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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1924
Page
7
Developments in the Pella Chronicle Big Automobile Prize Contest show massive voting, with hundreds of thousands of votes cast. The outcome hinges on actions between now and the first period end on October 4, as subscriptions can shift leaders and reshape the race.
Motivational political rally call urging instant action to maximize votes. Emphasizes urgency and staying active through the big vote period. Warns of decline after October 4 and halving after October 18, urging discreet, swift, persistent effort to secure victory.
A 5 year Chronicle subscription plan promises 1 000 000 votes with regular and special extras. Each club of $20 yields 50 000 additional votes while the first period schedule applies. Twenty five year subscriptions could reach a million votes toward the Grand Capital Prize of a Buick Master Six. Act quickly and recruit twenty friends.
A survey across five states shows 3.15 percent of farm people enrolled in high schools versus 3.55 percent of non-farm residents. The piece argues that rural youth increasingly benefit from consolidated schools, challenging the view that farmfolk lack access to education and stressing high school value for all futures.
After a month of using the High School building and its janitor, the Second Reformed Church resumes worship in its own building next Sunday. Painters under Mr Van Dyke finish work. scaffolds vanish and litter is removed. Communion service in the morning, rededication at night with special music including a solo by Mrs Liggett. The pastor to preach on "The House of the Lord."
Beginning October 1 most Pella drug stores will close at six each evening except Saturday. IDEAL PHARMACY PURITAN DRUG CO. VANDER LINDEN'S DRUG STORE will adjust hours to the earlier curfew.
Chronicle lists candidate standings through Sept 24 in alphabetical order. Next count due Oct 1 with calls to subscribe. includes names such as Dorothy Bean Bosch King Le Cocq Mathes Mensch Rickabaugh Riherd Roush Tyselling and others from Pella Otley Cordova Percy. Numeric entries appear garbled.
Two girls from the state industrial school at Mitchellville, Blanche Boyer and Nola Kaufmann, walked about thirty miles from Nobleton toward Ottumwa, seeking custody. Mayor Johnson arranged for their return to the school, and they spent the night in the lock-up before officials retrieved them the next day. The girls, aged about fourteen and fifteen, wore the school dress and offered their self-reported reasons for the attempted trip.
The Iowa State Teachers Association in Des Moines will host a Friday evening Jubilee concert for the 70th anniversary, featuring Mme Helen Stanley soprano Paul Althouse tenor and Arthur Middleton baritone. The Des Moines Chamber of Commerce backs the presentation as part of the convention program. John De Cook of Maurice and Dave De Cook of Milford visited Pella last week due to their father’s illness.
The piece argues three weeks have passed since a Pella Chamber of Commerce discussion on opening the White Way detour before bad weather. It criticizes the Board of Supervisors for delays and an injunction, endorses Mr. Vander Ploeg’s offer to lift the injunction or reappraise, and urges starting work promptly to remove a dangerous detour between Pella and Otley.
Game Warden John W. Newman of Brooklyn Iowa arrested Punk Lubberden and Clarence Rouwenhorst last week for hunting without a license on land they leased near the Warren's Mill bridge. They went to Oskaloosa, pleaded not guilty, and after bringing an attorney to court the warden withdrew charges and the men were released to return to their Skunk River shack to hunt and fish freely again.
The troop announces new leadership with Mr Baker from Knoxville replacing a former scout master. They seek more recruits to grow the group, plan a treasure hunt next Friday at 2:00 from Puritan drug store, and hold a regular meeting next Tuesday at 7:30 with no school.
Weather hindered gravel spreading on the Eveland county road between Oskaloosa and Beacon. C W Wilson of Harvey, awarded the contract, has surfaced over half a mile since work began a few weeks ago. Finishing is targeted for early next month. Officials have asked Oskaloosa to gravel the Beacon road from South D Street paving to the county line, but the council has not acted.
Dr A P Fankhauser has sold his chiropractic office and practice to Dr P C Van Dyke of Platte South Dakota. The new owner is expected to decide on a location, while Dr and Mrs Fankhauser plan future moves after establishing a large local practice since his return from army discharge.
Samples from Mahaska county farms show seepage with traces of oil as geologists confirm potential discovery. Local chemists are testing the samples while interested parties seek detailed analysis from commercial laboratories. An old geologist notes a complete investigation will be conducted.
The Chronicle corrects last week’s report about a child killed near Otley. The crash happened at the old road corner, not the new road corner. The driver admitted speeding and failing to make the corner, with responsibility resting on the father who was driving.
The eighteenth annual conference of the Women's Missionary Union of the Classis of Pella Reformed Church of America met at First Reformed Church. Sessions ran 10 am 2 pm and 7:30 pm with good district church attendance. Returned missionaries addressed and speakers included Rev G J Pennings Miss Marie Muyskens Miss Leona Vander Linden and Rev G A Watermulder. Local pastors supported the event though officers and finances were not reported.
Wm Van Wely formerly based in Monroe and Pleasantville has purchased the Holland Meat Market in Pella. He and Arie Schilder, longtime local operators, will preserve home slaughtering and in house sausage production, sustaining Pella’s reputation for fresh products and local employment.
Rev E A Swickard is named pastor of the Pella Methodist Church after arriving from Deep River Iowa. He preached last Sunday and will lead services regularly as his household moves into the parsonage.
The band will give an extra concert in the park on Tuesday evening of next week. This concert will be an extra program. Those who have not heard the band during the summer months will now be able to hear the organization. All come out, Goodrich Tires-Byers Battery Shop.
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