Letter from Lake Geneva details drownings of Pella girls
Elkhorn judge’s detailed letter to Rev. Bailey recounts the 1913 Lake Geneva tragedy. Seven Pella women rowed two boats toward Conference Point as a gale rose, with No. 17 rescued by a launching crew before 4:20 PM and No. 26 carried farther out, unable to reach the shore. The account lists names Della King Lucy King Foelker Gezel Pettit DeGeus Krumholtz and describes perilous conditions and rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Bailey
Judge Lyon
Elkhorn
Wis
Pella
Professor Powell
Dr. Bailey
Iowa
Bailey
Lucile Powell
Central College
Della King
Lucy King
Miss Della King
Miss DeGeus
Miss Gezel
Miss Petit
Miss Krumholtz
Miss Foelker
Miss de Geus
Miss de
Seipp’s
No. 17
Conference Point
Y. W. C. A. Camp
Williams Bay
The
Camp accident recalls peril on lake during strong wind
An accident at a Y M C A camp on Lake Geneva stranded five girls in a small boat amid a furious wind. Miss Lucy King, nearly swamped, clung to an oar and rope until Captain Daily aboard the steamer Lovely rescued her. The camp's safety measures and staff, including boat crews and lifeguards, were noted as continually improving.
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Lucy King
Lovely
Selpp’s Point
Williams Bay
Leffens
Leffen
J. 8. Horton
Frank Ashmore
Swatow
China
Baptist Foreign Missionary?Society
Maurice Price
University of Chicago
Ira M. Price
Joe Taylor
Cheng-tu
Emnery Price
Shipley
Wright
State Board of Health
Miss Barnwell Recital Delights Pella Audience
Miss Hazel M. Barnwell, elocution teacher at Central College, gave her first public recital in Pella. The program mixed humor and pathos, displaying her control and genuineness. Musical numbers by Thomas, Reerink, and Westervelt complemented the evening, held under the Ladies Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel M. Barnwell
Central College
Pella
Earth
Kipling
Mandalay
Ralph Westervelt
Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Quebec
Camp safety and responses after lake tragedy
A letter from Jay F. Lyon describes conference leaders and camp staff working to prevent further accidents at Y W C A camps. He praises community support, notes Miss Louise Brooks action, and emphasizes strengthened precautions and vigilant care for youth at Lake Geneva and other sites. He recalls meeting families and comforting Lucy King, ending with best wishes.
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Gezel
DeGeus
King
Baylor
Lucy King
Lake Geneva
Jay F. Lyon
First Reformed Church Notes No Evening Service Next Sunday
The First Reformed Church announces there will be no evening service next Sunday due to communion Sunday.
Second Reformed Church Sermon Series Service Times
The pastor continues the series on the Sermon on the Mount with a morning sermon and an evening sermon on The Divinity of our Lord. Continuation of last Sunday's address. All are welcome. Services at 10 45 a m and 7 30 p m.
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Our
Sermon Series on Esther at Baptist Church Begins Sunday
Beginning next Sunday evening the Pastor will preach a series of sermons from Esther and the choir will sing the music Esther in seven parts with one part each Sunday. Soloists include Esther the Queen Cecile Mincks Ahasuerus the King Ralph Westervelt Mordecai the Jew Harry Maxwell Haman The King's Counsellor Guy Churchill Zerish Haman's wife Marie Lauren Prof. McIntire.
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Esther
Cecile Mincks
Ahasuerus
Ralph Westervelt Mordecai
Harry Maxwell Haman
Guy Churchill Zerish
Haman
Marie Lauren- Merna Thomas
McIntire
Council Meeting Hears Water Mains Extension Plans
The council met in regular session with the mayor and all members present. Simon DeHaan and others petitioned to extend water mains one block on South Street and one block on W First Street and the petition was referred. A Third Reformed church request for one Main Street connection was referred. A remonstrance against paving Oskaloosa Street near the depot was read but not granted. The resolution preliminarily paving several streets passed after objections were overruled. Notices to property owners along paving streets to connect to water mains and sewer within thirty days were ordered. C Braastad’s drain layer license bond was approved and a sewer outlet bond of 500 dollars with interest paid noted. The Light Department reported for the month. Schriner reported low well levels and sand in the filtering gallery, ordered removed. Bids for unloading 150 tons of mains and hydrants and digging a trench for 10 000 feet of mains were ordered published before adjournment.
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Simon DeHaan
South Street
W. First Street
Third Reformed Church
Main
Oskaloosa Street
C. Braashart
Schriner
Rev VanderWerf resigns to take church mission post
Rev S VanderWerf announced to his First Reformed Church congregation that he will accept the secretaryship of the Board of Domestic Missions of the Reformed Church, with headquarters in Holland Michigan. He begins the new work around November 1. He has led the church for eight years, guiding remodeling and city civic efforts, and the community expresses regret at his departure.
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S. VanderWerf
First Reformed Church
Board of Domestic Missions of
The
Reformed Church
Holland
Mich
VanderWerf
Pella
Mr. van derWerf
Next Reunion At Pella For Civil War 33rd Regiment
At the recent reunion of the 33rd Town civil war veterans in Oskaloosa, it was unanimously decided to hold the next gathering at Pella. Marion county members elected officers including President Stephen De Cook and Vice President Martin Englesma, with Gerrit Vander Kamp as secretary and Mrs. Thomas W. Cox as treasurer, all of Pella. About 135 of 300 survivors attended. Pella’s long history with the 33rd is noted, with many from Pella enlisted and more likely to have served in the regiment. Some veterans have passed away since the last meeting, but reunions remain worthwhile as long as comrades remain. The tail end notes that regimental reunions may soon fade, and Pella is proud to host the 38rd reunion in two years.
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33Rd Town Regiment
Oskaloosa
Pella
Marion County
Stephen de Cook
Martin Englesma
Gerrit Vander Kamp
Thomas W. Cox
City of Pella seeks bids to unload cast iron mains
Bids will be received for unloading cast iron water mains specials lead and hydrants totaling about 150 tons Materials and delivery locations are on file with the city clerk Bids must be filed with the city clerk by September 30 1913 The council reserves the right to reject any or all bids By order of the council of the city of Pella
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Pella
Monkman Named New Pastor at Pella M E Church
Rev Jesse A Monkman, formerly at Killduff Iowa, is introduced as the new pastor of the Pella M E Church. Residents of Killduff hosted a farewell for theMonkmans with more than two hundred Methodists attending a parsonage gathering after their four years there. The transfer followed a conference decision by the Bishop at Oskaloosa. the Killduff congregations regret losing them but welcome the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Monkman
G. E. Monkman
Killduff
Jesse Monkman
Pleasant View
Mt. Zion
Grace Chapel
Oskaloosa
Pella
Card of Thanks from the Degeus Family
Mr and Mrs C Degeus express gratitude to friends neighbors pastors and others for aid and sympathy during their bereavement their efforts are sincerely appreciated.
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C. Degeus
Knoxville Boosters Plan Old Home Week Tour
A Knoxville business group aiming to promote the city and advertise Old Home Week October 13 to 18 will visit Pella next Thursday. They will tour the county by car for two days, arriving in Pella on the morning of the second day.
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Knoxville
Pella
Trial jurors named for September term district court
The list shows trial jurors for the September term led by Judge Fahey. Names include John Ahn Marysville Don Lieby Marysville J H Wagaman Marysville L L Anspach Bussey William Johnson Bussey Ed Mahaffey Bussey Ben Blommers Pella Nathan Firth Pella H Paul Scholte Pella Govert VanArkel Pella H VanVark Pella H VandenOever Pella K VerHey Pella G A Vos Pella G H Wormhoudt Pella Joseph Brees Knoxville W E Clark Knoxville A Conkhite Knoxville Lloyd Crozier Knoxville Mike Murphy Knoxville W F Wetherall Knoxville G H Fennema Otley William A Vriezelaar Otley A Flanagan Pleasantville T J Grier Pleasantville Harry Hollowell Pleasantville Frank Holt Pleasantville J L Speed Jr Pleasantville Grover Plummer Pleasantville P W Polson Pleasantville G E Hunerdosse Lacona Fred Fridlington Harvey E Watters Percy Govert Williams Cordova William Reeser Everist Grand jurors will report September 30 at 1 30.
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District Court
John Ahn
Marysville
Don Lieby
J. H. Wagaman
L. L. Anspach
Bussey
William Johnson
Ed Mahaffey
Ben Blommers
Pella
Nathan Firth
G. A. Vos
G. H. Wormhoudt
Joseph Brees
Knoxville
W. E. Clark
A. Conkhite
Lloyd Crozier
Mike Murphy
W. F. Wetherall
G. H. Fennema
Otley
William A. Vriezelaar
A. Flanagan
Pleasantville
T. J. Gr
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Stephen A. Haboush
Palestine
Central
College
Haboush
Merna Thomas
Parker
Lack
Valse Arabesque
Dora Reerink
Louise Brooks
Colorado
Silver Beach
Lake St. George
Miss Lucy King
Captain Daily
Jrest
Jesse’ A Monkman
Pella M. E. Church
A. O.-Val
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