Pella School Notes Highlight Vacation and Activities
Spring vacation next week as teachers attend Southeastern Town Teachers association meetings in Des Moines. Pel la Schools see many applicants for next year. Hinton and Harkness reelected. Leona Reavers returns in a first primary role. Cleomathian literary program praised by teachers. declamatory contest set for April 16 with many contestants. Lincoln and Webster buildings get new playground equipment. Armenian relief program at Lincoln school well attended with receipts totaling 150.79 from pupils and door sales, plus 84.44 from Webster, totaling 235.23 raised for Near East children.
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Southeastern Town Teachers’ Association
Des Moines
Pella
Hinton
Harkness
Leona Reavers
Cleomathian Society
Lincoln and Webster
Lincoln School
Webster School
Near East
Death of Mrs H Robertus at Prairie City
Mrs H Robertus died at the home of her daughter near Prairie City at 2:30 a.m. Friday March 19 1920 aged 60 years 4 months and 5 days after a several weeks illness. Survived by several sons and daughters. Husband died Oct 28 last year. Body brought to Pella for funeral at 3:30 p.m. Monday at East First Street home conducted by Revs P Brank and F N Byram. Interment Oakwood cemetery.
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H. Robertus
H. Holdefer
Prairie City
Pella
East First Street
Glee Club performs in Monroe and Prairie City schedule
A surprise Glee Club tour delighted Ada Van Zante, Sara Van Buren, and a Reformed church audience in Prairie City. The group of fourteen includes seven choir members and an eleven piece band directed by Heinie and Hillyer. They plan a Central parade in each town and request letters from friends.
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Monroe
Prairie City
Ada van Zante
Sara van Buren
The
Reformed Church
Mr. Sadler
First Reformed Church
Hillyer
Heinie
Orange City
Maurice
Sioux Center
Rock Valley
Hull
Hospers
Boyden
Sheldon
Stickney
S. D
Harrison
Corsica
Who bides his time by patience and reward
A James Whitcomb Riley poem outlines the virtue of waiting and steady effort. It promises that patience through hardship yields future wealth and recognition. The refrain honors the hopeful figure who endures poverty yet remains steadfast, certain that time will elevate fortunes and grant triumph.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Surprise supplies for Mrs Grey and daughter delight them
Mrs Grey and Nellie discover a hidden kitchen stockpile with bread cakes apples flour and potatoes and a note promising sewing work The found food and promise bring relief and joy in their moment of hardship as they reflect on a blessed unexpected kindness
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Mrs. Grey
Jack
Nellie
Mamma
Nelle
Uncle Eben Ponders Mule Manners In Prairie Talk
A rustic speaker notes that kinship confusion can be oddly comforting and that harsh talk to a mule only flatters the animal, reflecting a folksy moral about pride and perception in rural life.
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Eben
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Robertus
J. J. Sybenga
Chronicle
J. L. Beintema
A. T. Boat
North Main Street
G. B. Clarke
Paul Ver Meer
Roorda
W. Monroe St
Burroughs
F. D. Pierce
Bridgeport
Ala
Vander Linden
Glee Club
College
Patrick
Irish Club
the Central Jazz Band
Chapel
Les
Professor Sadler
Marie de Bruin
Frances Jensen
Amy Wagner
Mozart
Clarice Smith
Fern Smith
Harriet Wylie
Frances Jensen Lena Smith
Sadler
George Flikkema
George Gosselink
Arle Vander Stoep
Liggett
Marie Stureman
van Lint
Patterson
Mullenberg
Jennie Stureman
Brummel Soeher
Martha Gosselink
Jane Gosselink
Messrs de Vries
Rozendal
van Hettinga
Moore
de Bruin
Laura Moschel
Cornelia Mokma
Calvin Borde
Philo-Alethia Leap Year Party
Will de Bruin
St. Patrick's Birthday
Prof. Sadler
Roy Smith
Grand Junction
Colorado
Mr. Smith
Fern
Leona
Clarice
Mabel Cornise Jones
Henry Verstecg
Les Welle
Dr. Hess
Ideal Pharmacy
Iowa
Lice
Y. T. van Niewaal
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