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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle Advertiser
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1967
Page
5
Community churches promote Vacation Bible School as a vital summer program for children, stressing early planning, community involvement, and funding from churches rather than parental costs. The piece recalls personal memories, highlights teaching as character shaping, and urges lay and pastor cooperation. It also notes local events and personal notices.
Dr Dan Gilmore was named acting chair of Central College's psychology department announced by Dean James Graham. He arrives from Montana State University Missoula as assistant professor and previously held teaching assistantships during his BA at UC Riverside and UN Reno where he earned his PhD. His work includes a radical behaviorist analysis of aesthetic responding and further publications on aesthetic responding in children. He is a member of the APA AUP Western Psychological Association AAUP and Psi Chi.
Three Penn area students at William Penn College were named to the dean's list for the second semester. Dorothy Willemsen of Lynnville Rozann Burgraaf and Sally Swisher of New Sharon earned GPAs of 3.5 or higher, with Swisher topping the class at 4.000 Willemsen posted 3.8125 and Burgraaf 3.6667, earning half tuition for the next summer term.
A church sponsored message urges daily Bible reading and regular services to build character and civil society. It argues church support strengthens democracy, outlines four reasons to attend, and lists local sponsors in Sully and Pella Iowa communities.
A long list of church schedules across Leighton Ottumwa Kin dergarten to Pella areas reveals morning worship times from 9:30 to 11:00, Sunday School at varying hours, and evening services. Multiple pastors including Vermeer DeJong Wierenga Benes Muyskens Johnson Piersma Zylstra Pontier Sutton and Moore are named with sermon titles such as The Lord's Supper No Pessimism and Understanding Thou Readest.
Berean Baptist Church ends Daily Vacation Bible School with a Sunday evening program. The school enrolled 180 children under 29 teachers and helpers. The Sunday program drew 349 attendees. Children contributed 113 dollars to Missionary Virgil Bunters of Bavaria, Germany.
The fragment lists St Andrews Lutheran Elk Creek at Galesburg area with Pastor David Burmaster and times for Holy Communion on the first Sunday, Worship at 9:30 a.m., and Sunday School at 10:30 a.m. It also references radio programs Back to God Hour and multiple Des Moines Ottumwa stations with various broadcast times and frequencies.
Lynnville Friends Church elected yearly officers for Sunday School led by Ross Ratcliff and Tom Wilson. The report lists juniors to missionary supervision and a comprehensive slate of officers. Separate notes cover members moving, reunions, and Missionary Society activities with attendee families from across Iowa and neighboring states.
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