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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1935
Page
3
Local society notes from Taintor detail dinners and club meetings, family visits, illness and hospital stays, travel to Arkansas and Nebraska, and upcoming baseball games at the Taintor Ball Park. The piece also covers church and school events, alumni news from Central College, and preparations for a Memorial picnic and fall football schedule.
Prairie View reports heavy rains easing drought with over six inches of rain soaking fields and reviving pastures. Shocking news arrives of the death of Mrs. Geo Koopman in Watertown South Dakota, formerly of the community and sister of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ramaker. she married Cand Koopman on June 14, 1938.
Central College conducts ten examinations across all courses to close the school year. Seniors have completed comprehensive exams and are recommended for graduation. The Senior class showcased its Swan Song in chapel with speeches by class officers and faculty. a dinner followed at Dunn Cottage. The Music Department will give a commencement piano recital in the chapel, featuring multiple performers. The Ladies Auxiliary plans a June meeting at Graham Hall with a program and refreshments, and an Alumni Luncheon and business meeting are scheduled for alumni participation.
A catalog-style note describes Kathleen Norris Library Notes with novels by Norris, Culver, Payne, Eppes, and Martin. It highlights Tamara in Love and Deliverance as strong human stories, noting romance, drama, and emotional arcs across titles and authors.
A stormy night watch in the Black Butte country sees a cattle stampede. Two hundred head vanish under mysterious circumstances. Duncan, blamed as an accomplice, leaves the outfit and uncovers courage, faith, and a dream of a new American frontier.
Walshs The Road to Nowhere follows Rogan Stuart a memorable character crossing a western Irish pass toward romance in a glen with Fate and Paddy Joe Long guiding him to Elspeth. Mountain Gird shows Larry Ann in Kentucky as she longs for learning while hard work and mountain life frame her journey toward teaching and love amid opposition. The Pumpkin Coach portrays America seen through the eyes of a Samoan boy who arrives seeking paradise and encounters varied adventures.
Farmers can earn premiums by selling roosters on rooster buying days as Iowa produce companies pay higher for infertile eggs. Cooperative efforts involve the Poultry Extension Service and various civic groups. More dealers plan to join this year and towns statewide are seeking rooster day material.
The Rev Edwin Holt Hughes, Methodist bishop of Washington DC, will address a mass meeting sponsored by the Iowa temperance council at 7 30 p m Thursday at the First Methodist church in Des Moines.
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