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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1933
Page
7
The Girl Scouts of Pella held an evening program in the city hall room with songs and talks appropriate to the occasion. A notable moment was a girl signaling a congratulatory telegram to the best mothers in the world.
Central College hosts the Iowa Beta chapter initiation at Miss Cunera Van Emmerik home on Tuesday morning with a six fifteen breakfast. New members Ruth Dykstra John Nieusma Edward Vander Ploeg Harold Schut Ernest Sevicka and Leila Hindman. Dorothy Payne elected president for the year. Ruth Dykstra to perform a Senior piano recital Thursday evening in the college chapel. College band to give an open air concert in the city park Saturday under Hugo Kuyper.
Miss Ruth Blake hosted a Friday evening at the D Sjaardema home for a group of young people in honor of her sister Miss Anna Blake. Mrs A P Kuper entertained the Reading Circle on Washington street last Friday with a fine program and refreshments. The Pella Ministerial Circle met at the First Christian Reformed parsonage with Rev and Mrs R J Danhof hosting a session focused on church topics and refreshments.
Church schedules list services and programs for two city churches. The Third Reform conducts morning and evening sessions with sermon topics including Satan In the Heart and Enduring Satisfactions. The First Reform outlines Sunday school times, choir, and ongoing gatherings led by Rev. Marvin Nollen of Lafayette Indiana.
The article notes that American women spend about 1.5 million dollars daily on beauty. About 20 million women visit beauty parlors and spend over 560 million dollars yearly on treatments, hair care, facials, cosmetics, and related aids, averaging 28 dollars per woman per year.
Mrs Nellie Van Arkle seeks the name of a striking bird seen in her yard. The Cedar Wax Wing is identified as the handsome warbler that favors northern spruce and hemlock forests over nesting in Pella. Migrant visits Iowa each spring, with flocks once numbering up to fifty along a yard.
Otley resident reports a yard sighting of a bird described by Dr. George Heeren Jr as a Mugwump. The bird is said to sit on fences with its mug on one side and wump on the other, per the Otley School of Technicology leader.
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