Centennial Fair Caravan to Pella at Noon Thursday
The Centennial Fair Caravan touring from Fairfield to Des Moines will stop at West Market Park in Pella at about noon on Thursday August 26. Local dignitaries Earl Pohlmann and Gene Stientjes will lead a welcome with pioneer and Dutch costume riders.
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Pella
Fairfield
Iowa
Des Moines
West Market Park
Town
Earl Pohlmann
Chamber of Commerce
Gene Stientjes
J. M. de Zwarte
Dina
Oska- Joosa
Iowa Fairgrounds
Monroe
School Year at Christian High Starts Tuesday
Pella Christian High School plans the fall term opening with a Tuesday morning chapel led by the principal to outline the program of Christian instruction. A registration period will follow, with students signing up for courses and a brief run through of the class schedule. New teachers include Stanley Hoortje from Pella teaching biology and social studies, and Jay Veldhouse from Kanawha teaching history and mathematics. The board also considers Rev. Harold Bossenbroek of New York for the Bible chair.
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Pella Christian High School
Stanley Hoortje
Pella
University of Iowa
Boortje
Boottie
Calvin College
Jay Veldhouse
Kanawha
Veldhouse
Veldhouses
Harold Bossenbroek
New York
Bossenbroek
Brunckhorat
Y. Brunckhorat
Janico Knoll
Busses to Carry 180 Pupils to Pella Public Schools
About 180 pupils are to ride six Pella school routes this fall. Buses travel roughly 340 miles daily across Marion Mal and Jasper counties, arriving at school between 8:15 and 8:30 a.m. and starting return trips at 3:45 p.m.
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Pella
Marion
Mal
Jasper
Floris Geurts
Cecil Vinton
Pella Band to Meet President Eisenhower at Town Fair
Pella High School marching band will perform at the Town State Fair grandstand on Monday August 30 with Eisenhower arriving from Washington by plane around 2 30 p m. Ike will give a 20 minute non political address after a grounds tour while the band performs at noon and evening sessions from a reserved seat section.
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Eisenhower
Whalley
Pella
Pre School Calendar Announces August Meetings
The calendar lists Visual Education sessions with Mr Paul Carnahan on August 28 at 9 10 30 and 1 30 a m and 6 30 p m plus a Faculty Board dinner at the Country Club. August 30 includes Pella Teacher Club in Room 207 and Webster Lincoln meetings at 10 30 a m and 1 30 p m Classroom preparations follow. September 1 marks the start of regular school work with the first class meeting at 11 15 a m on Tuesday August 31.
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Paul Carnahan
Country Club
Pella
Webster and
Lincoln
Pella Public High School
Pella Station Weather Bureau Reading Record
Weather recording from Pella station shows total .89 with observer E C Beaning noted. Data reflects U S Weather Bureau observations at the Pella site by observer E C Beaning.
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Pella Station
U. S. Weather Bureau
E. C. Beaning
Central student chosen anchor for home economics class
A student at Central has been engaged as an anchor for home economics regular classes set to begin on Wednesday September 1.
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Central
Seven new faculty changes anticipated in Pella schools
The Pella Public Schools plan seven staff changes this year. New hires include Roy E. Stults returning to teach high school mathematics and industrial arts after Army service, Miss Gloria Belle Forbes to teach grade three at Lincoln Building, Ray Den Adel as part time Latin and English instructor, Margaret Robbins to head the Vocational Homemaking Department, and Delos Van Zante returning to grade two.
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Pella
Neuber
MI Board of Education
Gerrit Kingma Mark Vander Ploeg
Darlene Braam
Elaine Redeker
Henrietta Ver Heul
LeRoy Stults
H. S. Peathataticss
Eora
den Adel
S. Latin
Mick
H. Tpeesh
Oe Robbins
H. S. Me
Ethel Jackson
Gira Bale Forbes
Grada
Unera
Belle Forbes
Roy E. Stults
Central
Mitchelville
Uncle Sam
Army
McBain
Michigan
Grand Haven
Helen Stienenger
Barbara
Schulte Heights
Roy
Ames
University of Missouri
Glora Belle Forbes
Lincoln
Miss Forbes
Columbia
Missouri
Unionville
Elias Hollebrands
Liberty Street
Homie Ee
Raymond den Adel
Central College
Ray
Miss Ver Heul
Margaret Robbins
Omaha
Nebraska
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Kansas
Leon
State Department
Delos van Zante
Anticio
Childre
Bob Omick
Winners Named In Marion County Soils Contest
Winners of the Soil Conservation Awards Contest in Marion District were announced at a recent Soils District meeting chaired by Rex Hamilton. Clarence King of Washington Township was named co operator for near perfect conservation, with a 1942 farm plan using contouring strip cropping terraces and meadow rotation to cut soil loss. Anton M. Blom and son Lawrence of Lake Prairie Township were named best owner tenant, farming 140 acres since 1945 with contouring, two years of meadow, livestock pond waterways and woodlot improvements boosting yields and livestock. Wallace West of Clay Township won in the Recent Cooperator division for full field boundaries aligned to rotation and reshaped water and terraces. The program, sponsored by the Des Moines Register and Tribune with state and federal agencies, advances to Area and State competitions.
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Marion
Soils District Commissioners
Rex Hamilton
Clarence King
Washington Township
SCS
Clarence
Bloms
Anton M. Blom
Lawrence
Lake Prairie Township
Wallace
Clay Township
The
Des Moines Register and
Tribune
Interest on Postal Savings Deposits Compounded Annually
Beginning September 1, 1964 interest on all postal savings deposits issued on or after September 1, 1954 will be compounded annually at two percent on whole dollar amounts. Between yearly periods simple interest is allowed quarterly for periods under one year. Interest starts the first day of the month after issue. new certificates will be issued in 1954 series denominations including 1 5 10 20 50 100 500 1000 and 2500 dollars. Postmaster Pella Iowa.
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Pella
Towa
Public Schools Set Open Date for August 31
Michigan man Robert E. Curtis appointed German instructor at Central College by President G. T. Vander Lugt. Curtis, from Detroit, holds A.B. and M.A. from University of Michigan and has taught in Brazil and Mich. prior to service. Pella High opens Aug 31 with 9 a.m. report, 11:30 dismissal. new addition and lockers underway as school year begins.
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G. T. Vander Lugt
Robert E. Curtis
Detroit
Mich
Central College
Curtis
University of Michigan
Garden City
New Caledonia
Guadalcanal
New Hebrides
Philippines
Okinawa
Japan
Academia Brasileiro Americana
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Pella
Band To Perform Hidden Cities Overture Saturday Concert
The Chamber of Commerce band will feature The Hidden Cities overture by Jones plus a program including Onward Christian Soldiers, Appalachian Suite, Men From Mars, and Blues in The Night. Soloists Romberg operetta numbers by Mr and Mrs Stanley Porter were praised for their quality.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jones
Atlantis
Walter Raleigh
America
Shangri-la
Pella
Barbara Allen
Modern Musice
Walters
Golden Gate
Goldman
Yoder
Strauss
Ratcher
Knights of Youth
Holmes
Arlen
King
King Town Band
Law
Romberg
M Stanley Porter
Rev Church Young People Attend Iowa Falls Camp
A number of Reformed Church youths leave Monday for a week at Youth Camp in Iowa Falls. Rev Arthur Bennink directs the camp with Rev William De Jong teaching The Bible for All Of Life. Dr and Mrs C R Keizer, back from Pennsylvania, join the faculty as music director and vocations instructor, with Mrs Keizer dean of women and teaching Courtship and Marriage. Mrs Carl Vogelaar serves as camp nurse and teaches Personal Christian Living.
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Reformed Church
Iowa Falls
Arthur Bennink
William de Jong
C. R. Keizer
Pennsylvania
Keizer
Carl Vogelaar
Council hears gas rate raise bid from Central States
The City Council heard a representative of Central States Electric Company Tuesday evening request raising gas rates in the city. The matter was taken under advisement with no action taken.
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Central States CO
Central States Electric Company
Grid Practice At Pella High Starts Tuesday
Pella High football opens practice on Tuesday August 24 per the Iowa High School Athletic Association. First practice at 9 30 a m with equipment issued August 21. Eleven lettermen return from last year led by seniors Alvin Hiemstra Nelson Bogard Jerry Valster Ed Klyn and Herb Blom and others including Barry Kane Ernie Van Dusseldorp Jim De Bruin Larry Fisk and John Van Waardhuizen join returning players as newcomers report for the start of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella High
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Alvin Hiemstra
Nelson Bogard
Jerry Valster
Ed Klyn
Herb Blom
Bob Boyert
Max van Rees
Ronald Bogaard
Jim Duffus
Tom Gaard
Max Vander Bel
Barry Kane
Ernie van Dusseldorp
Jim de’ Bruin
Larry Fisk
Lee’ van Gorp
Gene de ‘Heer
Farmers and Merchants Share Chicken Dinner at Pool Park
Farmers and Merchants shared a dinner and picnic at Pool Park on Monday evening August 16. Farmers invited Chamber of Commerce businessmen to join them for fried chicken and side dishes followed by a softball game won by the farmers 17 to 8. Earl Pohlmann thanked attendees for the hospitality and Dick Boat promised another dinner in summer 1955. The program aims to bridge town country gaps through shared meals and events.
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Pool Park
Chamber of Commerce
J. G. Bent
Ers
Earl Pohlmann
Dick Boat
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Lanelle Post
Raymond Dea Adel
Glera Belle Forbes
Christian High
H.S
Schakel
Chronicle News
Sthkel
Seer
Farmers’ Co-operative Exch
Man Cement Plant
South
Bakker & Rus
Buil
Marion County
A. M
Lawrence Blom
the Soil Conservation Awards
H. S
Brooklyn
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