Red Cross Drive Will Be Made Here Early in March
The Pella Red Cross Chapter holds its annual meeting on Saturday March 1 at the region Hall at 2:00 pm with officer elections and reports including an outstanding update from Mrs. D C Renaud. The National Red Cross drive starts the following week led by M M Dockendorff with canvassers from Federated Club and veterans groups.
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Red Cross
Pella Red Cross Chapter
Egion
D. C. Renaud
Pella
National Red Cross
T. G. Fultz
M. M. Dockendorff
Federated Club
United States
The Merchant of Venice at Chapel This Evening
The National Classic Theatre of New York presents The Merchant of Venice tonight at 8:00 p.m. in Douwstra Chapel directed by Miles Malleson. Malleson, a veteran Shakespearean actor and playwright, joins the Maurice Evans Company after arriving from England to lead the production.
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National Classic Theatre of
New York
Douwstra Chapel
London
Miles Malleson
England
Maurice Evans Company
Lord Nothumberland
Justice Slender
Old Vic Company
Malleson
National Classic Theatre
Clare Tree Major
Classic Theatre
Scouts Enjoyed Season's First Hike Saturday
Troop No. 378 capped National Boy Scout Week with an all day outing south of Pella led by Assistant Scoutmaster Everett Trueblood. The group left at 7 30 and returned at 5 00. They carried grub for noon campfire meals and learned about scouting and nature while observing animal life. Scouts on the trip were Carl Versteeg Gene Voyce Bruce Buerkens and Tenderfoot Ronnie Van Niewaal.
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Everett ‘Trueblood
Pella
Carl Versteeg
Gene Voyce
Bruce Buerkens
Tenderfoot
Ronnie van Niewaal
Potluck Dinner Closes Homemakers Night School Sessions
The Adult Homemakers Night School held its annual pot luck dinner in the homemaking rooms of the high school last Monday evening. About 110 women attended one or more sessions and 19 received certificates of award. The event concluded a series of lessons in Home Furnishing and Christmas Activities.
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Cates
Nieburg A
Jasper County Soils District annual meeting draws large turnout
The Jasper County Soils District dinner and meeting at the Maytag Hotel Newton on February 18 drew over 185 attendees including farmers and Newton business folks. Leaders John Wilson and L. W. Rammerly presided with remarks by Dr. George Browning on conserving soil and crop rotation. A $200 Firestone scholarship for conservation farming and a 4 H club award were announced along with a film on the WHO Corn Belt Plowing Match. The result shows high local interest in conservation efforts.
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Jasper County Soils District
Maytag
Newton
John Wilson
S. C. Service
Frank Mendel
Ames
Lyall Mitchell
Oskaloosa
L.W. Rammerly
Jasper Co
Ellen Hartnett
Marion Welle
Home
Sylvia
Baxter
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
George Browning
S.C.S
Iowa
Pleasantville
Little Dutch Faces Last Home Game Against Albia Demons
Pella's Little Dutch host Albia's Blue Demons in the final home contest of the conference schedule. A January overtime win at Albia, 25 to 24, is fresh in memory as both Marion County teams chase a higher standing. The standings show Knoxville and Des Moines Tech leading, with Albia and Pella near the pack as the season nears its close.
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Pella
Bud Bonwell
Blue Demons
Albia
Knoxville
Marion County
Des Moines Tech
Chariton
Knox
Local Minister Keeps The Gospell Echoes On Air From Ottumwa Station
Mich el hosts The Gospell Echoes from his home at 1013 Main Street broadcasting Sundays at 12 15 PM. The program reaches listeners via KBIZ radio though Pella lacks a local station.
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Pella
Gospell Echoes
Michel
KBIZ
Main Street
Executive committee members elected for the parsing year
Executive committee members elected are Mrs. Berniece Van Ussel dorp, Mrs. Connie Vanden Berg, Mrs. 3 M. Van Viet, Mrs. Gerrit Van Haalen and Mrs. Frank Boot.
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Berniece van Usseldorp
Connie Vanden Berg
M. van Viet
Gerrit van Haalen
Frank Boot
Clubmen Saw Tulip Film and Scout Leader Talk
Two Pella service clubs screened a film on tulip care from the Dutch Tulip Growers Association of the Netherlands. The Kiwanis reporter summarized the film in last week’s Chronicle, while Rotarians heard remarks by Jay Collins, Knoxville Boy Scout Commissioner, urging stronger Scout support.
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Pella
Dutch Tulip Growers Association of
Netherlands
Kiwanis
The
Chronicle
Jay Collins
Knoxville
Collins
Boy Scout Organization
Tysseling Elected President of Pella Golf Country Club
At the first annual general meeting of the Pella Golf Country Club Anthony Tysseling was elected President. New board members include T Fultz J B Vandiemert Clarence Vander Linden Herb Mentink Harv Van Gorp Gil Boat Don Waechter and Dr H H Kramer with Van Gorp as treasurer and J B Van Hemert as vice president Rudy Ulrich re-appointed secretary. Clubhouse plans prompted a stock drive raising 1000 in cash toward construction with hopes to reach 5000 this year. dues for 1947 discussed and authority to act granted to the new board.
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Pella
Anthony Tyssel
Com Yeat
Dr. T. Fultz
J. B. Vandiemert
Clarence Vander Linden
Herb ‘Mentink
Harv van Gorp
Gil Boat
Donald Waechter
H. H. Kramer
J. B. van Hemert
Rudy Ulrich
C. F. Dykstra
F. Dykstra
Pella Golf and Country Club
Washington Banquet At Central College Saturday Evening
Preparations for Central College annual social event are complete with John Vander as general chairman and Ralph Hays heading the program team. Dr H H Kalas Secretary of the Iowa Inter Church Council will be main speaker. George and Martha Washington, Y W C A and Y M C A presidents, will greet attendees. Banquet set for February 22 in Jordan. tickets selling now.
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Central Bay
Central College
John Vander
Ralph Hays
H. H. Kalas
Iowa Inter-Church Council
Kas
George
Martha
Gladys van Wyk
John Vander Waal
Martha Washington
Jordan
Iowa State students join Navy V-6 inactive reserve
Clifford Paltzer of Pella is among 16 Iowa State College men enrolled in the V-6 inactive reserve sponsored by the Navy. Sworn in at the NROTC armory, they will retain their discharged rating, may advance, be eligible for summer cruises, and earn base pay increases for two-year service blocks. They may request discharge with no special reason and revert to civilian status.
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Iowa
Clifford
Will Paltzer
Peace Street
Pella
Iowa State College
United States Navy
Paltzer
E. A. Peavy
V-6
N.R.O.T.C
R. B. Levin
NROTC
Legion to Bring Arms Expert to Pella Monday
Invitations go to service men, Pella Gun Club members and Boy Scouts for a Legion Hall meeting next Monday. L. D. Lou Russell of Brown Camp Hardware and Remington Army Company will speak on gun care and use, with decades of arms expertise and recent U.S. government inspection work. A full house is expected.
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Legion
Pella
Pella Gun Club
Boy Scouts
Legion Hall
van Veen-Van Hemert Legion Post
L. D
Lou) Russell
Brown Camp Hardware Company
Des Moines
Remington Army Company
Russell
Remington
U. S
Iowa
Court of Honor For Scouts Held at Memorial Hall
A Court of Honor for Boy Scouts of Polla was held at the Legion Hall on Thursday February 13 after a potluck dinner. Four Tenderfoot scouts Paul Klein Ronnie Van Niewaal Lowell Burkhart and Gary Thomassen received candles and pins in a candlelight investiture led by Scoutmaster Dick Roberts.
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Boy Scouts of
Polla
Legion Hall
Dick Roberts
Paul Klein
Ronnie van Niewaal
Lowell Burkhart
Gary Thomassen
Roberts
Scout investiture honors mark Troop milestones
The ceremony featured ranks and merit badges awarded to Troop members. Spencer Grond, Logan Ande Harry Grond received Second Class and First Class ranks. Philip Mentink earned First Class, Carl Ver Steeg received Carpentry, Bruce Grond earned Firemanship, and Bob Hackett earned Electricity merit badges with explanations of how they were earned.
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C. Buerkens
Scout Committee
J. M. Cook
Spencer Grond
Logan Ande- Harry Grond
Philip Mentink
Buerkens
Carl Ver Steeg
Carl
Bruce
Bob Hackett
Bob
World Day of Prayer observance at First Reformed Church
On Friday February 21st at 2 30 p.m. the women of Pella and the community will hold a World Day of Prayer service at the First Reformed Church led by Rev William Winstead pastor of the Baptist Church The 1947 prayer emphasizes making love in the desert the highway of God and offerings support four mission efforts All are invited to attend Belly will call to worship
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Pella
First Reformed Church
William Winstead
The
Baptist Church
Former Pella Pastor Visits Local Friends
Chaplain Paul J. Christensen, recently at Fitzsimmons General Hospital in Denver, Colorado, visited Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Sadler. Former Pella Baptist pastor from 1927 to 1941 enters chaplaincy from Immanuel Baptist Omaha and will direct Campbell Christian Center in Campbell, Ohio, under American Baptist and local associations. The family plans to move early in March.
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Paul J. Christensen
H. H. Sadler
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Denver
Colorado
Christensen
Pella
American Baptist, Home Mission Society
Maplist Convention
Trumbull Baptist Association
Fourth Daughter Born to Princess Juliana Tuesday
Dispatches report the birth of Princess Juliana’s fourth daughter in the Netherlands. The day was declared a holiday, guns fired 51 rounds, Dutchmen counted shots toward 101 as a token for a girl. Church bells tolled and celebration followed, though officials had hoped for a son. Juliana, already mother to three daughters Ben aged nine Irene seven and Margaret four.
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Juliana of Holland
Hoy
Royal Dutch
Juliana
Ben
Irene
Margaret
Dutchmen Edge Parsons 49 42 at Fairfield Saturday
Central's Flying Dutchmen defeated Parsons 49 to 42 at Fairfield. Ed Kooi led Central with 12 points while Clair Brown, Stan Bergman and Chuck Vander Ploeg added ten each. The team led 27 17 at halftime and used six players to counter Parsons.
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Weth van der Linden
Parsons
Fairfield
Central
Ed Kooi
Clair Brown
Stan Bergman
Chuck Vander Ploeg
Shumaker
Lindsay
Kooi
Ottens
Brown
Menning
Borgman
Stroh
WE Leslie
Steward
Vander Ploeg
F Parsons
FT Baldwin
Gorman
Y Thompson
Wahrer
Pella Kiwanis hear World Endeavor leader speak on movement
Reverend C Lepeltak executive secretary of the Iowa Christian Endeavor Society outlined the movement's reach with over 3,000,000 members in 80 countries. He noted a World Union meeting planned for 1948 in Oslo and described the society's structure across the United States and Iowa districts. Jay Collins and Elmer Ogren spoke on Boy Scout involvement and solicited Kiwanis support.
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Pella Kiwanians
C. Lepeltak
Iowa Christian Endeavor Society
Lepeltak
Christian Endeavor Movement
Christian Endeavor
Oslo
Norway
International Christian Endeavor Union
United States
Canada
Iowa
Herb Mentink
Jay Collins
Knoxville
Marion County Boy Scouts
Elmer Ogren
Des Moines
Zsut
Eracutive
Pella Kiwanis Club
Record Attendance at Night School Banquet At Legion Hall
A large turnout filled Legion Hall Monday for the Farmers Night School banquet, with 238 attendees split evenly between groups. Speakers spotlighted Pelins Centennial, Tulip Time, and a push for a larger Memorial building while praising the farmers’ finances and future prospects.
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Legion Hall
Farmers Co operative Exchange reports record year in Pella
The Far mers Co operative Exchange of Pella held its February 11 meeting at the Legion Hall with about 450 patrons, including 175 women. Patronage checks totaling 7600 were distributed, Bert Dahm received the largest check for nearly 1000 for 1942 and 1943 business. Sales reached 1.521 million, and total year savings were 20568. A new livestock building, scale, driveway, and grain elevator equipment were completed. The year ends were moved to September and three men were reelected to the board. Lunch served by the American Legion Auxiliary.
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Farmers Co-operative Exchange of
Pella
Legion Hall
Bert Dahm
Exchange
G. A. Ver Meer
del de Manon
South Pella
American Legion Auxiliary
Andrew Ver Meer
James Vander Waal
Larry Williams
Farm Bureau Insuran Company
March of Dimes benefit games well attended
Pella teams faced Attica and Albia 66 in a charity pool basketball night led by Kenneth Vander Linden. Attica won 28-20 over Pella Christian as Marver Meer led with 6 first-half points and Plagentine topped Attica with 9. Pella Dress Club outscored Albia 66 to 62 in a tight finale paced by Ed Rainey and Ray Pickard with strong late defense.
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Kenneth Vander Linden
Polla
Pella Christian
Pella
Attica
Albia 66
March of Dimes
Marver Meer
Plagentine
Mary Ver Meer
Ed Rainey
Pella Dress Club
Albla
Johnson
Jay
Albia
Rainey
Raiders
Ray Pickard
Jim Kempkes
Joe Martin
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Jasper County
Maytag Hotel
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Ottumwa
Pella Man
Navy Reserve
Law State College
A. F. Tysseling
Country Club
Washington
NAVY
Lou Russell
Guns
Memorial Hall
Ternal
Christ
Princess Juliana
Persons
Voss
Balwin
Thompson
C. E. Worker
Clubmen
Farmers Night School
Leign
Tunis Kempkes
Bob Klein
Jean Kuyper
Kempkes
Nick Vander Ploeg
Chamber of Commerce
Pel- In
Legion Post
Men of the Legion
Baloney Kempkes
Dave Livingston
Livingston
Milw
Ankee
Si. M. Dockendorf
del Defear
Henry Vander Beek
Del
Agricul
Dick Boot
Pella Co-Op
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