Three new faculty named at Central College
President Gerrit T Vander Lugt announces three appointments to the Central College staff. Lavern M Miller will teach speech and dramatics, Wissink will shift to Latin Greek and education, and Mary Caulk of Burlington will supervise the dormitory and manage the dining hall as assistant to the dean of women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit, T. Vander Lugt
Central College Staf
Lavern M. Miller
Hastings College
Hastings
Nebith
University of Michigan
Mentink
Harold A. Wissink
Hull
Iowa
Northwestern Junior College
Morningside
Drake University
State University of Iowa
Unit of
Chicago
Ri M
North Central Association of Colleges and Universities
Wissink
West Branch
West Liberty
Central College
Mary Caulk
Burlington
Town
Catherine Poppen
Central
Carroll College
Three College People to Serve on Committee
R J Vanden Berg Dr H W Pietenpol and Mrs Mason Olcott attended the meeting of the Re formed Church committee to plan the United Advance Program of the church A three year plan for a financial campaign for 25 000 000 will be gotten underway next fall This will include emergency over seas relief the foreign and domestic mission boards and the education work of the church A new Central Committee of eighteen was appointed at this meeting to carry out the program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Vanden Berg
H. W. Pietenpol
Mason Olcott
Reformed Church Committee
United
Sugar Shipment From Cuba To Europe Reported
A Cuban newspaper clipping sent to Mr and Mrs B J Brom of Pella shows 3000 tons of cane sugar ready for shipment to Europe, proving UNNRA is moving sugar from Cuba to Europe for distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Europe
UNNRA
B. J. Brom
Pella
Rainfall totals from two downpours reported
The report notes rain last week occurred on two occasions June 20 and the 80th day, yielding .15 and .54 inches respectively for a total of .69 inches. Month to date rainfall is 7.61 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Pals
Church League to Present Program On India July 10
The League for Service of the Reformed Church invites the public to a July 10 program at 8 p.m. Mrs. C A De Bruin will present India with a skit on Christian Education Indian music and fashions. An exhibit of Indian arts and crafts and a children’s activity will be featured. An offering will be received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurch League
India
League For Service of the Reformed Church
C. A. de Bruin
United Service Women Become Amvet Auxiliary at Des Moines
A Des Moines state convention vote by 618 delegates converted United Service Women of America unit Pelth s Unit 26 into an Amvets Auxiliary. Iowa becomes 23rd state to join, expanding Iowa Amvets to about 14 300 members with 25 000 in the treasury. Pella women note hospital aid, sewing and medical supply work, and anticipate a local Amvet Post as veterans postwar needs grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelth
United Service Women of America Inc
American Veterans of World War II
Amvets
Des Moines
American Veterans Committee
A.V.C
U.S.V.A
Iowa
Iowa Amvets
Treasur Pella
Pella
Ball Game South vs East Pella Tonight
Enthusiastic community baseball event features seventh and eighth graders from East and South Pella coached by Reno Rysdam and Dan Dingeman. The charity-style game, at 6:00 p.m. July 4 at Swimming Pool Park, will use bank-furnished equipment and an umpire, with play under standard rules. The old West Pella versus East Pella rivalry is remembered for riots, but this gathering aims for fun and friendly competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Reno Rysdam
Dan Dingeman
South Pella
West Pella
East Pella
Swimming Pool
Two Marion Co Girls to Attend 4-H Convention
Gretta Ryan and Verla Kennedy, Marion County 4-H girls' leaders, will represent the county at the State 4-H Girls Convention on the Iowa State College campus in Ames July 10 18. Accompanied by Miss Betty Jean Holland, county extension home economist, the group will join about 40 delegates in sessions, workshops, and a state officer election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gretta Ryan
Happy Helpers
Verla Kennedy
Victory Boosters
Marion County
Iowa State College
Ames
Gretta
Verla
Betty Jean Holland
Edith Barker
Commissioners Plan to Acquaint Farmers With Soils District Set-up
Marion County soil conservation commissioners and Conservation Service personnel plan a new program to recruit and educate all farmers not yet in the soils district. Weekly meetings will invite group leaders and farmers from all areas to observe district business, discuss problems, and learn how the program and technicians operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Soil Conservation Commissioners
The
Conservation Service
Ser Ice
Sion
Grandman
Newton
Ture
Soils Service
Pella
Girl Scout Camp on Lake Keomah Invites Pella Girls
A letter from Mrs. Arthur Swanson to Mrs. Donald Wachter invites Pella girls to attend Camp Keoska on Lake Keomah. Camp runs July 7–13 and July 14–20 with activities led by Jack Comstock and staff, including a camp nurse and specialists. Thirty girls from Oskaloosa, Fremont, Montezuma, and Sigourney have enrolled. more apply. Parents may contact Mrs Wachter for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Wacehter
Pella
Arthur Swanson
Oskaloosa Council of
Girl Scouts
Lake Keomah
Rls
Girl Scout
Jack Comstock
Karl Campbell
Oskaloosa
Fremont
Montezuma
Sigourney
Gishing
Donald Wachter
Second Act Mystery: Magician Mays Extracts Quarter
At Creston Thomas Mays the magician wowed a crowd by making a quarter appear. The unseen second act revealed an operation to remove the same quarter from his stomach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Thomas Mays
Mays
Flood Control Work Resumes July In Upper Mississippi
The U S Soil Conservation Service will restart flood control survey work in the Upper Mississippi region on July 1 with priority given to surveys already in progress when a wartime halt occurred in 1942. Initial resumption includes the Say river shed in Minnesota and Racoon Creek in Ohio, both more than half finished, to be completed by 1946. The program also includes a joint survey with the U S Forest Service on the Kickapoo River watershed in southwestern Wisconsin and later work in Root river, White river, Wabash, and Chariton watersheds across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Upper Mississippi
R. H. Musser
Milwaukee
Ohio
Illinois
Muser
Say River
Tinos
Raccoon Creek
Soil Conservation Service
U. S. Forest Service
Kickapoo River
Wisconsin
Secretary of Agriculture
Minois
Iowa
Missouri
Department of Agriculture
Congress
War Department
Upper
Mississippi
Musser
Strong Iowa crops forecast amid tight farm labor demand
Prospects for good small grain yields across Iowa as of the week ending June 29. Corn starts strong with clean stands and good growth, soybeans and oats progress well, wheat harvest begins in the southwest with 20 to 35 bushels, haymaking advances with 76 percent of first crop clover cut in southern and central Iowa. Second alfalfa cuttings underway in the south, but northern clover harvest lags. labor demand tight as farm work accelerates with harvest approaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
California Navy man seeks friends for 2nd Class John D Van Weelden
In California, 2nd Class John D Van Weelden serving at Naval Receiving Station and Naval Repair Base San Diego invites friends to write. He would enjoy hearing from longtime friends and colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D, van Weelden
Naval
Naval Repair Base
San Diego
California
John
SGT Marion Terlouw with Paratroopers in Occupation Army
Staff Sergeant Marion Terlouw son of Mr and Mrs Terlouw of Sully is stationed near Akita Japan serving with the Ig company of the 457th Paratroopers of the 11th Airborne Division He entered service in April 1945 and left for overseas in October 1945 His wife Barbara Daft lives with her parents at Mitchellville Iowa selling a large acreage of hybrid seed corn Iowa Crop Reporting News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Louw
Mrs .Terlouw of
Sully
Akita
Japan
Ig. Company
457Th Paratroopers
11Th Airborne Division
Barbara Daft
Mitchellville
Iowa
Kiwanis Funfest At Pool Park Highlights Dinner And Games
Kiwanis Club members and guests enjoyed a Tuesday Funfest at Pool Park with a homemade dinner by Nick Vander Ploeg’s committee. An Egg Relay sparked competition as Ver Dught and Stuart Kuyper organized events. Verwoert’s raft race ended in a capsize and Waechter’s team won the tug of war. Park crowds filled the picnic areas, pool, horseshoe courts, and a night baseball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Nick Vander Ploeg
Lester Claussen
Clarence Vander Linden
Swimming Pool
Verle Ver Dught
Stuart Kuyper
Arie Schilder
G. H. Waechter
Grundman
Max Kuyk
Kuyk
Verought
Don Waechter
Beethoven
Melvin van Houweling
Van
Waeeter
Waechter
Jack Bootsma
Dutch Pastor Recalls Wife’s Nazi Prison Ordeal
The third installment recounts Rev. J. Hettinga of Hasselt Netherlands detailing his wife Willemina Hettinga Smid’s capture by the Gestapo on July 27 1943 her transport to Groningen and Vught camps her interrogation and spiritual resolve. He lists dates and events from confinement to escape and liberation noting work in Groningen prison and Vught Philips factory duties and the strain of interrogation and separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hettinga
Hasselt
Netherlands
Rev. Hettinga
Hettinga
Willemina Hettinga- Smid
Groningen
Vught
Utrecht
Kleef
Germany
Amrath
Koningswartha
Driebergen
Jan Zwart
Siep
Underground
J. Hettinga Hanselt
Holland
Pella Junior Legion Split Colfax and Ottumwa Games
Ulich's Pella Junior Legion team split a pair in Des Moines at the Centennial tournament, beating Colfax Juniors 18-3 then losing to Ottumwa 8-0. A late Colfax rally tied 3-3 before Ottumwa pulled away. notes on pitching include A Haning's six innings with 13 strikeouts and D Jones for Ottumwa. The team heads to the Junior Legion District tournament in Des Moines on July 5 at 2:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulich
Pella Junior Legion
Colfax Juniors
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Colfax
W. Kooyman
John Sheppard
Dick Schultz
Lloyd Vander Streek
Paul McGee
A. Hanning
McGee
Pella
A. Haning
D. Jones
Birdland Park
Paul Ross
Ottumwans
Waterloo
Acore
Dallas
Veterans Hospital
Lamond
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Lavern M, Miller
Reformed
United Service Women
Amvet Auxiliary
Marion Co
District Commission
North Iowa
Root River
Minnesota
White River
Wabash
Indiana
Army Engineers
Little Sioux
Marion Terlouw
Kiwanis
Pool Park
Phillips Works
Phillips
Philips
Rev. J. Hottinga
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