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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1947

Page

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Pella area notes holiday visits and local health updates

A long list of Christmas visits and illness updates from Pella and nearby towns. Subscriptions renewed, relatives gathered for Christmas, and various hospital admissions and discharges noted. Residents include Berg, Groenendyk, Gezel, Weirather, Van Vork, Mulder, Bandstra, Vander Hart, Ozinga, Slings, Gosselink, Williams, Hiemstra, Van Dusseldorp, Vander Linden, and Van der Linden, with several attending hospital and church events and a North American Student Conference report from Central College students.

Marianne Walvoord Jaci van der Lugt Raymond Weiss Don Hull G. T. Vander Lugt Central College University of Kansas Laurence Kansas YMCA YWCA Godert Vander Hart Mahaska Hospital Oskaloosa Lewis Ozinga Andrew Slings Mahaska William Gosselink Elam Williams Leonard Hiemstra Mercy

Start Young Colts on Grain Before Weaning

A B Caine promotes starting young colts on grain before weaning at 4 to 6 months. He notes exceptions when the dam is idle or in foal. Teach the colt to eat grain early to avoid setbacks and use home grown seeds like oats corn alfalfa clover and timothy hay with a small amount of high protein feed for proper growth.

A. B. Caine Town State College

Congressman urges delay on coast to coast highway plan

Congressman Paul Cunningham said Congress will likely not fund a nationwide highway network for years. He urged continuing the current federal highway funds formula, focusing on upgrading existing roads rather than building new expressways. Attorneys note postwar funds up to 500 million annually through 1949 require state matching. The plan hinges on population area and road mileage, with equal weight to each.

Cunningham Congress

Interesting Facts About Christmas Carols From an old church tale to Dickens influence and Mendelssohn melodies

The piece traces origins of Silent Night sparked by a snowbound Austrian church and a gnawed organ, notes Dickens boosting God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, and explains Hark the Herald Angels Sing name origin and the Mendelssohn link to the present melody. It ends by mentioning Adeste Fidelis as an ancient hymn with uncertain date and authorship.

Austria Oberndorf Germany Charles Dickens Scrooge Dickens Herald Angels Charles Wesley Methodist Church Mendelssohn

State Breeders Seek National Poultry Honors

J Thompson of Centerpoint and A H Ward of Independence will represent Towa in the 1948 finals of the national Chicken of Tomorrow contest. The event will cap a three year search by the poultry industry for a superior meat type chicken with a grand prize of 6000 dollars and runner up awards from A and P Food Stores. The finalists were chosen from 44 states and 40 have been named to compete for the title next spring. Finalists will ship 720 hatching eggs to a central Delware hatchery near Georgetown for the finals, as the program aims to guide selective breeding for better consumer value and producer returns.

Centerpoint A. H. Ward Independence Towa Pring National Chicken-of-Tomorrow Committee A & P Food Stores H. L. Shrader U. S

Poultry breeders vie in 12 week Delaware trials

The 12 week program at the Delaware State experiment Sub-station concludes with prize winning breeders to be announced at a Chicken-of-Tomorrow Field Day in Georgetown on June 24. Thompson led 1947 state trials and was runner up in the North Central Regionals. Ward, a White Rock breeder, won 1946 state trials and placed as high as third in 1947 regional. Other finalists include Roger Nelson Sharon North Dake Corn Belt Hatcheries Joliet Illinois and Robert Martin Ram sey Indiana.

Delaware Georgetown Thompson Ward Roger Nelson Sharon North Dake Corn Belt Hatcheries Joliet Il Nois Robert Martin Ramsey Indiana

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Accals B. L. Berg Chicago Chronicle The E. Groenendyk West Des Moines Ivan Gezel Altoona Iowa Mrs. Gezel F. W. Weirather Winfield Vivian Weirather Mr. Weirather Vivian Ruth Tenseelani Makacka Hospital John Heerema Dez Moines Simon Vander Zyl Wayre Schakel Jerry Car University Houpe Nf Towa Sam Ver St Requa Decorah BL. Ren Pella Betsy Willis M. Tait William Tait Willis Glider Infantry Abn Ft. Bragg North China Dale den Hartog Des Moines American Institute of Business Pel- Ju George Gezel Mercy Hospital George Gezel Jr Ed Ves Gordon Farndell Presbyterian Church of Knoxville William van Vork John Mulder Okaloosa John Bandstra Bertha van Wyngarden Joe Shultz Curtis M. Snow Boulder Colorado Myron Sjaardema Sully John W. Vander Linden Mrs. Vander Linden A. D. van Skike Mrs. Wayne Pos Towa State College Ames John Victor Vers C. Evers Orange City Iowa State College T. Meinders Gilvert Tim Henry van Whe Orange U Herman Bruxvoort Carl Vander Ploeg Towa City Oakland Rob Martha Tautenbach Berea Kentucky Yeoman Billy Lankelma Doe Boyd Maryland Olathi Kansas Billy Reg Dixon Tryg Grufman Minneapolis Minnesota Keg Minnesota University Michael Cherkala Cleveland Ohio Bernie Vander Linden Bob Myrtle Henry Cox Johan de Groot Hague Netherlands San Diego California de Groot Wormhoudt Rotterdam Coxes Mr. Cox D. P. van Zee den Adel Sales and Service Verrip’s Grocery Shell Service Art Esther—Franklin Florence Ted and Leo Paul Cunningham House Roads Subcommittee United Press Oloosa Herald Frederick Oakley Oxford Angelican Church Newman James Pierpont Treasury Department Washington J. Pierpont Morgans Elmer and Jim van Zee Billboard Heralds Bakker Rus Amooln Sailing Frank Tromp Vogelaar’s Ben, Carl, Arnold, Gary Helen, Fred, Raymond, Andrew Scharing Garage ON Earth
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