Central Homecoming Draws Wide Local Attendance
A long list of visitors and locals attended the Central College homecoming in Pella. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. A B Van Houweling and many from nearby towns, with attendees from Des Moines, Monroe, Oskaloosa and beyond. Virginia Ruth born to Mr. and Mrs. L A Winter adds family news to the eventful weekend.
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A. B. van Houweling
Vander Meide
Profits
Iowa
Will de Boer
Albert Lea
Minn
Peter Kelderman
Irene
William
Marvin
George Kelerman
Tracy
Helen
Esther Grotveld
Herman Groetveld
P. W. Kelderman
Ruth Jansen
Connie Vanden Baard
Harry Byers
Kirksville
Henry Byers
Corie Nanktgeboren
Barney Neifert
Bussey
Ernest Boer
Huxley
Grace Bauman
Mabel Hoekstra
Des Moines
Damon
J. M
Mercy
Mrs. TC. van Zame
Central
Cornelius de Jong
Omaha
Roy Te Selle
Stennett
Bertha de Boer
Holland
Reca Wilkins
Port Byron
Eliamay Vander Myde
Prophetstown
Ill
Stella
Esther Reukes
Wm. Vander Myde
Morrison
George A. Jewett
Cal Denekes
Pekin
Jean van Zee
Henry Franken
Eddyville
George Muyskens
Oskaloosa
Geraldine Vande Noord
Hartwick
Pete du Pree
Carrie Greenleaf
Chicago
du Pree
Ray Vander Waal
Montezuma
A. T. van Houweling
Anwinette Vander Ploeg
Sioux Center
Henry Boeyink
Fremont
C. G. van Vliet
Return to the Simple Life in Days of Hard Times
Frank De Wit recalls the early nineties when money was scarce and work unreliable. He describes a family relying on grocery orders, milk from a grandmother, and a father who supported six on a dollar a day. He notes timber work south of Vander Zyl and urges a return to simpler living and a fireside family life.
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Frank de Wit
Noah
Vander Zyl
de Wit
Notice to Students Get your typewriting paper from us
The Pella Chronicle informs students to obtain 100 sheets of 8 1/2 by 11 bond paper at 8 percent quality for use in typing and other tasks. The advertisement stresses affordable gage bond paper for school work.
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The
Pella Chronicle
Pella Ready for Tough Road Test at Indianola Saturday
Pella High prepares for a Saturday away game against Indianola following a decisive win over Pleasantville. The Little Dutchmen, though smaller, aim to exploit breaks in the heavier Indianola lineup led by multi-spot players like Middleswart. Lineups hint at Van Arkel and Goedhart sparking the tackles, with Pendlebury and Dykstra anchoring backs as Pella seeks an upset on the enemy field.
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Pleasantville
Pella High School
Indianola
Pella
Central
Osceola
Lincoln High
Des Moines
Middleswart
Amidon
Menning
Pella Pos
Indianola van Arkel
Lintzenberg
Goedhart
Newsome
Bevans
Wilbur Douwstra
Dawson
Vander Wilt
Pieter
Evers
Harvey Dykstra
Farnsley Ulrich
Brown
Cummings
Pemble Rhynsburger
Coltrane
Fennema
Fbiddleswart
Black Oak Township Meeting at Leighton
Black Oak patrons and students gathered at Leighton Hall for the annual township meeting on Friday October 16 with bright sunshine and improved roads. Miss Elizabeth Vande Haar led the program with many local pupils and teachers, featuring two spelling contests and two declamatory performances.
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Black Oak
Leighton Hall
Friy
Elizabeth Vande Haar
Black Oak Center
Trené Haselman
Mildred de Reus
Leighton
Elizabeth de Wolf
Black Oak No. 6
Mabelle de Jong
Meade No. 7
Nellie van Heukelom
Centennial
Ruth van Houweling
Scott Center
Nellie Jacobs
Pleasant View
Lucille Van’Zunk
Pleasant Grove
Dorothy van Duren
Evelyn Tysseling
John Anthony Vander Waal
Pleasant
View
Helen Klyn
Mary Louise van Zouk
Esther Vander Beek
Esther de Jong
Black Oak No
Henrietta Ver Meer
Arie Beyer
Raymond Overbergen
Trene Grandin
Charles Vander Veen
Freda Denburger
Lester Vander Linden
Elizabeth Huyser
Arthur Tysseling
Ruth van Donselaar
June Veenstra
Little Willie
Raymond Niewendorp
Arthur Meppelink
Ralph de Cook
Lockery
Arnold van Zee
Cohen
Florence den Adel
Howard den
Hartog
Tomawyer
Margaret Vander Linden
Leola Verrips
Jimmie Lederer to Perform at Rivola Theater
Jimmie Lederer and his famous band will play the Rivola theatre in Oskaloosa on Sunday and Monday, October 25 and 26, with both matinee and evening performances. Lederer, a noted songwriter of popular hits, headlines a tour stopping at venues like the Baltimore Hotel and Bon Ton Ballroom in Los Angeles.
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Jimmie Lederer
Rivola
Oskaloosa
Fox theatre books The Cisco Kid with Baxter and Lowe
The Cisco Kid starring Warner Baxter and Edmund Lowe opens Sunday October 25 for three days at the Fox theatre. The film is touted as one of Fox's best pictures and, together with new Ri gola low prices, promises exceptional value.
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Warner Baxter
Edmund Lowe
Fox
Death of Tillie De Jong of Prairie City Dies at 60
Tillie De Jong daughter of Corne lius and Antonia De Jong was born near Pella October 20 1870 and died October 14 1931 at her Prairie City home after a six month illness. She married Leonard Jabaai March 11 1891 and had eight children Ira Knox Iowa Cornelius Monroe Marion predeceased 1926 Nettie Zachery Mary Clarence Bessie David remain at home. Surviving husband seven children six grandchildren one sister and many relatives. She joined First Reformed Bethany Church in 1899 and was a charter member of the Prairie City church. Funeral Friday at noon at home and 1 pm at First Reformed with Rev G Menning of Pella officiating. Burial in Waveland Cemetery.
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Tillie de Jong
Cornelius
Antonia de Jong
Pella
Prairie City
Leonard Jabaai
Ira
Knoxville
Iowa
Monroe
Marion
Nettie Zachery
Mary
Clarence
Bessie
David
Siter
G. B. Kuyper
Sioux Center
First Reformed Bethany Church
First Reformed Church of
Card of Thanks for Mrs. John E. Roorda
We thank Mr. and Mrs. Idema of the Home for the Aged the nurses and all friends for their kind ministrations during the illness and death of our mother Mrs. John E. Roorda.
Conditions Were Not Good in 1857 in Harper's Weekly
The New Sharon Star reports Rev. S J Huffman preached on a 1857 Harper's Weekly article describing England's precarious state amid global unrest. It notes Russia as a dark cloud on Europe, unrest in India and China, commercial demoralization, and widespread unemployment, suggesting history may repeat itself in both good and bad times.
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New Sharon
S.J. Huffman
Presbyterian Church
England
Russia
Europe
India
China
Harper's Weekly
A solemn moment of global and national peril
The piece warns of universal commercial depression and mass poverty as winter nears. It contrasts France Russia and Britain facing upheaval and Indian insurrection, while urging that wealth-haste harms moral strength. It calls for wisdom honor faith and charity to endure.
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France
Russia
Europe
China
Mrs. Jacob Maasdam Dies In Fairfield
Mrs. Jacob G Maasdam aged 62 dies at her Fairfield home after a long illness including diabetes and an amputation. Funeral held in Fairfield with relatives from Pella and nearby areas attending. Survived by husband two sons Fred and Will two daughters Marie and Elizabeth and a brother Fred of Lynnville. She was sister of the late P D Wagaman.
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Long Beach
Calif
Moberly
Jacob G. Maasdam
Fairfield
Connie Wormhoudt
Martin Klein
H. G
W. K. Wagaman
Pella
J. G. Maasdam
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