Four Hundred Thirty Two Ballots Cast In Tulip Time Election
Voter turnout in a 1948 Tulip Time related school election shows strong interest with 432 votes cast. Robert Lautenbach led school board contenders with 190, followed by Dr. Joe Shultz 187 and Andrew W. Klyn 169. Other candidates included Oren Van Niewaal 121 Lor en Vander Zy 93 and Connie Van Rockel 87. Lautenbach and Shultz declared elected. County director race totals were unclear due to sealed returns. Eldon Tharp 211 votes leads, A L Dykstra 104, and Oren Van Niewaal 100 but exact winner undetermined.
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Lautenbach and
Shultz
Robert Lautenbach
Joe Shultz
Andrew W. Klyn
Oren van Niewaal
Loren Vander Zy
Connie van Rockel
J. G. Shultz
Lautenbach
Des Moines
Eldon Tharp
Peila
A. L. Dykstra
Monroe
Oren van Niewasl
The
Chronicle
Lake Prairie
Summit
Polk
Red Rock
Don Van Haalen Wins 4-H Angus Honors at Iowa State Fair
Don Van Haalen, first place Angus division in the 4-H Show at the 1947 Iowa State Fair, was honored as a special guest of the Iowa State Aberdeen Angus Breeders Association at a banquet at the Savery Hotel in Des Moines. He closes a ten year 4-H career with multiple top placings in club shows and state fairs including a 1946 champion showman title.
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Don van Haalen
Savery Hotel
Des Moines
State Fair Grounds
Don
Marion County
St. Joseph
Omaha
Chicago
Believe Spring Will Be Slow in Arriving Here
Weather prophets abandon confidence as mid February warmth gave way to deep freezes. Last week’s heavy snow and subzero days threaten early seeding and delay field work. River valley residents prefer cold, hoping floods will be controlled by extended frost and frozen ground. Frost lay about a foot deep with porous soil beneath, hindering meltwater absorption.
ISU College Band to Play Concert Here March 24
The Iowa State College Band performs at Pella High School Gym on March 24 at 1 16 p m with Harriet Porter mezzo soprano as soloist. Porter, who has sung at Carnegie Hall Town Hall and NYC Center, studied with Stokowski Shaw Bernstein and Ormandy and appeared in Verdi Requiem Lucia in Mascagni s Cavalleria Rusticana. She plans Rio de Janeiro concert and radio work this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa State College
Pella High School
Eugene Ormandy
Lucia
Mascagni
Porter
Michigan
New York City
Julliard School of Music
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Marion County Faces Heavy Corn Borer Invasion
Marion County farms may endure the heaviest corn borer infestation. A USDA and Iowa State College survey finds an average 240 borers wintering per 100 stalks, with some Lake Prairie and Summit fields twice the county average.
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Marion County
U.S.D.A
Towa State College
Great Rogers
Des Moines
Rogers
Lake Prairie
Summit
Central sophomores take national tests this week
Sophomores at Central College participated in the National College Sophomore Testing Program on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Cooperative English Test and Cooperative Contemporary Affairs Test were held Tuesday morning, and the Cooperative General Culture Test Wednesday afternoon. Juniors and seniors who had not yet tested also took part to measure achievement against peers, college, and national norms, guiding specialty choices and college objectives.
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Central College
National College
Coral College
Dr Mason Olcott Praises Gandhi in School Talk
Dr Mason Olcott of Central College spoke at Pella High School on Gandhi, reading the Beatitudes to frame Gandhi as a meek, self sacrificing figure. He cited Gandhi’s passive resistance to Britain, his Muslim Hindu harmony efforts, and noted Olcott’s own India experience. He urged Christian workers to aid India through medical and welfare missions.
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India
Pella High School
Mason Olcott
Central College
Ghandi
Olcott
Orcott
Dr. Olcott
Central College A Cappella Choir Concert March 18
The Central College A Cappella Choir of thirty five voices directed by Mr M S Thos tenson will present its program Thursday March 18 at the Pella Third Reformed Church. A women's choir and a male choir will also be featured with three soloists. The choir plans a spring tour from March 30 to April 9 visiting Nebraska South Dakota Minnesota and northwest Iowa. The Central College Women's Ensemble directed by Mrs Edith Sedrel LeCocq will also tour Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and Illinois during spring vacation.
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Central College
M. S. ‘Thostenson
Pella Third
Central College Women's Ensemble
Edith Sedrel LeCocq
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Sacred program at Second Reformed Church Sunday Eve
A sacred program will be presented Sunday evening at the Second Reformed Church by college musicians. The Girls' Chorus A Cappella and Male Choirs join soprano Joyce Brunsting and baritone Howard Van Pearsem. The program features Mendelssohn Mozart Baeh Christianson Durante and others. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Second Reformed Church
Joyce Brunsting
Howard van Pearsem
Mendelssohn
Mozart
Arr
Mueller
Deep Are the Roots staged in Pella this week
Gene De Wild and Kenneth Vander Linden headline the State premier of Deep Are the Roots at Central College in Pella. The drama pits Senator Langdon and Merrick against social change and racial tension, with Rob Vander Ploeg and Sam Williams supporting. The play portrays intolerance and progress through a clash of old and new ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene de Wild
Senator Langdon
South
Les Sadler
Kenneth Vander Linden
Pella
Central College
de Wild
Douwstra Chapel
Jonathan Rockwood
John
Langdon
Howard Merrick
Alice
Phyllis Godown
Merrick
Roy Maxwell
Rob Vander Ploeg
Brett Charles
Sam Williams
Classis Meeting at Third Reformed Church in Pella
The Classis of Pella R. C. A will meet Tuesday March 30 1948 at 9 am in the Third Reformed Church of Pella A devotional service will be held at 11 am to which the public is invited
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Classis of
Pella
Third Reformed Church
Republicans to Meet Tomorrow in County Convention
Republicans convene at Legion Hall with thirty delegates named for the County Convention in Knoxville on March 12. The caucus drew good attendance as delegates from five precincts were listed, with emphasis on filling the ticket for the primary election and support for worthy candidates from the river side.
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Legion Hall
Knoxville
Fred Lautenbach
Cecil Vander Heek
Kenneth Bean
Henry EB. Kuyper
John W. Vander Linden Meyer Langerak
Dora Kaer
John Kaldenberg
Hildegarde Nesbit
K.P. Black
William de Bruyn
George Ver Stee Sed Ward
Ben Groenendyk
L.A. Sents
R. J. Heeren
Albert de Jong
Mra. G
DB. Dykstra
Cornie Smorenberg
4Th Ward
Hattie van Cleave
Thomas Ed Renning
Carl Clark
Franklin Verrips
A. K. Verrips Lake Prairie Two
Ed Wesnelink
Elmer Kool CG. T. van Lint
William Langerak
Gerrit. Tysseling
Agnes Weyerse
Little Dutch Lose Thriller to Monte in District Final
Pella's Little Dutch fell 35 to 32 to Montezuma in the Class A boys district final at Grinnell. Pella advanced by defeating Tama 45 to 33 and had previously beaten Montezuma 49 to 42 earlier in the season. Ray Pope, Dale Van Wyk, and Bob Pippel sparked a late rally, but Montezuma held on as a late foul and foul shots sealed the win.
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Leland van Ee
Pella
Montezuma
Grinnell
Tama
Monte
Ray Pope
Dale van Wyk
Bob Pippel
Montes
P. H. S. Groups To Present Plays March 17
The G A A and Letter Club at P H S stage three one act plays in the high school auditorium March 17 at 7 45 p m. Two comedies and one drama shown. Hello depicts a post school high school crowd at a drugstore corner. Pearls shows a parentless home with an older sister guiding siblings. Always Tomorrow portrays youth trying to crash into the theater. Tickets 25 cents at Rexall Drug Store with no reserved seating.
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G.A.A. and Letter Club
Rexall Drug Store
Wheelchair Cage Team Captain Leads Paralyzed Veterans
Stanley Den Adel, captain of the Birmingham General Hospital wheelchair basketball team, led paralyzed veterans from Van Nuys California to a 66 to 18 victory over Catholic University in a Washington, D.C. gym. The contest featured 12 wheelchair veterans with Den Adel as a forward, and notable play by Dean Cambrin and Louis Palmer as spectators praised style and speed.
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Atetter
Marion Wormhoudt
Washington
D. C
Chronicle
Birmingham General Hospital
van Nuys
California
Catholic University
Wormhondt
Stanley den Adel
Frank den Adel
P. den Adel
Pella
Stanley
Frank
Marion
Washington Post
Calif
CG. U
Dean Cambrin
C. VU
Louis Palmer
Stanley den Adel Uy
Colonial Art of Latin America at Central College Gallery
Central College hosts the new exhibit Colonial Art of Latin America prepared by the Library of Congress and loaned by the American Federation of Arts. The small, specialized show runs through March 22 before moving to the University of Nebraska Lincoln. A slide presentation accompanies the exhibit next Monday at 7 30 in room 18 Central Hall.
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Central College
Pella
Midwest
Latin America
Library of Congress
American Federation of Arts
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
New World
Spain
Portugal
Central Hall
Missionary From Africa To Speak At Pella Church
Miss Lucille Jenkins of the Open Bible Churches will speak at the Sunday evening service in Pella. She has spent about 12 years in Africa and is supervising a new mission station in Liberia. She plans to return from furlough in July and will be accompanied by Rev. and Mrs. Lowell Chandler to assist in the Liberia mission. Africa will be presented in a stirring, sincere way.
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Lucille Jenkins
Africa
Open Bible Churches
Church of the Open Bible
Pella
Miss Jenkins
Liberia
Lowell Chandler
Planning for Tulip Time Festival Under Way
Preparations for the 1948 Tulip Festival proceed with a strong committee structure led by M M Dockendorf return as Tulip Time Chairman. Committees cover steering parade show housing finance and food service with plans for an evening West Market show and a grand flower display at PelJa. The May event aims for a Dutch flavored festival with flowers costumes and a nightly program becoming a local fixture.
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The
Historical Society
M. M. Dockendorf
Poral
T. G. Fultz
Ralph Ver Meer
Federated Club
Maurice Birdsall
M. Thostensen
Henry Cox
West Market
Tulip Time Committee and Historical Society
Community Building Dedication Set for Sully Event
The Sully community hosts a March 19 dedication night for the North Sully Community Building on Sully Square. May or Henry Willemsen John W. Boat and Glen Wisgerhof lead the committee with Newton and Pella chambers arranging music and entertainment to benefit furnishings.
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Pella
Sully
Phace
Henry Willemsen
John W. Boat
Glen Wisgerhof
Ute Town
Rural Areaa
Polla
Chambers of Commerce
Newton
B. F. Vander Linden
Jack Ross
North English
Tom Brenneman
Hollywood
Central grads coach Kamrar and Slater teams
Pella and Central College watched the State Girls tournament at Drake University. Kamrar, coached by K. J. Bryant, a Central graduate, won the state title. Slater, coached by Andy Butt Pollaman, won the consolation game after a neck and neck loss to Wilton Junction. Butler’s team drew big local support and radio coverage.
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Pella
Central College
Drake University
Des Moines
Slater
Andy Butt
Pollaman
Central
Wilton Junction
Hartley
Bryant
Tunis Prin
Fire Douses Pine Creek Baptist Church Sermon
Rev Harry Pelding of Waterloo reportedly preached a long sermon at Pine Creek Baptist Church when a fire broke mid service. Congregants rushed to the basement to combat the blaze, with about 50 dollars in damage recorded.
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Harry Pelding
Waterloo
Pine Creek Baptist Church
Deke miss hearing this Outstand ing Lady Speaker
Deke misses hearing this outstanding Lady Speaker as the event highlights a notable speaker at a local gathering. The moment underscores the recognition of the female speaker and the crowd’s engagement with her remarks.
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Deke
Pelican yearbook staff names editors and managers
The Publications Board of Central College announces Pegge Campbell of Oskaloosa as Editor of the 1949 Pelican yearbook. Eugene De Wild of Pella is named Business Manager, bringing experience from Duchess yearbook at Pella High School.
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Eugene de Wild
Pelican
Central College
Pegge Campbell
Oskaloosa
G. M. de Wild
Pella
Eugene
Central College drive surpasses $1000 goal
The Central College World Student Service Fund drive exceeded its $1,000 goal. Congratulations to the students and faculty who contributed about half the amount raised, benefiting the W. S. S. F national committee for distributing aid to students in war-devastated countries.
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Central College World
Cledeut
Ie Rod Hi
W. S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowa State College
Edgar
Alvin E, Edgar
Dr. Mason Olcott
College Chapel
Chapel
College
M. M. Dockendorff
William van Sittert
Nick Vander Ploog
Tunis Kempkes
Joe Stientjes
Sully Mar
Central Grads
Kamrar
K. L. Bryant
WSSF
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