H S Seniors To Present Play Friday Night
H S seniors present Kind Lady at Pella High School Auditorium Friday at eight. Directed by Merton Haynes this psychological drama follows Mary Herries and a London plot involving beggar Henry Abbott with a cast including Patty Vriezelaar Carroll Vis and others. Tickets on sale at the box office before curtain.
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Pella High School
Merton Haynes
London
Mary Herries
Patty Vriezelaar
Ank
Mr. Foster
Red Toom
Miss Herries
Henry Abbott
Carroll Vis
Mrs. Edwards
Willard Bosveld
Elen van Zante
Henry Abott
Pella
Rose
Elisabeth Kempkes
H. S. Musicians to Compete in Grinnell Saturday
Mr. Fred Whalley and Anne Tysseling direct public school music and will send twenty six contestants to Grinnell Saturday for the first round of the Iowa High School Music Association state contests. Pella enters thirteen instrumental solos four vocal solos and five small groups with three vocal ensembles. Large group events are scheduled in Oskaloosa on April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Whalley
Anne Tysseling
Grinnell
Iowa High School Music Association
Pella
Oskaloosa
Station KEBS 620 On Your Dial Schedule
KEBS 620 radio listings show March 30 to April 9 programs. Music and Musings, Opera Hour with Peggy Leu, Stories for Children, First Methodist and Baptist services, Classical Hour, Bible in Story and Life, and First Christian Reformed Church events with various times across days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Leu
First’ Chormed
First Baptist Church
Arthur Bennink
Pogey
Leu
First Christian Reformed Church
Ian Re
Holy Week Services at Pella Baptist Church
Palm Sunday marks the start of Holy Week at Pella Baptist Church with guest minister Dr Walter Halbert and evening sermon on Man a New Creation. Weeknight services at 7:30 feature Rev Charles Palmer, Rev Milo Morse and Dr William Moore with candlelight Maundy Thursday communion. Public invited.
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Pella Baptist Church
Palm
Town Baptist Convention
Walter P. Halbert
Halbert
Pella
Charles Palmer
Prairie City
Milo Morse
Methodist Church
Carlisle
Iowa
William J. Moore
College of the Bible
Drake University
Enumerators Train For Census Work In Knoxville IA
Census enumerators receive a week long training at the Veterans Administration Facility in Knoxville Iowa in sessions led by two crew leaders Howard Myers and Oren Van Niewaal Training covers rural and urban takers from several townships and cities with multiple attendees listed by name and township names included throughout this partial roster
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Veterans Administration
Knoxville
Iowa
Marion County
Howard Myers
Pleasantville
Oren S. van Niewaal
Pella
Take Prairie
Summit
Polk
Clay
Indiana
Liberty
Townships
Pella City
Knoxville City
Theresa W. Wilkinson
Dorothy Renaud
Anna Mae Fuller
Helen D. Kempkes
Maria Hi. Ver Plogg
Elbert van Munnen
Andrew W. de Penning
Pelin
Marjorie R. Hodges
Otley
Margaret Duffy
Florence ‘Rita’ James
Bussey
Cleo B. Edinger
Kenneth J. Morgan
Hamilton
Ruth Clark
Cullie B. Carpenter
Kathryn Johnson
Zola CG
Conrey
Lois Dutton
Newton GC. Bureh
Wilbur LE
Darrah
Rodney N. Johnson
Charles A
Urgent Farm Hands Needed Across Iowa
The Iowa State Employment Service reports a spring rush for farm labor with 86 openings for single men ages 20 to 45. Des Moines office has 18 openings. clinics every Thursday a.m. to 4 p.m. help operators and workers connect free of charge.
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Iowa State Employment Service
Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa State Department
Census Takers Prepare for 1960 Population Census
Ashton of Knoxville city and rural routes begin training for the 1960 Population Census. After qualification, trainees receive credentials as enumerators with separate urban and rural districts. On April 1, they start fieldwork, aiming to finish urban districts by April 15 and rural by April 30, with citizen cooperation urged. Crew 8. Van Niewaal, Marion County Census Crew Leader, U S Bureau of the Census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Niewaal
Marion County
Cenius
U. S. Bureau of the Census
Wm. S. van Hemert
Post
van Hemert
Des Moines Legionnaire Club
Walnut Street
Oren S. van Niewaal
Marion Roorda
Ray de Witt
Pella Midgets and Bussey Girls Win County Tourney
The Pella Midgets beat Bussey 40 to 28 in the opening round as Bussey girls defeated Dallas. Knoxville beat Attica 35-27 but forfeited later for overage players. Melcher girls beat Attica and forfeited. Semifinals saw Attica boys top Dallas 30-7 and Pleasantville beat Attica girls. Final day March 21 had Bussey over Pleasantville and Pella defeating Attica 27-24. Trophies awarded to runners-up and winners amid large crowds.
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Pella Boys
Bussey
Pella
Bussey Girls
Dallas
Knoxville Boys
Attica
Melcher Girls
Tracy
Melcher
Attica Boys
Knoxville
Harold Heimstra
Lloyd Ballenger
Bob Borgman
Jr. Hi
Bill de Haan
Paul Dingeman
Professor Farn Dell to Teach at Missouri This Summer
Professor Gordon Farndell and his family will spend the summer in Columbia Missouri where he will be guest professor at the University of Missouri He will teach organ a survey of musical literature and an advanced course in American music
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Farndell
Columbia, Mo
Farndell
University of Missouri
Veterans to Be Legion Guests at Smoker April 10
Veterans and ex service men in Pella and rural areas to attend a Legion smoker night on April 10 with Commander Jacob Van Der Veer and Adjutant Gerald Dieleman in charge. Swedish lunch at 7, entertainment planned by a large committee, plus plans for a Junior Legion baseball team and a Tulip Festival float. Citizenshi p Award favored, Hawkeye Boys State nomination to be coordinated with school officials.
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Jacob van der Veer
Gerald Dieleman
van Veen—Van Hemert Legion Post
Post
W.F.W. Amvets
Pella
George van Gorkom
John Hackert
Max Schakel
Elmer de Winter
Martin Heerema
Verle Ver Dught
Hawkeye Boys State
Camp Dodge
Junior Hi Midgets win Marion County title at Melcher
The Pella Midgets closed a successful season by capturing the Marion County Championship in Melcher. It is Pella’s first trophy since basketball resumed three seasons ago and last won by a Pella Jr Hi team in 1939. The squad posted twelve wins eleven losses and one forfeit, with opponents including New Sharon Newton Attica Grinnell Knoxville Pleasantville Monroe Oskaloosa Pella Christian Eddyville Bussey Tracy and forfeit.
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Elmo Hughes
Marion County
Attica
Kenneth de Wild
Harold Bean
Carl van Roekel
Jy de Bruin
Paul Dingeman
Wayne Boat
Robert Vander Lugt
Junior Steenh
Ralph J
Neal Thom
Roger Atkins
Kenneth Menninga
Heematra
Melvin Donald Ver Ploeg
Lloyd Ballenger
Bob Bergman
Harold John Bloodsworth
Jerald Kuiper
Pella
Marion
Melcher
Pella Jr. Hi
Seaon
New Sharon
Newton
Grinnell al
Knoxville
Pleasantville
Monroe
Oskaloosa
Pella Christian
Grinnell
Eddyville
Co. Tourney
Bussey
Tracy
School Teachers to Attend Meeting in Des Moines Saturday
Central District of the State Education Association teachers will meet at Roosevelt High School Des Moines on Saturday April 1. Registration at 8 15 a m with greetings by Jessie Parker and Charles Martin. Dr W A Wittich University of Wisconsin will give a special address.
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Central District
State Education Association
Roosevelt High School
Des Moines
Jessie Parker
State Department of Public Instruction
Charles Martin
ISEA
W. A. Wittich
University of Wisconsin
Wittich
Bureau of Visual Education
W. H. Alexander
Oklahoma City
Real Property Values Doubled For Taxation
Local discussion centers on doubled and tripled assessments in Pella after a $10,000 evaluation study. Taxes rise unless millage is cut. 1949 city and school levies fall due to higher valuations, with realty up from 2,177,616 to 4,759,184 and moneys and credits near 2,092,007. Marion County comparisons show Pella’s levy not out of line.
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Pella
County Court House
Pelin
Pella Independent
Pella Independent District
Levi
Rouze Hunter
Marion County
Vander Lugt Takes Leave From Central Gal Myra
President Vander Lugt of Central Gal goes on vacation for about a month due to medical advice. Dean J. W. 1 acts as president during his absence while Me and Mrs. Vander Lugt travel from Pella to San Antonio Texas.
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Vander Lugt
Central Gal
Pella
San Antonio
Texas
Dean J. W. 1
Singing Mouse Baritone Found in Moravia Cupboard
Mrs. Floyd Paxston of Moravia reports a new development in singing mice a baritone mouse discovered in a cupboard of her home. the unusual rodent prompts local curiosity about animal music talents.
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Floyd Paxston
Moravia
John Neagle to Open Pella Photo Studio April 1
John I. Neagle, longtime staff photographer for the Register and papers, will open a photo studio in Pella shortly after April 1. He is a Navy veteran, married with a son, and will reside with his wife's parents in Knoxville until a rental home is ready. Watch The Chronicle for a Grand Opening Ad.
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John I. Neagle
Register and Bune
Pella
Mr. Neagle
U.S. Navy
Marion County
Knoxville
Register
John Francis
the Chronicle
Evening Passion Week Services at Third Ref Church
Beginning Tuesday evening next week the Third Reformed Church will hold Mid Century Passion Week Services nightly at seven forty five. Rev. Gary DeWitt of Immanuel Reformed Church Grand Rapids MI will speak on The Stubborn Heart Coward s Shipwreck and The Daughters of Jerusalem with special music from various churches. The Good Friday service will be led by Dr Haverkamp with both churches offering prayers and fellowship to the public.
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Third Reformed Church of
Our City
Gary DeWitt
Immanuel Reformed Church
Grand Rapids
Michigan
de Witt
Chicago
R.C.A
Daughters of Jerusalem
Haverkamp
Pella Students Rank High in University Tests
Pella High School students in Town City tests on Recent Social and Scientific Developments scored at the University of Iowa. Juniors reached the 93rd percentile, with 83 96 and 81 percent in categories for grades 10 to 12. Totals were 78, 98, and 79 percent. Individual rankings rose to the 99th percentile in many cases.
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Pella High School
University of Iowa
Public Schools Close Next Week for Spring Vacation
A districtwide spring vacation begins this week with classes ending tonight. All schools will reopen Monday morning, April 10, following the break across departments and programs.
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Jay
Two Superior Ratings Won by H. S. Students
Pella students earned two superior ratings at the District competition of the Iowa High School Speech Association Tournament 5 in Ottumwa. Tegan Van Sittert won superior in humorous declamation and Judi Allen in radio speaking, with four other Pella entrants also participating.
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Pella
Ottumwa
Tegan van Sittert
Judi Allen
Cresco
Mary Alice Buwalda Huta
Polly
College Choir And Ensemble Tour Steps Off
Central College closes for spring vacation March 31 and resumes April 11. On Saturday at 6 30 the A Cappella Choir left by chartered bus for Illinois Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York with Prof and Mrs Thostenson and Dr Van Wyk. At 10 00 the Girls Ensemble departed for Nebraska Kansas Colorado and California traveling by station wagon and cars. Nine girls and director Mrs Le Cocq accompanist Mr De Vries with speakers drivers guests accompanied by Rev Joe Euwema and others. On Wednesday six members of the forensic squad and director Miss Cunera Van Emmerik left for the Pi Kappa Delta provincial tournament at Normal Illinois with 30 schools from four states.
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Central College
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Marvin S. Thostenson
Herbert van Wyk
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
California
Edith le Cocq
Lorenz de Vries
Joe Euwema
Ed le Cocq
Arnon Renskers
Euwema
Lou Ann. le Cocq
Forensic Squad
Cunera van Emmerik
Pi Kappa Delta
Normal
Minois
Pella Stores Close for Good Friday Services
Pella stores will close from 12:00 noon to 3:00 PM on Friday April 7 to permit proprietors and clerks to attend church services. The closure is recommended by officers and directors of the Chamber of Commerce and no other motive will be issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Chamber of Conmerce
Campaign to Elect Queen of the Festival Continues
A three week campaign invites nominations for Queen and four Attendants for the 1960 Tulip Festival. Citizens may nominate by printing and submitting a coupon at Van Sittert store by 7:30 pm April 8. Ballots to elect the eight finalists will be counted in a City Office election April 16 from 1:00 to 6:00 pm. Committee chair is Dr TG Fully with Ralph Ver Meer and M M Doekendorff.
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van Sittert
Pella
Queen
Chronicle of April Lith
Ralph Ver Meer
M. M. Doekendorff
van Sittert’s
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