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Pella Chronicle in Pella, Iowa

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Pella Chronicle

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Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1947

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Vacation visitors and local movers fill Pella notes

A long list of summer visitors and locals touring Colorado, Iowa, and California fills the week. Mae Thomassen, daughter and friends tour Boulder Cheyenne and rest towns. Jimmy Schultz visits from Kirksville. Marcia Kuyper and Barbara Garrett visit. Peter Lankelma arrives from Cleveland for two weeks. many locals travel to Red Wing Estes Park and Des Moines for business and pleasure. Gordon Rugaard attends summer school at Washington University with 4100 students. real estate deals reshape nearby farms and lots. a newborn joins the Boertje family and several hospital recoveries are noted. Wayne Schakel becomes Daily Iowan news editor.

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Jimmy Schultz Kirksville Iowa R. F. Blecha Marcia Kuyper Iowa University H. E. Kuyper Jimmy Ikuta Tomie Los Angeles County California Miss Tomic Barbara Garrett Los Angeles M. Vander Linden Colorado Seth Mann Oxford Town Floyd R. Gambell Des Moines Pella Gambell Garden Square Legion Hall New York Life Insurance Company Georgetown Gertrude Lautenbach Denver Charles Ft. Collins Mary Jane Toom Bess McBride John F. Vander Zyl Oskaloosa Neal Randall Estes Park Henry Boertje Mercyhos Oskaloosa Washington University St. Loui Mo Gordon Rugaard William Rugaard Gordon Bert Boat George van Gorkum Chicago D. C. van Zante Robert Lee Dirk Indianapolis Indiana Cleveland Ohio Baltimore Maryland Frank Warner Marion van Houweling John van Elswyk Old Bethel Church Hubert Steenbock Harry van Wyk Gilbert Boat Morningside W. P. Koopman John Liter East 3Rd Street Dan Dingeman Liter Main Street Warner J. Vande Voort Holland Michigan Albert Petzold Albert John Stennet Texas I. J. Beerends Petzold G. H. Waechter R. J. Vanden Berg Extes Park
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Rolscreenings and Local Happenings At a Glance

Daily production remains high with six hundred blinds shipped and last week’s output tallying 2000 Rolscreens and 1250 casement windows. Staff news covers leave, weddings, college preparations, new machinery, and social incidents among Rolscreen workers, plus a light verse about Johanna Van Dyke.

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Bob Wallace South Dakota Erma Wallace Doris Gosselink Grand Rapids Ichigan Calvin College Ruthie van Ee Leon Vander Schaaf Fulton Minois Wilma Schakel Gert de Peni Rolscreen Dick den Adel Charles Watkins Jeanette van Pearsem Johanna van Dyke
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Birthdays and visits mark July at the Home for the Age

On July 12 Mrs. Sara Van Rys wyk turned 81 and on July 14 Mrs. John De Vries reached 75. Residents and friends visited, including Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit De Jong and Mrs. P De Jong, while the Gospel Singers from the Second Church Reformed performed for inmates on July 10, bringing joy to all.

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Fred Lautenbach Verlo Ver Dught Red Wing Minnesota Billy Lautenbach St. Ansgar Sara van Ryswyk John de Vries Tom Vander Hart Gerrit de Jong P. de Jong Josie Meyer Ben Meyer Ottumwa Ray Tukker Brecksville Ohio H. de Wild John den Hartog E. den Hartog C. den Hartog John Sterk Bless van Wyk Oskaloosa Dick Hagen Gerrit den Hartog Gertrude Griffioen W. den Hartog Ruth Kaldenberg Grinnell Sarah van Ryswyk Second Chr. Reformed Church
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Iowa Corn Prospects 40 Percent Below 1946 Crop

Iowa's corn crop prospects for 1947 show a 40 percent drop from the 1946 record, with a projected yield around 40 bushels per harvested acre on 9.924 million acres. Oats output is about 204.7 million bushels with a harvest area near 5.686 million acres, while soybean acreage rises to 1.964 million acres amid adverse weather and shifting planting plans.

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Iowa Corn Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
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Iowa crop and hay stock report highlights 1947 figures

Acreage of hay reaches about 3.445 million acres, near but above last year and the 10 year average. Expected hay yield 1.60 tons per acre, slightly under last year but above average. Iowa corn on hand July 1, 1947 totals 183.379 million bushels, up 29 percent from 1946, with oats stock 44.095 million bushels and soybeans 1.049 million bushels.

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Towa Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
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