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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1923
Page
7
A junior notes students enjoy the Study Center and teachers who strive for the best. An essay by a senior and a freshman extols Pella High School, its clean athletics, religious clubs, dedicated faculty, and city pride, ending with the boast that Pella High is the best school.
Friday morning Rev Mr Pfeffer spoke to Pella High students urging industrious habits and clear goals, while Monday Assembly featured Curtis Publishing rep Hangson proposing a one week Ladies Home Journal sale. Proceeds benefit the YWCA and fund school activities with a share staying locally.
A Freshman recalls the tense moment of an exam day, describing the split school factions the Fords and Packards, the buzzing room, wrist and heart pounding as the test begins. He notes the crush of expectation, the fear of failure, and the sudden relief when the bell rings and the air clears.
A Saturday January 20 study center at the Pella high school featured rural teacher addresses by J R Clacks on nature study and C E Germane on Education stressing that teachers must demand effort from pupils. The Bloomfield Pella declamatory contest was postponed to January 26. Funeral notices recount deaths of Halleman Pothoven and De Reus with long obituaries and numerous descendants.
Rev H E Nies of Pella reported the death of his father in law after a period of poor health. The elder Nies had been blind for years and suffered gangrene requiring foot amputation. A stroke followed the operation and proved fatal. He was connected to Pella families Tysseling and Gaass. Maurice G Nies, a Central College graduate of 1909, survived by his wife two sons and a daughter. Funeral and burial were at Patterson on Wednesday.
D McWilliams was a business visitor in Des Moines Saturday. Peter Beintema of Newton visited his father T Beintema in Pella last week. F Dykstra and family spent Saturday in Des Moines. Mrs Harry Hesselink and daughter Iris were Oskaloosa visitors Saturday afternoon. Mr and Mrs A Naaktegeboren Ben Rozenburg and Bert Mol of Maple Lake Minnesota arrived in Pella Saturday for a relative’s funeral. Mrs Will Van Hemert and Miss Jeannetta De Reus spent Saturday afternoon in Oskaloosa. Misses Ethel Couch and Velma Hunt of Des Moines visited friends in Pella late last week, returning Saturday. Fresh pineapple head lettuce grape fruit celery lettuce apples and all kinds of fruits at De Wit Bros. Miss Cornelia LeCocq received word this week of the death on Sunday of her brother in law L Markus at his Corsica South Dakota home. She left for Corsica to attend the funeral. Mr Markus was a former Pella man and his family is known here. Two daughters visited last summer with their aunt Miss LeCocq. Miss Cynthia Ver Beek is visiting relatives in Des Moines this week. L Plender of Orange City arrived this week to visit his brother Jacob in Pella. Miss Eva Secress of Eddyville visited a few days this week at the home of her sister Mrs W S Van Hemert and husband. The American Legion Auxiliary held a very interesting meeting Monday.
New officers were installed as George Ver Steeg assisted the Legion post. The Ladies Auxiliary invites eligible women to join. The Young Women's League of the Second Reformed Church hosted husbands to a supper and social hour. De Wit Bros offered fresh cookies, potato chips, and a bargain on men’s Union Suits at $1.25. Mrs. G Vander Leest of Prairie City returned home after visiting her sister in Pella.
A retired pawnbroker staying at a stylish hotel watches a conjurer perform. The show ends with the magician shouting for a gentleman to send him $107, prompting the onlookers, including the absent-minded retiree, to react and question the demand.
Passenger and freight trains listed for Rock Island with eastbound and westbound services. Local freights carry passengers and require shipments to be at the station by 6:00 p.m. the prior day. Morwell Iowa times show eastbound 10:05 a.m. and 9:28 p.m.
In a European household in China a misapplied tone to a request caused the cook to bring the city gate instead of a small article for the home. The incident highlights how tone in Chinese can alter meaning and lead to confusion.
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