Pella Chronicle (Newspaper) - October 24, 1963, Pella, Iowa History & Archives Des Moines 19, Iowa dais VOL. 99 16 SECTION ONE of TWO SECTIONS THE PELLA OCTOBER 24, 19G3 NO. 85 Industry Big Weekend One Will be Queen I I Kathy Gosselink Judy Stemsrud Nicole Van Soest 1 i i Sharon Duven Beatrice Werner i i I Barbara Downs g Joan Rosenberg Antha Munsell Coronation of Homecoming Queen will be held in the Chapel at 7 p.m. following a pep rally and The queen will have a court of Cross Country Team Enters Quadrangular Central College's tinned 1963 Cross Country team will take on Dubuque and William Penn in a quadrangular meet at the Pella Country Club at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 26. chances were marred somewhat when Dennis Coach Marinus amazing sprained his ankle after finishing the Simpson meet last His status is still If Karnstedt is healthy by the harriers could give the other three teams a run for their so far this as defeated Penn 26-29; 27-28; Parsons 27-28 and 24-31, and Saturday morning's meet will be part of Homecoming Tough Ground for Tent Stakes up the Pella Industry Days exhibition tent necessitated the use of an air hammer in order to anchor tent ropes to the concrete south side of the Pictured here is Dennis Simon of Des employed by the Tent and Awning as he operates the air Conventional tent stakes were driven into the parking on the park side of the The will be taken down Monday end returned to NEWS Photo SOUTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE STANDINGS 19) Albia 3V61% 700 79 38 Indianola 3 Ms 1 Ms 700 84 66 Knoxville 31 Ms 700 26 Valley 3 2 600 99 61 Winterset 3 2 600 94 26 Chariton 2M2% 500 51 71 Clarke 4 200 48 112 Pella 0 5 000 13 174 The is exhibitors are busy inside Work Start Scheduled for Bridge Across Reservoir Work was scheduled to start Oct. 21, on the substructure of the 5,645-ft. bridge which is to be built over the Des Moines River in Marion county on the Iowa 14 relocation resulting from construction of the Red Rock When this will be the longest bridge in it g has been jf Low bid for the y ture at the letting by the Iowa 1 State Highway Commission at g the meeting of October 8 was submitted by the Schmidt Co. of The approved by the Highway Commission on Oct. 9. Bid also must be approved by the U. S. Corps of Work on the of the which will carry a 30-foot is not scheduled to be completed until April 1, 1965. There will be 41 piers and two Tallest of the piers will measure about 100 feet from the bottom of the footing to the top of the The will involve nearly 131/2 thousand cubic yards of 2,285,000 pounds of reinforcing steel and almost 15 thousand cubic yards of The bridge project was one of 53 on which the Highway commission received low bids totaling Other projects for Marion County included work on farm to market the combined projects totaling over Dubuque Forces are Set For Showdown Schipper Sees His Team In of Shape Head Coach Ron Schipper said football team will be in the best shape since the Iowa Wesleyan game for its Homecoming clash with Dubuque University at Kuyper Stadium Saturday Kickoff time is 2 p.m. Central isn't taking Dubuque Basketball Coach Marinus Kregel has scouted the Spartans several reports the team is at least 50 per cent better now than it was for the season opener with Kregel said Dubuque looked much both offensively and defensively in its 35-12 victory over William Penn last Back in the lineup will be defensive end standout Paul who missed the Simpson game because of Four Sidelined of course will be two regular defensive halfback Jimmy Hall of Des Moines and Offensive fullback Wayne Baker of Hall was lost for the season in the Iowa Wesleyan game with a broken collar Baker will miss at least this game with a continuing bone chip Also missing will be tackle Dan who suffered a knee injury before the opening Baker and Hall are both With the exception of Capt. Mark De team defensive leader and standout all other seniors that will be performing before what promises to be a record Homecoming crowd will play on They are two great Dave and Dale Jim a four-year regular and field leader at competent kickoff man and leading pass Bob and offensive tackle Dale Laing and Danks are three of the best interior linemen a coach could ask Don who handles the guards and has been high in his praise of these Pentico has really developed this year as a blocker and as a pass He has five grabs for 138 yards and two and has the speed to get behind the receivers and the hands to catch the although occasionally hampered by has been a consistant performer at tackle on Verhoeven is from Danks from Reynen from Laing from and Pentico from and De Cook from New Route for Parade A change in the 1963 Central College Homecoming parade route was announced today by chairman Paul The which starts at 10 a.m. will form at West Market Park along Franklin move east to Broadway at the go north around the down Main St. to west on Liberty to south on Broadway to west on Peace to Kuyper The parade will feature a number of two bands and a drill the 1963 Homecoming Queen and her Surber Sisters To Sing Here The Surber noted Gospel singing group from this will be featured in a special program at the Legion Hall here Saturday Oct. 26, at 7:30. People from all churches are invited to this song A offering be Rev. Lee L. Kester Guest Pastor For Homecoming Worship Service The Rev. Lee L. Kester assistant The Reformer N. will be the guest pastor for Central College's special Homecoming worship service Oct. 27, at 11 a.m. in Douwstra a Central graduate and member of the Board of will preach on the the Crossroad of Christian The service will also feature the singing of the Chapel Choir under the direction of Prof. Edith Sedrel LeCocq and with Wayne Greving of Pella as tenor a native of received his B. A. from Central in 1947 and his B. D. from the New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1951. He was ordained by the Westchester (New Classis in 1951. From 1951 to 1954 Kester served as pastor of the Reformed Church at N. Y. before accepting the post at the Bronxville He served as interim at Bronxville from 1962 to 1963. Kester has been a member of Board of Trustees since 1955 and has served on various college While in college here he participated in A Cappella Gospel Varsity Football and Basketball and Was vice president of his senior Bargain Event Also Shares the Spotlight Excitement is building to a high pitch in downtown Pella this No less than three major events are scheduled to take place Friday and Central College's Homecoming and a big bargain celebration by local There will be a festive in the business especially on Franklin street which is already blocked to traffic side of the and filled with industry displays and a big 200 by 40-foot The industry celebration climaxes a state-wide observance of Iowa Industry Some 32 manufacturing or firms classified as arc cooperating in the local Many of them will be displaying the products they manufacture or grow in the exhibition tent or on the street Friday and The exhibition tent is open to the Admission is GUESS NUMBER EMPLOYED Pella patrons will be invited to enter a guessing contest in the tent the five persons who guess nearest the total number of persons employed in Pella by Pella industrial will receive Prizes ure listed in an advertisement found elsewhere in this Employees of local industries will be wearing numbered lapel buttons tomorrow and And each of some fifty merchants here will be displaying from two to twenty numbers on the The lucky numbers worn by when matched with the numbers posted in any of the following business will be good for who will post lucky Bakker & Rus Black's Style Soppe Boat & Bob's Clothing Book Store Central Park Cafe Card & Gift Shop Coffee Shop De Jong Floral Don's Radio & TV Coop Station Coop Lumber Gamble Store Gosselink Radio & TV Hunters Jaarsma Bakery Kroes Barber Shop Music House Lee's Variety Leydens Auto Sales Nick's Greenhouse Ideal Pharmacy Pella Chronicle Pella Bootery Pella Floor Crafters Rexall Drug Schiebout Tire Shop Star Oil Stravers Hardware Super Valu Tysseling & De Wild Sinclair The Grille Pella Belle Tromp Glass & Paint Ulrich Meat Market Ulrich Motor Co. Van Berkum Appliance Van Den Berg Electric Vander Ploeg Bakery Van Van's Food Market Coast to Coast Hardware Vos Shopping Center TV Service White Way Auto Wilson Jewelers Wormhoudt & Wormhoudt Furniture Many of the above listed merchants will be offering bargains this weekend as an added stimulant to downtown Check the ads in this issue and find the best buys are offered by hometown TWO-DOLLAR BILLS will not be a scarce item here for Most industry employees cither already or will oi the Rev. E. G. Ward Iowa Baptist Convention Names Rev. E. G. Ward At the recent meetings of the Iowa Baptist Convention in where more than 1000 delegates and visitors attended the session of the Iowa Baptist Rev. Everett G. minister of the First Baptist church ol Pella was elected vice The Iowa Baptist Convention has about 160 cooperating churches and nearly 30,-000 baptized Rev. Ward has also elected vice president of the Roger Williams a study group within the American Baptist Convention that meets semi-annually to discuss current theological From Nov. 4 through 7, he will be attending a conference at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago where the theme will be Concerns of the CROP Drive Set For November 4 Volunteers here for the Christian Rural Overseas Program meeting last Friday at Trinity Reformed set November 4 as the date for the annual CROP drive in the Pella John E. Ter Louw of the CROP committee hope to receive a car load of corn during the and have it ready to ship by Nov. 26." It was the CROP committee's decision that there would not be a door-to-door solicitation this Both rural and city residents are urged to contribute either cash or corn at their most convenient beginning Nov. 4. Corn donations will be received at the Co-op Exchange in South and a crib for CROP will be set up at Cash donations for CROP will be accepted by Vernon at the Marion County State FINE ARTS October 31, 8:30 p.m. Fine Arts Festival on the Central College Campus for the Fifth District Iowa of Women's bills which arc being issued in payrolls by many of the manufacturing firms in The bills are reminders of the impact industries have on the local Feature stories on each of the 32 Pella industries appear inside this The stories tell what each manufacturer plans to display in the big exhibition tent during the two-day
