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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 13, 1941

Page

4

Rules and Regulations For Corn Grain Show

The document lists 19 classes for corn grain show prizes with senior and junior showmen divisions. It details best car or ears of yellow dent, heaviest or longest ears, freakiest ears, and half peck awards with monetary prizes from 25 to 3 dollars. It also notes a list of hybrid corn companies offering one bushel of corn as first prize in the first nine classes.

Yellow Dent Clase Hudson Hybrid Corn Co Knoxville Iowa Wm. Dockendorff & Sons Danville Orcutt Hybrid Corn Co Monroe Pioneer Hybrid Corn Co Des Moines Funk Hybrid Corn Co Belle Plaine DeKalb Hybrid Corn Co DeKalb Ill McCurdy Hybrid Corn Co Cedar Krizer Hybrid Corn Co Oskaloosa Michael Leonard Seed Corn Co Sioux City

Philosophy Club Opens Adult Education Class in Jordan Hall

On Thursday evening November 13 the first meeting of the Philosophy Club led by Dr. William Van der Lugt will assemble in Jordan Hall at 7 45. Further class dates will be set then. A small fee is charged and there are no examinations. Participation is optional.

William van der Lugt Jordan Hall

College Speech Students Study Campus Problems

First year speech students under Miss Elizabeth Dickey at Central College discuss daily campus life. The panel series covers dating, going steady, not dating, classroom relations and why subjects are required. Dorm life etiquette and civility are also examined to help freshmen express themselves clearly and correctly.

Elizabeth Dickey Central College Court Library

Churches announce services and programs

Second Reformed Church ministers R J Vanden Berg and guest Rev T W Prins lead morning worship after Sunday school at 9 30 a m with evening service at 7 30 p m titled The Burning Heart Junior C F meets at 2 p m with topic How Crippled Children Are Helped led by Albert Van Houweling and intermediate C Drink meets at 6 30 p m with leader Lubbers

Second Reformed Church R. J. Vanden Berg T. W. Prins the Burning Heart C.F Albert van Houweling Lander Lubbers

Protestant Reformed Church Services and Texts As Read

The document lists multiple Protestant Reformed Church services and sermons with pastors and readings. It mentions Sully and Peoria services led by Rev Bernard Kok, Sunday afternoon English service, and texts including Genesis and Isaiah topics. Other notices reference FIRST CHR. REF. CHURCH led by Rev J Vander Ploeg with morning sermons and Sunday School.

G. Lubbers Isaiah J. Vander Ploeg

Day School Morning Worship and Evening Praise Schedule

A day school morning worship is listed at 10 46 am with Vanden Bere guiding. Evening praise led by Rev HS Van Wyk is scheduled for the night session.

Vanden Bere HS. van Wyk

Third Reformed Church Service May Be Addressed

Rev. G. Menning, pastor, presides at nine o clock Sunday school on the topic Union With Christ The Second Coming of Man Met Her Meet-730 Charge That to My Account.

Third Reformed Church G. Menning Christ de Man

Pella Baptist Church Weekly Schedule and Guest Speaker

The Pella Baptist Church announces a Sunday School at 9 a.m. and Morning Worship at 10:45 a.m. A Missionary Service at 1:15 p.m. features Pastor Herbert Mentink as guest speaker. Evening service includes a praise program led by Bert Moke. Other events include a Young People evangelistic message, Tuesday prayer meeting, Thursday midweek service, and Saturday Children's Church at 2 p.m. Interdenominational training for children is noted.

Tousley Children’s Church Pella Baptist Church Spealer Pat Herbert Mentink Bert Moke

SECOND CHAREF CHURCH APPOINTMENT FOR CEDAR IOWN

Rev M Monsma will fill Cedar Iowa for morning and afternoon services at 230 with a sermon God is Able. The Rev John Vander Ploeg of Pella will speak on KSO Des Moines next Saturday November 15 at 1115 PM in a radio sermonette.

M. Monsma Monsma Abraham John Vander Ploeg Church of Pella KSO Des Moines

Two Historic Papers Found in Coon Rapids Tin Box

A tin box from the razed Presbyterian Church at Coon Rapids yielded two old papers, the Coon Rapids Enterprise and the New York Evangelist, dated September 1866. The item notes piano and pipe organ lessons by Professor Sadler and indicates students may begin anytime.

Old Presbyterian Church Coon Rapids New York Evangelist Professor Sadler

Noted Missionary to Visit Pella Church

Rey Paul Metzger, longtime missionary in the Belgian Congo, will address the public at the Baptist Church in Pella next Monday evening at 7 30. The public is invited.

Rey Paul Metzger Belgian Congo Pella Baptist Church

Official Notice on Franchise Petition for Marion County

A petition filed by Pella Cooperative Electric Association seeks a franchise to erect and operate a 7200 volt single phase electric transmission line across Marion County lands and highways. The Iowa State Commerce Commission set December 2, 1941, at Des Moines for a hearing. objections must be in writing at least six days prior. The commission urges representation by an authorized spokesperson.

Iowa State Commerce Commission Marion County Pella Cooperative Electric Association Pella Iowa Orelock A Des, Moines Barr Keshlear B.M. Richardson Carl W. Reed Atte George L. McCaughan Des Moines

Frush urges broad support for Red Cross roll call

Frush appeals for community backing of the Red Cross roll call stressing local chapters strengthening home service departments and liaison between military and civilian populations at camps and hospitals. The nationwide effort includes nurses medical technologists and 40 million surgical dressings by women volunteers along with athletic equipment and first aid training at Army and Navy posts.

Red Cross Flush Army Navy Frush American Junior Red Cross American Red Cross Armed Forces

Otley News Social Roundup in Pella and Nearby

Residents and visitors appear in a sequence of social notes from Otley, Pella, and nearby areas. Woolworth shoppers and church groups are mentioned, including the Ladies Aid, Dorcas Society, and missionary Miss Vander Linden. Family visits and dinners are noted among Robus, Bogaards, Vander Kolk, Vink, Ustermarkt, Van Waardhuizen, Van Hemert, and Van Gorp families. Local farm work and Red Cross sewing also appear in the day’s brief items.

Harry Vanden Berg Pella Gerrit van Waardhuizen Arie van Waardhuizen Wilbur Ustermarkt J. W. van Gorp Ladies Aid Christian Reformed Church Pearl van Hemert Aart Ustermarkt Dorcas Society The Reformed Church Vander Linden Jennie Zandstra Wing Red Cross Norman Robus Janice Cordova J. de Cook Henry Nooktgeboren Ronald A. Bogaards Pete Vander Kolk l Near Cordova Tunis Vink Melvin Monroe Charles Vander Kolk

Pastor stays in Peoria as Hoitenga declines call

Local notices report Rev. D J Hoitenga declining the call at Bundee Minn and remaining pastor in Peoria. A baby boy named Don James born to Leonard and wife on Oct 26 and a son Larry Wayne to Gerrit and wife on Nov 9. Local families share visits and travels including Gerrit Van Gorp and Geo Dear families, two Northcut brothers injured mildly in a bridge collision near Andrew Bandstra, and community updates on visits and pulpit exchange with Rev Nelson Veltman of Prairie City.

D. J. Hoitenga Christian Reformed Church of Bunde Pella Geo Dear Allen California Tannior Andrew Bandstra B. Memmelaar Leighton Adrian Vos P. de Vries Nelson Veltman Prairie City D. V

Are Young Folks Leaving Midwest For Defense Work

Washington reports a congressional inquiry into defense migration. A public hearing set for November 26 in Omaha will probe why young people leave rural Nebraska Iowa and Missouri regions. Chairman John H. Tolen and four colleagues will examine impacts on agriculture with Nebraska and Iowa governors among witnesses.

Washington, D. C Mid West Great Plains Upper Mississippi Valley Special Congressional Committee National Defense Omaha Nebraska-Iowa-Missouri John H. Tolen Calif Tolan Nebraska Towa

Lime and Clover Build Pastures

H D Hughes of Iowa State College reports pasture gains from introducing clovers into permanent grass land. Sweet clover offers superior palatability, nutrition, and soil improvement, and will reseed itself. Apply finely ground limestone this fall to ensure successful sweet clover establishment.

H. D. Hughes Agricultural Experiment Station Iowa Stae College

Weekly Market Quotations From Local Produce Dealers

Market notes list Wednesday morning prices for dairy eggs chickens and hogs with varieties and weights. Cream prices range high to low, eggs and spring chickens listed by breed and weight, hogs quoted at Pella and Chicago markets, and grains Wheat oats corn with cents per unit.

Springs White Rock Springs Rock Springs Ib.s Leghorn Springs Pella Chicago

Pasture Improvement With Lime and Disking Advised

Iowa researchers report that lime must be dished into surface soil to work with pasture improvement. Blue grass and clovers benefit from thorough disking, with several hundred demonstrations showing the need to disk and cut up lime and to apply it this fall. Professor Hughes urges close grazing this fall on limed lands, while nonlimed pastures should retain a good grass cover.

Iowa Mt. Pleasant Hughes

Wanted a room by December first

Classified notices list a room request by December 1st seeking a room from Mrs. Elizabeth Boat at 836 East First St. Also advertised are sales of livestock and goods by L D Vander Linden and others, plus rental offers and a humorous local fire location remark.

Elizabeth Boat East First St

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