Pool Opens Here Monday for Twenty Fifth Season
The Pella Municipal Swimming Pool begins its twenty-fifth season on Monday afternoon with season tickets at Verrips Grocery in South Pella Ideal Pharmacy and the Legion Hall downtown Prices stay the same as last year Paul Bradigan recreation commission director will oversee operations Swim lessons start soon and require an instruction permit for enrollment Beginners swim lessons are free Adult swim sessions from 5 to 6 p.m are discontinued Private pool parties can be arranged by contacting Paul Bradigan Lifeguards listed include Linda Tysseling Kay Kuyper Marilyn Van Didoil Vanden Berg and Zante Details and prices appear in the issue advertisement
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Pella
Verrips Grocery
South Pella
Ideal Pharmacy
Legion Hall
Pella Recreation Comission
Paul Bradigan
Bradigan
Recreation Commission
Linda Tysseling
Kay Kuyper
Marilyn van Dido Il Vanden Berg
Zante
Vacation Bible School Begins June 5 at Three Churches
Vacation Bible School starts Monday June 5 at 9 a.m. at Baptist Second and Third Reformed churches. Children aged four to grade eight attend, with classes at each church by age group. Two week program June 6 to 16 runs 9 to 11 15 daily with a missions offering and a final demonstration. Parents asked to register child name church affiliation and contact number.
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Union
Baptist
Third Reformed
Baptist Church
Third Reformed Church
Second Reformed Church
First Baptist Church
Open Bible
Reformed
Pella Saluted On Mary J Chinn Show
Local dignitaries appear in Dutch costume on the Mary Jane Chinn Show at 1 PM over KRNU TV Channel 8. Interviewed by Mrs Chinn will be Mayor Richard Tysseling Central College President Arend Lubbers and Mrs Paul Farrer and Mrs Ralph Vermeer.
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Mary Jane Chinn
Krnutv
Channel 8
Chinn
Richard ‘Tysseling
Central College
Arend D. Lubbers
Paul Farrer
Ralph Vermeer
Haverkamps Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Open house today honors Rev. and Mrs. Anthony Haverkamp, marking fifty years of marriage. The couple, long tied to the First Reformed Church in Pella and Cedar Grove, Wisconsin, has connected hundreds in wedlock since his ordination, with 297 ceremonies performed. Friends are invited 2 to 5 pm at 806 Peace Street.
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Anthony Haverkamp
Harold Haverkamp
Peace Street
Haverkamp
First Reformed Church
Monroe
South Dakota
Sioux Center
Iowa
Pella
Haverkamps
Cedar Grove
Wisconsin
Named to Honor Roll at Pella High School
The second semester honor roll list released by Community High School principal Jean Wilkins includes seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshmen. Names span Gosselink to Vander Zyl with GPAs noted as at least B average.
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Pella High
Community High School
Jean Wilkins
Jerry Gosselink
Larry Haverkamp
Edward Klyn
Gary Muilenberg
George Vande Voort
Robert Vos
Bill Vroom
Billy Wing
Ben van Zante
Ruth Brouwer
Rita Castel
Evelyn Dykstra
Betty van Ekeren
Kathy Gosselink
Mary Hollebrands
Karen
Paul Bogaard
Ray
F Beyers
Marvin Hackert
Lawrence van Heukelem
Ralph de Jong
Jan Krekel
Eugene Mathes
Lewis Vande Voort
Judy Vande Kieft
Ruth Fleck
Judy den Adel
Joyce Garrett
Janice de Geus
Mary Gosselink
Donna de Hamer
Melba van Hemert
Wendy Knowles
Nancy Kool
Nancy Vander Pol
Nancy Poortinga
Martha Schakel
Twilla Tukker
Nancy Vos
Marsha Vanders
JoAnn Wittenberg
Julia de Penning
Rodney Gaard
Don Hoekstra
Marvin Vande Kieft
Harris Kuiper
Mike McNamar
Henry Ver Ploeg
Roger Ringwalda
Glen van de Voort
Marvin van Wyk
Marilyn Hindman
Delores Holm
Charlene Klyn
Edith van der Linden
Gwen Mathes
Sharon van Rees
Vivian Vroom
Eunice Roorda
Jeanne Ruthven
Judy Steenhoek
Linda Ward
Donna Wichhart
Eunice Vander Zyl
Rattle Snake Bites Cow East of Pella
A Holstein on dairy farmer Harold Ver Meer’s east of Pella pasture was bitten by a rattlesnake. Dr. Robert Van Dyk said the cow will recover with no lasting harm though the udder will peel and teats turn black. The Ver Meers suspect timber clearing nearby spooked the snake. locals note snakes appeared in the area many years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Harold Ver Meer
Ver Meer
Plainview
Robert van Dyk
Paul Ver Meer
Harold
Midget League Opens as Van Gorp Blank Jaycees 7-0
Van Gorp Insurance opened the 1961 Midget League season by defeating the Pella Jaycees 7-0 Monday night. Joel Caldwell pitched for Van Gorp with 15 strikeouts, two hits, and two walks, while Jaycees starter Gordon Graham fanned two in one inning. Heavy contributions came from Jeff Emmert with a two base hit and Dennis Van Gorp and Bob Peters with extra-base blows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Gorp Insurance
Pella Jaycees
van Gorp
Joel Caldwell
Jaycees
Gordon Graham
Jeff Emmert
Dennis van Gorp
Bob Peters
County Zoning Phase 1 Report Hearsits Progress In Marion County
Anderson Engineering Co presented maps showing school districts population land features and existing uses at Knoxville as zoning committee board and County Engineer M Hanson attended The contract covers phase I analyzing land use road plans and valuations to gauge feasibility Phase II would involve formal zoning and a district map Cost is 4875 with six months to complete and funding from Iowa Development Commission sought to continue the project
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Anderson
Knoxville
Board of Supervisors
M. Hanson
Anderson Engineering Company
Marion County
Iowa Development Commission For Financial Aid
Victor Whitlateh
Harriet Heusinkveld
National Science Foundation Scholarships Awarded
Two Christian High teachers earned NSF scholarships to summer school. Jay Weldhouse of P.C.H.S. will study at Kansas State University in Manhattan for eight weeks, focusing on modern algebra geometry and analysis. Dick Vander Laan, boys’ coach and science teacher, received a biology grant at Central Michigan University, attending cell biology and microbiology topics with Dr. Marion Huffman as guest lecturer, from June 19 to July 28, with wife and daughter accompanying him to Grand Rapids for six weeks.
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Veldhouse
Dick Vander Laan
Central Michigan University of
Vander Laan
Marion Huffman
Central College
Grand Rapids
Vander
Swimming
Christian High School
Central Diamond
Leighton
Memorial Day golf cart crash breaks shoulder in Pella
Mrs. George Lankelma sustained a broken shoulder when she tumbled from a battery powered golf cart on North Broadway. She and her granddaughter were riding for a spin near the Armour Boot property when the cart veered out of control. It was the first golf cart casualty reported in Pella.
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George Lankelma
Memorial Day
North Broadway
Armour Boot
Pella
Leighton Bible School Begins Monday
Daily Vacation Bible School for children four through eighth grade will be held at Leighton Eben Ezer Reformed Church from June 5 to 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton Ebenezer Reformed Church
Midget League Rosters Expanded For New Season
105 teams are listed across two divisions the American and National in the Midget League this season. Otley Merchants Ideal Pharmacy and Ver Dughts Insurance Rockets join the lineup along with eight returning clubs. The league aims for 27 games with playoffs possible July 29 and a city title set for August 1 and 2.
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Palipins Proaregant
Eas Iare
Otley Merchants
Ideal Pharmacy
Ver Dught
Bakker & Rus
Ver Dught’s Insurance Rockets
Rossereen
West End
66” Service
Leighton
Otley
van Gorp Insurance
Jaycees
Kiwanis
Rotary
Iowa State Fair Culinary Plans and Prizes 1961
Mrs. W L Van Peursem Mitchellville heads the culinary department as the 1961 Iowa State Fair showcases Civil War Centennial Specials. Awards total 45 dollars, with exhibits evoking home kitchen memories and in vehicle foods once served to soldiers.
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W. L. van Peursem
Mitchellville
Coxes Grant 77500 Annuity To Central College Music Fund
President Arend D. Lubbers reports a 77500 annuity gift to Central College by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cox of Pella. Half funds a new music building, half endows a chair for string instruments and scholarships for violin viola cello and bass talents. The Cox and Snow Cox Foundations now total 97500. Gifted as stock including Pillsbury shares, the donation prompts praise from Philip W. Pillsbury for educational peace through support of Central College. Dr Gox formerly taught music at Central and received an honorary Doctor of Music in 1948.
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Arend D. Lubbers
Central College
Henry Cox
Pella
Cox Music Foundation
Pillsbury
Gox
Central
Cox
Bakker Awaits Call to Mission Field after Graduation
Frank Bakker, 52, former Pella businessman, awaits placement in a foreign mission field after graduating May 26 at the Reformed Bible Institute in Grand Rapids, Mich. He left Bakker & Bus Feed Store and Elevator three years ago to study missionary work. His associates Robert Van Hemert and Art Breen attended the ceremony with their wives. Bakker has three sisters active in Reformed Church missionary services, and his late brother died just before completing pre-ministerial studies.
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Frank Bakker
Pella
The
Reformed Bible Institute
Grand Rapids
Mich
Bakker
Bible Institute
Bakker & Bus
Robert van Hemert
Art Breen
Jeanette
Adelphine
Sara
Reformed Church
Pella Men Fishing In Northern Minnesota
Three Pella men Walt Koopman Don Andrews and Marvin Tysseling fish walleyes in northern Minnesota near the Rainy River at the Lake of the Woods inlet. They rested at noon last Saturday and expect to be home next Saturday.
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Pella
Walt Koopman
Don Andrews
Marvin Tysseling
Minnesota
Rainy River
Lake of the Woods
Leighton Hosts Rolscreen in Openers at Home
Leighton Merchants softball opens the season hosting the 1960 pennant winning Rolscreen at Leighton ballpark. Norman Ver Ploeg faces Leo Van Vark as Leighton seeks to topple last year’s undefeated Rolscreeners. Home games run Thursdays at 7 30 with the Ebenezer Reformed church Women’s Guild staffing the concession.
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Leighton Merchants
Leighton Ballpark
Leighton
Rolscreeners
Norman Ver Ploeg
Leo van Vark
Rolsereen
Pella Bankers
Women’s Guild of the Ebenezer Reformed Church
Otley man nets lunker bullhead at Pella area pond
Elmer Vogelaar of Otley caught a "lunker" bullhead from the John Hiemstra farm pond near Pella on Memorial Day. He and his two daughters also landed channel cats and an eight pound carp from the Des Moines River earlier, using crawlers with a casting rod.
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The
Chronicle
Elmer Vogelaar
Otley
John Hiemstra
Pella
Elmer
Des Moines
Chronicle News
Vander Schels Buy Vogelaar Hardware Store
Vander Schels acquire Vogelaar Hardware Store in Pella with 40 year family history. Ben Vogelaar and sons Carl Bernard retire. Vander Schels keep store name temporarily. Bob Klein leaves to focus on Pella Products and Holland House. upcoming California trip. Service station for sale but will run until new owner arrives.
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Voge- Yaar Hardware
Ben and Sons
Carl and
Bernard
Vander Schell
Bob Klein
Pella Products, Inc
Holland House
Ben Vogelady
Melvin
Jerry Vander Schel
West Market Park to Become Little Bit of Mexico Fiesta
On Friday June 2 from 10 am to 1 pm the Pella Campfire Girls and Bluebirds will transform West Market Park into a Mexican theme. Margaret Harrison leads as director with 7th and 8th grade girls directing games such as Hai Jlai Toreador vs El Toro and Break the Piñata. The event includes sombreros making, a cup and ball game, stories in English and Spanish, and a provided beverage with a 26 cent fee. rain plan moves to the American Legion Hall.
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Pella
Bluebirds
West Market Park
Mexico
Margaret Harrison
The
Heart of the Hawkeye Council
Taco Town
Bluebird
Campfire
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Jacob Porter
Inwood
Town
Wilson
Daven
Aouri
van Dyk
Y”Countys Zonk i
Anderson Engineering Copany
National Science Foundation
Jay Weldhouse
P.C.H.S
Manhattan
Kansas
Kansas State University
Coxes
C.U.S
Snow-Cox Foundation
Pillsbury Company
Philip W. Pillsbury
Yale University
Mission Field
Minn
Rolscreen
Charles Bogaards
Norman Ver Ploes
Larry Bogaard
Ken de Bruin
Phil Ongna
Ron van de Leest
Marvin Slin
Larry van Dusseldorp
John Newendorp
Bob Brouwer
Jerry Rempe
Lorena Steenhoek
Ph “de Tony
Steve de Cook
Rodney Ongna
Larry Groenendyk
Lunker
Vander Schels
Vogelaar Hardware
Vogelaar Hardware Store
Ben and
Gary Vogelaar
Jerry
Melvin Vander Schel
Stati Pella
Bernard Vogelaar
Moline
John Deere Tractor Works
Carl Vogelaar
Bass Lake
Calif
New Brunswick
Mkt
American Legion Hall
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