School Notes Of Interest
The grade attendance is smaller due to the cold epidemic and mumps. The juniors begin work on their play The House of a Thousand Mysteries to be given February 25. Principal Amidon is back after a severe cold. A high school bard may organize with about 30 members. Former principal E M Hinton now teaches in Williamsville New York. Supt Fresh judged a Newton Knoxville debate with Newton the winner. movable seats aid physical training. gym floor upgraded with old lumber treated for moisture. frames carved by Ben Blommers adorn new pictures. Christmas seals total 101.86 with 76.38 allocated for health and school use. Report cards issued. grading explained with C 75% B 85% A 95% and plus/minus adjustments. County preliminaries for declamatory contest set for Friday January 28 knoxville sends six contestants to face six local winners.
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Amidon
E. M. Hinton
Williamsville
N. Y
Buffalo
Supt. Fresh
Newton
Knoxville
Newton School
Ben Blommers
Delinquent Tax Sale Finalized for Feb 2 at County Treasurers
Our correspondent reports the 1926 delinquent tax sale will be held February 2 at the county treasurer's office for unsold property. Numerous parcels remain to be sold while auto license numbers rise to 5083. Tax books are prepared and payments are being accepted, with many already paying.
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Frank T. Metcalf
Chamber of Commerce Sets January 25 Meeting
The Chamber of Commerce executive committee announced a general meeting on Tuesday January 25. Officers for 1927 will be chosen and other business of the new year will be transacted. The group credited with a strong year and hopes to maintain momentum through community support.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bake Sale by Baptist Ladies Aid at Bosveld building
The Baptist Ladies Aid will hold a bake sale at the Bosveld building on the south side of the square Saturday January 22 starting at 10 30 a m Those wishing baked goods reserved call Red 19
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The
Baptist Ladies Aid
Bosveld
Pella Merchants See Strong Mid-Winter Sales
Mid winter sales draw many buyers as three clothing sales and two shoe sales boost trade in wearing apparel and footwear. Colder weather and snow spur purchases while almost every city merchant reports good trade since the year began. All sales close this week with crowds expected. Van Niewaal store employs extra help to handle shoppers. Chronicle runs a double page of Pella advertisements as a last call for these specials guiding future offerings.
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Pella
van Niewaal
the Chronicle
Farewell to Jones Welcome to Churchill
The Marion County Farm Bureau will assemble in Knoxville next Tuesday evening, January 25, for a farewell banquet to Harold V. Jones, retiring county agent, and to welcome Lloyd Churchill, who will take up the reins February 1. The event will be at the K of P hall with reservations through Farm Bureau officers. The program of speakers and entertainment will be provided, but personnel not yet announced.
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Marion County Farm. Bureau
Knoxville
Harold V. Jones
Lloyd Churchill
K. of P. Hall
Farm Bureau
Farmers Study Farm Buildings In January Series
The Marion County Farm Bureau launches a five month program on farm building ventilation and hog house equipment. Five demonstrations, led by Prof. H H Sanderson, IA State Extension, run January 24 to 28 in Knoxville Pleasantville Melcher Bussey and Pella.
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Marion County Farm Bureau
H. H. Sanderlin
Iowa State College
Knoxville
Avery-Cleland Hadrware Co
Pleasantville
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Melcher, Melcher Lumber Company
Bussey
Paul’s Lumber Company
Pella
Marion County
National Thrift Week Opens with Franklin Focus
Benjamin Franklin, born 1706 and dying 1790, is highlighted as a thrift icon guiding National Thrift Week. The piece urges budgeting, saving, and prudent finance through banks, postal savings, home ownership, and life insurance, contrasting thrift with waste and citing Carnegie and Rockefeller as thrift exemplars. It stresses saving to avoid debt, prepare for emergencies, and share wealth with others.
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Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Franklin
Richard
United States
U. S
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Van Steenis Taken To Mt Pleasant Hospital
Henry Van Steenis aged 33 was taken to Mt Pleasant hospital Monday morning by Sheriff Edgar Clark after being adjudged insane by the county commission. He lived near Otley and was said to have been a patient at the state hospital before.
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Henry van Steenis
Mt. Pleasant
Edgar Clark
van Stennis
Otley
State Hospital
Pella Defeats Monroe In Twin Basketball Games
Pella High School swept two basketball games against Monroe teams on Tuesday. In the regular match, Pella won 23 to 6 led by Tysseling with five floor goals and three free throws, Grundman with three baskets, and Ver Dught and Blommers with one each. The second team contest ended 14 to 8 in favor of Pella, with solid attendance from Monroe and a sizable local crowd.
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Pella High School
Monroe
Pella
Tysseling
Grundman
Ver Dught
Blommers
City Council Has Little Business This Week
The city council meeting Tuesday evening was quiet with no ordinances on the agenda. Routine business and reports were addressed as coal bills for the first half of the month were approved and Mayor Fultz announced $79 in fines and $89.75 from licenses. The new engine at the municipal light plant is installed and in use, with tests and adjustments planned for reliable operation.
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Fultz
Early Morning Fire Destroys Bedding on Washington Street
A fire at Anne Van Rees’s home on Washington Street started in bedding dragged outside by Fire Chief Bert Van Vark who was first on the scene. Linoleum was scorched but the damage was limited to the bed. origin remains undetermined.
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Anne van Rees
Washington Street
Bert van Vark
Vaccination School February first and second noted
Over twenty farmers near Columbia seek a swine disease school taught by Dr C D Craft. Attendance is open to any farmer or son willing to attend with an $8 fee for schooling and hog vaccination exam. The program covers hog cholera control, immunity, and herd health. The school will be held in Columbia on February 1 and 2.
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Columbia
State of
Iowa
Pella High School Promotes National Thrift Week Event
National Thrift Week activities unfold across Pella with cooperation between the High School Y M C A and local banks. Essays on thrift rewarded with one dollar savings accounts for top writers in each grade, judged by teachers. Community business leaders back thrift education as the creed urges budgeting, banking, and prudent spending.
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Pella
Young Men’s Christian Association
Marion County
The
Chronicle
Annual meeting notice of Farmers' Co operative Exchange
The annual meeting of the Farmers' Co operative Exchange will be held January 25, 1927, at 1 o'clock P M at the Legion Hall. Mr Ream who audited our books will be the speaker of the day. All the stock holders urged to be present Visitors welcome
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Farmers’ Co-operative Exchange
Legion Hall
Ream
Public sale dates listed for Iowa merchants
Public sale dates are announced for several merchants including John Leydens of Monroe January 26 J H Van Vliet and Co of Eddyville January 27 Albert De Jong of Leighton January 28 P Ludderden of Pella February 2 and J G Van Gorp of Peoria February 10 A separate note invites a free clinic at Dr Ketman on January 22.
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John Leydens
Monroe
J. H. van
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Chamber Commerce
Bake Sale
Jones
Churchill
MT. Pleasant Hospital
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