Easter Seal Campaign Totals $928 for Pella Camp Aid
Lake Prairie township and Pella residents raised 928 to support the 1962 Easter Seal Campaign. Chairman Reuben Schakel thanked volunteers and locals for contributions that fund camping experiences for handicapped children and adults at Camp Sunnyside in Iowa. The camp opens its first full season June 24, after aiding 223 last year and plans to serve over 400 in 1962.
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Lake Prairie Township
Pella
Reuben Schakel
Schakel
Sunnyside
Iowa
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Sunnyside Camp Sunnyside 1962 Season Details
Sunnyside offers four 12 day periods for handicapped campers with facilities including Main Lodge Health and Therapy Lodge cabins two shower houses Arts and Crafts Nature Study Outdoor Chapel and large pool. Located between Ankeny and Des Moines off Highway 415 69. Activities include campfires sports Indian lore riflery archery and entertainment. Schedule lists staff orientation and age group camps from June 17 to August 31 with contact Camp Sunnyside Des Moines Iowa.
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Sunnyside
Ankeny
Des Moines
Box 911
Iowa
Lunch at Community School Changes for Tulip Time
Mrs. Jim Klyn supervises the Community school's hot lunch program and says noon lunches will be served as usual during Tulip Time, but 30 minutes earlier.
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Jim Klyn
Safe Tower: London Merchants Used Tower Guards for Night Deposits
In 17th century London, merchants deposited money overnight with guards at the Tower of London. This early form of safekeeping preceded modern banks.
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London
Tower of London
White Way Auto Salesman Honored At Chevy Banquet
Marvin Ver Meer of White Way Auto Co was honored in Des Moines as a top Chevrolet salesman in the Des Moines zone. He earned Chevrolet's Legion of Leaders points for 1961, marking his seventh consecutive year achieving the honor. A reception at the Savery Hotel preceded a banquet attended by over 80 fellow Legion of Leaders winners.
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White Way
Chevy
Marvin Ver Meer
White Way Auto Co
Des Moines
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Division
B. 0. Wall
Ver Meer
Marvin
Savery
Legion of Leader
Reverend John den Ouden Dies at 51 in Chicago
The Rev. John E. den Ouden 51 pastor of First Reformed Church Englewood Chicago and RCA official died at his home April 14 Funeral services were held Tuesday April 17 in Englewood with church and seminary leaders participating A memorial endowment fund was established at Western Theological Seminary In Holland Michigan Survivors include wife Margaret two sons David and Paul a daughter Mary Ann and brother Lt Col Christian T den Ouden of Edmonton Ontario Canada Burial followed in Zeeland Michigan.
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John E. den Ouden
First Reformed Church of
Englewood
Chicago
Reformed Church of America
den Ouden
S. Damen
Midwest
Western Theological Seminary
Holland
Mich
Central College
Pella
Raritan
Ill
Cedar Grove
Wis
Muskegon and Zeeland
Board of Education
Western Seminary
Chester Meengs
Emmanuel Reformed Church of Chicago
Bernard J. Mulder
The
New York City
W. Nelson
Gano Reformed Church
Class
Elton Feningenburg
Adrian Newhouse
Gradus Aalberts
Hensey van Raalte
E. Viening
Zeeland Cemetery
Recreation Notes Lead Local Little League Sessions
Recreation notes outline Little League practice sessions for new players at 9:00 a.m. at the high school baseball diamond and sessions for returning players on Saturday, May 26 at the same field. Cooks Wanted for Outdoor Cooking and Barbequing Class begins May 14 with a $12 registration, min twenty participants, and Tulip Time preparations delaying start. Plan Swim Party for May 15 at the Oskaloosa YMCA and tentative opening of the Pella Municipal Swimming Pool in early June.
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Webster
Ould
Pella Recreation Commission
Commission
Legion
Oskaloosa Y.M.C.A
Joan Farrer
Pella
Christian Schools Present Combined Band Program Fun
A Friday evening concert unites bands from Oskaloosa Peoria Sully and Pella Christian area schools with four area Christian grade schools and Pella Christian High School. Each band performs three pieces then the high school band adds three more. A 160 piece mass band closes with four numbers and First Chair pins award two students per school for beginner and advanced categories. The program began in 1960 under Paul Achterhof and aims to showcase growing interest. The event starts at 7:30 in the auditorium.
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Pella
Paul Achterhof
Pella Christian High School
Pella FFA Boys Spring Trip to St Joseph Missouri
Forty two Pella FFA members rode a chartered bus on April 18 to St Joseph Missouri. They toured Armour Packing Co to learn livestock processing and then visited Anchor Serum Co to view serum production. The trip was sponsored by the Farmers Co op Exchange.
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Pella Ffa
St. Joseph
Vee. Ag
James Lorigan
Setrith Menninga
Farmers’ Co-op Exchange
Armour Packing Co
Anchor Serum Co
Cooperative
Pella Christian Defeats Fremont in rout of Wildcats
The Eagles defeated Fremont 10 to 2 on Tuesday in Fremont, moving to 3-3 on the spring. Pitcher Don Ver Meer earned the win with nine strikeouts, while Sandy De Haan contributed another victory. Pella Christian built leads with four runs in the second and five in the fourth, aided by seven singles and key miscues by Fremont. Ver Meer allowed four hits and five walks. Fremont pitchers surrendered four hits and nine strikeouts. Menninga, Meinders, Van Weelden led with hits and Menninga added two RBIs.
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Eagles
Fremont
Wildcats
Don Ver Meer
Sandy de Haan
Bryce Menninga
Vern Meinders
Pella
Ver Meer
Pella Christian
Menninga
Meinders
van Weelden
S. Pella Christian
Pell Christian
Brass
Swanson
Towns
McKie
Upton
Rock Creek District Scout Leaders to Elect Officers
Officers and a member at large for the Rock Creek District of scouts will be elected at the Annual Scouter Dinner at Hotel Maytag in Newton on Wednesday evening May 2 starting at 6 30. The appreciation dinner will recognize all district scouters commissioners assistant leaders den mothers cub masters scout masters explorer advisors unit committeemen and institutions.
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Rock Creek
Central band library fundraiser invitation
A free will offering will be received to support the central band library. The library serves the music needs of all grade schools in the program and invites everyone to attend.
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Central Band
Resigns Post at Central College
Miss Ethel Brooks, comptroller and bursar at Central College for eight years, announced by President Arend D. Lubbers to resign effective May 1. A graduate of Westmar College and a former missionary in Sierra Leone, she earned a mathematics degree and did graduate work at Iowa State University and Kennedy School of Missions.
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Ethel Brooks
Central College
Arend D. Lubbers
Miss Brooks
Washington
Sierra Leone
West’ Africa
Weetmar College
Les Mars
Iowa State University
Ames
Kennedy School of Missions
Hartford
Conn
Central
Lubbers
Public Invited to View Senior Class Play Cannibal Queen
Public invited to view the Pella High School senior class play The Cannibal Queen, a three act farce comedy, on April 26 and 27 at 7 30 p m on the school stage under director Russel Beyers. The plot centers on Allen Kent a U S M Solomon Islands mission return with the Cannibal Queen.
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Pella’ High School
Russel Beyers
Allen Kent
U.S. M
Solomon Islands
United States
District scouting dinner set with awards and reservations
Local tickets at $2.00 per plate are on sale for a district scouting dinner. C B Caldwell and Dick Van Zante handle bookings with April 28 deadline. Art Heimann of Rock Creek serves as district chairman, Dick Van Zante of Pella as vice chair, and W V Wilson of Newton marks five years as district commissioner.
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C. B. Caldwell
Dick van Zante
Art Heimann
Rock Creek
Dick Vem Zante
Pella
Mission Film Sunday Eve in 1st C. R. Church
A 16 mm sound film titled Lift up Your Eyes will be shown Sunday evening April 29 at 9 0 in the First Christian Reformed Church of Pella. The documentary follows a Northwest Iowa girl as she joins the SWIM program and trains for Harlem New York field work with Church staff.
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First
Christian Reformed Church
Pella
Iowa
Harlem
New York
Cannibal Queen Hoax Spurs Mixup at Moor Tickets
Reporters await the arrival of the Queen as a Cannibal Queen impersonation causes confusion. Kent cannot join, and a young female reporter is pressed to pose as the Cannibal Queen while the real claimant appears. Ticket sales to be held at the Moor.
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Kent
Marriage Licenses and Legal Notices Compilation
Marriage licenses list names marked with ages and locations including Wolfe Goemaat Yacinich Allard Crandall Hollingshead Vander Meyden Templeton SpauR Snakenberg and Hancock. Court actions show larceny divorce decree attachments releases and orders involving Pelong Loynacan Silvers Grabow Hulgan and other parties across Knoxville and Louisiana.
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Mark Rroll Wolfe
Goemaat
suay"Ay
Swan
Victor Yacinich
Knoxville
Iona R. Allard
David Lee Sytsma
Carmen J. Pelong
James W. Pelong
Jane
L. Crandall
George A. Crandall
W. Loynacan
Glen Hollingshead
Howard Hollingshead
Conrad Vander Meyden
Eileen R. Vander
Meyden
A. B. Templeton
Mary Spaur
Leo Snakenberg
Litter
Universal C & T Credit Co
Darrell Hancock
Faye M. Hulgan
Harold E. Hulgan
Pella youths to serve in California program this summer
Young people from the Pella area will join a summer program stationed at Sacramento and Walnut Creek in California, engaging in activities organized for local participation and growth.
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Pella Area
Sacramento
Walnut Creek
California
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Electrolux
George Weigel
Safe Tower
BEYER
S ‘66
Dixie A. Brown
Marion County Auditor
John den Ouden
Little League
Christian Schools
Main St. Motors
Call Everett Vandenberg
Ed Tysseling
Rock Creek Dist
Tre
Pella Nursery Co
R.R
Pelia
C. R
Ritchie Manufacturing Ci Corp
Charles Grabow
Charles Grawbow
Trinity Reformed Church
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