Vander Ploeg Accepts Colfax Baptist Pastorate
Rev. Albert Vander Ploeg of near Pella Iowa accepts a Colfax Baptist Church call to serve as pastor for the coming year. He has supplied since Rev Bukoutz retired and will move to the parsonage and serve full time. He preaches farewell next Sunday and first sermon January 16.
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Albert Vander Ploeg
Pella
Iowa
Colfax
Vander Ploeg
C. J. Bukoutz
Ames
van der Ploeg
Payroll tax goes quarterly for unemployment insurance Iowa
The Iowa unemployment compensation commission announced that payroll tax for unemployment insurance will be collected quarterly rather than monthly. The 1938 rate rises to 3 percent from 2 percent in 1937, with nine tenths retained by the state and one tenth by the federal government. The fund is projected to exceed 10 million by July, aiding over 300000 workers with weekly benefits during layoff.
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Towa
Iowa
State Commission
Bureaus of Internal Revenue
Pella High Defeats Winterset 31 to 6 in Home Game
Pella High cagers beat Winterset 31 to 6 on the home floor Friday night. Bob Menning led with 10 points, Raymond De Witt added eight, as the Little Dutch showed improved team work and steady breaks. Conference standings followed the game.
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Pella
Winterset
Bob Menning
Raymond de Witt
Menning
Moa
Vande Kieft
Joarl
Td de Witt
Oo Vander Waal
Steintjes
Heeremanie Vander Witt
Pella Grade School News Highlights Student Activities
Iowa Pella January 13 1938 first grade finishes Alice and Jerry readers and prepares primers next week. Kindergartners welcome Prins back after a week away. Second grade invites fourth and fifth to learn about birds with a feeding table and booklets to take home. Several vaccination for smallpox planned to reach 100 percent. Third grade tracks a ten day weather chart, studies milk health unit, and records milk drinking weight. Fourth and fifth grades read Bunny Boy Learns a Lesson and enjoy bird assembly and first Our Weekly Reader pageant in roses California. Sixth grade notes move of Donald Tuinstra to Marshalltown and vaccination status of others. some illness. new books and magazines. perfect attendance list. spelling efforts. Christmas vacation reflections.
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California
Donald Tuinstra
Marshalltown
Phyllis Ver Steeg
Julianne van Houweling
Nick Braashart
Connie van Berkem
Billie Curtis
Ralph Heerema
Henry Muilenberg
Tony van Donald Toom
High School Trio Appears On Radio Saturday
Pella High School alumni singers Bernac der Linden Melba Hoekstra and uyper performed on WHO radio last Saturday evening with local residents. The group delivered excellent performances and the school and community take pride in their musicianship. It is hoped they will share selections with the student body.
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Pella High School
Songsters
Bernac der Linden
Melba Hoekstra
Uyper
WHO
Pella
High School Examinations Schedule Announced
High school examinations will be given on Wednesday Thursday and Friday January 12 13 and 14 during regular class periods. If a teacher needs more than one hour two different days may be used. All pupils will be asked to take the examinations this year. Mid year report cards will be issued on July 19.
Second Semester Schedule Announces New Courses
The second semester begins Monday January 17 with new subjects in commercial geography, general bookkeeping, economics, oral English, and English literature. Solid Geometry replaces Advanced Algebra under Miss Ver Heul. Normal Training adds Rural School Management, Music, and High School Arithmetic taught by Miss Helen Hunter. Senior Civics repeats for graduation. textbooks rented. conflicts are being resolved per Principal Miss Gosselink.
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Helen Hunter
Book collection and rental rules for this week
Text books for courses must be collected at the last regular session. Each teacher must account for every book and check absentees. Pupils should clean books. a few erasures may avoid extra charges. Payment for unnecessary abuse required before new rentals. Books available at the office with rental prices posted on the bulletin board. Most will be available Thursday and Friday this week.
Eighth grade examinations set for February dates
County plans announced by J. F. Tracy set February 3 and 4 for eighth grade exams. Many pupils from outlying districts will test at Pella with Department of Public Instruction support. Reading, history, geography questions by objective type. hygiene and arithmetic by essay. Form 7 Stanford test used.
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J. F. Tracy
Pella
Department of Public Instruction
U. S
Stanford
JAN School Calendar Highlights and Basketball Schedule
Jan 13 and 14 feature semester exams and two boys basketball games at 7 16 PM at Valley High West Des Moines and High New Sharon. Jan 19 reports cards, while Jan 11 lists games at Mineola Des Moines. Minor items include music and Mothers Totub notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley High
West Des Moines
Ppeasantville
High
Mass Smallpox Vaccination Clinic At Local High School
About eighty children were vaccinated at the first school clinic held at the high school Tuesday. Immunity rates by home rooms range from 65 to 87 percent with notable high marks in grades 3 and 4. Additional vaccinations and future clinics are planned, including pre school at the high school sewing room and rural school visits.
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Pella Christian School
Aschenbrenner
van der Meulen
Matt Kempkes
Leo Linder
Ethel Dautremont
Miss Lamb
Hopley
Lockhart
Healy
Claypool
Greendyke
Hunter
Webster
Bootsma
Lautenbach
Prange
Ver Steeg
Brooks
Beebe
Sybenga
Fox
Lincoln
Ver Heul
van Sittert
Crannell
Jackson
Purcell
Sybenga and
Examinations for Normal Training Pupils
Semester exams for normal training pupils set for January 19 to 21. Tests organized by the county superintendent or appointee cover psychology grammar geography and physiology with scheduled times Wednesday 9:00 preliminary psychology Thursday 9:00 grammar Thursday 1:00 geography and Friday 9:00 physiology. Pella seniors Florence Hackett Mary Jane Van Hemert Anna Keuning will take the mid term examinations this year.
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Pella
Florence Hackett
Mary Jane van Hemert
Anna Keuning
Local Junior Subjects Plan Ahead for Students
Dorothy Vander Waal Kathryn Henry Ruth De Heer Leota B Van Etten Velma De Prenger named junior subjects. Junior subjects will be taken by several students.
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Dorothy Vander Waal
Kathryn Henry
Ruth de Heer
Leota B. van Etten
Velma de Prenger
P. H. S Gathers Chatter On Vaccination And Games
Hall chatter notes a former cowboy among students and mentions smallpox vaccinations. G A A hosts a skating party on Wednesday evening January 12. The girls lost a recent game 22 to 12 while the boys delivered a strong performance and aim for future conference victories.
Selections From Favorite Operas Here Jan 20
Central College presents the Chamber Opera Company in Selections From Favorite Operas at the high school auditorium 7 30 P M January 20. The cast features Maria Matyas Robert Long Raymond Koch and Charles Surrey with director Charles Lurrey. Noted American artists, including Matyas of the Chicago Opera and Met connections, are highlighted in a program of scenes from famous operas.
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Chamber Opera Company
Pella
Harry Culbertson, Inc
Maria Matyas
Robert Long
Raymond Koch
Bariton
Charles Surrey
Miss Matyas
Chicago Opera Company
Lily Pons
Metropolitan Opera Association of New York
Robert Fong
Mr. Long
Charles Lurrey
Chicago
Marion County B B Tournament Planned in Knoxville
At a Marion County superintendents meeting in Knoxville plans for the basketball tournament were set. The event runs February 9 to 12 at Knoxville with 11 schools, Niles Norton and Roscoe Day officiating, and Pella meeting Pleasantville in the third game.
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Marion County
Knoxvile
Swan
Attica
Melcher
Harvey
Pella
Pleasantville
Tracy
Busse
Knoxville
Family
Dallas
Marion
Speech Meet Plans Change From Declamatory Work
Schools face declining interest in declamatory contests and plan a broader speech meet. The program includes Prose Reading Poetry Reading Character-Interpretation and Extemporaneous Speech with noncompetitive Superior Excellent Good ratings. It aims to reduce costs for judges and widen participation beyond Pella. Mayor Allen H. Boge banned Pottsfield Panay bombing films Friday night.
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Pella
Allen H. Boge
Pottsfield
Mass
American Singers Offer Opera Selections in English
A concert program features renowned American singers performing favorite operas in English to ensure clear word understanding. The presentation promises pleasure and satisfaction for audiences. Single admissions are 40 cents.
Central Grad Teaches in U of Boston
President Irwin J. Lubbers of Central College received greetings from Rev. Lorenz I. Hansen, former pastor of Andover Baptist Church, now an instructor at Boston University in psychology philosophy and education. Hansen earned his A B from Central, MA from Chicago, Ph D from Boston University. his wife is pursuing an MA there. Local friends wish him success in his new field.
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Irwin J. Lubbers
Central College
Lorenz I. Hansen
The
Baptist Church
Andover
Mass
Boston University
Boston
Hansen
University of Chicago
Boston Univ
Pella
Cast Named For College Play The Good Hope
Professor Gould selected the cast for his next college play The Good Hope just before Christmas. Rehearsals have been steady for weeks and the production will be shown Friday evening February 4 in the high school auditorium. The Dutch village drama follows a wrecked rotten ship and features fisherfolk and their families in a story of courage and loss. Cast includes Virginia Van Gorp Gladys Hyilk Laverne Barton Betty Bennink John Ailts Alfred Vander Ploeg Harry Van Hunnik Bruce Gardner Mary Louise Renaud Minnekus Schakel Mina Baker Jean Oxenford Daniel Reeverts Miriam Ter Veer.
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Professor Gould
Virginia van Gorp
Gladys Hyiik
Laverne Barton
Betty Bennink
John Ailts
Alfred Vander Ploeg
Harry van Hunnik
Bruce Gardner
Mary Louise Renaud
Minnekus Schakel
Mina Baker
Jean Oxenford
Daniel Reeverts
Miriam Ter Veer
Vander Hart Dies in Michigan After Forty Years as Carrier
Sunday morning January 9 1938 Wm E Vander Hart died in Holland Michigan after forty years of service as city mail carrier He was the son of the late Rev E Vander Hart and father of Rev Norman Vander Hart of Knox NY The Misses Agnes and Everette Vander Hart left to attend his funeral, following his retirement January 1 1938 from the post.
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Vander Harts
Holland, Michigan
Wm. E. Vander Hart
E. Vander Hart
Norman Vander Hart
Knox, N.Y
Agnes and
Everette Vander Hart
Semester Exams Next Week at Central University
Next week, January 17 to 21, will be devoted entirely to semester examinations at Central University. Examinations are two hours long and will cover all courses scheduled for the term.
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Central
College schedule updates include new courses offered
The notice lists class times from morning to afternoon across several blocks and notes registration opportunities for next semester. It mentions most courses carry over, with replacements such as astronomy, ethics, philosophy of religion, urban sociology, comparative government, genetics, zoology, Ovid, French literature, physiology, Christian missions, and educational psychology among others.
Brocklander Home In Oskaloosa Damaged By Fire
Fire at the Fred Breuklander residence 515 North D Street noon Sunday gutted the attic and roof and caused water smoke and debris damage to three second floor rooms. Occupants were away. roof tarped for repairs after about an hour of firefighting. Firefighters also battled sparks at Iva De Bruin residence on North Street with occupants containing the blaze.
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Marion Whitmore
Fred Breuklander
North D Street
Mor day morning damage report from Oskaloosa Herald
A brief clerical note records minor damage observed by responders arriving at 7 20 a m today in Mor day. No injuries or further details provided in the readable text.
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Morday
Oskaloosa
Ban on Women Still in Effect After 12 Years
Council Bluffs Iowa report notes a barber Oscar F Bershardt refused to employ women and kept his shop men only for twelve years. The owner defended the policy citing no reason to change and the ban remains in place despite years of comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Oscar F. Bershardi
Igna
Bernhardtaid
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Rev
A. Vander Ploeg
Public School Chronicle
Pella Public Schoo
P.H.S
Indianola
Valley
W. Des Ly
Despinlbange
Herbert Vander Waal
Lincoln School
Alice and Jerry
Bunny Boy
Dockendorff
Ver Heal
R. Long
Tenor
R. Koch
Baritone
M. Matyas
Peter Lubberden
Central Grad
U of Boston
W. E. Vander Hart
Michigan
Brocklander
Honey Creek
Honey Creek Coal Co
Bloodsworth & van Dyke
Leighton
Mahaska
Total
Mahaska County
J. C. de Bruin
H. W. Vander Linden
H.W. Vander Linden
H. Kuperus
T, D. Beintema B. Groenendyk
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