Appointments to College Faculty Announced at Central College
Dr G T Vander Lugt announced new faculty appointments at Central College. M B Thostensen named Associate Professor of Music, will direct choir and band and teach advanced theory during Anthony Kooiker’s leave. Mrs Thostensen will be assistant Librarian. Cornelis A Bartels named Artist in Residence, to advise art students and plan exhibits. John Wesle to continue teaching art. Bartels born Rotterdam, with studies in Rotterdam and Dusseldorf. prior work in Germany. awaiting US immigration through quota system. Mrs Bartels Minka Diederichs to teach advanced piano. she is a concert pianist trained in Dusseldorf.
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G. T. Vander Lugt
Central College
Thostenson
Mechanicsville
Iowa
Anthony Kooiker
Juillard School of Music
Thostensen
Navy
Hospers
University of Iowa
Josephine Dykstra
J. D. Dykstra
Bald
John Wesle
Bartels
Holland
Jem
United States
State Department
Cqme
Rotterdam
Academy of Art
Institute For Art
Dusseldorf
Germany
Studio and Co
Peto
Mahtki
Bartels Bartels
Minka Diederichs
Duseldorf Conservation
Emil Ebert
Otto Neitzel
Franz Litt
One Little Word Omission Sparks Notice in Paper
In a readers’ note from Northwood Anchor, a New Ulp and Californian item highlights how dropping a single word altered meaning. The Upland News allegedly omitted the article an before announced, altering the phrase about teachers expecting next year.
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Upland
Calif
Advane
K.P
Northwood
News Reporters Will Be Heard on Radio Saturday
Virginian Greendyke is among 17 Cedar Rapids area high school reporters chosen by WMT to broadcast a half hour program at 3 30 p m this Saturday. The group was selected from 85 Town high school reporters for consistency and quality. Virginia attended the News cast Jamboree in Cedar Rapids and credited the Tulip Time advertising effort with helpful questions from an announcer about Pella.
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Virginian Greendyke
P.hls
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Virginia
Wilson High School
Pella
Miss Slobe
Joy Kuyper Wins Editorial Post at Stephens College
Joy Kuyper daughter of Meg and Mrs Lewis Kuyper of Pella has earned new honors at Stephens College Columbia Mo She was elected editor of the Standard the college literary magazine for the coming year valued for her work on the Standard Life and Philosophy campus publications She was a top journalist for the Pella High School Star The Pelladium She joined Chi Delta Phi creative writing sorority May 1 one of fifteen women chosen at a waffle supper at the Country Club Columbia Her election to the editorship is described as a top honor by faculty adviser John H Thompson.
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Joy Kuyper
Meg
Lewis Kuyp
Pella
Stephens College
Columbia
Miss Kuyper
Standard
Phensophy
Pella High School
Pelladium
Oldest Chevrolet Truck Search Invites Pella Owners
White Way Auto Co invites early Chevrolet pickup owners in the Pella area to join a nationwide contest by the Chevrolet Motor Division to locate the oldest truck still in active service in the United States. The winner receives a brand new Advance-Design Chevrolet truck and may select any current commercial model. Entries must be driven to a Chevrolet dealer to obtain entry blanks. the search closes June 15, 1947, with notification by June 20. The oldest truck will be determined by the earliest serial number, with substitutes allowed via original bill of sale if needed. Only Chevrolet manufactured trucks are eligible. participants must not be Chevrolet employees or dealer staff.
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Pella
White Way Auto Co
Chevrolet Motor Division
United States
A. A. Ver Meer
Chevrolet
Ver Meer
Gifts for Sewing Class Bring Joy Overseas
In 1947 during the holiday season pupils at a Pella Christian Grade School learned of Leidsche Hout in Leiden facing sewing material shortages. They collected about $50 in tools, packed and mailed them to Holland. The parcels arrived in March 1947, were unpacked with excitement, sewing resumed, and thanks were given to David Knibbe and the students for organizing the aid.
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Leidsche Hout
Leiden
Holland
Pella
David Knibbe
Central College
Netherlands
Indies
M. Allaart
Roskamp Abbing
Ing
Christian Grade School
Pelladof
Ewing
David
Knibbes
Fourteen Good Neighbors Plowed G Schakel's Field
Gradus Schakel, recently discharged from hospital, thanked fourteen neighbors who arrived with tractors to plow harrow and discede his land near Pella on Tuesday May 6. Present were Jake Schakel John Van Hemert Fd Oliver Gore Kamerick Paul Ter Louw Abe Synhorst John Rietveld Richard Steenhoek M C Van Houweling William Schakel Henry Vander Voort Henry Hackert Edward Roords Louis De Wild and others offered to help.
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Gradus Schakel
Pella
Mr. Schakel
Jake Schakel
John van Hemert
Fd Oliver
Gore Kamerick
Paul Ter Louw
Abe Synhorst
John Rietveld
Richard Steenhoek
M. C. van Houweling
William
Rural Teachers Must Have 6 Hours College Credit
War Emergency certificates to teach in Marion County will be issued by Mrs. Sylvia Plots, county superintendent, to applicants who complete six additional semester hours of college credit in residence before September 1, 1947. The Chronicle notes she clarified the policy after readers believed certificates would be granted to all applicants.
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Marion County
Sylvia Plots
Dr. Olcott Elected Vice-President of Des Moines Club
Dr. Mason Olcott of Pella was elected vice president of the University Club in Des Moines on Monday. The club, a cross section of educators, professionals, and businessmen, numbers 212 members and plans to cap at 225 next year, hosting programs by notable authorities and experts.
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Mason Olcott
Pella
University Club
Des Moines
Newton
Argentina
INRA
Iron Curtain
Stanley Niles
Iowa Wesleyan College
Four young siblings charged in Independence crime wave
Authorities in Independence filed charges last week against four siblings aged 11 to 17 after a sheriff recovered about $500 in loot. The youths admitted stealing for about two years and a juvenile delinquency complaint was issued.
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Independence
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