Summer Music Course Success By Mr Ruby
Music teacher Mr Ruby reports the Summer Music Course funded by the school board and parents has been a big success with over forty students. The band met mornings three days weekly and improved both collectively and individually. They performed at Knox ville for Soldiers Home and at the Citizenship Program on June 20, with future concerts planned at a swimming pool on July 28 and in Lynnville on August 3, as snapshots show the June practice at Iman’s Grove.
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Ruby
Knoxville
Lynnville
Iman's Grove
Pot luck supper for Winters Mennengas and guests
Social notes from Maurice and Pella recount visits among De Cook Duven Spyker Beckering Van Pear sem families. Rotary talk on courtesy at Le Cocq cafe urged better civic lighting and year round accessibility. 4-H club staged lawn program raising funds for Ames delegates. multiple families sent updates on reunions and sendoffs at local gatherings.
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S R. de Cook
Minnie Duven
Simon’ Spyker
Nellie Beckering
Pella
Peter van Pearsem
Maurice
Tena de Jong
Beckering
R. de Cook
S. Spyker
Peter
Martin van Pearsem
Spyker
de Cook
Pella High Band Outing Prepares County Church Day Plan
The outing at Grandman's Grove drew a small crowd but signals future events. Rev. M. M. Pigg led a church group meeting after supper and Rev. L. L. Bond reported on the Marion county fair Church Day in August. C. M. Gilson pledged county ministers full support for a prominent, well-managed program with Dr. Ranier of Minneapolis delivering addresses and music featured.
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Pella
Grandman’s Grove
M. M. Pigg
Marion County
L. L. Bond
C. M. Gilson
Fair Board
Dr. Ranier
Minneapolis
Min
Legion and Auxiliary Picnic Sets August 2
A joint pot luck picnic of the American Legion and Auxiliary will be Tuesday evening August 2, 1938 at 6 30 p m in West Park. After supper attendees will join the Chamber of Commerce for a social gathering the rest of the evening. Members should pay dues to Mrs M Nesbit so the new president Mrs Thelma Van Hemert can have paid up membership for 1988 1939 to attend the Department convention at Waterloo Town in August.
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American Legion and Auxiliary
West Park
Chamber of Commerce
The
Legion Auxiliary
M. Nesbit
Thelma van Hemert
Department
Waterloo
Town
Banner Bearers Meet at Otley Reformed Church Lawn
The Banner Bearer society met on the parsonage lawn Tuesday afternoon with devotions led by Mrs N Roozenboom. Minutes and treasurer report were approved. $175 raised for basement fund. A quiz by Mrs Henry Kool, guitar and mouth harp pieces by Josephine Pui, solo by Mr Betty Kool. Two visitors present.
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Otley Reformed Church
N. Roozenboom
Henry Kool
Josephine Pui
Betty Kool
Jim van Vliet
John Stierman
G. Laurens
Picnic of Farm Union With Senator Gillette Speech
The Farm Union schedules a Wednesday August 24 picnic featuring Senator Guy Gillette as speaker. Voters hostile to him in the primary are noted, but the event promises a full day of entertainment and large attendance for farmers and townsfolk alike.
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Farm Union
Guy Gillette
Gillette
Baptist Dominic Checks Members With Church Scorecard
Rev Paul Christensen Baptist pastor prints a church bulletin score card for members to rate themselves and family. Ten points awarded per affirmative item covering church attendance Bible study devotion prayer and active involvement with church work or society.
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Paul Christensen
The
Baptist Church
Church Outreach and Daily Life Reflected in Bulletin
A Iowa bulletin poses questions about church support and personal faith in daily life. It asks readers if they give to church causes, subscribe to mission magazines, or call on the sick in the church’s interest. The piece emphasizes applying Christian faith to speech and kindness daily.
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Missions
Watchman Examiner
Ray Tis Record
Christian Norald
Need Not Be Alarmed Says Local Medic
Dr. Carl Aschenbrner counsels calm on growing government admin interferences. He argues expansion is a sign of the age and business logic, citing competition and duplication as inevitable. He suggests removing profit motive to reduce competition and notes local media pluralism in Pella.
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Carl Aschenhrner
Aschenbrenner
Pella
Beaurcick
C. of C. and The Legion Picnic Together
The Chamber of Commerce and Legion will share a picnic on Tuesday August 2 at West Market. Each family brings food. refreshments available. The Chamber band will perform on the market stand after the meal, inviting all to listen.
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Chamber of Commitrce
Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Hugo Kuyper
Vella
Farm Endorsed as Best Place by R A Awtry
R A Awtry, a local fur niture dealer and funeral director, proclaims the farm the best place. He says farmers err by chasing city life, arguing the urban edge often means only scraping by while staying rooted in farming offers steadier opportunity. He emphasizes knowing farm life and business.
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B.A. Awtry
Farm life praised over city work in tax view
The speaker extols the farm as a satisfying life while dismissing city advancement. He favors the retail sales tax as fair and easy to pay, arguing it spreads the burden to all and avoids the inequities of the property tax.
Believes Sales Tax Is Just One Believes Tax View Cited
O. A. Bailey of Coal Ridge, a varied subscriber, argues a sales tax is only one part of fiscal policy. The comment appears amid reader letters discussing tax plans and local funding.
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O. A. Bailey
Coal Ridge
Tme
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Ralph
Sylvan Dells
Mrs. Beckering
Aledo, Ill
C. I. Fox
Keneth Fox
Mary Ann
J. EB. Shultz
Ray Fox
Charles City
Keith Fox
Robert Joe
Keota
Aledo
Ill
David Loetscher
Dr. Fox
Andrew Douglas
Seaton
van den Berg
Rotary
Rotary Club
LeCocq
G. H. van den Berg
Charley van Vliet
East First Street
S. Bert Baron
Sam van Vliet
Indianola
Herman Vander’ Linden
Leighton
Scott Uneedus
4-H Club
Scott Uneedus 4-H
Gon Ver Ploeg
Ames
Catherine Herney
Bernice Ver Ploeg
May Lucille den Adel
Edith Brummel
Joyce Ver Ploeg
Esther Brummel
Joyce Barnes
Esther van Houweling
Clara Brummel
Norma June van Steenis
Edith Hackett
Anna Brummel
Central College
West Maret
Len Winter
Geo. Mennenga
Dubuque
Mennengas
Michigan
Marion County Ministerial Association
Legion and Auxiliary
H. Church Ford
Harlan County
Baptist Dominic
Penney’s
Bayon Street
Ais
C. of C
R. A. Awtry
Hayes
Batiste
Mrs. Mitten
Penney
Jacquard
Norway
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