Y M C A County Activities Highlight Campaigns
County Y M C A reports on two Friendship Campaigns in Pella and Knoxville with 21 decisions for Christian life and several joining church. Four Fathers and Sons Banquets attract 800 attendees across Dallas Tracy Knoxville Attica. county basketball tournament hosts ten teams at Central College. Life Work campaign and evangelistic meetings organized. finances raised about 700 with state and regional help. future plans include camps, speakers Winfield Scott Hall and E W Brandenberg, youth and rural outreach in May to August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Davis
FE. R. Hinkley
Pella
Pella High School
Frush
Olliver
Hinkley
Knoxville
Rudd
Ringstrom
Mr. Hinkley
Attica
Dallas
F. F. Stevenson
Corwin Dawson
Harry Goodrich
Des Moines
Godry
Tracy
C. L. Rowe
Chicago
S. H. Tuberville
Oskaloosa
Herbert Martin
Drake University
Harry Lawrence
Longnecker
Martin
M B. B. Johnson
Chicago Y
Kettering
Central College
Still College
Buttler
Bussey
Drfl
Geo. W. Chapman
Harvey Cker
P. Spurlock
Gibson
Madison County
Burton B. Johnson
Chicago Y. M. C. A. College
Iowa
Johnson
Hi Y
Association College
M. E. Church
Presbyterian Church of Knoxville
M. E
M. EF
Presbyterian Church
Spurlock
The
Valley Church
Pershing
Eldorado
Knoxville High School
Chapman
Plymouth Church
Fldorado
Chamness
Christian Church
J. B. Lyman
Dick den Adel
Re. A. C. Droz
Leon Miller
Emphas
John R. Mott
Association County
Winfield Scott Hall
al College
Hall
Harvey
Melcher
Plaesantville
E. W. Brandenberg
Foster
Okiboji
Farm Bureau
C. E. Atkinson
Safety habit at crossings urged by rail tests
Rail safety drive reports under 10 percent of drivers check both ways before crossing. Many accidents occur on double tracks when a driver after waiting for a train sees none from the opposite direction and proceeds. The message warns to stop when in doubt, to shut off gas, and to remember life is worth more than money.
Miss Hazel Coutts Visits Des Moines Legislature Clerk
Miss Hazel Coutts of Grinnell spent over the weekend with Rev. and Mrs. A. Droz. A former Monroe teacher who once lived with the Droz family, she has wintered in Des Moines working as a clerk in the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Coutts
Grinnell
Congressmen urge forest conservation plan in letter
Ohio congressman Martin L. Davey urges U S Senate select committee on reforestation to buy waste land for reforestation, place lumber under Forest Service control, tax consumption on lumber, lift taxes on growing timber, reforest watershed areas, and create national forests with game preserves. He argues for a broad national conservation program to avert a looming lumber famine and water shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Charles L. McNary
U.S. Senate
the Chronicle
United States Senate
Washington, D. C
U. Forest Service
Senate
U. S. Forest Service
Col. Greeley
United States
Forest Service
Gifford Pinheat
Pennsylvania
Columbus
City
Scioto Rio
Scioto River
Frank De Wit Coming to Pella
Henry De Wit formerly of St. Charles has bought out his brother in De Wit Bros. Co. and will locate in Pella after May 1. F. N. De Wit will move to Pella near his mother in ill health. He will devote his time to the Coats Steamer agency for Jasper and Marion counties. He has been active in Prairie City public work and will be missed. Henry comes well recommended and is welcomed to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry de Wit
St. Charles
de Wit Bros. & Co
F. N. de Wit
Pella
Coats Steamer
H. M. Bowans
Jasper
Marion Countie
Prairie City
Prairie City News
Infant Daughter of Van Hemert Dies at Home
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Van Hemert died at their home at 6 30 am Wednesday April 25 The child was born Saturday April 21 and lived only a few days A funeral service will be held at the home Thursday afternoon and interment will be at Oakwood Cemetery John Phillips a former resident died at his home in Rest Town Tuesday morning at about 68 He died of blood poisoning linked to an infection He was a former farmer southeast of Pella and later a hardware dealer in St Charles Survived by his wife and one daughter Funeral and interment were at St Charles today Thursday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. van Hemert
Oakwood Cemetery
John Phillips
Rest Town
Phillips
Pella
St. Charles
John de Cook
de Cook
Death of Local Woman Mrs Kleindorst
Mrs Kleindorst died at her home northwest of town last Thursday evening after a brief illness caused by heart trouble. She was 60 and mother to 12 children, nine surviving. A short service was held Monday at her pastor’s house, followed by funeral at the Dutch Reformed Church in Sully and burial north of Pella beside her late husband. Two sons and a daughter are buried in the same cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynnville
In Appreciation of Our Dear Mother
Our hearts were saddened on Tuesday April 10 1928 at one twenty after one afternoon as we lost our dear mother. We thank relatives neighbors and friends for help during illness and death, and we submit to God who death all things well.
The Difference Between Mele and Jes Wand
The Difference. The difference between Mele and Jes wand, is that luck is what the other fellow gets, and reward is what comes to us.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mele
Jes Wand
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