Senior Class Play Delights with Ann Whats Her Name
The High School Senior Class Play titled Ann Whats Her Name was staged to full houses on Thursday and Friday. Gerrit Wormhoudt played Tony Wheat with a plot involving misidentity, jail, a masked bride, and a will. Revenue officers are in Pella this week checking income tax returns.
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Ann
Nancy
Roseland
Tony Wheat
Gerrit Wormhoudt
Judge Bundy
Ray Brom
Mooney
Helen Gaass
Tony
Ebeneezer
Frances Ver Steeg
Ebeneezer Whittle
Jean Kuyper
Dorothy Gambell
Charlotte Vander Ploeg
Mae Plette
Donald Waechter
Robert Beyer
Bertha Plette
Ruth Fennema
John Rouwenhorst
Bertha Boat
Christine Bruins
Pella
Band Concerts Begin Saturday June Sixth
Director George Ramsey announces Saturday evening band concerts will start June 6 and run weekly through the summer. An extra concert is planned on the second and fourth Tuesdays each month to accommodate workers in stores who cannot attend Saturdays.
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George Ramsey
Warm weather returns with a rush in Iowa
A late week warm spell in Iowa pushed the temperature to 72 degrees on Friday, revisiting a level reached last April 22. Frosts earlier damaged fruit and slowed gardens, but the danger seems past while drought threatens berries and meadows. Rain could save crops. ground is in good condition for cultivation compared with last year.
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Iowa
Fire parade must be stopped from hindering fire response
An editorial urges action to prevent delays to fire crews responding to alarms. It warns that vehicles blocking streets or damaging trucks could impede firefighting operations and endanger homes and businesses, signaling continued coverage on page 8.
Club Ladies Attend Sixteenth Biennial Iowa Convention
The Sixteenth Biennial Convention of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs met in Des Moines last week. It showcased a program that was instructive entertaining and inspirational highlighting federation departments. Delegates from the local club included Mesdames D. P. Van Gorp F. Van Des Remedinticwiinget es H. P. Scholte C. Aach enbrenner J. H. Cochrane W. C. Ver Ploeg who attended as visitors on Wednesday.
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Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Des Moines
Iowa
Women’s Club
Mesdames
D. P. van Gorp
F. van Des
Pella Introduces Early Train to Des Moines
Effective May 1, Pella will implement a new time card. Train 475 will depart Pella about 8:25 a.m. and arrive Des Moines at 10:10 a.m. daily except Sunday, connecting at Des Moines with a new train to Carlisle Melcher Chariton Corydon Kansas City and points south. Exact Pella departure time to be published in the Chronicle.
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Pella
Des Moines
Carlisle
Melcher
Chariton
Corydon
Kansas City
Points South
The
Chronicle
Oskaloosa
Rev Derbyshire Sister Dies in New Jersey
Rev George M Derbyshire learned his sister Mrs Hugh Thompson of Hawthorne New Jersey was dying and asked him to come. H H Sadler drove him from Pella to Ottumwa catching a C B & Q train and he arrived Monday. she died Sunday evening. Funeral planned for Wednesday with the minister Rev J Heemstra presiding.
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George M. Derbyshire
Hugh Thompson
Hawthorne
N. J
H. H. Sadler
Ottumwa
Pella
Derbyshire
J. Heemstra
Stores May Close On Memorial Day In Pella
Dr. C Aschenbrenner president of the Pella chamber of commerce says a letter was sent to members asking them to close their businesses on Memorial Day during the parade and program. The aim is to honor the day and let employees participate in the events. Memorial Day falls on a Saturday so local groups have not requested closures, but the measure may be appreciated by compliant merchants and workers.
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C. Aschenbrenner
Pella
Chamber of Commerce
Post Office Hours and Delivery Notice
Money Order Stamp Parcel Post General Delivery and Carriers windows open 12 30 to 1 00 P M Collections from street letter boxes at 11 00 A M No delivery by City or Rural Carriers L F BOUSQUET P M
May 31 College Events Banquet And Meetings
Sunday events include 7 00 p m commencement banquet for ladies at the dormitory tickets two dollars 9 30 a m farewell chapel at College Chapel 10 30 a m annual meeting of the Board of Trustees at the College Library.
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Music Department
College Chapel
Jewett
Board of Trustees
College Library
Girls Glee Club
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Central College
D. W. Morehouse
Drake University
Des Moines
Memorial Day Program Exercises and Parade Details
The graves of the Soldier Dead will be decorated by committees. At 1:00 PM the parade forms at Webster school with pupils, veterans from Civil War to World War, G A R Ladies, Legion Auxiliary, and others. The Legion at Memorial Building, others at Webster. The march proceeds to the park and Soldiers Monument for ceremonial exercises including a firing squad salute and taps. Band plays between readings and songs. Reverend E A Swickhard gives invocation. June Storeman reads Gettysburg A Perfect Tribute. Music includes Mine Mine Mine and My God My Country and My Flag. Hon. Volney Diltz of Des Moines delivers an address. Audience sings America. Benediction by the Chaplain.
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Webster School
The
Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Main
Soldiers’ Monument
E. A. Swickhard
Land of Mine
Mine
Reading
Gettysburg
Storeman
Volney Diltz
Des Moines
America
Benediction
Memorial Services Start Sunday at Second Reformed Church
Memorial services for soldiers dead began on Sunday with ex-soldier organizations and affiliated women's societies gathering at the Second Reformed church. The church was prepared with flags and a service list. special music and a sermon followed. About forty American Legion members met at the Memorial Building and joined the service, with two Civil War veterans and two Spanish War veterans among attendees. Legion Auxiliary members were well represented, totaling close to a hundred from the affiliated groups.
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Second Reformed Church
American Legion
Pella
Legion Boys
Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Defense Day on Fourth of July plans proposed
President Coolidge rejected the Armistice Day defense test and proposed holding the second defense demonstration on July Fourth. The War Department favors the mid summer date, citing a holiday turnout and educational value for youth while acknowledging opposition from pacifist critics.
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War Department
Coolidge
Pella
Legion Proposes July Fourth Old Time Celebration in Pella
At the Van Veen Van Hemert Post monthly meeting the American Legion discussed a big Fourth of July celebration in Pella. Volunteers pledged to organize and raise funds. committees were not named yet. Pella last hosted an old fashioned celebration in 1919 after WWII era veterans returned home. The post, the county’s largest, showcased several war pictures and memorial items in the club room and assembly hall. Memorial Day plans were also finalized, with adjustments due to Rev. Derbyshire's deathbed trip to New Jersey.
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van Veen- van Hemert Post
American Legion
Pella
Legion
Henry Ver Steeg
Newton
Navy
Washington
Lincoln
G. B. Clarke
M. A. Clarke
Ruby Clarke
J. J. Sybenga
Woodrow Wilson
Army
John van Veen
Gerrit van Hemert
Legion Post
G. M. Derbyshire
New Jersey
Derbyshire
Boy Survives Fifty Foot Fall Into Des Moines River
Howard Kading, a Knoxville boy, fell about fifty feet from Elk Rock into the Des Moines River after a tree branch broke. He swam to safety with no injuries, recounting a miraculous escape while friends watched from the riverbank.
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Howard Kading
Knoxville
H. L. Kading
Elk Rock
Des Moines
Mr. Kading
Knoxville Express
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Inerowe
State Federation OF Women’s Clubs
L. F. Bousquet, P. M
Jordan Hall
van Houweling
Keables
M. J. Hoffman
D. D
First Reformed Church
Y. M
Y. W
Third Reformed Church
Senior Academy
President Coolidge
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