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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1957
Page
9
The quarterly Pella Chamber of Commerce gathering is set for Tuesday evening October 22 at the Pella Golf and Country Club with a 6 30 supper. Secretary Gene Stientjes notes a full agenda as business slows toward holidays and urges all merchants to attend.
Chris Christensen a Hotel Pella resident was struck at the Washington street and Broadway intersection by a car driven Kenneth De Haan. He suffered bruises to the head legs and chest was examined by Dr J J Sybenga and taken to Mahaska hospital Oskaloosa for X rays showing no broken bones. He was expected to be discharged Wednesday.
Painters arriving Monday to find red paint smeared on the front doors and walls of Henry Vande Voort’s new supermarket at Main and Union Streets. Paint未 dried and no entry occurred. Vandals likely planned the act, having brought the paint with them.
Dr. James Muilenburg, professor at Union Theological Seminary NYC, will speak at a Reformation Day service at 2nd Reformed Church on Wednesday October 30 at 7:30 p.m. The service is sponsored by four city Reformed churches and the local Baptist church.
A Charles Wesley Hymn Festival to honor the 250th birth anniversary of the hymn writer is set for Sunday, October 27 at 7 30 pm at Second Reformed Church. The Hymn Society of America sponsors national events this year. The program features Wesley hymns and ensembles, with guest cellist John Ehrlich of Drake University and Iowa State College, Des Moines Symphony.
The American Cancer Society chapter of North Marion County met at the Pella Coffee Shop. Mrs. Marion Van Gorp welcomed attendees as John Fisher spoke on local nursing work with the ACS. Campaign results showed $2,125.14 raised toward a $1,900 quota. Wanda Rex outlined rotating board of directors and minimum 12 officers meeting quarterly. Next meeting set for January 13, 1968 at 6 PM.
Eleven neighbors from Everett area aided the Vande Haar farm by filling a damaged silo using ten tractors three choppers and wagons in one afternoon. The effort followed a recent fire and was warmly thanked by the Vande Haars. The workers included Elmer Van Wyk Henry Beyer Roy Van Vark William Van Ee Hessel Van Zante Gerrit Sneller Kenneth Sneller Gerrit Roorda Bernie Van Ee Bert Mennings and Bob Beyer.
Knoxville authorities asked to postpone the Thursday night football clash with Pella High School until Saturday night at 7 30 p m due to illness among players. At press time a decision was not final but expected to be granted with no alternative. Parade and game set for Saturday October 19.
Mrs Yella Menninga of Reasner and Betty De Jong daughter of Arthur De Jong of Sully were hospitalized Sunday October 6 after cars collided on the Galesburg road around three in the afternoon. The Menninga car entered from the west into the path of the De Jong southbound vehicle. Four people rode in the De Jong car Clarence Beverly and Betty De Jong daughters and Mareia De Jong daughter of Don De Jong. In the Menninga car were Mr and Mrs Yella Menninga. Damages were 960 to the 1951 Dodge and 1500 to the 1956 Mercury.
Pella Christian High senior class presents Robinson Crusoe a comedy in three acts by William Linda Thursday and Friday October 24 and 25 at 8 p.m. in the Christian High gym directed by John Veltema. Cast includes Ronald Van Zemeren Carl Van Gilst Emily Drake and several others. Tickets from the Christian High office and Van der Ploeg bakery or from senior class members.
Prof Laurence Grooters will perform an organ recital in Douwstra Chapel on Sunday afternoon October 20 1957 at 3 30 pm He will play Bach Brahms Hindemith Reger pieces and a noted quip about withholding on take-home pay appears in the text
The Southern Town premiere of John Patrick’s comedy at Central runs Thursday October 31 and Saturday November 2 at 8 15 p m. The U S Army Occupation tale follows Capt Fisby as he adapts to Tobiki Okinawa with Sakini and Lotus Blossom in a clash of plans and culture for a riotous stage experience praised by New York critics as the funniest postwar play.
Dr James Muilenburg, professor of Hebrew at Union Theological Seminary New York City, will discuss The Dead Sea Scrolls at Central College in Douwstra Chapel at 1010 am. The public is invited. He directed American Schools Research in Jerusalem 1953 54 and studied scrolls.
Saturday October 19 promises a busy day in Pella with a corn contest entries accepted until dusk. Merchants offer fall bargains and prizes including over forty grocery baskets with a 4 00 pm drawing after Slim Hayes hour. Children ride a fire truck while judges Wendell Wyatt and Wm Litwiller assess the corn show.
Floyd Spaur and James Smith, both from Bussey, were killed instantly when their jeep station wagon was struck by an eastbound M. and St. L. freight train at the Flagler crossing four miles east of Knoxville around 8 a.m. Friday October 11. The crossing lacks a warning bell. Coroner and sheriff agencies investigated as ambulances and Williams Funeral Home took the bodies. Surviving Spaur include his wife and children. surviving Smith include his wife and three children.
Elementary teachers hold 20 minute conferences with parents on Thursday and Friday afternoons to foster cooperation for child progress. Grades one and two dismiss early while grades three to six undergo achievement testing during the period.
James and Mrs. Gene Wilson of Bussey along with Mrs. Merle Hatfield of Oskaloosa are connected to two men whose bodies were moved from Williams Funeral Home in Knoxville to Zimmerman Funeral Home in Loulla for pending funeral arrangements.
A truck owned by Serenus Kishernd rolled away when brakes failed while parked near the post office in Calmar. It sped through the street and crushed the front porch of the Robert Schlitter residence, causing damage with no injuries reported.
Christian High School Society approved a $150000 expansion by 91 percent at a 360-person meeting on October 14. The plan adds 14000 square feet with a new library study hall science rooms music room gym facilities and extra classrooms to accommodate about 350 students. ground breaking hoped for spring 1958 after cash funding.
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