Merton Haynes to Lead Pella High at Cresco State Meet
Local news notes show Merton Haynes will take two Pella High School contestants to the State Speech Meet at Cresco on Saturday. Logan Van Sittert will enter a humorous ring, Judi Allen will join Radio Speaking, and seven Central College science division faculty attend the Iowa Academy of Science meeting in Iowa City on April 21.
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Merton Haynes
Pella High School
Cresco
Logan van Sittert
Judi Allen
Science
Central College
Iowa Academy of Sience
Iowa City
Keizer
Liggett
Carlson
Leu
Tolstead
Mcore
Franklin Donai
Hotel Ft. Des Moines
Knoxville
Jim Klyn
Ronald Blanke
Elmer van Wyk
Otley
John van Arkel
Walter de Kock
Elna Grimjes
cEnlocation
Drake University
New Varieties Add to Interest in Gardening
Iowa State College extension horticulturist Mason Reger urges gardeners to try new crops such as vegetable soybean and Nantes carrots. He notes okra or gumbo can grow in Iowa, salisfy oyster plant offers oyster-like stew, and suggests frying hobabs cabbage turnip and chinese cabbage. The Iowa Cancer Society warns 400000 cancer deaths among current residents if rates persist.
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Towa
Roger
Sarah Bakker to Show Colored Slides On Apr 27
Miss Sarah Bakker who has served as a missionary in Africa presents a program of colored slides at Third Reformed Church on April 27. She will show personal photographs and explain African life and customs, with two music numbers and a social hour afterward hosted by the Mission Circle.
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Sarah Bakker
Africa
Third Reformed Church
Mission Circle
Library Notes and Book List Fragments
A fragmented library catalog lists references across religion, social issues, and fiction. Notable items include works on narcotics policy, civil rights, and the 1950 Bible lesson commentary, plus multiple fiction titles such as Give Me Thy Vine and The Girl Next Door.
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Gannaway
Huszar
Equalit
America
Peloubet
Tarbell
Roberts
Central In Dual Meet With Simpson At Indianola Friday
Central's track team opens the season in a dual meet against Simpson at Indianola on Friday April 21 under coach Richard Tysseling. Key performers include Van Dusseldorp Tedford Renskers Van Zee de Hough and De Tar, with freshmen showing promise in distance events and javelin.
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Central
Simpson
Indianola
Richard Tysseling
Tysseling
van Dusseldorp
Paul Tedford
Armand Renskers
Dean van Zee
John de Hough
Dean de Tar
Weighed down by Cross in field events at meet
Weights and Races faced a loss as Chet Cross graduated and left the weights events. Prospects remain in those divisions. Bob Little and Bob Ellsworth showed promise in the pole vault with Little taking first. A senior relay squad of Renskers Tedford Van Zee and Veldhuis impressed in the 440 yard relay, clocking 48 seconds though not pressed. Other classes offered solid relay potential and Tysseling could build another team from them.
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Chet Cross
Bob Little
Bob Ellsworth
Little
Renskers
Tedford
van Zee
Veldhuis
Tysseling
Thanks to Merchants For Closing On Good Friday
The Pella Ministerial Association thanks local merchants for closing businesses for three hour Good Friday services and KEBS for broadcasting the program. A liberal offering raised $77.33 for the American Bible Society.
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Pella Ministerial Association
American Bible Society
Sheboygan Seniors Visit Central Today
Eighteen Sheboygan county high school seniors toured Central College guesting with Mr. Harry Te Selle of Sheboygan and hosted by Hope Reformed Church. They joined a YMCA YWCA meeting and skating event, toured campus after chapel, and planned to return after lunch. Reverend Anthony Van Zante of Hope Reformed Church, a Central graduate, is the church leader.
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Sheboygan County
Pella
Harry Te Selle
Hope Reformed Church
Sheboygan
Wis
Graham Hall
YMCA
YWCA
Te Selle
Anthony van Zante
Central
Choose Right Trees for Land Use This Spring
R B Campbell extension forester at Iowa State College urges turning ideas on windbreaks erosion control and wildlife conservation into actual tree plantings this week. Plan tree types and locations by soil and site, protect young trees from livestock, and order erosion and wildlife trees through the State Forest Nursery via county extension directors conservation officers and soil conservation staff.
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R. B. Campbell
Iowa State College
Tree Planting on Contour Furrows and Plowed Areas
Campbell explains methods for planting trees in various land conditions. In erosion-prone areas with undisturbed soil, plant by digging holes along contour furrows after plowing a furrow. In cropped fields, first plow the area, then place trees wherever desired. On unplowable ground, scalp sod and plant at center. trees should be 6 to 8 feet apart. Campbell has prepared a new bulletin.
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Campbell
Farm information available via county extension offices
The text indicates that certain farm information can be obtained at county extension directors' offices.
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County Extension Directors’ Ofices
Iowa as a Great Agricultural State Insight
The excerpt highlights Iowa's leading cultivation acreage and diverse crops, noting the state's prominence. It mentions that thirty nine percent of Iowa contributors' dollars to the American Cancer Society division over the past two years supported cancer research.
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Iowa
American Cancer Society
Retiring Osage Jeweler A 45 Year Career Finale
Robert Anderson, 83, of Osage retired after 45 years in the jewelry business there. He began learning the trade at age 17 in Des Moines, a city then with about 13 000 residents and coal gas street lighting.
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Robert Anderson
Osage
Des Moines
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