Tulip City Saddle Club June Events and Show
Local clubs announce a series of community gatherings in June. Events include a cream social at Jon Hall 6:00 p.m. Saturday June 15 at Leg Theater Creek Lake, a June 16 musical by Otley Reformed Church choir at Ebenezer Leighton, a June 20 Dutch Masters Auto Club meeting at 8:00 p.m. upstairs Legion, a June 22 horse show at Leonard Schippers home hosted by Tulip City Saddle Club, and a June 22 King’s Helpers ice cream social at Sully park 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. to benefit a Korean orphan.
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Tulip City Saddle Club
Leonard Schippers
Tulip City
Rev Harmon Wierenga Takes New Post at West Synod
The Rev Harmon Wierenga announced to the Second Reformed Church congregation that he will leave Pella this summer to become Director of church planning and development for the Reformed Church in America Synod of the West. He will oversee new congregations, program planning, and ministry in underprivileged areas across California Washington Oregon Arizona and west of the Rocky Mountains. Wierenga has pastored Second Reformed six years and will move with his family to the Los Angeles area around September 1.
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Harmon Wierenga
Second Reformed Church
Pellae
The
Reformed Church
Amer Synod
West
New York
California
Washington
Oregon
Arizona
Rocky Mountains
Wierenga
Second
Los Angeles
Two Sully Boys Die In Rock Creek Lake Tragedy
Funeral services are set for Curtis Maasdam and Monte Jansen, both seven, after drowning at Rock Creek Lake east of Sully. The brothers, cousins, were on inflated inner tubes when they disappeared. their bodies were recovered within 20 minutes. Curtis was born September 24, 1960, and Monte October 23, 1960, with survivors including parents, siblings, and grandparents. Burial at Sully Cemetery.
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Sully
Rock Creek Lake
Kel
Christian Reformed Church
Darrell Hurley
Jasper County
Curtis Maasham
Grinnell
Pella
Monte Joel Jansen
Third Armored Vets Schedule July Reunion
Veterans of the Third Armored division will hold their 21st annual reunion at Hotel Fort Des Moines July 25 27. Men who served with the Spearhead division in World War II are invited. Information from Paul W Cortipan 38 Exchange St Lynn MA 01901. Robert Walter Roorda of Pella served with the division in World War II.
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Third Armored Division
Fort Des Moines
Paul W. Cortipan
Exchange St
Lynn
Mass
Robert Walter Roorda
Pella
Drake University hosts six week teaching methods institute
Mrs. Cornelius Vande Ree of 1932 Broadway is among 38 selected participants in a six week program at Drake University. The institute aims to equip teachers with methods for teaching college bound high school students in composition.
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Cornelius Vande Ree
Broadway
Drake University
Rose Exhibit Opens at Newton June 23
The Southwest district rose society will hold its annual rose show at the Newton shopping center on Sunday June 23. Entries start at 6 am and must be in place by 10 am when judging begins. The show will open to the public at 1 pm.
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Rose Society
Newton
New Pella Peoria Road Opening Set for June 19
Mahaska county engineer Robert W. Killion reports the 4.8 mile section of the New Pella to Peoria highway is poured and set to open to traffic June 19 after 14 days curing. The 6.19 mile project links Pella to New Sharon and Galesburg with all weather concrete, includes signs and shoulders, and began May 8 from the South Skunk river bridge north toward Marion county.
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Pella
Peoria
Nother
Galesburg
Jasper County
Robert W. Killion
Mahaska
Killion
New Sharon
Taintor
Mahaska County
Marion County
South Skunk River
Booth Associates, Inc
Sioux F
Kearns
Sully
Variety Awaits Band Listeners At City Concert
A second city band concert Friday at 8 p.m. in Central Park offers a diverse program including marches pop tunes movie selections polkas and patriotic numbers. The set list features Mancini Sousa Montiverdi and Barrera arranged pieces such as La Cucaracha Washington Post March and The Star Spangled Banner among others.
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Central Park
Ott Mancini
Lestintoral Morire Monteverdi
Gia H Sole Dal
McRae
America
Dragon
Washington Post
Sousa
Dedication Of Airport With Open House At Pella
The Pella municipal airport dedication on Saturday June 29 will feature a short ceremony and an open house from 1 to 4 pm. The event has attracted stamp and mail collectors with pieces mailed from Pella on that date. The imprint shows an airplane circling tulips growing from a wooden shoe with event name place and date. Earl Wohlman chairs the citizens airport committee, Frank Berlin and Iowa Aeronautics officials attend, Tulip Time queen Judy De Cook and court will serve coffee, speeches planned by Pohlman Mayor Caldwell and Berlin, and as many as 50 planes are expected from other areas.
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Pella
Keith Alrich
Chamber — of Commerce
Frank Berlin
Iowa Aeronautics Commission
Judy de Cook
Marvin Monsma Named Assistant Director at Calvin College
Marvin E. Monsma a 1952 Pella Christian graduate and son of Mrs John Monsma 418 Elm St has been named assistant director of the Calvin college and seminary library in Grand Rapids Michigan He is a Calvin College graduate with further degrees from Michigan State University and the University of Michigan He joined the Calvin faculty in 1965 after teaching language arts in several Michigan Christian high schools He is married to the former Se Gress and they have two children Kristy Lynn and Kuuverly Sue.
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Marvin E. Monsma
Pella
Arlo Knowles Leads Area Security Alarm Distributor
Arlo H. Knowles, longtime Rosscreen engineer, resigns to head Automatic Security Alarms, a Des Moines area distributor for Dictograph Security Systems. Dictograph makes burglar and fire alarm devices with a feature to quickly locate problems for police and fire officials.
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Arlo H. Knowles
Independence St
Rosscreen Company
Des Moines
Dictograph
Knowles
Automatic
Synod calendar sets June 30 as day of fasting prayer
General Synod of the Reformed Church in America met in Ann Arbor Michigan and set Sunday June 30 as a day of prayer for peace in Vietnam. Members are urged to fast and give sacrificial offerings for civilian war victims and to provide spiritual ministry to armed forces youth and conscientious objectors. The resolution also expressed sympathy to Senator Robert Kennedy’s family and approved a $5 043 000 budget for world and North American missions and related programs. The program will be led by a 60 member board.
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General Synod of the Reformed Church In America
Ann Arbor
Mich
Vietnam
General Synod
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Synod
Maggie Vander Pol Dies Rites Friday
Maggie Eysink Vander Pol 71 widow of Guy G. Vander Pol of Lynnville died Wednesday at Skiff Memorial hospital Newton. Funeral Friday June 14 at 2 p.m. Van Dyk-Duven funeral home. Rev. John S. Ter Louw officiating. Burial Dairy Grove cemetery northeast of Pella. Survived by two children Dorothy Vander Pol Champaign Illinois and Delmar Vander Pol Lynnville, two brothers Gerrit Eysink Pella and John Eysink Route 1 Sully, a sister Tenis Van Wyk Monroe, and two grandchildren Paul Bogaard 505 West Third St. Also noted Emory University degree recipient.
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Maggie Eysink Vander Pol
Guy G. Vander Pol
Lynnville
Skiff Memorial Hospital
Newton
van Dyk-Duven
John S. Ter Louw
Dairy Grove
Pella
Vander Pol
Dorothy Vander Pol
Champaign
Delmar Vander Pol
Gerrit Eysink
John Eysink
Sully
Tenis van Wyk
Monroe
Record Rain Totals Strike Pella Area in 1967
Heavy Monday rain set a yearly record in Pella with 1.65 inches noted by Dr. B. L. Flikkema. Winds and hail accompanied the storm, causing negligible damage and temporarily halting row-crop tilling. Farmers resumed hay mowing Tuesday as moisture helps crops recover from a drier spell. Telephone service disruptions affected Fowler with 176 lines out. crews restored service by Tuesday evening.
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Pella
BL. Flikkema
Fowler TelePhone Company
Peoria
Fowler
Wierenga wins Phillips academy scholarship
Robert Wierenga son of the Rev and Mrs Harmon Wierenga will join Phillips Academy Andover this September as one of 12 scholars chosen for character and academics from Des Moines Register and Tribune carrier salesmen. The award covers tuition and living expenses and can renew after a year based on performance.
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Robert Wierenga
Harmon Wierenga
Phillips Academy
Andover
Des Moines Register and Tribune Carrier
Robert
Pella Community High School
Pella
Arie De Joode Enters Marion County Sheriff Race
Arie De Joode, Pleas anton town night marshal and farmer, declares as Democratic candidate for sheriff of Marion county. A 13 child, he grew up on a Marion county farm and served in the U S Navy 1943 1946 with the Third Amphibious Force in the Pacific. He is married to Maxine Bachman and they have four children Michael Dennis Gary Patricia and Larry. The De Joode family resides on a 40 acre farm near Pleasantville.
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Arie de Joode
Pleasanville
Marion County
de Joode
Gertrude D. Joode
U.S. Navy
Third Amphibious
Pacific
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Maxine Bachman
Frank Bachman
Pleasantville High School
Michael
198Th Infantry
Long Bein
Vietnam
Dennis
Gary
Patricia
Larry
Pleasantville
Y Teen Toy Drive Aims At Tornado Victims In Iowa
Y teens from Central College campus organize a summer conference toy drive for Oelwein tornado victims. They request new unwrapped toys and monetary donations, with collection sites at Van’s Market and Super Val. Volunteers coordinate Friday pickup and distribution to help displaced children recover a sense of normalcy.
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Y-teens
Iowa
Central College
Oelwein
Van's Market
Pelee
Ana
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S Up
Jon Hall
H. Wierenga
State Park Lake
Curtis Maasdam
Lawrence Maasdam
Ronald L. Jansen
Wayne Tripp
First Reformed Church of
Paul Bakker
Sully Cemetery
Van_Dyk-Duven funeral home
Red Rock
Knoxville
Third Armored Vets
Johnson
Reed - Mancini
Swing
la Mancha
Arr
Erickson
Little Bird
Mia Mancha” “the Impossible Dream” the Star Spangled Banner
Wwe Satay
Leo
Rosalie van Vark
Central Drive
West Okoboji Lake
van Vark
Parkview
Arnolds Park
Brad
Kent
Lynne
Rosscreen Co
Pella City
Pohlman
C. B. Caldwell
Berlin
Pella, Iowa
Marvin Monsma
Calvin College
Arlo Knowles
Maggie Vander Pol
Paul Bogaard
West Third St
Emory University
Atlanta
Phillips
Phillipe
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