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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1940
Page
7
Parents invited to tour local schools next week during American Education Week. Visit times after 2:30 pm each day with afternoon tea in the music room. Vocational Homemaking students plan refreshments. a record of attendance will determine a prize for the top grade.
The farmers night school council outlined a tentative program for 1940 41 focusing on timely topics. Sessions run from November to February with dates and topics such as outlook for 1941 cattle feeding and livestock marketing. Meetings begin at 7 30 pm in the agriculture room with potential move if space fills.
Mayor I G Fultz Proclaims a November 11 to 30 Red Cross Roll Call period urging residents to join and support the Red Cross. The proclamation highlights disaster relief, wartime aid to military families, and community welfare programs as essential amid world events and ongoing conflict in Europe.
Rock Island will send five Future Farmers of America members to the Thirteenth National Congress in Kansas City, November 9 to 16. Winners named by H. T. Hall include Lester Chamberliss of Tipton, Terry Thompson of Forrest City, Harold Legeschulte and Robert Schnathorst of Newton, and Jack Dickey of Winterset. E. M. Durham praise highlights railway support amid Iowa high school agricultural programs.
The children express gratitude to relatives and friends for kind acts during their father Brand Van Maanen’s long illness and death. They appreciate the cards flowers and expressions of sympathy from many people.
Charles Claypool of Pella High School resigns as athletic director on short notice to enter military service. He received War Department orders last Tuesday and will report to Fort Benning, Georgia, this Friday. He is a first lieutenant in the Infantry Reserves, promoted from second lieutenant a year ago.
Read about the selected soloists for Haydn's Oratorio The Creation to be performed Sunday by the College Choirs in Douwstra. The piece features expressive recitatives, beautiful duets, and vigorous choruses led by Gerald Venton, Dorah, Miss Niches, and other noted performers in a period voice.
The third and final truckload of goods left for South Dakota on Monday bringing the total to about thirty tons of fruits vegetables clothing. The committee thanks all donors for generous help and notes that the clothing especially will aid many. Money enough was raised to cover trucking costs led by Mr Bloodsworth with helpers loading and hauling. The enterprise was a great success and provides satisfaction from a deed well done.
Mahaska County Sheriff F C Van Genderen warns in a letter to Richland Township school boards that anyone caught damaging or pilfering from rural school houses will face severe legal punishment. The notice urges swift action against such offenses, signaling strong law enforcement locally.
Accompanist Mary Phillips Street directs Fane at Sentral College in Giergs for a Sunday evening concert featuring Haydn's The Creation on November 10. The event showcases the college choir and orchestra under the guidance of instructor Mary Phillips Street.
Members of the Federated Club of Pella will organize a Red Cross fundraising drive next. Abe Den Adel chairs with Ben Blommers assisting, and the group emphasizes swift, public service work. They pledge strong local cooperation recalling Red Cross support in 1917 18 and anticipate increased need due to armed forces deployments.
The Red Cross runs a broad mission from disaster relief to public health and refugee care. Dave Renaud chairs the drive with Marion Van Gorp and George Lankelma aiding the France Committee and four captains guiding volunteers to solicit. Contributors should decide an amount in advance to ease calls, with no fixed limit on giving and all contributions welcomed to match past Pella efforts.
The election saw Franklin D. Roosevelt win a third term, defeating Wendell Willkie by roughly four million votes nationally. In Iowa Willkie carries about 630,000 to Roosevelt’s 584,000 for president, with Governor George A. Wilson re-elected over Democrat John Valentine by over 62,000. County results show incumbents retained, and Republicans gain one seat in Congress. Local totals list Willkie 5768, Roosevelt 6642 for president in Marion County.
Reported tale from Ganton involving Doris Kaldenberg and Tom Bloodsworth hauling apples to South Dakota. An evening stop led to a questioning by officers, with Doris denying ownership and business tied to crime while claiming to raise criminals. Both left without charges after explanations.
Officers and directors of the Pella Chamber of Commerce decided to ask Pella business men to close their places of business next Monday in observance of Armistice Day with the exception of a few whose clerks are urged to stay on duty. The notice reflects a custom in the community for the holiday observance.
At a Monday Board session the Civics Committee reported the Des Moines river dam plan faces varied ideas and uncertain timing. The treasurer noted steady memberships and pledges. A general meeting is set for November 14 to extend trade efforts and consider a fall corn show with $100 in prizes and the corn becoming Chamber property after processing. Plans also include another pancake day in the near future.
The T. T. T. Society will prepare and deliver clothing to needy families in Pella. Those having good used clothing for this purpose please call Black 198.
A Chicago Tribune note quotes Maw and Paw urging readers to look to back pages for invasion scare coverage as the election concludes. The remark frames national anxiety as a distant concern tucked away after the vote.
Plans for a trade extension program this fall will be discussed along with several other matters. Every member is urged to attend and participate in the discussion at the general meeting scheduled for Thursday November 14.
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