Luther Holds Central 49 43 In Iowa Conference Showdown
Luther dominated Central with a tight defense and 12 late points from Harlan Wilson to win 49 43. Central, led by Eldon Schulte and Morehead, fought back late but could not overcome Luther's depth. Luther’s win solidifies a five game conference streak while Central drops to 2 3 and joint fourth with Wartburg.
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Central
Luther
Iowa
Simpson
Indianola
Gus’ Youngberg
Grea
Harlan Wilson
Eldon Schulte
Schulte
Morehead
Wartburg
Christian Workers Retreat at First Ref Church Jan 24
On Tuesday January 24 a Christian Workers Retreat will be held at the First Reformed Church for all church workers in the Pella Classis. Program starts 9:30 with devotional 10:00, address by Rev Abraham Rhynbrandt at 11:00, discussions at 12:30, lunch provided by the ladies, questions session at 1:30, and a service of rededication at 2:30. Consistory members, Sunday School teachers, youth leaders, and Christian workers urged to attend.
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First Reformed
Pella Classis
Abraham’ Rhynbrandt
First Church
Rev
Rhynbrandt
Will Patch Test 1800 School Children for T B Monday
A large volunteer effort will test about 1800 school children and staff for tuberculosis on Monday January 23. Testing centers include Webster Building, the high school, Lincoln clinic in the afternoon, and Christian schools January 30 with rural Otley and area centers.
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T. B
Webster
Lincoln Clinic
Don Reinertson
Hershel Dingeman
L. H. Clausen
Margaret van de Kieft
John Cruzen
P. ¥. de Jong
John van Berkum
P.m
Lincoln
Martin Nelson
John Hoeksema
Martin Heerema
Leroy Stults
A.m
John Hoogenakker
E. Halverson
Wm.Grootveld
Wm. Vanden Berg
CG. Blee
Max Schakel
Peter de Boer
Christian High
Gary Ver Meer
John Engbers
Joe Stravers
Otley Center
Wayne Vanden Berg
Elven Hollebrands
L. A. Kuyper
Ralph de Cook
Otley_center
Mervin Trueblood
Max Hoeksema
Andy Beerends
Karl Robinson Travelog at Douwstra Chapel Thursday
Karl Robinson presents the travelog Adriatic Holiday at Douwstra Chapel on Thursday January 26 at 7 30 p m as the third speaker in the Kiwanis Club series. He retraces the eastern Adriatic Trieste and Dalmatian coast from 1955 with color slides and cinema.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Robinson
Douwstra Chapel
Robinson
Kiwanis Club
Adriatic
Trieste
Dalmatian
Europe
Greece
Rome
Venice
Turkey
Russia
Yugosla
Marco Polo
Maximilian
Charlotte
Mexico
Yugosl
Des Moines Boy Becomes March of Dimes Symbol
Stephen C Reed two years old Iowa polio child of Wallace and Mrs Reed born December 26 now in Des Moines at 7012 Winston Avenue. He spent 1954 in Davenport polio treatment. March of Dimes funds aided his family and continue to support his care with leg braces and crutch.
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Stephen C. Reed
Stephen
Iowa
Port
March of Dimes
Raymond Blank Memorial Hospital
Des Moines
Reeds
Winston Avenue
Reed
Pella Christian Girls Advance In Tourney Victory
The Pella Christian girls improved to 12 1 with a 59 40 win over cross town rivals Pella High in the county tournament first round. Gretta Terpstra led with 31 points, Jerri Rus added 20 with 14 free throws, while Hagan and Vander Hart led Pella High with 18 and 10.
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Pella Christian Girls
Pella High
Golden Eaglettes
Dutchesses
Pella Christian
Pella Christian Sextet
Marlyn van Ee
Sylvia Fopma
Elizabeth Steenbock
Jerri” Rus
Gretta Terpstra
Virginia Jansen
Gretta
Jerri
Hagan
Vander Hart
Pella
Milford Bull Tops Sale At Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty
A Hereford bull sold in Milford bringing $8,750, the top price for the sale. The victorious buyer was listed as from Nebraska.
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Milford
Nebraska
Gospel Chapel Service Offers Bible Study and Evening Sermon
Church notes announce George T. Pinches leading Bible school at 9 30 a m 10 30 a m Lord's Supper and Word of God 7 30 p m gospel service with the subject The Present Pride Poverty and Peril of the World A second 7 30 p m session Thursday begins a special series on The Manifold Wisdom of God Seen in Divine Workmanship and Wisdom
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George T. Pinches
Pinches
First Baptist Church Service Schedule and Programs
711 Independence Street Everett Ward minister outlines Sunday activities at First Baptist Church including 9:30 am church school, 10:45 am worship with a sermon The Ordinances of the Church, 6:30 pm Baptist Youth Fellowship for all ages, 7:30 pm worship and sermon Salvation Enjoyed third in evangelistic series. Wednesday January 25 Family Night with supper at 6:00 followed by teacher training for current and prospective teachers. A cordial welcome awaits.
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Independence Street
Everett G. Ward
Baptist Youth Fellowship
First Baptist Church
Second Reformed Church Services and Sunday Schedule
Thomas Boslooper minister delivers morning sermons at 9 45 and evening at 7 30 each Lord s Day. January 22 topics include The Life of Jesus His Temptation at 9 45 with evening worship at 7 30. Sunday School meets 11 06, Junior C E at 2 00, and Intermediate and Senior C E at 6 30.
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Thomas Boslooper
Jesus
C. E
First Christian Reformed Church Service Notes
Corner Liberty and West Second, Dr. B. De Jong, Pastor leads 9:30 a.m. worship with the Desires Our Hearts theme. 11:00 a.m. Sunday School and adult Bible class with Young People's Society. evening service includes Jesus Heals the Demon-Possessed Man and The Key to World History.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty and
West Second
B. ¥. de Jong
Young People’s Society
Jesus
P.M. Evenio
Trinity Church Announces Evening Service Path Through the Sea
Wm. C. De Minister leads Sunday morning service with Baptist hour and Parables on Discipleship. Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. Jr C E Sharon Van Maaren, Intermediate C E Marvin Hiemstra, Sr C E A Bene nink guest speaker. Evening service at 7:30 p.m. Path Through the Sea. Family Night in New Central at 7:30 Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. C. de
C. E
Sharon ‘van Maaren
Trinity Church
New Central
Washington County church announces weekly services
835 Washington Cye Caller lists Sunday activities with 9:45 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 11:00 a.m. morning worship and message Self-Sufficient Christians 30 p.m. overcomer's youth service 7:30 p.m. midweek Bible study and prayer time Evangelistic service appears in the notice for the week with other program notes.
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Washington Cye
Overcomer
Evangelistic Service
Nce
Parables and Homesickness Featured at Broadway Church
At 605 Broadway Sunday services begin 9:30 with Sunday School on the topic Parables on Discipleship. 10:45 morning worship features guest minister Dr. G T Vander Lugt speaking on Spiritual Homesickness. 3:30 p.m. evening praise with guest leader Rev John W Beardslee. 6:30 p.m. Junior to Senior C E groups meet, and 7:30 p.m. Christian Fellowship.
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Broadway
G. T. Vander Lugt
John W. Beardslee
C. E
Christian Fellowship
Temple Time Broadcast and Church Schedule
Russell J. Redeker leads morning worship at 9 30 a m on God's People Tip-toe 11 00 a m Sunday School Parables on Discipleship Jr C E and Sr C E at 30 p m evening praise Who Blocks My Way Rev Henry Bast speaks on God's Word and the World Darkness Temple Time airs on KBOE 8 00 am KNWS 12 30 pm and KXEL 9 30 pm Family Night set for Wednesday January 25 at 7 30 p m
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Russell J. Redeker
C. E
Hi C
Henry Bast
God
KBOE
KNWS
KXEL
Reformed Witness Hour Radio Broadcast Details
Rev G Lubbers invites listeners to the Reformed Witness Hour every Sunday from 3 30 to 4 00 pm on KBOE Oskaloosa. The program features singing and preaching from the First Protestant Reformed Church Grand Rapids Michigan, offering a distinctively Reformed message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Lubbers
Reformed Witness
KBOE
Oskaloosa
First Protestant Reformed Church
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Preaching at Amsterdam school house two miles southwest of
A brief note reports a preaching event at a school house near Amsterdam, located about two miles to the southwest. The fragment indicates a religious gathering but provides no further details on date, participants, or outcome.
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Amsterdam School House
Pella High Band Concert set for Monday evening January 23
The Pella High School instrumental department announced the winter band concert will be Monday night January 23 at 7 30 in the school auditorium. Admission is by pay your own. The program includes National Emblem March Meditations from Thais and pieces by Mozart Grieg and Chevette with soloists Kathy Redeker and Bortolo. A second half features works by Beethoven Holst Reed and others plus a presentation of awards and downstage trumpet and trombone solos led by director Harold R Wortman.
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Pella High School
Thais
Massenet-Harding
Barbara Boat
Ellen Rempe
Jean Muyskens
Mary Boat
Nancy Vander Meulen
Bortolo
Kathy Redeker
Art
Erickson
L. van Beethoven
Reed
Cathedral Chorus
F. Holst
Franck Harvey
Whistling Boy
Davis
Leonard
Besterling-Alford
Tom Boat
Don Muyskens
Lee van Ham
Joyce M. van Roeker
Donald Roorda
Carl Nollen
Kedrick Hoek
Harold R. Wortman
First Aid Demonstrated At Evening School Meeting
Mrs. Matt Kempkes led the ninth session of the Pella Adult Evening School on January 16. The class covered bleeding control, sling making, disinfectants, bandages, and artificial respiration as part of a twenty hour first aid course with a second session planned for January 23 in the high school bandroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Kempkes
Pella
Kempkes
Osteopaths of Marion County Meet at Pleasantville Cafe
The Marion County Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons urged parents to have children patch-tested under the Marion County TB Association program. The group met January 16 at the Pleasantville cafe in Pleasantville with Dr H M Perryman presenting on RH Factor and Blood Type A O Incompatibility. Attending doctors included Oliver B Doll Knoxville James M Dockum Monroe R M Martin H H Kramer Myron N Bos Pel la and D W Cunningham Bussey. The February meeting will be at Pella.
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Marion County, Society of Osteopathic Physician
Marion County TB Association
Pleasantville
Miner
H. M. Perryman
Oliver B. Doll
Knoxville
James M. Dockum
Monroe
R. M. Martin
H. H. Kramer
Myron N. Bos
Pella
D. W. Cunningham
Bussey
Vandalism Damages Stratton Church Windows and Rail Signal
At the Stratton church near Red Oak four windows were damaged by gunfire firing 22 bullets through them. The Burlington railroad in the area also suffered about 400 dollars in damage to signal equipment from the same incident.
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Stratton
Red Oak
Burlington Railroad
Monthly meetings in Pella at 7 30 p m
Pella hosts recurring gatherings on the second and last Tuesday each month at 7 30 p m led by Reverend H L Van Dellen. The notice specifies regular scheduling and the responsible clergy member for the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
H. L. van Dellen
Catholic Mass Schedule Sunday at Nine O Clock
Church announces weekly mass schedule with services each Sunday morning at 9 00. Parish welcomes worshippers and invites attendance across the community.
Farmers Invited To Animal Health Clinic January 25
Livestock men in Marion County are invited to attend two Animal Health Clinic sessions sponsored by the Extension Service on Wednesday January 25. Extension veterinarians Herrick Lee and Spear along with Ver Ploeg Fultz and Van Dyke will answer farmers questions. At 8 00 p m that evening at Knoxville High School college veterinarians aided by local vets Scott Peak Bellnap Wales and Brennaman will host a similar program. Farmers are asked to submit livestock and poultry health questions on paper for discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extension Service
Story of Lumber Told Rotarians by Martin Heerema
Rotarians heard Martin Heerema recount Northwest logging and the lumber industry after lunch on Tuesday January 17. He noted Roscreen’s purchase of 332 carloads of lumber last year, over eight million board feet. He showed a Western Pine Association film on tree selection, felling, milling, grading, drying and finishing, plus ten West grown woods. A Knoxville Veterans Hospital thank you letter for a January 8 smoker and entertainment was read. V Weirather presided.
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Rotarians
Martin Heerema
Northwest
Rosscreen Company
Mr. Heerema
Pella
Martin
Western Pine Association
Veterans’ Hospital
Knoxville
V. Weirather
College chapel to host David Kruidenier lecture
Central College Conventions Committee invites the public to a January 19 convocation in Douwstra Chapel with David Kruidenier Jr. of The Register and Tribune discussing newspaper responsibilities future and current challenges. A Q&A session follows plus campus tour and luncheon.
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Convections Committee
Central College
David Kruidenier, Jr
Kruidenier
Des Moines
the Register and Tribune
Douwstra Chapel
Register and Tribune
Jordan Hall
Phi Kappa Omicron
Home Economics Society
Mina Baker
Robert Lautenbach
Gilbert Boat
Pella
David Scholte Kruidenier
Dominic Scholte
Ruth Circle Plans All-Request Program at Leighton CRC
The Ruth Circle of Leighton Christian Reformed Church will present an all request program at the church tomorrow evening January 20. The event begins at 7 30 oclock and invites everyone to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Circle
Leighton Christian Reformed Church
Mothers' March For Polio Fund In Pella Tonight
Mothers of Pella conduct the annual Mothers March for the Polio March of Dimes tonight calling at every home from 6 to 7 30 PM. Four organizers include Dick Lautenbach and helpers Mrs Rouwenhorst Mrs Koopman Mrs Vaiden Berg and Miss Harriet Kuyper. If no one is home gifts may be mailed or delivered to Lautenbach's downtown office.
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Mothers of
Pella
Dick Lautenbach
John Rouwenhorst
Glen Koopman
Connie Vaiden Berg
Harriet Kuyper
Vernon Roorda
Marion County State Bank
Pella March of Dimes
Hhe
Dollar Days Slated for Pella Weekend Sales
Pella merchants set Friday and Saturday January 27 and 28 for Dollar Days with special offers. The event highlights articles needed in cold weather and items useful as winter ends and spring approaches. Advertisements in The Chronicle will detail the promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
The
Chronicle
Night of January 16th at Pella High presents mystery play
Pella High School stages The Night of January 16th on Thursday February 9 and Saturday February 11. The juried trial drama lets the audience decide verdicts, with forty five students in a double cast and roles for Kathy Redeker, Ervin Roorda, and Leora Quinn as Karen Andre. A special guest member joins the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella High School
Pella
Karen Andre
Kathy Redeker
Flint
Ervin Roorda
Stevens
Leora Quinn
Louis Brunckhorst
Heath
Pella High Defeats Bloomfield 57 To 51 In Close Clash
Pella High School edged Bloomfield 57-51 on its home floor sparked by a 21 point third quarter. Jim Duffus led Pella with 24 points while Augspurger scored 28 for Bloomfield as both teams used zone defenses and battled for rebounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella High School
Bloomfield
Dave Augspurger
Pella
Augspurger
Pella Boys
Jim Duffus
Interest Demonstrated in Proposal To Reorganize the School District
About 160 people attended a school reorganization meeting at the high school auditorium last Thursday evening. A roll call showed most districts represented, with two absent. County Superintendent C Thomas noted the Pella area’s favorable valuation and enrollment for possible reorganization, projecting about 15 million dollars valuation and 1200 students with centralized campuses. Assistant Superintendent Paul Johnston outlined study committees on transportation, finance, census, facilities and curriculum to guide next steps. John Blommers was named temporary secretary and J G Boat temporary chairman, with boards asked to appoint two reps each for the committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Thomas
Pella
Paul Johnston
John Blommers
J. G. Boat
Boat
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