Plan for soils district laid out at meeting
Farmers in Marion County heard plans to form a soils district modeled after English Creek Watershed project. J A Benson and Clay Burnett explained the law and non tax financed nature, while slides showcased soil conservation methods. No action was taken, but interest grows in Red Rock and Perry townships for future districts along Thunder Creek and Skunk River breaks.
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Marion County
English Creek
Chamber of Commerce
Knoxville
U. S. Department of Agriculture
J. A. Benson
Clay Burnett
Burnett
Benson
Department of Agriculture
Marion County Board of Supervisors
Red Rock
Perry
Thunder Creek
Skunk
Pella
Swimming Meet Knoxville Pella At Pool Tonight
Swimmers from the County Seat travel to Pella for a season opening meet with Pella boys and girls. Only junior and intermediate events are on tonight’s program with registration due by 7 30. Those who qualify will represent Pella in the finals. Events include 25 and 50 yd sprints, backstroke, relays, diving, and medley relay with free admission for spectators.
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Knoxville-Pella
Pella
Marion County Rural Women's Chorus to Sing Sunday
The Marion County Rural Women's Chorus will perform sacred music at 8:00 p.m. next Sunday at the Baptist church in Pella. Directed by Mrs. A. B. Mann, the 35-member group includes two accompanists and a reader. Organized three years ago under the Marion County Farm Bureau, the non-profit chorus welcomes all rural women who love music and plans several concerts, district tournament participation, and a June State Chorus Festival in Ames. The program features Prelude Nearer My God to Thee, Hymns, a Mendelssohn choral piece, trombone and violin solos, and a Vesper hymn to close.
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Marion County Rural Women's Chorus
Pella
Baptist Church
A. B. Mann
H. H. LeGrand
Chas
Better
Ant
James Allen
Marion County Farm Bureau
Ames
City Clerk Finds Handwritten Minutes on City Hall Lot
Belle Plaine city clerk E. E. Eyler retrieved an old handwritten book of city council minutes last week. The volume, except for the final page, details the purchase of the lot for the city hall and the erection of the buildings.
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Belle Plaine
E. E. Eyler
Farmers Invited to Learn Soil Conservation Tour
Farmers are invited to visit the English Creek project and discuss soil conservation. A group will explain the proposition to any size audience at a home, schoolhouse, or other chosen location, with a district tour and accompanying Farm Page pictures.
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Knoxville
English Creek
Trap Shoot Thrives At Pella Gun Club July Fourth
The Pella Gun Club hosted a lively Fourth of July trap shoot with birds tested at 12:30 pm. Shooters arrived from nearby towns, four events of one hundred targets each, plus doubles and special events. A lunch stand operated on site, and organizers announced plans for future events inviting nonmembers to attend, with guns available for loan.
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Pella
Christianity Is Theme of Book By Central Grad
A publisher announces a new book by Dr. Jacob J. Sessler class of Central College 1925. Christianity Marches On from Half Moon Press NYC surveys church history in a concise text for weekday school study groups. Sessler, pastor of First Reformed Church College Point, earned a PhD from Columbia and studied at Newark Theological Seminary. He authored Communal Pietism Among Early American Moravians and Saints and Tomahawks.
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Jacob J. Sessler
Central College
Half Moon Press
New York City
Sessler
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
Central
Columbis
First Reformed Church
College Point
Dollar Days Offer Bargains Planned by Pella Merchants
Pella merchants prepare for Dollar Days with plans to offer Red Letter Days of bargains. Shops will feature items over a dollar or combos totaling more than a dollar, encouraging housewives to save and plan purchases. Chronicle will publish details.
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Pella
The
Chronicle
Bicycle collision with cow injures no one
Bob Grimes and Billie Carter rode along when a cow appeared blocking the road causing a sudden crash. Both riders escaped injury and the bicycle was damaged. Local report notes the cow remained uninjured and no riders were hurt.
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Bob Grimes
Billie Carter
Bossy
Softball Kickoff in Pella With Local Team Named
Fans in Pella await the season opener as softball facilities near completion. A selected local team, with players like Brooks Klyn and Will Baer, is ready for battle on opening night. Managers and officials have been chosen to organize lineups and secure town interest for evening games and late twilights.
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Pella
Pone
Brooks Klyn
C. Goodell
Will Baer
Harry Grooteld
Henry Pethoven
J. Palmquist
Dan Dingeman
Shum Donai
Dick Ver Meer
Les Liter
Henry Klyn
Claus In't Veld
Fred Lautenbach
Tudor Ulrich
Bill Grootveld
Gooh van Arkel
Gene Kuyper
Babe Tysseling
Slick Wormhoudt
Bucky Waechter
Verle
M. Goodwin
Arle Schilder
Goo. G
Paul Scholte
Lob van Vark
Frank Demicolo
Shorty Stout
South Pella
Tulip Bulb Drive In Pella Seeks Planting Help
In Pella residents are urged to donate excess tulip bulbs to Central College Student Industries which will plant them next fall in a prominent display bed. Even small bulblets can be used, though blooms may take years. bring bulbs to the Industries on the square's west side.
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Pella
Central College Student Industries
Chinatch Bug Bloom Drives County Oil Use Up
Marion County faces a major chinch bug outbreak with southern areas hit hardest. Farmers plan to use about 30,000 gallons of federal creosote oil, delivered via Knoxville storage tanks, with handling fees for loading and unloading.
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Marion County
Farm Bureau
Marion
Knoxville
Reward of Merit for Al bert Hatch in school records
A 77 year old certificate produced by Al bert Hatch of Sheldon confirms a Reward of Merit awarded for industry punctuality and conduct. The document serves as an honorable testimony of approbation from his school years.
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Albert Hatch
Sheldon
Push Behind the Men Who Like to Play Ball
A terse, sentence fragment notes a push behind players who enjoy the game. It hints at support or pressure to back those in athletic competition, but the readable text lacks concrete names, dates, or places. The fragment resembles a sports crowd chant or promotional line from a bygone era.
School Board Adopts 1940 41 Budget At July Meeting
The Board of Education met July 1 marking the 1939 40 fiscal year end and formally adopted the 1940 41 budget. Estimated taxation requests total 37500, down from 40500 last year, with a general fund balance of 349. The district projects 627 pupils next year with 266 in high school and 180 tuition students. average daily attendance was 5854 this year.
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Board of Education
Kenneth Bean
S. Ver Steeg
Wormhoudt
John Vander Linden
Andrew Verploegh
Lincoln
Webster
Athleti
Pella
Van Sitterts Mid-Summer Sale Begins July 11
Van Sitterts announces a storewide sale from July 11 to 20 featuring Wearwell sheets Chenille spreads draperies curtains towels and more. Includes under garments nightwear dresses fabrics slacks hose bathing suits and toilet articles for women young women and children with broad price reductions.
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Pella
van Sittert
War tragedy draws nearer to Mire as Air Force member dies
In Action The tragedy of the European war impacts Mire as news arrives that a local air force member has been killed. The report notes the family's sorrow and confirms the casualty linked to the ongoing conflict.
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J. EB. Bradley
Ayr
Bri Yal
Doctor V. J. Elliott Returns to His Knoxville Roots
Dr. V. J. Elliott, returning to his hometown of Knoxville, joins Drs. R. V. Mater and Dwight A. Mater at Collins Memorial Hospital. A Pella native and grandson of Mary Johnson, he studied at Central College and the State University of Iowa, interned at Charity Hospital New Orleans, and completed urology and obstetrics training. The Elliott family will reside at Elliott Duplex, 1032 2nd Boxville.
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Knoxville
J. W. Eliott
Central College
State University of Iowa
Charity Hospital of Louisiana
New Orleans
Elliott
Iliott Duplex
2Nd
Boxville
First goodwill concert of band at Leighton Tuesday
The Chamber of Commerce Band travels to Leighton next Tuesday evening July 16 to give a goodwill concert for the neighboring community. Proceeds from an ice cream social sponsored by the Ladies Aid will aid church work. Bernie Vander Linden arranges band transportation. The prior crowd in Pella enjoyed a large turnout and a varied program including trombone boom and songs. Future plans include performances by Cleora and Mary Carplanter and Vera Gezel with a mix of overtures and dances.
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Chamber of Commerce
Leighton
Pella
Ebenezer Reformed Church of
Will Rempe
Bernie Vander Linden
Momie
OHIO
Jess Carplanter
Cleora
Mary
Galesburg
Vera Gezel
Central college awards ground work contract for new athletic field
Dan Dingeman of Pell and Leonard Visser of Bussey awarded the rough grading and drainage contract for Central college’s new athletic field. Work started, with tiling, finish grading, seeding, and cinder track planned. bleachers to be built next spring on the north side near Peace Street. Architects Proudfoot Rawson Brooks Borg of Des Moines and Den Boer of Des Moines Waterworks Park supervised. The field aims to fit Iowa Conference standards and finish for this fall’s football schedule.
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Central Athletic Feld
Story
Thi
Central College
Dan Dingeman
Pell
Leonard Visser
Bussey
Peace Street
Iowa
Proudfoot
Rawson
Brooks and Borg
Des Moines
den Boer
Des Moines Waterworks Park
Prospects for Full House at Central in Fall
Prospective students and families visit Central College in Pella as summer passes. Campus growth and upkeep impress visitors while officials note education interest remains strong despite European concerns. Enrollment trends since 1934 show steady gains, with 1939 registering 357 students and rising yearly.
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Central
Pella
Central College
Not Counted Yet You Can Still Get Under the Wire
Oren Van Nie waal census enumerator notes several Pella residents were not counted when the census visit occurred. Students away at school, visitors, and business trips left gaps, with more than thirty added by locating missing individuals. He urges contacting Blue 823 by phone or mail to finish counting.
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Oren van Nie
Oren
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