Lightning Destroys Farm Buildings in Otley Area
Fires struck two Otley area farms Monday as a severe electrical storm raked the region. At the Everett Vander Haar farm seven miles northwest of Pella a barn and a machine shed were burned, with two corn cribs saved. About eight thirty the David Verros farm three miles west of Otley saw a cattle shed with hay burn from lightning. no other buildings were threatened. Fire units from Monroe and Pella responded but communication delays with the local light plant hindered crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Vande Haar
David Verros
Otley
Everett Vander Haar
Pella
Monroe
Vander Haar
Verros
Verroses
John Hocksema
First Meeting of Pella Teachers Club Saturday
The Pella Teachers Club will hold its first meeting of the new school year in the high school auditorium at 8 30 a m Saturday with Grace Lautenbach as president following a briefing by Superintendent Buerkens on a new 26 page handbook. Teachers may join local state and national organizations. room preparation is September 2 with school opening September 8. Noon lunch orders will be taken September 6 for service starting the next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
ISEA
NEA
Laura Nanes
Douwstra Chapel
First Practice for Pella High School Marching Band
The Pella High School marching band begins practice on the first day of school Tuesday September 3 at 2 00 PM at the college softball field near the barracks. All band members must attend this initial session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella High School
College
Central College Professor Heads to Indonesia on ICA Assignment
Dr. Clifford Keizer head of Central College natural sciences will take a two year leave to join the University of Kentucky contract team in Bandung Indonesia. He will serve as Professor of Physical Chemistry with his wife Ruth and children Rick and Linda. They leave Sept. 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Keizer
Central College
Department of Natural Sciences
Bandung
Indonesia
University of Kentucky
International Cooperation Administration
Department of State
Keizer
Kentucky
University of Indonesia
Ruth
Rick
Linda
Pella
ICA
Timely Tips On Registration For Grade Schools
Parents with new pupils must call the Superintendent's office at MA 8-4180 before Monday of next week. The notice targets children who have moved into the community since last spring's school closure and those transferring between Webster and Lincoln Districts before the new term begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Lincoln
Indonesian Assignment Talk At Rotary Club
Dr. Clifford Keizer of Central College spoke to Rotarians on Tuesday about his upcoming two year leave to teach in Indonesia under the International Cooperation Administration program. He described Java's location climate and living conditions and outlined teaching methods and the political and economic context including Indonesia’s 1946 independence from the Dutch. He will be replaced by engineers and scientists to aid education and resource use, and will return after the stint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Keizer
Central College
A. B. van Houweling
Dr. Keizer
Indonesia
Central
Java
International Cooperation Administration
U.S
Rouze Hunter
Joe H
Carroll Johnson
Allo
Knoxville
Stanley Verploogh
Des Moines
J W Vander Linden Taken by Reaper Early Wednesday
John W. Vander Linden, 65, proprietor of the D X service station, died Wednesday morning after collapsing while pushing a car that wouldn’t start near his station in Pella. Cerebral hemorrhage was suspected. he had long suffered asthma. He leaves wife Cody Van Skike, daughter Mildred Pos, one grandchild, and siblings. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Friday at Van Dyk Duyen Funeral Home. burial Oakwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Vander Linden
D-X
Vander Linden
Gezel Sisters
Myron’ Bos
John
William Vander Linden
Mary Tollenaar
Pella
Cody van Skike
Mildred
Wayne Pos
Des Moines
John Pos
Dan Vander Linden
Clarence Pope
Main and
Liberty Streets
van Dyk-Duyen Funeral
Everett Ward
Oakwood Cemetery
Public School Bus Service Starts Tuesday Morning
Pella Public School opens Tuesday morning September 3 with a half day and no lunch needed since return trips depart at 11:00 am. Routes and approximate times listed include Amsterdam, Otley, Leighton, Sully Galesburg, Wheatgrow, and Peoria routes with drivers and stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Dick Leydens
Longstreet
Corner
Eureka
Slykhuis
Otley
Fifield
Floris Guerts
Bunker Hill
Pifield
Four Mile Crossing
Leighton
Rock Island
Olivet
Airport Sully- Galesburg
Peter Heerema
Ippel’ Bridge
Brown
John Boat
Sandridge
Kuyper
Wheatgrow
Paul Meppelink
Else District
Centennial
Peoria
William J. Vander Voort
de Geus
Fleming
Pippel
Leroy Vroom
Veterans training guests and fine details at club event
Ray Woodford hosted guests including Veterans' training supervisor Leo Bowdish and Stanley Porter from California. Del De Haan announced Farmers Night set for November 19. District governor Lester Glover will visit the club on October 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Woodford
Leo Bowdish
Stanley Porter
California
Ray de Haan
del de Haan
Lester Glover
Raising and widening bridge on Pella Knoxville road
The Knoxville Journal reports the bridge on the Knoxville Pella road north of the Wabash Railroad is being raised and widened. County Engineer B W Dutton says this precedes a Type B asphalt pavement at the Pella end, with oil mat surface work planned later this month at the Knoxville end. Crews also have two other oil mat surface projects in progress including Tracy street near the school and sections west of Knoxville on the north south road between Lincoln School Eden Church and Highway 60 92.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Lincoln School
Eden Church
Four Sully Businesses Robbed August 21
Four Sully businesses were robbed the night of Wednesday August 21. H E Boat general store William Nordon hardware Sully Cooperative elevator and Crop lumber yard were pried open. Cash totals included 7 at the lumber yard 100 at the elevator 4 at the general store and 60 at the hardware store. Sheriff Ed Scoville investigated the break ins discovered about 6:00 am Thursday. Additional burglaries were reported in Monroe Lynnville and Reasnor including Carnahan Van Wyngarden Lumber and Hardware Co where 2650 in cash tools and a television set were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sully
H. E. Boat General Store
William Nordon
Sully Cooperative Elevator
Crop Lumber Yard
Ed Scoville
Jasper County
Monroe
Lynnville
Reasnor
Carnahan- van Wyngarden Lumber and Hardware Co
Maquoketa Boy Catches 30-Pound Barracuda in Florida
Michael Kumpf, an 11-year-old from Maquoketa, reeled in a 30-pound barracuda during a Florida vacation in Ft. Lauderdale. The catch measured four feet two inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Kumpf
Maquoketa
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Dr. Jeffrey Y. Mao Named to Central College Faculty
Dr. Jeffrey Yu nan Mao of Chicago Illinois is appointed as assistant professor in Central College's political science department. His long career spans roles with the Chinese Delegation to the United Nations and the International Civil Aviation Organization, consular work in Houston, and advanced degrees from Ottawa Harvard and Chicago. Born in Shanghai, he is married with one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cental College
Jeffrey Yunan Mao
Chicago
Mao
Central Political Institute
Nanking
China
University of Ottawa
Canada
Far Eastern Commission
Washington D. C
General Assembly
United Nations
International Civil Aviation Organization
Montreal
Republic of China
Houston
Texas
University of Ottumwa
Harvard University
University of Chicago
Shanghai
Pella To Have A City Directory
City directory work to begin after Labor Day or late this week weather permitting. The directory will list all adults over eighteen employed, with wives names, home addresses, places of employment and occupations. Householders are urged to cooperate with canvassers led by H. F. Greve of Knoxville. Each household and business will receive a directory when completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
H. F. Greve
Knoxville
Marion County 4-H Dairy and Livestock Standouts at State Fair
Marion County 4-H members earned multiple honors at the State Fair Livestock Show across beef cattle dairy breeds swine and sheep. Awards include senior and junior yearlings, calf and group placings, and showmanship honors for members such as Sam Fisher Rosalie Jordan Darla Emerson and Paul Harrington among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
4-H
Hereford
Sam Fisher
Rosalie Jordan
Phil Clark
Jerry Boguards
Larry Goemaat
Donald Goemiaat
Tomma Lou Jordan
Marion
Angus
Darla Emerson
Judy Hodgson
Jim Davis
Ruth Slykhuis
Mabel Slykhuis
Terry Harvey
Marvin Cleok
Mike Slyhuis
Jackie Spaur
Shorthorn
Lew Art Brent
Menton
Mary Franklin
Lambs Suffolk
Ted Dykstra
Ewes
Ram
Paul Harrington
Market Lambs
Marion Goff
Dyann Ver Dught
Marlon
Holsteim
Larry Hosher
Darlene Miller
Robert Eggers
Frank Ingery
Eddie Palmer
Jersey
Billy McCorkle
Susan Templeton
Jim Mason
Raydene Moss
County Group
Marion Nd
Instrumental Solos to Highlight Band Concert
The park concert features band members performing solo passages. Klarinet solo by Don Waechter in Wedding of the Winds and a piccolo solo by Barbara Boat in Hoopla. Barbara Boat Ellen Rempe and Charlotte Heinen join on Stars and Stripes Forever. The program includes National Emblem and The French Military March by Irving Block, upcoming Knoxville junior high band instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Park
Don Waechter
Barbara Boat
Picolo
Ellen Rempe
Charlotte Heinen
Irving Block
Knoxville
Piccolo
Schaeffer
Dedrick Sousa
Guadotte
Heinen
Captain James Sents Found Dead in Army Office Nevada
Capt. James B. Sents 84 post finance officer at the atomic support base in Camp Desert Rock Nev was found dead Aug 22 from a gunshot wound. An investigation was ordered. Sents survived by his widow Mary Ellen two children James 10 and Donna and his mother Mrs Jane Vander Veer. Burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery Sigourney Iowa with military honors followed funeral services at First Methodist Church Sigourney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Desert Rock
Nev
Army
James B. Sents
Sents
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Atomic Energy Commission Press Information Office
Lewis
Mary Ellen
James
Donna
Jane Vander Veer
Columbus St
Pella
Iowa
Nevada
AEC
St Organi
Beach
Vegas
Lents
Sigourney
James Sents
Jane Sents Vanderveer
Mary Lynn Harper
Jimmy
Donna Jean
Reynolds Mortuary
First Methodist Church
Clyde Redding
Clarence Hubbs
Leland Dankert
John
Abraham
Leonard
Tunis
Paul
Lightning Hits Cattle Farm Killing Ten Near Fence
Lightning struck ten cattle on the Earl Van Zante farm along rural route 3 Monday morning, killing them near a fence on the property. Authorities report no other injuries and assist with the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl van Zante
Route 3
Registration at Central To Start Tuesday
Rev. Paul J. Christensen returns to Ironton ministry for Pella Baptist Church dedication services theme Youth and revival impact from 1937 to 1941. Morning sermon The Dynamic of Contemporary Christian Faith. Evening subject Holy Recklessness. Central College opens 1857 58 with registration starting Tuesday Sept 3 and events including faculty meeting and student activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul J. Christensen
First Baptist Church of
Ironton
Ohio
New Pella Baptist Church
Christensen
Ad misprint on Vandevoort orangeade price corrected
Era er ror on page 7 miscues Vandevoort ad. Orangenade should read 2 cans for 49c, not as published. The correction note appears in the same issue, ensuring readers see the proper price for the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandevoort
Holland Theatre Reopens With Cine-Musical Showings
The Holland Theatre reopens after summer closing under joint management by the Pella Chamber of Commerce and Central College students. First film is Hollywood or Bust with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, featuring Anita Ekberg in technicolor. Shows run Thursday Friday Saturday September 6 7 and 8 with more productions announced including Giant Battle Hymn The DL Gunfight at OK Corral Spirit of St Louis and Delicate Delinquent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland Theatre
Pella Chamber of Commerce
Central College
Hollywood
Bust
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Anita Ekberg
OK ‘Corral
Spirit of
Marion County Teachers Plan Knoxville Institute August 30
Marion County educators will meet at Knoxville High School on Saturday August 30 for an all day institute on Parent-Teacher Relationships and Their Importance to the Growth of the Child. The program centers on nine topics with outside input from the State Department of Public Instruction and features leaders from Pella Centerville Knoxville and state offices. Registration begins 8 45 a m with nine discussion groups of about 30 teachers each and a 3 40 p m closing assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
New Knoxville High School
Panally
C. S. Thomas
State Department of Public Instruction
Ellis Christianson
Pella Rea
Supt
Fannon
Centerville
Arthur Anderson
State Department
Lange
Bangs
Floyd Davis
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Chronicle News
Pella Rural Fire Department
Parent-Teachers Club
H. S. Marching Band
United States
Hope College
University of Mlinois
Rotary Club
J. W. Vander Linden
Reaper
Pella- Knoxville
Jeffrey Y. Mao
J. Y. Mao
Jaanita Reeves
Baptist Church
Rev. Christensen
Paul Chris
Broadway
Independence Streets
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