Society Notes Highlight April Gatherings and a Corner Wedding
Des Moines speaker Frank Miles addressed Central College Future Teachers Association on April 9 at Upper Jordan, praising teachers for their role in American patriotism. The issue also covers a Pella wedding between Charlotta Ruby Schakel and Irvin Carl Baumann, plus various club meetups and upcoming gatherings across local groups.
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Frank Miles
Des Moines
Central College Future Teachers Assection
Upper Jordan
Miles
Teachers of America
Wilmer Ver Meer
Ron Howard
FTA
Buerkens
Walter de Kock
Barbara Ebbers
L. W. Schakel
Pella
Charlotta Ruby
Irvin Carl Baumann
Herman Baumann
Prairie City
Everett G. Ward
James Knott
Monroe
Dorothy van Niewaal
County Amvet Auxiliary Meeting and 4 H Club Report
The Marion County Amvet Auxiliary met at Knoxville on April 11 with Kath eryn Vriezelaar presiding. Officers elected were M C Van Gorp president Don Van Gorp first vice president Ora Clark second vice president Kenneth Vander Veer secretary Gradus Vriezelaar treasurer A Vander Beek chaplain Kathryn Vriezelaar historian. Leighton Happy Hearts 4 H Club met April 16 at Leighton Town Hall with seventeen members two leaders and one visitor.
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Marion County Amvet
Knoxville
Katheryn Vriezelaar
Zelma Shotwell
Otley
Loretta Stierneman
M. C. van Gorp
Don van Gorp
Ora Clark
Kenneth Vander Veer
Gradus Vriezelaar
A. van
Leighton Happy Hearts 4-H
Leighton Town Hall
Mary Burton
Linda Glendening
Frances
Delores Lundy Displays Varied Art on College Campus
Delores Lundy, a senior art major, has a weeklong exhibit in the New Central art display room. Her collection includes water colors, oils, ceramics, ink drawings, charcoal, pencil sketches, multilith etching scratch boards, tempera pictures, jewelry, and woodwork. Notable pieces include portraits of campus students and her husband Lew, a portrait of a niece, a realistic house trailer scene, and a modern three cornered lawn decoration in wood.
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New Central
Delores Lundy
Delores
Lew
Conservation Was Theme of County Teachers' Meeting
Marvin Van Sickle was elected president of the Marion County Education Association at a Dallas dinner last week, succeeding Norman Annis. The meeting focused on conservation with speaker George Wormley of the Iowa State Conservation Department urging teachers to shape habits for conservation and detailing summer courses near Des Moines to boost teaching background in the subject. Local attendees included Dena Ver Steeg, Eva Van Arkel, Norman Annis, and Mr. and Mrs. Buerkens.
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Henry B. van Rees
Pella
Gerrit
van Rees
Arthur Ustermarkt
Jer
van Ose
Sarah Davis
Gerrit van Rees
William Kelderman
Richard Olivier
Ronald
Dwight
Carol
Charlie Hampton
Willard Dorothy
Victor
Rodney
Olivier
Karen
Kenneth
Dannie Sytsma
Pauline
Eugene
Randell
Seth Mann
Iowa City
Iowa
Gerrit Veenendaal
Denver
Colorado
John Olivier
Mesa
Arizona
A. K. T. Club
Albert Waardhuizen
Virgil Klein
John de Ronde
Glenn de Kock
Jean Ver Heul
Jr. Cade
Marvin Schippers
Henry Roush
Waardhuizen
Marvin van Sickle
Pleasantville High School
Marion County Education Association
Dallas
Norman Annis
Conservation
George Wormley
Iowa State Conservation Department
Spring Lake
Des Moines
Commission
Grain elevator fire at Sumner
A Sumner grain elevator ignited recently in a blaze described as 85,000 in damage. The flames completely gutted the structure and melted aluminum siding recently added to the building.
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Sumner
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Jordan Hall
Schakel—Baumann
A. E
Ruth Huisman
County Amvet Auxiliary Meeting
Leighton
Happy Hearts
Wyngerden
Ms Burton
Charlotte Burton
Duly den Adel
Mary van Zomeren
Dorothy Slings
Carol Brummel
Ruth Vander Linden
Lew Lundy
Bessie Kinney
Busley
Bud Smith
Clara Cotter
Burns
Farmer's Union Co-Op Grocery
Farmers’ Union Co.op
Red Rooster
Charmin
Fis
Hunt
California
Midwest
Stok
Heinz Ketchup
Welch Grape
Betty Crocker
del Monte
Brom Hatchery
Romex Wire
Vandenberg Meat Market
Wormhoudt
Farmall Oil
Model N Maytag
Pella Dress Club
Kingma Garage
Farmers’ Union Co-Op Groc
Western Auto Assoc
Town and Country
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