Thanksgiving news from Mahaska County region
Local notes report hospital dismissals and family visits around Thanksgiving. Mrs. Vander Hart and infant son left Mahaska Hospital. Marion Van Gorp Jr. returned home after surgery. the Schakel family and others shared Thanksgiving with relatives. Additional items mention Lt. Oonk’s furlough, visitors from Ames and Des Moines, and a church bulletin update on local residents and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob J. Vander Hart
Mahaska Hospital
Marion van Gorp,Jr
Mahaska
Mark E. Schakel
Linda
Julie
George Ver Steeg
Carl Ver Steeg
Iowa State College
Ames
Ralph Grundman
Tom Grundman
Sioux City
Iowa
Susan Grundman
Mason City
Chris Irlbacher
Will Clark
Bob Terpstra
Connie
Randy
Michael Lee
Sharon Kay
Elmer van Maaren
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Robert Gosselink
Eugene
Arthur de Raad
Otley
Mercy
Diller van der Ploeg
San Antonio
Texas
Carl Vander Ploeg
Elaine Vander Ploeg
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Calvin College
Diller Vander Ploeg
William A. van Zee
Chr. Reformed Church
Earl Steinkamp
A. Steinkamp
Third Reformed Church
Marilyn Tanis
E. Tanis
St. Louis
Bliss Memorial Hospital
Second Reformed Church
Melvin Lee Schippers
Sabra Mae Hollingsworth
First Reformed Church
Japanese student seeks pen pals in America
Keiji Nakamura a 19 year old college student in Iwaki Fukushima College Japan writes to the Pella Chronicle asking to exchange letters with American peers. He lists interests in stamps music reading movies photography sports including skiing basketball and tennis and provides his address 5202 Kantomachi Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fukushima College
America
Keiji Nakamura
Tenni
Kantomachi
Yonezawa
Yamagata
Japan
Ireman
Treated Fence Posts Last Three Times Longer
Dick Campbell, ex extension forester at Iowa State College, says chemically treated fence posts last three to five times longer at about 18 cents each. Simple on farm treatment uses a 48 to 72 hour soak in Pentachlorophenol with a two drum tank, drying after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Campbell
Iowa State College
Campbell
Iowa
Farm Institute to Be Held Feb 20 21 in Des Moines Hotel
Des Moines Iowa theme of the fifteenth annual National Farm Institute at Hotel Fort Des Moines February 20 21 1953 will be Capital Needs of Agriculture. It will survey agricultural financing with emphasis on mechanization and reduced farm labor and will examine young farmers needs for financial help. The program includes labor and industry leaders. it is open to the public with no admission charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
National Farm Institute
Fort Des Moines
Kirk Fox
Fox
Agricultural Committee
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa State College
United States
Trappers McCormick Youths Net 52 Muskrats This Season
Manchester youngsters Bill and John McCormick trapped 52 muskrats this season and also took two beaver. The county wildlife tally highlights their trapping effort and local wildlife activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill and
John McCormick
Manchester
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the Chronicle
Lester Conk
Oonk
Sacramento
California
Lester
Air Force
Okinawa
Pacific
Stuart Meulpolder
Marinus Meulpolder
Pel
Renaud Rysdam
Douglas
Bondurant
Town
Rysdam
Gerald Rysdam
Jena Towa
C. Evers
Robert Evers
Ames, Towa
Marvin Thostensen
Iowa City
Jack Boatsma
Professor Thostensen
Central College
Iowa State University
Rosalie Schakel
Farmers Exchange Store
Gary Vogelaar
Gary
Town Retail Farm Equipment Association
Hotel Savery
Vogelaar
Jacob van Wyk
Helen Neyenesch
Springfield
A. A. Rockwell
Arlen Ver Ploeg
Wayne Durlam
Jefferson, Iowa
Nick Vander Ploeg
Logan van Sittert
Carl Boat
Delores
Pella
Kantomachi Yonezawa
Yours Truly, K. Nakamura
Corriedale
Ewe
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Stanley Watts
Murray
Mery
Nanaa
Ana Cara
Wilson Jewery Company
Cook & Son Insurance
Dtford
Pownce Srecos
Sipe
Buick Circus
General Motors
Better Highways
Buick
Main Street
Pella Chronicle
Chronicle
John H. Smith and
Xmas
Bill
Jane
Ronnie
Billy
Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Jones
Joe Sally Smith
Mrs. Brown
Martha
Fred Jones
Uncle Sam
The
Legion Club
John H. Jones
John Iee
Mary Smith
John Doe
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