Piney Woods School Story Inspires National Support
A lengthy feature reports Piney Woods School and its founder Professor Jones, detailing student life, industrial training, and housing needs for two hundred pupils, many from Iowa. It notes community backing, southern goodwill, and Jewish support, plus a plan for Central College band leadership training and broader racial uplift through education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Pella
Iowa
Marion County
South
Braxton
Jackson
Central College
Chronicle
Central
Piney Woods School
Girls' Glee Club's Snowed In Mission Continues
From the Central Bay report the girls recount a winter trip starting in Pella stalled by snow. A freight engine sleeper to Newton Chicago and Washington unfolds a packed itinerary with Field Museum, Lincoln Memorial, Arlington, and Brooklyn visitations, ending with a Brooklyn YWCA reception and Dutch language moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Bay
Pella
Peoria
Illinois
Central
Newton
Chicago
Empire State
Miss Beerends
Tillie
T. B
Field Museum
Darwin
Michigan Boulevard
Prof. Lee
Art Institute
Wrigley Building
Bethany
Roseland
Washington, D. C
Jennie
Lucille
Pullman
Pennsylvania
Iron and Steel Works
West Virginia
Harper’s Ferry
Potomac
Washington
Union Station
Capitol Building
Capitol
Congressional Library
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Arlington Cemetery
New York
New York Central Station
Dr. Hoffman
Liggett
Brooklyn
Harriet Judson Y. W. C. A
Hoffman
Central College
Girls learn to sew at new Pella school in June
Wanted ads invite girls to enroll in a sewing school opening in Pella in June. Learn to sew own clothing as part of the course. For details contact Mrs C Den Harthog 610 Liberty St Pella and Mrs Ina R Davis. 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
C. den Hartog
Liberty St
Ina R. Davis
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Girls’ Glee Club
Wonderful Ansco
Puritan Drug CO
Heerema Bros
Marion Porter
Sybenga’ Bakery
H. H. Sadler
Rhode Island
Monroe
C. B. Jarnagin & Son
Julian Renaud
Red
Tunis
H. Klein
Universal
K. Verrips
Main St
Carl Byers
Pete van Zanta
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Standard Oil
Broadway
Franklin Ain An
Pella, Iowa
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