Farragut High School Dedication Highlights Historic Change
C C Buerkens helps dedicate new Farragut High School built for 380000 with 44456 square feet and 2400-seat gym. The event honors David Glasgow Farragut, with Lt Commander Lassiter present and a day full of ceremonies, tours, and a Haydn London Symphony concert featuring Daryl Vander Wilt.
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C. C. Buerkens
New High School
Farragut
Lassiter
Council Bluffs
Navy
David Glasgow
Mobile Bay
Buerkens
Geo. Vetter
Merril Howry
Oren Mann
J. T. Carrithers
Bert Lorimer
Wiliam E. Miller
Lester Gatch
Music from 18th Century Featured in CUI Concert
Central College Community Orchestra presents late 18th century music at 3 p.m. Sunday February 14 in Cox Snow Music Center recital hall. Robert E. Smith conducts the ensemble of Central students and area residents.
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Central College Community Orchestra
Cox- Snow Music Center
Robert E. Smith
Central
Funeral services for William Roose held Monday
Funeral services for William J. Roose, 90, retired farmer and long time Pella resident, were conducted Monday at 1 30 p m in the Second Christian Reformed church of Pella with Rev Harold Bossenbroek and Rev Henry Zwaanstra officiating. Burial followed at Evergreen cemetery in Leighton. He died Friday afternoon at the Pella Community Nursing Home.
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William J. Roose
Pella
Second Christian Reformed Church
Harold Bossenbroek
Henry Zwaanstra
Evergreen Cemetery
Leighton
van Dyk- Duren
Roose
Pietenpol Cup Contest to Be Held at Central College
The 14th Annual Pietenpol Cup Contest for freshman and sophomore women will take place at Central College on Friday March 5. Coordinating chairmen are Judy Stemsrud and Nicci Van Soest with coaches and class chairmen from Illinois Michigan New Jersey and Wisconsin. Judging focuses on originality musical quality dramatic quality and unity of presentation.
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Central, Fri
Chicago
Judy Vander Linde
Kalamazoo, Mich
Grace Reed
Secaucus, N. J
Gail Raven
Local community notices and anniversaries snapshot
A condensed town calendar lists events from Feb 9 to Feb 25 including meetings at homes for Lake Prairie and Summit Homemakers, a 55th anniversary, PEO and social gatherings, basketball games, Valentine events at Second Reformed Church, campfire meetings, theater plays, open houses for multiple wedding anniversaries, dances at the Country Club, and charity bazaars. Notable anniversaries include Van Gilst, Van Dusseldorp, Harkness, De Vries, Christiansen, and others.
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Lake Prairie
Summit
Gerald de Penning
Peter van Gilst
Recreation Hall
Necomers
Legion Hall
Pella High Gym
New York
Pella
Chariton
Pella Christian
Adel
Cui
Buena Vista
Valentine
Country Club
Wally Dean
Simon van Dusseldorp
Prairie City
Alfred Christensen
Tinity Lutheran
Knoxville
Home For the
Vermeers Visit Nigeria Documenting Riots and Wildlife
The Vermeers and family travelled from Des Moines to Nigeria in December visiting Stan Vermeer teaching at a missionary college near Mkar. They photographed leper colonies and burned villages from recent riots, described local life, farming experiments, and a crocodile hunt on the Donga River. They returned January 7 with film rolls and memories from the trip.
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Gary Vermeers
Gary
Matilda
Mary Ann
Bob
Nigeria
Stanley
Christian Reformed Missions
Des Moines
Chicago
New York
KLM
Amsterdam
Vermeer
Hoffdoorp
London
Rome
Kano
Crocidile
Donga
Vermeers
Central College
Mary
Pella Christian High
Gary Vermeer
Stan
Teachers’ Training College
Mkar
Monroe Methodist dedicates church in historic ceremony
On February 7 Bishop James S. Thomas led the dedication of the Monroe Methodist Church Building and new parsonage in Monroe Iowa. The church founded in 1844 as Jasper County’s oldest, now features a brick building opened January 2 1955 and a 1964 parsonage.
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Martin Nelson
Pella
Armour Boot
Iowa House of Representation
Joe Stienties
Tysseling
Chronicle News
James S. Thomas
Iowa
Methodist Church
Monroe Methodist Church
New Methodist
Lloyd A. Latta
Newton
James V. Poulsen
Jasper County
Tools Point
Russell G. Nye
Oak Park
Des Moines
Nye
James Sloan
Mark I. Shaw
Boyd Worth
Gerald Ensley
al Chamberlain
Guy Wilson
Monroe
James $. Thomas
Monroe Methodists
Marion Davis
White
Tools Chapel Methodist Church
Monroe Church
Calvin Alumni Music Festival at Douwstra Chapel
The Pella Chapter of the Calvin Alumni Association sponsors the 5th annual Music Festival on Thursday February 11 at 7 30 p m in the Douwstra Chapel Cal van alumni event features Pella Christian High School Concert Band led by R Williams Mixed Chorus from Peoria directed by Robert De Jager Sul ly Ladies Ensemble Pella Christian Grade School Girls Glee Club Pella Christian High Senior Choir and Deo Gloria Men's Chorus both under R Williams Tickets at the door cost 1 no reserved seats public invited
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Pella
Calvin Alumni Asociation
Douwstra
Cui
Pella Christian High School
R. Williams
Peoria Direc
Robert de Jager
Sully
Pella Christian Grade School
Betty Huyser
Deo Gloria
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Shelby- Tennant
Towa
Fremont County
Lorence Quist
Essex
Bruce
Bonnie
Hand
Shenandoah
Fred Long
The
Admirals
Admiralettes
the Crow’s Nest
Admiral
London” Symphony
Josef Haydn
Karl Stamitz
Haydn
Daryl Vander Wilt
Dumont
Dakotas
Chronicle
Hurredly
William Roose
What
S Up
Parsons
Eddyville
Second Reformed Church
Nigerian College
Jos
Calvin College
Christian Reformed Church Missions
Monroe Methodist House of Worship
Thomas
Calvin
Thurs
Douwstra Chapel
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