Consolidation debate and library board leaders named at institute
Teachers backed consolidation of Marion county public schools after discussion at the Institute. Trustees for the Free Public Library were elected: R. R. Beard president, P. G. Gaass vice president, Mrs. P. H. Scholte secretary, H. P. Scholte treasurer. Hannah Nollen named librarian. Estate sale to settle Isaac Roorda holdings lists totals of $22,519 for 236 acres across three parcels. Several boys eyed wheat harvest in South Dakota despite low daily wages. Front-page feature recounts Sam Sherman Eureka Heitink Sherman story clipped from Des Moines Capital. Harve Van Gorp reported Nebraska sales trip for Pella Stacker. City Council discussed but did not act on ordinance banning large firecrackers. Local campers on Skunk River for two weeks. Rock Island Railway and D. S. Huber agreed price of $1,600 for depot land. Rhynsburger sold egg and poultry plant to Ben Kuyk and Charley Dykstra for Pella Produce Company. Gasoline burner failures interrupt linotype operation.
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Marion County
L. D. Teter
Free Public Library
R. R. Beard
P. G. Gaass
P. H. Scholte
H. P. Scholte
Hannah Nollen
Isaac Roorda
J. H. Stubenrauch
Roorda
Charles van Zante
Mahaska County
Tena Herney
Sam Sherman
Eureka Heitink
Sherman
Des Moines
Banner
Pella
Harve P. van Gorp
Nebraska
Pella Stacker Company
Harry Renaud
Dave Renaud
John and
Sam van Vliet
John Vander Zyl
Joan Blommers
Gerrit Waechter
Rich Sybenga
Skunk
Rock Island Railway
D. S. Huber
Pella Chronicle locals recount fire scare and civic notes
Local items cover a near burn at a meat market area with a hose job quenching flames. Federal banker Whittaker predicts a 20 percent dividend and 40 percent deposit recovery for Sully bank. Pella teams play, others win and lose in baseball, city plans include a swimming pool and business studies, and residents receive honors and aid amid 1930s civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker
Sully Bank
Hathaway
Kozy
PELLA
Giants
Oskaloosa
Lankelma
Missionary to Nigeria Pictured With New Truck
Page four item shows a missionary preparing to return to Africa with a new truck. Paul de Jong and Henry Willemsen are building a farm pond between their farms. The story describes the venture and related material about the Bandstra Watershed project near Taintor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nigeria
Africa
Paul DE Jong
Henry Willemsen
Bandstra
Taintor
Rose Queen of Show at Iowa State Rose Show in Spencer
Dr. George Schoel of State Center captured the prize as Queen of the Show at the Iowa State Rose Show in Spencer. The winning rose is the European bi color Rose Gaujard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schoel
State Center
Spencer
Catfish Catch Beats Odds Near Perry Home
Bobby Nicolaisen aged 11 caught a 14 pound catfish with a crawdad while pole fishing in the Nicolaisen pond near his parents home northwest of Perry at the end of June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Nicolaisen
Nicolaisen
Perry
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H. Rhynsburger
Ben Kuyk
Charley F. Dykstra
Pella Produce Company
Rhynsburger
Chronicle
Lynnville
Rysdam
Hoeven
van Arkel
John Wesselink
First Reformed Church
Central College
Henry J. Kool
HEINZ
South Pella
S. H. Douwstra
Ralph Grandman
Second Christian Reformed Church
Marion County Fair
Ernest Blom
Arthur de Cook
Harold Ver Meer
Myron Nollen
Gerald den Hartog
John Hoeksema
FERA
Holland
Pearl Shinn
Lake Geneva
Wis
Iowa Christian Youth Fellowship Committee
St. Louis
All Stars
Dingeman
Wisse
Vanden Berg
William Wing
Oberlin
Daniel de Jongh
Amsterdam
P. H. van Gorp
H. P. van Gorp
U. S
Chicago
Abraham Goemaat
Bernburgh
Germany
Co. C
66Th Armored Regiment
2Nd Armored Division
H. H. Kramer
Legion Post
Andrew Klyn
Norman Hayes
Knoxville
Anna Geurts
C. A. Gesselink
Gesselink
Robert de Goey
Italy
Pfc
Tunis Sents
Red Cross
Iwo Jima
Japan
Loren Vander Zyl
Bournemouth
England
Peo
Eng
Ed Wesselink
Arthur Klein
Case Nanktgeboren
Art Tysseling
Alvin Vander Wilt
Des
Klyn Brothers
Marion
Sidney
Lawrence
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Sarah Bakker
Rose
Northwestern Mutual Life
NML
Flitcraft Courant
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Northwestern Mutual Life Milwaukee
Broadway
Ernest DE Cook
Pella, Iowa
Catfish
Felco Cooperetirs
Felco
Iowa
Larry de Bruin
Black Oak
Scott
FFA
Farmer's Coop Exchange
The
Pella Chamber of Commerce
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