Entertaining Teachers and School Board Guests
Last Friday evening Prof and Mrs Frush entertained teachers school board members and their wives. Guests performed stunts mind reading a piano duet and class recitations while pupils watched and enjoyed a two course luncheon. The Frushes again hosted a warm social for the school community.
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Frush
Chrisman
Harrison
Misses Jones
Lafeber
Bootsma
Poy
Messrs
Thomassen
van Sittert
Hospers
Reavers
Wormhoudt
Time of refreshing at the churches in Pella
The pastor invites all Christians in Pella to join a community revival focused on repentance and conversion, citing Acts 3 19 as the reason and offering a chance to win souls for Christ. The message frames the gathering as a blessed opportunity to glorify God and convert the unsaved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Pella
Baptist Church Sermons Next Sunday
The Baptist church will hold morning services with the sermon Thou Art Peter and an evening talk Why I Am a Christian as the first in a three part evangelistic series. Aiding the effort, the pastor invites cooperation from all Christians, and the Sunday school extends a cordial welcome to all attendees. He is reachable by phone at 285.
Pella Teachers' Training Class Evening Sessions
The class meets every Wednesday at 8:45 PM in the Second Reform Church Sunday-school room. All are invited to attend this study course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Second Reformed Church
Thanksgiving services set for next Thursday at 10:45
Union Thanksgiving services will be held next Thursday morning at 10 45 at the Methodist church Rev W J Coulston pastor of the Baptist church will preach the sermon All are invited.
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Union
Methodist Church
W. J. Coulston
The
Baptist Church
Central Alumnus Called East
Rev. P. H. McDowell pastor of Calvary Baptist Davenport resigns to take effect January first. He accepts a call to Melrose Mass near Boston. Formerly he led churches in Omaha Roswell and several Iowa towns. He sits on Central College board of trustees and is well known in Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. McDowell
Calvary Baptist Church
Davenport
Melrose
Mass
Boston
McDowell
Omaha
Neb
Roswell
N. M
Iowa
Pella
Central College Board of Trustees
Eastern Church
Old Central
Reopened Star Restaurant Under VanderPol Name
The Star Restaurant has been reopened by Dena VanderPol and will serve lunches, oysters, and more. Those who recall its past popularity under Mrs. VanderPol’s management can expect a return to first class offerings.
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Star
Dena VanderPol
Pella editor recalls vacation and town praise
A Pella editor recounts a brief trip visiting Howell Louilia Lovilia and Des Moines. He notes the Scottish Rite Masons meeting in Des Moines and Billy Sunday sermons, praising community spirit, local leaders, and church campaigns while urging support for a new high school building with a $48 000 bond proposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Nebraska
Howell
Bussey
Louilla
Brother Gaddis
Lovilia
Albia
H. L. Amber
Mr. Amber
Central College
Louilia
Old Central Boys and Girls
Des Moines
H. P. Chaffee
Iowa City
U. S
Daily
Mr. Sunday
Sunday
Knoxville
Pastor in North Platte Warned for Nebraska Trip
The narrator recalls warning Pastor John of the Baptist church at North Platte about his Nebraska journey, hoping for his safe return. They visit Joe Johnson, Marion County and Central College graduate now a Rock Island attorney, with wife Pearl Eastburn and two children. They attended a Drake Ames football game described as one sided, then returned by Rock Island train to finish a busy Thanksgiving week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Baptist Church
North Platte
Nebr
Nebraska
Old Town
Joe Johnson
Marion County
Central College
Rock Island Railway
Joe
Bussey
Central
University of Chicago Law School
Pearl Eastburn
Johnson
Drake- Ames
Drake
Ames
Rock Island
Double Wedding in Newton Ties Veenstra Sisters to McIntire Brothers
A Newton ceremony on Saturday November 21 united Miss Anna Veenstra with Mr. William McIntire of St. Joseph Mo and Miss Orissa Veenstra with Mr. Edwin McIntire of Des Moines The Congregational church pastor officiated The Veenstra sisters once lived in Pella and were sisters of Mrs Charles Sipkema who attended the wedding The Chronicle extends congratulations
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Pella
Newton
Anna Veenstra
Wm. McIntire
St. Joseph Mo
Orissa Veenstra
Edwin McIntire
Des Moines
Veenstra
Charles Sipkema
St. Joe
The
Chronicle
College Notes Show Evening Of Faculty Club Activities
Mrs. Dr. Childs hosted the Faculty Club gathering Friday with a 6:30 supper and a lively meeting. Prof Falsetti unveiled a Humanophone with readings by noted authors, and original songs were performed. Prof Sadler enrolled numerous piano students as pep meetings boosted football spirit despite a losing season.
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Dr. Childs
M. F.C. Falsetti
Childs
Sadler
Harry DeCook
DeCook
Election Notice for Pella High School Bonds 1914
Notice to qualified electors of the Independent School District of Pella Marion County Iowa that an election will be held December 2 1914 at City Hall Pella from 1 to 7 pm to issue bonds of 48000 for building and equipping a high school and purchasing a site. GEO J THOMASSEN president and D G GOSSELINK secretary. Women over 21 who are citizens may vote on the proposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Lincoln and Webster
Webster
J. G. VanderPol
J. P. Klein
Francis Cole
Charles Sipkema
Y. T. VanNiewaal
John VanRheenen
J. G. Lankelma
J. D. VanZante
Ed Plette
B. LeCoca
I. LeCocq
C. N. Cole
H. J. VandenBerg
H. VandenOever Tunis Kempkes
L. F. Bousquet
Joe Faassen
E. J. Faassen
M. C. Slob
H. W. Slob
H. F. Johnson
W. F. Ulrich
John Ulrich
Iowa
Marion
Geo. J. Thomassen
Board of Education
D. G. Gosselink
Eddyville visitor D W Eastman stops in Pella
D W Eastman of Eddyville was a Pella visitor Friday and Saturday, stopping to visit friends and take in local sights during his brief stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Eastman
Eddyville
Pella
Council Meeting Pages Cost And Repairs Discussed
The council met Tuesday with mayor and all members. A street light on W Fifth and Pence was referred for cost. Paint for hook and ladder wagon and hose carts approved. A $3.03 overcharge on Mrs Roelofsen’s sidewalk claim may be refunded. 12 new electric customers in October. pumping plant motors fixed. hitching racks permission granted to three businesses for committee investigation. Sewer assessment objection by John Dykstra overruled. County tax error on pumping station to be corrected. Steam blow off pipe change referred. William Horrabin billed about $3000 for extras. warrant authorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Fifth and
Pence Streets
Fire Department
A. M. Roelofsen
Eugene Dennis
VandenDever & Vanden Berg
John Dykstra
County Board
Butt
Wm. Horrabin
Kuyper Couple Celebrates 58th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs H Kuyper marked 58 years together with a surprise family feast at their Pella home on Friday November 20. Mrs Kuyper was an early 1847 settler, the couple married in Pella, and all children but Miss Jennie live there, with Miss Jennie serving as a missionary in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Kuyper
My Aunt Kate and a Visit to Enid
A poem praises Aunt Kate for her help in sickness sewing and cooking, noting she is the busy, capable head of many community tasks. The verse celebrates her will to aid neighbors and family in hard times and ends with a playful line about St Peter welcoming her at the gate. R. R. Barge and family and Mrs. Harry Watts of Enid, Oklahoma, return home after visiting Pella relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R .R. Barge
Harry Watts
Enid
Okla
Pella
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. E. Church
EAST
Tabernacle
BE. M. Cole
Billy Sunday
John L. Barton
Rochester Theological Seminary
McIntire—Veenstra
College
Council
Kate
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