College Notes From a Dated Campus Page
Registration days passed yet many students joined after date. Freshmen show resolve by challenging sophomores and alumni in a playful poll. The College Band begins practice September 18 under Hugo Ruyper. Y W Girls hosted a treasure hunt with group tasks ending at Miss Helen Hayter’s home. Rev Frederick Cox addressed lessons on purpose and wealth, urging service to God. A College Mixer featured a Kittenball game and a senior promenade, with refreshments and social reconnections.
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Y. W
Helen Hayter
Annual Reception and Homecoming Plans at Central College
Preparations are underway for the Annual Reception by the Literary Societies to be held this Friday evening. The chapel displays a marble motto once inscribed after the 1917 fire, with talks by Dr Dunn and Professor Menninga on spiritual sowing and righteous conduct. The college picnic day follows, and Peg O' My Heart will headline Homecoming activities with a full student cast.
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Wesselink
Dunn
Central College
Association
Peg O' My
J. Hartley Manners
Peg O
Peg
Laurette Taylor
Talking Pictures
Revival Effort Sparks Red Rock Church Meeting
In Red Rock near the Pleasantville road the Bethel church hosts revival meetings. Pastor George Johnson, a Des Moines native staying with his father, preached in a tent by the slough and Red Rock Bluffs. After three weeks his efforts drew strong attendance and notable improvements in the community.
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Red Rock
Old Bethel Church
Pleasantville Road
Slough
George Johnson
Des Moines
George
Sunday School Union Meeting at Red Rock
Missionary H. L. Van Dellen reports from Marion County Union Sunday Schools annual gathering at Red Rock. Attendees heard Rev George Johnson orated, church upkeep discussions, and praise for the Lord. Van Dellen notes George Johnson's good health after a recent illness and praises the Bible fellowship.
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Christ
Union -Sunday School
Bethel
Washington Church
Knoxville
Washington
Fifield
Red Rock
Marion County Union Sunday Schools
George Johnson
George
H. L. van Dellen
American Sunday School Union
Reforestation Army Eats Vast Daily Rations
A War Department check on the Civilian Conservation Corps shows 300000 members consuming about 1 042 carloads of bacon beef coffee and food every 30 days. The intake includes 1125000 pounds bacon 5625000 pounds potatoes 2250000 pounds pork 6750000 pounds flour 1125000 pounds coffee 2812500 pounds sugar and 1125006 pounds onions.
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War Department
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Potts Declares Individual Debts Responsibility
On and after Sept. 5 1938 John A Potts of 1410 Princeton Ave Kalamazoo Michigan states he will not be responsible for any debts contracted by anyone but himself starting from that date.
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John A. Potts
Princeton Ave
Kalamazoo, Mich
Ex-sea captain’s daughter and the auto toy-ride joke
A gruff sea captain berates his daughter for returning late after a date. She quips that they were becalmed as one tire deflated, causing them to wait for wind to rise again, turning the moment into a nautical pun.
Not a single story headline but a collage of quips and ads
A fragmented page offers courtroom quips on sentencing and jokes about hotel detectives. It markets Glow Heaters Arvin heaters and water Kent radios with battery deals. Small vignettes and ad copy discuss batteries flashlights and a dying wife candle joke.
Local Produce Quotes and Sale Prices Broadcast
Local produce dealers list wheat oats and poultry items including spring chickens old hens roosters ducks geese and hogs with price notes. Paint prices reduced outside white 210 gray and buff special 175 and special sale notices reference Buerkens Manufacturing Co. and a good single tub electric washing machine for sale at Star Oil Station inquiries.
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Chicago
Buerkens Mfg. Co
Enquire Star Oil Station
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Sutton
Hugo Ruyper
Frederick Sh
Coxsackie
Rash
Paar
Tale Yiph
Maurice
Pella Theatre
Eppie Fientine
Samuel Goldwyn
Eddie
Cantor
Spain
Lyda Roberte
United Artists Picture
Rio Rita
Aldh AP
Calumet
Cornes
Glen Oak
Clorox
Certo
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Prof
Menninga
Bosch
Jesus Christ
Marie Greiner
Oskaloosa Street
Greiner
Ohio
Pella
Rock Island
C.F. Diestra
Chronicle
van den Berg Electric Co
John Smiths
John Smith
Atwater-Kent
Mr. Farmer
Helen Black
Somme
van Houweling Auto Co
Benteco Grocery
Mahaska County
Oskiloosa
Harry White
Oskaloosa
Iowa
John den Burger
Dan Hoogenakker
Leonard Weyerse
Chronicle Office
J. G. Sybenga
Paul Boertje
H. C. Viersen
Jonathan
Ed. Porter
D. G. Bensink
Marion County
Evans
Aew Reservoir
Peoria
Ill
E. V. Goad
Red 66
Silk Hoafery
Mills
Elestrite al Mlin
Young Nan
Jone
G. Vanyk
Maytag
Dexter
Van’s Motor Service
van Gore
Pella Motor Building
South Dakota
Kansas
Oklahoma
Evans Bldg
Nash
F. W. Huyser
Phone Blue
C. W. Cle
Ainting and Decorating
Gee John Bosveld
Hoeksema Bros
Onstine
Harold Veenstra
Agai
Lautenbach & Ver Dught Insurance Agency
Shinn
Gamble Store
South Side Square
Joe Steintjes
Imc
Elect
Woodrow
Woodrow Wathes
Pella, Iowa
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