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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
5
A movement sparked a referendum in many colleges on ratifying the peace treaty with Germany. Central College tallies show mixed votes by faculty and students across six propositions about League of Nations ratification, reservations, and policy nuances.
Oska Loosa high school opened the local scholastic basketball season with a 42 to 13 victory over Pella high school. Whitlock was chosen captain, and key players included Lautenbach and Klein. Gordon led with 7 goals, Gund 6, and strong free throw work helped Oska Loosa's win.
In Marion county, robbers used an acetylene torch to breach the vault of the First National Bank of Pleasantville on Tuesday night, stealing several thousand dollars. A prior break in occurred at Percy a few months earlier.
Roy Efflh of New Sharon received an indeterminate sentence not to exceed ten years in the Anamosa state reformatory after pleading guilty to arson tied to the Prairie township church burnings and other buildings. He had been held on indictment in default of bond and will likely be taken to Anamosa that afternoon. Bond on appeal was set at $5,000.
At Newton Wednesday evening the Tigers struggled in the first half as a large floor confused them. They rallied in the second half with a passing game and better team play but could not overcome the Newton advantage. Den Adel Brand and De Cook starred on defense and floor play with the Rillihan brothers and Vogelaar contributing, while local fans cheered the effort.
Loyde Hillyer will perform a junior piano recital on Tuesday January 27 at 7 30 in the Old Central chapel room. Connie De Bryn welcomes a new baby sister January 28. Spring Semester registration day is upcoming. A faculty table appears at the Dormitory as faculty begin new term. Rev P Grooters Otley spoke at Chapel Tuesday morning. Central beats Des Moines College 42 to 25. Dean and Mrs Pietenpol host a big dinner after the victory over Penn. New semester opens January 26 at 7 45 A M. Central has a live wire Yell Master. Leona Smith suffers a slight appendicitis.
The eighth grade Pella team traveled to Oska loosa and faced a much older Y M C A squad, losing 24 to 6 after a 12 to 5 first half. Pella’s Breuklander Mitten Sack Grandia and Rouwenhorst started. the Y M C A coach officiated as referee.
County Superintendent Mijldizen announces the regular January Teachers Examination to be held in his Knoxville office on Wednesday Thursday and Friday January 28 29 and 30 starting at 8 oclock.
The Pella Chamber of Commerce presents a two night Minstrel Show at the High School Auditorium January 21 and 22 at 8 30 PM directed by Harry McIver with local stars and features Madame Yoji a Hindoo mind reader Princess Heike solo and dance acts plus Doc Wormhoudt and other acts. Tickets go on sale Friday January 16 at the 2 Vans, without reservations.
A letter from C. W. Brinkhoff of Ocean Park California describes a winter in California with daily free concerts by the Ferrullo Venice of America Band at 2:30 and 7:30 in the open band plaza. He notes meeting Knoxville residents Will Vander Ploeg and Ira Van Gleave and praises Jake Cox manager of the Venice Plunge as the coast's finest diver and swimmer.
Paramount Entertainers performed Friday evening at Central College lecture course before a large audience. The act featured a gentleman and two young ladies with playlets, solos, readings, and more. Franklin Frederic the baritone drew wide praise, while one young woman read and the other played violin. The show was broadly considered a very enjoyable entertainment.
The Ladies Club of the Pleasant View district known as Hardscrabble will host a brief program and pie social at the schoolhouse four miles east of town on Friday January 16.
Central College opens home basketball season with a 42 to 25 victory over Des Moines College. D M C showed early pace but Central's balance and crowd support kept them ahead, with Renaud leading Central and Jones of Des Moines shining in his return to college play.
The Pella Tigers crushed Still College of Des Moines 48 to 11 Monday evening. Brand led with 18 points at center, Vogelaar added five goals, and Den Adel four as the Tigers dominated from the opening rush. Visitors struggled with injuries as Des Moines players endured bumps, with a 22 to 5 half and a repeat in the second half.
Church notes list morning sermon Pray er in harmony with The Being and Will of God evening sermon Is not This The Christ Bible School at 9 30 a m Junior B Y P U at 2 30 p m Senior B Y P U at 6 30 p m Prayer Meeting at 7 30 p m Wednesday night Bible study One God and Father of all
At 9:80 A. M. Sunday School and 10:45 A. M. Morning Worship with anthem The King of Love my Shepherd Is and a sermon Purging the Threshing Floor by the pastor. At 6:30 P. M. Young People Society of Christian Endeavor and 7:30 P. M. Evening Worship with solo Teach me to Pray by Henry Versi and sermon A Reasonable Service by the pastor.
A missionary recounts a 11 day trip in China with Katharine Green from Leng na to Eng hok in 1919. They traveled by sedan chair and carried beds due to poor lodging and road conditions, meeting local churchgoers, visiting homes, and teaching at a girls school with over 30 students. They endured long steep climbs, shared meals, and observed curious locals during their journey and at the Eng hok church.
A Pella merchant faced a canvasser who tried to force a protest against street paving and threatened a boycott if he did not sign. The council had issued a notice and hearing schedule, which the protester skipped, surrendering any objection. The piece condemns the protestor as un-American and unworthy of freedom privileges.
J E Cornelius of Pella Iowa seeks detectives to find his 17 year old wife who vanished after a Jan 10 desertion two days after their Jan 8 marriage. He fears she may have harmed herself due to a former lover. He described her as brown hair, 5 feet tall, brown eyes, 148 pounds. They were married at Pella.
Rev B F Brinkman has accepted a call to Calvary Reformed Church in Cleveland and will leave Pella soon to begin work in his new field. Calvary is the largest and most progressive Cleveland Reformed church, using English in services. They recently completed a new church and parsonage, and the community offers support for his ministry.
J. P. Van Zee lost a finger at the Garden City Feeder Works in a recent week long accident at a saw. This follows a prior injury when his hand was pierced by a sharp instrument. The latest wound has kept him off work but is healing as expected.
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