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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1940
Page
6
Community sale invites farmers and citizens to bring usable household and farm items to downtown Pella for a 1 30 P M Saturday auction. Entries accepted until noon Saturday with no livestock. Merchants back the event to benefit the community and help new owners find valued items.
Henry E. Kuyper was elected director of the Pella band for the summer concert season by the Pella Chamber of Commerce directors. He previously served as band director last year after the death of Hugo W. Kuyper. Rehearsals begin promptly to prepare for Tulip Time concerts.
Max Burke of Grinnell College spoke to the Grinnell Rotary Club at Thursday noon. He argued four main reasons to avoid entering the war, including postwar reconstruction, mediation at the peace table, cost and debt, and the human cost of sacrificing lives for a worthy cause.
W. B. Hamilton of the Sa. F. B. F. will lecture at Central College chapel at 9:80 to students and Business Administration classes, then address Pella High School at 1 p.m. The afternoon includes interviews with students about agriculture as a profession, part of a three visit series arranged by Karl Kettering.
Grant Kimmer, the magician slated to entertain Pella Public Schools children, did not appear Thursday morning in the high school auditorium. No reason was given. Students awaiting the show listened instead to phonograph records about the current war as Crannell and Mr. Brown assisted with setup.
The project reports 590 seats paid or subscribed for the new college chapel. An additional 199 balcony seats are required to complete the entire project, marking an increase of 89 subscriptions over the past week.
The reform group presents a stage drama titled The Young People of the Unreformed Set. Plot follows a quest to better self with characters Louise Gainsboros, Frank Smith, and a mystic presence Blu Boy in a community auditorium performance Friday at 7. Adults ibe. children aba. Tickets at Van de Voort's Grocery or from society members.
Republicans in Pella and Lake Prairie township met at the Legion Hall to select delegates for the county convention in Knoxville. The caucus welcomed new faces and named delegates across four wards and Lake Prairie, totaling thirty-nine delegates. George Olmstead, ex national Young Republicans chairman, will speak on Social Security at 7 p.m. April 6, and the Knoxville state convention will start at 11 a.m. April 30.
After illness the Schuring Produce house announces reopening this week and readiness to buy poultry and eggs. A full line of Acme feeds is available. LL Schuring Store Ph. 67 House Ph. Red 403.
City Assessor L. A. Sents announces Saturday afternoon claim times in the basement of the Marion County State Bank from 1 to 8 o clock to settle stead credit. Claim before April 1 to receive it.
Rev H Hoeksema of Grand Rapids will lecture at the Protestant Reformed Church in Grand Rapids on Monday April 1 1940 at 745 pm. The Harmony Poor male quartet will sing and the program is by the Young Society of the local church. A collection will defray expenses.
Notice from the City of Pella Iowa invites bids for steam and crushed coal to be delivered to the Municipal Electric Plant. Bids must be filed by 7 00 PM on April 2 and the council reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
Campaign to choose the 1940 Tulip Queen begins today with town and county notices. Marion County Legion meeting draws 100 plus members. a supper program follows in the main hall under County Commander Palmer and Mrs. Dora Carson. Notables including Mrs. Kirtley and Mrs. Tracey are listed as short talks.
The Historical Society and Junior Chamber of Commerce outlined the Tulip Queen election for Pella's 1940 Tulip festival. Nominating coupons will run March 28 and April 4, with voting on April 13 at the Legion Hall under supervision of local clubs and committees.
The Classis of Pella will convene April 9 at 9:30 a.m. at the Third Reformed Church of Pella. Daven of Eddyville becomes President, with Rev N Rozeboom of Otley as temporary Clerk. The national Service will be held at Onan, led by retiring President Rev R A De Jong of Sully. All reports due ten days prior. correspondence to the undersigned. Classical Minutes and national inquiries noted. first Classical Assessment due. Edw. Huiberts Stated Clerk.
Central College hosts an all day Career Conference for Women next Tuesday with Altrusa Club of Des Moines as special guests. About 20 women from Knoxville Newton and Pella join local students for chapel talks roundtables luncheons and Dutch koffie tijd with discussions on making good in a job and world expectations of the college woman.
Alonzo Vor Ploeg of Lake Prairie Two as Assessor states that on Saturdays after noon at Marion County State Bank he will handle assessments and homestead exemptions and agricultural land credits for landowners in the Pella Independent School District.
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