Untangling Bits of Early Pella Church History
Two longtime residents recall the town’s founding church story. M M De Reus contends the Soul Sleepers board church on Franklin street was first, while Mrs H Wormhoudt recalls Dominic Scholte opening a log-house worship site. The First Reformed church later formed at Union and Broadway as settlers split over Scholte's liberal views.
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Chronicle
Dominic H. P. Scholte
Pella
Soul Sleepers
Ulrich Motor Co
Franklin Street
M. M. de Reus
de Reus
Schulte
John de Vos
Grand Haven
Mich
LeCocq
G. H. Overkamp
Subdued recollections at church playground revisited
A brief passage recalls a girl who once attended a church and played at recess with other children. The author notes that others may have stories to illuminate the subject, and suggests there is always room for more details or perspectives.
Beer Garden Turned Religious Camp At Hickory Grove
About 2,500 to 3,000 people from Iowa Illinois and Missouri attended the Church of the Open Bible camp meeting on a former beer garden site at Hickory Grove south of Ottumwa. Clinton Baker testified about leaving the beer business to join the church and burning the 1938 beer license. Speakers included Luther Childs Des Moines missionaries and locals from Ottumwa Centerville and Des Moines.
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Hickory Grove
Ottumwa
Church of the Open Bible
Clinton Baker
Baker
Charles M. Leaming
Iowa
Ilinois
Missouri
Luther Childs
Centerville
Frank Smith
C. C. McCawn
Des Moines
Rocky” Forbes
Open Bible
Rangoon
Burma
Ottumwa Courier
Myrna Loy Headlines Man Proof in Stellar Cast
Myrna Loy, recently named the most popular American film actress, stars in Man Proof at the Pellascreen Wednesday. The film features Franchet Tone Rosalind Russell and Walter Pidgeon. Based on a Fanny Heaslip Lea novel Loy plays a modern girl who challenges old conventions in love.
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Myrna Loy
Francheta Tone
Rosalind Russell
Walter Pidgeon
Fanny Heaslip Lea
Miss Jay
Future Farmer emblem explained in this weekly feature
The Chronicle begins a series on Future Farmer Boys and their projects. The handbook defines the emblem as five symbols the owl for wisdom the plow for labor the rising sun for progress the corn ear cross section and the American eagle, with Vocational Agriculture and F F A on the face.
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The
Chronicle
Farmer
Farmer Boys
Future Farmer Handbook
Farm Project Interests This Quartette at Pella High
Four Future Farmers of America members from Pella High School work on a healthful farm project at the Vande Voort farm. The boys Willis Dieleman Jacob De Haan Ralph De Cook and Willis Vande Voort are shown learning practical farming skills as part of a praised instructional program.
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Future Farmers of America
Pella High School
Vande Voort
Willis Dieleman
Jacob de Haan
Ralph de Cook
Willis Vande Voort
Elmer Ver Meer
Howard Borgman
Tra Veldhuizen
James Huyser
Bill Huyser
Mark de Prenger
Robert Hugen
Herman Vander Linden
Eugene and Glen van Zee Philip Henry Lloyd van Zante
Charles de Wild
Maurice Verros
Gerald den Hartog
Gerald van Zante
Melvin van Zee
Arthur Beyers
John Vanden Baard
Ralph van Rheenen
Bill Hugen
Irgil Boot Willis Dieleman
Will Go on Tour of FFA Projects
FFA boys of Pella plan a Monday June 13 tour of corn yield test plots and other projects. Approximately 7:45 a.m. departure from the high school with stops to hear student briefings, lunch at Maurice Verros, and a kittenball game after noon.
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FFA Projects
Maurice Verros
Twelve Pella lads attend Des Moines carrier meet
David Braashart Billie Car Clyde Evers Harold Hayes Ma Kuyk Jim Kerr Tennis Tait Earl Toom Connie Van Berkum John Van Berkum Ralph Vander Beek Virgil Warner of Pella are among 4886 Iowa boys invited to the Ninth Annual Des Moines Register and Tribune carrier salesmen convention in Des Moines on Monday June 13. A morning business meeting precedes a Barnes Ruthers Circus show in the Coliseum. A group photo will appear in The Des Moines Sunday Register photogravure. A parade noon through downtown Des Moines an American record parade, last year drawing over 40000 spectators. Prizes totaling 125 will be offered for best stunts and costumes. After the parade carrier sales-
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David Braashart
Billie Car
Clyde Evers
Harold Hayes
Jim Kerr
Tennis Tait
Earl Toom
Connie van Berkum
John van Berkum
Ralph Vander Beek
Virgil Warner
Pella
Iowa
Des Moines Register and Tribune Carrer
Des Mines
Carrier
Barnes-Carruthers
Coliseum
Des Moines Sunday Register
Des Moines Loo
Riverview Park hosts free rides shows and pool for delegates
Men will be taken to Riverview Amusement Park for an afternoon of rides shows and refreshments all free. They may swim for free in Birdland Pool. Delegates and family members invited to the convention will wear special badges for identification.
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Riverview Amusement Park
Birdland Pool
Primaries Cast 2300 Votes Across Party Delegates
About 2300 ballots were tallied Monday across two primaries. Delegates to county conventions include Republicans from Lake P and First to Fourth wards with names such as G. H. Tyssel, Geo. V. TL Ve, K. J. Bean, Mrs. Bess Brooks, Ed Van Zante, J. S. Wilson, and many others. Democratic slates feature Lake Prairie and Second Ward selections with Arie Bogaard, Diller Dieleman, Henry Bronn, and Hoekstra among listed delegates.
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Lake
Meer
Ver Meer
G. H. Tyssel
Tysseling
Geo. V. TL
Republica
Stohn Kaldenberg
Coeq
LeCoe
Vander Linden
J. W. Linde
Y. Lankelma
Will Baer
M. Nesbit
H. J. Vanden Berg
First Ward
Ed Sehakel
J.C. de Bruin
J. Vander Syde
Ben Blommers
van Kuyper
A. R. van Houwel
van Houwel
Mary Butt
Y.T. Nicrt van Roekel
W. A. Butt
Political Committees Form in White Way Auto District
Democratic and Republican party leaders announced committee selections across wards. Names include M C Slob Henry Nevene Andrew Ver Ploegh Mrs Barney Mensch and G A Stout for Democrats in the 3rd Ward and H Yan Nimwoyen Dennis for Republicans. Committeewomen listed: Mrs A B Van Houweling Mrs Pearl Van Gorp Mrs B Mensch Mrs Mary A Butts Mrs Harold Veenstra Mrs J W Vander Linden Mrs Lillian Payne and others. Aluminum deposits in North China are exploited by Japanese. commentary notes grasping individuals decrying entitlement.
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3Rd Ward
M. C. Slob
Henry Nevene
Andrew Ver Ploegh
Barney Mensch
Art. ‘Klein
G. A. Stout
E. V.' Goad
Ryn’ van der Ploeg
Walter Donai
Second Ward
Dille Vander Ploeg
Pearl van Gorp
Third Ward
Comitteeman
M. G. Slob
B. Mensch
Fourth —Ward
W. A. Butts
Mary A. Butts
Prairie — Committeman
Harold Veenstra
Geo. Ver Steeg
J. W. Vander Linden
B. H. Sack
Moth-Proofing with Ber lon Endorsed by Pella Dress Club
Ber lon product promise mends moth damage for life of garment. Pella Dress Club endorses colorless odorless treatment as the trusted solution for fabric protection.
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Pella
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Scholte’s
P. W. Kelderman
Tone
Russell
Pidgeon
Blankets
Pepperelli
Baby Macassins
Jacques Taylor
Future Farmer Boys
Willis Vande Voorts
Pella Future Farmers of America
Glenn van Zee
Eugene van Zee
Virgil Boot
Ira Veldhuizen
Clarence van Buren
Phillip Herney
John Vanden Board
Herman Lloyd Vander Linden
F.F.A
Pioneer Hybrid Corn Company
Michael Leonard Seed Company
de Kalb Hybrid Corn Company
Pfisters Hybrid Corn
Oventty Funks Hybrid Corn Company
Frank Bakker
McCulloch Seed Farms
Belle Plaine
H. H. Turner
Grand Junction
National Hybrid Corn Company
Anamosa
Superior Corn Company
Will Dockendorff and Sons
Dedee ‘Abot
Mike Anders
Mike
White Way Auto
H. Yan
Nimwoyen
B.H
Dennis
Peter
Democratic First Ward
A. B. van Houweling
Ray J. de Haan
D. C. Thomas
North
China
White Way Auto Co
Chevrolet
NEW Ee Eejokers Akes
Bes
Kuypers
Frigidaire
General Motors
Automa
Tim
Kuyper
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