Jacob Van Berkel to Speak at Central College Chapel
Jacob Van Berkel a 26 year old Dutch Underground agent and 1936 national oratorical winner speaks at Central College Chapel Tuesday May 1 after a 6 15 dinner with Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs. He will answer questions about experiences in Holland during German occupation and Allied bombings, Warsaw, and post liberation.
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Holland
Jacob van Berkel
Dutch Underground
Pella
Netherlands Information Bureau
Queen Wilhelmina Fund
Town War Chest
Lake Prairie War Fund
Kiwanis
Rotary
Central College Chapel
van Berkel
Germany
Berlin
Warsaw
G.L
May Lat
College Chapel
Tish the Carberry Comedy Charms Pella High
Senior class stage production Tish the Carberry sisters and their misadventures delighted an audience Friday April 20 at Pella High School. Bonnie Buerkens led as Tish with strong supporting turns from Mary De Vries Colleen Klein Janet Klynn Glen Van Vark and others. Margaret Horn directed with Marcia Kuyper student director and Lorraine Meulpolder stage manager. The scene stayed lively from start to finish with a full house and lively humor.
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Tish
Pella High School
Letitia
Tish) Carberry
Lizzie
Aggie Carberry
Aggie
Carberry
Bonnie Buerkens
Mary de Vries
Colleen Klein
Janet Klynn
Ellen Leighton
Glen van Vark
Charlie Sands
Keith Lautenbach
Sheriff Lem Pike
Bill Olcott
Luther Hopkins
Marian Morrow
Patricia Shaw
Lora Ruth Klyn
Philip Kempkes
Bill Lankelma
Georgia van Gorkum
Margaret Horn
Marcia Kuyper
Lorraine Meulpolder
Alice Chadwicke
Samuel French
Legion Auxiliary Meeting Postponed to May 2
Legion Auxiliary announces its meeting is postponed until Wednesday May 2. President.
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Legion Auxiliary
Bonds Bought Now to Apply on 7th War Loan Quota
Des Moines Iowa announces the 7th War Loan quota totaling 135 million dollars with a Series E quota of 42 million. The campaign aligns all Series E F and G bonds toward the quota from April 10 to July 5. An advance payroll savings drive started April 9 and the general bond drive begins May 14 with a major publicity push. The E Bond quota rises about 40 to 50 percent over the 6th loan. County quotas include Marion 1 165 000 with 746 000 E Bond, Mahaska 1 241 000, Jasper 1 937 000.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa War Finance’ Committee
County War Finance Committee
Towa
Marion County
Mahaska County
Jasper County
Trepanation and the Catlin Mark Debate
Dr. William Goldsmith argues that skull holes often misidentified as ancient trephining may be natural congenital openings. He cites radiology expert Gillies to distinguish true trephine circles from Catlin Mark gaps, noting misclassification does not undermine evidence that trephining was practiced by many primitive peoples.
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Goldsmith
Catlin
Gillies
Department of Radiology
Iowa University Hospital
Edith Sedrel LeCocq in Song Recital Tonight
Central College presents Mrs Edith Sedrel LeCocq in a song recital at Douwstra Chapel at 8 00 this evening. Her program spans German Italian French and American sources with her rich interpretation. Accompanist Catherine Wolfe Schnelker Oberlin Conservatory graduate with a Master’s in music and violin obligato by Henry Cox.
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Central College
Edith Sedrel LeCocq
Douwstra Chapel
History of Crest Praised by Churches and Leaders
Dr M Olcotts History of Crest is cited as appreciated after being used in chapel and published in Church Herald and Knickerbocker Weekly. A Grand Rapids Reform Church Men's Fellowship program featured speaker Dr Norman Vincent Peale of Marble Collegiate NYC and music by choirs from Hope College Bethany Central Fifth and Trinity Reformed Churches.
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Olcott
Reformed Church
Church Herald
Knickerbocker Weekly
Reformed Church Men’s Fellowship Clubs
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Norman Vincent Peale
Marble — Collegiate
Pella High School Class of 1945 Commencement Calendar
Pella High School outlines activities for the Class of 1945 including May 4 senior junior banquet at Second Reformed Church basement 6 30 pm May 13 baccalaureate exercises at First Reformed Church 7 30 pm with speaker Prof Tunis Prins aided by Rev A Haverkamp May 17 commencement exercises at the high school auditorium 8 pm with speaker Judge Fred Bale former Juvenile Court Judge Cleveland Ohio
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Second Reformed Church
First Reformed Church
Tunis ‘Prins
A. Haverkamp
H. S.auditorium
Fred Bale
Cleveland
Ohio
A Capella Choir Concert at Chapel Praised by Audience
A Douwstra Chapel performance last Thursday featured an impressive a cappella program with Hassler and Palestrina settings, Katal sky and Bortniansky pieces, and Christiansen Praise the Lord Grace. The ensemble displayed careful training, clear diction, and strong dynamics, earning professional comparisons and praise for Miss Bennett and the college trio including Koeiker Cox and Mrs. Van Dellen.
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Pella
Douwstra
Hassler
Palestrina
Katalsky
Bortniansky
Gretehaninoff
Man
Lockwood
Schnelker
Bennett
Mr. Koeiker
Summer Classes For School Pupils Aids In Five Week Terms
Central College collaborates with Public Schools to offer summer programs for pupils under six. Two five week sessions run June 4 to July 6 for first and second graders and July 1 to August 10 for grades three to five. Courses focus on reading arithmetic spelling plus music art handwork games and play with no tuition. materials only. Mrs Wayne Decker of Kellogg to teach. experienced in rural and town schools.
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The
Central College
Wayne Decker
Kellogg
Third Ref Mission Circle Tonight at Third Reformed Church
The Mission Circle of the Third Reformed Church presents a program this evening April 26 at 8 00 oclock featuring a prelude by Nancy Bogaard a reading The Church and the World by Mary Jane Menninga a solo The Stranger of Galileo by Rev Lawrence J Borst slides The Moslem World and a freewill offering to be taken Lunches will be sold after the program Everyone is invited The note adds Canada and the United States found the right armament relation 100 years ago 0 0
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Mission Circle of the
Third Reformed Church
Nancy Bogaard
Reading
The
Church and the World
Mary Jane Menninga
Lawrence J. Borst
King of sports ruled at college gym Tuesday night
Central College students packed the gym for an evening of games and demonstrations led by Coach Prins with Bob Mosier narrating. Activities included archery, badminton, table tennis, and volleyball among students and faculty, ending with awards for ping pong, athletic sweaters, and letters to standout participants amid service departures.
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Helen Steininger
Darrel Mensch
Edward Crellin
Louis Schultz
Wilbur van Dokkumburg
Lorraine Webber
Yas Katana
Harold Wickham
Bob Ollman
Roy Boozeboom
Andy Bandstra
Duane Busby
Farmers urged to sign all risk crop insurance by April 30
H. H. Hooper, County AAA Chairman, says the deadline to sign the all risk crop insurance application for the 1946 corn crop is midnight April 30, 1945. Marion County is among two Iowa counties testing the program. Many applications have already been mailed to the Crop Insurance Corporation for approval. Hooper urges farmers to participate to help prove the program’s value and asks those who haven’t to contact township committeemen or the local AAA office before the deadline.
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H. H. Hooper
AAA
Marion County
Iowa
Crop Insurance Corporation
Hooper
Local Clothes Collection Campaign Nearing Deadline
The Campaign for Collection of Old Clothes reports large totals at Ford Garage depot and Buerkens Wagon Factory with more at school buildings and church basements. Although scheduled to close April 30, shipments occur later this week, making next week the final chance to contribute. Send bundles to designated depots by Saturday May 5. THE COMMITTEE
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Ford
Buerkens
War progresses as Allies close in on Berlin and Munich
The article reports Berlin encirclement and advancing Allied forces from the east and south toward Berchtesgaden, Munich, and the Po river. It notes Patton's rapid southward push, Russian eastward approach, and Allied Pacific actions on Okinawa Luzon Mindanao. The San Francisco Security Conference opens with Poland representation undecided and optimism for a lasting peace organization.
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Germany
Berlin
Elbe
Patton
Bavarian Alps
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Munich
Italy
Po River
Pacific
Okinawa
Luzon
Philippines
Mindanao
San Francisco
Poland
Sunday baseball notice for Pella players
A community notice urges boys to play baseball only at the city playground in east Pella or the diamond at Municipal Pool Park. It asks residents and churches not to disturb the Webster School premises and stresses keeping off school grounds.
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East Pella
Municipal Pool Park
Cartoonist to Speak Twice in Marion County
Thomas M. Kelly famed cartoonist conservationist set to speak in Knoxville May 3 at 8 p.m. in Marion theatre under Izaak Walton League sponsorship, free to the public. He will also present a chalk talk at Pella High School in the afternoon, detailing soil and water management for farms and wildlife with humorous illustrated scenes highlighting national resources.
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Thomas M. Kelly
Knoxville
Marion Theatre
Marion County
Izaak Walton League
Kelly Will
Pella High School
Headquartn
Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Kelly
St. Louis
Minneapolis
East
Midwest
Wounds Claimed Life of CPL Carl Den Hartog in Germany
Mr and Mrs Egbert Den Hartog learned from the government that their son Corporal Carl Den Hartog died of wounds received in action in Germany. No further details were available at press time. The Den Hartogs reside northeast of Pella near New Sharon.
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Egbert den Hartog
Cpl
Carl den Hartog
Germany
den Hartogs
Pella
New Sharon
Rainfall Details From Last Week In Brief
Rainfall measured last week on Monday and Tuesday totaled .32 inch. The month-to-date rainfall stands at 4.78 inches. Report by H. K. Pals.
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H. K. Pals
High School Musicians Head to Creston Final
Superior rated Iowa high school musicians from Colfax advance to Creston for the state contest finals. Four regional centers include Mason City Marion and Storm Lake with events running from Friday morning to Saturday night. Pella contestants perform solo and ensemble pieces including Marilee Logan Georgia Van Gorkum Mary De Vries and Mark Van der Ploeg among others with times listed for each act.
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Iowa
Marilee Logan
June Allen
Joyce Sadler
Myrtle Evers
Keith Lautenbach
Mary de Vries
Georgia van Gorkum
Mark van der Ploeg
Bill Olcott
John. Tesselink
Sgt Nick Van Gorp Wounded Again in Germany
Sergeant Nick Van Gorp has been wounded in Germany, his second wound after an earlier September leg injury with Hodges' First Army on the Normandy to Germany and Belgium advance. He was hit in the shoulder this time. Word reached his wife Betty Van Vliet Van Gorp and his parents P. W. Van Gorp from a Red Cross nurse in France, then two letters from Nick. No official War Department word yet. his ability to write suggests not grave danger.
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Nick van Gorp
Germany
Hodges
First Army
Normandy
Belgium
Betty van Vliet van Gorp
P. W. van Gorp
Red Cross
France
Nick
War Department
Taintor Youth Dies on South Pacific Duty
Leland Max Pothoven, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rufford H. Pothoven of Taintor, died by drowning on duty in the South Pacific on April 14, 1945. He enlisted in 1944, trained at Farragut, Great Lakes, Richmond, and Shoemaker before joining his ship on January 2, 1945. Survived by his parents, a sister Edna Louise, and a brother Floyd. Born April 20, 1926 in Taintor.
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Leland Max Pothoven
Rufford H. Pothoven
Taintor
South Pacific
Navy Department
Max
Navy
New Sharon
Farragut
Ida
Great Lakes
Richmond
Ite
Shoemaker
Calif
Treasure Island
Edna Louise
Floyd
Oskaloosa
Rotary Anns Enjoyed Dinner With Clubmen
The Rotary Anns and Rotary Club members shared a dinner at the Legion Hall with 9 attendees. City Clerk Frank De Wit led finances, while the group wore carnations by age. A Capella Choir performance delighted attendees, with local citizens and Kiwanis partners joining in.
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Rotary Anns
Rotarians
Rotary
Anns
Helen
Rose
Caroline
Clementine
Wilhelmina
Peternella
Harriet
Zanzebar
Lou de Vries
Bob
Trwin
Frank
Albart
Doc
Prof. Schnelker
Mr. Schnelker
Miss Hennett
Henry the Rotarian
Anthonie Koolker
Kiwanis
Lenora
Ann
Onymous
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Wm. Goldsmith
Massenet
Henry Cox
Morgen
Richard Strauss
Brahms
Debussy
Gliere
MacFadyen
Dr. M. Olcott
Crest
Mission Circle
Canada
Prins
Coach Prins
Bob Mosier
Bob Brittell
Walter Koop
Himmel
Adent
Jack
Ruth Overlander
Armed Services
S. Vroo
First Christian Reformed Church
Thomas Kelly
H. S
Creston
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