Local notes from Pella area include births and visits
A baby boy was born to Gerrit and wife on Tuesday August 3 at Mahaska hospital. Earl and Mrs Curtis of Golden Colorado visited relatives in Pella. Mrs Marr Terpstra underwent surgery at Mercy Oskaloosa. Mrs Melvin Dykstra and baby daughter left Mahaska for home. Mrs William Vande Kieft and son Joey from Kokomo Indiana visit relatives as Bill serves two weeks in Chicago with Navy Reserves. Protestant Reformed Church notes include Pastor Ver Meer accepting Redlands California call and Joan Ver Meer in Iowa City Children’s Hospital improving, with Redlands arrival planned in September. Mr and Mrs Mervin Toll and children of Omaha visited in town for Plate reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit Roose
Mahaska Hospital
Marr. Terpstra
Mercy
Oskaloosa
Melvin Dykstra
Otley
Mahaska
William Vande Kieft
Joey
Kokomo
Indiana
Andrew Klyn
Bill
Chicago
Navy
Protestant Reformed Church
Lawrence Ver Meer
Redlands
California
Joan Ver Meer
Ver Meer
Children's Hospital
Iowa City
Mervin Toll
Omaha
Nebraska
Herman Toll
Seeing Eye dogs lead blind group to church in Madrid
Five blind people at a Salvation Army camp north of Madrid attended a church service in Madrid. A guide dog named "Cing Eye" led the group down the aisle to an empty pew, then lay in the aisle as the service continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Salvation Army
Cing Eye
Dog
Pella Merchants Defeat Reasnor In League Game 7 to 2
The Pella Merchants beat Reasnor Inst 7 to 2 in a league softball game. Weidemeier pitched for Pella with four hits allowed and five strikeouts, while Van Veen allowed nine hits and struck out seven for Reasnor. George Cummings led Pella with three hits and Jestie had two. I Broderson homered for Reasnor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Reasnor
Weidemeier
Ineal
J. van Veen
van Veen
Reasner
George Cummings
Jestie
Cummings
McClelland
Bennett
Washington 2 Pella Merchants 4 in nine player game
The Pella Merchants defeated Washington 4 to 2 on a late hour booked game with only nine players. B Ter Louw and Bert Bandstra starred for Pella with Weidemeier and B Bandstra also praised. Pella heads to Prairie City Friday for a conference game versus Teague, urging fans to turn out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Washington
B. Ter Louw
Bert Bandstra
Weidemeier
B. Bandstra
P. C
Prairie City
Teague
Pella Midgets topple Knoxville 12 to 10 in league game
Pella American Legion Midgets beat Knoxville 12 10 on the Pool diamond. Pella led 12 5 through five innings before Knoxville rallied with five runs in the sixth. Trueblood retired the first three batters in the seventh as Sampson walked five and struck out eight for Knoxville while Trueblood fanned five. Ballanger doubled twice and Rainey and Van Niewaal added two singles each as Pella built the early lead. Batteries: for Pella Trueblood Ballanger, for Knoxville Sampson Harvey. The Pella lineup included De Haan Van Niewaal Bloodsworth Trueblood Ballanger Grandia Rainey Van Dyke Van Rees K De Wild. Knoxville countered with Nichols Mitchell Miles Harvey Ellison Hall Simmons Nichols and Sampson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella American Legion
Knoxville American Legion
Pella
Trueblood
Ballanger
Rainey
van Niew
RHE Knoxville
Mitchell
Miles
Harvey
Ellison
Hall
Simmons
Nichols
Sampson
Winners at Marion Co fair 4-H club show
The largest 4-H club show since 1941 at the Marion County Fairgrounds drew entries across beef cattle swine sheep and horse divisions. Winners include John Van Zemeren of Pella for Percheron draft yearling and market pig heavy and light weights with multiple rosters listing top placings by Vreezelaar Veenstra Mathes and Crozier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Co. Fair
John H. Vriezelaar
Otley
Work Clothes for Men Take Hard Wear Seriously
A guide to durable men’s work garments from overalls to shirts. Look for sorbized chambray shirts with neat collars, labeled non shrinking fabrics, and robust stitching. For blue jeans and overalls, choose 8 ounce denim with reinforced pockets rivets and triple stitching. Ensure proper fit by waist and inseam measurements and sturdy suspenders.
Market Lambs and Beef Herd Winners List
A dense breed and show results listing Ist to 10th place positions across several breeds and animals. Names include Bonnie Van Wyk Otley John Vriezelaar Pella Elwyn Ver Dught Otley and many others with placings in Purebred Ram Ewe and Angus Shorthorn classes. The note says the list is not complete and will be continued next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Lambs
Bonnie van Wyk
Otley
John N. Vriezelaar
Phyllis van Wyk
Monroe
Leonard M. Gosselink
Pella
S. P. C. Litter
William W. Dieleman
Robert D. Dieleman
John van Zemeren
P.C. Gilt
Robert D. Die
Elvyn
Verl
Twyla
Leland Rankin
Knoxville
Marilyn Rankin
Mary Vriezelaar
John H. Vriezelaar
Ewe Ast
John Vriezelaar
Roland Fysink
Roland Eysink
John Vr
Phillip Richards
Pleasantville
Charles Eggers
Donald Williams
Lawrence Woolsey
Wendell Williams
Hugh Whitlatch
Laverne Stilsworth
Richard Whitlatch
Larry Harsin
Nelson Boozeboom
Tracy
Wilma Mathes
Pelia
Robert Brooks
Marvin Brooks
Dean Frey
Clarice
Jean Robu Ves
Angus Baby BE
Richard Core
Pleasantivile
Tom Mavener
Tom Havener
Henry A. Bensink
Howard Clark
Floyd Agan
Columbia Intermediate
Charlie Feagins
Bill Black
Roland Bysink
Marvin Vanden Berg
Kenneth Vanden Berg
Marjorie Bensink
Gilbert Cook
Harvey
Gene Stevenson
Edwin Ver Ploeg
Paul Feagins
Ralph Ver Ploeg
Dwight E. Langstraat
Angus
Charles Feansees
Champion Angus
Price index rises eleven points in July
Prices received by Town farmers advanced 11 points in July rising from 346 to 357 percent of pre world war I levels. The meat animal section led the gain with meat animals at 398 a new high. Crops fell as harvest began, feeding ratios jumped with the corn hog ratio at 13 to 1. Butterfat dairy and egg poultry ratios also improved. Iowa Crop and Live Stock Reporting Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
School Census Levy Limits Tax Base and Budget
The article discusses state census figures for ages 5 to 21. It notes a legislative move raising the per pupil levy from 100 to 125 dollars, enabling Pella to levy 108,260 dollars in taxes. The Board of Education budget for 1948-49 seeks 103,650 dollars, staying within the current law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Board of Education
Britannia Mews and the wartime English family saga
Library Notes reviews present Britannia Mews as a sharp tale of Adelaide and a long English family saga spanning three quarters of a century from 1875 through postwar England. It threads personal tragedy, resilience, and love amid social upheaval and wartime turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide
England
Transforming a Mining Town into a Community Chronicle
Yivania town presents an astounding chronicle of a mining community evolving from spiritual poverty to gladness and brotherhood through collective effort and renewed faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yivania
Couple’s wedding plans thwarted by expired licenses
Don Heron and Mary Henthorn visited Waverly to finalize their marriage but found both the marriage license and health certificates expired due to a slight postponement. They hurried to Town City to complete the required physical examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Heron
Mary Henthorn
Waverly
Town City
Forage Focus and Geography Misstatements Highlighted
The report notes a return to Waverly by 5 30 pm for a 6 pm ceremony. It emphasizes high quality productive forages in livestock production with concentrates as supplements rather than dominants. It also discusses soil expectations and geography, misplacing Chile at Florida's southern tip and suggesting a misaligned Hudson Bay extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
South America
Florida
Hudson Bay
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Earl Curtis
Golden, Colorado
Firestone
Ozinga Tire Service
Klyn
Tire and Battery Service
Ray Klyn
Prop
Doak
Homeguard
Joe Stientjes & Son
Pella Merchants
Iowa State College
Library Notes
Mystery OF the
Mary Urmston
Love
Diana Ridle
Telen Topping Miller
Tennessee
Constance W. Dodge
Miles Cascoyne
Dararis Horn
Salem Village
Victor Kravchendo
Russia
Communist Party
America
Russell Janney
Penn
Feronto
Doe
Fini Sn Cis Catan
Marion County
John Vanden Board
Marion County Bankers Association
Marion County Soil Conservation District
County Extension Service
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