Thanksgiving Weekend Notes From Pella Area
Local notices list numerous Thanksgiving visits, weekend travel and family gatherings in Pella Iowa with relatives from Waupun Wisconsin Des Moines Chicago and Ames. Milestones include births hospital visits and a new Scabbard and Blade member Rudy Lee Van Hemert Ames. A 3 c Rosemary Stump is headed to Cheyenne for Air Force training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Vander Weele
Waupun
Wis
Pella
David Cooke
Max Hoeksem
Gilford Winegar
Beverly
Melvin
Ruth
Kenneth Winegar and Sons
Prairie City
Iowa
John Geurts
Des Moines
Chester Zykstra
John du Pree
Bud Peterson
Chicago
Carl Boat
Ames
Rosemary Stump
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Evanston
Ill
Francis E. Warren A. F
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Rudy Lee van Hemert
Iowa State College
Rudy
Lee
Towa State
Republican Women of County Elected Officers Saturday
Marion County Republican Women’s Club held a Saturday event on November 26 1955 featuring officer elections and installation, adoption of a new constitution and by laws, and speeches by Congressman Paul Cunningham and Miss Jo Baumgartner Des Moines. The meeting provided a preview of next year’s campaign activities and included remarks from the fifth district Republican Women’s Federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Republican Women’s Club
Paul Cunninghm
Jo Baumgartner
Des Moines
Saint Nicholas Stamp Honor From Turkish Lands
The Post Office Department plans a Christmas stamp celebrating Saint Nicholas born in Antalya, Turkey. The article notes his bishop life, generosity to children, and related sites in Demre, Antioch, and Ephesus, highlighting Turkish government projects and historic Christian origins.
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Saint Nicholas
Santa Claus
America
Post Office Department
North Pole
St. Nick
Turkey
Antalya
Mediterranean
Blue Mountains
Demre
Antioch
Christ
St. Peter
Paul
John
James
Luke
Barnaby
Mary
Ephesus
Marion County Republican Central Committee Officers Named
The Knoxville Marion County group held a luncheon at 12 30 p m in the First Methodist Church basement with about forty attendees Mrs Mary Jane Larson Marion County Republican Vice Chairman organized the program and Opal Carle arranged finances and reservations Newly elected officers include Mrs Florence Kissinger as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deration
Edith McElroy
Des Moines Dstrict
First Methodist Church
Knoxville
Mary Jane Larson
Marion County
Opal Carle
Florence Kissinger
Knoxville Women Gather for District Republican Officers
Knoxville hosted a women’s district Republican meeting as officers were installed after elections. Officers named include Opal Carle as president and Anna Sullivan as second vice president. Speakers included Congressman Cunningham praising prosperity and peace, and Edith McElroy recalling suffrage days. Baumgartner cited 2000 affiliated Republican women across counties and the district’s leading club membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Opal Carle
Anna Sullivan
Paul Farrer
Pella
Elmer H. Ver Meer
Florence Oswald
Rose McNeill
Melcher
Pluma Murr
Blanche McTaggert
Baumgartner
Pella High Receives Gifted Science Equipment
The Rosscreen Company donates four science gear to Pella High School to boost the Science Department. Items include a photo electric cell with amplifier and relay, a vacuum tube voltmeter, and choke and resonance equipment, enabling demonstrations of light induced currents, small current voltages, and AC DC circuit effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosscreen
Pella
Spectrometer Aids School Science Upgrading Programs
The spectrometer enables analysis of light color and wavelength measurement and supports chemical analysis and temperature measurement of heated substances. Mr. Greendyke and the Public Schools recognize industry interest in keeping scientific equipment current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greendyke
Navy Recruiter to Visit Pella on December 5
Yeoman 1st Class Robert G. Parker, traveling Navy recruiter from Des Moines, will host a Mobile Recruiting Office in Pella December 5 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. The unit was donated by Grass Trailers Sales Co and Des Moines District Ford dealers, both of Des Moines, Iowa, for current enlistment details, pay and benefits in the U S Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Parker
U. S. Navy
Navy
Des Moines
Pella
Grass Trailer Sales Co
Ford Dealers
Iowa
Recruiter in charge offers to answer all queries
A recruiter in charge of the mobile unit is ready to field any and all questions from the public or interested parties about the unit’s services, schedule, and opportunities. The statement emphasizes openness and willingness to provide information.
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Virgil Dykstra
Tunis Dykstra
John Boerelyn
William Howard
Tommy
Helen Coyne
Ft. Dodge
H. H. Sadler
Logan R. Ver Ploeg
Henry C. Muilenberg
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Jerry Humble
Mercy
Ray Gosselink
Mahaska
G. Chester Leu
Ed Scholten
Central College
Monroe
H. L. Renaud
Nancy
L. Lautenbach
Town Lothian Hospital
C.F. Perron
Kathy
Lincoln, Neb
Davenport
Abe Grandia
Iowa City
John Grandia
Arie van Steenis
del de Haan
Detroit
Mich
H. N.’Cannon
Fred’ van Doorninck
Princeton
N. J
Cannons
de Haans
Philip Sybenga
Philip, Jr
Jan
J. J. Sybenga
Wayne Pos
J. M. Vander Linden
B&r
Hudson Electric
Nicholas
Nikoaas
Cambridge and R. J. and R. Shoe Co
Cunningham
Congress
Eisenhower
Washington
Carrie Chapman Catt
Marion
Warren
Dallas
Polk
Madison
Story
National Republican Federation of Women
Republican Club
A. C
D. C
Wembley
Federal Discount Corp
Livermore
Martin Naaktgeboren
Insurance Agency
Pella, Lowa
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