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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1952
Page
3
Willis A. Van Haaften entered service October 15 1951. After basic training at Fort Tainter he studied carpentering then enjoyed a 21 day furlough with wife Jane and daughter Jane Ann. He later reported to Camp Kilmer New Jersey and is deployed to Austria. His address listed as Pvt Willis A Van Haaften U S 55163023 1036 Prov Co Ist Plat APO 168 New York NY.
Cpl Chadwick L Ver Ploeg entered service April 13 1951 and trained at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri and Fort Bliss Texas. He sailed from Seattle September 21 1951 to Korea arriving October 9. Serving as a cook with the Anti Artillery unit he has spent time behind the front lines. After a rest in Japan in early April he returned to Korea. He is married to Mrs Irene Ver Ploeg.
Dr Henry Poppen, veteran missionary and leader within the Reformed Church in America, was elected president of the synod by 250 delegates at Rock Fill Party. The meeting praised Poppen for decades of service, while officers announced gains in church membership and school enrollment. The assembly urged Congress to repeal McCarran act provisions for concentration camps and pressed on church-state broadcasting and moral policy.
Iowa State College expert Opal Roberson notes improved rayon suits suit working women and homemakers seeking cost efficiency. Modern finishes give better tailoring and durability, with crease resistance and easy care. White or off-white suit options fit weddings and formal events, while dark rayons, pastels, and patterned fabrics expand versatile wear. Rev. Prof. M Stephen James unveils a church liturgy revision, with synod approval for two years of study and later ratification by 44 classes.
At the state game farm near Boone, 3500 pheasant and 1500 quail chicks hatch weekly. Over the coming weeks 9000 pheasants and 9500 quail will be handed to 42 sportsmen groups. Pheasants finish hatching by June 21 and quail by July 18.
Obituary for Harry Ketels born 1919 Blairstown Iowa, died June 6 1952 in Oskaloosa at 32? age 82 9 12. Lucile Cox Ketels born 1920 Union Township died same day age 92 9. Daughter Janice Jane born 1949 died at 3 3 17. Funeral held June 1952 Pella Baptist Church. Survivors include Carole Jean Norman and others from Montezuma and Des Moines.
Cornelia Johanna Van Vliet nee Eysink was born November 18 1875 in Pella Iowa and died June 2 1952 at Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines after complications from hip surgery. She lived in Pella most of her life except one year in Des Moines. She married Nicholas Van Vliet in May 1928 and he died March 1 1948. Survived by sister Mrs John Boyt of Des Moines and brother Henry J.
The piece contrasts slugging the threshing machine with a proper feeding program. It notes the shift from 672 pounds of corn per 100 pounds of pork to hogs marketed on 600 pounds of feed or less, achieved by using a balanced ration tailored to breeding, gestation, lactation, growth, and fattening stages.
Funeral services were held Thursday June 7th 1962 at the Van Dyk Funeral Home for a Des Moines woman. The services were led by C. H. Brown and Thomas McMillan with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Surviving relatives include five stepchildren from Washington DC and Iowa, nieces Grace Van Wyk and Elizabeth Boyt, and nephews J Walter Boyt, Arthur Boyt, John Eysink, and others from Iowa and Ohio.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness during Mrs. Cornelia Van Vliet illness and after her death. Grateful for sympathy and flowers as tokens of respect from foster-mothers, aunts, and family.
Dr Henry L Mol son of Lubbertais and Jane Bakker was born in Sibley Iowa January 8 1897 and died June 3 1952 at Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo of a heart attack aged 55. He studied at Northwestern Classical School Orange City Hope College class of 1921 and Northwestern University medical degree 1926. He married Hattie Edna Ver Meer December 24 1923 at Sioux Center and they had two sons Henry Roger and James. He is survived by his widow six sisters.
Mrs John Schut and others from Michigan Minnesota and Iowa attended funeral services Thursday at 2 30 in the First Presbyterian Church in my Center Rev Gerben Van Baten led the rites At Center parish church location not specified in the text.
Jessie Etta Parker Millege born September 9 1866 married Isaac Millege July 2 1884. Ten children born, four died. Survived by two daughters Lillie McCombs and Bessie Morbito and two daughters Tracy and Alice, plus sons Joe and Clyde. Twenty grandchildren. Funeral June 9 1952 at Cooperative Garden Chapel with Rev Haverkamp. Porterville Cemetery burial.
We thank former friends and neighbors who aided and comforted our family after the death of our mother and grandmother Mrs Tenac Miltege. We are grateful for all expressions of sympathy and flowers sent as tokens of regard.
Poultrymen urged by Tow a Bates College to watch for coccidiosis in brooder flocks. Stir litter at first sign of matting. If chicks grow drowsy or pass bloody droppings, treat with epsom salts or a sulfa compound to combat the infection.
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