Phony mail-order schools warn students of false guarantees
Ninety eight years of public guidance notes warn young adults near college age about fraudulent mail-order schools promising high pay and government jobs. Advice to students and parents urges skepticism of guarantees and use of Better Business Bureau or state education departments. Ernie Welden questions effects of sprays and dusts on people alongside birds and animals, with a nudge to read New Yorker pieces.
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Civil Service Committee
College
Universit ’ Sity
Institute
Better Business Bureau
State Department of Education
Fed‘Trade Commission
Washington
D.C
Ernie Welden
Ernie the Conservationist
NEW Yorker
Loud Muffler Jockies Do Need Attention
A Sunday evening scene shows loud mufflers and straight pipes disturbing church, park, and home quiet. The writer appeals to local law officers and courts to prosecute offenders to the maximum, noting these drivers seek attention rather than power.
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J.P
Reading Carson on Nature Under Threat in The New Yorker
Iowa Falls citizens are urged to read a New Yorker series by Rachel Carson on genetic deterioration from human activities. The essay warns that DDT 2 4 D and related insect and weed killers threaten the balance of nature and human health, stressing urgent danger from poisoned ecosystems.
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Iowa Falls
The
NEW Yorker
Rachel Carson
It Was News Years Ago and Grounded Golf West of Pella
The issue recounts a raid on a beer stand near Hamilton at the Old Settlers Grounds with beer confiscated from a stock tank and nearby barrels. It notes a Mission Fest collection totaling $900, speakers at West Market Park, a steam coal contract for the light plant, a pianola installation, and local notices. It also reports a homecoming baseball game where Pella beat Prairie City 9 to 1, with 816 fans attending, plus Camp Dodge with 4000 Iowa National Guardsmen and a short history of Mrs. Wellington Nossaman. Dr M J Hoffman injured in Spirit Lake while painting.
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Bilby
Cronkhite
Hamilton
West Market Park
Drost
Fles
Bliek
de Leeuw
Drukker
Paul Vander Zyl and Co
Pella
Prairie City
Sondervan
Iowa
Camp Dodge
Mathew Tinley
Guy Brewer
Wellington Nossaman
Mary Todd
Johnn de Cook
Blackhawk
Nossaman
Hogs and crops drift in hard times 1932 markets report
Markets show sagging prices as the critical pre bank-failure period nears. Hogs held off sales to push prices up but fail. Pella buyers paid 2.85 to 4.00 per cwt for hogs. wheat 35c, corn 25c, oats 11c per bushel. Knoxville votes 1005 to 683 for Sunday movies. council likely to grant. A human interest piece profiles J H Stubenrauch of Pella, age 90 in October 1932, emigrant from Holland who held multiple local offices. H R Gross writes on Farmers Holiday progress as 500 Sioux City farmers strike for higher milk price amid fears of violence.
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Pella
Knoxville
J. H. Stubenrauch
J.H
Holland
America
Baltimore
Albany
Buffalo
N. Y
H.R. Gross
Sioux City
Scrap Drive Aids War Effort In Pella And County
Twenty years ago local teams collected scrap metal rubber fats and aluminum for war production while a North Maine County fund drive aimed to raise 1500. Front page photos show Pella Hi equipment including an Emerson electric welder and an Atlas lathe with instructor Kenneth Decker and student Glen Van Vark. Private Johnny Ver Heul in uniform stood at Jefferson Barracks Meloan. Ration Stamp No 8 covered sugar from Aug 23 to Oct 31. Bert Hols gathered 800 phonograph records for reprocessing and service distribution. Technical Sergeant Jimmy Lents pictured with two soldiers leaving a Cheyenne bank after payroll counting at Ft. Francis E. Warren. Leats worked in finance.
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Bert Hols
Legion Hall
Legion
Tech
Jimmy Lents
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Ft. Francis E. Warren
Leats
Casey Van Berkum to Retire From Lincoln Grade Janitor Role
Casey Van Berkum, after ten years as janitor at Pella's Lincoln grade building, announced plans to retire after September 1. He will pass his keys to his successor and says he will take it easy.
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Casey van Berkum
Pella
Pella High announces returning lettermen and new staff
The Pella High Little Dutch football roster lists returning lettermen including seniors Maron Van Hal Harold Hiemstra Bob Borgman Lloyd Ballenger Marvin De Zwarte Alvin De Wild and juniors Glen Boat Wayne Vander Pol Jun Ikuta along with other players at practice. New teachers in public schools include Paul Severson and Mrs Mark Vander Ploeg. Airman Second Class Le Roy Van Zee serves at Lowry Denver. Korea based personnel include Logan Van der Leest Elton Verros James Walster Arie Engbers Jr and Wm Stursma.
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Pella High
Maron 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 Severson
Mark Vander Ploeg
Lincoln
Tiep Ver Meer
Mae Brockway
Betty Koehler
Webster
Keith ‘Fan Zee
25Th Signal Company
Korea
Logan van der Leest
Logan
Marvin Ver Meer
Elton ,Verros
James Walster
Arie Engbers, Jr
Wm. Stursma
Poortinga Reunion Elects Officers for Next Year
West Market Park hosted the Poortinga family reunion on August Sth with about fifty family members attending. Edward Aalbers was named president, Francis D. Pega treasurer, Lois Poortinga secretary, and Harold Poortinga vice president to organize next year’s event.
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West Market Park
Poortinga
Edward Aalbers
Francis D. Pega
Lois Poortinga
Harold Poortinga
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Che Pella
Puritan Drug Co
Chautauqua Committee
K. A. Ver Heul
Star Auto Co
Herman Crum
Crossy
Garden Square
P. City
M. J. Hoffman
Spirit Lake
Vagy
Ind
Gross
C. Playtex
Maine
Federal Discount Corp
North Market Street
Askalooss, Jona
Martin Naaktgeboren
Robert Dieleman
Madison Pelia
Guarantee Mutual Life Company
Robert van Dyk
Dr. van Dyk
Newton
Main Street
Diller Vander Ploeg
LeRoy van Zee
U. S. Air Force
Lowry Base
Denver
Colo
Pvt
Wallace Kéoyman
Germanith
Second Air Cairn Iso
Pfe
Robert L.van
785Th
Quartermaster
Poortinga Reunion
NGPL
Natural Gas Pipeline Company OF America
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