Engagement announcements and two Iowa weddings in Pella
Society items detail the engagement of Katie Mae Van Ekeren to Norman Stepleton with a winter wedding planned. A surprise bridal shower for Bertha Lois Zylstra honors her forthcoming marriage to James Talsma. Ruth Blaine Dahm wed Ted De Vries at First Christian Reformed Church with 150 guests. reception followed in church parlors.
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Ter Katie Mae
Norman K. Stepleton
Geerl Stepleton
Monroe
Iowa
Pella High School
Monroe High School
Rienk Zylstra
Bertha Lois
James Talsma
Jake Ver Meer
Judy
P. R. van Gorp
Betty
Esther
Verlan de Zwarte
Kathy
Gareth Vande Kieft
Wm. Zylstra
Orville Zylstra
Delores Zylstra
C. €. van Soelen
Christina
Joan
Dick Rolffs
Dorothy
Mildred
Bert’ van Roekel
Sylvia
Bernard Arkema
Nelson Arkema
Wm. Brandhof
Guy Jansen
Wilbur
Linda
Fonda Zylstra
Gerald van Hemert
Ludolph Zylstra
Ivan Zylstra
Robert Zylstra
Quineton Zylstra
Seymour Zylstra
John Bandstra
Frank Gritters
Ruth Blaine Dahm
Ted de Vries
P. Y. de Jong
H. G. Ellsworth
Pella
Henry Dahm
Route 3
Iowa and Mr. de Vries
Fred de Vries
Sully
Richard Fopma
Maury Ann de Vries
Marion Klyn
Robert de Vries
Robert C. Warner
Francis de Jong
Arnold
John Dahm
Frederick de Vries
Arlene Goemaat
Milton Gabrielse
Robert Warner
Eloise
Pella wedding joins De Jong and Van Roekel families
Marcia De Zwarte Es telle Dahm Barbara Geels and Frances Van Ee wed in a ceremony where Gertrude Van Roekel aunt of the bride finished the cake cutting and Joyce Van Roekel presided at the punch bowl. The couple left for a Colorado honeymoon and will reside in Pella Iowa after August 24. The bride, a Vermeer Mfg secretary, is a Pella Christian graduate. the groom, a Sully High School and Utilities Engineering Institute Chicago graduate, works at Dale Schlotfeldt garage Newton.
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Colorado
2Nd Street
Pella
Iowa
Pella Christian High School
Vermeer Mfg. Co
Sully High School and Utilities Engineering Institute
Chicago
Iil
Dale Schlotfeldt
Newton
Damaged Legume Stands May Be Reseeded in Fall
Fall reseeding suggested for damaged legume stands if summer seedings fail or thin spots appear. Between now and September 15, Marion County extension director Dale Studt notes alfalfa, timothy, and bromegrass perform best in fall seedings. Soil moisture crucial to success.
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Dale Studt
Marion County
Farm Youth Tour to Visit 12 Iowa Towns and Industries
The Iowa Farm Youth Tour will visit 12 towns and fourteen industries, plus experimental farms and Des Moines airport facilities. Participants will tour Rolscreen Industries Pella Ideal Manufacturing Oskaloosa John Morrell and Co Ottumwa Lisle Clara nd a Tidy House Mount Arbor Shenandoah Thos D Murphy National Carbon Red Oak World Radio Giant Manufacturing Northern Mutual Gas Oakland Walnut Grove Rectory Redfield Brick Redfield area. United Airlines will guide at Des Moines airport. The trip includes Chariton dinner and Creston overnight.
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Iowa
Rolscreen Company
Pella
Ideal Manufacturing Company
Oskaloosa
John Morrell and Co
John Deere Ottumwa
Ottumwa
Lisle Corporation
Clarinda
Tidy House Products Company
Mount Arbor
Shenandoah
Thos. D. Murphy Company
National Carbon Company
Red Oak
World Radio Laboratories
Giant Manufacturing Company
Council Bluffs
Northern Mutual Gas
Oakland
Walnut Grove Products Co
Atlantic
Redfield Brick and Tile Company
Redfield
United Air Lines
Des Moines
Chariton
Creston
Dry Weather Advice for Fall Seeding and Seed Bed Prep
The article advises that dry weather makes fall seeding impractical now but viable if moisture arrives. It stresses preparing a good seed bed, packing soil after seeding to retain moisture, applying potash and phosphates per soil tests, and not planting fall seeds too deep. Oats stubble requires just disk preparation.
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Studt
Carnival origin and meaning traced to Latin roots
The word carnival derives from the Latin carnevale meaning farewell to meat. The term reflects historical festivity before Lent with communal meals and revelry.
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Carnevale
Waterfowl Season Set Oct 8 to Dec 16 by Commission
The State Conservation Commission announced the 1956 waterfowl season from October 8 through December 16, inclusive. Opening day will start one half hour before sunrise, not noon, with daily hours from before sunrise to before sunset. Ducks have a four per day limit with eight in possession. one wood duck and one hooded merganser may be in possession. The Mississippi Flyway ends shooting time one half hour before sunset to protect wood ducks.
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Commission
State Conservation Commission
Mississippi
Duck season limits and recall from Canadian duck hatch
The report outlines bag limits for geese and snipe, with a 15 day snipe season from October 8 to 22. It notes Canada prairie provinces produced bumper duck crops and quotes Tom Berkley on favorable hatch conditions, while Iowa water bodies shrink and heavy rains are needed for northern flights.
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Rairie
Alberts
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Tom Berkley
The
Conservation Commission
Iowa
First motion picture theater opens in Los Angeles area
A historic cinema debut marks the opening of the first motion picture theater in Los Angeles area ал if. The event signals a milestone for film exhibition and local entertainment, drawing attention from residents and industry observers alike.
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Los Angeles
al If
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Bride-To
Henry M. van Ekeren
Daugh
Bertha Zylstra
Dahm—De Vries
Katie Mae van Ekeren
Tsatsurys
Wormer
Bakker & Rus
Your Farm Headquarters
James Overbergen
Richard van Kooten
S. S. S. Club
Tunis van Walbeek
Mildred Poffenbarger
Janetta Beyer
Katie Schmidt
Mary Jane Beyer
Marsha Beth
Judy Lynne van Steenis
Sandra van Ringelestein
Bill Bohl
Sully Church
Wellhouse Studio
Grinnell
Cornelia Nikkel
Cedar Rapids
Fred Loynacan
Sylvia Grace Nikkel
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Gysbert Lee
Sully Christian Reformed Church
Tunis Nikkel
Mee Ay
Anni Paltzer
Kelloggs
Franks
Vista
Briardale
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Ducks Unlimited
Canada
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