from commercial orchards and 900k from home trees, with local trade reducing packing and shipping needs. Edgecombe notes cooler Iowa weather aids storage and that Jonathan apples suit local markets. He warns winter injury as a major risk and stresses choosing appropriate rootstock for new orchards.
Local musings describe Black Walnut cookies and a hope to boost Tulip Time with bologna making demonstrations in storefront windows. Freddy Heerema offers ideas while recalling Christmas and Tulip events, noting Pella’s strong food crafts and community humor.
The Hopley Bears defeated Birdy Bluedevils 41 to 16 to earn their second win of the season. Every Bear contributed to the scoring led by Bud Van der Ploeg with 11 points while Bill Koopmans topped the Bluedevils with eight. The victory places the Bears at first in the Home Conference with two wins and no defeats.
A clipped OCR fragment discusses writing clear sentences and proper punctuation. It references class work and aims for clever phrasing while emphasizing accuracy. The text is incomplete but implies educational guidance on style and correctness.
On January 4 the seniors met and nominated three girls for the D A R award to be given this spring. Faculty will pick the top candidate, record her name at the County Superintendent's Office, who then forwards credentials to the State Superintendent for the award.
Blanche Van Donselaat, a sophomore homemaking student, praised the painting Inspired for its expressive lines, color use, and detailed rendering. Vocational Homemaking Girls had selected several works and arranged framing, with Inspired the first unveiling at a student assembly this year.
Pella High basketball held a stiff scrimmage with Pella Hi Flyers on Wednesday night. The team will play Chariton High tomorrow night at home. Cars transporting players to Osceola and Indianola both blew out, a costly misfortune. Carl De Wit found his class ring in Indianola last Friday. Gene Stientjes seeks a nuisance claim for a head bump, but the coach urged him to stay quiet or Indianola will bill for radiator damage.
The Pella High School F. F. A. basketball team lost by six points to Indianola on their home floor. Indianola led 13 to 2 at halftime and 16 to 10 after the third period. Pella rallied in the second half, scoring eight points while Indianola faltered before finishing with the narrow defeat.
In study hall readers are advised to visit the library and borrow I Hear America Singing a collection of dialect poems. The piece suggests poetry is disliked because people do not pick up a book to read and enjoy a short pause for amusement.
Groups of four pupils in Mr Birdsall’s literature classes work on biographies choosing a subset of the subject. Each student writes one thousand words on a phase of the subject. Next week each student will write a two thousand word autobiography. The Sophomore English class is finishing unit on sentence structure.
A Ruth Barnes collected volume gathers poems from varied sources told by ranchers and shanty men. It features works by Holmes, Lowell, Field, Sandburg, Joel Chandler Harris, and Bret Harte, praised for stirring readers through accessible lines.
A college of quirky notes recalls a vacation and plans to publish the most interesting happenings. Students recount Roosevelt’s address to Congress and gym class memories while readers note snow pants, bells on socks, and a New Year’s vow. A minor union accident and classroom mischief are mentioned alongside basketball triumph over Indianola, with continued team momentum praised.
The students and faculty of Pella High welcome Ted Vawter a new student. Ned a freshman formerly attended high school in St Louis Missouri.
The Protestant Reformed Church of Polla Tow oration simia Wilkin and unknown claimants are named defendants in a title dispute for Lot Two, Block Eighty Four in Pella Iowa. The plaintiff seeks establishment of title by adverse possession over ten years and asks that all unknown claimants be barred from asserting any right. Default will be entered if you fail to appear by February 6, 1940 at Knoxville Iowa.
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