Thought of the Week Promotes Public School Role
Quote from John E. Hays at the 51st National PTA Congress outlines four goals for parents in Twin Falls Idaho Long Beach California as part of a program to strengthen public education. It urges promoting democracy through schools encouraging college enrollments in elementary teaching and addressing school building shortages.
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Nice
John E. Hays
National P. T. A
Twin Falls
Idaho
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Long Beach
Parent
Cis
East
Ambassador van Kleffens praised by Pella readers
The Chronicle recounts E N van Kleffens visit to Pella with tulip festival coverage and a praise filled note from the ambassador. It notes his simple friendly manner as valued by locals and contrasts it with insincerity. Also discussed are radio programming concerns and civic calls to vote for Attorney General Robert Larson in Iowa’s June 5 primary as a stand for law enforcement.
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E. N. van Kleffens
Washington
van Kleffens
Pella
E.N. van Kleffens
Robert Larson
Iowa
Towans
Lang
Bob Larson
Larson
Tulip culture tips from a visiting broker during Tulip Time
Tulip broker John Res suggested readers cut blooms when they fade and leave green stems on the plants, criticizing the common practice of leaving dead leaves on beds, a method he observed in Holland during his brief visit before festival time.
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John Res
Pelela
Res
John
Holland
Editorial Comment Rock Island Railway Magazine
Editorial notes on social mobility and opportunity in America citing executives who rose from humble starts. Includes reflections on a displaced European immigrant praising U S freedoms and a humorous allusion to plans for a balanced national diet and price policy highlighting consumer choices and practical meals.
Pella News Booms with Front Page Local Happenings
Forty years ago on June 30 1910 a front page item notes English services at First Reformed next Sunday evening. The Pella Meteors beat Monroe 5 to 4 in a lively game. Sonnema a Tacoma based preacher sold Com Club plans for a slated cement tile plant and local machines. The new Post Office on the Square prepared for July 1 occupancy under owner G U Wormhoudt. Lankelma bought South Main street property from Vander Zee. A land deal in South Dakota includes Nick Boland Dr Frahm and Toft Pella Cedar Rapids Iowa. Mrs Henry Geel wed Charlie Pella on June 28. The First Reformed plans a $400000 chapel attachment. Dr J W Bailey from Oshkosh joins Baptist Church leadership with Central College links. Mrs Men ry Van Maren obituary noted. family arrivals from Terre Haute Indiana discussed.
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Pella
Sonnema
G. U. Wormhoudt
Tuntelvern
John Lankelma
A. Vander Zee
South Main Street
South Dakota
Nick Boland
Frahm
Toft Pella
Cedar Rapids
Towa
de Marie Gezel
Charlie P
Henry Geel
First Reformed Church
Amos Kedges
New Sharon
Fowler Telephone Co
J. W. Bailey
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
The
Baptist Church
Bailey
Codre
Baptist College
Central
Menry van Maren
Johanna Dunnink
United States
Wall
LeCuc
Pedro
Galesburg
Dakota
S Heath
Remarkable Trade Extension Contest Promises High Grade Piano
Jim Vander Pol advertises a trade extension contest offering a high grade piano giveaway. He operates a general merchandise department store. Lane and Albert Kraid of Aberdeen South Dakota are noted, with Albert Lane’s son to work there. John Sedrel of Olivet buys an EMLF automobile from Star Auto Co. Henry Ver Ploeg and Bert Thomas attend a horse sale in Ottumwa and return with a pair of drives. Peter Crum real estate agent lists 21 farms within fifty miles of Pella for sale priced from W to S200 per acre. TH Roorda Coal Co builds storage sheds near the canning factory for two hundred tons of coal.
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Jim Vander Pol
Lane
Albert
Pella
TH. Roorda Coal Co
Ier
Mar ion County wool growers lead state in membership
Thirty years ago Marion County boasted 255 members in a prominent wool growers association as the county ranked among three leaders in town membership. Other local notes include White Way Auto Co expanding, a Scrubbing Hotel demolition for the addition, and a Knoxville dispute over Sunday movies under an old Blue Law. A Minnesota stranger landed a flying machine west of town, refueled, and continued to Kansas City.
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Marion County
White Way Auto Company
Main and
Liberty
Knoxville
Minnesota
Kansas City
Henry Ver Steege
Monroe
South Pella
Vander Zyls
Comedious
South Street
Ethel Guthrie
Neponset
J. Ve Lankelma
Cora Messing
John Onstine
John Schakelge
le Post
Farm Bureau Reading
Congress
South
Pella
North End
Marion
Jacob Kuiken
G. B Clarke
Taintor
20 Years Ago Echoes of April in Town and County
A fragmented 20 year old item recalls April events in town and Muscatine industry. Debris cleanup at Van der Linden drug store signals re building by September. A toy car called Littlemac touted. $360 sale price. Unemployment rises show 38 Pella residents out of work. Illicit liquor seized from a Des Moines man. fluid spill near Oakwood Cemetery noted. Local council contemplates new traffic turns. Thomassen LGA store to open. Ray Boland breaks a leg. Dr. Leo Viersen visits from Los Angeles. wife Lily Viersen and Mrs. Peter Heerema plan Buffalo trip. Sheriff and town marshal shot during car theft arrest. gunman fled.
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van der Linden
Muscatine
Littlemac
Towa
New York
Pella
Charley Dennis
Des Moines
Dennis
Thomassen Lga
South Pella
Sir Ray Boland
Chicago
Don Waechter
Troy Hendricks
Ray
Leo Viersen
Los Angeles
California
Miss Lily Viersen
Local notices and community updates from Marion County
Ten years ago Gerrit Wormhoudt spoke to Rotary about General Electric in Schenectady praising labor relations. Legion Post planned events for Sixth District Legionnaires and Auxiliaries. Gerrit Van Houweling elected Post commander. Justice Benson and Clay Banett to present soil conservation slides in Pella for farmers and business leaders. Tours organized for farms near English Creek watershed southwest of Knoxville. Marion County Chamber report summarized with a 1475 dollar budget for next year. Five Farm Page photos feature local farms. Joyce Barnes of Mahaska County earned a Camp Mitigwa trip for club work. Basil Overton farm soil control demo held near Knoxville. AAA payments to Marion County farmers totaled 291,027 dollars in 1939. Reverend G Menning took Mrs Menning to Mayo Clinic for health check. she was in poor health.
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Gerrit Wormhoudt
Rotary Club
General Electric
Schenectady N.Y
Pella
Marion County
Knoxville
English Creek
Chamber of Commerce
Joyce Barnes
Mahaska County
Mitigwa
Boone
Iowa
Basil Overton
G. Menning
Moral in the Sea Gulls of St Augustine
A writer reflects on St Augustine gulls deprived of shrimp fleet scraps as a parable for Americans dependent on government aid. With fleets gone, gulls starve, highlighting reliance versus self help and warning of welfare state complacency.
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St. Augustine
Key West
Des Moines Move Highlights Local Signs and Cattle Firm
Mr and Mrs Adrian Lubber moved to Des Moines. Large two town signs lit up Central Park Cafe and Ideal Pharma in downtown. Four pictures showed fine Shorthorn cattle from the Marion County sale. T Van Lint of Pella posed with six men, all seven veterans of over forty years in Shorthorn cattle business.
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Adrian Lubberdon
Des Moines
Central Park Cafe
Ideal Pharma
Marion
T. van Lint
Pella
Alton Weather Observer Walter Slagle Marks 40 Years
Walter Slagle of Alton has completed four decades as weather observer at the Alton station. He has served continuously, enduring all seasons and shifts, maintaining daily records and forecasts.
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Walter Slagle
Alton
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