Local Notes Include Many Travel, Births and Visits
Local column reports a baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bonnell at Ma haska Hospital on Sunday. Several families travel to and from Chicago Des Moines and Michigan City for funerals holidays and family visits. James Ebbers and Dorothy De Haan wed late December with out of town relatives attending from Sheboygan Falls Wisconsin and others. Sgt Billy Vander Beek moves to Alaska for a year while his family stays with relatives in Des Moines.
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Earl Bonnell
Mahaska Hospital
William Mugen
Marla Joy
Beryl
Pease
Minnesota
Ben Groenendyk
Eugene Koning
Marcia Faye
Michigan City
Ind
Stanley Koning
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Chicago
James Verhey
Chattanooga
Monte Vista Drive
Tenn
C. H. Vander Meulen
Sioux County
Iowa
Old Country
Jacob Vander Syde
G. A. Stout
Indianola
Cooper Rest
Bussey
George
Pella
Rex Williams
New Sharon
I. J
Lillian Payne
Lillian
Des Moines
Guthrie Ave
Jim Kuiper
Glen van Vark
Vicki
Methodist Hospital
van Vark
Lila van Vliet
Joe A. Nunnikhoven
Hull
Mart Hocksema Implement Co
Bert. Vande Kieft
California
Margaret
San Jose
T. T. Verros
WH. A. T. Ing
Farm Grain Dealers Association of
Farmers’ Cooperative Exchange of
Association
Dorothy Jean de Haan
James Ebbers
Earl Ebbers
Sheboygan Falls
Wisconsin
Walker Sadler
College Program Tonight to Show Art Work of Children
The Art Students' League of Central College presents a slide show of 60 color works by children, prepared by the Art Institute of Chicago, in room 28 Central Hall. The program runs tonight at 7 15 pm and is free to the public, aimed at parents teachers and art lovers. It covers themes like Why is it Art and Imagination experiences plus guidance for evaluating art at different ages. A second set of 10 slides demonstrates organizing a children s art exhibition for teachers.
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Art Students’ League of Central College
Central Hall
Department of Art Education
The
Art Institute of Chicago
Van Zetten Implement Buys Ferguson Agency in Oskaloosa
Don Van Gorp, longtime Ferguson expert, takes over management of Van Zetten Implement Co. sales agency in Oskaloosa after acquisition of Van Houweling Auto Company. Business located on East Oskaloosa Street in the old Hudson Garage. Open House planned. date to be announced in The Chronicle.
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Don van Gorp
Ferguson , Implement Agency
van Zetten Implement, Co
Oskaloosa
van Houweling Auto Company
Pella
Ferguson Tractors
Farm Implements
van Houweling
Ferguson
Chronicle
Ferguson Tractor and Implement
van Houweling Implement Company
van Zetten Implement Company
Schipper Broth
van Zetten Company
Rotarians urged to use vocations to serve others
Rotary meeting aired plans to entertain local veterans at a dinner and to deepen service through vocation. Dr Myron Bos spoke on high ethical standards, urging members to apply their work to community service and to study their own vocations for the public good. Guest Jean Kuyper introduced Clark McCabe of Wurlitzer Piano Co. as his guest.
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Rotary Club
Babe Tysseling
Fultz
Ed Wesselink
Dockendorf
Baron
Andy Klyn
Knoxville’ Hospital
Tee
Will van der Lugt
Myron Bos
Doc
Myron
Doc Shultz
Jean Kuyper
Clark McCabe
The
Wurlitzer Piano Co
de Kalb, Ul
List of Aged Living Outside the Pella Community
An added list of residents aged eighty and over living outside Pella appears. The note includes names such as Robert Bennet of Oskaloosa and Herman De Bont of Newton, with towns, ages, and dates, plus Vander Meulen’s explanation and regret for the omission from the first year’s list.
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Pella
C. H. Vander Meulen
Jon
Vander Meulen
Robert IL
Bennet
Oskaloosa
Herman de Bont
Newton
Gertrude Wielard
Iam van Zante
Sully
Tena Wey & Camp
Adams
Neb
Robert ‘Bennet
Otley
Skalonsie
J. R. Clements
Harvey
Alice Shutts
Renau
Lucetta Martin
Rijswijk
Prairie Noy IL
van Zante
Portland
Gerrit Ter Louw
Brant Bruxvoort
Cornelia van der Meide
Prairie City
Anne A. Steenhoek
John J. de Jong
A. C. de Jong
Searsboro
Apology for Omitted Obituary List in Chronicle
A correction from the Chronicle notes an omitted sheet listing the departed. It names Mrs Maggie Dykstra aged 94 years 7 months 23 days and others including Mrs Gerrit Ver ner Dr W F Crew Albert I Colyn Mrs Gerrit Vander and Ger Ryke with ages and death dates in December 1949.
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Wm. Gosse Noy
Cynthia de Pronger
Sully
Chronicle
Maggie Dykstra
Gerrit A. Verner
W. F. Crew
Philadelphia
Albert I
Colyn
Gerrit
W. Vander
Ger. Ryke
Oskaloosa
Ink
Prairie City
Vander Lugt Attends College Meeting in Ohio
President G. T. Vander Lugt departed Pella on Saturday for Cincinnati to attend the American Association of Universities and Colleges meeting this week. En route he preached Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church in Springfield Illinois where Dr. Richard Paul Graebel, pastor there, is known for visits to Central College as chapel speaker.
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G. T. Vander Lugt
Pella
American Association of Universities and Colleges
Cincinnati
Ohio
Springfield
Ill
First Presbyterian Church
Richard Paul Graebel
Central College
Webster District Keeps Kindergarten Service at Lincoln Building
The Webster district will continue afternoon kindergarten sessions at Lincoln Building during the second semester due to bus service constraints. Morning reports remain at Lincoln as beginners start the day there, since a mid year change would disrupt bus schedules and the current program.
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Webster
Lincoln
Gary Vogelaar Named G M Public Relations Officer
Gary Vogelaar named GM Public Relations Officer for the Pella area. The Detroit based dealer, previously at Pontiac, will serve as GM Community Relations Chairman overseeing community service efforts and cooperation with 4-H clubs, schools, and local organizations.
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Gary Vogelaar
G. M
General Motors
Vogelaar
Detroit
Miel
Pella
General Motors material eyed for development programs
Fragmentary text suggests interest in GM material for program development. The passage hints at collaboration or evaluation of automotive data or research for future initiatives within GM and associated entities. Specific details and dates are not provided.
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General Motors
You Just Can't Win Reform Plans Stumble Over Vices
The Craig Colorado EnterprisE notes a man attempts self reform by quitting smoking drinking women and paper dolls in successive weeks. The record highlights his varying willpower and the humorous irony of his progress.
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Craig
Colo
Caslon’s 1734 first type specimen sheet introduced
The historical note records Caslon displaying his inaugural type specimen sheet in 1734, marking an early milestone in typography. It also notes that the first printed world map appeared in 1472, highlighting foundational moments in printing and cartography.
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Caslon
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Hitch
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International Harvester
Pella, Lowa
A. N. Kuyper
Chronicle Office
Pres. Vander Lugt
Department of Public Relations
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Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
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South Pella
Don J. van Gorp
Otley, Iowa
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