Mediapolis to Host Lubbers Talk Sunday at 8215
Dr. Irwin J. Lubbers will speak Sunday evening at 8215 Mediapolis in a program featuring the Silberstein Concert Ensemble, the Boer Brothers, midget acrobats, and a three-dog comedy act The event is free of charge and aims to attract residents seeking cultural entertainment The occasion also highlights local educational outreach with new faculty hires Miss Virginia Van Gorp and Mrs Eino Hayskar joining Central College’s speech department with relevant credentials and prior teaching experience
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Leteers
Ike
Murphy
Silberstein
Boer Brothers
Ralph Martin
Irwin J. Lubbers
Mediapolis
Lubbers
Central College
Virginia van Gorp
Northwestern University
Eino Hay
Skar
Hayskar
Pella
Naval School
Albia College
University of Michigan
Northwestern
Bangor
Michigan
Hayskur
Albin
Albin Players Guild
University Theater of the Air
Pella High Band To Close Summer Concert Tonight
The Pella High School Concert Band performs its final summer concert tonight in Garden Square. Solo and ensemble numbers include Clarinet Polka, Two Guitars, Shower of Gold, and a drum solo by Cora Thomassen. Marilyn McFadden leads Prairie City students in a challenging solo. program features marches and patriotic selections concluding with Our National Anthem.
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Pella
Garden Square
Cora Thomassen
Duce
Prairie Ci
sRree
McBadden
Brittell
America
Patri Barnard
Harvard
Caughey
Altamont
Heart of
Texas
Hershey
Zameeni
Red Feather
Interme
Auman
Shower of Gold
Marilyn McFadden
Prairie City
Bouillon
Democracy
Lake
Madeline Diekema
Eleanor Vos
Patty Shaw
Colleen Klein
Old Vienna
King
Cora ‘Thomassen
Marines
Chenette
National Guard
McCaughey
To Sing Pella Composer's Song At Band Concert
The Chamber of Commerce Band plans a Saturday evening program with Miss Anne Esseling as soloist performing two numbers. One, Just a Memory, was composed by Hy Reaning of Vella. The other piece is the popular air As Time Goes By. The concert features solos, a community sing, and works by Losey and Pennsylvanian Poll 7 with songs like The Flags Unfurled and the National Anthem.
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Per
Chamber of Commerce
Anne Esseling
Vella
Mateis
Miss Muna
BOC
Nupfeld
Boa. Kinale
Overture
Losey
Pennsylvanian
Good Neighbors Help Edw Ver Meer in Illness
Edward Ver Meer of Black Oak Township Mahaska County has been seriously ill with fever. Neighbors learned of his plight on August 10 and the Black Oak threshing ring brought their rig to thresh grain unpaid. Other neighbors provided wagons forks and lunch for workers in a practical display of goodwill.
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Edward Ver Meer
Black Oak Township
Mahaska County
Ver Meer
Black Oak
Lieutenant and wife settle in at Pella amid Navy duties
The text notes a young family with a three month old son Stephen Gary moving to Pella. The wife will juggle a demanding home role with college duties, while the Navy may keep the couple stationed nearby, avoiding relocation during this promising period.
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Hayskars
Stephen Gary
Navy
Pella
Pella Girls Aid Detasseling In War Era Effort
Several hundred acres of livid seed corn near Pella are detasseled by mostly Pella High School girls. The operation uses the school bus Oscar to move between fields with permission from the Rationing Board. A dramatic storm delayed transport, but the students endured muddy fields and long hours to protect seed corn with high yield, disease resistance, and nutrition value for the war effort.
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Ing
Hybrid Seed Corn Company
Pella
Marion Macrow
Vilis van Hemert
Rtha Rouwenhorst
Paws An Dyke
Helen van Broen
Nadine Sehakel Klein Kuyper
Joyce Sadler
Donna” Russell
Betty Notting
Mary Ann Melisovich
Vn Shepherd
Sarah Woolston
Jane Veenman
Kathryn Breen
Jeannette Leydens
Myrtle Evers
Colleen Renaud de Drost
Dorothy Needham
Georgia van Gorkom
Helen Wilson Dunella Olivier
Kyine
Oscar
Highway 163
Town
Bill Francit
Michael Leonate
Estes
Michael Leonard Co
Achool
C. C. Buerkens
K. €. Decker
W. A. Brandt
Coleen Renaud
Marion Morrow
Junella Olivier
Geneva Shepherd
Kenneth C. Dee
Buerkens
Nadine Schakel
Marcia Kuyper
Coleen Klein
Sarah Woolsten
Helen van Brogen
Bertha Rouwenhorst
Phyllis van Hemert
Wm. Frandt
Norma van Dyke
Donna Russel
Central College Names Dr. Noel Logan New Music Head
Dr Noel J Logan succeeds Carl Senob as head of the music department at Central College. Logan, a 1937 Doctor of Music, has taught at Penn College and the University of Omaha and led the University of Dubuque choir. He will direct both choral and cappella groups with assistants handling school music duties.
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Carl Senob
Chicago
Senob
Noel J. Logan
Logan
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Boston University
Bush Conservatory of Music
Penn College
University of Omaha
University of Dubuque
United States
Frieburg Pa
Rieburg
Germany
Nebraska
Oa Hi
Ea Mden
Dr Omaha Symphony Orchestra
Anthony Kooiker
Liggett
Leonora van Dellan
Victory Garden Tips for Meals and Sandwich Fillings
Extend meats and cheese by tempting use of the victory garden. Crisp vegetables mixed with a small amount of cheese or left over meat add variety to sandwich fillings. The effort of planting and caring for the victory garden will be well worth while.
Mission Fest At West Park Today Draws Local Churches
The Christian Reformed Church missions festival gathers in West Market Park for Vella area churches with speakers Miss Deanetta Ploeg and Mrs C Kuipers from Zuni. Children host at 1:30 in First Reformed basement with Ralph Ver Meer guiding. Dr C Bouma will speak at 1:30 afternoon and 7:30 evening with Kuipers presenting moving pictures of Indian missions.
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Christian Reformed
Vella
West Market Park
Johanna Timmer
Deanetta Ploeg
China
Rehoboth
New Mexico
Marie Vos
Zuni
C. Kuipers
Ralph Ver Meer
C. Bouma
Calvinary
Kuipers
Zunieduled
A. P. Ver Ploegh Recovers A Hay Loft Scare
Andrew Ver Ploegh of Oak Grove Nursery found a motioning, bedraggled soldier hidden in a hay stack in the barn. Startled, he pulled back and the man groaned, revealing a living person rather than debris.
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A. P. Ver Ploegh
Andrew P. Ver Ploegh
Oak Grove Nursery
Andy
Scrap Drive Postponed Amid Administrative Glitches
A local scrap drive facing delays along the Des Moines River was postponed due to planning complications. Henry B P or Johnse vage, the drive’s chairman, indicated adjustments would be announced before September. Workers remain in readiness for the rescheduled event.
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Des Moines
Henry BP
Johnse Vage
Edgetowne Horses Dominate Kahoka Show Honors
Horses from Edgetowne Stables of Oskaloosa swept Kahoka Missouri last week with five entries taking top awards. Steve Garner entries earned three firsts seven seconds and one third including two championships. Attendance was described as the largest in 62 years with spectators from several areas.
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Edgetowne
Oskaloosa
Kahoka, Mo
Steve Garner
Kahoka
Mr. Garner
Paratrooper’s Careless Journey From Camp to Home
A 21 year old former paratrooper with 2 years and nine months in the U S Army recounts his rough trek from Virginia to Amelia. After discharge due to bad feet he hitchhiked and slept under a tree near Pella, soaked by rain, finding shelter in a barn. Andrew Ver Ploegh helped with food and money and the man planned to call Ames folks to explain his troubles and seek work in Pella.
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Joe Daniels
U.S
Virginia
Amelia
Pella
Andrew
Ames
Andy
Molly Pitcher Day Drives Stamp Sale in Pella
Nationwide Molly Pitcher Day in Pella saw the American Legion Auxiliary sell defense stamps and bonds. Mrs. Wilma Lankelma and Mrs. Thelma Van Memert presided at a south square booth as five girls Elaine Vander Ploeg Shirley De Cook Dixie Lee Bulstead Patricia Rysdam Lou Anne LeCocq raised stamps.
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American Legion Auxiliary
U.S. Treasury
Wilma Lankelma
Commencement Program Set for August 19 at College
A summer commencement at the college is planned for Thursday evening at 8:00. Reverend Morris G. Folkerts of Otley Reformed Church will speak with organ and vocal music. Seven graduates will receive degrees including Bachelor of Arts winners Wayne Decker John Arthur Grull Cornelius Hoekstra Evelyn Tysseling Clarke Van De Pol Joyce Vander Kooi Alma Grace Van Oenen and Reverend Clifford Perron plus Esther Van Arkel earning a two year teacher training certificate. The program highlights the accelerated curriculum at Central and promises a concise but meaningful event.
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Morris G. Folkerts
Otley Reformed Church
Degee
Wayne Decker
John Arthur Grull
Cornelius Hoekstra
Evelyn Tysseling
Clarke van de Pol
Joyce Vander Kooi
Alma Grace van Oenen
Clifford Perron
Esther van Arkel
Central
Navy Plans Opening Pool to Cadets and Friends
Navy requests that the pool be opened on Sundays to cadets and their friends. The request notes recreational benefits as a diversion from weekday training and asks for cooperation from the panel and authorities. Lieutenant JOU Gardner signs the letter representing athletic matters for the schools involved.
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Navy
Pella
Malinne
Meludinas Stenday
Vinnie
Jou Gardner
Estescioneal Athletic Mi Taal ' Ss
Mission Fest at West Market Park August 26
The Reformed Churches hold a Mission Fest at West Market Park on Thursday August 26 with afternoon and evening sessions. Speakers include Reverend TB Tac hen on Japan and its people, Reverend Edwin W Koep pe with first hand notes from captivity, and Comanche Robert Paul Chart from Lawton missionary work, plus George Mennenga. Full program to be announced.
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West Market Park
Tb, ML. Tachen
Japan
Robert Paul Chart
Lawton
Oklajeorge Mennenga
Anid
Finch
Pella Aviator’s Battered Plane Tours The Country
The Oskaloosa Herald notes Sergeant Glen M. Wilson from North Africa arrived in Oskaloosa. He served as nursemaid to a B-26 bomber named The Hell Cat on fifty missions over Siei Pantelleria and Sardinia and is touring to boost band sales. Wilson recalls meeting Lt. Langerak and sharing hometown ties with Clarence Langerak’s family. The piece also reports 68 counties tallying 1041 4-H dairy club members with 1763 enrolled dairy heifers.
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Oskaloosa
Glen M. Wilson
North Africa
Wilson
Siei Pantelleria Island
Sardinia
United States
Pella
Hell Cav
Ckwenes Lange Rike
Chirence
Wisxert Langeruk
Clarence
Langerak
Oskulousu
Towa
Herald
Open House at Canning Plant Friday Evening
Tomorrow evening from 7 to 9 30 Marshall Canning invites Pella and area residents to tour the plant. The event showcases a new production line for washing and handling whole tomatoes and juice, upgraded facilities, kitchen addition, improved lighting and ventilation, and a can of Jack Sprat tomato juice as a souvenir for each visitor. The plant aims to produce two million cans or more, with one million already stored and another arriving soon.
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Marshall Canning
Pelle
Othe Menshall Company Tast Speinephon
Klaas Int'tVeld
Suul
Marshalltown
A. M. Sels
Jack Sprat
Marshall Canning Company
Marshall Canning Co
Pella
Congressman Will Be Guest of Rotary Club
Pella Rotarians hosted Congressman Paul Cunningham as a guest speaker at their Thursday meeting. A panel of three members presented brief, humorous and critical views on wartime topics followed by discussion led by Chairman Tysseling.
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Rotary Club
Pella Rotarians
Mens
Tysseling
Buck
Buck” Buerkens
Land Lubber
Irwin J. Lubbers
Dick ‘Tracy
Dick Vanden Berg
Lubbers
Rev
van den Berg
Buerkens
Italy
Germany
Europe
Fred Veenstra
Paul Cunningham
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Mediapolis Chantiqua Association
Osmel
High School Vocational Agriculture’ Department
Buerken Rooking
White Ice
Central To
Dr. N
West Park
Molly Pitcher
Santinsins
Citizens
Daval
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