Tulip Time Festivities Kick Off In Pella
Crowds gather for the 4th annual Tulip Time celebration as the first program launches in Pella. Street scrubbing, a colorful parade featuring Miss Virginia Van Gorp and dignitaries, coronation at West Park, Dutch cultural exhibits, and multiple performances mark the three day event with Governor Kraschel and Education Day slated for Friday and Saturday.
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Pella
Virginia van Gorp
Anna Joyce Klein
Bernace Vander Linden
Leona Schilder
Janet Klyn
Burgemeester Fultz
Kraschel
H. Wormhoudt
West Park
G. F. Sadler
Central College
Iowa
Nelson G. Kraschel
Pella Boy to Address Y M C A of the College
Rev Gradus Vander Linden of Chicago pastor of the First Reformed Church will deliver the address before the Y M C A and W C A during Central College commence ment week. He is a noted speaker whose address many will want to hear.
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Pella
Y.M.C. A
the College
G. Vander Linden
Gradus Vander Linden
First Reformed Church
Chicago
Y. M
Pella Wins at Track Meet in Nine-Man Team Showing
Pella high school, represented by nine boys, scored 36 points to win a track meet while Lincoln, Valley, Indianola, and Knoxville sent 25 to 40 athletes. Valley’s dark horse team set a meet record in the 2 mile relay at 8:34.8, beating Pella’s 8:36 in the same event. Dillon of Pella tied the 120 yard hurdles mark at 16.6. Dick Rittle of Lincoln matched Dillon’s 24.5 low hurdles conference record. Winterset set a new Medieval relay standard at 3:49, with Pella third.
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Pella High School
Lincoln
Vailey
Indianola
Knoxville
Valley High
Pella
Marion Thomas
van Viiet
de Wild
Turner
Dillon
Dick Rittle
Winterset
Valley
Mark Thomas
Menning
Howard ‘Grundman
Irugh Durnin
van Ooyen
West Des Moines
Johnson
Drake
Pella Baptist G-Men Meet at Church on Monday
The Pella Baptist G-Men plan a Monday evening gathering at the Baptist Church on May 16 with a 6 to 6 30 recreational start and a 7 30 program. Refreshments will follow. Special guests include all the boys, croquet on the parsonage lawn, a devotional, a talk by Peter Bogaards Sr on Why I Like Farming, and two silent moving pictures on Citizenship Obedience and Afghanistan.
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Pella Baptist
Baptist Church
Peter Bogaards, Sr
Afghanistan
Tulip Time Edition From Pella Chronicle Praised
The New Sharon Star lauds the Tulip Time edition of the Pella Chronicle arriving with 56 pages 200 pictures and a six color front page. The Star congratulates the Chronicle staff on exceptional work.
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New
Sharon Star
Star
Pella
the Star
Chronicle
Closing Notice for Banks in Marion County
Starting with April and continuing through the summer months the undersigned Banks will close at noon each Thursday and at 3:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Marion Co. State Bank Pella National Bank.
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Marion CO. State Bank
Pella National Bank
Vespers Service Held At Tulip Bowl In Pella
Churches of Pella join with Pella Historical Society for a vespers service Sunday at 3 30 pm at West Park Tulip Bowl The program features Mendelssohn Mozart Handel and other composers with Rev Jacob Prins and Rev A Haverkamp delivering prayers and Central College and Pella Band choirs performing an event aimed at locals and visiting guests.
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Pella
Largo
Handel
Gloria
Mozart
Rev
A. Haverkamp
Ippolitof Ivanoff
Central College Choir
Thompson
Brass
President Lubbers Returns This Week
Central's president is expected back this week with his family after an extended stay in New York City where he has been working in the interest of the College. The presence of Dr. Lubbers is needed at the commencement and at the meeting of the Board of Trustees. The Eastern part of the Church has taken much interest in the work of President Lubbers. Many friends have been made for the College and the fruits of this friendship and interest will make Central a strong school able to compete in scholarship and standing with any of its size in the
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Central
New York City
Lubbers
Heavy relief load in April noted by Emergency Relief
The May 9 meeting at the Courthouse chaired by W J Casey reviewed April activity with 263 cases handled, 196 accepted, 12 rejected and 45 pending. Fifty-one new relief applications, CCC and WPA efforts, and commodity distributions totaling thousands of pounds were reported along with plans to expand county home care for bed-ridden patients.
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W. J. Casey
Emergency Relief Committee
Alice H. Pry
Anie Bogaard
Jerry Speed
J. Frank Clark
Board of Supervisors
W. A. Butts
Alice H. Fry
John Caswell
Relief Office
Marion County
Milford
CCC
April Posts Largest Ever Receipts for P D
Postmaster Ed Van Zante reports April as the banner month for post office business, outranking December. All departments show gains, driven mainly by a Roiscreen Co advertising campaign distributing material by mail, with April surpassing December in total receipts.
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Ed van Zante
Roiscreen Co
van Zante
Pella Chronicle Tulip Time Edition Praised
The Atlantic Paper Praises Edition from Pella Chronicle for its superb printing color front page and extensive historical and statistical content. The Tulip Time edition, tied to the Marion county festival, earned high praise for engravings made in the Pella plant and generous local patronage.
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Pella Chronicle
Marion
Pri
Pella
Annual Meeting at Pella Baptist Church
The Pella Baptist Church will hold its annual business meeting Friday evening June 3. A fellowship supper covered dish style will precede reports and the election of officers along with other business. Community affairs will be over by then and a full attendance is hoped for. Our Want Ads bring results.
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Pella
Mrs 1 T Bakker Dies After Weeks of Illness
Mrs 1 T Bakker died Saturday at her home 302 Franklin street after seven weeks of illness. She was 87. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the home and 2:00 p.m. at Wormhoudt funeral home with Rev. Jacob Prins officiating. interment in Graceland. Born December 25, 1850 in the Netherlands, she came to the United States at age three. She was married 18 years ago to a man older than her and leaves a closely related family. her husband is quite ill. She was the last of a family of seven.
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T. Bakker
Franklin Street
Paul Renaud
Wormhoudt
Jacob Prins
Graceland
Bakker
Sevdren
Farewell Chapel Address by Rev Prins at Central
Reverend Prins, farewell sermon at Central chapel before leaving for Grand Rapids Michigan, urged sitting with those we serve. He cited Ezekiel to urge understanding in international relations capital and labor youth and age social inequality. He argued such policy fosters greater knowledge and usefulness under God’s plan.
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Second Reformed
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Ezekiel
Prins
Garbage collection notice and rates by Vander Beek
Garbage will be collected twice weekly on Tuesday and Friday. Cans must be near curb or alley. Glass, tin cans, grass or weeds not collected. Charges are 1.50 per season in advance, under 3 cents per trip. Call Black 233. G. J. Vander Beek guarantees satisfactory service or money refunded.
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G. J. Vander Beek
Tulip Time Publicised on WHO Radio Program
The Pella voice Mrs. Ralph Grundman spoke on the WHO I Hour program at noon last Saturday about the tulip festival and Pella’s history. Her daughter Susan modeled wooden shoes as listeners heard the Dutch klompen, and a bouquet of tulips was presented to WHO in appreciation.
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Pella
Ralph Grundman
Palm Bureau
Central College Commencement Schedule Expanded
Central College announces next week’s commencement events including a 2:00 p.m. Saturday tennis tournament for the gold pin on college courts and a 7:30 p.m. Saturday recital by the College Music Department. The Baccalaureate Sermon will be delivered by Dr. John Y. Brock of First Reformed Church Plainfield New Jersey. The Y M and W will hear Reverend Gradus Vander of First Reformed Chicago Tl. The commencement address will be delivered by Reverend Oliver H. Sisson, Associate Secretary of the American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society New York City.
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John Y. Brock
First Reformed Church
Plainfield
New Jersey
Y. M
Grad
Iowa's 100 Birthday Celebrated Across Counties
Iowa's 100th birthday will be celebrated in nearly every county this summer through Territorial Centennial pageants. Miss Claudine Humble will direct the statewide effort with local workers aiding centennial groups. The plan covers county fairs and local celebrations, culminating in a statewide presentation in Des Moines in August highlighting Iowa's 100 years of development.
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Des Moines
A. Iowa
Iowa Territorial Centennial Committee
Claudine Humble
Iowa
Rock Island Abandons Knoxvilles Local Yard
S. Murphy, longtime Rock Island agent in Knoxville for 23 years, will move to Atkinson Illinois mid month. The Rock Island local branch has approval to abandon its tracks and will cease operations Saturday May 14. Burlington Railroad buys local yards for car storage and unloading with future uses.
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S. Murphy
Rock Island Railroad
Knoxville
Atkinson
Ill
Rock Island
Til
The
Rock and
Interstate Commerce Commission
Burlington Railroad
Knoxville Express
Isl
Manson elected president of Particular Synod of Iowa
The Particular Synod met at Second Reformed Church in Pella on May 4 and 5 electing Rev. F. B. Manson of Orange City as President and Rev. G. Menning of Pella as Vice-president. Temporary clerks were Rev. A. J. Koopman and Rev. A. J. Snuttjer. Rev. A. Haverkamp of Pella is Stated Clerk.
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Particular Synod
Iowa
Second Reformed Church
H. Beltman
Los Angeles
Cal
A. Bronkhorst
Conrad
Mont
H. Hesselink
Harrison
Dak
H. Rozendaal
Castlewood
A. J. Koopman
Willow Lake
E. F. Koerlin
Scotland
Peter Keenan
George
Towa
A. J. Snottjer
Lennox
William Duven
Eddyville
G. Menning
Pella
G. Bosch
Lester
D. H. Mulder
Valley Springs
L. A. Brunsting
Sio Center
F. B. Manson
Orange City
M. A. Stegeman
Firth, Neb
Roetman
Hospers
G. Poppen
Belmond
W. Denikas
Pekin
Ill
H. Rachtermann
Jesus
Henry Beldman
Board of Domesti Missions
Second Church
The
Reformed Church
van Bronkhorst
Menning
Haverkamp
Prins
Mansen
Groenlander
van de Voort
Wolbrink
Duven
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