Central College registers students as 89th year opens
An influx of students filled Central College gym for registration on Monday and Tuesday. Upperclassmen and freshmen faced voice and psychological tests and library instruction as the 89th year begins. Guest speakers Reverend Reiseker D Marion Gosselink and Reverend Worrman led the convocation in Douwstra Chapel, with a freshman dinner and an all college mixer planned for Friday.
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Central College
Jordan Hall
Pella
the Kuyk
Douwstra Chapel
Elizabeth C Dickey Appointed Professor of Speech at Central
Dr Irwin J Lubbers announced Elizabeth C Dickey as professor of speech at Central College. Dickey earned degrees from the University of Minnesota and previously taught at Colegio Americano in Mexico before moving from Winona Minnesota to Central.
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Irwin J. Lubbers
Elizabeth C. Dickey
Central College
Miss Dickey
University of Minnesota
Colegio Americano
Mexico
Central
Winona
Minnesota
Osborn Leads State Education Demonstration Tour
Dr Wayland Osborn head of Central College education will be on special duty for the Iowa State Department of Public Instruction during September. He joins a group of demonstration teachers conducting conferences in 17 centers across eastern Iowa, focusing on practical classroom procedures in social sciences. The tour includes Decorah Waverly Charles City Oelwein Hampton Marshalltown Newton West Des Moines Mason City Dubuque Anamosa Davenport Iowa City Burlington Fairfield Centerville and Oskaloosa.
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Wayland Osborn
Central College
State Department of Public Instruction
Town State Teachers’ Association
Decorah
Waverly
Charles City
Oelwein
Hampton
Marshalltown
Newton
West Des Moines
Mason
Pella Band Makes Good Will Trip To Sandyville
The Pella Chamber of Commerce responded to Indianola’s invitation by sending the Pella Band to Sandyville on September 5 for a two day benefit program. Director Henry Kuyper led the band with Maa as vocal soloist and Miss Marcy Kuyper in Dutch costumes. Governor George Wilson spoke at the event and a substantial sum was raised for the United Service Organization.
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Chamber of Commerce of
Indianola
Pella
Maa
Marcy Kuyper
Avernor George Wilson
United Service Organization
John Wynberg To Close His Produce Shop
John Wynberg plans to close his downtown Pella produce buying station to devote time to trucking and storage. He cites changes in the produce business and the need to call at farmers' doors, noting his son favors trucking. He thanks patrons for past favors. An advertisement appears in this issue.
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John Wynberg
Pella
Wynberg
John
Forget-Me-Nots Sold Here Next Saturday by Junior Auxiliary
The Junior Auxiliary will sell Forget-Me-Not flowers next Saturday to aid disabled World War veterans and their families. The fundraising effort quotes a poem reflecting wartime sacrifice and honors veterans laid up in hospital beds.
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William Ellis Register
Ottumwa Flyer Speaks at Rotary Club About Flight Career
Captain Cliffton Oleson shared his 29 years as an aviator and 12,000 flight hours at the Ottumwa Rotary. He began flying young in McGregor Iowa, earned a pilot license at 15, and taught aviation during WWI. He later flew mail, barnstormed, ran a flight school, and now leads the 124th Observation Squadron as a captain. He plans to report at Fort Des Moines September 15.
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Cliffton Oleson
Rotary Club
McGregor
Iowa
Curtis School
Miami
Florida
Kelly and
Rantoul Air Fields
New York
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Cincinnati
Oleson School of Flight
Ottumwa
Local Dealers Visit Pfister Seed Corn Plant in El Paso
John G Ver Ploeg of Pella and P Vander Beek and Son of Sully, along with 66 Pfister dealers, toured the Orcutt Hybrid Corn Company plant in El Paso on September 2 and 8. They saw a 70,000 bushel seed corn facility, Pfister breeding plots, and a three year seed supply vault, learning details of inbred lines and hybrids as Lester Pfister explained the program.
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John G
Ver Ploeg
Pella
P. Vander Beek
Sully
Pfister
Orcutt Hybrid Corn Company
Monroe
Iowa
Verneeday
el Paso
Inois
Lester Pfister
Pfister Hybrida
Inc. Pfister
Lester Pflater
Tornado Wrecks Wide Strip of Jasper County Farms
A tornado sweeping southern Jasper County Sunday evening caused more than 100000 dollars in damage. Homes barns and outbuildings were demolished or wrecked from Prairie City to Sully along Highway 14. Several injuries were reported and neighbors aided in rescue and cleanup as schools and farms faced extensive destruction.
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Jasper County
Pam
Prairie City
Highway 14
Newton
Monroe
Highway
Chas. Birkenholtz
Mount Hope
Pat Metcalf
Y Kirkpatrick
Jasper Co
Kirkpatrick
EL Brown
Brown
Vandebelle Brodersen
Schoo
Uge
Henry McKinney
Harold Winn
A. Sampson
C. K. Flaugh
Hampshire
Killduff
John Elscott
Eres
Red Cross Knitting Display At Den Adel Store Window
Den Adel club sponsors a Red Cross knitting drive organized by Mrs. Kettering and chaired by John irman. By year end three pounds of yarn remain to be worked into ten sweaters for women and twenty five for children. Donations and help are urged to reach December 31 to fulfill the quota and ship to headquarters.
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Worty-fiy Christian Returned
D. den Adel
Kettering
Mrs. Ketteringe
den Adel
Red Cross Sewing Project mobilizes volunteers locally
The local Red Cross Chapter launches a sewing drive for war garments with Ben Blommers and A. Den Adel pleased by Pella Overall Company cutting fabrics. Walter Butt and Henry Klein handle cutting others, as committees prepare shirts, dresses, layettes and hospital bed shirts led by Harry Ray Mrs. C Smorenburg Mrs. W Buer and Mrs John Blommers.
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Red Cross
Ben Blommers
A. den Adel
Pella Overall Company
Walter Butt
Henry Klein
Tim
el Flaunteer
Harry Ray
C. Smorenburg
W. Buer
Ladies of the Baptist Church
John Blommers
Mizpah Guild of
The
Second Reformed Church
Helping Hand Society
First Christian Reformed Church
Women’s League of the Third Reformed Church
Ladies’ Aid of the Baptist Church
Ladies of
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Women
Pleasant Grove
A. Weyerso
Art Course Offered at The College
Vernon Bobbitt, art instructor at Central college, will offer a Saturday morning studio course for youths over 12. Instruction tailors to individual ability, development of imagination and nature beauty, and skill in expressing original ideas. Classes start Saturday September 18 at 9 a.m. in room 81, New Central.
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Vernon Bobbitt
Central College
New Central
Historical Society to Present Annual Meeting Report
Historical Society plans its annual meeting Monday evening at Legion Hall. A complete financial report will be presented and three directors will be elected. The gathering will discuss last May’s financing of alip Time and plans for the Festival of 1942.
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The
Historical Society
Legion Hall
Pella Historical Society to Meet for Tulip Festival Report
The annual meeting of the Pella Historical Society is set for next Monday at 8:00 PM in the Legion Hall. A complete financial report of this year’s Tulip Festival will be presented, three directors elected, and plans for next year discussed. Attendance will influence the Board’s actions on Tulip Time.
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The
Pella Historical Society
Legion Hall
Tulip Time planning meeting invites community support
The general meeting invites all interested in Tulip Time to gather at the Legion Hall next Monday night. The Board seeks a 1942 go ahead signal from the people of Pella, as the society cannot carry the burden alone. The event emphasizes broad participation and appreciation for those who organize the festival.
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Pella
Legion Hall
Juniors Auxiliary Meeting At Legion Hall Saturday
All Juniors are called to a 9:00 AM gathering at the Legion Hall. Ket-Me-Nots will be sold to raise funds for next summer’s camping program. Girls are instructed to report on time.
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Legion Hall
Iverybody
Card of Thanks for Gov ert Kamerik
We express gratitude for the sympathy shown during our bereavement for our father and grandfather Gov ert Kamerik. The Children and Grandchildren
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Govert Kamerik
A Ready Made Family play to be staged at high school
The T T Society sponsors the home talent production A Ready Made Family. It will be presented in the high school auditorium on September 30th. An outstanding cast of Pella players is promised as theChronicle reports on this community event.
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T. T. T. Society
the Chronicle
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