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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1951
Page
7
Tulip Time features a Tulip Show at Legion Mall with new per class prizes of three dozen bulbs for first place. Entries by May 17 at 10 00 AM open to Pella and nearby residents, no professional entries, divisions cover Darwins Breeders Mayflower Parrot and Triumph with blue red and yellow ribbons and multiple arrangement classes.
Twenty four students from rural schools reported at the high school Tuesday morning to take achievement tests in music reading spelling literature arithmetic and social studies. Names of reporting schools and students include Amsterdam-Detores Smith Keuning Veenstra Pleasant Grove Johnnie BatTestello La Verne Visser Van Houweling De Zwarte Pauline Van Ham Veenstra Roose De Vries White-breast Shirley Waits Edward Klyn Fair Oaks John Vanden Terg OUley Leonard Hopkins Witzender Bonnie Wiegand Bunke Hill Danny Vande Voort Lorraine St European US-ll ohn Rus Sandridge John Blom aunudstra
Social Security official explains new rules allowing insured workers age 66 to 75 to earn up to 50 dollars monthly on covered jobs while receiving retirement benefits. Those 75 or older may work full time without a wage limit while collecting benefits. The representative will be at Council Room City Clerk's Office 717 Main Street Pella Iowa on Wednesday May 9 1961 from 930 to 1130 a.m.
Gordon Farndell directs the college orchestra in a Sunday concert at 4 p.m. in Douwstra Chapel featuring Mendelssohn Reformation Symphony No. 5 and works by Glinka Jarnefelt Luigini. The program includes Bereuse, Ballet Egyptienne, and orchestral additions from out of town with piano for harp parts and reed pedal for the chapel organ.
Charles Thompson of Allison recently registered a new car at the courthouse marking the 87th registration of the same make since his first purchase in 1905. He has averaged a new automobile every ten months for 46 years, a remarkable long term pattern.
The Elkport-Garber communities near Elkader mourn the death of Dr F Kriebs, a longtime physician who served the area for over a decade and delivered more than 2000 babies in his career.
A burglar entered the Elmer Friedrichsen residence in Woodward last week and stole 103 eggs in a bold theft. Authorities are reviewing the case and seeking tips.
Verne Orr of Pasadena California will address the Rotary Club dinner Tuesday May Sth. Orr, former executive of Chrysler on the Pacific Coast, now sells Chrysler and Plymouth cars with his son Verne Jr in Pasadena. He traveled six months 34000 miles visiting 26 countries and will discuss the trip with Rotarians.
Ross J. Kidder of the YMCA Boys Home north of Des Moines spoke to the Rotary Club about caring for delinquent youths labeled damaged by broken homes or social conditions. He noted 17 boys in the Boone home and contrasted operating costs with other towns, stressing parental pressure as a cause of maladjustment and the need for suitable goals.
Dr Laura Nanes of Central College joins a Town Round Table program at 3 00 p m Saturday to discuss Our Political Heritage with Harvard's Dr Charles W McHwain and others. The program was recorded after a History Conference at State University of Town with Dr Mellwain delivering the main address on Our Political Herit ies and noted author of The High Court of Parliament and Its Supremacy.
Requests for Folk Dancers practice sessions have led to a first meeting Friday evening May 4 on the west side of Garden Square at 8:00. All ages and student groups are welcome. Mr and Mrs Robert Lautenbach will lead the session at Tulip Time.
Defense bond purchases by workers on payroll savings plans jumped in the first quarter of 1951. National Director Vernon J. Clark announced 13,794,000 bonds were sold, up 10.7 percent from early 1950, with $25 bonds at 10,787,000 and $50 bonds at 2,007,000, marking record first-quarter volumes and a shift toward payroll saver denominations.
Two Central groups impressed Sunday crowds in Pella. The Gi Ensemble directed by Faith Sedrel Le Cocq performed in Douwstra Chapel, and the A Cappella Choir under Marvin Thostenson sang at the Baptist Church. The nine girls in the Girls Ensemble showcased exquisite tone, blending, and seasonal nature themes.
Lou Ann Le Cocq earned Division 1 ratings at the state music contest, achieving superior or Division T in two and treble voice medium. Other Pella entrants gained Division II ratings including Darlene Van Zomeran and Phyllis Hasselman in solo and group performances as over 4000 students competed across 20 centers. Large group vocal organizations from Miss Tyssel age will perform at the Os-kaloosa state contest, with nearly 100 singers slated.
Local festival ticket office opens May 1 for The Red Mill shows during Tulip Time May 17 18 19. Advance tickets sell at 2.40 for three from May 7 to May 1 inclusive at stores and central Legion Building, exchangeable for gate admission for either evening.
Dr Walter De Kock professor of education at Central College will appear on the program of Professional Laboratory Experience a joint conference of organizations in education to be held at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls in a panel on desirable certification standards for student teachers supervisors degree training and related topics Participating bodies include the Town Department of Public Instruction the Department of Public Instruction the Department of Colleges and Universities the Iowa State Education Association the Iowa Association for Student Teaching the Iowa Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards
Central College relays team placed seventh in Drake Relays mile event behind twelve teams. Competing schools included Loras first Grinnell third Warburg fourth and Wesleyan fifth. Team members listed include Gibson Elsworth Johnson and Glenn Straatsma with Bob Elsworth noted among participants.
The Tulip Time festival plans a top staged performance of The Red Mill. Cast includes Willem Tudor upkes Tina Joan Crawford Ralph Grundman Burt Larry Grooters Don Dick Cook Kid Connor Ronald Zoutendam Bertha Betty Den Besten Hendrik Milton Scholten Gretchen Olive Hancock Jack Rontsma Edith Sedrel LeCocq and Pennyfeather Bob Omiek. The production features a new lighting design and elaborate sets to celebrate the Holland of 1906.
Central College will host the annual Central Invitational Track Meet at Pella between 1:30 and 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, featuring Simpson, Parsons, Iowa Wesleyan, and Penn among five of seven southern half conference colleges. Iseling has raced twice this season, with a 91-41 win over Penn and a 48 5/6 - 49 1/6 loss to Simpson at Indianola.
Alpha Psi Omega brings the Robert Sherwood drama There Shall Be No Night to Pella for the 1950-51 season finale. The production marks Iowa’s first non professional staging with a cast featuring Kim Duffy and Shirley Kooistra, plus Harold Van Oort and Rosemary Carr in key roles, as the group undertakes a demanding show alongside The Red Mill.
Ottumwa readers are invited to hear Mrs Winston a Negro soloist with a renowned voice at the Baptist Church Sunday evening. The artist, noted for wins in 1950 and a world broadcast on ABC, will perform with a free will offering requested to support her Christian work.
Enrollments are coming in rapidly for a grade school summer session sponsored by the College at Webster Building from June 11 to August 3. Sessions run mornings only to help pupils weak in reading language or arithmetic. Invitations went out with report cards. royal registrations must be in by May 15. Tuition for this special help is free. Miss Eleanor Grim af the College will supervise the program.
The KEBS schedule lists a May 3 Children’s Corner segment and an Arabic text event. An orchestral concert titled Romeo and Juliet Overture is planned, with a May 6 performance at 9 30 at the Christian Reformed Church. May 8 marks a campus music shop event and a records display featuring Ed Ver Hoef and The Grand Canyon Suit.
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