Municipal Pool Opens This Afternoon In Pella
Pella opens its municipal swimming pool this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. with season tickets sold by the Legion Auxiliary at Carpenter Drug Store City Office and pool check room. Adult tickets 4.80 tax included. children twelve and under 3.00. single admissions 80 cents adults 18 cents children. Pool hours vary daily with special Saturday schedule and evening close at 9:30 p.m.
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Pella
the Legion Auxiliary
Carpenter Drug Store
Sun
Millie Schakel
Gerrit
Pauline) D Wild
Outdoor Hymn Sing Planned in Garden Square
A church group plans an outdoor hymn sing in Garden Square to honor servicemen. The event Sunday, June 22 at 8:45 p.m. will be held in Central Park if weather permits, with Mrs. Ed Le Cocq leading. If rain, the service moves to the Second Reformed Church.
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Second Reformed Church
Reminder to Rural School Boards on Fall Pupils
Supt. C. C. Buerkens urges rural boards in Pella outlying areas to report new fall pupils to the superintendent by July 1. The process begins with a designation blank filed by the rural board and approved by the county superintendent. Transportation is not provided to outlying districts unless approved designation is filed before July 1.
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Pella
September 15 set for South Central jamboree in Knoxville
The South Central Conference schedules its first football and band jamboree for Monday September 15 in Knoxville. Six bands will march before the game and two at halftime with ten minutes each. Schools bring three buses. matchups include Knoxville versus Chariton and Pella versus Indianola with Centerville vs Albia. If rain disrupts, September 22 is the alternate date.
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South Central Conference
Knoxville
Ray Mahannah
Valley
East
West
Chariton Pella
Indianola
Centerville
Albia
Reunion of Central College Wonder Team on Central Campus
Seven members of the Central College Wonder Team met for a reunion on Saturday May 31 on Central Campus. Attendees included Verle Ver Dught Babe Tysseling Lefty Schnack Muscatine C B The Gilman J C Schiele Elgin Sears Mitchelmille and Renaud Rysdam Bondurant. Tysseling and Schnack still active in athletics. Len Winters coach of the point a minute team died of pneumonia the week before the reunion.
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Central College “Wonder
Verle Ver Dught
Pella
Babe” Tysseting
Lefty
Schnack
Muscatine
C. B.the Gilman
J.C. Schiele
Elgin
Sears
Mitchelmille
Renaud Rysdam
Bondurant
Tysseling
Bat
Tiny” Wilkins
Connie” Muyskens
Dwain Neifert
Wonder
Len” Winters
First Concert By Municipal Band Saturday
The first band concert of the season will be in Garden Square on Saturday evening June 14. The program features eight marches, overtures, songs, and selections by Hildreth and others. A seat is reserved for attendees at the stand for Saturday’s concert.
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Garden Square
Hildreth
Acc Sons
Vander M. B
Hall Te ‘Skywriters
Pinafore
Ivan
Masitea Heights
Chris‘Alouetta
Fred Monarch
Olivadore Night Flight
Ki the Footlifter
Fillmore
Shirley Hoeksema Selected Delegate to Iowa Girls State
Shirley Hoeksema daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hoeksema has been selected by The Auxiliary Unit to attend Girls State at Grinnell College Grinnell Iowa from June 15 to 22 She ranks in the upper half of her class at Pella High School and shows leadership qualities The event features 280 participants from across Iowa with ten thousand nationwide including the Panama Canal Zone The Legion Auxiliary pays the way and the week ends with a ceremony at the State Capitol June 20 led by Governor Beardsley
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Son
Shirley Hoeksema
John Hoeksema
Shirley
Pella High School
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Iowa
National Project
Union
Panama Canal Zone
Legion Auxiliary
Sally Braun
Overnor
State Capitol
Wm. Beardsley
General Synod to Meet at Central College in 1953
The General Synod of the Reformed Church in America accepted Central College's invitation to meet in Pella in 1953. The Synod, meeting at Buck Hill Falls, will hold its annual session in June to honor Central College’s centennial. This western location marks the third time west of the Alleghenies.
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G.T. van der Lugt
General Syn
The
Reformed Church In America
Central College
Pella
Buck Hill Falls
Penn
Reformed Church
Alleghenies
Hope College
Holland, Mich
Central College President Reports Progress and Needs
President Van der Lugt presents the seventh annual report to trustees highlighting strong scholastic standing and teaching quality at Central College. The report notes staff changes, library expansion needs, improved student cooperation, and a balanced budget despite limited gifts, urging continued fundraising to balance the 1951-1952 budget.
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Central College
G. der Lugt
van der Lugt
Central Colle
Central
V. der Lugt
Pella Chamber of Commerce General Meeting Planned
The Pella Chamber of Commerce calls a general meeting for Monday June 28 at the clubhouse of the Pella Golf and Country Club. Supper at 6 80 oclock. entertainment and business session with three directors to be elected. Retiring directors Ralph De Cook Steenhoek and Warner Vande Voort, slate includes Don Waechter John Vande Voort Eldon Ray Morris Ver Meer Forrest Vor Ploeg Gene Stientjes Henry Klein Paul Far yer Earl Pohlmann Lester Claussen. A committee to review Marion County tax changes reports back. board to name president and secretary. All members urged to attend.
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Pella
Don Waechter
John Vande Voort
Eldon Ray
Morris Ver Meer
Forrest Vor Ploeg
Gene Stientjes
Henry Klein
Paul Faryer
Earl Pohlmann
Lester Claussen
Marion County
Rouze Hunter
Knoxville
T. G. Fultz
Diller Vander Ploeg
John A. Vander Wal
Start Summer Recreation Program June 28 at Lincoln School
Kiwanis and Federated Clubs extend the summer playground to two weeks. The supervised program runs weekdays from June 28 to August 1 at Lincoln School, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for children aged 5 to 11. Over 100 kids attended last year. Details to follow in next week's Chronicle.
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Kiwanis and Federated Clubs
Vacation Bible School
Kiwanis
Lincoln School
Oska loosa Herald founders reach long career milestone
Phil Hoffman and C. S. Walling, editor and publisher, mark 67 years with the Oska loosa Herald since joining the paper as teenagers. Their steady presence spans decades of ownership and management, celebrated as a unique joint record in American journalism.
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Phil Hoffman
C. S. Walling
Oskaloosa Herald Today
America
The
Herald
Col
Mra. al Swalm
the Herald
Phil
C. S
Two Day Baseball Tryouts Start July 1 At Kellogg
Hugh Lott of Varna Illinois chief scout for the St. Louis Browns will run a two day tryout camp at Kellogg Town on July 1 and 2 starting at 9 00 a m Each player may attend and those of professional caliber will be signed to a contract Players should bring suits gloves and spikes Balls and bats will be supplied by the Browns
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Hugh Lott
Varna
Illinois
St. Louis Browns
Kellogg
Town
Browns
Six Die in Highway 163 Crash Near Pella
A head on collision on Highway 163 one mile east of Pella killed six people from two families, Vander Wert and Ketels, and injured others. The crash occurred about 10:30 p m Thursday with both cars severely damaged and victims transported to Mahaska and Morey Hospitals. Funeral services were held for the Ketels family and Vander W ine couple. life stories of both families were announced for future issues.
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John Ders
Pellacare
Roberts
Ottumwa
John Vander Wert
Marty Ketels
Pella
Highway 163
Evan
Bonnie
Harry Ketels
Carole
Janice
Ketels
van der Wert
Harold Trimble
Vander Wert
Morey Hospital
Oskaloosa
Mahaska Hospital
Trimble
Max Schmeling
Newton
Stanley Huston
Max McClure
Knoxville
Jim van Hemert
Jack Evans
Bert Vande Klett
3Tr. Semeling
Vander Werts
Ulrich Motor Company
Ford
Montezuma
F Ja
Oakwood Cemetery
Reverend Redeker Addresses Pella Rotary on Personal Standards
Rev. Russell J. Redeker urged Pella Rotary members to uphold firm moral standards and Christian principles in a noon address. Vital statistics official L. E. Chancellor reviewed the Bureau of Vital Statistics with data on 85 employees, 126000 yearly records, 67000 births, 26000 deaths, and daily service requests aiding social security, passports, insurance, and school needs. Attendees included Fred Van Doorninck of Princeton NJ and Henry Scholten of Sioux Falls SD.
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Russell J. Redeker
Pella
Vital Statistica L. E
Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Health Department
Fred van Doorninck
Princeton
New Jersey
Henry, Scholten
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
College to Build Observatory on Campus at Once
Plans for the Pietenpol Observatory on Kuyper Athletic Field advance this summer. Dean Pietenpol will use the tower in astronomy classes next year, placing it behind the stadium with a canopy from the library atop. The Albrach-Clark telescope, a six and a half inch lens donated by R. R. Beard, will be housed there as alumni funds support the project.
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Pietenpol
Graham Hall
Gaass Hall
Central
Kuyper
Central College
Dean Pietenpol
R. R. Beard
Tele 1 of
Astronomy
Steal Stadium
H. W
College plans brick enclosure for stadium and observatory
After thirty six years the professor will keep teaching astronomy and calculus while the college builds a brick enclosure on the north side of the stadium. The structure will house storage rest rooms and concessions with a press box beneath the observatory. Construction proceeds as funds come in.
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Orea -Kempkes
John Story
Supt
C. C. Buerkens
Central Campus
Marguerite Vander Veer
General Synod of Reformed Church
Ies
Christ
Church
G. T.vander Lugt
J. W. Pietenpol
Harold J. Haverkamp
Gordon Farndell
North Central College
Napierville, Ill
Minka Bartels
Minneapolis
Europe
C. A. Bartels
Arthur Bennink
Marvin Thostenson
University of Iowa
College
C. of C
Osky Herald
Oskaloosa Herald
Whalley
Redeker
H. W. Pietenpol
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