Rally Day Plans for Reform Church in America
The President's Cabinet of the Reform ed Church in America outlines an extensive campaign from Rally Day in September to Pentecost in spring. Led by Rev. J Harvey Murphy, the program centers on unity, worship, study, prayer, and evangelism with events, guides, and denominational days to boost church life and fiscal support amid plans for minister retreats and city conferences.
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The
Reformed Church In America
J. Harvey Murphy
Hudson, N. Y
Synod
Camping and Scout Craft Occupy Troop 72 BSA of Pella
Scout troop 72 in Pella prepares for August camping as members Van der Linden Hayes Lautenbach Kempkes and Kuyk vie for Polk County Class Scout honors. Most scouts earned two hikes before camp with Rudy Schildey and Burl Vander Zyl reluctant to hike. An overnight June hike shows boys packing mosquito tents and confronting a blanket stealing four mosquitoes at once.
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Polk ‘St
Rudy Schildey
Burl Vander Zyl
Charles Lautenbach
Young Sixamith
Jack Sixsmith
Stanley Ver Ploeg
Harold Hayes
Driver loses control after incident with minister in car ditching
The driver became excited and lost control, crashing into a ditch after veering off the road. Reverend George M. Derbyshire, a local Baptist minister now in Berkeley, and his wife clamped brakes to avoid a collision as they followed the van into the ditch. The Reverend then asked if the driver had been drinking or fainted.
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Gezel
George M. Derbyshire
Berkeley
Cal
Conference plans near Selkirk with notable speakers
In 1939 midwest and 1930s spring west, plans for the Selkirk conference are nearly finished with speakers including Rev Norman Vincent Peale D D of Marble Collegiate Reform ed Church New York City Rev Executive Mark A Dawber D D Secretary Home Council Hon Jared Van Wagen er former Assemblyman Schoharie County Hon William S Dunn Assistant Commissioner Agriculture New York Hon F Walter Bliss Judge Appellate Division Supreme Court New York a $2 fee covers all conference charges including meals and lodging Summer youth conferences are held for five or six days at numerous camps east and west with large attendance and remarkable success.
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Middle West
Far West
Selkirk
Norman Vincent Peale
Marble Collegiate Reformed Church
New York City
Ecutive
Mark A. Dawber
D. D
The
Home Council
Jared van Wagener
Schoharie County
William S. Dunn
Commission of Agriculture
Corn Heat Damages Iowa Crops Across Regions
The Iowa weather and crop bulletin cautions heat and drought across the state. Corn in southern and western districts shows damage from 100 degree days, with tassels and silks affected and potential yield losses. some areas report good yields, others near failure. Chinch bugs spread, pastures decline, and water hauling increases as harvest of small grains and alfalfa second cut proceed.
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Iowa Weather and
Fremont County
Iowa Falls
Allamakee County
Iowa
Towa
Forty Year Old Grain Binder Still Strong at Taylor Farm
Harold Taylor, a New Sharon farmer, praises his 40 year old McCormick grain binder now used annually for harvest. He notes the tool’s durability and recalls how his foster father bought it in 1898 as newer binders with twine knotting devices emerged, contrasting with the modern combine seen nearby.
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Harold Taylor
New Sharon
Taylor
Highway 61
Harold
C. W. Lawrence
Old Binder Keeps Harvest Memories Alive in Iowa
A forty year old binder from New Sharon Star era records its remarkable return to fields as Harold Taylor recounts the device’s legacy. Bought in Pella two years before Harold’s birth, the machine’s knotting apparatus and original slats reveal decades of faithful service. Despite early skepticism, the binder cuts a five foot swath, bundles perfectly, and aims for a fifty year life while neighbors recall its storied use each harvest season.
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Taylor
Pella
Lawrence
Harold
Dad Alwa
Sean
Sharon Star
Bee Story Sparks Morning Wit From Local Smithy
Bill Gezel, Otley area smithy, recounted a tale Monday about a bee that inflamed a journey home. He described the bee entering a car and flying about, illustrating the small creature’s surprising potential for disruption.
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Bill Gezel
Mr. Gezel
Otley
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Dr. M. €. Verhey, D. O
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Lautenbach
Kempkes
Kuyk
Max Kuyk
Mr. Ruby
Binder
Dominic
Sargent
Lofstedt Brothers
Greene County
Chicago
Sargents
John Wynberg
Allen's Store
Complete Infants
Amber
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Pella, Iowa
van Houweling Auto Co
van Houweling’s
Goodrich
Pennzoil
Kendall
A. B. van Houweling Auto Company
Dodge-Plmouth Sales and Service
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