Freshmen Set For Aptitude Test At Ella High
All incoming Ella Community High School freshmen must report to the old high school on Friday August 17 at 8 30 a m to take the Differential Aptitude Test. The test will occupy most of the day with dismissal around 3 00 p m. It will be administered by John Kam county guidance director and Edgar Epperly school guidance director. Students should bring lunch as hot meals will be served and payment of the registration fee is required.
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Ella Community High School
John Kam
Edgar Epperly
Pella Community High School
Soard Names New Music Instructor for Pel la Community Schools
Patrick Jamas McMullin is hired as the new music instructor for Pel la Community schools. He comes from Iowa City with 38 semester hours toward a Master’s Degree. McMullin attended Savannah Illinois High School and earned a B A from Dubuque. He previously served as assistant director at Loras College. The appointment followed Dean Van Haaften’s early spring decision and involves plans to represent a Des Moines music firm in the Pel la area.
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the McMullins
Pel
Iowa City
High Iool
Savannah
Ill
Dubuque
Loras Col
van Haaften
Vin
Des Moines
Pella
R J Vermeer Dies Unexpectedly in Phoenix Arizona
The Pella community mourns the sudden death of Ralph J Vermeer 48 a prominent local manufacturer and banker on a business trip in Arizona He died August 2 of a heart attack Vermeer a lifelong Pella resident co founder and secretary of Vermeer Manufacturing also served as president and cashier of Marion County State Bank 1936 1951 He played active roles in church civic and business affairs and held posts with First Christian Reform Church Christian High School College Board of Trustees Back to God Radio Hour Pella Chamber of Commerce and Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association He is survived by his wife Coralyn Phillips Dale two stepsons a brother and a sister Funeral services were held August 6 at the First Christian Reform Church Interment at Oakwood Cemetery
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Pella
Vermeer
Vermeer Manufacturing Company
Marion County State Bank
First Christian Reformed Church
College Board of ‘Trustees
Christian Reformed Synod
Gust
Bert Vermeer
Coralyn Phillips Dale
Albert Ennis Dale, Jr
William & Dale
Henry Bermeer
Frank Vander Ley
Grand Rapids
Mich
John A. de Kruyter
Herman Nollen
Elmer Nollen
Myron Nollen
Arthur H. Huyser
Earl N. Ver Meer
Harold Ver Meer
Oakwood Cemetery
van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home
Diverted Acres Payment Hinges On Weed Control
The Marion County ASC Committee states no final payments will be issued for diverted acres under the 1962 feed grain program unless weeds are controlled. Diverted fields must be seeded or summer fallowed and producers are regularly checked for compliance.
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Marion County
ASC
Prairie City Old Settlers Day Plans Complete
Plans for Prairie City's annual Old Settlers celebration on August 14 advance as committees finalize arrangements. The day features a parade, afternoon and evening programs of local talent, races, rides, concessions, and the usual presentations and awards.
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Prairie City
Prairie City News
Sold Entire Crop With Just One Act
Mrs. George Vande Voort of Pella Route 2 cancelled the second free insertion of her Apples for Sale ad after calls began Thursday morning and by day’s end her entire apple crop was sold. Chronicle ads promise fast and economical results on first publication.
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George Vande Voort
Pella
Chronicle
West End Clinches Midget League Title Repeats Victory
West End defends their championship edging Rotary 11-5 in game two. Kent Van Vark earned the win with five hits allowed six walks and 13 strikeouts. Rotary catcher Ted Zylstra hit a homer and struck out six as West End earned three trophies from the Legion Post for league and city titles.
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West End 66
Rotary
West End
Kent van Vark
van Vark
van Gorp Insurance
RBI
Rotarians
Ted Zylstra
Zylstra
Legion Post
Hiemstra
Pella
Co-op Electric
Ponies
Fees Due for Pella High and Junior High Aug 17
Pella Community High School and Webster Junior High set August 17 as registration day. High school charges total 12.00 including activity ticket and supplies, 4.25 optional football insurance, lunch tickets 1.50 weekly or 6.00 monthly. Junior high fee 6.00 covers consumables, insurance optional 1.25, lunch 1.50 weekly. Registration 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00-9:00 p.m. at respective buildings.
Five Pella Men Receive AIB Diplomas in Des Moines
Five young men from Pella were awarded diplomas by the American Institute of Business in Des Moines at a graduation for 297 students. Recipients include Robert Wayne Vander Waal Ronald Dean Hiemstra Norman Ray Van Haaften and Elmer John De Bruin with Ronald Lee Van Rees earning his diploma for higher accounting and automation. Graduation was held at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium with family and guests present. Employed by Meredith Publishing Co International Harvester Co and Dice Corporation the graduates’ positions are noted and De Bruin is stationed at Keesler Air Force Base Biloxi Mississippi.
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Robert Wayne Vander Waal
Elmer R. Vander Waal
Ronald Dean Hiemstra
Andrew Hiemstra
Norman Ray van Haaften
Arie van Haaften
Elmer John de Bruin
Marion de Bruin
Ronald Lee van Rees
Raymond van Rees
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Pella
Ronald van Rees
Meredith Publishing Co
Des Moines
Robert Vander Waal
Andrea Ver Meer Captures Grand Baby Beef at Marion County Fair
Eleven year old Andrea Ver Meer of Pella route 2 won top honors in the baby beef show with her 767 pound Black Angus steer Hoss. The grand champion sold for 58 a hundredweight to Mina Bingley near Knoxville, about 444 dollars. Andrea also earned a white ribbon on another entry. Lake Prairie 4-H members swept ribbons as Mike Vande Voort won the championship litter in swine, with Connie Ter Louw winning lightweight Hereford steer Cookie and Mary Ver Meer earning the Champion Dairy Showman award. Further results will be published in The Chronicle.
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Andrea Ver Meer
Harold Ver Meer
Pella
Marion County Fair
Andrea
Hoss
Lake Prairie
Cookie
Mary Ver Meer
the Chronicle
ASCS Officers Elected in Marion County and Jasper
The Marion County ASCS convention named Merrill L. Robuck as chairman and Russell E. Crozier as vice chairman among six elected delegates with terms beginning August 1, 1962. In Newton, Jasper County ASC elected Roy A. Thompson as chairman Leslie Doak as vice chairman and John Elscott as third member with Albert Hasselbrink and another as alternates.
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Merrill L. Robuck
Russell E. Crozier
J. Ray Brooks
Philip J. Sommar
Robert Hindman
Jasper
Roy A. Thompson
Des Moines
Jasper County
ASC
Newton
Leslie Doak
Newton Township
John Elscott
Buena Vista Township
Albert Hasselbrink
Large Turn-out For Ladies Invitational Golf Event
The Pella Golf and Country Club hosted a Wednesday invitational drawing 167 attendees and 124 golfers across twelve nearby towns. Prizes awarded for low scores and putts. longest drives and closest-to-pin honors went to players from Osceola Indianola Ottumwa and Knoxville among others. The traveling district trophy went to Indianola for the season, with dozens of door prizes and a fried chicken dinner prepared by Mick and Marie Blecha.
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Darlene Demory
Indianola
Bernice Sheppard
Osceola
Evelyn Dyer
Arlene Hanson
Ottumwa
Zelda Boatsma
Pella
Fern Underwood
Thermos
Betty Lowe
Montezuma
Irene Fleming
Sigourney
Connie Graeber
Julia Taylor
Centerville
Catherine Pullman
Des Moines
Willow Creek Club
Betty Siegrist
Ginny Clark
Chariton
Inger Danner
Knoxville
Helen Smith
Oskaloosa Elmhurst Club
Phyllis Dunshee
Oskaloosa Edmundson Club
Pearladine de Wit
Jo Smorenberg
Frances Welle
Oskaloosa
Clarence
Skeets) Vander Linden
Max Schakel
Mick
Marie Blecha Pre
Marie Dykstra
Katherine Pullman
Esther Boat
Julia Williams
Othella Warrell
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H. S
Soard
Young Iriahinen
Dicartment
Pelia
Patrick Jamas McMullin
Patrick ‘T. McMullin
Ralph J. Vermeer
R. J. Vermeer
Phoenix, Arizona
Arizona
Steve Patton
Archie van der Hart
Chris van Wyk
Bob Beyers
Danny Dingeman
Elvin van Ee
Allan Vander Hart
Ned Vander Weide
Curt van
Burnett
Webster Junior High
AIB
Pella Sunday
American Institute of Business
Business School
Lake Prairie Township
Mike Vande
Mike
Duroc
Poland
Hampshire
Connie Ter Louw
Paul Ter Louw
ASCS
Pella Club
In't Weld Meat Market
Pella National Bank
Boat & Boatsma
Tysseling and
de Wild
Van's Grocery
Rosscreen
Ulrich Motor Co
Pella Chiropractic Clinic
van der Ploeg Bakery
Dr. D
John Hoogenakker and Grootveld Oil Co
Bill’ Grootveld
John Hoogenakker
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