Farmers Night School Dinner and Game Night in Pella
Members of the Farmers Night School and Pella Chamber of Commerce will gather Monday at Pool Park for a long standing combined dinner and athletic night. Dick Boot and Kenneth Decker confirm a free, enjoyable evening with fried chicken and a potluck, plus a city baseball game between groups. Farmers are reminded to bring two place settings and a covered dish. the event starts at 7:00 with all chamber members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Legion Hall
Pool Parl
Eig
Dick Boot
Deat
Kenneth Decker
Pella High School
Pella
Priew
Farme
Decker
Pool Park
Pella Chamber of Commerce
Europe
Lincoln
Dena Versteeg
Webster
A Book Renewals Forms for Gasoline Ration Books
The War Price and Rationing Board distributes renewal forms R 534 to gasoline stations garages and banks. Car owners must obtain a blank form read and mail it with the back cover endorsement. Old tire inspection record not required. Books mailed between September 1 and 21.
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Board Ofice
C. R. Wilkins
Band to Sully for goodwill concert next Wednesday
The Chamber of Commerce plans to send the band to Sully on the evening of Wednesday, August 30, for a goodwill concert. President Anthony Tysseling asks local business leaders to provide cars, urging strong turnout and gas savings. Report to Vander Linden Rexall Store curb for pickup. call B F Vande Linden or Anthony Tysseling before Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Sully
Anthony Tusseling
Chamber
Vander Linden Rexall
B. F. Vande Linden
Anthony Tysseling
Pella Men Have Part in Drake U Commencement
Des Moines reports Drake University awards will be given at summer exercises in Drake auditorium. Dr Irwin Lubbers of Central College Pella will speak. Wayne Pos of Pella earns a master of science in education from the college of education.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Drake University
Drake
Irwin
J. Lubbers
Central College
Pella
Wayne Pos
College of Education
Tulips Sought for Ottumwa Air Base by Pella Central College
Naval authorities at Ottumwa Air Base seek early spring tulip bulbs to beautify grounds. Pella and Central College offered bulbs if sent to Pella for coding. Chamber of Commerce asks citizens to donate bulbs and dig them up by Monday.
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Ottumwa
Anle
Pella
Central College
Central Colleities
Chamber of Commerce
Legion Hall
Anthony Tysseling
Missing WWII pilot Charles De Wild reported in action
Washington confirms Second Lieutenant Charles M. De Wild reported missing in action since August over Germany. A Des Moines native and high school athlete, De Wild trained as a navigator, earning his wings in March 1944 and joining a B-24 Liberator bomber crew after Colorado Springs.
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Charles de Wild
Washington, D. C
Ge M. de Wild
Lincoln Street
Secretary of War
Charles M. de Wild
Germany
J. A. Ulso
Adjutant General
Lansing
Mich
San Antonio
Texas
Houston
Hondo
Colorado Springs
Pella Classis Youth Meeting Held Here Friday
The second annual Youth Con of the Classis of Pella will be at First Reformed Church on Friday August 25. Rev Geo Mennenga ThD and professors will speak and lead. Edith LeCocq will lead songs and Rev George will direct games. H W Pietenpol will be the speaker as youth groups lead devotions. Morning program includes registration, prologue, organ preludes, and discussions. Afternoon features devotions, discussions, and moving pictures of Nazareth. Polio precautions close the city pool. Central College lends athletic equipment. Dinner ends with Dr H W Pietenpol and an evening program led by Rev George Mennenga.
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Pella
Reformed Church
Geo Mennenga
Western
Iiary
Edith — LeCocq
George
H.W. Pidtenpal
LeCoed
Oskaloosa
George Mennenga
Sally
Tod
Muibregtse
Valvoord
de- Hesselink
van Chin
TePaske
Haver- Hanning
Engedi van Dyke
Moving Pictures of
Nazareth
Phil Kempkes
Central College
H. W. Pietenpol
George Mennenya
H. S
Rosscreen Company
Pella Overall, Canning Company
Michael Leonard Seed Co
ISTA
Pool Park
Board of Education
Letter From England Profiles Missing Flight Crew Member
A June arrival in England describes ongoing air missions and pace of completion. An August 7 letter, written two days before a flight from which he did not return, notes the peril and advancing time for mission results.
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England
de Wilds
Sax Sextette Will Feature Band Concert
Central Park concert next Saturday features a saxophone sextette directed by Kuyper with a Stephen Foster medley and solo by Leon. The program includes Rex, various marches, and pieces by King and Friml, performed by Misses Mareia Van Ver Stees Joyce Sadler Rockel Me Jack Boot Don Wacehter Bill Lankelma and others.
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Central Park
Kuyper
Stephen Foster
Mr. Leon
Id Allen UN
Forestry Commandery
King
K. Semper Paratus
von Hoserete
Russell
Bailey
Sax
Mareia van Ver Stees
Joyce Sadler
Rockel
Jack’ Boot
Don Wacehter
Bill Lankelma
Tobanib
Logan
Allen
Sari
Kalman
Friml
Maret
Jewell
Leo
Mission Fest of Ref Church Next Thursday
Four outstanding speakers will be featured at the Reformed Church Mission Fest at West Market Park Thursday afternoon and evening. Speakers include Reverend C A De Bruin, Reverend C R Doo I Lewis, Dr Kuyper, and Reverend George Douma. Details note narrow escapes in India where De Bruin was pinned under a car in a washout and saved by a companion amid reports of a man-eating panther nearby.
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Reformed Church Mission
West Market Park
CR. Doo I Lewis IR. Sendder
Dr. Kuyper
George Douma
C. A. de Bruin
India
de Bruin
Legion Heads for County Installed By Knoxville Post
The last County American Legion meeting at the Baty Tucker post in Knoxville saw the installation of county officers led by Commander Jen Van Niensal with Mel Parks as Vice Commander and Guilford Steenbock as Adjutant. Paul Cunningham aided, and the session included appointing chairmen for Legion county activities after lunch.
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Baty Tucker
Knoxville
Amon
Jen van Niensal
Mel Parks
Guilford Steenbock
Paul Cunninham
Red Cross
American Legion
Legion County Activitie
Business houses to be open Thursday afternoon August 31
The Miss held that day will keep business houses open in the afternoon on Thursday August 31. After September 1 the star will reopen as usual for one day in the afternoon.
Pella Grade School Band Photo Includes Many Names
A captioned image shows the Pella grade school band with rowed groups and listed members such as It Ver Steeg Dale Vas, Bonnie Thomassen, Patty Vriezelaar, Mildred Vande Veer, Pauline Lautenbach, Joyce Leydens, Ruby Leydens, Gretta Palmquist, Ruth Ruwalda, Marlene Dykstra, Caroline Lautenbach, Gary Thomassen, and others. A note says a few members were absent for the picture.
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It Ver Steeg
Dale Vas
Bonnie ‘Thomassen
Patty Vriezelaar
Mildred Vande Veer
Pauline Lautenbach
Joyce Leydens
Carol Ver Steeg
Ruby Leydens
Gretta Palmquist
Ruth Ruwalda
Marlene Dykstra
Caroline Lautenbach
Carol Dillon
Gary Thomassen
Logan Andewes
Andrew Lubbers
Carl Boat
Call to Study From Supt C C Buerkens Labor Day Return
Supt C C Buerkens calls for study as schools reopen after Labor Day on September 4. Webster and Lincoln districts prepared with cleaned buildings, painting, repairs, new blackboards, cleaned desks, tested heating systems, and a sufficient supply of textbooks.
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Labor Day
Webster
Lincoln
Iigh School
Ades
Sgt John Lefers laid to rest in Pella Friday
The body of Sgt John Lefers, 46, who died August 2 at sea while en route home from England, was brought to Pella for burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Dyk Funeral Home planned services at 10:30 am Friday August 18 with Legion Post honors. Details of his life and illness were shared with his sister Connie Smorenberg via Red Cross. he had tuberculosis, was listed on a serum list in an English hospital, and died aboard a ship in the American area from a pulmonary hemorrhage erosion. Burial followed, with out of town attendees Harm Lefers of Corsica, SD.
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John Lefs
England
Pella
Dyk
Legion Post
Oakwood Cemetery
John
Connie Smorenberg
Smorenkas Fe
Tech
John Hf. Lefers
Signal Corps
Harm Lefers
Corsica
South Dakota
Pfc Ernie Schippers Wounded in France
Mr and Mrs Sehimy learned on Monday morning August 21 that their son Ernest Schippers serving with the infantry in the Normandy beachhead had been wounded in action. A telegraph message from Washington stated he was slightly hurt and being treated at a hospital, with letters confirming the injury.
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Pfc
Ernie Schippers
France
Sehimy
Ernest
Normandy
Washington, D
Schippers
Eral Chippers
Fernie S
Ernie
Garden Showers Bring Weekly Rain Totals
Rainfall for the week ending Wednesday August 23 totaled 1.38 inches. Measurements show 1.13 inches on August 17, 0.10 inches on August 20, and 0.16 inches on August 28, reported by H. K. Pals.
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H. K. Pals
Apple Prices Down Slightly in 1944 Crop
The national average price for fresh apples to table use is 10.25 cents a pound, effective August 16 per OPA. Last year the season averaged 10 cents per pound, a 2.5 cent rise for the current crop.
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OPA
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Drake U. Commencement
Ottumwa Air Base
JM. de Wild
Washington
Supt. Buerkens
C. C. Buerkens
Helen Hindman
Mary Jane Protheroe
Margaret Reque
Harriet Sheibley
Margaret Horn
Phyllis Anderson
Beulah Wright
Buerkens
Pella Classis
Geo. Mennenga
Knoxville Post
Carroll Vis
Ralph van Dusseldorp
Bruce Bi Philip Mentink
Edward Logan
Mary Ruth Kempkes
Marilyn Ver Plog
Marilyn de Cook
Lincoln School Band
Robert Brittell
Supt
Sgt
John Lefers
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