Locals News and Social Notes From Pella Area
Locals entries report visitors and travels from Newton to Michigan and California. New car registrations appear for Knoxville and nearby towns while many residents and relatives vacation in Wisconsin Michigan and Iowa with updates on family milestones and local movements.
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M._H. Vander Putte
Robert Ten Hagen
Reasner
Philip Vander Putte
Newton
Pullman
Alabama
Vander Putte
Knoxville
Mary van Veen
L. H. Popma
Chevrolet
John Bogaard
Oldsmobile
W. D. Hol
Nash
Zelma Rysdam
Henry G. Bensink
Mexico City College
Chester D. Beintema
T. D. Beintema
Leighton
United States
Benitema
Pella
Central College
Mexico
S7rever—Van’ Giret
Helen Menninga
Wilma van Gilst
Hubert van Gilst
Wisconsin
Gus Roozeboom
Sheboygan
Baseball Talent Hunt Tryouts in Iowa Open July 31
The third annual Iowa Baseball Tryout Camp and Talent Hunt will be held July 31 to August 6 in Des Moines at Pioneer Memorial Stadium. KRNT and the Chicago Cubs sponsor the event, with staff including Al Couppee Ray Hayworth and Cubs scouts. Eligible boys aged 9 to 21 enroll free, with three age groups and exhibition finals for Cubs contracts potential.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Pioneer Memorial Stadium
KRNT
Chicago Cubs
al Couppee
KANT
Iowa University
Ray Hayworth
Cubs
Jack Sheehan
Couppee
Cub
Tony Lucadello
Bill Prince
al Coupee
Jon
Obituary: Sara Vander Wilt passes at 84 in 1950
Sara Vander Wilt, born July 12 1865 in Kohenga Breukelem Utrecht Netherlands, died June 27 1950 at the Home for the Aged aged 84 years 11 months 15 days. She married Peter Van Ryswyk on March 7 1886 who died December 12 1926. Survived by adopted daughter Mrs John Vanden Berg two grandchildren two sisters and four brothers and one half brother. Funeral June 29 1950 at Second Christian Reformed Church with Rev H Vander Kam. Interment Oakwood Cemetery.
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Sara Vander Wilt
Gerrit Vander Wilt
Jannigje Stam
Kohenga
Breukelem
Utrecht
Netherlands
America
Peter van Ryswyk
K. R._Van Zee
Pella
Tone
Dick Vander Wilt
Knoxville
Second Chri Reformed Church
Second Christian Reformed Church
H. Vander Kam
Oakwood Cemetery
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Sara Van Ryswyk
Acknowledges kindness during illness and after death of Mrs. Sara Van Ryswyk. Thanks Mr. and Mrs. D Goenen of the Home for the Aged for their acts. Grateful for sympathy and flowers from those who cared.
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Sara van Ryswyk
D. Goenen
Home For
Paardekooper Family Patriarch Remembered in Pella Obituary
M T Paardekooper born February 5 1861 in Pella Iowa died July 3 1950 last surviving of seven children He married Mary Meyer and Lena Van Haalen and had four children and four grandchildren Raised in pioneer thrifty tradition he provided for his family with unwavering effort Surviving children Kathryn Schakel Martin and Gerald Paardekooper and two others plus four grandchildren and four great grandchildren Interment at Oakwood Cemetery with service July 6 1950 from Second Reformed Church
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Mathys Paardekooper
Pella
Iowa
Martinus Paardekooper
Josephine Paarde Kooper
John Litten
Omaha
Neb
Lena van Haalen
Martin Paardekooper
Kathryn Schakel
Gerald Paardekooper
Knoxville
Max Schakel
C. B. Caldwell
Wayne Schakel
Cleveland
Ohio
Martha Kay Paarde- Kooper
Douglas
Meredith Schakel
Timothy
Joel Caldwell
Second Reformed Church
BE. H. Tanis
Oakwood Cemetery
Merchants defeat Attica in six city league game
Merchants beat Attica 11 to 3 at Attica Tuesday night in a six city league matchup. Veldhuis pitched well, allowing four hits and three runs, while the Merchants rapped eleven hits. No box score available for full details.
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Bill Stout
Merchants
Attica
Veldhuis
Moses Led His People to God During Bible School
Church notes announce morning worship at 10 45 am with a sermon on the peril of personal sins and evening services at 6 30 and 7 30 pm. The schedule lists Junior C E Society led by Joyce Nunnikhoven and Senior College C E led by Reuben ter Louw plus a Sunday evening sermon series God Speaks Man or Mammon. KXEL radio will air Undiluted Religion Sunday at 1 pm with Rev Harland Steele.
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Moses
C. E. Society
Joyce Nunnikhoven
C.E
Reuben Ter Louw
Second Reformed Church Sunday Schedule and Class
Edward H. Tanis presides with 9:30 am Sunday School and 10:45 am service titled Do You Know Him. Evening program at 7:30 pm features A Hole in the Hedge. A special summer class for young people is taught by Dr. F L Flikkema.
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F. L. Flikkema
Sunday church services and programs schedule
At 9 80 a m the Sunday School presents Moses Who Led His People to God. Morning Worship at 10 45 a m with Why Be a Christian. Evening praise at 7 30 p m. The Hands of Jesus. Senior Christian Endeavor gathers at 6 30 p m.
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Moses
Jesus
Evening Church Services and Guest Sermon
Morning Bible School at 10 00 and Communion at 11 00 set the day for worship with a 7 30 p m Gospel Service. A guest speaker delivers the message and at 7 45 p m Thursday Mr Pinches concludes with a final address before leaving for summer work, speaking on The Inner Life of the True Christian.
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Pinches
Otley Christian Reformed Church Service Schedule
Rev J E Brink conducts morning worship at 9 30 and afternoon worship at 1 30 with a 5 00 p m family vesper hour over KWDM Des Moines by the pastor and his family.
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Otley
KWDM
Des Moines
St Mary Catholic Church Mass Schedule
Mass at St Mary Catholic Church held every Sunday morning at 8 00 o clock with services likely in the early hours.
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ST. Mary Catholic Church
Holstein Bank Flagpole Struck by Lightning Falls
Lightning struck the Citizens State Bank flagpole at Holstein causing the pole to fall and slivers to fly several hundred feet. Reported damage was limited to the pole with no further harm or structure harm noted.
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Citizens State Bank
Holstein
Employment Insurance Dropped to 1950 June Low
Des Moines Iowa June unemployment insurance payments fell to a 1950 low of 332,910 from 438,300 in May and 612,000 in April. Seventeen thousand nine hundred benefit payments were made in June with an average weekly amount of 18.37 dollars. Daily payments averaged 18,500 in June after a March peak, reflecting healthier employment aided by seasonal construction activity and farm labor demand.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Employment Security Commission
Commission
Government to Issue Book on Effects of Atomic Weapons
The government will publish The Effects of Atomic Weapons, an official document detailing what happens when an atomic bomb explodes. Releasing around August 1, it covers damage estimates, building resilience, and radiation hazards, with proceeds aiding the government. The Atomic Energy Commission prepared it from non-confidential scientific data.
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Washington
D. C
Japan
Atomic Energy Commission
Cards of Thanks for Kindness in Hospitalization in Oskaloosa
I thank friends for visits, cards, and flowers while I was in Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa. Special gratitude to Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Perron for faithfully calling on me. Their kindness brought much cheer during my hospitalization. — Mrs. Bert Van Ec
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Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
C. F. Perron
Bert van Ec
Health Clinic For 4-H Girls At Knoxville Held
About 75 4-H girls at Knoxville Junior High School underwent a health clinic on June 30 with four doctors and one dentist examining them. Physicians listed on check cards include Dr. D. Burbank of Pleasantville, Dr. Margaret Wendell of Central College at Pella, Dr. A Geller of Knoxville, Dr. C S Cornell of Knoxville, and Dr. George Lankelman of Pella.
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Knoxville Junior High School
D. 8. Burbank
Pleasantville
Margaret Wendell
Central College
Pella
A. Geller
Knoxville
C. S. Cornell
George Lankelma
Marion County
FHA Achievement Day To Be July 7 at ISC
Families who paid off Farmers Home Administration loans this past year and those with current FHA loans who have done outstanding work in hog and dairy production soil conservation and food production will be honored July 7 when the annual FHA Achievement Day is held at Iowa State College. Murl McDonald will start the program at 10 30 a m and Dr Charles E Finley will give the opening address. B W Lodwick will introduce guests present for the event. Donald C. Travis
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Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Iowa State College
Murl McDonald
College Agricultural and Home Economics Extension Service
Charles E. Finley
B. W. Lodwick
Donald C. Travis
Iowa FHA awards honor families paying loans early
The FHA State Advisory Committee chairman will review the year, Kirk Fox of Successful Farming gives the keynote. Awards are presented to 21 Iowa families who have paid off FHA loans, and 123 awards recognize outstanding progress. Attendees tour college dairy and agronomy farms and observe homemaking and agricultural development projects.
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FHA
Kirk Fox
Successful Farming Magazine
Potatoes Told to Use Combination Sprays or Dusts
Iowa State College experts advise combination sprays or dusts to fight potato pests. Early blight causes brown leaf spots and yield loss. flea beetles, leafhoppers, and Colorado potato beetles also threaten yield. Spraying targets these pests, especially on leaf undersides.
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C. C. Blickenstaff
Iowa State College
A. F. Sherf
Colorado
Coal Order Contacts For Month Abroad
Notice directs readers to place coal orders with Jennings Palmquist Red 319 or Mrs Ned Hedrick Red 269, and to phone John Hackert for arrangements during a month away. The prompt preserves names, numbers, and the action of delegating ordering duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennings Palmquist
Red
Ned Hedrick
John Hackert
Will of Sara Van Ryswyk Hearing Notice in Marion County
Knoxville Iowa July 1 1950 notice of filing of Sara Van Ryswyk last will and testament in the district court of Marion County Iowa to be heard at 10:00 am July 18 1950 in Knoxville Iowa objection must be on file by then Jack B Carpenter Clerk of District Court J H Funk Deputy
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Knoxville
Iowa
District Court of Iowa
Marion County
Sara van Ryswyk
Jack B. Carpenter
J. H. Funk
Potato Bugs Threaten Potatoes Across Fields
Commonly called potato bugs these large yellowish insects with black stripes feed on leaves and stems. Offspring are red bugs with black side spots. Control favors spraying a fixed copper compound or nabam with DDT every 10 to 14 days, following manufacturers' directions for strength and coverage.
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Los Angeles
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Kansas City
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Robert van Roekel
Flint
Michigan
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I. B. Allen
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Marengo
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Ayrshire, Towa
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Jerry Hellinga
Methodist Hospital
Lee Clark
Chillecothe
Rey
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Canada
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Edith Bevan
Robert van Hemert
Minnie Vande Krel
Minnia Vande Krol
Mahaska
Marion de Penning
John de Leeuw
Highlands
Indiana
de Leeuw
Tracy
Bert Molandson
John van Peursum
Orange City
Warner Vande Voort
H. H. Sadler
Boulder
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Marion, Towa
Len Kaldenberg
Arie Soeten
Moorpark
Packwood
Kentucky
Iowa Open
Kant-Cubs
Batton
Spaulding
Rawlins
Hopkins Sporting Goods
Kant-Cab
Mrs
M. T. Paardekooper
Bakker
Rus
Our Great America
Wiagan
ME United
James Taylor
Colonia
Virginia
Europe
Africa
Third Reformed Church
L. J. Borst
Th.b
Reformed Church In America
Waterloo
KXEL
Harland Steele
Edward H. Tanis
First Reformed Church
Anthony Haverkamp
Ben
Gary
Ben Vogelaar
Gary T. Vogelaar
ISC
Jasper
Marion
Tig Factory
Jasper, Marion
Mahaska Counties
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