P. D. Musicale tops front page with Dutch community notes
Front page covers the P. D. Musicale at H. P. Scholte home featuring Marie Bousquet Marie Lautenbach Bessie Scholte Carrie Cox and others with Ralph Grundman debuting on mandolin. A downtown street fight ends with two men jailed and fined D S Huber nominated mayor by Republicans Democrats caucus March 17. Hardware store Bennink Vogelaar sold to Van Zante Brothers with hints of further sale and local interest in Lynnville. Agricultural implements prices listed by H Van Maren.
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P.£.D. Musicale
H. P. Scholte
Marie Bousquet
Marie Lautenbach
Bessie Scholte
Carrie Cox
S. F. Cole
Harriet van Spanckeren
Carrie
Hattie Cox
H. D. Wormhoudt
H. D. Wormhoudt, Readings; Mr. Ballenger
George Gaass
Ralph Grundman
New
Sharon
John de Cook
Hoosegow
Sam de Cook
D. S. Huber
Bennink and Vogelaar
van Zante Brothers
Lynnville
Pella
van Zantes
H. J. Green & Son
le Perepublicans
H. van Maren
Pella History Notes and Local Sports Roundup
A chronicled patch of early 20th century notes from Pella covers cross street funding pledges, college basketball results, local politics, and civic activities. It lists Osage alumni loss, Simpson College result, Ottumwa Exiles win, and Central's 27 22 defeat. Also noted are gun club scores, Des Moines travel, Federated Club St Patrick decorations, mayoral nominating results, car prices, and a Farmers of Iowa opposition to an 85 million road bond plan funded by gas tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella Tigers
Osage
Tigers
Simpson College
Ottumwa
Ker-Box
Slutz
Mier
McCarthy
Cain
Oster
J. Rhynsburger
Sack
den Fe
Ver Steeg
F. Rhynser
Donald
Chicago
Des Moines
Kruideniers
Townes
Downings
Snows
Browns
Schermerhorns
Will Raney
Robert Hoeksema
The
Legion Aux
Legion
Robert
Carrie Hoeksema
J. B. Synhorst
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Mann
Bankers Trust
Jesse Heerema
Leighton
Lohrville
Calhoun County
Iowa
John
Farm Bureau
Otley Vote Fails To Incorporate Town In 1915
Fifty years ago on March 18 1915 Otley citizens voted on incorporation but the election failed. The article notes the outcome and quotes residents expressing disappointment with the defeat.
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Otley
Coxs Hear Son on Radio From Omaha in 1925
Forty years ago on March 19 1925 Mr and Mrs J M Cox heard their son Henry Cox of Omaha play a violin solo Andantino on radio as he prepared to turn 80 a week later The report mentions Donald Anderson a former Pella boy and brother of Mrs J C Mitten also heard in a Washington Iowa recital with Mrs Carrie Cox Vander Ploeg
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J. M. Cox
Henry Cox
Omaha
Henry
J. M
Donald Anderson
Pella
J. C. Mitten
March 21 1935 council election and local notices
The council ordered an April 15 election to fund a swimming pool from the electric light fund with a $12,000 cost. A Leighton church project for Ebenezer, in Liberty Hall style, would cost £10,000 for the building. Andrew Ver Ploeg was elected to a one year school board term, replacing resigning John A. Vander Wal. Paul Lau tenbach and Dr. W. C. Ver Ploeg won regular terms. Connie Smorenberg named treasurer. Hog and milk cow prices highlighted. hogs up from the low mood threefold, cows $25–$30 to $75–$100. Several candidates campaigned for municipal offices. Dr. T. G. Fultz and Simon De Haan sought the mayoralty. The page included a photo of Ernest.
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Leighton
Ebenezer
Liberty Hall
Philadelphia
Andrew Ver Ploeg
John A. Vander Wal
Paul Lautenbach
W. C. Ver Ploeg
Connie Smorenberg
T. G. Fultz
Simon de Haan
Ernest
Local News Highlights From Hedrick and Pella Theatre
Schippers won first in the oratorical division at the Hedrick contest. ART HOOGHEEM of the CUI basketball team earned all Iowa Conference honors per the Des Moines Register. Shirley Temple’s Bright Eyes was to play at the Pella Theatre. James Dunn led the airplane pilot story. High School juniors presented Cyclone Sally to two full houses with special commendation for Herbert Wormhoudt as the visiting Englishman.
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Herbert Wormhoudt
Pella area school board picks. bomber and charity notes
Dr H O Wormhoudt and Del De Haan win school board seats in an uncontested race amid a 2 percent levy approved for a school building fund. The bomber Pella Tulip, a B-17 nicknamed The Flying Dutchmen, survived 35 missions over Europe and earned praise from airmen. Central College students raise 317.50 for Brewton Alabama Negro students. Rotary and Kiwanis host a dinner with Art Brayton as speaker. PFC John Vander Ploeg wounded in the Philippines with prior Bougainville injury. 37th Division machine gunner.
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H. O. Wormhoudt
del de Haan
Europe
Pella
Grinnell
Marshalltown
van Gorp
van der Ploeg
Lankelma
Lautenbach
Gaass
Vos
Pete van Gorp
Central College
Brewton
Ala
Rotary
Kiwanis
Pella High
Art Brayton
Des Moines
DES Moines Ordinance Plant
U. S. Rubber Co
John
Bud) Vander Ploeg
Philippine Islands
Bougainville
Island
Pella High Junior Places Second in Legion Oratorical Contest
Ervin Roorda, a Pella High junior, finished second in the Iowa Sixth District American Legion oratorical contest held March 8 at the Argonne Armory Des Moines. Eleven colleges competed in the Iowa Central Forensic Association event on March 18 and 19 on the UI campus.
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Ervin Roorda
Pella High
Iowa
American Legion
Argonne Armory
Des Moines
Iowa Central Forensic Assoc
CUI
Prospects for 1965 Rise in U S Economic Activity
Economic outlook specialist Gene Futrell of Iowa State University says the 1964 upturn should continue into 1965 with growth likely for much of the year though the pace may slow in the second half. GNP is projected at 655 to 660 billion, up 5 to 6 percent from 1964.
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Gene Futrell
Iowa State University
Futrell
Pella High star Eleanor Gaass earns first all state honor
Eleanor Gaass of the Pella high girls basketball squad made the sixth all state team marking the first time a Pella girl achieved this honor. She was a senior at the time.
In White America staged by Pella cast of 13
A living history presentation at Central Auditorium on Thursday and Friday recreates 215 years of Black experience in America. Thirteen actors perform 50 characters across two acts and 23 scenes, featuring figures like Andrew Johnson Woodrow Wilson John Brown Cassius Clay and Senator Carlson with narration by Jerry Franje and folk singer Nelda Walvoord. Two new scenes by director Maurice Birdsall update the production focusing on Cassius Clay and Carlson.
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Pella
America
Central Auditorium
Andrew Johnson
Woodrow Wilson
John Brown
Senator Carlson
Cassius Clay
Maurice Birdsall
Blood Bait Recipe Steps for Long Lasting Lure
Prepare a pail with a quarter inch of chicken blood or other blood. Add a brown sugar layer, then a cheese cloth layer. Repeat to form two layers and chill for eight hours. Cut into strips with scissors to create a long lasting tough bait.
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Central
Penn
Rhynsburger
Synhorst
Vogelaar
Byers
de Cook
H. F. Keables
Pena
Newton
John J. van Vliet
Cope Carson
Ed van Gorp
van Vliet
Carson
Federated Club
K. P. Hall
St. Patrick's Day
H. P. van Gorp
Charlotte Hussey
Mae Cole
H. F. Johnson
Udell Hendricks
H. J. Vanden Berg
B. H. Sack
Star Auto
Cadillac
Overland
Ford
Richard Freeman
Eleanor Gaass
Jacob van Dusseldorp
J. Gilbert Boat
Kenneth Bean
C. W. de Gear
County Board of Education
Arthur
Near Runnells
the Chronicle
Gerrit J. Sneller
Bernard van Ee
William van Ee
White
Thurs
T &D
College
Tal
Jerry Franje
Nelda Walvoord
Merle Pratt
Ceck
Mommy
Miss
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