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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1946
Page
5
The City Council approved three contracts Tuesday night for downtown pavement resurfacing and new street paving using reinforced gravel concrete at $3.15 per square yard and $3.12 per square yard for resurfacing. The projects cover 23 350 square yards with start in October and completion this year if weather allows. Dingeman and Vande Veer to handle sewer extension in paved areas.
Freshman class expected to exceed last year’s enrollment as Central College prepares for registration. Registrar Mr. Wing coordinates gym headquarters for smooth check in with faculty counselors ready to assist. Dean Pietenpol leads freshmen registrations with advisers, while sophomores, juniors, seniors have assigned faculty support and major professors guiding registrations.
Enrolment in the senior class at HLS is 67, the largest in years, with 52 freshmen. The total high school enrollment is about 240, while Webster and Lincoln figure among districts with notable junior high and kindergarten counts. New staff include Mrs Frey taking second grade at Webster and Gilbert Demry stepping into the junior high principal role.
The Morrell Male Chorus of Ottumwa will present a musical program at Ebenezer Reform Church in Leighton on September 12 at 8 00 p m. Sponsored by the Willing Workers Society a social hour will follow and everyone is invited.
Otley’s John Vriezelaar of the County Line Club won first place in the 4-H sheep shearing contest at the Iowa State Fair on Wednesday August 28. Leonard Westleik of Williams placed second and earned a chance to represent Iowa at the National Sheep Shearing Contest in Chicago in December. Dwight Hoover of Oskaloosa finished third and Donald Helmick of Bloomfield was fourth.
Tickets for the great banquet preceding the WHO Corn Belt Plowing Match go on sale Friday September 6 at 8 00 am in Pella at Vogelaar Hardware Co and Pella Implement Store. Priced at 3 00 per plate the event expects 800 guests with entertainment from Radio Station WHO. The Plowmen will elect the Queen of the Furrow at Pleasantville gymnasium on Friday September 20.
Mrs. David C. Renaud reports a certificate of appreciation for the Pella Red Cross chapter for aiding British hospital supplies during the war. The Duchess of Gloucester signed the certificate as president of the Central Hospital Supply Service. Renaud urges continued aid to European sufferers, noting postwar needs persist. An eight hundred seventy six garment order from St. Louis will be produced by Pella women, including sleepers bathrobes skirts mittens shirts and 1800 diapers, with cutting arranged by John Klein of Pella Overall Company.
KRNT TV presented a Dutch folk dance show featuring solo dancer Marcia Kuyper with the Pella Women’s Club, the Pella Dutch Band directed by Henry Kuyper, and Dutch Tulip Dancers. A $100,000 RCA Victor unit wired Des Moines broadcasts as thousands watched on stage and in 12 home TV sets. Warner Bros cameras filmed the performance for forthcoming theatre release.
Downtown band concerts continue on Saturdays when weather allows. Ed Benning conducts a program including Leo Feist medley, three marches, It Might As Well Be Spring, and a Rich Kansas City Star piece. Vocal soloist George Ver Steeg. Also notes on safe dogfish bait practices.
John H. Wesle of South Milwaukee Wisconsin has been appointed instructor of art at Central College to succeed Vernon Bobbitt who resigned to take a similar post at Albion College Michigan. He earned art education at Milwaukee State Teachers College a Master of Arts at Western Reserve University and studied with the New School Graduate Faculty in New York. He is described as a person of integrity and purpose, serious and energetic, with ongoing commitment to a strong art department at Central College.
Chamber of Commerce mailed cards to business men asking who will attend the Night School picnic on Friday September 18. Secretary Gerrit Van Haalen warns many cards not yet returned and fears misplacement due to the postponement. Men should reply with a postcard to the High School confirming attendance.
The 4th annual WHO Corn Belt Plowing Match and Soil Conservation Field Day in Marion County on September 21 will celebrate Iowa’s centennial with a Centennial Village parade Indians in tribal dress led by Jonas Poweshick will showcase native crafts and a pioneer farm. Old time farming gear loaned by the Iowa Historical Society will show plows and tools from a century ago as oxen teams, horse hitches, and early tractors appear in staged demonstrations. The parade will feature bands from Knoxville and Pella, American Legion color guards, and a Queen of the Furrow float, with further plans announced at an Knoxville meeting.
The Marion County plowing contest near Pella on the Knoxville road is set for this Thursday afternoon as part of the Corn Belt Plowing Match and Conservation Field Day. The Pella Chamber of Commerce sponsors with prizes to winners. field laid out for contour farming by the Soil Conservation Service. a large crowd expected. lunch served by Amvet Auxiliary. competition to begin after lunch.
About a thousand attended the afternoon session of the Horse Mule and Pony Show at Pool Park on Monday while the evening crowd filled all seats and stood on the hill. Estimated evening attendance reached twenty five hundred as entries were limited to boost local interest. Judges were Harry Jorard and George Bass with Bob Hollett commenting. Bud Garner showcased a five gaited exhibition learned from Osko loosa. The Pella Band added to the program and new bleachers proved valuable. Prize winners included Emmett Tharp C W Ver Ploeg and G R Ver Ploeg in the mule divisions and Harry Van Wyk and Ernest Steenhoek among draft horses.
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