Princess Juliana is Welcomed at Central College
Princess Juliana’s visit to Pella ends with a public commemoration at Central College as Dr. J Lubbers awards her Doctor of Laws. She pledges peaceful, cooperative world leadership and echoes Dutch resolve amid wartime unity with America.
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Juliana
Pella
Central College
Old Town
Frank Frush
Princess Pella
Wilhelmina
America
Holland
Dayton Brown
Amer
Brown
Milton Holman
D. D
New Brunswick Seminary
Hoffman
University At
Leyden
J. J. Lubbers
Juliana’s Addi
Netherlands
Indies
London
Lubbers
Princ
Netherlands Loyalist Address at College Commencement
A May 1940 commencement featured Dutch themes and Allied resolve. Ambassador London and Dr. Lubbers presided as Princess Juliana presented diplomas to graduates including honorees Wilbur Iving and Harold Vanden Berg. Degrees awarded. attendance marked by patriotic hymns and a closing prayer.
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H. J. Pietenpol
Central College
Juliana
Pietenpol
Wilbur E. Iving
Harold J. Vanden
Berg
Eldert A. Groenendyk
Melba V. Hilbelink
Earl W. Rooker
Esther M. Rooth
John W. Ter Louw
Graduation Class of 1942 Front Row Group Photo
A formatted list of the High School Graduation Class of 1942 members appears, naming students in front and back rows with partial notes on positions and absent members. The long roster includes Mark Schakel Lynn Gosselink Wilma Slot Jessie Linette Rusaard Jean Dingeman and many others, with initials and misread spellings reflecting OCR quirks.
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Mark Schakel Lynn Gosselink Wilma Slot
Jessie Linette Rusaard
Jean Dingeman LaVerne
Ruth Rietveld
Harriet J. Klein Dorothy Maxine Fleck Everett J. Trueblood
Inwin Lubbers
Melvin van Ducen
Doy Huckert Rhanche
Th. van Donselaar
Florence van Helden
Virginia J. Carpenter Puenis O. ‘Tall
Public Notice On Sugar Ration Registration Cards
Notice to public regarding sugar ration registrations. Residents who hold registration blanks must mail them to the Pella Rationing Board to keep on record for future ration books and protection.
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Iso
Pella
Poppy Day Proclamation Declares May 23 in Pella
Mayor M Brush proclaims Saturday May 23 as Poppy Day in Pella. The American Legion and Auxiliary memorial poppy is urged to honor World War I and current conflict dead, disabled, and living victims by wearing the poppy and supporting war service programs.
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Wan Pee
American Legion and Auxiliary
Pelli
United States
M. Brush
Pella
Aimah Legion
American Lexion Auxiliary
Call for Mothers and Wives of Men in Service
A wartime appeal asks all mothers and wives of men in service to contact Mrs. Millie Schakel at 225 Carson Street or Mrs. W. S. Van Memert at 316 East Washington Street. Red 327 and Red 238 are listed. A list will be compiled and no one should be passed by.
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Millie Schakel
Carson Street
the Legion Auxiliary
W. S. van Memert
East Washington St
Chronicle offers extra copies of Juliana visit issue
Readers may purchase additional copies of The Chronicle featuring Juliana's visit. A limited number remains available for sale at the issue price.
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the Chronicle
Juliana
Central Summer College Opens May 25th Plan Includes Military Training
Central Summer College will open May 25 with full instruction across regular departments. Registration ends noon Monday May 21. The program, organized last year to help teachers and students accelerate degrees, expands due to wartime demand and enrollment. Courses include industrial arts, radio with code learning, and civilian pilot training in some programs. The college operates within the regular program, offering social activities, sports, and access to Pella’s swimming pool.
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Rtral Summer College
Essex
Tuesda Central College
Hi Ale Por
Hich
Pth
Army
Pro Ram
Armed Services
Pella
Notice for Iowa United Service Women meeting
Notice invites all mothers wives sisters or daughters of U S military to form Iowa United Service Women. Meeting to organize for service to God country and community. Legion Hall Saturday May 23 1942 at 0 o'clock. Hosted by Mrs Arnold In’tVeld, Mrs Edw S Cook, Mrs John Ver Heul, Mrs Josephine Langerak.
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United States
Iowa United Service Women
Legion Mal
Arnold
Edw. S. Cook
John Ver Heul
Josephine Langerak
Canning Demonstration Invites Local Women and Town
Lake Prairie Township women, town and country are invited to a canning demonstration on Friday May 29 in the Pella High School Home Economics Rooms. Miss Mary Frances Norris county Home Demonstration Agent will lead, with Miss Anderson from the High School staff assisting. details to follow in next week's Chronicle.
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Lake Prairie Township
Pella
Mary Frances Norris
Anderson
Fox pelts drive bounty program at Sac County office
In Sac County Auditor Paul Clausen’s office pelts drive the April total with 74 fox pelts presented and 81 pelts exchanged for a $1 bounty from May 1 to May 7. One farmer brought in 13 pelts at a single time.
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Sac County
Paul Clausen
No Regular School Friday
The notice states no regular school Friday as teachers prepare final year records and reports. Doors open at 2 30 for grade and high school students to receive final report cards, with the school bus running its normal route at that time.
Memorial Day closure ordered for Pella businesses
At a special Chamber of Commerce meeting the decision was made to close all stores in Pella on Memorial Day, Saturday May 30, for the full day. The festival and concert season will begin earlier with a town band concert on Friday evening May 2, and stores will stay open that week for the event.
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Chamber of Commerce
Pella
Sidelight on Julians Visit at Ottumwa Rotary Luncheon
A morning gathering with Mr and Mrs L A Kuyper accompanying Princess Juliana to Des Moines District Rotary Club convention luncheon at Maines Hotel. Kuyper presents a pin showing allied nation flags. Princess thanks and awards bouquet, later promising Kuyper a rose. Kuyper’s gesture echoes Beatrice Mackmur’s earlier Ottumwa pin presentation to Eleanor Roosevelt.
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L.A. Kuiyper
Julius
Des M . Hichness
Rotary Club
Maines Hotel
Iowa
Kuyper
Kenightly Club
Gary Voxelaar
Ottumwa
The
Ladies Home Journal
Eleanor Roosevelt
Sixty-Six to Graduate From Phls Tonight
Sixty six members of the Class of 1912 will receive high school diplomas tonight at the sixth annual commencement exercises for Tesla High School. It is one of the largest classes and may be the largest for years to come, with 28 boys expected to leave. Numerous activities will be affected, and events included the play Night Must Fall and the Junior Banquet at the Second Reformed Church basement. Baccalaureate at First Reformed Church featured Dr John Y Brock of Plainfield New Jersey speaking on The Challenge of Youth.
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Tesla High School
Pella High School
Clus
Second Reformed Church
First Reformed Church
John Y. Brock
Trinity Reformed
Plainfield
New Jersey
A. Haverkamp
Stranks
Royal
Juliana
Pella
Mr. Lubbera
New Brunswick
Irwin J
Margaret Lubbers
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Marjorie Fae Boot
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Marion James Witzenbury
Lester BE
van Zee Whirdrow
Ruth
Klein Whoresa Wormbondt
Jeanette
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E. Cook
James de Kempkes
Clyde 1. Evers
Jerry J, Carpenter
Jean van Gorkom
Mary L. Meulpolder
Elva F. Vander Waal
Edward Glenn van Zante
Eva Mae Vanderwilt
Dona Mae Rietveld
Arvena Huyser
Emma Elizabeth Veensehoten
Helen G. Bourtie
Dorothy Alice Ver Dught
Blanche de Pre Rozella
Jeanette J. Leydens
Francene G. de Prenger
Elizabeth L. Vander Wal
Leona T. Blom
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Howard W, Borgman
Leslie BE
Needham
Cornie van Gorp
Marvin van Gorp
Leo James Jonker
Dick D. van Zante
Harold R, Vander Linden
Stanley Ver Ploeg
Thomas B. Grandman
Vroom John Raymond Klootwyk
Norman Vander Linden
Central Summer College
Roy A. Abbott
Cedar Falls
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