Pella Little Dutch Rally To Top Winterset 10-6
Pella trailed 4-0 after two, then scored six in the third on a walk two singles two doubles by Paul Beyer Rex Van Dyke and an error. Roger Stykhuis added a three run homer and later doubled in sixth and seventh as Pella, led by Hiemstra and Breen on the mound, held Winterset to six hits and four walks. The game was at Winterset.
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Pella
Paul Beyer
Rex van Dyke
Erry Breen
Roger Stykhuis
Winterset
Hiemstra
Breen
Merchants Win Fourth Of July Classic in Softball
Merchants defeated Peoria Stockyards 93 in a July 4 classic with Ray Pope striking out two and no walks for Pella. Runnells beat the Merchants 3-2 on June 28 as Floyd Blom spun a no loss pace with ten strikeouts. Ottumwa No. 1 edged the Merchants 7-6 in a tight matchup. Upcoming games include a trip to Marshalltown on Saturday and home dates Monday and Tuesday against Tracy and Belinda.
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Pella
Peoria Stockyards
Teetly
Sach Fou
Ray Pope
Jeff van Gorp
Stockyards
Al- 80
Gene Vande
Fice
Marshalltown
Tracy
Belinda
Pella Merchants
Runnells
Merchants
Pope
John “Adams
Floyd Blom
Sully
Blom
Hendricks
Herb Blom
Gene Vande Lune
Clearance Sales Begin July in The Chronicle Ads
Four clothing and dry goods firms announce July clearance sales to reduce summer stock and make room for fall fashions expected in local stores within weeks. In local sports, Pella Merchants beat Ottumwa 6 to 5 in a tense game as Dave Sutphen hit a bases loaded homer to tie 5 all, with strong pitching by George Wassenaar and Kirkland.
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the Chronicle
Dave’ Sutphen
Merchants
Gene Vande Lune
Stage II Work Begins at Red Rock Dam
Stage II construction at Red Rock Dam employs 43 Maxon Construction personnel from Dayton Ohio with preliminary Stage I work finished. Engineers aim to pour footings for a 563 foot wide 100 foot high spillway starting around September first and finish by November 1964. About 50 000 carloads of aggregate will feed the concrete spillway, with coarse aggregate arriving by 40 cubic yard railroad cars from Hannibal Missouri and fine aggregate trucked from nearby pits.
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Maxon Construction Company
Dayton
Ohio
Red Rock Dam
Maxon
Wabash
Hannibal
Pella Construction Co
Sale Barn Shifts to Wednesday Night Auctions
Wayne Van Wyk, owner of the Sale Barn just north of town, says evening auctions begin at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays to fit crop planting and quiet daytime sales will resume in fall. Barn manager Henry Rus notes about 300 head of cattle are sold weekly and buyers favor the new schedule, with last week’s 500 head of hogs also sold. New restaurant and offices have been completed at the barn, with Esther Bensink operating the restaurant.
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Wayne van Wyk
van Wyk
Henry Rus
Esther Bensink
Hawkeye Boys State Report Highlighted By Rotarians
Three Pella youths Harris Kuiper Roger Slykhuis and Dennis Steenhoek spoke to the Rotary Club detailing their Hawkeye Boy States week at Camp Dodge near Grimes from June 3 to 9. They described early calisthenics, political activities, safety programs, sports and AAU tests with 450 participants and notable speakers.
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Columbus
America
American Legion
Hawkeye Boys State
Camp Dodge
Grimes
Rotary Club
Pella
Harris Kuiper
Harry
Roger Slykhuis
Martin
Otley
Dennis Steenhoek
Marion
Harris
Dennis
Roger
State House
John W. Moore
Calvinist Cadet Award to Dale Gosselink
Dale Gosselink of Pella received the Outstanding Service Award at the Third Annual Calvinist Cadet Counselor's Convention in Kalamazoo Michigan. Ro bert Verburg presented the certificate and gold uniform star for promoting cadeting in the United States and Canada. Rev Lugene Bazuin of Denver delivered the Mass Meeting address titled BOYS BOYS BOYS urging counselors to love train and mentor the boys in their clubs.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Dale Gosselink
Pella
Calvary Christian Reformed Church
Robert Verburg
United States
Canada
Lugene Bazuin
Second Christian Reformed Church
Denver
Colo
Food Supplement Distribution Dates Announced in County
Food supplements will be distributed to eligible persons July 9 through 13 at the new site 1214 East Main Street, formerly the Iowa Liquor Store. Schedule lists Knoxville July 9, Attica Bussey Hamilton Marysville July 10, Harvey Pella Pershing Tracy July 11, Columbia Dallas Lacona Melcher July 12, Otley Pleasantville Swan July 13. Hours are 8 to 11 a.m. daily. come early and contact the Marion County Department of Social Welfare at the County Courthouse for eligibility information.
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East Main Street
Iowa Liquor Store
Attica
Bussey
Hamilton
Marysville
Harvey
Pella
Pershing
Tracy
Columbia
Dallas
Lacona
Melcher
Otley
Pleasantville
Swan
Marion County Department of Social Welfare
Marion County Court House
PHS Graduate Crowned Jasper County Dairy Princess
Judy Van Den Berg a 21 year old Pella Community High School graduate and nurse trainee at Lutheran Hospital Des Moines was crowned Jasper County Dairy Princess during July 4 ceremonies in Newton She will advance to state Town Dairy Princess in Harlan August 8 and 9 and the National Dairy Princess in September The contest is sponsored by the Newton Kiwanis and Optimists clubs Judy and her parents attended a July 5 luncheon and she received a $50 savings bond from Iowa’s current Dairy Princess.
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Judy van den Berg
Jerry van den Berg
Reasner
Jasper County
Newton
Judy
Pella Community High School
Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Harlan
Newton Kiwanis
Optimists Clubs
Iowa
Services Set for A. Vanderzee 93 in Oskaloosa
Albertus Van derzee 93 of 219 Hillcrest Drive Oskaloosa will have services at Powers Funeral Home at 3 00 p m Wednesday burial in Forest Cemetery he was born in the Netherlands came to the United States in 1890 settled in Pella later moved to Oskaloosa and died Sunday July 8 he was a longtime Methodist Mason and Shriner survived by a daughter Mrs Loftus J Comstock of Oskaloosa
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Albertus Vanderzee
Hillcrest Drive
Oskaloosa
Powers Funeral Home
Forrest Cemetery
Vanderzee
Netherlands
United States
Pella
Methodist Church
Loftus J
Florence) Comstock
Summer Program Brings Activity to Pella Playgrounds
Lincoln School playground buzzes since June 20 with about 70 youths in three groups. Older boys led by Dennis Brass play softball soccer and box hockey while younger groups craft, read, and play games. Girls read Mystery Back of the Mountain and go on nature hikes at Big Rock Park, making seed mosaics and crafts as items from scavenger hunts become classroom materials.
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Lincoln School
Dennis Brass
Mary Glendenning
Frances de Vries
Ruth Kuyper
Mary Dc
Jane
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Pélie
Sally
Ottumwa
Walt
George Wassenaar
Kirkland
Rhe Pella
Chronicle News
Sale Barn
Hawkeye Boys’ Staters
Joe Moore
The
Jim Zabel
Erbe
Verne Stoltenberger
FBI
Knoxville
PHS
Jasper Dairy Princess
A. Vanderzee
Big Rock Park
Webster School
Stan Vander Linden
Bob Wierenga
Steve Kilpatrick
Brian de Vries
Howard Vander Linden
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