Local people share travels and family events
Locals Ralph Ver Meer and the Huyser couples returned from California and Florida visits. Families attended Eva Welle's funeral in Newton with Klootwyk, Welle and Van Vliet connections noted. Other items include surgery, hospital stays, anniversaries, and travel plans among Pella area residents including De Haan, Ganss, and Bosgaards families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Vander Linden
Florida
Elmer Grandin
Henry Ver Steeg
Dex Moines
Eva Welle
Fred Bartow
Ruth
Washington
A.C. Kuyper
Emil Warns
Des Moines
R.A. Awtry
Harry van Vliet
Omaha
Nebraska
H. L. Renaud
J. J. Sybenga
Paul Black
Houston
Texas
Simon de Haan
E. J. Renaud
Alfred’ Renaud
Jimmie
Sully
Ernest Vander Kemp
Matt. Huyser
Francis Huyser
Moline
Minnie Calhoun
Knox
Ed van Gorp
Haagen Outlines Tulip Time Festival Plans
Paul Haagen, tapped to direct Tulip Time events, spoke to the Rotary Club outlining a three day festival at Swimming Pool Park with a 300 by 100 foot stage and a 40 by 25 foot secondary stage. About 600 participants will perform in a narrator driven historical pageant tracing Holland settlers from Scholte to Pella, their U.S. arrival, relations with Indians, Civil War involvement, and other scenes. Rotarians plan a substantial contribution to the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Haagen
Rotary Club
Partcipants
Holland
Scholte
United States
Baltimore
Keokuk
Pella
Rotarians
Municipal Swimming Pool
Kempkes Takes Teaching Post With Eighth Army in Japan
Everett Washington dispatch reports Jay A. Kempkes, son of Mr and Mrs Kempkes of Pella, now serving with the Eighth Army in Kokura Kyushu Japan. He is teaching administration and psychology in Kokura Area GI College and aiding army education efforts through information and education units and radio outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Army
Kokura
Japan
Jay A. Kempkes
Niles Avenue
Everett
Wash
Robert L. Eichglberger
S &Th Army
Kempkes
GI College
Kyushu
Gis
Ity
Military academy offers broad postwar education and training
The article describes civilian education programs for soldiers, including English, psychology, science, government, drawing, math, commerce, French and music at Central Academy Pella Iowa. It notes graduate paths for Mr Kempkes from Central College to University of Iowa and Washington, plus teaching experience at Everett High School and his wife Evelyn residing in Everett Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Everett
Washington
Daily Herald
Jay Kempkes
Matthew
Tunis Kempkes
Pella
Pella High School
Central College
Central Academy
Iowa
Kempkes
University of Iowa
Iowa City
University of Washington
Local Leader Attended Camp Fire Conference
Mrs. R. C. Lautenbach returned from a Campfire Girls conference in Denver as regional delegate with seven surrounding states. The meeting April 9 and 10 at Breton Palace Hotel featured the Heart of the Hawkeye Council. Eighty girls across grades three to eight are active in Pella with plans for the Tulip Time Pageant May 8 to 10. Financial help is sought from organizations or individuals via financial secretary Mrs. C. C. Buerkens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Lautenbach
Denver
Colorado
Breton Palace Hotel
Lautenbach
Pella
Heart of the Hawkeye Council
Campfire Girls
Keith Emmett
Lenore van Dellen
Earl Atkins
Arnold Johnson
Bert Boat
Bob Kuyper
Verle Ver Dught
C. C. Buerkens
Pella High to Present Play at Drake Saturday
Nineteen Iowa high schools and one junior college compete in Drake university Play Festival at Drake Auditorium April 17 18 and 19. Friday April 18 features several plays from Clarinda Hoone West Liberty Van Meter Conrad Soldier and others. Performances start at 7 15 p m with free admission to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Drake University
University Auditorium
Clarinda
Hoone
West Liberty
van’ Meter
Conrad
Ce- Falls
Webster
Ottumwa
Nevada
Mooncalf Muyford
Bondi
West Bend
Pella
Department of Drama and Speech
Drake College of Fine Arts
County Farm Bureau Sets Tuesday Evening Meeting
County wide Farm Bureau gathering planned for Tuesday night April 22 at 8 p.m. in the Knox ville Women's Club Building. Following a district meeting in Oskaloosa, topics include policies finances and maintenance. Members urged to attend to vote on key issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Women's Club
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
Pella High Students to Compete in State Music Contest
Pella High will send fifteen entries to the State Music Contest at Washington, Town on Friday and Saturday next week. Events include Boys and Girls Glee Clubs, solos for Tuba French Horn Flute Bassoon, various ensembles, and choir groups with start times listed. About seventy students, accompanists, and directors require transportation. parental help is welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella High
Washington, Town
Rotary Club Dinner Honors Governor Al Edgar in Ames
Rotarians and Rotary Anns gathered at Jordan Hall for a 6:30 dinner on April 7. District Governor Al Edgar of Ames spoke on Rotary’s place in life, ethics and service, noting UNESCO and the Jerusalem meeting of Arabs and Jews. Guests received Dutch keepsakes, and the evening closed with Dutch games and dances in prep for Tulip Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan Hall
Rotary
G.T. Vander Layst
International
Unesco
Jerusalem
Vernor al Edgar
Pella Rotary Club
Weather totals show mixed rain and snow last week
Rain and snow fell last week with .23 inches rain and .53 inches snow, roughly 5 percent in snow equivalent. H. K. Pals provides the figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Pals
Tickets to All Events Given to Drivers
The article states that tickets to all events will be distributed to every driver. The move impacts transportation staff and may affect attendance patterns across venues.
Names of Children Entering Webster Fall Kindergarten
The Webster department anticipates limited enrollment unless more prospective kindergartners are found. Four children are registered: Wayne Van Rees Virginia Coleen Dingeman Richard Carroll Tharp Donna Paulette De Wild. At Lincoln building twenty two names have been turned in: Mary Lea Dieleman Donald Vander Wilt Douglas Schakel Douglas Rysdam Darlys Mae Bosch Mary Helen Brandt Glen Vand Douw An Duss Linda Kay Jolsma Beverly Ann Bootsma Nelle Wesselink Jon Quentin Kuyper Mary Lou Meulpolder Bonnie Louise Vo ard Ann Breuklander Sally fo Shultz Linda Vande Voort Roger James Vriezeaar Dennis Gezel Francis Harlan Smith David Bruce Kuyper. Parents of five-year-olds before January 1 are urged to call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pella
Webster
Wayne van Rees
Virginia Coleen Dingeman
Richard Carroll Tharp
Donna Paulette de Wild
Lincoln Building
Mary Lea Dieleman
Donald Vander Wilt Douglas Schakel
Douglas Rysdam
Darlys Mae Bosch Mary Helen Brandt Rt
Glen Vand Douw
Linda Kay Jolsma
Beverly Ann Bootsma En Nelle Wesselink Jon Quentin Kuyper Mary Lou Meulpolder
Bonnie Louise Vo ‘Ard Ann Breuklander
Sally Fo Shultz
Linda Vande Voort Roger James Vriezeaar
Dennis Gezel Francis Harlan Smith David Bruce Kuyper
Spring Fever Grips Factory Staff In Des Moines
Spring mood hits plant crews with new hair styles and brighter interiors as workers report health absences and job updates. Erma Gilchrist returns after a sprained foot while Julia Van Arkel travels to Des Moines for health reasons. Des Moines Club hosts a dinner for the Town Manufacturers Association executive committee meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy van Veen
Julia van Arkel
Des Moines
Susie Mitchell
Erma
Erma Gilchrist
Marion ‘Com
Kuyper
Town Manufacturer's Association
Honoring the Iowa Legislature Senators Visit
Bille Savage from the order department visited her parents in New Market Iowa over the weekend. The question of the week asked where Bob Wallace was at noon Saturday as assembly room workers noted their patience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Bille Savage
New Market
Bob Wallace
Odebolt’s oldest resident marks 94 years in town
Jacob Anderson, a lifelong Odebolt resident, has spent 70 years in the community with 62 years on a farm. At 94 he holds the status of the city’s oldest living resident, a landmark in local history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odebolt
Jacob Anderson
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Ralph Ver Meer
Arthur Huyser
California
G. G. Ganss
University Hospital, Iowa City
Ben Branthart
Montezuma
John Branthart
Peter George Ganss
Mahaska Hospital
Janis
Norine
Mary Nsma
Gerald van Andel
Ella McClung
William Sheppard
Mahaska
Gerrit de Geest
Mercy
Herman Vander Linden
Henry Zylstra
Bruce
Hudsonville
Michigan
H. W. Breuklander
Cornelius Muyskens
Holland, Mich
Will Bosgaards
Bert Stegeman
Ralston
Henry Terlouw
Bert
South Omaha
Netherlands
Robert Hicks
Torrington
Wyoming
Wm. van Maanen
Leighton
Ile
Carlton College
Northfield
Minn
Logan Hendricks
Chicago
Udell Hendricks
Haagen
Clubmen
The
Wormhoudt Furniture Store
Drake
County Bureau
H. S
Socony - Vacuum Laboratories
Brom’s
Brom’s Hatchery
Pella, Iowa
Vander Linden
FELCO
Socony- Vacuum Laboratories
Arme
Mammoth Evening
City of Refuge
Blackhawk
Celebration
Pella Overall
West Side Central Park
Pella Historical Society
Pella Chamber of Commerce
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