Pella Notes On Local Life And Visitors
Local news from Pella covers shoe shops, visitors from Des Moines and Oskaloosa, births, random social calls, and nearby trips. Mentions include William Black visiting the D Hynes home, Clara Vander Linden, Betty Wesselink, and multiple trips by residents to Des Moines, Knoxville, and Chicago. A new turbine foundation at the municipal light plant moves forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Black
Des Moines
D. Hynes
Ross Schakel
Oskaloosa
H. E. Knight
la Porte
Lewis Vander Wilt
Chicago
Sam Ver Steeg
Bis Tew
Pella National
Gerrit Vander Stoep
Dean
Dorothy
Center Junction
F. E. Bartlow
Sigourney
A. C. Kuyper
Ed van Toorn
United Paint and Body Co
Alfred
Pete) Grundman
Central College
Conrad de Vries
Peoria
Thomassen Iga
Harvey
Curtis Taylor
Minnesota
E. F. King
Ed van Zante
John Vander Linden
Oscar Lindquist
Ben Blommers
Knoxville
Final school notes and early tournament results at the high school
The final home declamatory contest will be Thursday evening at the high school with first place winners from preliminaries in Oratorical Dramatic and Humorous categories. Girls basketball opened with Seniors beating Juniors 10 to 7 and Freshmen defeating Sophomores 20 to 13. The Otyokwa Campfire girls hosted a Penny Carnival earning $13.17. Grade schools run standardized reading and arithmetic tests to gauge progress against the district average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Menning
Donald Klein
John Hollebeek
Florence Hollebeek
Betty Liggett
Alfred Vander Ploeg
Mildred Ver Hey
Leona Beintema
Lavina Klein
Hespers Kuyper
Frances van Rees
Virginia Fowler
Wayne Pos
Histerians
School time changes and staff updates after new term
Lincoln morning classes and Webster afternoon classes reflect a shift from last term. Miss Bootsma was absent last week and Mr Frush led her classes. Junior High enrollment reaches 112, the highest in years. Mrs Richardson resigns from the normal training department due to ill health. Miss Hartman continues as substitute through the semester. The fifth Preliminary declamatory contest awarded Betty Liggett first in Dramatic and Lavina Klein first in Humorous. Ruth Dykstra coached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School
Webster
Bootsma
Mr. Frush
Richardson
Miss Hartman
Betty Liggett
Agnes van Rhenen
Grace van Dellen
Dorotha Vogelaar
Jeanette Mol
Kathryn Braafhart
Lavina Klein
Ruth Dykstra
Pins Awarded in Commercial Department Contests
In the commercial department contests two pins are awarded at the end of class. Frances Van Rees holds the speed pin while Bonnie Youngerman holds the accuracy pin after a 16 minute test with no errors. Jennie Gosselink leads in both speed and accuracy in Shorthand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances van Rees
Bonnie Youngerman
Jennie Gosselink
Improving Orchard Soils Through Organic Matter and Cover Crops
Many orchard soils are unproductive due to low organic matter. Trees show short fruit spur and terminal growth, bark tightness, poor fruit sizing, cracking after summer rains, terminal die-back, rosette, winter injuries, and little nitrogen response even with heavy sod. Advise horticulturists to supply organic matter and turn under heavy cover crops in cultivated orchards.
Mosquito as Nature's antidote for too much optimism
Library Notes quotes Four Minute Essays on why mosquitoes bemuse and baffle humans. It argues the insect’s bite reveals life’s lack of moral order, showing some people are plain mean and that nature punishes naive optimism. The piece ends noting the mosquito as a paradoxical corrective to excessive positivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Farmers Told to Plant More Tomatoes Under Grade Contracts
Uncle Sam states in Pennsylvania this year tomato canners contracted to buy more tomatoes on a grade basis than ever before. The acreage under grade contracts is seven times higher than last season. Separate note mentions moles making runways in tulip beds with mice nibbling bulbs nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Inaccurate farm scales mislead livestock weights
Many scales are wrong because a balance with an empty platform does not guarantee accuracy. Counterpoise misalignment, worn weights, stray materials, and poorly maintained levers can halve or double readings. Even a one pound on the platform may yield multi pound errors, harming weight estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Public sale dates for John Van Ginkel auction
John Van Ginkel of Ot ley area southwest hosts a closing out sale on February 3. The notice lists sale dates and location southwest of Ot ley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
John van Ginkel
Otley
The
Chronicle
John Rietweld
Bethel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pella
A. B. van Houweling
H. J. de Wit
Prairie City
Walter de Wit
H. E. Wormhoudt
G. H. Wormhoudt
Oren Postma
East
Monroe
Dick van Zee
Var. Zee
Wm. Vanden Berg
Margaret Vanden Berg
Betty Wesselink
John Wesselink
C. Vis
Henry van Brogen
Pella Hardware
Clara Vander Linden
G. L. Vander Linden
Wilma Vander Linden
Wilbur Johnson
J. C. Penney Company
Kansas City
Orville Dykstra
Harold Veenstra
Here
O. B. Wilbur
Broty Wilbur
Duluth
Inn
Frank Wagner
Albert Lea, Minn
Verle Ramsey
Security State Bank
Walter
Mike) Harvey
J. G. Vander Pol
Dan Beyers
Harry Beyers
Kirksville
College of Osteopathy
Community Welfare League
Martin Naaktgeboren
Omaha
Nebr
M. D. McWilliams
Cedar Rapids
H. J. Boland
Ruth Lautenbach
Simpson College
R. Lautenbach
Indianola
Clarence Croll
Olive Voorhees
Geo. Croll
Harriet Veenstra
J. Veenstra
Union
Third Reformed Church
William R. Everts
Davis, S. D
L. Wielaard
Clarence Rouwenhorst
Baptist Church
Albert Kamper
Holland, Mich
Leonard de Moor
de Moor
Stuart Goad
George Ramsey
Harry Awtry
A Klein
Louis Vander Wilt
H. G. Vander Wilt
B. F. Vander Linden
Roy Vander Linden
Miller Warren
Guthrie Center
Central
Ray Vander Wal
Trudy
Montezuma
Bob Vander Wal
Ames
John Vander Wal
P. H. van Gorp
John Wormhoudt
Ottumwa
Ver Ploeg
Ves ‘Oines
Frank van Veen
Robert Droz
Elizabeth Ver Heul
K. Ver Heul
Dick van Gorp
Tone Klein
G. Vander Linden
Fulton
Anne Kleinian
Durant
John N. Vander Linden
Ed le Cocq
Mark Rillahan
R. A. Awtry
Melba le Cocq
J. M. Cox
Muskegon, Mich
H. F. Clost
W. G. Vander Ploeg
J. M. Ox
Emma Hamilton
Harold Thomassen
Tracy
Dwight
Smokie) Ver Steeg
Harry Ver Steeg
Lois Brooks
Bessie Brooks
Lucy Huber
P. D. Wagner
Fairfield
E. V
T. G. Fultz
Burlington
Murray Iron Works
Hotel Burlington
Pella Theatre
Ken Maynard
Elissa Landi
Jonespfort
Frank Albertson
Bette Davis
Dorothy Peterso
Stanley Fields Blackguard
Carapfel
RKO Radio
Warner Baxter
Edmund Lowe
the Cisco Kid
Ohio
Henery
Farmers Union
OLD Opera House
Pella, Iowa
Library Notes
Uncle Sam
Constantine
Dept. D
Nebraska
Morrell’s
Farmers Co-Op
Exchange
the Farmers Friend
Otleg
Guernsey
Poland
China
Farrow
Buerkens
Sattley
John Deere
McCormick-Deering
John H. van Ginkel
Klyn Bros
Wormhoudt
Kempkes
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