Records for Fighting Men drives national record drive
The American Legion and auxiliary units launch Records for Fighting Men to collect old phonograph records for scrap and fund new discs for the armed forces. The drive, led by Kay Yeager and others, aims to gather 87.3 million records through local post canvassing in two week campaigns.
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Augustus
American Legion
Records For Our Fighting Men, Inc
Kay Yeers
Kate Smith
Fritz Reine
Sigmund Spaeth
Gene Aut
New
Aucency
The
Legion Auxiliary
Lynn A. Stambaugh
Nationander
Ttt
Legionnaires
Voon-Van
Office Y
V 'S
Hemert Post
Community Notes From The Home For The Aged
On July 8 Lena Vos aged 66 and Langstraat aged 76 were remembered. July 14 marked Mrs. John De Vries 70th birthday. Various visits followed among families and friends including Vander Hart Dan Pol Hamm Langstraat Den Hartog Elscott Brandt Van Houweling Griffioen Van den Berg Ja buai Klein Blom Rozeboom and others from Oskaloosa Sully Ottumwa Knoxville Newton and Denver.
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Lena Vos
Langstraat
John de Vries
Tom Vander Hart
P. de Jong
G. Bosma
R. Keuning
Monroe
Peter Vos
Peoria
J. van Gorp
Christi
Peter Dan
Peter Pol
Otley
Peter Hamm
Herman Langstraat
Oskaloosa
J. Langstraat
W. den Hartog
J. den Hartog
C. den Hartog
Alta
Kate Elscott
Sully
Mary Brandt
Peter Rus
Gerrit Andringa
M. Langerak
Ottumwa
Andrew van Houweling
John Griffioen
Knoxville
Joe Vanden Berg
Esther Jabuai
Prairie City
Daniel Klein
Sugar ration stamps change period notice
Official notice states that during the period July 10 to August 22 War Ration Stamp Number 7 may be used to obtain 2 pounds of sugar. The Number 6 stamp period ends July 25 and begins July 26, running to August 22, also allowing 2 pounds of sugar.
Two Pella Boys Attend Baptist Boys' Camp at Iowa Falls
Keith Lautenbach and Robert Lew Lautenbach of Pella attended the Baptist Boys Camp at Iowa Falls opening on Sunday afternoon in July. The first day included registration, tent assignments, and an evening service in the Auditorium. Over the week topics ranged from Bible geography to missionary heroes with pastors and teachers from several towns. By week’s end sixteen boys publicly confessed faith in Jesus Christ, and officers deemed it the best Baptist Boys Camp conducted.
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Keith Lautenbach
Robert Lew Lautenbaeh Af Pella
Baptist
Iosva Fall
Lowa Baptist
Ierves
Rey
BOP
Partridge
Chariton
Paul Williams
Humboldt
CP. Perron
Pella
Ten Missionary
Heras HD
I Pringle
Muscatine
Rey Mes Fleck
Cresco
Floyd W. Dorris
Unionville
Howard Roach
Plainfield
Lord Jesus Christ
Fire Destroys L. Schakel Farm Home Near Pella
A Sunday morning blaze about 10 o clock destroyed the Lane Schakel house three miles south of Pella. The family was away briefly and returned to see the home enveloped in flames. They saved a few small items and are seeking rooms in Pella while rebuilding.
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Schakel
Pella
Schakels
Jacobs Schakel
Rubber drive gaps in Pella area revealed
An investigation by Henry P. Jobinson found that 31 percent of Pella farmers did not deliver rubber to local oil stations by the drive’s end on the 10th. He visited 29 farms, 19 had turned in rubber, 10 had not, citing busyness rather than selfishness. Some families donated rubber, yielding about 200 pounds on a four hour trip, underscoring uneven wartime participation.
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Pella
Henry P. Jobinson
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Pelle
Farmers must get lime orders in before Aug. 1
Farmers must place lime orders through the AAA office by August 1, the deadline for the 1 lime order. A fragment mentions Mr and Mrs J Van Pours Grace and Cecil from Orange town visiting relatives en route to Dayton, Ohio, to see their son Myron in government work, and notes Mrs Van Peursem as the former Winnie Van Steenbergen from Vella.
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AAA
Salvage Effort Spoken Of In Local Rally Note
Fragmentary report notes a Salvage Committee process in Pella to collect rubber and reroute it. It hints at town residents still possessing rubes and calls for action to correct a wrong, urging a timely effort to line up how to transport or dispose of the material.
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Pella
Donkey Ball Night Promises Laughter at Pool Park
On Friday evening July 17 two local softball teams will face off with Donkey Ball at Pool Park. Eleven trained donkeys owned by Ralph Godfrey of Crescent Oklahoma will be ridden by players in a comedic match. Admission is free with a free will offering to cover expenses. A Nash Finch campaign supports USO with a $5,000 fund and July donations split between the USO and Nash Finch employees in service.
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Pool Park
Ralph Godfrey
Crescent
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Pella
Ottumwa
United Service Organization
D. G. Rich
Nash Finch
Armed Service
Tall Corn Downtown Raises Tall Plook Firm Near Pella
Reedy raises two 10 foot tall corn stalks southeast of Pella then hangs them as showpieces near a drugstore. Planted April 27 Kennedy tended the rows, wetting and cultivating as weather allowed. The piece notes a hydent variety named Mrs Slow and mentions Vinuder Lawton of Letchton in Oshatow.
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Pella
Smp
Kennedy
Slow
Vinuder Lawton
Letchton
Oshatow
Citizens Ask Dust and Mud Free Streets
Citizens push for street treatments to reduce dust and mud nuisances in Pella. A council committee reports towns using oil tar and gravel surface, costing about 10 cents per square yard. About 50 properties could benefit. no action taken yet as war bonds funding limits. Announced band concert in Oshkaloosa July 22 with Dirk Henry. Bernice Vander Linden to perform. list of songs and ensemble details included.
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Pella
Own
Fae Street
Paul Vander Zyl
Joe Vande Kieft
Geo
Ramsey
P. Dykstra
Prairie City
Dolla
Arnold Schippers Dy Now On Display In ARP Store
Arnold Schippers dies and his legacy is featured at an ARP store in Cod Rapids Iowa where his obituary and memorial items are placed for public viewing.
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Arnold Schippers
ARP
Cod Rapids
Iowa
Vander Ploeg outlines war era oil challenges at Rotary talk
Chemist A Vander Ploeg of the Texas Oil Company near Arthur Texas spoke to Rotarians on aviation gasoline demand after Pearl Harbor. He detailed production boosts, tanker transport issues, and the push to reduce waste. He discussed lubricants for tanks, artificial rubber via butadiene, and converting idle refinery equipment for rapid output.
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Vander Ploeg
Texas Oil Company
Arthur
Texas
Alfred
Pearl Harbor
Perserwin
Prin
Navy enlistment moves Robert Andrews to Chicago
Robert Andrews left Tuesday for Chicago to enlist in the U S Navy. He is the son of Mrs PA Dunnink of Pella.
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Robert Andrews
Chicago
U.S. Navy
Robert
Pa, Dunnink
Pella
Is Your Subscription in the Red Chronicle plea
The notice urges readers to check the Chronicle address label for overdue payments and warns discontinuation if no renewal or explicit orders are received. It offers a sixty day extension under government orders and requests payment by mail or card, stressing to act today.
New Scout Field Executive Chosen for Central Area
Dillonkhauser of Battle Creek Michigan becomes Field Scout Executive Central Iowa Council Bay of America replacing Paul K E Johnson who moved to Lincoln Nebraska Fankhauser previously led Shawnee Council Lima Ohio and Battle Creek Area Council He rose from youth rank of Scout to Kale Scout and served as assistant scoutmaster troop committee member in Martinsville West Wing and has retail management background.
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Dillonkhauser
Battle Creek
Michigan
Central Iowa Council
Bay of America
James Hiner
Ankhauser
Paul KE. Johnson
Lincoln
Nebraska
My. Fankhauser
Lima
Ohio
Martinsville
West Wing
Rainfall Report From Mendham Scout School
The report notes rainfall in Mendham New Jersey with 68 and 1.36 inches on July Yth and Lith respectively totaling 2.04 inches for the week. July rainfall reaches about 1.25 inches. Mr Fankhauser, married with one daughter, is connected to the Ith Training School of the Boy Scouts of America.
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The
Boy Scouts of America
Mendham, New Jersey
Fankhauser
I. K. Puls
Utree
Hendricks Brothers Visit In Pella This Week
E. IL Hendricks of Chicago and his brother Udell L. Hendricks spent two days in Pella this week marking his first chance to visit in twenty years.
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Lecion Post and Auxiliary
Sugar
Iowa Falls
L. Schakel Farm Home Sun
Henry Johnson
Job
Harold V. Goad
E. V. Goad
Swaledale
Oska Joes High School
Idaho
Davismonthan Field
Tucson
Arizona
Nash Finch Company
Tall Corn
Oskaloosa Wed
Chamber of Commerce
Dirk Henry
Kuyper
Pell Chamber of Commerce
Osh Joost
Neghboring
In Exe
Oloist
Bernace Vander Linden
Three Little Girls In Blue
Asco
Kansas City Star
Tobias
Mamner
Victor Herbert
Aly
Owl
Voes Her Herbert
Mizay
Bernice ¥ der Linden
Panoransi
Barnhouse
Jobing Dong Boy
Se Rose
Ireland
Gondhie
Dov MacArthur
Edward V. Coad
V. Goad
Pella High School
National Guard
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Margaret Davos Peoria
Tullahoma
Edward
Ed Vos
Wat
Ted
Phillips Station
A. Vander Ploeg
Rotary Club
Central Area
Ue Pelle
Rebecca Masedam
East Second Street
Seiseline Street
Maasdam
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