Breakfast Draws 195 Birdmen to Pella Airport
At Pella Airport a large crowd gathered for a Civil Air Patrol breakfast hosted by Pella business men. About 195 guests enjoyed meals of 75 chickens and 5 gallons of tomato juice as planes circled the field. Measurements noted impressive aircraft, including an Ercoar with a tricycle landing gear, and pilots from Des Moines, Dubuque, LeMars, and beyond attended. A Civil Air Patrol meeting followed with an address by John Paul Jones of Des Moines.
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Business Men of
Pella
Civil Air Patrol
Pella Airways
Civil Air
Renror
Paul Scholte
Gerrit L. Rysdam
Don Phelps
Pearl van Gorp
Hattie
Me Weise
Perry, Lows
Iisw
Clint
Alin
Seeen
Nemmiers Schweppe
Repticars
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Ottumwa
Richard Mz Koski
Det Michigan
Frank Lahers
John Paul Jones
Des Mei
Newell G. Roth
Oskaloosa
S. M. Sawdey
Des Moines Sq
L. W. du von
Sioux City Sq
C. Thomas
C. F. Boor
R. S. Fisher
Burlington
Navy seeks skilled tradesmen for shore duty enlistment
The U S Navy opens enlistments for men with construction experience in ratings from carpenter to diver. Posts are at headquarters and construction companies overseas with shore duties and naval bases outside the continental U S. Acting appointments for ages 17 to 50 in various ratings up to chief petty officer possible. Pay ranges from 54 to 126 dollars monthly plus housing food clothing transportation medical and dental care and incidentals. one dependent may be claimed for certain petty officer ratings. Apply at a Navy Recruiting Station or contact Commander KE Spaulding Washington D C for an enlistment form.
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U.S. Navy
United States
Petty Oliver
Navy
KE. J. Spaulding
Navy Building
Washiton, D
Crop Report July 1 Towa harvests near 21.5 million acres
Crop and Livestock Reporting Service estimates July 1 show Towa farmers will plant and harvest about 21.5 million acres of crops, up six percent from last year and the largest since 1987. Production estimates through Leste M. Carl’s office indicate increases in corn and soybean plantings offset minor reductions in flax and sand crops.
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Towa
Towa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Leste M. Carl
Veredown
Parson Heads The M42 And Crop Yields Report
Weather and crop notes from July describe excellent op condition except sunlit fields where water drainage needed. First week of July hay fields were over a foot high and bay alfalfa and clover timothy yields rose, with average yield per acre estimated at 1.75 tons the largest in state history though quality damaged by rain.
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Siverayee
Tame Bay
Iowa farmers seed 1942 crops with strong corn soybeans rise
Iowa reports show corn acreage at 752000 amid cool wet June delaying growth while oats acreage sits at 5.374 million and soybeans up 70 percent from 1941 as the war crop aims for high harvest. Prospects include 487 bushels total corn if July yield holds and oats near record since 1937 with 214.96 million bushels potential. rust minimal but smutted heads noted.
Victory Gardeners Attend to Late Summer Plantings
Vict ory Gardeners are winding up planting red beets carrots and sweet corn this week with other vegetables to be set in during the last two weeks of the month. Home makers seek fresh vegetables for winter through these summer plantings and advise covering new rows with wet sacks if hot windy weather returns to moisten the sacks until seeds germinate. Some gardeners use old coal ashes to prevent soil drying.
William Van Haaften Obituary From Pella Farm Resident
William Van Haaften died at his niece and nephew’s home near Pella on a Wednesday evening at age 7 and was a lifelong Third Reformed Church member. He was survived by numerous nieces and nephews and preceded in death by his parents a brother and three sisters. Funeral services were planned for Saturday with burial at Black Oak Cemetery.
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William van Haaften
John van Haaften
Johanna van Haaften
Pella
Sind
Hears W. de Bruit
Gombert
John Vroom
Andrew Vander Wal
M. van Dyk
Third Reformed Church of
van Dy
Black Oak Cemetery
Fune
Mrs Minerva Norena Grandia obituary in Leighton Iowa
Mrs Minerva Norena Grandia of Leighton Iowa was born April 17 1862 in Missouri and died July 8 at her home at age 10 years 2 months 21 days She married Abraham Grandia March 17 1886 and had five children with two sonspreceding her in death Survived by John A Grandia Lewis Van Tort Walter G Grandia Morte Brummel 100 grandchildren and 66 great grandchildren She belonged to the Ebenezer Reformed Church Funeral services were held July 10 at the farm home with Rev Hesedink of Leighton officiating Interment Porterville Cemetery
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Norena Minter Ofohn
Adair Moore
Missouri
Abraham Midi
Mr. Grandia
John A. Grandia
Leighton
Lewis van ‘Tort
Pella
Walter G. Grandia
Vella
Morte Brummel
Ebonezer Reformed Church of
Pepane
T Hesedink
Porterville
Obituary of Robu Avery in Knoxville Iowa
Robu Avery son of John Ho and Mary Stronjanan Avery died after years of illness at his daughter’s home in Knoxville Iowa. He had lived in Homesdate Penne Jauney and later farmed near Knoxville. He joined the Christian Church in early life and remained a member through moves to Pennsylvania and Iowa. Surviving are his wife Mary and several children and grandchildren, with services conducted at the Knoxville church and burial at Coal Ridge cemetery.
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Robu
Ralph Avery
John Ho
Mary Stronjanan Avery
Pelt
Tava
Knoxville
Pennsylvania
Christian Church
Seat
Boershipy
Lowa
Lows
Almas
Horn
Marjorie Heffeltinger
Collins
Fern V Avery
Stee
Robert Knoxville
Low Geo
Sherlock
I Avery
Therids
Avery
Chom Widge
Nris
Wherrend
Albany
New York
Mer
Fountain of Town
Uhre
Tum
Thrush
Alverved
Two Arelock
Christ Church
Iowa
W. W. Glenn Saud
Wyatt Welch
Jesus
Isle of Somewhere
Chahner Neal
M. Onstank
A. O. Duis
Jesse Heywood
Frank Schmidt
Rd. Fast
Neal Koster
Robert Jones
Wayne Covey
Marvin M. Pigs
Coal Ridge Cemetery
Mrs H W Kolenbrander Dies at 72 in Oskaloosa
Mrs H W Kolenbrander died at Mahaska Hospital Oskaloosa on Tuesday morning after extended illness. She was 72, survived by her husband three daughters and one son Johanna Vos New Sharon Rachel Goemaat Leighton Dena Ver Meer Pella and Reverend D J Kolenbrander Springfield SD nine grandchildren one brother and two others.
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H. W. Kolenbrander
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Kolenbrander
Johanna Vos
New Sharon
Rachel Goemaat
Leighton
Dena Ver Meer
War Bonds Guard Home Front sisters survive also
Sisters Jo De Brain of Pella Mrs Pete De dens of the Home forth ased in Melle and Mrs A C De ony of Pells Funeral services will be help the Cooperative Tome for Funerals at 10 o'clock Thursday Afternoon, Hay Lethe ant at 200 Welock at the third Reformed Church Reverend GC Meuni Will have charge of the Serviews.
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Jo. de Brain
Pella
Pete de Dens
Melle
A.C. de Ony
Pells
Tome
Hay Lethe Ant
Welock
Third Reformed Church
GC. Meuni
Bhuck Oak Cemetery
Poultry Advice On Collecting Eggs And Temperature
A wartime guidance piece urges gathering eggs from hens regularly and storing them at about 70 degrees. It recommends using wire baskets for storage and notes a single rooster can fertilize eggs for a large flock. The article frames the practice as aiding food supply for armed forces and civilians.
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Bache Ile
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Pella Airways Field
Paul “Parson” Scholte
Ed van Gorp
Aviation Enthusia
Victory Gardeners Attention
Mrs. Minerva
John Ralph Avery
Co-Op
RINSO
Fiat
White Rock Springs
Colored Springs
Leghorn Springs
Farmers Union
War Bonds Guard
Mor Cocker
Huey
Finn
Patel
Sadler
Slossen
U.S. Treasury Dept
Gathen
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