Record Run on Fishing Licenses
Reports from County Recorders and conservation officers show an unprecedented demand for fishing and hunting licenses for the year that began April 1. In five days a county recorder sold nearly one-fifth of last year’s total, with officials estimating up to a fifty percent rise in sales. Director Fred T. Schwab cites ex-service men and war workers seeking sport and relaxation after wartime strain, plus plans for long delayed vacations as gas and tires become available. Early spring has anglers out and home-grown channel catfish sampled.
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Fred T. Schwab
The
Conservation Commission
Schwab
Sayler Awards in Commercial Work Contest
Miss Sayler's first year typing class held a speed and accuracy contest on April 11. Five Division I teams and eight Division II teams competed, with top averages determining winners. Div I winners were Peppy Punches and Speedy Zephyrs. Div II top teams included Fumble Fingers and Happy-Go-Lucky-Three. Individual speed and accuracy records were listed, and participants earned pins and certificates for top performances.
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Miss Sayler
Sayler
Colleen Renaud
Billie Dee Mount
Marjorie van Zee
Speedy Zephyrs
Wilma van Gilst
Gladys de Geus
Ruth de Jong
Speed Demons
Betty Vander Beek
Virginia Groendyk
Phyllis van Hemert
Speer
Gene van Zee
Gordon Nesbit
Beverly Nihart
Alice van Hemert
Lloyd — Vander Streek
Clarence van Zee
Wilma van Zee
Edna Terlouw
Beverly Thomassen
Susan Grundman
Stanley Boertje
Edna Goemaat
Christina Muilenburg
Jo Ann Vande Voort
Bernice Jaarsma
Bernice Heerema
Ruth Brummel
Tulip Time Plans Push Side by Side With Pel la Centennial
Supt Buerkens and Miss Tysseling handle many requests as tulip time faces costume shortages and shoe fitting woes. Senior classes planned to attend the festival and a big auction keeps Tulip Time spirit alive while next year marks Pella’s hundredth anniversary and will fuse with the festival for a grand centennial celebration.
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Jack Benny
Buerkens
P H S Poets Win National Awards
Four P H S poets win spring National Poetry contest awards with Joyce Bergman receiving special mention for Leaves. Cleo Joy Kuyper Clara Hasselman and LaVelma De Penning earn certificates. their poems to be printed in a national poetry booklet with other state winners.
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Joyce Bergman
Cleo Joy Kuyper
Clara Hasselman
LaVelma de Penning
Roving reporters share teachers vacation tales
A roving reporter chats with teachers about weekend activities. Miss Sayler stayed home cleaning, Miss Gosselink toured the Ozarks and bought a rocker, Mr. Andrews farmed near Atlantic Iowa and went to church, Miss Sellers enjoyed Des Moines then farm life, Mrs. Richardson visited Cedar Rapids and Iowa City attendances including a friend’s wedding.
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Miss Gosselink
Ozarks
Arkansas
Hillbillies
Mississippi River
St. Loui
Miss Sellers
Des Moines
EAVESDRIPPINGS Hears Of Leo Self And A Michigan Interest
A gossip-style note mentions Leo Self showing interest in a girl from Michigan. The column teases a ring request while skimming other campus anecdotes about seniors at play practice, a student’s opinion, and light social news involving Paul McGee and Betty Vander Beek.
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Leo
Michigan
M. M
Mrs. R
RS Ray Tait
Aow
Paul McGee
Betty Vander Beek
GOSSIP GALLERY BRIMMED WITH PHS BANQUET HINTS
Gossip from Pella High School highlights juniors guarding banquet theme, sun safety after spring outings, seniors facing Uncle Sam draft calls, and a busy campus with eighth graders tests. Mentions Alice V H learning golf, catfish gifts to a teacher, Warren D P’s Ft Snelling money, and Ray V R’s Nebraska trip.
Honor Society Sets Basis for Membership Approval
An April 4 informal meeting of the Honor society reviewed the constitution with new members. Faculty will approve prospective members on citizenship, not just scholastic ability. Members voiced opinions on admittance and ordered non society pins.
Sound Movies On Trans Atlantic Planes Entertain Passengers
Sound movies are now presented regularly on a number of trans Atlantic planes for the entertainment of passengers. The 16 mm projector is operated by a stewardess.
Explosion Detected in Berlin Traces Nova Zem bIA Blast
A dynamite blast on the Arctic island of Nova Zembia occurred in December 1933 and was detected in Berlin over 2,000 miles away, prompting alerts and investigation into the remote event.
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Arctic
Nova Zembia
Berlin
Aerial Freight Delivers Turkeys From Worthington
A. C. Teagarden received 2,000 turkey poults by air at Jewell from Worthington Minnesota. Despite a 190 mile distance the air delivery saved about a day of trucking time.
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Jewell
A. C. Teagarden
Worthington
Minn
Maxine Van Vark Resumes Graham Crackers After Insect Incident
The Rol screening notes Maxine Van Vark’s return to graham crackers after finding insects in a prior box. She bought a fresh, larger economy size. The report also mentions Verlan Secret’s factory visit and staff movements including Inez and Ruth Blake returning to work.
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Maxine van Vark
Maxine
Verlan
Inez
Ruth Blake
Anonymous inquiry and shop ticket observations at factory
An anonymous person asks Ralph Vander Beek to verify his car was parked on Lovers Lane last Thursday. Two men from the National Register Company observed how shop tickets and master copies are handled to simplify typing and office procedures. A dictaphone record defined for stenographers is noted.
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Ralph
Pat) Vander Beek
Lovers’ Lane
National Register Company
Aging's Double Toll: Standing Higher, Falling Less
The saying notes a trade off of growing old where one endures more while risking less. It frames aging as a balance between resilience and vulnerability, highlighting the altered stakes that come with years.
Man Injured After Being Ejected From Truck
A Rock Rapids man, suffering an epileptic fit, was forcibly ejected from an Orange City truck by the driver who mistook the condition for intoxication. A passerby alerted the sheriff, and the injured man was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Rock Rapids
Orange City
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Cora Thomassen
Leroy Baughman
Joyce Borgman
Virginia Groendyke
John Hesselink
Jean Leu
Peggy Leu
Erma van Rockel
Betty van Veen
Gertrude Steenhock
Jare Toom
Albert van Houweling
Kenneth Vander Linjen
P.H.S
Pete
P. HS
Webster
Ann V. V
Alice V. H
Gosselink
O. K. Ton
Joan
Lora
Army Air Corps
Navy
Beverly N
Uella
Warren D. P
Ft. Snelling
Warren
Doris
Giz
Pete V. G
Nook V. H
Uncle Sam
Ray V. R
Nebraska
Ray
Jackson
Nancy Potter
Pella High
Veterans’ Hospital
Knoxville
C. C. Buerkens
Franks
Willis T
Honor Society
Pfister
EIT
John G. Ver Ploeg
Pella
Chas, Zyletis, Leighton
Roy van Heukelem
New
Sharon
G. T. van Houweling
Oskaloosa
A. P. Vander Beek, Sally Marion A. Toom, Harvey
Monroe, Iowa
Mt. Whitney
Farmers Union
Franklin Street
Madeline Diekema
Harold Bundy
Mitzi
Rosscreen
Harold
Jo Monich
Eb Recone
Osteopathic
Drs. Kramer and
Kramer HH
Nellie D
West First Street
Square Deal
Mutual
Valley Bank
Iowa
Bernie Menninga
Pella, Iowa
America
South Central Iowa Cooperatives
Otley Farmers Co-operative
Sully Co-operative
Taintor Farmers Co-operative Elevator
Knoxville Co-operative Creamery Farmers Co-operative Elevator
Pella R.E.A
Pella Burial Association
Farmers Union Co-operative Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Otley Sully Taintor
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