Pageant Presents Century of Baptist History in Pella
Tonight at Douwstra Chapel the pageant depicting 100 years of the Baptist Church in Pella will unfold in five epochs and 30 scenes. Written by Mrs. Sarah Richardson of Des Moines, it features period costumes, music, and an organ solo by Mrs. Gertrude Lautenbach. Pastor A. A. Swanson invites all in the community to attend this event.
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Pella
Douwstra Chapel
Sarah Richardson
Des Moines
Gertrude Lautenbach
A. A. Swanson
Soldier in New Guinea Grateful to Pella Red Cross
A letter from S/Sgt. Howard M. Parker of the Signal Service Co. in San Francisco thanks the Pella Red Cross chapter for its wartime support. He from New York City expresses gratitude for packages and notes a hilltop movie showing local town spirit. He praises the Pella community for helping troops overseas and wishes a Merry Christmas.
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New Guinea
Pella
Red Cross
Howard M. Parker
Signal Service Co
P. M
San Francisco
Cal
Ration changes tighten food supply measures in December 1944
The Office of Price Administration announces wartime ration shifts effective 12:01 a.m. December 26 to address shortages. Parsley and related vegetables regain point values. butter rises to 24 points per pound while many sugar stamps and canning certificates are voided. New stamps will replace voided ones with 60 points per 4 weeks, reflecting tighter controls to ensure fair access.
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Europe
Pacific
Office of Price Administration
Suar
From Our Service Men Gysbert Blommers Writes
Pvt Gysbert Blommers ASN 37646164 Co B 63rd Bu Camp Wolters Texas reports drilling marching and map study as they endure gas mask training then laments two weeks without town visits and plans Christmas shopping after the holiday he chats with Dick De Jong and recalls Oskaloosa friends.
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Dick de Jong
Gysbert Blommers
Asn
Native of India to lecture here next Thursday
Mithrapuram K Alexander, native of Travancore, South India, will speak at Central College on January 4. A philosopher and former head of philosophy at Arkansas State College, he will discuss The Clash of World Forces in India and is praised for clear, expert presentation.
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Central College
Mithrapuram K. Alexander
Alexander
India
Travancore
South India
University of Maui
Ind
Syrian Church Union
International Fellowship Council
Arkansas State College
Institute of International Affairs
Finished boot training for Mra and Aten FW
Knoxville and grandson of Mary Krouse of Pella Iowa returned to Farragut Idaho Tuesday after a week's leave at home. He has just completed boot training.
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Krouse
Pella
Iowa
Farragut
Idaho
Ile
Vander Wal Promoted to Corporal at Fort Dix
Gerrit Joseph Vander Wal son of Mr and Mrs Bart Vander Wal Route 2 New Sharon Iowa was promoted from private first class to corporal at Army Air Base Fort Dix New Jersey where he is assigned to the Base Chemical Office. He joined the Army October 21 1942 trained at Selfridge Field Michigan graduated from Pella High School attended the University of Iowa and worked for Mulgrew and Sons Company at Dubuque Iowa before entering the Army. Vander Wal has six nephews in the armed forces.
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Gerrit Joseph Vander Wal
Bart Vander Wal
Route 2
New Sharon
Iowa
Army Air Base
Fort Dix
N. J
Chemical
Ofice
Vander Wal
Army
Selfridge Field
Michigan
Pella High School
University of Iowa
The
Mulgrew & Sons Company
Dubuque
Corporal
United States
Soldier Swank Returns From 31 Months Overseas
Pfc Peter R Swank of Lynnville reports to the Redistribution Center in Hot Springs Arkansas after a 21 day furlough following 31 months of overseas combat in the Southwest Pacific He is among service members being processed under the Army rotation program at the station and will stay briefly before reassignment Continued on Page 4
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Hot Springs
Ark
Southwest Pacific
Peter R. Swank
Lynnville
Army Ground and Service Forces
Arkansas
Army Service Forces’ Aid Service Command
United States
Correction issued for missing names in husk corn visit
Mr and Mrs Chas Spoelstra write to say three good neighbors Gerrit Vander Molen Jake Spoelstra and John Bandstra were omitted from the December 1 farm visit story in the Chronicle of December 14. The Chronicle apologizes for the unintentional omission. Hailstones and thunderstorms are rare in Norway.
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Chas
Spoelstra
Gerrit
Vander Molen
Jake Spoelstra
John Bandstra
Farewell for Reverend Van der Ploeg at Pella church
The First Christian Reformed Church of Pella bids farewell to Revered Van der Ploeg and his family as they move to Lansing Illinois. In five and a half years he oversaw completion of a new church building and left the congregation with a fruitful body of work and a sense of loss.
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First
Christian Reformed Church of
Pella
Revel der Ploog
Lansing
Ilinois
van der Ploeg
Pulpit Furniture Gift From India At Central Chapel
Central College a Reformed Church in America school dedicated chewed rosewood pulpit furniture for Douwstra chapel. The set includes a pulpit and five chairs made by students at the Arcot Mission Industrial School in Katpadi India. Presented by Rev Mrs C A De Bruin with remarks on lotus motifs, the Indian national flower. President J J Lubbers noted his India years. Dr Luman J Shafer to return to Foreign Missions board. continuation on page 5.
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Central College
Arcot
Mason Olcott
India
GC. A. de Bruin
Shafer
Foreign Board
New York
Luman J. Shafer
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Reformed Church In America
Commission For A Just and Durable Peace
Federal Council of Churches, Will Return
Church Service Schedules Across Several Denominations
A listing of Sunday schedules for multiple churches including Baptist, First and Second Reform, Open Bible, and Third Reformers. Entries show pastors, Sunday School times, morning worship, evening services, and midweek or special services. Includes notes on Holy Communion and New Year observances across churches in the area.
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A. A. Swanson
Second Reformed Church
R. J. Vanden Berg
First Reformed Church
A. Haverkamp
Open Bible Church
Wm. Christopulos
Thurn
Dorcas
Bill van Dyke
Oskaloosa St
Third Reformed Church
Lawrence J. Borst
Heaven's Gate
Rev
L. J. Borst
Stone of Help
Gospel Hall Service Notes and Bible Class Times
George T. Pinches, minister, leads a Bible class at 10:00 a.m. and The Lord's Supper at 11:00 a.m. The 7:30 p.m. Gospel Service covers The Review of the Three Most Important Experiences in Human Experience. December 28th features The Mastery of God and The Walk of the Sure.
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George T. Pinches
Leveling strip mine hills topic at Knoxville meeting
Marion County Extension Director announces a Friday meeting at Memorial Hall in Knoxville to discuss handling land overturned by strip mining after coal removal. The Iowa Farm Bureau urges state law requiring leveling of such land, with broad invitation to operators technicians and officials for input ahead of January legislature.
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John Stierwalt
Marion County Extension
Knoxville
Farm Bureau
Stierwalt
Marion County Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau Federation
AAA
County Boards of Supervisors
Memorial Hall
Wm. G.lodwick
State Farm Bureau
Iowa
Christmas Greetings Sent From Front Line Soldiers
Sgt Anne Schakel and Cpl R Huisman Jr send holiday wishes from the Western Front as printed in the Des Moines Tribune and Register & Tribune. Arie Schukel writes to John Liter of Pella, Ralph Huisman Jr. writes to his Prairie City wife. The messages warm anxious families during Christmas.
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Dex Moines Tribune
Western Front
Gordon Gammack
Register & Tribune
John Liter
Pella
Arie Schukel
Liter
Arie
79Th Division
Register
Ralph Huisman Jr
7Th Army
Prairie City
Towa
The
Drive Slowly Sign Sparks Small Town Debate
A small town posts a traffic warning urging drivers to slow down with a blunt sign reading drive slowly no hospi. Nearby larger towns joke about a sign claiming they have a rossa i but no room for you, highlighting regional wit and stubborn street humor.
CAPT EARL KELLY SPEAKS AT KIWANIS MEETING
Captain Earl Kelly, Civil Affairs officer with the First Army in France, shared front line experiences for Kiwanis. He described refugee camps near D-Day, handling 200 to 3,000 daily arrivals, aided by interpreters and local French, with evacuations to the communications zone. He also recounted a rare trip home by air with eleven German generals under guard, two Jew s among them, traveling via Iceland and Newfoundland to Washington.
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Kiwai
Bart Kelly
First Army
France
Cap. N Kelly
di Platte
Pella
Siiol
Piette
Repre
Towa
Tunis Klein
School Code Commission
Noel Logan
Kiwanis
Edaver
Herbert Mentink
Logan
Earl Kelly
Ife
Capt. Kelly
Othe
Normandy
Kelly
Enydand
London
Scotland
Iceland
Newfoundland
Washington, D. C
To Teach Vocational Agriculture Here
F Foster of Alhambra California has been secured by the Board of Education to teach Vocational Agriculture at Ella High School taking the place of Kenneth Decker who resigned to become Extension Director at Fairfield Iowa. Mr Foster Mrs Foster and two children are expected here about January 1. They lived in Town until two years ago.
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Mes F. Foster
Alhambra
California
Board of Education
Agella
Kenneth Decker
Fairfield
Iowa
Foster
Last Push For War Bond Drive In Pella Otley Area
The Pella Otley district near Marion County seeks $16,000 more to meet its Sixth War Loan quota plus $7,000 in D bonds. Overall sales stand at $444,331.25 with 97 percent of E bond quota. Knoxville and rest of county oversubscribed while Mahaska trails. Local chairs praise organizers, banks, and post office for drive efforts as deadline nears Saturday night December 30.
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Chronicle
Pella-Otley
Marion County
Knoxville
Mahaska County
Mahaska
Marion
Prescott Steenhock
John Dyketra
Ben Kuyk
Herman Veenstra
Elmer Nollen
Gerrit Tyssaling
Hemort
The
Pella National Bank
Marion County State Bank
World Court and League Topic At Kiwanis Meeting
Rev Huizenga of Peoria spoke on world peace before Kiwanis on December 12. He argued war arises from greed, urged honesty, diplomacy limits, and the need for a supreme super government to curb national sovereignty and enforce peace rules.
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Huizenga
First Christian Reformed Church of
Peoria
Kiwanis
Maastricht Welcomes Allied Liberation Letters From Netherlands
Citizens of Maastricht express boundless joy at liberation by American forces. A letter from Maastricht residents to the New York Times lauds the U S troops for restoring liberty, recounting German oppression and the hope and gratitude felt by Dutch inhabitants we celebrate the courage and democracy of the allied volunteers.
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K. van Buren
Otley
Frederick W. van Houten
Ordnance
Maastricht
Netherlands
New York Times
Germany
Nikkel Farm Home Destroyed By Fire
The farm home of Mr. and Mrs. William Nikkel, five miles north of the Galesburg road on the by-road between Ed Kenning and Earl Black, was destroyed by a noon Tuesday fire believed to start from a defective chimney. First floor goods were saved, second floor loss. The Nikkels will temporary reside in a neighbor’s house vacated by the Sukkel family.
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William ‘Nikkel
Galesburg
Ed. Kenning
Earl Black
Nikkels
Hubert Sukkel
Dutch thanks and support for American soldiers in Maastricht
An excerpt recalling Dutch gratitude for American troops aiding Europe’s liberation. Citizens express prayers for the safe return of soldiers, blessing the United States, and promising to never forget the sacrifices made. Messages of goodwill from Dutch residents to American mothers and servicemen are conveyed.
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America
Europe
Maastricht
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Troning Bd
Orp
Texas
Pvt
Kansas
M. Alexander
University of Oklahoma
Frank E. Pearson
Gerrit Vander
FT. DIX
PFC
Redistribution Center
Norway
John Vander Ploeg
Theo. P. Verhulst
Holland
Israel
God
Anne Schakel
Cpl
R. Huisman Jr
Capt
Kiwanis Meeting
James F. Foster
P. H. Kuyper
U.S
W. Nikkel
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