Thanksgiving Visits and Local Moves Across Pella Area
Mrs K B Douglas and daughter Jaquelin of Aurora Indiana visited Thanksgiving with John P Van Rees in Pella. Anna Marie Van Ryswyk, John’s granddaughter, also joined. Bert Van Dusseldorp returned home November 27 with three years and three months army service including two years and four months overseas. Mrs Henry Stursma of Route 1 Pella was admitted to Mahaska Hospital on November 29, the same day M M De Reus of Leighton entered Mercy Hospital. Five Pella residents and one Otley resident were summoned to Knoxville for district court jury duty for the December term, slated to report December 10 at 10:00 AM. Mr and Mrs Jim Woodard and two sons Jimmie and Jack left Tuesday for Marengo Iowa to make their home after five years in Pella. Miss Mary Van Houweling left last week for Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota for observation.
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K. B. Douglas
Jaquelin
Aurora
Inl
John P. van Rees
Anna Marie van Ryswyk
van Rees
Henry Stursma
Route 1
Pella
Mahaska Hospital
M. M. de Reus
Leighton
Mercy Hospital
Otley
Knoxville
Harold Sack
Reuben Schakel
Connie van Wyk
Herman A. Veenstra
Terman Vos
Marion van Wyk
Jim Woodard
Jimmie
Jack
Marengo
Towa
Mary van Houweling
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Observatio
Harold Vander Hart
Ed Vander Hart
Camp Grant
Ilinois
Jewell Peterson
Central College
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Florida
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Boise
Idaho
Jasper Uitermarkt
Anna Hafferman Uitermarkt
Melvin van Zee
van Zee
Thelma Schippers
Melvin Ray
Guilford Winegar
Melvin William
Oskaloosa
Bernie Vogelaar
Peoria
Ben Vogelaar
Anne Samson
Monroe
Des Moines
Marinus
Karen Ann
Lawrence W. Tysseling
Mahaska County Hospital
Cpl
Tysseling
Pacific
Henry Mennin Otley
M. D. van Haaften
Me‘De Reus
Mercy
Dora Thomassen
Thomassen
Local church bulletin notes ailing and recovering
The First Christ-Reformed church bulletin reports D R Gosselink has recovered but cautions care. Wilma Van de Geest travels to Mayo Clinic Rochester for an operation this week. M T Kamerik recovering after surgery at Knoxville Col hospital. Also listed are Mrs Henry Stursma hospital stay for a new site operation and Mrs Leonard Van Soelen with a broken ankle near Plantville.
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Henry Stursma
Mahaska Hospital
Leonard van Soelen
Plantville
Why a Tax On Margarine?
A past Iowa State College treatise on margarine sparked a debate about a tax to protect butter interests. The Iowa Retailer Dealers association called the levy a detriment to the state's economy, arguing margarine helps low income families meet fat needs. The piece questions whether poor families should bear price support taxes on essential foods as butter prices rise.
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Iowa State College
Iowa
Towa
del Mi
Al Wanders Wins Mahaska Co Corn Growing Contest
Al Wanders of Pella route 3 won the Mahaska County crown in the 1945 National De Kalb Hybrid Corn Growing Contest with a yield of 118.20 bushels per acre. The De Kalb association will present a plaque, and runner ups include C Mort Smith of Rose Hill 112.15 bushels, John Hf Vi of New Sharon 111.33 bushels, Gary Heyveld of Leighton 102.85, and Lyle Barnard of Oskaloosa 95.87 in various hybrids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahaska County
Oskaloosa Herald
Abert
Pella
Route 3
Open School For Herdsmen On January 2
A winter session begins January 2 at Iowa State College for an 11 week course in agriculture designed to give young men practical experience. Since 1918 the program offers training in livestock judging, breeding, feeding, marketing, and diseases with a six month total course. Applicants must have an eighth grade certificate or equivalent. those with high school may need a superintendent’s certificate. Mail certificates to the Registrar at Town State College Ames by December 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Town State College
Ames
Pheasant season fines exceed 3700 dollars in two weeks
More than 3,700 has been paid into county school funds during the first two weeks of the pheasant season for game law violations, according to report cards received at the State Conservation Commission office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Conservation Commission
Prosecutions for Violations Highlight Iowa Conservation Not
Fines totaling 2700 dollars were assessed by justices of the peace for 204 violations. Most cases involve carrying loaded guns in automobiles on public highways, described as the worst in our experience. 123 such prosecutions. illegal trapping 33. trapping fines up to 150 dollars. hunting without licenses 27. pheasants shooting listed under miscellaneous violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace Courts
Iowa
Multiple Farm Sales and Closing Out Dates Listed
December sale dates including D. K. Morgan & Son Rose Hill closing out December 7 and 11 for Dan Dingeman estate House and Lot Dec 11 Matt Huyser 8 miles southeast of Pella closing out Dec 12 Ralph Hale 6 miles north of Oskaloosa closing out farm sale Dec 13 Harold Terpstra 24% miles east of Monroe closing out sale Dec 15 House and Lot 304 Oskaloosa St William Van Dyke Dec 15 Household goods sale Kuyper's Lumber Yard Dec 17 Mrs Gerrit Van Waardhuizen 2 miles south of Monroe closing out Dec 19 Martin Ryken 3 miles east of Oskaloosa closing out sale Jan 2 Mrs Gilbert Van Maan en 3% miles southeast complete closing out. Also big wolf killed south of Knoxville Wilbert Cecil of Knoxville shot a big female wolf Thanksgiving morning four miles southeast of Knoxville on Leon Miller farm. The wolf weighed 75 pounds and measured five and a half feet. Cecil saw the wolf in a weed patch and shot it. County Auditor Rouze Hunter paid Cecil a $10 bounty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. K. Morgan & Son
Rose, Hill
Dan Dingeman
Adm
House
Matt Huyser
Pella
Ralph Hale
Oskaloosa
Harold Terpstra
Monroe
William van Dyke
Kuyper's
Gerrit van Waardhuizen
Martin Ryken
Gilbert van Maanen
S. E
Wilbert Cecil
Knoxville
Leon Miller
Knoxville Township
Eldora High Students Study Rare Tree Types
Biology students at Eldora High School explore rare tree varieties, identifying unique features and classifications. The lesson emphasizes specimen names, habitats, and potential uses in conservation and study projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora High School
Tree legends at the school grounds include ginkgo oldest
An article fragment describes varied trees near a school, noting a ginkgo with a curious legend attached. The text hints at a collection of about fifty species planted close to the school, highlighting the ginkgo as particularly notable.
Ginkgo Tree Legend Inspires Moonlit Mirror Vision
A traditional belief holds that girls who stand beneath a ginkgo tree under a full moon will glimpse their true love's image in a mirror, a romantic superstition tied to moonlit forest lore.
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Pfe
Bert van Dusseldorp
Bert
Moines
Oskaloosa Street
Block
Wm. van Dyke
van aZnte
Ge Ey
Morocco
Hugo Steenbock
Farmers Union
Consumers Cooperative Association
Kansas City
Sioux Center News
Nowag
John c
Lakes
Y. Towa
Mahaska Oskaloosa
Linden
Mrs. Ed
Harold F. Leestma
Muskegon
Michigan
Second Reformed Church
Cornelia LeCocq
Ludington
John Goodhart
California
Paul Vander Lune
Mr. Goodhart
Joe Faassen
Clarinda
Vivian Weirather
Chicago
Europe
Richard van der Leest
Wm. L. Ramsell
Rambell
Florence den
Flor Geurts
Jo Ann
Mrs. Geurts
Ed du Pree
Earl Grandia
Korea
Neal Kuyper
B. van Ommen
East First Street
Joe Horpestad
Noy
Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
France
Germany
Austin
Hampden, North Dakota
Denison Review
Skelly
Verrips Skelly
Eaten Headquarters
al Wanders
Mahaska Co
By the
Whitman’s
Fountain Pens
Sheaffer's
Parker's
Swift’s
Nelson
April
Coty
Elmo Jergens
Coty’s
Palmers
Palmer
Paris
Paardekooper's Ideal Pharmacy
Pillsbury’s
Whiting, Ib
Alc
Co-Op Lumber
Franklin Street
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