Local News Highlights From Pella Area
Local residents and visitors are listed with trips to Newton Oskaloosa Knoxville and Des Moines. Notable items include Mrs B H Van Ness visiting Monroe, Kate Carl staying in Newton, and Miss Louise Gladstone from Des Moines visiting the Van Hemert home. The city installs a cooling tower, notes slippery streets, and reports various town updates and community activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. van Ness
Monroe
A. van Drimmelen
Newton
A. A. Lubberden
Des Moines
Pella
Will Rogers Ambassaor Bill at Pella Theatre
Claremore Oklahoma patrons greet Will Rogers in Fox talkie Ambassador Bill opening Wednesday January 27 28 at Pella Theatre. The film portrays Rogers as a shirt sleeve ambassador in a European court with a host of funny scenes and strong supporting performances. Marguerite Churchill Greta Nissen Tad Alexander star alongside Rogers in this high point of his screen career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rogers
Will
Claremore
Okla
Ambassador Bill
Paris
Connecticut
Bill
Roger
Fox
Pella Theatre
Rogers
Marguerite Churchill
Greta Nissen
Tad Alexander
Eastern Star Officers Hold Meeting at Masonic Hall
Officers of the Eastern Star met in a business session at the Masonic hall on Monday evening. Mrs. James Wren and Mrs. W. S. Leaty of Knoxville visited relatives here Saturday afternoon. Miss Cornelia De Kock had an appaloma removed from her foot last Monday in Des Moines. She is recuperating and is able to be around again and plans a music and expression course at Central College next semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Vander Linden
Des Moines
J. C. Penney Company
de Wit
Joan
Prairie City
N. de Wit
Harvey
F. F. Carpenter
Rallston
Wilbur Johnson
Kansas City
J. C. Penney
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
James Wren
W. S. Leaty
Knoxville
Cornelia de Kock
Des Moinees
High School Semester Opens with Class Shifts and Debuts
Miss Blake teaches physiology and Miss Gosselink grammar as the new term starts. Miss Larson returns from vacation with mumps. Fourth preliminary declamatory contest results list Ralph Menning Esther Groetveld Ruth Van Vliet Wilma Van Dort Hespers Kuyper Eleanor Ver Ploeg. Fifth contest coached by Ruth Dykstra set for Friday. Vera Sedrel and Clara Plette join as new students. Campfire girls hold first Council Fire at the high school. Freshman English begins Merchant of Venice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Menning
Esther Groetveld
Ruth van Vliet
Wilma van Dort
Hespers Kuyper
Irvin Jelsma
Eleanor Ver Ploeg
Leslie Sheets
Ruth Dykstra
Vera Sedrel
Clara Plette
School House Near Chariton Destroyed by Night Fire
The Center school house in Whitebreast township six miles west of Chariton was burned down at 8 oclock last night. All school equipment and many books and supplies owned by students were lost. Origin of the fire is unknown. Building and equipment were insured, and an afternoon meeting with insurance adjusters was planned to settle the loss. Mae Lingle of Chariton was the teacher of the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitebreast Township
Chariton
Mae Lingle
Mahaska County Dog Taxes Reduced for 1932
Mahaska County dog taxes cut under county auditor Bryan Evans with males taxed at 1 and females at 3. The reduction follows a remaining $1,000 balance in the domestic animal fund after payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahaska County
Bryan Evans
Tax plans threaten sheep claim relief in 1932 rise
The article warns that reduced taxes failing to cover last year’s sheep claims could trigger a return to the former higher rate. It notes that if 1932 claims aren’t met, the tax level will be boosted back to previous levels, affecting local producers.
Advertising Prices Not Taxed, Merchants Urge Bargains
An up and coming merchant argues that when people hesitate to spend, advertising is essential. Bargains and publicity can draw buyers. Farmers must sell three times more produce to cover taxes this year than in 1913 as prices fall and taxes rise.
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Abe
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Allied
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Rockford Sox
Allen A
Wormhoudt & Kempkes
H. Shinn
Pearl
Kate Carl
Herman Welle
Sarahlyn
Oskaloosa
Dick Deikema
C. van Berkum
Ethel Vande Gaarde
Boyden
Henry Boender
Louie Witt
Sioux County
Louise Gladstone
J. van Hemert
Lee Lautenbach
Eunice de Bruin
Fred Lautenbach
Winona Davis
Attica
Grace Wesselink
John Hackett
J. M. Cox
Mollie Briggs
Ottumwa
Ray Vander Waal
Jimmy Lowe
Montezuma
A. T. van Houweling
William Steenbock
Kate Beard
Robert Goodhart
Hector Bevans
Oskaloosa Associational
Stuart Goad
B. H. Gholson
The
Dutch Mill Oil Company
American Legion Skating Rink
North Main Street
Bill Gezel
John Firth
Finley Avenue Baptist Church
Chronicle
Hugo Kuyper
Iage
Welfare League
Dr. Aschenbrenner
Ben Vogelaar
J. Plender
Clark Richardson
Ed Cook
Pella National Bank
D. S. Barr
Gakalooas
American Legion
Legion Hall
Winterset
S. F. Cole
Carol Carson
Children’s Hospital
Iowa City
South Dakota
Schulte
Fred
Lam
W. C. Ver Ploeg
Central-Iowa Wesleyan
Mt. Pleasant
Gerald Paardekooper
Tony Olds
Willard de Winter
Gore van Arkel
Chuck Mitten
Arie Schilder
Pete Heerema
George Lankelma
Dan Byers
John Rouwenhorst
Mrs. L. Meulpolder
Frances Pals
Eldon
Viola le Gacq
Order
Jack Korn
Marshalltown
Hi. C. Wormhoudt
Edward J. den Adel
Bartlesville, Okla
Martha Carol
Parent-Tesacher Association
the Chronicle
Broadway
Henry Brom
Tone van Setten
Abe Klaaren
L. van Roekel
Leighton
Roy Vander Linden
B. FP. Vander Linden
Udell Hendricks
Vander Linden Drug Store
Ford Korn and Son
Jack
H. C. Wormoudt
Steve van Roekel
Gradus de Kock
John Byron
Paul Eugene
John G. de Kock
Henry Boeyink
Fremont
Central Parsons
Miss Larson
Merchant of Enice
Sharon Star
Babberries
del Monte No
Hersheys
Beans
Michigan
Choice Blue Rose
del Monte
Texas
Aedes
Lal
Constantine
Dept. D
Omaha
Nebraska
Farmers Union Old Opera House
Henery Brown
Ken Maynard
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