Merchants Plan State Fair Value Days in Pella
Cool weather signals shopping surge as August 29 and 30 bring State Fair Value Days in Pella. Merchants stage a sale with stock ready for purchase, offer free Friday and Saturday movie matinees for children, and advertise lists in The Chronicle. The Chamber plans a late September community bargain event.
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Merchants Plan
Pella
Iowa
Chronicle
Chamber of Commerce Extension Committee
Golf tournament quarterfinals at Pella Club unfold
First round results in the championship flight at Pella Golf and Country Club feature Verle Ver Dught edging Rudy Ulrich 2 up with a 25 foot putt on 17 after taking 16. Clarence Vander Linden beat J. B. Van Hemert 4 and 8, Smorenburg over Jean Kuyper 7 and 6, and Herb Van der Waal defeat Will Baer 4 and 8.
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Pella Golf and Country Club
Ttern
Verle Ver Dught
Rudy Ulrich
Sateen
Sna Airdie
Ver Dught
Clarence Vander Linden
J. B. van Hemert
van der Linden
Smorenburg
Corrie Smorenberg
Jean Kuyper
Kuyper
Smorenberg
Herb van der Waal
Will Baer
Herbie
Hoth
Diller Vander Ploeg Named State Legislature Candidate
At the Marion County Democratic Central Committee meeting in Knox ville on August 8, Diller Vander Ploeg of Pella was named the candidate for state representative. Leon Miller was named County Chairman, replacing G. T. Clark who withdrew to become Knoxville postmaster. The other candidate for legislator is Elmer Ver Meer of Pella for the Republican ticket.
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Marion County
Democratic Central Committee
Knox
Diller Vander
Ploeg
Pella
Tor
Manana
Ploeg Een
Anthomhar
Elmer Ver Meer
No Band Concert Saturday Evening In Pella
The Pella Municipal Band will not perform Saturday evening as many members also play with Pella High School Band. The High Band travels to Chicago for a Soldiers Field festival this weekend. A concert will be offered after the regular season in September to make up for the omission, with Mrs Don De Prenger as vocal soloist for the August date.
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Pella
Chicago
Soldiers Field
Fred Whalley
Don de Prenger
Mission Worker From Africa Talks To Rotarians
Rotary Club members enjoyed a regular luncheon at West Market Park after a town gathering. Rev Swarte, returning from Sudan in North Central Africa, described vast contrasts, big game nearby, and a mix of pagans Mohammedans and Christians. He noted 21 million Christians and regional political strife over race and religion. The talk was described as enjoyable and instructive.
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Rotary Club
West Market Park
Reformed Church Mission Fest
E. ‘Anis
Robert Satter
de Motto
Indiana
Swarte
Sudan
Africa
South Africa
Casey Van Berkum to Retire as Lincoln School Janitor
Casey Van Berkum, after ten years as janitor at Pel Lincoln Grade Building, will retire shortly after September 1. He will hand over his keys to his successor and plans to stay active by maintaining the church yard and cemetery for the local Catholic Church, of which he is a loyal member. Teachers and pupils will miss his dedication and pride in keeping the building clean.
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C. A
Casey) van Berkum
Pel- Lincoln
Howver
Casey
Remembering Casey: A Schoolkeeper Who Set High Standards
This tribute recalls Casey, a devoted schoolhouse custodian who treated every task as essential. He ensured clean shoes, orderly halls, and safe playgrounds, often improvising winter play spaces with old mattresses for high jumping and keeping equipment well maintained. He earned respect by making an ordinary job meaningful.
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van Berkum
Casey
Pella High Opens Grid Practice and 1952 Schedule
Grid practice at Pella High begins Monday with Iowa high schools, per IHSAA rules. Nine returning letter men anchor a veteran squad as Pella schedules eight games plus a South Central Conference Jamboree at Knoxville on Sept. 15 against Indianola.
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Iowa
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Satuday
Saat Mnie E
Waste Loo Vari Varie
Hank van de Voort
Stu Menpolder
Don Blom
Paul Klyn
Pella High
Marion van Hal
Harold Hiemstra
Bob Borgman
Lloyd Ballenger
Marvin de Zwarte
Alvin de Wild
Glen Boat
Wayne Vander Pol
Jun Ikuta
Chuck Bientema
Ralph Ver Ploeg
Cleo Ver Hoef
Keith Vriezelaar
Junior Steenhoek
Bill de Haan
Paul Dinge
Herb Blom
Larry de Briun
Nie van Dusseldorp
Nelson Bogaard
Alfred van Maaren
Harold Vos
Alvin Hiemstra
Jerry
Pella
Indianola
Sigourney
Knoxville
Albia
Winterset
Chariton
Monroe
Lincoln D.M
It's Your Money Government to borrow nine billion this year
The piece argues the government must borrow 9 billion dollars to cover the deficit and estimates the average U S family share at about 203 dollars. It questions large local borrowing for a hospital and imagines how funds could be spent by residents of Pella.
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U. S
Mission Fest Draws Big Crowd Despite Bad Weather
The Christian Reformed Mission Fest on Tuesday August 19 at West Market Park drew strong attendance despite threatening weather. The collection totaled 2575.31 and canteen gross receipts reached 1528.22.
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West Market Park
Father of College Faculty Member Dies in Brazil Plane Crash
Samuel Irvine Graham, 59, long time educational and agricultural missionary in Brazil under the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., was killed August 12, 1952, in a commercial airliner crash near Goiania. Survived by wife Anna Ruth Wyant and four sons, with years of service at the Instituto de Ponte Nova and later at Jatai shaping evangelical education in Goias.
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Samuel Irvine Graham
Brazil
Board of Forons
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Goiania
Fifth Avenue
New York
Mr. Graham
Rock City
Illinois
South
Omaha
Nebraska
Tarkio College
Graham
Instituto de Ponte Nova
Jatai
Goias
Mr Graham
Anna Ruth Wyant
Clearfield
Iowa
James W. Graham
Graham Family Names and Addresses Listed
William I. Graham of the United Presbyterian Seminary Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Robert H. Graham and Stanley L. Graham appear alongside two sisters Miss Jessie I. Graham and Miss Myrtle F. Graham both of 1519 Missouri Avenue Omaha Nebraska in a listed notice.
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Sity Avenue
Pella
Towa
William I. Graham
United Presbyterian Seminary
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Robert H. Graham
Stanley L. Graham
Jessie I. Graham
Myrtle F. Graham
Missouri Avenue
Omaha
Nebraska
Blessings on This House Play At First Reformed Church
The First Reformed Church Girls League presents Blessings on This House a three act Aldrich play on August 26 at 7:45 pm. The Webster family faces finances as Sara Anna an orphaned mountain girl joins the household. Cast includes Vernon Boot Janice Rolffs Donna Zwank Ralph Ver Ploeg Corinne Ver Ploeg and Darlene Van Wyk. A social follows in the church basement.
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Aldrich
First Reformed Church
Webster
Sara Anna
Barbara Webster
Mr. Webster
Vernon Boot
M. Webster
Janice Rolffs
Barbara
Donna Zwank
John
Ralph Ver Ploeg
Abbe
Darlene van Wyk
Corinne Ver Ploeg
Girls’ League of the First Reformed Church
New Teachers Appointed as Pella Schools Prepare for Fall
Harlan G. Shafer named principal at Webster Building after degrees from Cedar Falls 1949 and Colorado State Teachers College. Paul Severson will teach English and head the high school Dramatic Department after studies at Town State and USC. Mrs. Mark Vander Ploeg will lead second grade at Lincoln, with Myrtle Evers leaving for Albuquerque. Labor Day week plans include teacher meetings August 29 30 and HS registration August 28 29 with sessions 2 4 and 7 9 p.m.
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State Association
Pella Teachers Club
H. S. Registration
Lincoln welcomes sixth grade teacher Theo Ver Meer
Theo Ver Meer will join Lincoln as the new sixth grade teacher. She is a Sioux Center, Iowa native who graduated from the local high school and earned a teaching degree after summers at Westmar College and Central College, where she finished in August 1951. Her early career includes rural teaching in Sioux County and a year teaching grade six in Harlan, Iowa.
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Theo Ver Meer
Lincoln
Sioux Center
Iowa
Westmar
le Mars
Central College
Sioux County
Harlan
Teachers Returning to Webster Building Classes
Mrs Mae Brockway returns to Pella to teach third grade at New Webster after previously teaching English at Pella High as Mae Plette. Betty Koehler of Ainsworth follows sister Julia to Webster, assigned to grade four at Webster Building. Mrs Keith Van Zee, Artie Ruth Van Wyk, with Central College training and recent Eldora teaching, will lead second grade at Webster Building.
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Mae Brockway
Pella
Pella High School
Mae Plette
Central College
New Webster
Betty Koehler
Ainsworth
Julia
Webster
Betty
Monroe
Webster Building
Keith van Zee
Artie Ruth van Wyk
Central
University of Colorado At Boulder
Eldora
Freshmen to Get Short Course in Driver Education
A short unit on Driver Education will be added to the regular General Science course for all ninth graders starting this fall. The special unit will cover about ten topics and aim to introduce safe driving concepts early in high school.
Farmers Chicken Dinner Brings Big Crowd to Pella Event
The Pella Adult Evening Class and Pella Chamber of Commerce hosted their annual chicken fry at Swimming Pool Park on August 18 at 6:30 p.m. The event, a longstanding collaboration, featured a kittenball game and a Pella Home Talent Show, rainout-free this year and well received. Committee members Harold Slings, Dick Boot, Walt Roorda, Willis Vanda Voort, and Gilford Steenhoek were thanked for planning.
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Pella
Pella Chater of Commerce
Evning School
Harold Slings
Dick Boot
Walt Roorda
Willis Vanda Voort
Gilford Steenhoek
Dr Robert Van Dyk Opens Veterinary Practice in Pella
A newcomer family from Newton Iowa arrived August 1 to establish a veterinary practice in Pella. Dr Robert Van Dyk graduated Kansas State College 1951 and will operate from their home at 308 Main Street across from Waechter Lumber Yard. The Van Dykes have four children Brenda Sue Rex Donna and Robin.
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Robert van Dyke
van Dyke
Kansas State College
Newton
Iowa
van Dykes
Mra
Brenda Sue
Rex
Donna
Robin
Main Street
Dan Meulpolder
Waechter
Driver Safety Education Rolls Out for Freshmen
School plans mandatory lessons on car safety and operation for all freshmen. A New York state style program is used elsewhere. Topics include reaction time, driver psychology, traffic laws, vehicle maneuvering, and safe driving.
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New York
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Photon Koopman
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Flor Geurts
Harlan G. Shafer
Shafer
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Colorado State Teachers College
Greeley
Colorado
Floyd
Floyd County
Paul Severson
Mr. Severson
Eagle
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Carol Ebert
Gilman
Eldon Tharpe
Marvin Tusseling
Myrtle Evers
Alberquerque
New Mexico
Robert van Dyk
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