Men In The Service Briefs From Gilman To Peoria
Dennis E. Van Wyk of Gilman completed basic training at Fort Bliss Texas and trains at Fort Ord California as an army cook. Marine Pvt Jim A Howe of New Sharon graduated eight weeks of training in San Diego and heads to combat training. James Vander Pol of Pella joined the Seabees for duty in Vietnam after prior army service. Peoria Stockyards softball team schedules six games through mid July under lights. American Legion routs Leighton 11 to 0 at Leighton with strong pitching and defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis E. van Wyk
Herbert van Wyk
Gilman
Fort. Bliss
Tex
Ord
Calif
Pvt
van Wyk
Pella
Jerald
Dennis van Wyk
Co. B
Iston
Fort Ord
Jim A. Howe
Robert L. Howe
New Sharon
Marine Corps Recruits Depot
San Diego
Marine Corps
Peoria Stockyards
Tony Bokhoven
Leighton
Bakker & Rus
Kiwanis Club Leads Four-Team Pella Girls League
Kiwanis Club tops the four team Pella girls league with a 3-0 start led by Nick’s, Leighton, and Pella National. Games are Tuesday 6:30 at junior high diamonds. standings show Kiwanis 3-0, Leighton and Pella National tied near. June results include Kiwanis 10 Leighton 2 and Kiwanis 12 Pella National in early action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Junio
Pella National Bank
Bob Vander Waal
Kiwanis Club
Leo Herrin
Bill Rouhton Leighton
Garret Steenhoek
L. Bogaards
Nic Greenhouse
Paul Bandstra
Lambert Vander Beek
Junior High Diamonds
Greenhouse
Pella National
Leighton
Kiwanis
Kk's
Nick's
Kiwai's
De Jong Lumber Bowl Falls to Jaycees in Three Inning Tilt
In a June 20 game De Jong Lumber, an added starter in the American league, lost 18-5 to the Jaycees. Jaycees pitcher Olsthoorn threw a no hitter across three innings, with 12 walks and nine strikeouts. Jaycees hitters Carl Vos and Randy Wieland added triples. De Jong’s Van Gorp started, giving up one hit while walking 13 and fanning one. Thomassen followed, allowing two hits, three walks and two strikeouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Jong Lumber
Jaycees
Olsthoorn
van Gorp
de Jong
Thomassen
Carl Vos
Randy Wieland
Clarke Sluggers Defeat Pella in 12-2 Victory
Clarke Community's bats dominated Pella at Osceola on June 18 in a South Central conference game. Clarke scored six in the second and added in later innings to finish 12-2 behind winning pitcher Jones who allowed two hits. Pella managed two runs on a first inning rally, with pitchers Stu Ver Meer and Kevin Klein combining for five strikeouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke
Pella High
Osceola
Pella
Scritchfield
Symonds
McKinnie
Jones
Allen
Chris van Wyk
Stu Ver Meer
Kevin Klein
Pella Page Chronicle Advertiser Ad Date June 25 1968
Classified style notice snapshot from the Pella Chronicle Advertiser dated Tuesday June 25 1968. Contains short local ads and notices likely including sales, services, and community items. No clear single event. represents a page of miscellaneous classified content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Page $ Chronicle Advertiser
Legion Tops Rotary In Extra Inning Baseball Contest
American Legion edged Rotary 7-5 in the seventh inning, after a 4-4 tie into extra frames. De Zwarte allowed eight hits in six for the Legion, Van Hall and Van Reese homered and tripled, while Goemaat and Van Vark held Rotary to nine hits. Kool led Rotary with three singles as late scoring helped Legion secure the win.
Recreation Aims Told To Rotary
John Foens addressed Rotary members at the June luncheon outlining the Pella Recreation Commission goals. He described current programs in sports arts sewing hiking swimming sculpture and senior citizen activities and urged a central recreation facility with classrooms and senior programs. He suggested an indoor pool or dome to allow year round swimming and noted a town of 7000 can match larger cities in quality. The Rotary event includes a ladies night dinner at Graham Hall Central College with Rob Evers as committee chair and Steve Brodie of Des Moines sharing an Africa safari. New officers will be installed in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foens
Pell
Rotary Club
Graham Hall
Central College
Rob Evers
Steve Brodie
Des Moines
Africa
Valley Defeats Little Dutch 10 0 in Big Win
Valley overwhelmed Little Dutch 10 to 0 at a Des Moines area game on June 19. Pella managed only two hits as Valley’s Cirvetti and De Geus fanned seven and walked one. Vander Linden pitched for Pella, issuing two walks and four strikeouts while Valley scored eight in the third. In local fishing news, three year old Joey Eisenbacher of Orleans showed a three pound northern pike and several crappies caught at Little Spirit Lake with his father, marking his first fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley of West Des Moines
Pella
Tuc
Ryerson
Ley
Stan Vander Linden
Cirvetti and de Geus
Valley
FISI
Joey Eisenbacher
Orleans
Little Spirit Lake
Joey
Kiwanis Rout Rotary 13–6 In League Clash
Kiwanis built a 13–6 win over Rotary in the National league race with 10 runs in the second inning after a first frame tally. Rotary led 2–1 after one, adding runs in the second, fifth and sixth. Kiwanis pitcher Van Wyk worked all game, allowing six hits while striking out 10. Rotary pitchers Schutte and Van Vark yielded 11 hits. Van Berkum highlighted Kiwanis at the plate with three singles. Van Wyk added a double and single, Blom a triple and a double, Van denberg a triple and a double. Rolscreen defeated Co-op Electric 1–0 in Little League. Sloan held the mound for Rolscreen on June 18, allowing one hit and striking out seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Rotary
Schutte
van Vark
Rolscreen
Co-op Electric
Sloan
Peebler
Griggs
Pella Recreation Dominate De JongWith 13 2 Victory
Pella Recreation defeated De Jong Lumber 13 to 2 in American league play on June 17. A five run first inning and an eight run second blew the game open as Pella collected three hits. Klyn earned the win, walking seven and fanning eight while Thomassen allowed nine walks in relief for De Jong. Bloodworth drove in three with a three base hit. Boat doubled for De Jong and scored but was tagged out on the third out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella Recreation
de Jong Lumber
Recreation
Klyn
Thomassen
de Jong
van Gorp
Bloodworth
Boat
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Chronicle-Advertiser
Chronicle
The
Ft. Ord
James N. Vander Pol
Seabees
James Nelson Vander Pol
Dale J Vander Pol
Gulfport
Miss
Norfolk
Vietnam
da Nang
van der Pol
Korea
Germany
Kaiserslautern
Little Creek
Virginia
Peoria Livestock
Marion County
Peoria
Tracy
Breen and
Keldman
American Legion
de Zwarte
Legion
Starsma
de Jong Lumber Bowl
Nienal
Nick
Rota
Victors
van Hall
Goemaat
van Reese
Thompson
Kool
Bakker & Rus American Legion
West End
Leighton American League
L. Vandenberg Ins
Rolscreen Vy Jaycees
Ves
Rockets Realld
John Foens
Little
Steve Person
Storm Lake High School
Steve
Don van Gorp
Willard Kaldenberg
Efi
Enta
Aska
Tolaks
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