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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1957
Page
7
A sunny Saturday in Pella drew shoppers and merchants into a bustling festival day. Television star Slim Hayes drew cheers, and about forty five registrants won $5 grocery baskets. Ellis Christianson emceed the park program as children rode a vintage fire truck amid festive downtown activity.
Arthur De Vries of Otley won the Ten Best Ears in the Pella Corn Festival with three bushels seed corn. The event drew Sev en Ten Best Ears entries and featured Longest Ear and Most Unusual Ear awards. Winners included Edith De Vries and Harold Van Essen with prizes up to $10. The festival, last held in 1953, was sponsored by the Pella Chamber of Commerce Trade Extension Committee.
The Youth Fellowship of the First Reformed Church plans a two night canvass on October 24 and 28 to raise about $1000 for a Jeep station wagon for Kentucky missionaries Rev. and Mrs. Garret Boogerd. Donations fund body parts and labor with a detailed price list and certificates for purchased parts.
Letters will be mailed requesting contributions to support local Salvation Army services. Marion Van Gorp chairs the Local Service Unit Committee with cooperation from Will Baer Ben Kuyk Van Meulpolder Verle VerDught and Esther Virrips. Funds stay in the community to assist the needy and unemployed and support centers, shelters, and day care.
Ruth Scott of Leon reeled in a large channel catfish from a private lake west of Leon. The fish weighed 16 pounds and measured 84 inches in length. The report notes life reflections and a final remark about finding meaning.
On Halloween October 31 the children of Pella will seek gifts for UNICEF to aid milk food and medicine for millions of children in many lands. Local AAUW sponsors urge townspeople to drop pennies and coins into cartons to support UNICEF’s aid to over 90 undeveloped countries and to reduce deaths from TB diphtheria malaria and tropical diseases.
The 1957 Homecoming at Central College details events from Thursday October 31 with the Greater Alumni Council meeting at 9 a.m. Dr. James Muilenburg of Union Theological Seminary lectures on The Dead Sea Scrolls at 10 a.m. in Douwstra Chapel. Evening features Teahouse of the August Moon at 8:15 p.m. Friday noon classes suspend for Homecoming prep. freshmen sophomore pull at 2 p.m.. Crimson Racer and bonfire at 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Coronation of the Queen and Friday Night Review scheduled in Douwstra Chapel at 8 p.m. Saturday continues with events through the weekend.
Candidates for Homecoming Queen at Central College were selected by the student body. The roster includes Coletta Schemper Annie De Boer Morrison Patti Van Zante Gwen Vanden Berg Faithe Heusinkveld Sandy De Vries Joyce Bennett Lynn Spoelstra Barbara Zwart Phyllis Vandehaar. The winner will be crowned Friday November 1 at 8 p.m. in Douwstra Chapel Central.
An Open House at the dormitories starts at 8 a.m. followed by a Koffie Kletz in Graham Hall. The Homecoming Parade runs 10 a.m. with a floats review at 1:15 p.m. The Central versus Wartburg football kickoff is 1:30 p.m. Alumni Koffie Kletz at 4 p.m. and Teahouse of the August Moon dinner at 8:15 p.m. Vesper services close the weekend at 11 a.m. in Douwstra Chapel.
Mark Charles Haigh of Dundee states he has twelve grandparents in total, comprising four grandparents four great-grandparents and four great-great-grandparents, highlighting a notably large ancestral count.
Dr. Clifford Keizer Elaine Buteyn Mrs Neva Douglas Tong Wong Kim and LeRoy Timmer provide authentic oriental background for Teahouse of the August Moon at CUI on Oct 31 and Nov 2. CUI staging benefits include real bamboo cricket cages costumes a kimono cherry blossom fan furoshiki bronze bell and Kokeshi dolls. Other locals aid with pronunciation and cultural briefing drawing on experiences in Japan Korea and Okinawa.
Temperature and rainfall readings for 24 hours ending 7:00 am daily show October 17 to October 28 with rainfall 0.00 except October 28 at .20 inches. Max and min temperatures range from 36 to 88 degrees. Observer E C Beaning recorded data.
The Muscatine and Des Moines Highway Post Office is replaced by Burlington and Des Moines HPO with new schedule affecting mail for Pella. IPO east 3 45 am west 8 15 pm Star Route to Oskaloosa at 6 25 pm. Mail after 6 pm cannot be dispatched until next day 5 25 pm. Weekend mailing urged to avoid delays.
Bob Klein entertained the Rotary Club with travel slides from Michigan to Pennsylvania, noting a new Dutch flavored front on the Pella Products building on Garden Square after fire damage. He urged applying similar fronts to other downtown stores to honor Pella’s heritage as Ottumwa district governor Lester Glover readies an official visit on October 29.
The public is invited to the Second Reformed Church on Oct 30 for a Reformation Day rally co sponsored by the local Baptist Church and four Reformed Churches. Dr James Muilenburg of Union Theological Seminary will preach the message. He is a Netherlands born scholar and Hope College alum. The Pella High School music department will provide musical selections.
The Des Moines area business tour called Hi Neighbor will visit Pella on Tuesday October 29 then Knoxville and Oskaloosa. More than 70 Des Moines businessmen will travel by special chartered Greyhound buses 430 pm for dinners and meetings at the Second Reformed Church. The group led by Fred Mitchell and John D Adams will highlight Des Moines as a market center with networking at local firms and a banquet featuring Spee Redd and Tony Mikalovitch.
The Pella Chamber of Commerce held its quarterly business and dinner meeting Tuesday at the Country Club. Kenneth Vander Linden reported 164 members and 94 percent of the $5,000 budget collected. Hospital plans, Elm Disease talk by M D Huffman, and disease prevention measures were discussed along with potential federal aid for a 33 bed facility in Pella.
The Iowa Association of School Boards will hold its annual meet in Des Moines on November 21 and 22 drawing about 2000 board members and administrators. Notable speakers Dr. John H. Furbay and Dr. George Z F Bereday will address attendees, with 100+ firms exhibiting educational products to aid school operations. The Pella Board plans representation.
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