Merchants and Relief Workers Hold Meeting in Marion County
A Marion County gathering at the Court House on January 21 addressed relief order handling. W J Casey chaired. C Ted Johnson outlined the 40 day limit on relief orders and price caps. Merchants agreed to mail orders on the 8th and 18th. fresh fruit limits listed. seed buying procedures explained.
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Marion County
Court House
W. J. ‘Casey
Emergency Relief Committee
Ted Johnson
Relief Office
John Caswell
Johnson
Mrs. Miller of Iowa Secretary Dies at 4:35 A M
Mrs. Alex Miller, Iowa secretary of state since 1932, died Sunday at her Des Moines home at 4:35 AM from pneumonia. She was the only woman in a major Iowa office, elected in 1932 and re elected in 1934 and 1936 with a large margin. Her notable work included creating the state highway patrol. Naval services were held Tuesday at her Washington Iowa home beside her husband, former editor of the Washington Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Miller
Iowa
Des Moines
Real estate assessor sets Saturday office in bank basement
Marion County State Bank basement will host the assessor every Saturday afternoon from two to four oclock for public inquiries. L A state city assessor, announcing the schedule for property assessments and related questions.
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Marion County State
Assessor Alonzo Var Ploeg to Meet at Lake Prairie Two
Alonzo Var Ploeg the assessor announces weekly Saturday afternoon visits at Marion County State Bank for residents to view him. He invites inquiries from parishioners and neighbors in Lake Prairie Two.
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Marion County State Bank
Alonzo Var Ploeg
Lake Prairie
Birthday Greeting Drive for F D R Aimed at 25 Cents
Western Union offices mobilize for a birthday greeting fund to support the fight against infantile paralysis. Citizens are urged to send 25 cents each to the President and signatures from towns will be mailed to New York for inclusion in a grand national Birthday Ball collection benefiting the National Birthday Ball committee. Local manager Sam Burgher notes all funds go to the cause.
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Western Union
New York
National
SAM_BURGHER
W.U. His
Night School to Host Fire Hazards Talk
State fire marshal Vincent C. Pyle will speak at the night school on fire prevention Monday February 1 1987 at 730 PM in the high school study hall. Open to rural and urban residents, the event aims to warn about fire risks beyond stoves and furnaces and to urge attendees to share the information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent C. Pyle
Mr. Pyle
Amd
Dorgeloh Addresses Pella Boy Scouts on Wildlife
State Conservation Officer Dale Dorgeloh spoke to Troop No. 72 in Pella about the department work, wildlife management, and protecting animals during breeding seasons. Scouts will visit Marion County to study birds and game. K D Nutting named Second Assistant Scoutmaster. Wilkins leads with Ruby and Sixemith in key roles.
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Pella Boy Scouts
Dale Dorgeloh
Marion County
Dorgeloh
Iowa
K. D. Nutting
Mr. Wilkins
Mr. Ruby
Jack Sixemith
Foreclosure And Damage Suits Filed In Court
Foreclosure actions filed by Joe S. Utterback receiver of Knoxville City National Bank and Trust Co. against J. De Heer, Jennie De Heer, and Acme Feeds Inc. plus Home Owners Loan Corp. versus Albert and Ethel Mitchell in Marion County. A separate damage suit by Barbara Dugan against C. W. Huyser and Art Huyser for 2186.92 arising from July 17, 1936 crash near Ottumwa seeks 2000 in personal injuries, 89.50 doctor bills, 147.42 car damage, and 1000 for pain and suffering.
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District Court
Joe S. Utterback
Knoxville City National Bank and Trust Co
J. de Heer
Jennie de Heer
Acme Feeds Inc
Chattel Mort
Home Owners Loan Corp
Albert Mitchell
Ethel Mitchell
Husband and Wife
Marion County
C. W. Huyser
Art Huyser
Polla
Barbara Dugan
John Dugan
Ottumwa
Huyser
Dugan
Farmers Co op plans reorganization to boost 1936 gains
At the Farmers Co operative Exchange annual meeting in the Legion hall, Andrew Van Drimmelin reported 1936 shipments of livestock grain and produce totaling 236959.36 dollars with hogs accounting for over 100000. W T Mankestad outlined a new cooperative plan featuring stock and indebtedness certificates to broaden member share and democratic control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Legion Hall
Andrew van Drimmelin
Pella
Uppe
Maakestad
Mankestad
Pella Co-op
Ladies Auxiliary of the Legion
Ashich
Legionhall
Farmers Co-op
A. J. Ter Louw
G. A. Ver Meer
Ben den Adel
A. T. Vander Waal
Jacob de Haan
J. G. Ver Meer
Card of Thanks for condolences and flowers
We express sincere thanks to neighbors for sympathy and to those who sent letters and flowers after the loss of our dear father Cornelius Rus. Sincere thanks also to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Notting, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pethoven, and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Sturema for their expressions of sympathy.
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Cornelius Rus
Herman_Notting
Henry Pethoven
Wm. C. Sturema
Survey of Religion In City This Week
The Religious Survey Project for Pella will begin later this week with preliminary work by Central College students meeting local pastors to determine valuable information. Delays from examination week have slowed progress, but activity resumes as the new semester starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Central College
College Men Hear Nobel Prize Talk in Iowa City
Dean Pietenpol and Professor Evers attended a lecture by Professor Anderson, the Nobel Prize winner in physics, who spoke on the Cosmic Ray. Anderson, freshly back from Stockholm, discussed his discovery of the positive electron and his work beside Dr. Millikan at the Polytechnic Institute of Pasadena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Pietenpol
Professor Evers
Iowa City
Professor Anderson
Anderson
Stockholm
Sweden
Polytechnic Institute of Pasadena
California
Evers
Pasidena
Millikan
College Second Semester Begins at Central College
The second semester opened last Monday January 25 with about the same attendance as the first term. A few students left but were replaced, and examinations at the end of the first term passed with few absences due to flu and cold epidemics. Some instructors were out ill but have returned to regular classes and school activity runs smoothly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
MRS B GOEMAAT DIES IN OSKALOOSA AT 90
Mrs B Goemaat aged 90 years 9 months 22 days died Tuesday at the Home For the Aged at 12 10 PM Funeral services were set for the Home For the Aged then at Second Christian Reformed Church with Rev M Monsma in Forest Cemetery She was born Jacoba Van Veldhuizen in Barneveld The Netherlands on April 4 1846 She first married Herman Plate in 1869 had nine children seven living including Gerrit Plate Mrs Henry Groetveld Henry Plate Mrs Hattie Toll Mrs Neal Jansen Mrs John Stek Herman Plate and John Plate Herman Plate died in 1918 She married Bastian Goemaat in 1921 He died in 1984 Also surviving are 56 grandchildren and 68 great grandchildren She came to the Home For the Aged July 28 1916 and was mourned by many friends The family notes she lived a devout Christian life and entered into reward
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B. Goemaat
Second
Christian Reformed Church
M. Monsma
Forest Cemetery
Prairie City
John Plate
Oskaloosa
F F A Boys Complete Corn Yield Test
The final results show hybrid corn outperforming local varieties in most samples. Ten hybrids from Pioneer Hybic Corn Co and eight commercial hybrids led the test, with the last 15 from local farmers including Frank Bakker No 23 highest. Farmers can call the Agriculture Department at the High School to learn their numbers and plans for a larger test next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hybic Corn Company
Grimes
Iowa
Frank Bakker
John de Prenger
Dan van der Linden
G. A. van Zee
Agriculture Department
Red Cross Urges Doubling Flood Relief Funds
Telegram from Abe Den Adel, Pella Red Cross chairman, reports rising Ohio Mississippi flood relief needs as four hundred thousand displaced. National funds contribute a million dollars. three hundred relief workers and three hundred fifty nurses in disaster areas rush food clothing bedding medical supplies.
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St. Louis
Abe den Adel
Pella
Red Cross
Towa
Ohio
Mississippi
Cary T
Grayson
Eggink Receives Ninety Days on Bad Check Convictions
Clarence Eggink, recently jailed in Wapello County for similar offenses, was returned to Knoxville to face charges. Justice Bunker sentenced him to thirty days on each of three counts, and he was moved to Mehaska County jail to serve. Upon release on January 1 he is sought by authorities in Rock Rapids and Sioux Falls.
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Clarence Eggink
Knoxville
Pella
Cies
Wapello County
Justice Bunker
Mehaska County
Rock Rapids
Sioux Falls
Chronicle congratulates Gordon Nesbit on eighth birthday
Our congratulations go this week to Gordon Nesbit, young son of Mr and Mrs Nesbit, whose eighth birthday was Tuesday January 20. Not your date, so that we may continue this feature.
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Gordon Nesbit
Nh. Nesbit
Buy Licenses Now To Avoid Paying Penalty
County treasurer J F Bousquet warns only three days remain to secure 1937 automobile licenses without a penalty. February 1 is the deadline, after which a $1 penalty attaches to the regular fee. To store a car and avoid delinquent penalties, return 1936 plates before February 1 and later pay full registration to remove storage status in 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Bousquet
Saya Bousquet
Rev Bernie Mulder New Editor At Intelligencer Leader
Rev Bernie Mulder former pastor of First Reformed Church Pella has resigned Bethel Reformed Grand Rapids to become editor of the Intelligencer Leader official organ of the Reformed Church in America. The note praises his gifts and expects a useful editorial career shaping the paper.
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Bernie Mulder
First Reformed Church
Pella
Bethel Reformed Church
Grand Rapids
Mich
Intelligencer
The
Reformed Church In America
Mulder
Mrs. E. Richardson Resigns Farm Bureau Post
Ellsworth Richardson after 18 years as head of the Iowa Farm Bureau women’s division retires from the active role. Residing in Pella she promoted auxiliary Farm Bureau work, delivering speeches on key missions and raising the program to high efficiency. Authorities hope she may still contribute her voice and writing to the organization.
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Ellsworth Richardson
Iowa Farm Bureau
Richardson
Pella
Farm Bureau
Tulip Time Music On the Air This Thursday Evening
Walter Stone announces that several musical numbers from the new operetta The Blue Tulip will be broadcast from Station WSUI Town City at 7 30 P M this Thursday. Listeners are urged to tune in for a preview of the 1937 Tulip Time presentation and hear the announcement.
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Walter Stone
WSUI
Town City
9000 Workers Enter Protest Against Strike in Detroit
About 9000 Chevrolet Gear and Axle Division workers staged a mass protest at the Holbrook Avenue plant. They opposed the national GM strikes, demanded a return to work, and sent telegrams to Governor Murphy and President Roosevelt. Workers formed an opposition committee, held meetings, and demonstrated with banners such as We don't want a strike. Not labor dictators for us.
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Detroit
Chevrolet
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
Holbrook Avenue
St. Aubin
Arthur Evans
George Gilbert
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Roosevelt
Devon
General Colors Corporation
Ing
Limestone Quarry Changes Hands in Pella Area
A Marion County group buys the limestone quarry near Howell Station south of Pella from Ira Toom. The firm, Pella Limestone Co., will operate with manager Higdon and can produce 200 tons daily. Services include farm delivery and free soil testing. driven by Marion County Soil Association demand.
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Marion County
The
Chronicle
Ira Toom
Howell Station
Pella
Pella Timestone Co
Paul Boertje
Higdon
Marion County Soil Association
Pella High Cast Delights Audiences In Huckleberry Finn Kept
Crowds attend two night performance of Huckleberry Finn Detective by Pella high school. Cast leads William Vande Kieft Jim Kerr Dorothy Reynolds deliver solid performances with school orchestra under Mr Ruby and additional directorship by Miss Maclette and Bette Lankelma promoting success.
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Pella High School
Huckleberry Finn
Mr. Ruby
Miss Maclette
Bette Lankelma
William Vande Kieft
Jim Kerr
Dorothy. Reynolds
Court Opening Delayed by Judge Di Yanas Arrival
Report indicates Judge Di Yanas will arrive in Knoxville for the court opening on February 10th. Actors and court personnel are not required to report the following day, February 11th, due to the delayed start.
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Diyanas
Knoxville
Tnt
Appeal of Red Cross Heard in Churches
Eastern flood disaster prompts Red Cross appeal across Pella churches. Funds collected next Sunday to aid 300,000 homeless with local chapters sending $150 already and banks and businesses urged to contribute. Multiple churches, the Second Reformed class, and local groups coordinate to boost donations for the St Louis headquarters.
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RED Cross
Pella
American Red Cross Society
St. Louis
Abe den Adel
Ben Blommers
Men’s Cr
Second Reformed Church
Louisville
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wheeling
West Va
Memphis
Tenn
Red
Dan Adel
The
Will Baer
Pel-la
Red Cross Society
St. Louie
van Veen-Van Hemert Post American Legion
Mrs John Stursma Dies at 65 in Iowa near Pella
Mrs John Stursma died Tuesday at her home near Pella aged 65 years 2 months 18 days Funeral services were held Friday January 29 1937 at 1 00 pm at Wormhoudt Funeral Chapel with Reformed Church in charge Interment at Graceland Cemetery She leaves her husband one daughter Mrs Edith Elhart of Grand Rapids Michigan and four sons William Jack Stursma of Grand Rapids John and G Stursma of Pella Also two sisters Mrs Florence Geiger of Rochester New York and Mrs Rebecca Payton of Keokuk Iowa
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Faun Shrek
Pella
Wormhoudt
Ian
Chuvel Woldman
Verbill
Graceland Cemetery
Edith Elhart
Grand Rapids
Mich
William
Jack Stursma
John and
G Stursma
Polla
Florence Geiger
Rochester
New York
Rebecca Payton
Keokuk
Iowa
Rev Monsma Edits Religious Calendar for Daily Meditations
Rev Martin Monsma of the Second Ghentan Retoreasad church edits a calendar with daily meditations. A pad attached to the calendar allows detachment of each day’s meditation. Copies cost 75 cents from Dervan Publishing Co. Grand Rapids Mich. Orders accepted by Rev Monsma for convenience.
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Martin Monsma
Mt Dervan Publishing Co
Monsma
Thia Endat
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V Meer
W. HL. Nollen
Ter Louw
G. Y Il
A. T. Vander
W.T. Mankestad
State College Extension Games
Iper County
Ankestud
Farmers Co-operative Exchange Meeting
Eggink
E. Richardson
Chevrolet Group
Rosscreen Company
Red Cross Agency
WHO
Pelly Red Cross
John Stursma
Rev
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