Commencement plans and senior class events outlined
The article details how the kindergarten program is rescheduled for Thursday night. It notes a senior class gathering hosted by Superintendent and Mrs. Frush, student achievement gains in reading and arithmetic, and a first place tally for Pella in Knoxville music contests. It lists commencement week events, including the senior junior banquet, class play, sermon, operetta, class day, and the high school commencement with speaker Prof. John Ganaway, plus the class roll of graduates.
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Frush
Knoxville
Pella
Bernie Mulder
First Reformed Church
Barcelona
John Ganaway
Grinnell
Grandman
Paul Kiser
Charles J. Mitten
Clarence R, Vander Meulen
Virgil H, Schakel
Alonzo Ver Ploeg
Emmet M. de Vries
Maurice van Willigen
Gerrit J. Vander Wal
Knoxville Purchases New Power Fire Truck
Knoxville city council bought a new power fire truck and pumping apparatus for 5350 dollars from W. S. Nott company of Minneapolis. The unit pumps 540 gallons per minute, has a booster tank, and will undergo a three hour trial upon arrival, with a twelve hour factory workout for compliance.
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Knoxville
W. S. Nott Company
Minneapolis
City Pond
Knoxville Journal
Correction notice on Dodge Brothers prices
A correction explains that a past Dodge Brothers ad in The Chronicle listed prices as Delivered in Pella, but the true prices were F. O. B. Factory. The error caused embarrassment to the Van Houweling Auto Company and is now clarified.
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Dodge Brothers
the Chronicle
Pella
van Houweling Auto Company
Pella and Oskaloosa Gun Clubs Set May 17 Shooting Match
The Pella Gun Club will host a shooting match with the Oskaloosa club on Tuesday May 17 at 12 30 p m Invitations have been sent to many shooters and a large turnout is hoped for.
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Pella Gun Club
Oskaloosa Club
Nice Addition Made to College Building Fund
Central College reports a $2,000 cash gift to its building fund. Donor name cannot be printed. The gift exceeds prior pledges and supports resumed construction after a winter halt and bricklaying delays. The exterior walls are expected to be completed soon.
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John Wesselink
Central College Building Fund
Flood Relief Picture At Alamo Next Week
Buster Keaton in The General will be shown Tuesday through Thursday May 17 to 19 at the Alamo Theatre. Half the proceeds go to the Red Cross flood relief fund. The event aims to boost donations as no local flood footage could be obtained.
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Buster Keaton
Alamo Theatre
Managment
Red Cross Fund
Nelson
Pella
Reverend George C. Conrad Accepts Baptist Call
At a Pella Baptist church meeting Sunday morning, Rev. George C. Conrad received a call to the pastorate. He announced at the evening service he would accept and plans to arrive around early June. Conrad, a Minnesota native, graduated from Des Moines University in 1924 and has studied at Rochester Theological Seminary while preaching in Keota and York. He served in the Medical Corps during World War I. The church has lacked a pastor for a year and awaits his arrival.
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Pella
George C. Conrad
Minnesota
Des Moines University
Des Moines
Baptist Church
Keota
Iowa
Rochester Theological Seminary
York
Camp Grant
Professor Baitsell at Sigma Xi Meeting
Yale University biologist Professor George A. Baitsell spoke on coagulation phenomena related to tissue formation at the Sigma Xi meeting in Schenectady New York. He was elected to Sigma Xi’s executive committee for five years and is noted as associate professor of biology at Yale.
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National Society of Sigma XI
George A. Baitsell
Yale University
Baitsell
Schenectady
New York
Yale
Fremont
Thee
Pella
Judgment Collected After Thirty Years
In 1898 a Brazil Iowa man faced a liquor nuisance charge in Appanoose County court with Judge Fee imposing a $1,000 fine. The fine was never collected. upon his death a small estate allowed county authorities to levy for the judgment plus interest over twenty-nine years.
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Brazil
Appanoose County
Fee
College Play Pleases Central College Audience
The Chresto-Delphi literary society at Central College staged the three act play Tee Bound by Owen Davis in the high school auditorium. Frances M. Bailey directed the production with solid student effort earning praise for casting and costumes. The Maine village setting and will dispute over Mrs Jordan’s estate drive the plot as Jane the servant influences outcomes and Ben’s fate. Characters display strong makeup and Dutch Collegians’ costumes, though Maine dialect use is limited. overall the performance earns high marks for polish and entertainment.
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Chresto-Delphi Literary Societies
Central College
Owen Davis
Frances M. Bailey
Department of Expression
Maine
Jordan
Mrs. Jordan
Jane
Ben
Court House Statistics From the Records
Births listed include Hollingshead children April 29 1927 with names Jean Carolyn and Elizabeth May born in Indiana Knoxville and Knoxville towns. Other births include Schimmel Coster Baty Stevenson Orman Johnson and McCombs with birth dates ranging April through May 1927 in Clay Polk Washington and Knoxville townships.
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Jean Carolyn Hollingshead
Carroll M. Hollingshead
Indiana Township
Wilma Dora Schimmel
James Schimmel
Clay Township
Belle May Coster
C. J. Coster
Polk Township
Elizabeth May Hollingshead
George Lee Hollingshead
Knoxville
Betty Jean Baty
Thomas A. Baty
William Lee Stevenson
Robert Stevenson
Washington Township
Marie Orman
E. Orman
Shirley Ann Johnson
Paul R. Johnson
Eugene Wanton McCombs
Fred McCombs
Black Oak Township Flood Relief Total Reaches $256.50
H. W. Vander Linden of Leighton reports Red Cross flood relief collections in Black Oak Township totaled 256.50. He thanks all contributors and school districts for their help in this worthy cause.
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Black Oak Township
H. W. Vander Linden
Leighton
Red Cross
Vander Linden
Red Cross Flood Money Raised in Pella Area
Pella Otley and nearby areas gathered donations for Mississippi flood relief totaling 1390.47 by Sunday with more pledges from nonattendees. The Red Cross board planned to forward the $600 request and bring in further sums by May 25 as additional gifts arrive.
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Pella
Otley
Red Cross
Mississippi Valley
Red Cross Board
Christian Union
American Legion Auxiliary
The
Brethren
Alma Theatre
Des Moines
Advertising Manufacturer Getting the Business
The Toledo Chronicle argues advertising pays by noting Chevrolet spends ten million dollars annually on ads and General Motors and Ford dominate car sales. It questions why firms advertise heavily while a critic says advertising doesn’t pay, pointing to market share shifts over time.
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Chronicle
Chevrolet Motor Co
General Motor Co
Ford
Toledo Chronicle
Tracy Masonic Building Fire Leaves $20000 Loss
A major blaze in Tracy destroyed the Masonic building and Osborn & Co. store, totaling about $20,000 in loss with coverage limited to half. Fire originated in the basement, probable wiring fault or spontaneous combustion. The brick structure was the fourth on that site to burn, with plans to rebuild underway.
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Tracy
Masonic Building
Osborn & Co
Masonic Lodge
Eastern Star
Geneva
H. E. Anspach
Bank
Sarah Doughman
Masonic
E. A. Boyer and Son
W. E. Boyer
Frank Avery
Harry Avery
E. O. Osborn
Thomas Osborn
Harry Grant
Jay Collins
Knoxville
Knoxville Journal
Talking About Luck What Ye Think Of This
A broken down car caused double trouble for Rex W. Shindell of Mason City who came to Northwood for help. Local shop owner S. L. Marvick recalls two worthless checks Shindell wrote last July, refused by the bank. Shindell was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Trustem. Mayor Sabin judge sentenced him to thirty days in Worth County jail. Rumors doubt his sanity and warn about his past check-writing scheme and driving risk.
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Mason City
Rex W. Shindell
Cerro Gordo County
Northwood
S. L. Marvick
Marvick
Shindell
Trustem
Sabin
Afendant
Worth
No Trespassing Cards Available at The Chronicle Office
The Chronicle reports no trespassing cards on hand at the office, priced at 10 cents each. Postage for mailed orders is extra.
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the Chronicle
Flooded South Describes Escape From Blytheville Tourists
Des Moines travelers Mr. and Mrs. Le Favor and Mr. and Mrs. Rasmussen, marooned eight days in Blytheville Ark, journeyed to Knoxville then Memphis. They recount flooded farms, homeless refugees in box cars and tents, Red Cross aid, a mule incident, and a levee guard plantation owner in Arkansas amid the Mississippi area floods.
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Blythesville
Ark
Dale le Favor
Ted Rasmussen
Des Moines
Knoxville
Memphis
le Favor
West Palm Beach
Fla
Red Cross
Arkansas
Rasmussen
Mississippi
St. Francis River
Silk dress ad travels across continents via local paper
The Burlington Iowa paper circulates through a family loop from Iowa to Canada to South Africa and then to South America after an advertisement for a silk dress. The chain begins with a writer long tied to a southern Iowa paper and ends with a dress shipment prompted by the ad in Bloomfield Democrat.
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Iowa
Lyman
South America
Bloomfield Democrat
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Professor Ganaway OF
Alamo
Baptist
Sigma XI
Ici
Court House
Willis Briggs
Gladys Wohle
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