Pella Church and Community Notes Highlight Summer Choirs
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hillyer welcome a boy as summer term begins with teen weeks, registration strong. Dr Hoffman preached at Second Church with both services, while Sadler drills two new choirs and Junior and Intermediate Endeavors lead singings. A Girls Chorus performs the morning anthem. Mrs Katherine Rhynsburger and children visited Iowa City. Eastern Star planning Boone trip for corner stone laying June 18. Director Ramsey’s band drew a large crowd, park crowding noted. Dr Wesselink marks 20 years ordained with sermons, baptisms, marriages. Miss Taft from Des Moines visited Pella. Betty Bruinekool to take piano lessons with Sadler.
Pella Community Appeal Garners Broad Support
A call to unite the town of Pella drew strong backing from residents and local leaders, signaling wide agreement on a shared initiative aimed at improving public spaces and services for all residents. The gathering emphasized inclusive participation and upcoming steps.
Commencement Dinner and Society Meeting Highlight College Life
The annual Commencement Banquet was held in the Ladies Dormitory dining room with twenty four attendees including parents. A program followed with toastmaster Prof. J Heemstra and performances by Bertha Teselle Dor othy Payne and Marion Frush. The next day 48 members of the Ladies Auxiliary gathered in the dorm parlor where Leona Vander Linden spoke, fundraising exceeded $2000, and Mrs Van Hemert was named president-elect. Central College commends the Ladies Auxiliary for its past work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Prof
J. Heemstra
Bertha Te Selle
Mr. Horning
Marion Frush
John M. Trumpen
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Hoffman
Leona Vander Linden
China
Miss Graham
Miss Straaks
Dorothy Payne
Daisy
Vander Meulen
van Hemert
van Doorninck
Central College
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Men’s Oratorical Contest Shows Young Leaders Rise
During Commencement week the College chapel hosted the Men’s Oratorical contest with speakers George Muyskens Cornelius Van der Hart Cornelius Wilkins and Jacob Sessler presenting on The Warnings of History A Momentous Call to Peace A World Curse Crime and its Cure The orations earned praise for their thought and delivery and the students were seen as a future force for service and progress Central College township proud of the talent and promise shown in these young orators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Muyskens
Cornelius van der Hart
Cornelius Wilkins
Jacob Sessler
Central
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Lloyd Hillyer
Sadler
Katherine Rhynsburger
Iowa City
Mem
Bers
Boone
Eastern Star
Ramsey
Miles
Wesselink
First Reformed Church
Sam van Vliet
Dick den Adel
Klein and de Winter
Cornelia Wilson
Tunis Plette
Betty Bruinekool
Knoxville
Mr. Sadler
Ivan Sadler
Ivan
Laura Taft
Iowa Childrens Home
Des’ Moines
Taft
Clark
Ladies
Meeting OF Ladies’ Auxiliary
Ray Collins
High Avenue
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Jewelry Store
People’s Clothing Store
BIG Money Crisis
Chambray
High Ave
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