Lake Prairie 4-H Boys Show Strong Club in Marion County
Lake Prairie township 4 H club in Marion County demonstrates strength through beef dairy swine sheep and rabbit projects. Members Gosselink Van Zemeren Woolsey and Brooks demonstrated worm control at the Iowa State Fair earning red ribbons. Leaders Gerrit Van Haalen and John Hiemstra guide 23 members in talks demonstrations and project management. The group helped build a Tulip Time float with Girls 4 H and hosted the County 4 H banquet with local business and civic support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Prairie Township
Marion County
John Gosselink
John van Zemeren
Lake Prairie Club
Lawrence Woolsey
Bobby Brooks
Gerrit van, Hansen
John Heimstra
Pella
Gerrit van Haalen
John Hiemstra
Revival Services Highlight J B Hosier Evangelist Visit
Rev J B Hosier and his twin daughters will conduct revival services at the Church of the Open Bible starting Sunday evening in July. The family appearances follow his daily 9 30 a m radio program on station KBOE in Oskaloosa with services at 745 p m except Mondays in Pella and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Open Bible
J. B. Hosier
Hosier
KBOE
Oskaloosa
Anderson
Pella
Community Hymn Sing in Central Park Sunday Evening
Professor Laurence Groeters leads a community hymn sing in Central Park on Sunday night July 8 at 8 45 pm with favorite hymns and special music. If rain, the event moves to Third Reformed Church. Sponsored by the Mission Circle of the church. all are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park
Laurence Groeters
Third Reformed Ch
Mission Circle
Charles Vander Ploeg Promoted to Staff Sgt at Dow AFB
Charles J. Vander Ploeg 22 formerly of Pella has been promoted to staff sergeant at Dow Air Force Base Bangor Maine. A Central College graduate he studied law at Drake University before joining the Jown Nebraska Air National Guard on April 1. He is currently a baker with the 182nd Food Service Squadron at Dow.
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Dow Air Force Base
Bangor
Maine
Charles J. Vander Ploeg
Pella
Vander Mloeg
Central College
Drake University
Nebraska Air National Guard
182Nd Food Service
Dow
Ten year old aids CARE for Korea with ten dollar gift
In a small town a 10 year old boy named Johnny Aalberts donated ten dollars from his savings to CARE for Korea. His father Rev Gradus A Aalberts sent the check with a letter describing Johnny's illness and the boy's wish to help other children.
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Korea
Johnny Aalberts
Johnny
Gradus A. Ralberts
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Leighton
Town
Broad Street
New York
John
CARE
Iowa Employment Reaches All Time High in May Des Moines
Iowa payrolls rose to 612 050 non agricultural workers in May marking a record high. Construction added 5 500 jobs while manufacturing slipped 0 4 percent or 650 positions. Seasonal gains came from laundries and dress firms and summer venues boosting payrolls by 1 250. Retail declined 1 050 and coal mines shut for season. Factory earnings held at peak, average hourly pay at 1 38 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Towa
Temployment Security Commission
Misippi Rive
Workers See Record High Hourly Pay Rate By November
By June 1950 pay rose to 145 cents an hour and reached a November peak. In January 1951 the average edged to 149 cents. A continued rise since January brings I own factory workers to an average of 153 cents per hour, an all time high for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iown
Vander Lindens Visit London Chronicle Letter Share Travel Tales
A Chronicle reader receives a personal letter from M. Bean Linden recounting a London journey after a Queen Mary voyage. The notes describe Hyde Park cricket, the Franklin D. Roosevelt monument, the U.S. Embassy, the 1951 Festival, Windsor Castle, and Westminster Abbey, with plans to visit Edinburgh Paris Amsterdam before returning home.
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Bean) Linden
London
England
Chronicle
George
Hyde Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Britain
Windsor Castle
Scotland
Paris
Amsterdam
U.S.A
Pella Supply Co Merges With Ulrich Tractor Firm
A merger completes between Ulrich Tractor Company and Pella Supply Company to form a combined Ford tractor and Dearborn Farm Equipment dealer. Principal figures include John Ulrich, Rudy Ulrich, and Connie Van Roekel. Van Roekel to manage. The South Pella building will expand for display and service of Dearborn products while Ulrich’s Ford franchise continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulrich Tractor Company
Pella Supply Company
Ford Tractors
Dearborn
John and
Rudy Ulrich
Connie Van_ Rocket
van Rockel
South Pella
Ulrich Tractor Go
Ford Tractor
van Roekel
Connie van Roekel
John Harvey
John Weyers
Martyn Klimstra
Harry Terpstra
Melvin Pethoven
Mahaska 4-H Club Boys Tour Highlights Local Livestock
The Black Oak and Scott Strivers led their annual 4-H club tour on Monday June 18 starting at the Joe Brummel home. Members viewed Chuck Benntema's lambs Frances De Jongs two Angus calves Dick Redman's Hereford steer and cow Dick Van Zomeren's Hereford steer Glen Van Roekel's brown Swiss heifers Jim De Bruin's Angus and Hereford steers Ervin Roorda's Hereford steer John Vande Haar Hampshire pig litter and Jerry Walster's steer and pig litter. Refreshments were served at the Joe Brummel home in Leighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Oak
Scott Strivers
Joe Brummel
Chuck Benntema
Frances de Jong
Dick Redman
Dick van Zomeren
Glen van Roekel
Jim de Bruin
Ervin Roorda
Hereford
John Vande Haar
Hampshire
Jerry Walster
Leighton
Trucks Taking the Joy Out of Motoring
Bert Stegeman pens a letter to the Omaha World-Herald complaining that trucks block highways and ruin the motorist’s pleasure. He cites lack of bumpers and noisy motorcycles, arguing roads were built for motorists at their own tax expense and criticizing overloaded trucks on a recent eastern journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Stegeman
Locust Street
Omaha
Nebraska
Omaha World-Herald
Pella
Marinus Kregel Named Cage Coach at Central
President G. T. Vander Lagt announced Marinus Kregel as assistant professor of physical education and basketball coach at Central College. A Pella native and Central alumnus, Kregel has coached at Mission House College and studied at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and Colorado, bringing multiple conference titles and a perfect football season to Mission House. He replaces O Wendell Hi, who moves to Guttenburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Vander Lagt
Marinus Kregel
Central College
Kregel
Pella
Central
Flying Dutchmen
Army Field Artillery
Mission House College
Plymouth
Wis
Cental
Oshkosh Teachers College
University of Wisconsin
University of Colorado
Colorado
Mission House
Uphill Pace and Road Rights Echo Railroad Debate
Bert Stegeman cites uphill speeds of three miles per hour and eighty on the coast in an informal note about encounters east of Oakland Indiana, suggesting roads should grant rights of way like railroads. He muses on law evasion and curbs to trucks in a concise rural-tinged plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Council Bluffs
All-Stars Defeat Monroe Rockets 11–0 in Muddy showdown
The Pella All-Star 5th and 6th grade team crushed Monroe Rockets 11 to 0 on a muddy field Friday night. Tommy Boat pitched a no-hit game, while Butch Shepard Dirk Van Gorp and Bruce Heerema drove in two runs each. Boat also hit a solo homer in the second inning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Rockets
Pella
Tommy Boat
Bruce Heerema
Butch’ Shepard
Dirk van Gorp
Merchants Defeat O K Welders 6 to 2 in Friday game
The Pella Merchants beat the O K Rubber Welders of Oskaloosa 6 to 2 Friday evening. Elmer Hoksbergen limited the Welders to four hits while Pella’s bats totaled ten off Blake. Gifford Ver Meer and Hoksbergen had two hits each as Hoksbergen fanned 12. Score by innings shows Pella taking a 2-0 lead, then 4-0, and finishing 6-1 with a final 6-2.
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Pella
O. K
Oskaloosa
Merchants
Elmer Hoksbergen
Blake
Gifford
Ver Meer
Hoksbergen
van Gorp
Injury reports at Sutherland and Swen City
Mary McGraw, 81, injured after her hand was caught in a washing machine wringer at Sutherland. In Swen City, 2% year old Theresa Mullis suffered a bruised hand when it became caught in a pump jack.
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Sutherland
Mary McGraw
Swen City
Theresa Mullis
Payments to Jobless Down As Summer Work Season Begins
Des Moines reports unemployment payments fell to the lowest level in 1961 as May outlays averaged 17 dollars per claimant weekly, totaling 100 dollars. New claims rose with 2,403 workers laid off in various towns seeking work, while benefit recipients dropped to about 2,280. Labor market improves slowly with farm and factory demand up, yet many unemployed are older or lack required skills for available roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Employment Security Commission
New Sharon Plans Fourth Annual Horse Show
The New Sharon Horse Club sponsors its fourth annual event on July 12 and 13 starting at 7:30 PM at the club grounds one mile south of New Sharon on highway 63. Twelve events each night include Winkelman pony team from Lohrville and Roman style chariot races. Music by the New Sharon high school band and Arulen Brown Morrow on organ. Judge Gene Oder of Peoria, Illinois presides.
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New Sharon
Arulen
Brown Morrow
Gene Oder
Peorin
Ilinois
Pella Knoxsville Road Closure Warns of Delays
Pella Knoxsville Road is closed to through traffic until October for road rebuilding. Contractor Jacob Dahm oversees the project with access limited to the Des Moines River bridge area. Alternative routes via Tesla, Cordon, Monroe, and south toward N Te offer detours, with access limited along the hill foot and river approaches.
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Pella-Knoxville
Tate
Jacob Dahm
Cnlerts
Des Moines River
Enosville
Tesla
Monroe
Social Security Expert to Visit Pella on July 11
A representative from the Des Moines Social Security Administration will address citizens in the City Clerk's Office Council Room at 101 Main Street Pella Iowa on Wednesday July 11 between the hours of 9 and 12 a.m. The talk aims to clear confusion about the New Social Security Act and benefits.
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Des Moines
Social Security
Pella
Iowa
Lea W. Smith
Social Security Administration
Mach
Neial Securitepresentative
Marion County Women to Attend Des Moines Conference
Marion County will be represented at the annual summer women’s conference at Hotel Kirkwood Des Moines July 8 10 by Mrs K Jolly county womens’ chairman Mrs Joe Templeton county vice chairman and Mrs Mildred Bell county Extension Home Economist A program planning committee will recommend changes to 1951 goals to meet next year’s needs and voting delegates from each county will cast ballots Miss Ruth Van Salen Pleasantville has a Farm Bureau scholarship to attend Des Moines this year and will join guest speakers and a business meeting led by Mrs C C Inman state chairman of the Farm Bureau Women’s committee.
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Marion County
Kirkwood
Des Moines
K Jolly
County
Joe Templeton
County Vic
Mildred. Bell
County Extension Home
Ruth van Salen
Pleasantville
Farm Bare Men
van Salen
Town Star Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Mahaska County
C. C. Inman
Farm ‘Bureau Women’s Committee
OPA Investigators Check Personal Service Businesses
OPA investigators are surveying about 30 000 town businesses under price ceilings for personal services. Barber, beauty, radio, laundry, dry cleaning, tailoring and other service operators must post conspicuous prices. Nonfilers face violations, with field enforcement aiming for a clean slate by limiting charges to levels tied to a 1950 1961 period and offering rewards for compliance.
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Ito
CPR 1
Bender
OPS
Bender Su
Saturday Band Concert Targets a Patriotic Theme
The Saturday band plans a patriotic program for the 4th of July weekend led by Director Fred Whalley. Soloist Sph De Cook will perform My Buddy and World War II era songs. The set includes American Legion March and The Army Ground March, with selections like The American Patrol and Thine Alone, closing with Star Spangled Banner.
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Sph de Cook
Soni
Budd
Fred Whalley
Cpl Henry J Van Hall Heads Overseas From Des Moines
Cpl Henry J Van Hall, son of Mr and Mrs John Van Hall of 1357 East Sheridan Des Moines Iowa entered service December 1 1950 He trained at Fort Hood Texas with the 2nd Armored Division and now leaves duty for New Orleans then Overseas to Germany He will parade on July 4 and continues to overseas training with his unit Postmaster New York New York listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. van Hall
John van’ Hall
East” Sheridan
John van Hall
Betty
Des Moines
Aleerta Terpstra
Pella
Marion Pool
Otley
Jeanette Pol
Ove Henry
Henry J
New York
N.Y
Health Clinic for 4 H Club Girls Held In Knoxville
The health clinic for the More ion County LIL Girls was held at Knoxville High School on Friday June 29. About 60 girls were examined by five doctors including Dr. Margaret Wendell and Dr. Re V. Mater, plus dentist Dr. H B Naeve. A report lists each girl’s defects and recommended actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Moreion County
Knoxville High School
Mildred Bell
Tome Keenes
Margaret
Wendell
Central College
Re V. Mater
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. P. Township
Charles Vander Ploeg
Maine Air Base
Union Summer Bible School
Gibbs
First Reformed Church
Kathrine de Koning
Ruth Vander Linden
Vander Lindens
Pella Supply Co
Ford Tractor and Dearborn
Mahaska 4-H Club
Cage
Wisconsin
Badgers
Tost
Mr. Kregel
O. Wendell Hi
Guttenburg
All-Stars
Monroe Rockets
O. K. Welders
Sey
Treasury Department
United States Defense
U.S
U. S
Marion Co. Bureau
OPA
Mareh
North
Colonel Hogey
Alastine
Victor Herbert Anners Parker
Goldman
Jones
Tree Top
Popan Legion
the Beautiful
Trail Columbia
Yoder
Washington Post
Cpl
H. J. van Hall
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