Local News Highlights From December Community Notes
The Christian High School Aux met at First Chr Ref Church on Friday. Principal George Pals spoke on parent teacher cooperation and plans for the year were discussed. Town residents and visitors, including numerous Visscher families and others, are listed along with regional travel and hospital updates. Coaches attend Iowa Conference meeting in Des Moines. new regulations and schedules to be discussed.
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Christian High School Aux
George Pals
Peter de Pree
Melvin
Tootsie Toy Sets in miniature ships planes and trains
Toy notices advertise miniature Tootsie sets priced at 25 cents and 0c and one dollar sets, with singles at five and ten cents. The Book Shop features dolls games and other toys in a display aimed at shoppers seeking small novelty items.
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Splene
Tipton Student Misses Days After Concussion Incident
Donald Dysart a Tipton high school student attended school for one day before a slight concussion was diagnosed after being struck by a basketball.
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Donald Dysart
Tipton
Man Trapped in Sewer Collapse Rescued After Two Hours
Herman Feldmann of Centralia was buried up to his neck when a sewer ditch walls caved in. About a ton of dirt covered him as rescuers worked for nearly two hours to free him.
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Herman Feldmann
Centralia
Churches Calendar Highlights Royal Service and Cantata
At First Reformed Church Rev A Haverkamp offers Sunday school on Jesus Teaches His Disciples to Pray at 9:30 a.m. Morning worship at 10 45 a.m. A Holland service toda y afternoon at 2 00 p.m. Christ mas Cantata Yule-tide Memor ies directed by Prof Harold E Root at 7 20 p.m. Also First Chr Ref Church Rev J Vander Ploeg preaches 9 30 a.m. and Sunday School at 11 00 a.m. Evening program and radio Bible hour follow. The Back to God Hour airs Sundays 4 30 to 5 00 over KMA Shenandoah and 930 k with Timely messages and singing. Sponsored by the Christian Reformed Church, the program feeds from six stations in Chicago New York City Canada Michigan South Dakota and Iowa.
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First Reformed Church
A. Haverkamp
Jesus
Holland
Harold E. Root
N. L. Veltman
Kma
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Town
The
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Canada
Michigan
South Dakota
Iowa
Christmas Sermons and Church Events at Local Churches
The Baptist Church led by Rev P J Christensen lists morning worship at 10 45 and evening service at 7 30 with Christmas theme Bethlehem Changed the World and a message On Withered Mirth The Young People's meeting discusses How to Face Great Crises The Pella Baptist G Men will meet Dec 16 with Prof Herbert Van Wyk as guest speaker The Third Reformed Church under Rev G Menning announces Sunday school at 9 30 and services including The Christian Life series with dates through February 16 The Holland Service includes The Lord's Prayer Bible Gem and lessons on The Christian Life
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Herbert van Wyk
Open Bible Church Schedule and Radio Sermonet
The Friendly Church led by Pastor T A Tousley offers Sunday services at 9 30 a m with Sunday school and morning worship and an Overcomers Service. Evangelistic service Tuesday at 7 30 p m and midweek prayer Thursday at 7 30 p m with a Saturday 2 p m children’s church. Also notices Pra irie City Church Ref church Rev M Monsma teaches Psalms and catechism series and a radio sermonette by Rev Nelson Veltman on KSO Des Moines next Saturday at 10 46 a m.
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Open Bible Church
Nelson Veltman
Prairie City
KSO
Des Moines
Debate Teams Ranked High in Speech Contest
The Central college forensic squad competed at the Midwest Speech Tournament in Kirksville Missouri on December 6 and 7. Senior division debaters Roy Vander Kamp Suily and Hal Birch Wallkill N Y won three of four debates for a .750 percentage.
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Central College
Kirksville
Missouri
Roy Vander Kamp
Suily
Hal Birch
Wallkill
N. Y
Competition ends with no perfect score in meet
Birch and Vander Kamp tie for first among seven teams, while Augusta Nieuwsma Strasburg ND and Art Grull Denver CO share second in junior college. women’s team members Mae Reynolds Montezuma and Geraldine Goodell Pella drop three of four debates to finish in second row. Martha Childress Oskaloosa earns a superior poetry rating and third in the Ted Malone Poetry Appreciation contest as Professors Van Emmerik and Clarke lead the squad.
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Birch
Vander Kamp
Augusta Nieuwsma
Strasburg
North Dakota
Art Grull
Denver
Colorado
Mae Reynolds
Montezuma
Geraldine Goodell
Pella
Martha Childress
Oskaloosa
Ted Malone
van Emmerik
Clarke
No More Pennies in Rural Mail Boxes
Post Office Department orders rural patrons to affix proper postage on first and third class mail before depositing in rural boxes. Carriers carry stamps and will supply them if unavailable, provided patrons request them and sign their name.
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Public sale dates announced near Pella and Prairie City
Public sale dates listed for farms near Pella and New Sharon with cattle sales by Madison M. Hull and New Sharon Sales Company. George Van Vark sale, Bogaards and Vos sale, and a Prairie City sale are scheduled between December 12 and December 30. John Goema is noted as organizer.
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William N. Bogaards
Pella
Madison M. Hull
New Sharon Sales Company
George van Vark
Galesburg
Bogaards and
Vos
Prairie City
John Goema
Bromegrass Boosts Pasture in Iowa Mixtures
Iowa State College agronomist P Burson notes pasture improvement work introduces bromegrass and alfalfa mixtures to farmers. He says the mix performs better than bluegrass, with high palatability and drought resistance, carrying about 50 percent more livestock in a season.
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Iowa
P. Burson
Iowa State College
Burson
Breuth
Sioux City
Pasture Seeding Mixes Vary For Alfalfa Bromes
Agronomist Burson notes 265 pasture days from alfalfa-brome mix and 66 to 100 days on old bluegrass pastures. Brom e grows dense alone, sodbound in years, due to nitrogen shortage. Longume like alfalfa boosts nitrogen. 7 pounds brome with 8 pounds alfalfa works well. Up to 181 pounds alfalfa for hay. Seed in spring or fall before Sept 10. This is the third year of pasture.
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Burson
Improvement Work in Iowa Counties This Year
Improvement work in Iowa continues with 34 counties engaged this year. Projects around Sioux City and Cedar Rapids have enlisted farm co operators. Pasture improvement in central and southern Iowa will culminate in a clinic in Des Moines on December 12.
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Iowa
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Des Joines
Lutefisk Supper Draws Hundreds In Thor Area
About six hundred residents in and around Thor attended a lutefisk supper, consuming roughly eight hundred pounds of lutefisk.
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Lutefisk
Thor
Long Service Co. M Culbertson Resigns After 35 Years
M Culbertson a carpenter rural mail carrier with Long Service Co has resigned after a 35 year career. His departure ends a long tenure serving rural routes and delivering mail from early years through recent decades.
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Long Service Co
M. Culbertson
Carpenter Rural Mail Car
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