Voice of the Public and South African Education Note
A reader reflects on 1953 travel and a new grandchild in 1954, sending a Christmas poem about a cigarette warning for children. A formal note from HH. Mooi, Direc tor of Information at the South African Embassy in Washington, corrects impressions about African education and non white schooling progress in South Africa. The embassy summary highlights free schooling for nearly a million Native children, compulsory education for Colored children in the Cape Province, and growing training for teachers nurses and technical fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Cape Province
HH. M. Mooh
Washington, D. C
South African Editor Responds To Pella Chronicle Editorial
A South African official defends national policy and educational access for non white students in reply to a March 11, 1964 editorial. He argues SA sustains native and colored education, cites university enrollments, and notes substantial government funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella Chronicle
South Africa
D. F. Malan
Cape Town
Johannesburg
University of
University of South Africa
Fort Hare
University of Natal
Pretoria
Letter Found After 65 Years Brings Pleasant Memories
Dirk De Bruin of the Home for the Aged found a 1888 letter in a shoe box he almost burned. The note from Gerrit Boeve, once near Pella Nebraska, sparked memories of childhood friends and moves to Nebraska and Kansas. A 1002 poem and a brother in law’s pearl handled knife also surfaced, urging readers to save old papers for past recollections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle
Dirk de Bruin
Home For
Gerrit Boeve
Holland
Nebras
de Bruin
Beeves
Pella
de Bruins
Dirk
Gerrit
Frank
Maggie
Ida
Nebraska
Prainigy View
Kansas
New York City
P. Langpearl
William
Mr. de Bruin
Teen Age Safety Conference at Des Moines
The first official teenage conference to address Iowa's teen age traffic safety problem opens April 19 at the state house in Des Moines. Governor Beardsley will call Iowa high schools to send two delegates each, with 600 to 1,000 youths expected to attend and draft an action program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
State House
Des Moines
William 8. Beardsley
Teenage Safe Driving Delegates Report To Schools
Youth delegates will attend a governor hosted conference starting April 19 with 9 am assembly and noon luncheon. They will discuss teen driving problems and propose recommendations. Delegates will report back and lead local safe driving clubs in their schools.
Iowans Leading at Fast Pace in Bond Sales Since Jan. 1
E L Job of Knoxville and P H Kuyper of Pella, Marion county chairmen, announced that Iowa leads the nation in percentage of sales quota attained for January and February. Total purchases of series E and H savings bonds in Iowa reached 35,461,000 dollars, 28.3 percent of the 1954 quota, with the national average at 17 percent.
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E. L. Job
Knoxville
P. H. Kuyper
Pella
Marion County
King Amer
Towa
Humphrey
Palmer
Iowa
Treasury
Ohio
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
Leighton Town Council Proceedings February 1954
Leighton Iowa council records two meetings in February 1954. Special session attended by Mayor R S Duffus and six councilmen discussed municipal water for Leighton and adjourned after a motion. Regular meeting approved bills from Iowa Power and Light and others and again discussed the water project before adjourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton
Iowa
Towa
R. S. Duffus
Howard Glendening
Earl Brummel
Frank van Haaften
Harry Denburger
Henry Sedrel
Harold A. de Bruin
Duffus
Iowa Power and Light Co
Pella Chronicle
F. B. Denburger and Sons
Brummel Bros
Dirk Beintema
Nossaman brothers choose different farm projects
Larry Nossaman enrolled in vocational agriculture this fall following his brother Lee who raises sheep. Larry chose beef, and the brothers have differing reasons for their project choices. Lee and Larry are from Pella High School and are sons of Ted and Edith Nossaman who farm near Rock Island community west of Leighton.
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Larry Nossaman
Brother
Lee
Voca
Larry
Try
Pella High School
Ted
Edith Nossaman
Rock Island
Leighton
Knoxville Hospital talk traces veterans care history
Rotary meeting speaker J Jack outlined Knoxville Veterans Hospital history from Puritan aid to the GI Bill and VA, noting the facility's growth to 1500 beds on 285 acres with 950 staff and 2.5 million dollars annual costs. He praised volunteers and outlined patient-visitation gaps, while local attendees, including Al Figgins and Bob Menning, joined the session. He highlighted a Pella Rotary service link and church memorials, plus a birth and death notice for Gertrude Vroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Jack
Pella
al Figgins
Bob Menning
Veterans’ Hospital
Gary Vogelaar
Henry Vande Voort
Joe Shultz
H. H. Sadler
Walter de Kock
Obituary of Mrs Dirkje Van Donselaar
Dirkje Wanders born Wageningen Netherlands November 21 1864 died March 23 1904 aged 89 years. Migrated to America in the nineties lived on a Pella farm and cared for her brothers. Married Julian Van Donselaar January 20 1900. Survived by son Henry seven grandchildren three great grandchildren one brother John Wanders Tracy Iowa two sisters Nell Van Donselaar of Pella and Judit Van Lienden of Pella. Five brothers and one sister preceded her. Funeral March 27 1954 at 2 00 pm at the Pella Garden Chapel Rev Randall Cosand Grinnell Town officiating burial Black Oak Cemetery Pella Iowa.
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Dirkje Wanders
Luffert Wanders
Kate van Ingen
Wageningen
Netherlands
America
Pella
Julien van Donselaar
Henry
John Wanders
Tracy
Towa
Nell
John van Donselaar
Judit van Lienden
Pella Garden
Randall Cosand
Grinnell
Town
Black Oak Cemetery
Iowa
Thanks to all for kindness after Mrs Dirkie Van Donse laat
We thank friends and neighbors for their care during her last illness and after her death. Grateful for flowers and tokens of regard from Mr. and Mrs. Henry Van Donselaar and Family.
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Dirkie van Donselaat
Mrs
Henry van Donselaar
Card of Thanks for prayers and support during illness
We wish to thank all who sent cards letters and prayed for our dear wife and mother during her illness. We also express sincere gratitude to each who helped us during our days of sorrow by prayers assistance visits flowers and letters. We especially thank our pastor Rev.
Raymond Croll Dies From Weekend Car Crash Near Knoxville
Raymond Croll 34 Knoxville electrician died from injuries after his car overturned on highway 14 four miles south of Knoxville Saturday night. He was survived by two children, a sister, and a brother. Funeral services were Tuesday at 2 PM at the Methodist Church with burial in Graceland Cemetery.
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Raymond Croll
Knoxville Electrician
Croll
Knoxville
Jim Croll
George Croll
Pella
Cynthia Rae
Raymond Lee
Harold Chambers
Norris Croll
Des Moines
Methodist Church
Graceland Cemedy
Harry Boland final publisher of Pella Weekblad dies at 79
Harry Lambertus Boland born December 12 1884 in Pella Town died March 24 1964 at age 60 3 months and 17 days at his home 100 E Washington Street He was the last publisher of the Pella Weekblad a local Dutch newspaper long out of print He was widowed after Minnie Van Vark died July 25 1942 He leaves two sisters Mrs John Grandman Kirkland Washington and Mrs J A Grandman Pella Funeral 3 p m March 27 1954 from Van Dyk Funeral Home Rev A Haverkamp officiated burial in Boland family plot Oak Wood Cemetery Bearers included L F Bousquet Dr Tom Fultz Connie Smorenberg Bert Rodlofsen William Vos and Gerrit Poortinga
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Harry Lambertus Boland
Gerrit Boland
Nellie Ver Steeg
Pella
Town
Eshington Street
Minnie van Vark
Nick
John Grandman
Kirkland
Washington
J. A. Grandman
van Dyk
Rev
A. Haverkamp
Boland
Oakwood Cemetery
L. F. Bousquet
Tom Fultz
Connie Smorenberg
Bert Rodlofsen
William Vos
Gerrit Poortinga
Nellie Mae Gause 1876 1964 obituary near Lynnville Iowa
Nellie Mae Gause born April 11 1876 near Searsboro Iowa died March 20 1964 at Stafford Nursing Home Oskaloosa Iowa at 77 years 11 months 9 days long resident of Lynnville area 42 years married Linneans T Gause February 16 1898 golden wedding 1948 active Lynnville Friends Church teacher cradle roll and home department superintendent survived by husband a daughter in Milwaukee two brothers one sister two grandsons.
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Nellie Mae Gause
Searsboro
Iowa
Stafford
Oskaloosa
Lynnville
Linneans T. Gause
Friends
Towa
Lester Burnham
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Will S. Bailey
Carroll
John Ora
Portland
Oregon
van Buren
Near Grinnell
Laura Stanley
Dallas
Texas
John Thomas Burnham
Great Lakes
Funeral services for two infant sisters held in Lynnville
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon March 23 at the Lynnville Friends Church for two infant sisters. The service was led by the pastor with Reverend Glenwood Stanley assisting. Music featured In the Garden and Going Down the Valley. Floral tributes led by Ozro Dearinger and Ray Ver Steeg. Pallbearers included Harvey Brown Ernest Graham Earl Macy Harold Mere dith Vern Stanley. Interment in Friends Cemetery. Attendees came from Milwaukee Great Lakes Naval Training Base Des Moines Chicago Carroll Grinnell Newton Dallas Dallas area and many nearby towns.
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Port Burnham
Milwaukee
Lynnville Friends Church
Glenwood Stanley
Will Allee
Harvey Gause
Carrie Quire
Ozro Dearinger
Ray Ver Steeg
Harvey Brown
Ernest Graham
Earl Macy
Harold and
Marshal Meredith
Vern Stanley
Friends Cemetery
Lester Burnham
Purl Ray
Wisc
John Burnham
Great Lakes Naval Training Base
Loring Stanley
Chester Ingram
Dallas
Texas
Prescott
Bears
Chicago
Ill
Will Bailey
Carroll, Ill
Clayton Stanley
Ada
Des Moines
Andrew Stuart
Milo
Charles Whitley
Lawrence Madill
Myra Renaud
Sybil ‘Renaud
Lou ‘Macy
Florence Latham
Charles All
Grinnell
Will Burnham
Will Burnham, Jr
Robert Ashby
John Jelsma
Verda
Lessie Fritz
Lowell Gause
Newton
Birth and death notice for John J. Vande Krol
John J. Vande Krol born May 16 1899 in Harrison South Dakota died March 29 1954 at home near Pella after extended illness aged 54 years 10 months 13 days He resided on the Vande Krol farm since childhood survived by two brothers Gerrit Fulton Missouri and Rufus Pella three sisters Minnie Hattie Liter and Cora Den Hartog Preceded in death by parents and sister Goldie Funeral services held April 1 1964 at Van Dyk Funeral Home Rev Russell Rekder officiated interment Black Oak Center Cemetery
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John J. Vande Krol
John Vande Krol
Cornelia van Roekel
Harrison
South Dakota
Pella
Vande Krol
Gerrit van
van Dyk
Russell Redeker
Black Oak Center Cemetery
Card of Thanks for John J. Vande Krol
The family expresses gratitude for support during and after the illness and burial of John J. Vande Krol. They acknowledge the expressions of sympathy and flowers as tokens of respect from friends and neighbors.
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John J. Vande Krol
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Leighton Town Council
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Knoxville Hospital
G. I
Law of the Land
Department of Medicine and Surgery
Adrian
Jim) Crum
Gertrude Vroom
William Vroom
Everdina Pleiter
Monroe
Adrian Crum
Evelyn
Jennie Ver Ploeg
Johanna
Frank Veldhuizen
Gerrit Vroom
Minnie
Tunis Vogelaar
Mitchellville
Connie
James Vroom
Lord Jesus Christ
Baptist Church of
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Donald M. Brong
Dirkje van Donselaar
Liles
van Wayngardend Floral ‘Shop
Ron
Harry Boland
J. Shinn Hatchery
Phillps
Phillips
U.S
Fae
Phillips Petroleum Company
Phillips 66
Grootveld Oil Co
Gerrit Steenhoek
West End
A. D. Vermeer
N. W. Corner Square
Pella, Iowa
Schippers Bros
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