Closing Exercises Honor Eighth Grade and High School
The public school year closed with diplomas awarded to twenty eight high school graduates and twenty two eighth graders at a ceremony in the high school auditorium. Dr. M. J. Hoffman spoke on Open-Eyed Blindness, urging awareness in all life relations, with music by students and a notable eighth grade recitation The Flag Makers.
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M. J. Hoffman
Central College
F. M. Frush
Jeannette Brummel
Brummel
Otley
Margaret Wynna
Harry EB. Beyer
Marie Beyer
Harold Bloem Russell
Droz Elizabeth Bruinekool
Jeannette G. Brummel
Inez Marie Buwalda
Margaret E. LeCocq
Wilma M. van Gorp
Edward
L. Hoeven
Marie G. Vander Haar
John Dan
Pee
Alice d i Avis E. van Howeling
Henry Huizinga
Harry Beyer
Ed Hoeven
Pella Merchants
Heerema Bros
Puritan Drug Store
Jean Kuyper
T. van Niewaal
Manuel
Frush
Esther Albright
Red Cross
Estelle Kuyper
Pella Residents Aid Graves Fund drive
Pella residents contributed 83.49 to the American Legion endowment fund for grave care of service members buried overseas. Boxes in stores and offices collected last month were sent to State Adjutant James F. Barton for Van Veen Van Hemert Post No. 89. The Chronicle editor condemned the theft of some boxes as skunklike behavior.
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Pella
American Legion
James F. Barton
van Veen-Van Hemert
The
Legion Post
Chronicle
Actio
Pella Traffic Rules Cited In City Warning
City notice by Mayor H. F. Johnson warns all drivers to keep under 15 mph, park legally, not block hydrants or street corners, and stay off the wrong side of streets. Pedestrians have right of way. violations will be enforced with fines.
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Pella
H. F. Johnson
Commencement Sunday Service at Central College Thrills Crowds
Central College experienced warm but intermittently threatening weather as graduates and families gathered for commencement events. Rev. Isaac W. Gowen delivered the morning baccalaureate at First Reformed Church and gave the afternoon address at Third Reformed, praised for faith focused themes and strong oratory from a long-serving clergyman.
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Central College
Isaac W. Gowen
Weehawken
N. J
Promised Land
First Reformed Church
Third Reformed Church
Dr. Gowen
Hoffman
Gowen
Greenhouse to Close Evenings in Summer Months
M. J. De Jong announces that the Greenhouse will close after 6:00 p.m. during the summer months. Customers are urged to place orders before closing time.
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M. J, DE Jong
Contests Offer Cash Prizes for State Name Answers
The Chronicle received nearly seventy five entries for the State Name Contest tied to twelve city business ads. Correct first five winners are Gerald Paardekooper, Lon Wormhoudt, Gladys Buerkens, Mrs. Jennie E. Clarke, and Julia M. Post, with prizes ranging from cash to one year subscriptions.
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Chronicle
Arkansas
New Jersey
Indiana
Washington
Maryland
Connecticuts
Pennsylvania
Gopher State
Gerald Paardekooper
Lon Wormhoudt
Gladys Buerkens
Jennie E. Clarke
Julia M. Post
Martha Vos
Dorothy Cook
Edward Schreiner
Gerard
van Pietenpol An Felen
Irda
Ruxnells
Iowa
the Chronicle
Central College seniors stage Civil War play Secret Service
As part of Commencement exercises Central College seniors presented the play Secret Service before a crowded High School auditorium. The Civil War drama centered on Captain Thorne, played by Fred Dykstra, whose guilt over spying for the Union in Richmond kept the audience guessing. The action unfolded in General Varney’s home and the War Office Telegraph office, highlighting loyalty and sacrifice of Southern characters.
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Central College
Captain Thorne
Fred Dykstra
Nover
Richmond
General Varney
Telegraph Department
War Office
Varney
Carolina
Child Injured In West Pella Auto Crash
A serious collision a few miles west of Pella Saturday hurt nine year old Leland Croll, breaking his leg. His father and others in both vehicles were scratched or bruised. Sidmore of Gilmore City and his family escaped major injuries. The car occupants were treated locally and transported home.
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Pella
Leland Croll
George Croll
Croll
G. G. Vander Wilt
Mr. Croll
Star
Sidmore
Gilmore City
Ford
Buick
Leland
Mr. Sidmore
Notice to settle accounts before June 16
A notice from Dr F W Crew states he will leave Pella on June 16 and asks those owing him to call and settle their accounts before that date. After the 16th any remaining balances will be turned over to a collector.
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Pella
F. W. Crew
First Wool Shipment Planned by Marion County Group
The Marion County Wool Growers Association will load the season's first wool car at Knoxville on June 16. Arrangements cover all wool brought in on June 16 and 16. Harry Crouch is president for 1923 and C M Gilson is treasurer and manager. Mrs Elizabeth Taylor has moved to stay with daughter Mia T H Liggett in Colorado Springs for the summer.
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Marion County Wool Growers Association
Knoxville
Harry Crouch
C. M. Gilson
Elizabeth Taylor
Mia. T. H. Liggett
Colorado Springs
First Band Concert Opens Summer Series in Park
The first summer band concert in the park drew a large crowd Saturday evening. About forty instruments performed under George Ramsey with saxophone quartette and Miss Edith Sedrel highlighted the program. Verle Ramsey’s bassoon earned multiple encores as the city’s seasoned players joined eager youths. The director plans a beginners class, backed by spring voter support for municipal funding to sustain the program.
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Edith Sedrel
Verle Ramsey
George Ramsey
Pella
Organizing a New Band for the Eleventh Declenshand
A notice invites young beginners to join a new band. The call specifies practice at 9:30 and mentions GEO RAMSEY as the contact. It emphasizes early participation and local interest in forming the group.
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Geo. Ramsey
Flower Fete Delights Pupils On Main Street
A large crowd watched the lower grades perform at a Flower Fete on Main Street near the post office. Kindergarten children dressed as dandelions and grass led to a May Pole pageant and flower characters. Miss Lucile Den Adel was crowned Queen of May as rain momentarily teased. Boy Scouts assisted with crowd control and turf care while parents praised the event as perhaps the prettiest closing program of 1923.
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Main Street
Lucile den Adel
Pella
Founders Day Celebrated at Central College in Pella
The May 31 Founders Day events at Central College marked seventy years since the Pella campus relocation and sixty six years since classrooms began. George A. Jewett of Des Moines funded a Founders Day Banquet with speeches by Jewett and Dean H. W. Pietenpol.
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Pella
George A. Jewett
Des Moines
Centra
Iowa
Jewett
Central
Board of Trustees
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Academy
Christian Associations
Houk
Jane Paunbar
Dean H. W. Pietenpol
Pietenpol
Red Rock
Marion County
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