Iowa Counties Lead in Independence Drive Bond Sales
Marion County tops Iowa in both I bond quota and combined E F and G quotas with 164 and 179 percent, while Boone and Mahaska trails. Pella banks praised for strong support as Iowa finishes 102.74 percent of BE bond quota, totaling $29,474,348 in E F and G purchases, with 43 counties meeting total quota and 48 exceeding series E.
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Marion County
Boone County
Mahaska County
Sioux County
Pella
Iowa
Roger F. Warin
Towa
Warin
Mission Fest Aug 10 by Christian Reformed Churches
The Christian Reformed Churches of the Pella area plan an annual Mission Fest in West Market Park on August 10 with 1:30 and 7:30 sessions. Dr. Ralph Bronkema of Orange City will speak both times, an afternoon Holland language address, plus representations from Africa Canada and New Mexico. Children’s Hour at 2:00 p.m. in First Christian Reformed basement. canteen, loud speakers, music interludes, and offerings supporting mission causes. Public invited.
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Pella
West Market Park
Ralph Bronkema
Orange City
Iowa
Africa
Canada
New Mexico
First Christian Reformed Church
Christian Reformed Church
Pella Christian High Alumni Banquet Set for Aug 16
An alumni banquet will be held Wednesday August 16 at 6 30 p m in the Pella Christian High School Gym Tickets are on sale at Vander Ploeg s Bakery or by writing to Shirley Vander Schaaf 706 East 1st Street Pella Iowa Tickets sale ends August 10 The program includes vocal and instrumental numbers and other entertainment Mr C Widergem of Sheboygan Wisconsin hopes to attend to speak Plan to attend and reconnect with teachers and classmates.
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Pella Christian High School
Vander Ploeg
Shirley Vander Schaaf
East 1St Street
Pella
Towa
C. Widergem
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
Vander Putte Family Split After 1896 Split
Martinus Vander Putte of Reasner Town visited a week with brother John and sister Mary in Cullman Alabama. The Vander Puttes migrated from Holland to Pella in 1893, lived west of Pella, then Mississippi, where brothers split in 1896 and have not met since. John stayed in Alabama, Martinis farmed near Town, John’s daughter is Mrs. James Kelly.
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Martinus Vander Putte
Reasner
John
Mary
Cullman
Alabama
Vander Puttes
Molland
Pella
Klyn
Mississippi
Martinis
Mary Vander Putte
James Kelly
Killduff
Robert Rohrdanz
Frank Kroh
Holland
Iowa Rural Women To Sing in Washington Festival
Iowa Rural Women to join a National Capital Sesquicentennial event in Washington on September 1 as part of Toa Day at the festival. The state chorus travels by invitation of Governor Beardsley and will also perform in Chicago on the way. Marion County members Mrs James Tolland Mrs Joe Templeton and Miss Helen Hindman have reservations. About 400 people expected on the trip.
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Cnt
Rural Women's Chorus
Washington, D.C
National Capital
William S. Beardsley
Marion Co
Marion County
James Tolland
Pleasantville
Joe Templeton
Olley
Helen Hindman
Knoxville
Washington
Lake Front
Dutch Pastor Visits Pella and Reports on Emigration
Reverend Jochem Hettinga of Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands, visits The Chronicle in Pella staying with son and daughter in law Siebolt Hettinga. He has two sons in Iowa and Canada and says Dutch emigrants in Canada face land and sponsorship barriers but are church minded and productive. He plans to report findings to Holland and hopes for higher U.S. emigration quotas. He travels back after about a month.
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Chronicle
Jochem Hettinga
Harlingen
Friesland
Netherlands
Nettinga
Siebolt Hettinga
Tettinga
Penney
I Hettinga
Canada
Reformed Church In
Holland
Church Central Commission On Emigration
Iolland
British Columbia
Spr
Hettinga
Iowa
Sicholt
Monroe
America
United States
Pella
WHO Non Stars to play in Pella with talent show
WHO radio star Slim Hayes will serve as emcee after the Softball Association hosts a Pool Park game on Tuesday evening August 16. The event seeks local talent for a Home Talent Show with four key volunteers Flor Geurts Leydens Peter G Gaass and Bill Grootveld aiding entries. Reserve August 16 for an evening of softball and entertainment.
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WHO
Pella
Pool Park
Softball Association
Slim Hayes
Flor Geurts
Leydens
Peter G. Gaass
Bill Grootveld
Pella Merchants Win 3 and Lose 2
The Pella Merchants played five games last week, winning three and losing two. They beat Vella 6 to 6 in a contradictory score, lost to Knoxville Cab 10 to 6, defeated Maytays 6 to 4, triumphed over Prairie City 8 to 0, and edged Percy 1 to 9 in nine innings. Upcoming home games include Prairie City Comets on August 3, Johnson Lawnmower on August 4, Green Motors on August 8, and Merchants on August 11.
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Pella Merchants
Pella
Knoxville Cab
Vella
Maytays Pella
Prairie City
Percy
Attica
Prairie Cuty
Merchants
Prairie City Comets
All Stars
Johnson Lawnmower
Green Motors
Kindergarten registrations list for Pella Public Schools
Preliminary registrations show 34 children ready for kindergarten in the Pella Public Schools this fall. The notice seeks corrections before August 29, with a bus route serving Webster pupils in the afternoon and Lincoln as the grade site, under Mrs. M. M. Dockendorff.
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Pella
Blue 77
New Officers Installed by Legion Post
The Van Veen Van Hemert Legion Post installed new officers after a July meeting. Donald Douw was elected 1951 Post Commander, with outgoing leaders and delegates from Knoxville and Pella present. Discussion covered Korea and U N policing, military readiness, and proposed department resolutions at Sioux City convention.
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John Neagle
Marshall Camp
Creston
van Veen-Van Hemert
Marion Roorda
Lloyd
Don Douwstra
William Vanden Berg
Bob Heerema
V. c
Legion
van Veen-Van Hemert Legion
Jacob C. van der Veer
Gerald Dieleman
Ray de Wit
van der Veer
Marion County Council Legion
Clarence van Niewaal
van Niewaal
Knoxville
Pella
Bary Tucker
John Burger
Ned Ashton
van Nicwaal
Marshall F. Camp
Camp
Department Legion
Indianapolis
Indiana
Town Department
Paul Tornquist
National Legion Organization
U. S
Korea
Donald Douw
Pella Picnic Set for Michigan Event on Aug 9
Cornelius Zylstra of Grand Rapids sends an aerial photo from the 1949 Pellaites picnic in Michigan. The annual western Michigan gathering at Ottawa Beach near Holland is slated for Wednesday August 9 with many Pellaites like the Stursmas Posts Zylstras Vanden Bosches and Gouloozes expected to attend and bring picnics.
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Cornelius Zylstra
Grand Rapids
Michigan
The
Chronicle
Pella
Ted de Boer
Ottawa Beach
Holland
Big Bargain Festival Planned for Auction Sale Day
Pella merchants urge farm couples to visit town next Wednesday August 9 for the midweek auction at the Sale Barn. Overalls day features genuine bargains, a three page list of specials, and free coffee from 2 to 5 pm courtesy of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Pella
Cooperative Group Discussed Sales of Farm Machinery
A group of Pella farmers met with the board of directors of the Wemers Union Co op Marketing Association Reuben Schakel manager and R C Brown Kansas City to discuss ways to improve services and efficiency for Co op tractors and farm machinery The meeting heard Brown describe farm machinery history and the group unanimously urged farmers to enlarge their cooperative role in production and distribution of all types of farm machinery The list of attendees includes Alfred Steenhoek Myron Steenhoek Ralph Hackett John De Zwarte Lloyd Mathes Sneller Will Verwe Marion Verwers Henry De Jong Leonard Simmons Robert Raozenboom Leslie Bognards Marion Hal Donald Beerends Myron Beerends John De Nooy Jr Slugo Steenhoek Elmer Van Zoe Reuben Schukel Lloyd Clark Ralph Brown Kenneth Kooyman Johnny Klein Edward Grove Cornie Tukker
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Martin
Donald Ver Meer
Anthony
Iene Kuyper
Gerrit
Pamela Klein
Bob
Incoln
Sharon van Rees
Raymond
Linda Bevans
David
Bernard Brom
Ray
Charlene Anderson
Rev. Charles
Larry Klein
Lawrence
Rodney Gaard
Emery
Dennis Jelsma
Irvin
Charlene Klein
Andrew
Craig Martin
Dr. R. M
Leo Vander Linden
Kenneth
Ronald Sneller
Nickolas
Meredith Schakel
Max
Marvin van Zee
Melvin
Delores de Vries
William
Michael _Triplett
Robert
Marla Schicbout
Gary
Donald_Geetings
Wayne
Union Street
Webster
Lin
Lincoln
M. M. Dockendorff
Pella
Wemers Union Co-op Marketing Association
Reuben Schakel
R. C. Brown
Kansas City
Brown
Farm Machinery Department
Consumers Cooperative Association
Alfred Steenhoek
Myron Steenhoek
Ralph Hackett
John de Zwarte Lloyd Mathes Sneller
Will Verwe
Marion Verwers
Henry de Jong
Leonard Simmons
Robert Raozenboom
Leslie Bognards
Marion Hal Donald Beerends
Myron Beerends
John de Nooy Jr
Slugo Steenhoek
Elmer van Zoe Reuben Schukel
Lloyd Clark
Ralph Brown
Kenneth Kooyman
Johnny Klein
Edward Grove
Cornie Tukker
Night Farm Sale Was Big Success
One of the first farm sales in this community was held by Harold J. Veenstra north of Pella Monday evening. Weather was perfect and buyers from distant points and around Te lu attended. Livestock sold well with hogs to 112.00, boar pigs to 68.00, gifts to 00, cows up to 800.00, springer cows to 270.00, open heifers to 257.00, averaging about 600 for cattle.
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Harold J. Veenstra
Pella
Telu
Ruth Knopf Resigns as Lincoln School Grade Teacher
Lincoln School patrons regret to learn that Mrs Ruth Knopf will be unable to report for a teaching position at Lincoln Building when school opens August 29. She accepted a primary position in an outlying Denver community after accepting a contract elsewhere while at Colorado State Teacher College Fort Morgan.
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Lincoln School
B. Knopf
Ruth Fangerak
Lincoln
Miler
Denver
Colorado
Colorado State Teacher College
Fort Morgan
Armed Forces Saluted In Municipal Band Concert
Three branches of the armed forces will be saluted by the Pel-In Municipal Band next Saturday evening. Overture Old Vienna by Karl King. Mona Lisa Song, medleys of children's and Irish songs arranged by Lake. Program includes Southern Echoes, three marches, a popular selection and an intermezzo. Mr. Cox directs with his usual vigor. many seats are filled. Don’t miss the concert.
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Pel- In
Marin
Vienna
Towa
Karl King
Lake
Mr. Cox
Henry Cox
Wendlund
Cox
McDonald
Richards
Knights of Youth
Holmes
London Bridge
Danny Boy
Miller
Gruber
Evans
McColl Recalls First State GOP Convention at 21
A. M. McColl of Woodward, now 93, attended his first state Republican convention when he was 21 years old, marking a long span of involvement in party affairs since the 1950s era gathering.
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A. M. McColl
Woodward
Mr. McColl
Teacher’s Transfer Brings Her Closer to Brother
A newly assigned teacher will relocate to be nearer her brother Clarence Langerak, recent Medicine graduate from Colorado University, amid a certificate update.
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Clarence Langerak
Colorado University
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Marion
Iowa Counties
Putte
John Vander Putte
Martinis Vander Mary Vander Putte
Dr. R. Bronkema
Pella Christian High
Rural Women To Sing
United Nations
American Legion
Mic
J. Hettinga
Geref. Kerk
Daniel
Lions’ den
Cooperative
Ruth Knopf
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