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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1956
Page
2
Community members from Pella and nearby towns travel for visits in Red Bank New Jersey Des Moines Ames and Oskaloosa. Residents including Mrs Buitenwerf Mr. Van Dorland Miss Roorda and Mrs. Eggleston are noted along with hospital dismissals and military service returns.
Nensikheven Mr and Mrs Martin Nunnik of Leighton Route 1 welcome a son born July 18 at Oskaloosa hospital. Rosendaal Mr and Mrs William C Rozen daal of Lynnville are parents to a son born July 18 at Mercy. Lt and Mrs Jerry M Blunck in Clovis New Mexico welcome Karl William born July 11 1956. Betsy Hoksbergen noted as Mrs Betsy Blunck, daughter of Mr and Mrs Matt Hoksbergen of Ella. Nichless Mr and Mrs Harold Nichless of Pella announce a daughter born July 23 at Mahaska Hospital Oskaloosa.
Farm incomes fell from July 1955 to May 1956 despite a 9 percent rise in exports for that period versus the prior year. Economist Francis A. Kutish notes fats and oils surged due to European olive oil crop damage and currency sale rules, while overall export boosts stem from foreign demand and government programs. Cotton led a decline, then began to move as CCC export programs resumed. Farm exports excluding cotton in the last year are likely higher than any 30 year span.
The article notes farm output was excessive for market demand at current prices. It cites high farm product exports as a cause of the price drop and argues rising after tax income, up 3 percent from 1954, undercuts the idea that weak purchasing power drove the decline.
A regional education panel reviewed county schools, with Fred Dykens reporting on curriculum needs. A proposed score card would rate schools, while rough cost estimates suggested a new 400 pupil high school at 480000 and two grade centers at 150000 each, plus land and buses. County officials praised the effort and planned an early fall meeting.
Calvary Christian Reformed Church at Pella holds services at 9 30 am and 7 30 pm conducted by Seminarian Donald Griffioen The morning message covers Lord s Day 2 eme Just Punishment The evening message draws from Psalm 66 Trust in God in Time of Fear Calvary welcomes you all.
Wm. C. De Jong leads morning services at East Third and Franklin with the sermon The Worlds Most Important Invitation. Sunday School Hour features Witnessing Through Suffering. Evening program includes guest speakers Bob Omick Simon Terlouw Eugene De Hoog and ministerial student Eugene De Hoog. Trinity Church extends a cordial welcome to all.
Russell J. Redeker minister leads worship and Sunday School on Sunday with the topic Through Suffering at 10:00 a.m. A 6:30 p.m. evening service features The Amazing Magnetic Lists and Temple Time. Dr Jacob Prins speaks on A Politician Had Dinner With Him at 12:30 p.m. on KNWS and 9:30 p.m. on KXEL.
The First Reform Church at 605 Broadway hosts morning and evening worship led by Rev. Ralph G. Menning of Central Park Reformed Church Holland Michigan. Sunday includes 11:00 a.m. Sunday school with Witnessing Through Suffering, 6:30 p.m. Senior Christian Endeavor, 7:30 p.m. Evangelistic service, and 7:45 p.m. Bible study and prayer time. Dorcas meets Thursday at 1:00 p.m.
The notice lists worship times across two churches with sermons titled Forgiveness and Hope and Life's Treasure Hidden in Field. It includes morning Bible School at 9:30 a.m. with services 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dr. Vander Waal to preach, junior and senior C.E. at specified times, and a Thursday talk by Mr Pinch before a three month leave, on A Greater and More Potent Power than Atomic Energy.
Arnold Punt announces Sunday worship times with a 9 30 morning Sunday school lesson on Witnessing through suffering and an evening service at 7 30. Mass occurs every Sunday morning at 8 30, sustaining the weekly worship pattern.
Pella notices announce a recurring pan every second day of each month at 7 30 by Rev. H L Van Delon. The fragment provides minimal scheduling details and names a religious figure presiding over the event.
Rev G Lubbers missionary speaker on the Reformed Witness Hour program airing Sunday morning at 700 on Semayeg channel originating from First Protestant Church Grand Rapids.
Leslie Bogaards won a 6 lb 6% oz ham by drawing straws while Mary Ellen Van Heukelem missed the ear of corn by one kernel on 858. Married couples wrapped by wives won a mixing bowls set. seven hat contests crowned Mrs Valster as oldest wearers. Prizes included a whistling teakettle for the newlyweds and a baby toy for Donna Jean Van Roekel. Mrs Carolyn Fagan then swerved to miss a duck and fell 20 feet down a bank near Anamosa.
Richard Sylvester of Lynnville, 18, a Central College student, wins regional honors for Iowa and Missouri in the 1956 Guild competition. He receives 150 dollars and an expense free trip to Detroit for the convention, with national university scholarships possible. Other winners include Don Westen, Terry Wobbin, Steve Berenyi, and several honorable mention awardees across Iowa and Missouri. The Guild distributes 116,000 dollars in cash and scholarships annually.
Iowa State College agronomist Darren Metcalfe reports desiccants improve seed harvest of birdsfoot trefoil by drying foliage to reduce shattering. Trials show desiccant sprays applied when pods are light brown, about a week before natural pod split, allow safer direct combining. Per acre costs run near $5 with 2 quarts dinitro or 4 quarts pentachlorophen but vary with weather and application timing.
Kiwanis and Rotary played a baseball game with Kiwanis collecting nine runs and Rotary eight. Key players include Stanley Ver Heul with two singles, Donald Ver Meer with two singles, Bob Ulrich hitting a home run, and Vander Wert contributing for Kiwanis. Final score shows Kiwanis nine Rotary eight with inning details listed.
Van Gorps upset Kiwanis 10 to 6 on Tuesday evening with 12 hits led by Roger Palmquist who belted two home runs. Alvin Van Dyke and Don Ver Meer added doubles as Kiwanis answered with home runs by Bob Ulrich and Donets.
Rietveld, a four year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin, won first prize in a doll sewing contest featured on the Mary Blyth program last Friday morning. Sharon received a doll and was highlighted on the same Mary Show segment.
The article lists Arion Award winners and states that Miss Rede ker and Miss Boat will be named on the plaque. It notes a vote to add the late Dr Louis De Vries for his support and mentions Fred Whalley assigning tasks for the year. Anthony read names for Rotary Golf tourney attendance at Indianola on August 8.
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