History of Pella High School Student Council Formation
The student government at Pella High School began in the Sociology class of fall 1928. A committee studied different school systems, drafted a constitution, and selected officers and four committees to govern student life. The council began functioning in March 1929 and reorganized in fall 1929, adopting new procedures and appointing student monitors to replace teacher assemblies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergent-At-Arms
Pearl Palmist
Alfred Vander Ploeg
Robert Jaron
Goose
Cummings
Lenita Ustermarkt
Harvey
Monroe
Pleasantville
Knoxville
New Sharon
Prairie City
Spee
Uary
Sigourney
Amy Beckerking
Marjorie van Roekel
Peggy Sybenga
John Hollebeck
Bernice Dykstra
Local Classifieds Include Cars Firearms and Farm Listings
A dense ad section lists sales of land and livestock, used tires, batteries, and many autos. It features Gust Benson and Beyers Battery with multiple car models from 1924 to 1929, plus Ramseyer Chicks and local businesses in Pella and Oskaloosa.
Half price Xmas card sale at The Book Shop
A local ad promotes half price holiday card offers with 12 count boxes priced 16¢ 59¢ and 29¢ and $1 boxes for 24 cards. Christmas cards range from 1c to 25c in various sizes, with a lucky buyer paying 25¢ for 12 in a box.
Bonds for Sale in Marion County Primary Road Bonds
Is interested in investment in Marion county Primary Road Bonds, see A. C. Kuyper. Read the Chronicle Want Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
A. C. Kuyper
Chronicle
Otley Gossip Highlights Local Visits and Events
Miss Dais and Miss Yants visited Otley guests include Grace Den Otter in Monroe Elizabeth Beyers leaves Richland school post. Des Moines and Pella trips noted. Otley Gun Club to hold shooting match with ducks as prizes. Local residents recoveries and hospital updates follow, with Farm Bureau ladies gathering at Van Houweling home for a lunch and gifts. R V McKeever active installing radio sets in area homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dais, Walls
Johanna Vander Wiel
Pella
Sarah van Hemert
Otley
Mire
W. van Gorp
Oskaloosa
Floyd Frazer
Wallace Thomassen
Newton
Sunda
J. M. van Vliet
R. V. McKeever
Des Moines
Paul de Koekkoek
de Koekkoek
Warren
Minnesota
Pete Grooters
Albert C. van Houweling
Grooters
U. P
Monroe
Michigan
Farm Bureau
Albert O. van Houweling
van Houweling
Grace Pannekoek
Woman Hair Banter Inspires Odd Iowa Hermit Charley McCartney
Charley McCartney, a 28 year old resident near Sigourney Iowa, lives in a century old log hut with his mother and uncle. He grows long hair and a beard to protest women’s bobbing of the hair and vows not to cut or shave until women become ladylike again. He believes his hair maintains his strength and powers his handcrafted hobby of whittling toy airplanes atop tree stumps. The house, built before 1844, hovers above ground and is filled with clay statues, carved miniatures, and a perpetual boiling pot on a lone iron stove. McCartney supports himself by farming his twenty acres and dreams of a trip to Los Angeles despite ongoing family oddities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Charley McCartney
McCartney
Charley
Hier
Coddy
What Cheer
Oskaloosa
McCartneys
Keokuk County
Bud
Hai
Los Angeles
Iowa
New York
Fragmentary obituary notice for local residents
Short, unclear lines mention Mr and Mrs J F Boyer and dated reference to eight days prior. Text is fragmented and lacks full details of individuals or event. No clear action or outcome is identifiable from the readable portion.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pellahi School
Leland Croll
Ralph Huizinga
Gertrude Hankamp
Ruth van Houweling
Dorothy Payne
Ruth Pietenpol
Geraldine Gosselink
Esther Grotvelt
Edna Mae Hackert
Jennie Keuning
Mary Liggett
Lucille Ver Ploeg
Irene Roose
Johanna Rowenhorst
Dorothy Rosenburg
Grada Vander Voort
Viola Vroom
Viretta van Zante
Sylvannus Dykstra
Raymond van Heuklom
Florence Hollebeek
Margaret Keuning
Gust Benson
West Central Ave
St. Paul
Minn
East First Street
Poland
D. E. Hudson & Sons
Montezuma
Lows
Beyers Battery and Electric Co
Chronicle Ofce
Carl Beyers
7&e.—Chronicle
Beyers Battery and Electric Company
van Houweling Auto CO
Jake Visser
John Commons
Mr. Commons
Pontiac
Pella Motor CO
Harold Sack
Gezel
Plymouth
Maxwell
Ford
Chrysler
J. E. Cornelius & CO
Ramseyer
Ramseyer Hatcheries
First Avenue West
H. J. Vander Voort
Franklin Street
White Way Auto CO
City Light
Carload of
New
Buick
Pella, Iowa
Dale D. Kramer
Ie Kent
Everal
Cash & Carry
Lester Liter
Jennie Meekma
Wm. van Gorp
Men’s Price List
Ladies
The
Atwater Kent
Liberty
Puritan Drug Co
Kington Street
Puritan Radio Shop
George Versteeg
Brom’s Hatchery
West 2Nd St
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