Businessmen Luncheon and Evening Chamber Meeting
About seventy men attended a Friday gathering in Pella as Tuc son Auxiliary members served a simple luncheon. Afterward, the Chamber held a budget review, committee reports, and planned projects including a Tulip Time stage, street markings, and a heating of plans for a future dinner option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basin
Tuc
Nick Vander Ploeg
Fred Whalley
Ralph Ver Meer
Joe Stientjes
Financial Committee
Night School Picnic Strengthens Town Farm Ties
A large crowd attended the annual Night School picnic at Swimming Pool Park, with about 130 Chamber of Commerce members and 80 farmers, totaling well over 200. The event featured a fried chicken meal, softball, and a Merchants Maytag game won 8 to 0 by Pella, culminating in improved town country relations and plans for a successful Night School ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelter House
Pella
Maytag
Newton
Dick Boot
Nick Vander Plog
Chamber of Commerce
Marion Aalbers
Lyman Eells
Soils District
Gress Brokers
Seventy Four Enrolled in P H S Freshman Class
Seventy four freshmen join Public High School boosting total enrollment to 241 to date, with several new students from rural districts and a bus line serving the district. Three sections created for Algebra, General Science, and English as the grade totals reach about 820 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.H.S
Lincoln
Webster
College Students Interested in Work
A large number of Central College students are seeking odd jobs or part time work. Women should contact Dean Poppen at Graham Hall and men should contact Dean Mentink for employment inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
Pella
Dean Poppen
Graham Hall
Dean Mentink
Annual Missions Conference Set for Sept 19 in Oskaloosa
The Reformed Church Women's Union of Classis Pella will hold its 41st annual conference on September 19 at the Friends' Church at North C Street and Collee Avenue in Oskaloosa. Morning sessions start 10:00 a.m., afternoon at 2:00 p.m. Speakers include Ruth Brockema and Gertrude Van Dulee with Mrs. Klaaren leading addresses and offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Reformed Church Women's Union of
Classis Pella
Friends’ Church
North C Street
Collee Avenue
Oskaloosa
A. N. Vander Linden
Gertrude van Dulee
New Mexico
Ruth Brockema
Sionary
China
John A. Klaaren
Mission Boards
A. Ben
E. Tanis
Gertrude van Roekel
B. Huibregtse
Pella Mayor Explains Tax Assessments To Clubmen
Mayor T G Fultz told local Rotarians that city finances are governed by state law. In Pella assessed real estate at 1.513 million yields about 23 208 dollars which is distributed among ten city departments. The pool dream hinges on millage, not council funds, as state rules cap allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
City of
State Department
Iowa
Public May Hear Martha C. McCain Friday Morning
Mrs Martha Childress McCain will be presented at Douwstra Chapel Friday morning at 11 00. She gained local fame in Pella for dramatic readings as a college student and earned an A B from Central in 1944 and an M A from the University of Chicago in 1947. She has worked in Chicago as casting and dialogue director for Cornet Instructional Films and plans to move to New York City soon. The public is invited to hear her Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Childress McCain
Douwstra Chapel
McCain
Pella
Central
University of Chicago
Chicago
New York City
Revival at Open Bible Church Draws Crowds
Evange lists Rev and Mrs H Strachan conduct a week of revival meetings at the Church of the Open Bible each night at 7 30 p m except Saturdays and Mondays A song service and musical numbers accompany the nightly messages by Rev Strachan This Sundays sermon asks Why the Atom Bomb does it have a place in the Scriptures
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Open Bible
H. Strachan
Rey. Strachan
January Thaw Chosen for Central College Homecoming Play
Central College selects January Thaw by William Roos as homecoming three act comedy after a campus tryout process. Over forty students auditioned this week to pick the most suitable, audience appealing production with casting possibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
William Roos
Bellamy Partridge
Maurice Birdsall
Tragic drowning ends life of Ralph Braafhart at pool
Coroner in Marion County ruled accidental death after Ralph Braafhart 30, of Pella, was found drowned in the municipal swimming pool. Entry over the high fence, clothes piled nearby, and a Des Moines Evening Tribune in his pocket helped set the time of entry. Funeral services were held September 6, 1947, at Van Dyke Funeral Home with interment in Oakwood cemetery. Ralph leaves father Marinus, sisters Mi on Toom and Cecil Harlgraves, brother Ed Wise, and grandmother Mrs C Braushart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Roberts
Marion County
Ralph Braafhart
City Water Department
Des Moines Evening Tribune
van Dyk Funeral Home
Marinus Braafhart
Marie Varenkamp
Pella
Iowa
Marinus Breafhart
Mi On Toom
Cecil Harlgraves
Newton
Ed Wise
C. Braushart
Ralph
van Dyke
Rev
A. Haverkamp
Oakwood Cemetery
Birdsall to stage Late George Apley at Central homecoming
Birdsall plans the first full length comedy at Central College for the homecoming. Rehearsals begin early next week with the cast of thirteen including many Central College students from Pella and nearby areas. The Chronical will publish the full cast next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Apley
Birdsall
Central College
Pella
Bid for Paving Rejected Monday By City Council
City Council met Monday evening to consider bids on paving blocks as stated in a recent Chronicle resolution. Only Collignan Construction Company of Davenport Iowa bid, with gravel concrete at 3.94 per yard limestone concrete 3.99 and grading 1.20 per yard. Council rejected bids and ordered the resolution reissued in this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle
Collignan Construction Company
Davenport
Iowa
First H. S. Grid Game Tomorrow Night with Monte
Renaud Rysdum's Little Dutch opens the gridiron season against Coach Gabriel's Montezuma Indians Friday night. The game tests pre season strength at College Stadium at 7 30. PHS home games include Sept 12 Montezuma Bri Sept 19 Sigourney Fri Oct 3 Pleasantville Fri Oct 17 Knoxville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renaud Rysdum
Little Dutch
Montezuma
Sigourney
Pleasantville
Knoxville
Three Numbers Secured for the Artist Series
Central College’s Artist Series Committee advances a fourth event as popular support grows. Frederick Jugel, world renowned tenor, will give a vocal concert on November 13. The Chicago Little Philharmonic Ensemble, a retired Chicago Symphony group, will perform on February 27. Jeanne Demcel Dupre, a prodigious organist, is also scheduled, receiving strong press recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
Frederick Jugel
Metro Tan Opera Company
New York
Chicago
Des Moines
Chicago Litle Philharmonic
Fifteen Thousand Tulip Bulbs Gift to Pella from Netherlands
Dr. van de Mortel announced a gift of 15000 tulip bulbs from the Netherlands Bulbgroy Association to Pella as appreciation for the Netherlands relief effort. The bulbs will be planted along the Home for the Aged site, selected by the Pella Historical Society, with Tulip Time to feature the colorful display next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Boat
West Market
T. G. Fultz
J. J. Sybenga
Bob Lautenbach
Will van Sittert
The
Historical Society
Lon B. Wormhoudt
P. H. Kuyper
Netherlands
Pella
the Home For the Aged
Gil Boat
Galesburg
Chamber
Fultz
van de Mortel Annoum
Netherlands Bulbgroy Association
van de Mortel
Mra
Cook
Scholte
Central College
Central College enrolls record 492 as capacity nears
Enrollment at Central College reaches 492 by noon on Tuesday near the 500 cap set by the college. Freshman class totals 221 with 162 sophomores 74 juniors and 45 seniors. Convocation speaker President Vander Lugt emphasizes attitudes and relationships for common good and responsible citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
Central
van Roekel
Pella
Mahaska County Contour Plowing Contest Sept 16
The Mahaska County Contour Plowing Contest will be held at the A W Bill Reed farm two miles west of Beacon starting at 12 30 p m on Wednesday September 16 Six Mahaska County contestants will compete each sponsored by a major farm machinery firm An elimination contest will follow among winners from Mahaska Marion Jasper and Poweshiek Counties to select the contestant to represent the area in the WHO Nation contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahaska County
A. W
Bill) Reed
Beacon
Six Mile School
Mahaska
Marion
Jasper
Poweshiek
Public Invited to Hear Dr Schilder Tonight and Sunday
The Netherlands theologian Dr K Schilder lectures in Dutch at First Protestant Reformed Church at 7 46 tonight and conducts a sermon at 7 30 Sunday Sept 14. He tours Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota Montana and California addressing postwar political economic and ecclesiastical conditions in The Netherlands.
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Dr. Schilder
K. Schilder
Netherlands
First
Schilder
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Montana
California
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Kampen
Seminary of the Reformed Churches
University of
de Reformatie
Arnhem
New Church
Greydanus
Synod of the
Reformed Church
Reformed Churches
Plowing Contest Planned Near Webster City in September
A plowing contest near Webster City is set for September 27 with a program not yet complete. Expected demonstrations include filling gullies with a bulldozer and building a terrace using tractors and plows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
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M. Conducting
R. Braafhart
H. S
Monte
North Porterville
North Porter Day
Ploegh
Pres
Gerrit T. Vander Lugt
Dr. van der Lugt
Vander Lugt
van der Lugt
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