Local Families Visit in Prairie City Pella and Denver
Four locals from Denver and relatives from Prairie City and New Brunswick travel and visit across Iowa and California. William Steenhoek and four children tour Pella and Prairie City visiting relatives. Warren Enghers and Ro Enghers visit Mrs Schultzer and Mrs Nibbelink. the Sadlers plan three weeks in Los Angeles while Mrs Lankelma visits in Burbank. Mrs LeRoy Nixon ends a two week stay with A T Van Houweling before returning to New Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Steenhoek
Denver
Colorado
D. ‘Sjanrdema
John Vos
Pella
P’rairie City
Steenhoek
Bill
Warren Enghers
Schultzer
Prairie City
G. W. Nibbelink
Ro Enghers
Walker Sadler
Fred Lankelma
California
Sadlers
Ina Correy
Los Angeles
LeRoy Nixon
A. T. van Houweling
New Brunswick
Louis van Heukelem
Ella Vander Sehanf
Black Hills
South Dakota
Minnesota
Jean Renaud
Navy
E. J. Renaud
Local IH Dealer To Be State Fair Host
Pella IH dealer named official host for the Town Centennial State Fair in Des Moines August 23 to 30. IH will showcase television for eight days in their tent theater with KRNT radio personalities broadcasting and televising from the IH studio. Visitors can watch live TV and radio shows and view reception on receivers as part of the exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
International Harvester
Des Moines
Iowa
International Harvester Company
Harvester
KRNT
Gene Emerald
Betty Wells
Louie Wertz
Stan Dixon
Klein
de Ronde
Harvester-Krnt
Autumn Time for Apple Dumplings
Autumn brings crisp air and hearty desserts with apple dumplings. A biscuit dough wrapper snugly encases juicy apples with a sweet sour filling. Cinnamon sugar and a hint of nutmeg add warm depth to the flavor.
Co W C T U Convention Friday August 23
The Co W C T U will hold a Friday convention with prayers led by Dancan and Mel Bruin of Pella, a devotional by Sigma, a 3 pm business session with county officer elections, and a 4 pm address by Rev. Von B Elbert. Memorial service follows benediction. post convention appointments set. The school houses active clubs including Let ee, B for Homemakers, Honor lab, FFA, Journalism, and a high school science club focusing on radio radar chemistry and physics.
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Memor
A Sigma
Mel Bruin
Pella
von B. Elbert
Knoxville
Ota Sigma
Iota Sigma
Pohos
Letee
FFA
Miss Slobe
Th Hich
Cendyke
Amvets Hold Second Meeting at Memorial Hall
Post No. 26 American Veterans of World War II met at Memorial Mall Monday evening after a two hour poolside picnic. Membership has risen to forty with growing organization and charter progress. October 18 is the charter membership deadline, and Pellin’s Amvet Post will attend Iowa State Plowing Contest. A refreshment stand at Pleasantville on September 21 will be run with the auxiliary. Next meeting is September 16, with plans for larger, stronger Amvets in coming months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Mall
Pelln
Amvet
Iowa
Pleasantville
Amvets
Co op Manager to Attend Meeting in Switzerland
Reuben Schakel, manager of the Farmers Union Cooperative of Pella Iowa and a director of the Consumers Cooperative Association Kansas City Mo, will attend the International Cooperative Alliance congress in Zurich Switzerland starting October 6 He travels with President Howard A Cowden and J W Cummins director of Information Schakel is of Dutch ancestry and will join the party in Zurich
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Co-operative Consumer
Kansas City
Reuben Schakel
Farmers Union’ Cooperative of
Pella
International Cooperative Alliance
Zurich
Switzerland
Iowa
Consumers Cooperative Association
Schakel
Howard A. Cowden
J. W. Cummins
Church Services and Special Messages This Sunday
Church notices list times for First Reformed Church and Gospel Hall with sermons by Rev. A Haverkamp and Rev. Leonard Vermeer. Services include Sunday School at 9 30, morning worship at 10 45, evening praise, and a broadcast on KB 1Z at 12 15. A detailed schedule covers July through August with topics on sacred marriage freedom and love.
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First Reformed Church
A. Haverkamp
Pure Living
Gur
Gospel Hall
Pinches
KB 1
Sunday Services at Second Reformed Church
The itinerary lists 9 30 am church school 10 45 am morning worship and 7 30 pm evening worship with Rev Harold H Klein of First Reformed College Point Long Island in charge. An invitation is extended to worship with us.
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Second Reformed Church
Harold H. Klein
First Reformed Church of
College Point
Long Island
William G Winstead Leads Sunday Services at Church
William G Winstead, minister, presides at 9 30 am church school with a class for every age 10 45 am morning worship and a sermon on Deep Sea Fishing 730 pm evening service with the sermon Heaven and the Way of Life. A cordial welcome to all.
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William G. Winstead
Church Schedule Highlights for Borst Ministry
L. J. Borst minister announces Bible School at 9:30 a.m. Worship at 10:45 a.m. Evening service and C E societies listed for Sunday with a 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. program.
Notice of Franchise Petition for Electric Transmission Line
Marion County residents are notified that the Pella Co operative Electric Association of Pella Iowa filed a petition with the Iowa State Commerce Commission seeking a franchise to erect operate and maintain poles wires towers and other fixtures to transmit electricity for lighting power and heating. The route covers multiple sections in Marion County including vicinity of Sec 12 Sec 1 Sec 36 Sec 31 and Sec 6 with specific mileages and highway crossings described. Public lands highways streams and private lands are affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Pella
Coast to Coast Hires Mr Dick Van der Leest
The Coast to Coast Store announces the employment of Mr Dick Van der Leest who is well known to the public and will be happy to serve customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick van der Leest
Ulrich Motor Company
Rage
Coats-to-Coast
Western Auto Co
Coast To Coast
Must the Old Belfry Go At Webster Building
A Webster Building inspector recommends removing the 1876 school belfry due to roof leaks and rot in the tower. He favors a flat top and replacing the Webster bell with an electric system, warning it will alter a longtime community ritual that called students to class at 8:30 and 1:00 daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Pella
Adano
Iowa Commerce Commission Hearing Set for Franchise E-7651
The Iowa State Commerce Commission fixes September 10 1946 at 10 a.m. in Des Moines for hearing petition E-7651. Objections must be written in triplicate five days before the hearing. objectors should be represented by full authority. Attest: Geo L McCaughan Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Des Moines
Iowa
Towa State Commerce Commission
Carl W. Reed
B. M. Richardson
David B. Long
Geo. L. McCaughan
Sec'y
State Historical Society Grants Book Dividend to Members
The State Historical Society plans to distribute a publication from reserve stock to each member. Books date back to 1907 with biographies of Robert Lucas and Samuel Freeman Miller. Members choose first second and third picks to cover substitutions if copies run out. Mailing by December 15 aims to avoid holiday congestion.
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The
State Historical Society of Town
Robert Lucas
Samuel Freeman Miller
Society
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