Legion closes bright year with district conference
Frank Miles spoke plainly on citizens duties at the Sixth District American Legion summer conference hosted by Van Veen Van Hemert Post in Central Park Tul Toren. About 125 service men attended with reports from district committees and praise for community service and Americanism efforts, including Boys State and highway safety programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Veen-Van Hemert
American Legion
Central Park
Tulp Toren
Henry E. Kuyper
William Vande Voort
Legion
I. J. Lubbers
Vande Voort
William S. van Femert
Oren van Niewaal
Pella
Will van Ler
Oren
Comamander van Hemena
Niaweal
Belin
Adj
Durience
Legionaires
Polla
van Hemert
The
Story of Pella To Go on Air Over KSO This Month
KSO Des Moines will broadcast a series of fifteen minute programs about Pella starting today at 4 15 p m with a mythical airplane ride format The first two installments air July 4 and 5 with eight sponsor supported episodes planned on July 11 12 18 19 and 26 Repeat broadcasts announced in daily guides and radio calendars.
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KSO
The
Register and Tribune
Des Moines
Pella
Register
New Defense Taxes Applied Monday July 1
The United States defense program requires large outlays and Congress levies new taxes on all Americans. This week includes lower income tax exemptions and new levies on gasoline cigarettes theater liquor. Gasoline up half a cent per gallon. cigarettes one cent per pack. theater admissions ten percent. liquor prices rise about twenty percent. The public bears these burdens to share defense costs instead of increasing the national debt.
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United States
Congress
America
Pella
Junior Legion Baseball Tournament in Knoxville July Dates
Knox ville hosts the Junior Legion Baseball tournament on July 4 5 and 6 Participating teams include Indianola Adel and Argonne Post of Des Moines One additional team will be chosen from Nevada Maxwell and Ames to make five teams Knoxville Journal England spends 150000000 annually on its water supply.
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Knoxville
Indianola
Adel
Argonne Post
Des Moines
Nevada
Maxwell
Ames
Knoxville Journal
Legion Event Highlights Citizenship Drive And Defense Of America
High praise greeted speaker Miles of Des Moines as Commander Van Hemert led acknowledgments for Posts exceeding quotas. Miles urged Legion support for youth patriotism and warned subversive activity would meet implacable opposition. Delegates to the National Convention from the 6th District were named, with Dutch lunch closing the conference.
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van Niewaal
Miles
George Paradise
Sioux City
Department of Town
Frank Miles
Des Moines
Iowa Legionaire
Legion
van Hemert
Memorial Hall
Boston
Andy Camps
Baldwin Patterson Post
Sherm Davis
Argonne Post
Harry Barnes
Martin Paardckooper
Pella
Memorial Building
Crowded Central Park Band Concert Impresses Audience
Great crowds enjoyed a concert in Central Park with all seats filled and many on the grass. The Historical Society provided a canvas canopy and backdrop, Kuyper led a varied program praised by listeners, featuring saxophone solos and Kuyper's singing. The program included Fountain of Youth Overture and Poet and Peasant Overture, with more to come from the trombone section and The Three Little in Blue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park
the Historical Society
Tulp Toren
Kuyper
Jack Bootsma
Chenette
Trospers Kuyper
Aregal
King
Suppe
Will B
Home for the Aged Social Visits Across Towns
News from the Home for the Aged lists visits by Dick Hugen and many families from Leighton Otley Des Moines Knoxville Peoria and Eddyville to residents including Mrs B Hugen Mrs M Van Gorp and Mrs Sara Van Ryswyk. It notes Nickel steel first used in a locomotive boiler shell in 1904.
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Dick Hugen
Leighton
B. Hugen
P. Vos
Otley
A’ van Hemert
Des Moines
Ray ‘Tukker
Knoxville
Henry Vande Wilt
John M.” van Gorp
Evert Meinders
John Vos
Peoria
A. C. Kruseman
M. van Gorp
Bert Brink
Edgerton
Minnesota
Sara van Ryswyk
P. de Jong
C. Dykstra
Sipkema
John den Hartog
C. den Hertog
Henry Welle
Saily
John Sterk
Eddyville
John de Vries
M. Verros
Tone Gysen
Oskaloosa
Gertie Plender
Linde
J. Vanden Heuvel
Birthdays of John and C. De Vos Celebrated
An odd double birthday dinner honored John De Vos of Grand Haven and his housekeeper Mrs. Tortense Snow at Cornelius De Vos’s home. Cornelius and John were born June 22 and June 23, 1855 and 1865 respectively, ten years apart, both starting as printers and publishers and helping found De Vos & Company in Battle Creek. John, now wheelchair bound in Michigan from malpractice, produces pamphlets and printed matter, while Cornelius edited the Coopersville Observer for thirty years.
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Cornelius de Vos
John de Vos
Grand Flaven
Tortense Snow
Gage Print In Company, Ltd
Battle Creek
de Vos & Company
Grand Haven
Michigan
Coopersville
Cooperville
Mich
Church Speakers Schedule for July at Local Congregations
G B Boerelyn will speak at all three services Sunday July 7. Baptist Church pastors Rev P J Christensen and Rev John Gilson plan morning sermons and Home Builders Class address, with July as vacation month for Boys Camp and Baptist Assembly. Second Chr Ref Church holds 9:30 Communion and 2:00 Avondmaal with 7:30 I Peter 1 13 15 Ye Shall Be Holy.
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G. B. Boerelyn
M. Monama
Radio Sermonet Lection by Rev Monsma at 10:16
Pastor Rev Martin Monsma of the Second Christian Reformed church will speak on station KSO Des Moines next Saturday morning at 10 16.
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Martin Monsma
Second Christian’ Reformed Church
KSO
Des Moines
First Reformed Church Sunday Schedule and Events
Rev A Haverkamp presides with Sunday school at 9 80 a m titled Sob Rempted to Doubt Gods Good ness Morning worship at 10 45 a m A Wise Investment Holland service at 2 00 p m at Third Reformed Church Evening praise at 7 30 p m Paying a charity Fare.
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First Reformed Church
A. Haverkamp
Wise
Third Reformed Church
Herefords Sent From Knoxville to South for Lake Worth
Howard Hollingshead returned Sunday from Lairth, Florida, where a consignment of Herefords was delivered to the Lake Worth Fruit Company as stock for a new herd. The shipment included Hollingshead Bros. herd bulls and bred and open heifers, plus a Brown Swine bred heifer. The item also featured the second prize 4H club heifer of the 1988 Iowa Star. Hollingshead Brothers raise Herefords, Brown Swiss, hogs, and Hiampanire sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hollinghead
Lai Rth
Floriday
Lake Worth Fruit Company
Hollingsend Bros. H. R
Iowa
de Hollingshead’ Brothers
Knoxville Journal
Supervisors Elected for New Soils District
In Marion County Soil Conservation district election three supervisors were chosen to serve two, four, and six years. Winners are Clyde Gardner, Don Smith, and J. Bucklew. First two tied in votes. voting at Gosport schoolhouse light due to farm work. Temporary board previously included Clyde Gardner and Floyd Gass. The new board will select a chairman and plan ahead.
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Marion County Soil Conservation District
Clyde Gardner
Don Smith
J. Bucklew
Gosport
Boyd Cass
Worth Becchout
John Hartley
Floyd Gass
Gass
Knoxville Journal
Thieves Take 21 Dollars From De Jong Store
Sully reports a break in at the Fred De Jong hardware store Tuesday night June 25. Thieves crawled through a rear window broke a pane to access an outer storeroom then pried open another window to reach the cash room and unlocked the lock box inside the safe. A $1 bill four silver dollars and several checks were left behind. Jasper County sheriff investigators pursuing leads.
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Fred de Jong
Sully
Jasper County Sherif
Sherif
Card of Thanks for Art De Jong Help
The De Jong family thanks everyone who came to help in our time of need. We appreciate your kind thoughts and support. Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. De Jong
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Henry M, de Jong
Napoleon and Josephine Portrait Keepsake Lore
A tale notes Josephine’s portrait wore by Napoleon over his heart. When the glass shattered, he paled and cried that she might be unfaithful or ill, revealing a mythic bond and superstition surrounding the image.
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Josephine
Napoleon
Missionary Gilson to Address Baptists Sunday Morning
Rev. John Gilson son of C M Gilson Knoxville will address the Baptist Church Sunday morning at 10 45 He has served as a missionary in Bengal Orissa North India for over 14 years and will speak on his engineering and teaching work The pastor begins a vacation for Boys Camp and Town Baptist Assembly Leadership School at Tows Falls with guest speakers each Sunday morning and no evening services except July when the Marion County Ladies Chorus performs a sacred concert
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Baptist Church
P. J. Christensen
John Gilson
North India
American Baptist Board
Christian Home Builders
Baptist Assembly
Iowa Falls
C. M. Gilson
Knoxville
Congregation of the Baptist Church
Gilson
Bengal
Orissa
American Baptist Foreign Missionary Socity
Town Baptist Assembly Leadership School
Tows Falls
Marion County Ladies Chorus
War Pictures At Iowa State Fair Exhibit
Iowa exposition officials announced a large photo exhibit on the mezzanine Educational Building at the state fair. It will show war scenes from Poland, Finland, Norway, France, England, Africa, and the high seas with tank battles air warfare and sea engagements enlarged for detail. Secretary A J Corey called it the largest of its kind this year and said it will advance public understanding of the war.
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Poland
Finland
Norway
France
England
Africa
America
A. J. Corey
Ed Muilenberg Struck By Car In Osceola Saturday
Ed Muilenberg of East Third Street was struck by a car driven by A M Sels Saturday evening and severely injured. He was trapped under the Sels vehicle, transported to Mahaska hospital in Osceola with a pierced abdominal cavity and underwent immediate surgery. His condition was reported as very serious on Tuesday, with police continuing inquiry into the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Muilenberg
East Third Street
A. M. Sels
Sels
Muilenberg
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Test Masland Argonne Rug Sold Saturday
Mrs Peter Vos of Otley bought the Masland Argonne rug after Wormhoudt Son subjected it to two weeks of street wear. Lester Liter of Pella cleaned the rug for Wormhoudts and restored it, proving the rug’s durability despite rain mud and heavy use. The seller claimed the rug resists wear and the public demonstration supported this claim.
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Peter Vos
Otley
Masland Argonne
Wormhoudt & Son
Lester Liter
Pella
Wormhoudt’s
Masland
Masland Company
Wormhoudts
Like Wednesday Band Concerts In Sioux Center
Hundreds gathered in Sioux Center for the third band concert of the season in the city park. Harold Van der Ploeg played Ave Marie, Warren De Kraay trumpet solo, Bernie Kroon sang Hap Hap Happy Day, drawing strong crowd response. The Gift Night plan boosted enthusiasm and more features are planned for next Wednesday including a male quartet of Jim Wandscheer John Wesse link Ben Vermeer and Joe Wand scheer.
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Sioux Center
Harold van der Ploeg
Ave Marie
Warren de Kraay
Bernie Kroon
Jim Wandscheer
John Wesselink
Ben Vermeer
Joe Wandscheer
Sioux Center News
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C. F. Triplet
Highland Park Post
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Philadelphia
Central College
Squmond de Wit
Edgar van Arkel
Gary Roorda
Denver
Colorado
John
C. de Vos
New Soils
Down By the Ohio
Harline
Wisconsin
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Massy
Jewell
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Locay
Kansas City Star
de Jong
Light Plant
Argonne
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