Public Schools to Open Monday Labor Day Horse Show at Pool Park
The Pella Horse Show Committee plans two shows at Pool Park on Labor Day Monday September 2. Morning events include mules draft horses and stock horses halter. evening events under lights feature pleasure horses stock horses ponies and draft teams. No admission or entry fees. Funded by local merchants and farmers. exhibits invited from within 20 miles. Entry blanks from H W Vriezelaar Simon Kooyman or Connie Van Roekel. More details in an advertisement in this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Pool Park
H. W. Vriezelaar
Simon Kooyman
Connie van Roekel
Vriezelaar
Kooyman
van Roekel
FHA Girls Report State Conference Inspiration at Ames
Betty Vander Beek and LaVelma De Penning of Pella High School FHA joined Iowa State College Campus events August 11 to 14. They helped revise the State FHA Constitution and Betty was elected Recreation Committee Chair for 1947. The H2B Club numbers 35 to 40 active Homemaking-focused members.
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Betty Vander Beek
LaVelma de Penning
Iowa State College
Betty
LaVelma
Pella
FHA
Legion Post Aids Vets With Terminal Leave Pay
Discharged service men will soon file Terminal Leave pay applications authorized by Congress. A Legion panel will assist vets in filling blanks, using discharge certificates or certified copies. The first meeting of the new Legion year sets a brisk business session followed by social hour and refreshments. Verle Ver Dught as commander invites ex-service men and women to join Monday’s program and the social hour.
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Congress
Legion Post
Legion
Verle Ver Dught
Highli
Geight
Leichether
Mission Fest of Ref Church Next Thursday
The Annual Mission Fest of the Reformed Churches of the Pella Classis will be held at West Market Park on Thursday August 29 with an afternoon session at 2:00 PM and an evening session at 7:30 PM. Speakers include Rev B M Luben Missionary to Japan Rev R Ten Haken Mescalero Mission New Mexico and Dr G T Vander Lugt President of Central College who will discuss Christian Education.
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Reformed Churches of the
Pella Classis
B. Ver Steeg
Des Moines
Lawrence Borst
Pella
Sioux County
Iowa
Calvin College and Academy
Longfellows to Headline Marion County Plowing Match Banquet
Walter Brown chairs the Marion County committee for the WHO Corn Belt Plowing Match and Soils Conservation Field Day set for September 21 at the Milner farm near Pleasantville. The Longfellows headline a banquet on September 20 in Pleasantville with many distinguished visitors and the Queen of the Furrow to be chosen that evening. The Pleasantville gymnasium will overflow for the banquet and entertainment as no dining hall in the county can seat the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Brown
Marion County
Milner
Pleasantville
Longfellows
Pleasant
Bleachers Drive Aims to End Labor Day At Pool Park
Local business leaders and fans rally to raise one thousand dollars for Pool Park bleachers to light evening games. On Wednesday morning seven hundred dollars was already in sight, nearly three quarters of the goal, with bids to finish in a few days. The drive seeks to have the bleachers ready for the Pella Horse Show and a post Labor Day tournament featuring strong ball teams.
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Pool Park
Pella
Army convoy causes two car crashes in Pella mishap
A Tuesday afternoon parade of Army Recruiting Service trucks and support vehicles in downtown Pella struck two unoccupied cars. Francis Poortinga's Chevrolet and Hunter Ballenger's Pontiac both sustained heavy rear-end damage. Officer De Hoog detained the convoy until the sheriff arrived. the group resumed toward Des Moines around 4 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Vander Linden
Pella
Des Moines
Kuyper
Francis Poortinga
Hunter Ballenger
Bth Army
Chicago
Joe de Hoog
van Hemert
Thursday Closing Considered For Autumn Months
At the Chamber of Commerce Board meeting the resignation of Warner H. Vande Voort as rural urban committee chairman was accepted M M Dockendorff was appointed to replace him Van de Voort will move to Michigan The board discussed continuing Thursday afternoon closures through the fall with business leaders largely favoring continuation A special meeting will be called soon to decide action
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Chamber of Commerce Board
Warner H. Vande Voort
M. M. Dockendorff
Vande Voort
Michigan
Chamber
Rainfall totals recorded over a week
Rainfall for the past week measured by H. K. Pals shows August 14 with .21 inch, August 16 with .68 inch, and by 10:00 a.m. August 21 a total of .154 inch. Weather records summarize modest precipitation across the period.
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H. K. Pals
Appeal to Pella People for Corn Belt Plowing Match
Radio WHO selects Marion County for the Corn Belt Plowing Match and Soil Conservation Field Day on September 21. Churches Legion PTA 4 H and local groups urged to run food stands to fund their treasuries. If response by September 4 is low, outside vendors may be brought in. Event will receive NBC Farm and Home Hour nationwide coverage.
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Legionnaires
Marion County
Legion
Waas
Towa
Owa
Marion County Church, Legion
PTA
WHO
Cyril Rees
Clyde Milner
NBC
Herb Plambeck
Advisory Committee
All-Stars Win District Title Over Prairie City
The Pella All-Stars captured the eighth district title by defeating Prairie City 2-0 at Park in Des Moines. Slickers pitched a four-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts and drove in a run. They advance to the State USA tournament at Walker field in Des Moines. In the tourney opener Pickard delivered a ninth-inning homer to beat Percy Merchants 1-0, as Weidmaier and others provided clutch relief. Continued on Page 7.
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Pella All-Stars
Prairie City
Park
Des Moines
Slickers
Walker Field
Percy Merchants
Pickard
Perry Lockers
Weidmaier
Pella Public School Board Members and Duties
The Pella Public School Board handles varied duties including maintaining buildings and equipment, hiring staff, budgeting about $75,000 annually, and supervising expenditures. Regular meetings are at the High School on the second Monday each month with several special meetings. Board officers include Dr. H J Wormhoudt president and others, with chairmen for Finance and Claims, Commencement, Janitors and Supplies, Teachers and Textbooks, Buildings and Grounds, and Transportation and Bus Service.
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Pella
Hig
H. J0. Wormhoudt
Andrew Verploegh
Ver Steeg
Kenneth Bean
Finance and Claims
A. P. Verploegh
Wormhoudt
Two Men Named to the Faculty of Central College
Central College announces two new faculty appointees. Dr Homer L Johnson becomes professor of education, succeeding Harold Wissink. Dr Mason Olcott takes a leave from 1946 47. studies churches in Des Moines for religious tolerance. Ora E Niffenegger named associate professor of business administration and economics. brings banking teaching and administration background.
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Bers
Central College
Homer L. Johnson
Pittsfield
Illinois
Harold Wissink
Mason Olcott
Central
Olcott
Des Moines
Committee On Religious Tolerance
Federal Council of Churches
Ora. E. Niffenegger
Milford
Niffenegger
University of Commerce
Drake University
Grinnell, Iowa
Okoboji Township
School Reopening Plans In Pella Iowa 1946
Pella prepares for a new school year with rebuilt buildings and painter crews finishing work. Teachers face housing shortages with many new staff seeking homes, while enrollment and schedules are arranged, bus routes planned, and the August 31 teachers meeting set.
Band Program for Saturday Night at American Legion
The Saturday night program lists acts by VanderSloot Panella Dutch Patrol Reatorie and One Hour With You. Yankee Rhythm Medley Lake Lili Marlene David Nights of Gladness Valse Anl Miss You Tobias Vocal Solo Martin Heerema Premier Overture Loesy 99 Out of a Hundred Fox Trot Sherman The Crosley March Fillmore Our National Anthem and clit.
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American Legion
Vandersloot
University of Dayton
Panella
Dutch Patrol
Whiting
Medley
Lake
Lili Marlene
David
Tobias
Martin Heerema
Sherman
the Crosley
Fillmore
Veenstra Receives First Artificial Breeding Calf
The first calf born in the area via the artificial breeding program arrived at farmer Veenstra’s place. It is a purebred Guernsey heifer, part of the county program led by Geit Dieleman of Pella as president and Forrest Hodgson as secretary. The note urges looking ahead rather than backward.
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Veenstra
Guernsey
Geit Dieleman of
Pella
Forrest Hodgson
Ralph Grundman to Be Toastmaster at Plowman's Banquet
Ralph Grundman chairman of the Marion County Soils District Commission will be master of ceremonies at the Master Plowmen banquet September 20 in Pleasantville Iowa. Entertainment by the Longfellows and Lucia Thorne of WHO will be provided and six attendants to the Queen of the Furrow will be introduced. Tickets go on sale September 1 in Pella at 3 dollars each with high attendance anticipated.
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Herb Plambeck
Des Moines
Ralph
Grundman
Marion County Soils District Commission
Pleasantville
Iowa
Longfellows
Lucia Thorne
Pella
Rlates
Washington, D. C
Marion Counts
Business Houses To Close For County Wing Match
At the Chamber of Commerce meeting the board passed a motion urging all business houses to close Thursday afternoon September 5. The Marion County plowing match will be held that day at the Stsenhoek farm southwest of Ella.
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The
Chamber of Commerce & Motion
Marion County
Stsenhoek Farm
Ella
Businessmen to Attend Sept 13 Picnic at Pool Park
Chamber of Commerce members are urged to mark Friday September 18 as a special Farmers Night School picnic at Pool Park. The event, long a summer highlight, brings city and countryside men together with fried chicken on the menu and anticipated entertainment.
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Pool Park
Chamber of Commerce
Farmers Night School
Farmers Night School Chamber of Commerce
High School Football Meeting Set for Monday Night
Coach Rysdam calls all Little Dutch football candidates to meet in the high school gym on Monday evening August 26 at 7 18, with equipment issue and physical examinations for insurance to be conducted at that time.
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Rysdam
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Ames
West Market Park
Reuben H. Ten Haken
Songfellows
Bill Austin
Keith Booth
Harris Stuart Steelman
Kenneth Black
White
All-Stars
Sioux City
Pella Public School Board
del de Haan
John Ander Linden
H. O. Wormhoudt
C. Buerk
Gerrit T. Vander Lugt
Johnson
Ilinois State Normal University
Normal
University of Missouri
U. S. Naval Reserve
Ottumwa Naval Air Station
Webster
Henry Kuyper
Albert Nikkel
Casey van Berkum
Lincoln
State Association
Lois Warnock
the Chronicle
Leighton
Airport Road
Otley
Ralph Grundman
Plowman’s
United States
Saat
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