Top Showmanship awards at fair
Andrea Ver Meer of Lake Prairie Township club was chosen top dairy showman by Judge Jim Borchering at the Marion County Fair. Roger Rowley of Knoxville named Reserve Champion. breed and class champions were listed for Holstein, Guernsey, Brown Swiss, Ayrshire, Jersey, and Milking Shorthorn with exhibitors from Knoxville, Pella, Harvey, Tracy, Pleasantville, and other Iowa towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Prairie
Marion County Fair
Andrea Ver Meer
Carol Nollen
Chronicle
Chronicle News
Lake Prairie Township Club
Jim Borchering
Roger Rowley
Knoxville
Borcheding
Jerry Houser
Kerry Spaur
Susan Hines
Mike Williams
Tracy
Jersey
Janet West
Harvey
Bob Wilson
Ray Jenkins
Guernsey
Donald Sharp
Hamilton
John Stittsworth
Ayrshire
Denny Wilson
David Ver Meer
Pella
Mary Ver Meer
Marvin Houser
Linda Vroegh
Lila Vroegh
Susan Roorda
Beverly Hoyt
Pleasantville
Joan de Zwarte
Dallas
Larry de Jong
Ned Ingle
Swan
Barbara Hoyt
Carol Smith
Richard Clark
Steve Kingery
Elaine Aderson
Richard Kingery
Columbia
Dennis Harkin
Ma Ann Kingery
Mike Fort
Ricky Sharp
Susan Laird
Richard Goff
Jane Goff
Mary Ann West
Michele Williams
Beth West
Craig Worthington
Mth
Roberta Pearson
Jet
Mahala Moss
Rita Bensink
Connie Rowley
Raymond Jenkins
Pat Jenkins
Larry Rankin
Stephen Brent
Donald Lankford
Bussey
Dennis Brooks
Lacona
Danny Brooks
Jim Stittsworth
Cynthia Pearson
Ralph Roorda
Milking Shorthorn
Yearlin Meijers
Kathy Kennedy
Stephen Klootwyk
David Klein
Dul Roger Rowley
Helstein Cow
Donald Drost
Steven Lewis
Brown
Harmilton
Tesey
John Finarty
Area students in SUI summer commencement
About 800 degrees will be awarded at the University of Iowa summer commencement in the Field House at 7 30 p.m. CDT. Pella area candidates include Harold Kolenbrander Martha Perkins Edwin Moore Charles Ellis Rebecca Reiter Robert Bosveld Richard Stevens Jack Tyrrel and Mrs Sam Ahlbrecht. Howard R Bowen will confer 99 Ph D degrees and 277 master’s degrees along with 441 other degrees in ceremonies led by University president Bowen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
State University of Iowa
Donald E.rhoades
Pella Area
SUI
Harold Kolenbrander
Pella
Martha Perkins
Bussey
Edwin Moore
Dallas
Charles Ellis
Knoxville
Rebecca Reiter
Melcher
Robert Bosveld
Monroe
Richard Stevens
Prairie City
Jack Tyrrel
New Sharon
Sam Ahlbrecht
Howard R. Bowen
Gaylord M. Couchman
University of Dubuque
Den Adel Tree Yields Second Double Apple Discovery
John Van Houweling while gleaning apples dropped from a Bertha Den Adel yard strawberry apple tree last Thursday found one of the drops formed as a nearly perfect double apple on a single stem. Two years earlier John found a double apple on the same tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van Houweling
Bertha den Adel
John
4-H Garden Exhibit Placings at Fair
4 H members receive blue ribbons Roger Harrington Harvey Jerry Hall Connie Rowley Judy De Moss Knoxvill tal ley Vanden Berg Otley Vroegh and Craig Metcalf in Knoxville Red ribbons go to Brian Freeman Steve Ethel Broyce Davies Knoxville Linda Pleima and Sharon Vanden Berg Otley White ribbons awarded to Bill Roorda Pleansantville Monte Galvin Knoxville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H
Roger Harrington
Harvey
Jerry Hall
Connie Rowley
Judy de Moss
Knoxvill Talley Vanden Berg
Otley Vroegh
Craig Metcalf
Knoxville
Brian Freeman
Steve Ethel
Broyce Davies
Linda Pleima
Sharon Vanden Berg
Otley
Bill
Roorda
Pleansantville
Monte Galvin
Rotary Proxy Cliff White In inaugural club speech
Rotary Club members heard Cliff White praise Rotary International for promoting peace and world understanding in his inaugural speech Tuesday noon. He outlined aims for the year including promoting an American Field Service student Miss Anne Davies from London to attend Pella High School and seeking active district and community projects. A taped message from Charles W. Pettingill marked Rotary’s 60th anniversary, noting 553 000 Rotarians in 125 countries.
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Rotary
Cliff White
Rotary International
Cliff
Anne Davies
Miss Davies
London
England
Pella High School
William van Tuyl
Pella
Bunny” Harper
Ottumawa
Charles W. Pettingill
Paul Harris
Chicago
Fire destroys Newendorp barn near Pella
A barn on the Elmer Newendorp farm four miles east of Pella burned late Sunday afternoon destroying 2000 bales of hay. Pella rural fire department confined the blaze to the barn with only a garage nearby spared. Heat and dry conditions blamed for the fire. Damage estimate unavailable Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Newendorp
Pella
Newendorp
Marion Co Fair exhibitis horses halter and trail classes
Fifty three horses and ponies shown at Marion County Fair with a new Trail Class attracting twelve 4 H members. Sally Clark Knox ville won Trail. Don Kenning Prairie City second. Multiple firsts in Halter classes led by Bob Fisher Otley Pony Yearling and Jim Bingham Knoxville Horse Yearling. Judge T A Ledlie Des Moines. Numerous placements listed by name town and class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Co
Tom Nichols
Horse & Pony
Sally Clark
R 5
Knoxville
Don Kenning
Prairie City
Bob Fisher
Otley
Jim Bingham
C. J. Chamberlain
Danny Keuning
T. A. Ledlie
Des Moines
Danny Harvey
Donnie Keuning
Dick Hilsabeck
Pleasantville
Kevin Klein
Randy Rowley
Bobby Roff
Danny Hollingshead
Tracy
Mike Burns
Billy Buttrey
Buttrey
C. J
Pella Hi Soccer? Baseball? Dutch Beat Monroe In Doubleheader
Pella Hi defeated Monroe 6 to 5 on July 24 at home, with Locke and Mick combining for eight strikeouts. Douwstra led Pella with a three RBI triple in the second inning. In a July 28 rematch in Monroe, Budding earned the win as Pella won 8 to 4 behind two doubles from Van Dyke and Douwstra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Pella
Locke
Mick
Fan
Budding
Dupree
Craig Douwstra
Monroe High
Monroe
van Dyke
Douwstra
Ball
Hollingsworth
Merchants Beat Bankers to Improve to 6-3
The Pella Merchants defeated the Marion County Bankers 12 to 2 at pool park to raise their season record to 6-3. Ray Pope pitched four innings for the win, with Jerry Blom earning the save after two scoreless frames. Ron Dieleman led the Bankers with a double as their offense struggled against Merchants pitching. The Merchants will host Peoria Stockyards and Otterbein Orioles in upcoming games, with an invitational tournament set for August 10 11 and 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella Merchants
Marion County Bankers
Pool Park
Merchants
Kading
Hagen
Pope
Rus
Ver Meer
Jerry Blom
Dingeman
The
Ray Pope
LeRoy van Weelden
Ron Dieleman
Bankers
Peoria Stockyards
Ottumiya Orioles
Yi Bake
Mears Family Heads Seven Month Continental Tour
Klaus Meurs his wife Mary and four sons depart Aruba for a seven month journey through the United States Canada and on to England and Holland. The trip includes stops with relatives in Pella and Montreal visits to Yellowstone Bryce Canyon and Grand Cayman like sightings, and ends with a reunion in Holland before returning to Aruba. The family left Aruba March 23 after hitching a ride to the mainland and plans to sell their trailer in Montana and return with a station wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klaus Meurs
Aruba
Netherlands Antilles
Venezuela
Pella
Nick Branderhorsts
Branderhorst
United States
Canada
England
Holland
Branderhorsts
Klaus
California
Mears
Los Angeles
Stauros
Freeport
Grand Bahama
Niarchos Group
Bahamas
Miami
Europe
Yellowstone
Bryce Canyon
Yellowstone Lake
Arizona
Iowa
Iowaine
Montreal
Cunard Lines
Monti
San Nicholas
Amsterdam
Saudi Arabia
Arabia
Mary
Jan
Bernard
Rudolph Peter
Aric
Nick Branderhorst
U. S
Rudolph
Arie
Jen
Chronicle News
Local minister sees race riots change hometown
Rev. Gerrit van den Berg of Ebenezer Reformed Church in Leighton notes a frightening shift in Rochester New York where he once resided twenty five years. He observed white and Black rioting and looting during a summer vacation and will describe the events in four upcoming Life and Character columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton
Gerrit van den Berg
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Chronicle
Rochester
New York
van den Berg
Vander Zyl graduates from electronics school at Great Lakes
Seaman Robert A. Vander Zyl, electronics technician, US Navy, son of Mr and Mrs Marion Vander Zyl of Leighton, completed a 38 week Electronics Technician School at the Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois on July 10. The course covered maintenance and repair of naval electronic equipment. Great Lakes serves as the Navy’s largest training center and Ninth Naval District headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes, Ill
FHNTC
Robert A. Vander Zyl
USN
Marion Vander Zyl
Leighton
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Ninth Naval District
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Dorsey Dairy Herd
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Melcher Mit’s
Tracy Tigers
Ith
Friendly Fellows
Dorsey
Hex A Poppin
Ind
Hex
and West
Connie Ter Louw
Jack Hollingshead
Pony Foal
Pat Bingley
Rodney Roff
Std
Flaine Harrington
Vicki King
Bobby Buttrey
Billie Jean Hodges
Keven Klein
Kathy Stroud
Doug de Ronde
Ann Kuyper
Pella Hi
Doug Kooyman
North Broadway
Kiwanis
Terry Koob
Jim Zyl
Stra
Debbie Wineland
She Hemert
Derby
Maria Vos
del Jong
Debbie van Weelden
Seaman Vander Zyl
Electronics
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