Grid Practice At Pella High Opens August 24
Pella High football teams begin drills on August 24 as part of statewide IAHSAA start date. 16 returning lettermen lead seniors and juniors, with 15 freshmen invited to report. Full South Central Conference schedule includes games at Sigourney Albia Winterset Chariton Knoxville Centerville Valley.
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West Market Park
Pella High
Doug Heerema
Bob Boyert
Gene de Heer
Max van Rees
Larry Fisk
Don Rouwenhorst
Butch Sheppard
Max Vander Pol
Larry van Haalen
Ron Bogaard
John van Waardhuizen
Tom Gaard
Duane de Vries
Dirk van Gorp
Keith Blom
Jim Duffus
Ad Membe
Larry Kuiper
Leroy den Besten
Carroll Pope
Elbert van Gorp
Larry Nossaman
Ken Kuiper
Harley van Roekel
Don van Hal
Don Muyskens
Bruce Heerema
Gary Wallace
Harley Kuiper
Preston Steenhoek
Evan Vander Wert
Keith Coop
Ron Rinehart
Don Gosselin
Nelson Vander Pol
Sigourney
Albia
Winterset
Chariton
Knoxville
Centerville
Valley
High School Registration Details for Incoming Students
Registration for high school students is set for tomorrow and Saturday August 19 20. Students will enroll in courses pick lockers and pay fees totaling about 6 dollars for freshmen or 10 dollars for upperclassmen with variations by subjects. Incoming freshmen must take four subjects with English algebra and general science required and a choice of Latin homemaking industrial arts or vocational agriculture.
Amvets Auxiliary to Sell White Clovers Saturday
Amvets Post No 26 and Auxiliary will sell White Clovers on Saturday Aug 20 to raise funds for hospital welfare and service work. White Clover Day is observed near VJ Day to honor veterans and support hospitalized veterans their families and orphans. Children may pick up coin containers and flowers at the Memorial Building Friday 3 4 p.m. or Saturday 9 a.m.
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Amvets
Iowa
Protestant Ref. Convention Opens August 23
Next Tuesday evening at 7 30 the Protestant Re formed Young People's Convention begins in the local church Rev E Knott from Kalamazoo Michigan gives the inspirational address An interesting program is arranged The public is welcome The convention meets Wednesday and Thursday in Oskaloosa with sessions in the church and an outing at Lake Keomah
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E. Knott
Kalamazoo
Mich
Oskaloosa
Lake Keomah
School Lunch Staff Attend Newton Conference
Mrs Elton Ver Ploeg and Webster School kitchen staff attended a Newton conference on August 10, sponsored by the State Department. State Supervisor C W Bangs led the session with Miss Hazel Grimes noting new trends in lunch management. Special menus using surplus commodities were discussed along with promoting whole milk. plans call for providing milk to all students at nominal cost.
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Elton Ver Ploeg
Board of Education
Webster School
Newton
State Department
C. W. Bangs
Hazel Grimes
Pella R E A Men Attend Institute On Management
The six day management institute sponsored by NRECA began in Des Moines at Hotel Savery on August 8. Ellis N Christianson manager Bert E Blom H J Van derWerff and Harry L Newendorp from Pella cooperative attended along with about 150 managers directors and key employees from 54 rural electric cooperatives in Iowa. The program ran August 8 to 13 in two three day sessions covering modern management principles and organization for rural electric systems.
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NRECA
National Rural Electric Co-operative Association
Des Moines
Hotel Savery
William H. Wisdom
Iowa Rural Electric Co-operative Association
Pella Cooperative Electric Association
Ellis N. Christianson
Bert E. Blom
Grinnell
H. J. VanderWerff
Reasner
Harry L. Newendorp
Pella
First Ref Church League Presents Comedy Drama August 26
The Junior League of the First Reformed Church stages a three act comedy drama titled The Closed Door by Wilbur Braun on Friday August 26 at 7 30 pm The play portrays the efforts to restore sight to a blind girl with both serious and humorous tones A social hour follows and a freewill offering will be collected
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Junior League of the First Reformed Church
Wilbur’ Braun
Children May Get Swimming Certificates at Pool Checkroom
Children in beginners and advanced beginners swimming classes may pick up their Red Cross swimming certificates at the pool checkroom anytime this week.
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Red Cross
Welcome Wagon program to begin in Pella this August
The Welcome Wagon will start in Pella with Newcomer Calls beginning August 1 and other calls starting August 22. Hostess Mrs. Grooters says calls must be made within two to three days after a family moves in, and welcomes will extend to 16th birthdays, new babies, and engagements. Civic leaders and businesspeople support the program, inviting tips on eligible calls and sponsor openings.
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Pella
Grooters
Preparations For Kindergarten Under Way At Local Schools
Preschool registration occurred at Lincoln and Webster Kindergartens in spring. Mrs Doekendorff visits each child before school. Call 436 during noon tour to re register. Lincoln mornings 8 30 to 11 00 and Webster afternoons 1 00 to 3 30. Ieola August 20 and Webster August 30. First days shorter, then full time by end of second week.
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Lincoln and
Webster
Variety Program to Replace Band Concert Saturday
Pella High School band members will attend the Band Festival in Chicago this weekend, so there will be no band concert Saturday in Garden Square. Bob Omick will host a variety program with Jean Kuyper accompanying on the organ. all are invited.
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Pella
Chicago
Soldiers’ Field
Garden Square
Bob Omick
Pella High
Jean Kuyper
Lynnville Marine dies after California car crash
Donald E. Van Weelden, 18, son of Arie Van Weelden of Lynnville, died at Camp Pendleton Marine hospital on Friday August 12 from injuries in a auto accident near San Onofre California. He had enlisted in the Navy January 31, 1955 and trained at Great Lakes before serving on the aircraft carrier Point Cruz. He is survived by his father two sisters Diane and Delores a brother Robert a grandmother and paternal grandparents with his mother having died in 1951. Services were to be held at the Lynnville Friends church on Thursday or Friday.
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Donald E. van Weelden
Arie van Weelden
Lynnville
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Marine Hospital
Don
Navy
Great Lakes
Ill
San Diego
Delores van Rees
Diane
Robert
Dora Swank
John van Weelden
Pella
Lynnville Friends Church
van Weelden
U.S. 101
San Onofre
California
Point Cruz
Trinity C. E. Hymn Sing in Central Park Aug 28
The Senior Christian Endeavor of Trinity Reformed Church sponsors an outdoor hymn sing in Central Park on Sunday August 28 at 9 00 p m A freewill offering supports missions and a church piano project Rev Wm C De Jong leads with rain plan to Douwstra Chapel Public invited to attend
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Trinity Reformed Church
Central Park
Cause of Missions
C. E
Wm. C. de Jong
Douwstra Chapel
Blu-Nose the Samoyed Killed Crossing Oskaloosa Street
Blu-Nose a 15 year old Samoyed once a Navy mascot tied to Franklin Verrips in Pella met his end Thursday when struck by a car on Oskaloosa Street near Sham Donai’s and Verrips grocery. The dog, famous and friendly, had lived in Pella nine years, loved by local children and known for his calm demeanor. He was deaf and nearly blind, explaining why he did not notice the approaching vehicle.
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Blu-Nose
Calmine
Donna Verrips
Franklin Verrips
Pella
Sham Donai’s
Verrips Grocery Store
Oskaloosa Street
Arctic
Samoyede
Siberia
U. S
Murmansk
Verrips
Navy
South Pella
Pella High Band Chicago Bound for Famous Festival
Sixty six Pella High School band members depart Thursday morning August 18 to perform at Soldiers Field Chicago in a national band festival. Director Fred Whalley accompanies with chaperones Betty Van Roekel William Bosch Roy De Wild Alfred Gosselink and parents. They travel in two Greyhound charter buses with plans for a city tour matinee Cine Rama and possible ball game. The band will join a mass band at Soldiers Field directed by a famous leader with celebrities including Eddie Fisher present. After the festival they return home Sunday morning, funded largely by the band itself and Band Parents sponsorship.
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Pella
Chicago
Soldiers’ Field
Fred Whalley
Betty van Roekel
William Bosch
Roy de Wild
Alfred Gosselink
Greyhound
Cinerama
U. S
Great Mass
Eddie Fisher
Ray de Haan
Wilma Rempe
Whalley
Christian Grade School Opens Tuesday Aug 30
The Pella Christian Grade School will reopen August 30 with a staff of qualified teachers aimed at training children for Christian citizenship. Regular elementary work will be offered alongside daily Bible study and devotions. Principal Mr. K. Kramer holds a master’s from Drake University and completed a University of Iowa scholarship program this summer. Several new teachers join to replace those who left for marriage or further study. Mrs. Paul De Jong joins the faculty.
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K. Kramer
Drake University
University of Iowa
Paul de Jong
Public Schools to Open On Monday August 29
The Pella Public High School begins another year on Monday August 29 after a full set of summer renovations including a brighter gym floor and updated lighting. Morning sessions start at 9:00 a.m. with no afternoon classes. Enrollment is expected near 800 across Webster Lincoln and the high school, with pre opening faculty meetings and two day workshops wrapping up this week.
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Pella
Country Club
Attica Murder Charges Burn in Marion County Case
James Smith, 23, of Newton Iowa, was charged with murder in Knoxville Justice Court for killing his grandmother Mrs Daisy Betterton 67 at her Attica home about 11 PM Saturday August 13 Neighbors reported trouble leading to discovery of the crime The suspect, a former mental patient at Veterans Hospital Knoxville, confessed after officers traced the body to a Denver stop and a Nebraska trash box He waived extradition and was placed in custody by Sheriff Jim Van Hemert and State Agent Richard Carmichael Smith claimed he killed her after an argument about going to Denver and said he did not want to live her life while he hoped to take his own path He expressed affection for his grandmother but said his actions ended her life.
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James Smith
Newton
Iowa
Justice of the Peace C. A. Bruce’s Court
Knoxville
Smith
Daisy Betterton
Attica
Betterton
Veterans’ Hospital
Denver
Colorado
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Star Oil Company
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Creston
Star
Indianola
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Chronicle News
Pella R. E. A
Institute On Management
Church League
Watcoms
Wacol
Donald van Weelden
Trinity C. E
Sing In Park
Christian Grade School
Betty Huyser
High School
Jake van Gorp
Lincoln
Maas Rozenboom
Conrad de Vries
Helen Dockendorff
Frances Papich
Artie van Zee
Mae Brockway
Shirley Bergman
Dorothy Cook
Theo (Vermeer
Marion County
Grandmother
Spade
Pella Station
U. S. Weather Bureau
E. C. Jing
Edith Nollen
Co. Fair
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