Community Calendar for June Activities Update
List of local events includes meetings at home of Pegpy Pierson and Jauline Tysseling, Pella Christian Grade School picnic with dinner 5 to 7 p.m., Newcomer Coffee at West Minot Park, officer elections, scuba diving classes, Jaycee ice cream social at Legion Hall. Strong entities: Pegpy Pierson Jauline Tysseling Pella Christian Grade School West Minot Park Jaycee Legion Hall. Dates June 1 4 6 8 11.
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Pegpy Pierson
Gosselink
Jaycee
Legion Hall
Winners Listed In Knickerbocker Poem Contest
The Knickerbocker Creative Writing Contest winners are announced by editors Timothy K. Sen and Paul H. Wolbrink. First prize goes to Mike O'Donnell for Amutance and Mary Matkey for Great Exhvolations or to be or not to be. Second prize awarded to Paul Stout for Watched Him. Special mentions include Carol Herzog Jr for an unnamed poem and Connie Hunter for Mell n Schroeder for In Memorandum. The Knickerbocker Central campus literary zine is published each Spring.
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Annal Knickerbocker
Timothy K.‘sen
Paul H. Wolbrink
Mike O'Donnell
Slater
Amu~tance
Mary Matkey
Paul Ho Stout
Carol Herzog, Jr
North Brunswick
Connie Hunter
Melln Schroeder
San Cat- Mog
Calif
Mike O ° Bonnell
Knickerbocker
Central
Historical Society Buys West Van Spanckeren Lot
The Pella Historical Society announced the purchase of two homes directly west of the Van Spanckeren store from John J. Buwalda. It plans to expand the Historical Museum by incorporating back yards into development while continuing to rent the two homes’ apartments to private residents until plans are finalized.
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The
Pella
John J. Buwalda
the Historical Society
Garden Club pledges 1000 for Beason Mill project
The Pella Garden Club voted unanimously to donate 1000 to the Beason Mill restoration, bringing their four year total to 4000. The May meeting at Mrs. Carl Boat's home also discussed hosting District 5 Garden Clubs of Iowa, beautification efforts, a new garden center at the library, and a county board note urging restraint on weed spray with safer application and road ditch planning.
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Pella
Dora Carson
County Attorney Warns on Driving Safety Drive
Marion County Attorney Pat Myers announces an all-out county enforcement push to cut deaths and injuries on roads. In cooperation with Governor Harold E. Hughes, the May 29 to July 8 1968 period is declared a forty-day Reverence for Human Life in Iowa campaign urging motorists to drive safely and targeting serious habitual violators.
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Pat Myers
Marion County
Myers
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Roadside Plant Drive Proposed for Red Rock Dam Area
The Pella Garden Club envisions a roadside planting project in scenic locales. They plan to develop an area on the Pella side of the Red Rock Dam to showcase attractive plantings in a future effort.
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Pella Garden Club
Pella
Red Rock Dam
General Synod of Reformed Church Meets at Michigan Trip
The General Synod of the Reformed Church in America discusses Plan of Union with the Presbyterian Church U.S. and other reforms at the 162nd session in 1908 hosted by University Reformed Church in Ann Arbor Michigan. Delegates and officers are listed, with faculty talks on social change and university influence. Women’s Day and a campus tour are scheduled, and the church outlines its demographics and delegate headcount.
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Grand Rapids
Genral Synod
Prent
Harold J. Schut
Raymond van Leukelem
Th.d
General Synod
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Mod
University of Michigan
Robert D. Winter
School of Social Work
Richard L. Cutler
Calvin S. Malefyt
University Reformed Church
William Haber
Science
George S. Odiorne
Kenneth L. Pike
Albert H. Wheeler
Jane Gibson Likert
The
Reformed Church In America
New York
California
New Jersey
Michigan
Iowa
Illinois
Terlouw Receives Drake Scholarship for Sophomore Year
Chuck Terlouw of Prairie City has been notified by Drake University officials that he is the recipient of a $1200 scholastic scholarship for his sophomore year at the University. He is enrolled in the College of Business Administration and a member of Phi Eta Sigma Scholastic Honor Fraternity. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Terlouw of Prairie City and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Terlouw, live at 500 Lincoln St. in Pella.
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Chuck Terlouw
Prairie City
Drake University
Chuck
College of Business Administration
Phi Etta Sigma
Gerald Terlouw
A. J. Terlouw
Lincoln St
Pella
Central graduates 168 largest class in history
Central College honored 168 seniors at spring commencement in the First Reformed Church of Pella. Honorary degrees went to Tomio Muto and Dr. Raymond R. Van Heukelem and Dr. Charles Coph en haver. Faculty awards and retirements were noted, with Dr. Laura Nanes Griffith retiring after joining the faculty in 1939.
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Central College
First Reformed Church
A. D. Lubbers
Central
First Reformed Church of
Pella
Tomio Muto
Meiji
Gakuin
Japan
The
Reformed Church In America
Raymond R. van Heukelem
Orange City
Charles Copenhaver
Bronxville
N.Y
Reformed Church
Alice Lammers
Edith Sedrel le Cocq
Laura Nanes Griffith
Graham Hall
Muto
Lubbers
Meiji Gaukin
RCA
Paul F. Sharp
Drake University
Des Moines
Stanley urges courage to stand alone at Pella commencement
State Senator David Stanley of Muscatine spoke to the Pella graduating class on courage and integrity. He urged citizens to defend individual rights, vote, and pursue better government from local to international levels, citing Edmund Ross as an example of standing by what is right despite personal cost.
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David Stanley
Muscatine
United States Senior
Pella Communi
Stanley
United Nations
Edmund
Four Central graduates accept teaching positions
Four 1968 Central College graduates from the Pelli area will teach in the 1968-69 school year. Joyce Schippers of 1413 W 1st St will teach upper elementary social studies and math in the Winzedars Community Schools, Bussey Iowa. Keith Nollen of RR 2 will teach geography in Omaha Nebraska. Linda Bogaard of 315 Washington will teach second grade in Carpentersville Illinois. Carol Franken of 508 W 1st will teach junior high home economics in Denver Colorado.
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Central College
Pelli Area
Joyce Schippers
Marvin Schippers
W. 1St St
Arnold Bogaard
Washington
Carpentersville
Carol Franken
Henry Franken
W. Ist
Denver
Colo
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Jane Heerema
Tomi Steward
Nancy Cruzen
Kay Butler
Carol Hedrick
Jake Kuitwaard
Garden Club
Beason Blummers Mill
County Board of Supervisors
Marion
Consultation On Church Union
COCU
National Council of Churches
NCC
Synod
Donna Vander Waal
Herbert Vander Waal
Chronicle Photo
Sen
Ross
Kansas
Andrew Johnson
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