Vacation Bible School to Demonstrate Friday June 15
The Daily Vacation Bible School will hold a two church demonstration Friday morning June 15 with two sessions for different age groups. A 50 voice choir led by Kathy Redeker will perform, and handwork displays will show student projects as parents attend the morning program at Second and First Reformed Churches. An offering supports school expenses about 1.35 per pupil and daily gifts go to missionary causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Tausic
Ruth Vander Linden
Comtee
Second Reformed Guac
First Reformed Church
Kathy Redeker
Playgrounds to Open Monday in Pelle Community
Kiwanis sponsored summer playground program for Pelle area children from kindergarten through sixth grade starts Monday June 18. Centers at Lincoln and Webster schools run 9:00 to 12:00 daily five days a week with Indian theme activities and headband tom toms. Opening contest at 10:00 am Friday near West Market Park offers field events to showcase tribes and physical prowess. Public invited to attend all events.
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Pelle
Lincoln and
Webster
Lincoln Center
West Market Park
Nominating Marion County ASC Committees Opens
Formal nominations for community ASC committeemen begin in Marion County townships. Ten candidates per township vie for five posts and alternates, with nominations due by June 22. Voting runs July 6 to 18 by printed ballots, ahead of an July 28 county ASC convention to select county committeemen for August 1.
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ASC
Marion County
ABC Election Board
ASC Election Board
Community Election Boards
Soil Bank
Merchants to Play Prairie City Lions Here Friday Night
Rivalry between the Pella Merchants and Prairie City Lions raises anticipation for a strong softball clash at Pool Park. The game starts at 8:00 PM Friday with both teams aiming for a win in the local market moment.
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Prairie City Lions
Pella Merchants
Pool Park
Nominations Open for ASC Committeemen June 22
Nominations for ASC committeemen close June 22 with elections set July 5 to 13. Merrill J. Obuck, Marion County ASC chairman, notes every township will elect a three member community ASC committee and two alternates, with at least ten candidates per township and up to fifteen allowed by rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASC
Merrill J. ‘Obuck
Marion County
Federal Farm Program
Towns Election Board
Band to Present Kathy Redeker as Soloist Saturday
Kathy Redeker of the Municipal Band will sing A Teen Age Prayer with band accompaniment Saturday evening. Director Harold Wortman arranged a fine program. audience size grew from opening week. The concert features marches, overtures, folk medleys, a novelty bass section piece, and a vocal solo by Redeker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Redeker
Harold Wortman
Katcher Yoder
Cailliet
Sourwood Mountain
Huffield
Zambarani
Qike Happy Whistler
Robertah
Reichner- Lowe
Sousa
Van Niewaal Dies in Pasadena Rest Home
Y T Van Niewaal, retired Pella businessman, died June 1 in a Pasadena California rest home after moving there recently. A family letter from Verne Orr Sr describes his decline, private funeral in Pella, and interment in the Pasadena Mausoleum with daughters and grandson nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. T. van Niewaal
California
First auto fatality in Chickasaw County reported
The first auto fatality in Chickasaw County occurred when Nicholas Elliott of Frederisonburg died May 24 from injuries sustained in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickawissaw County
Thinichard Elliott
Frederisonburg
Six Watershed Projects Set Up in Jasper County
Six watersheds in Jasper County organize under the Soil Conservation District with officers led by Harold DePenning and Merrill Anderson. Watersheds include Short Creek Patterson and Washington Center among others, each with elected officers. The ASC and Extension Service back watershed development with funds and technical aid, aiming for greater conservation progress locally. Contact the district office or extension office for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper County
Jasper
Short Creek
Fatterson
Rock Creek
Rocke Creek
Jasper County Soil Conservation District
Harold de Penning
Merrill Anderson
James Aul
Short Creek Patterson
Jas
George Ree
George
Sohnt Graven
Wens Ee Russel It Shank
See
ASC County
Pai
Soil Conservation Service
ASC
Court House
Farm Bureau
County Nurse To Continue Search For Unknown T B Cases
Dr. Dexter Hake of the County Tuberculosis and Health Association says Marion County will launch a Contact Program led by public health nurse Leona B. Fisher with Christmas Seal support. The effort will locate individuals in contact with active TB cases, urging tuberculin tests and chest X rays, with confidential interviews and physician referrals. The program, approved by the Marion County Medical Society, is credited with finding many unknown TB cases in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Dexter Hake
County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Leona B. Fisher
R. N
Marion County Medical Society
Nick Meppelink Killed in Mishap on No 92 Friday
Nicholas Meppelink aged 75 a retired rural mail carrier of Pella was killed in a two vehicle crash on Highway 92 thirteen miles east of Oskaloosa Friday evening June 8 He rode in his 1951 Oldsmobile with Albert Van Duren of Oskaloosa who drove when the car struck bridge railing over the North Skunk River Van Duren had minor injuries and was hospitalized then released Passersby summoned law officers and the scene was cleared The decedent born February 12 1881 in Leighton IA moved to Pella with his wife Jennie Ver Meer in 1910 and served as rural mail carrier until retirement in 1946 He is survived by two sons Herman Paul and Gerald Anthon three grandchildren and five sisters Funeral services were held Monday June 11 1956 at the Van Dyk Duven Funeral Home and First Reformed Church in Pella with burial at Black Oak Cemetery.
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Y. T. van Niewaal
Pella
Pasadena
Californi
van Niewaal
Calfornia
Verne Orr, Sr
California
Orange Grove Ave
Father van Niewaal
Margaret
Minnie
Lucille
Verne Orr, Jr
Oren
Vernie Orr
Nicholas Meppelink
Elin Street
Oskaloosa
Oldsmobile
Albert van Duren
van Duren
North Skunk River
Meppelink
Mahaska Hospital
Indianapolis
Indiana
Oskalooss
Dean Lewis
Hermanus Meppelink
Engelina Ten Bosch
Leighton
Iowa
Jennie Ver Meer
Jennie
Herman Paul
Gerald Anthon
Leighton Christian Reformed Church
First Christian Reformed Church
Pelia
William Vailoosa
Iona
Rena Meppelink
Janette
Connie Groenendyk
Cedar
Nellie
Martin van Zee
Bert Vande Lune
Bertha
Albert Duren
Herman Meppelink
P. Y. de Jong
van Dyk-Duven
First Jan Reformed Church
Black Oak Cemetery
Mahaska County 4-H Round-up Held Monday
The annual 4-H Round-up was held Monday at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds with over 90 4-H'ers learning live stock fitting and showing. Exhibitors included Bob Houghtaling supplying sheep, Max Browneller fitting and showing it, Elliot Brown and Asher Schanck handling beef, and Herbert Hoover showing a dairy heifer. A judging work-out followed with dairy by Hoover, swine by Irvin Harvey, and sheep by M. J. Maxted. Nearly 100 people attended, each member brought a sack lunch, Milky Way Dairy furnished free milk, and after lunch the 4-H'ers played softball.
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Southern
Iowa Fairgrounds
Bob Houghtaling
Max Browneller
Elliot Brown
Asher Schanck
Herbert Hoover
Irvin Harvey
M. J. Maxted
Milky Way Dairy
National Guard Rep To Be Here June 16 For Information
Pella American Legion Post hosts Company A 168th Infantry Iowa National Guard at the Legion Building on Saturday June 16 1956 from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm. Guardsmen will explain the Armed Forces Reserve Act 1955 and help men 17 and older and parents understand military obligations while preserving civilian education or career goals. Transportation and home visits arranged. call during hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Armed Forces Reserve
Legion
Rotary Beats Kiwanis 6 4 In Seven Innings Baseball
Rotary defeats Kiwanis 6 to 4 as Jerry Breen strikes out 10 and walks 8 for Rotary while Douglas Vander Werf fans 10 for Kiwanis. Don Ver Meer and Lloyd Van Hemert homer for Kiwanis. Breen homers for Rotary along with a single. Kuyper adds a double and two singles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Kiwanis
Douglas Vander Wert
Jerry Breen
Don Ver Meer
Lloyd van Hemert
Paul Kuyper
RHE Kiwanis
Kiwanis Defeats Van Gorps 15 to 4 in League Play
Kiwanis beat Van Gorps 15 to 4 Tuesday night after Van Gorps managed 4 hits and 6 errors. Alvin Van Dyke homered and tripled, Roger Palmquist homered, while Kiwanis racked up 9 hits with 1 error as Bob Ulrich and Glen Vander Werf also homered. Standings list Kiwanis 1 1.500 and Rotary 0 1.000 with upcoming games including Rotary vs Kersbergen and Van Gorps vs Rotary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
van Gorps
Gorps
Alvin van Dyke
Roger Palmquist
Bob Ulrich
Glen Vander Werf
Larry Klein
Ini Rhe van Gorps
Battery van Gorps
Arnold Gritters
Ed Schakel
Douglas Vander Werf
Kersbergen
Rotary
Pella High
Ottumwa Legion
New Sharon Jr
Legion
Pella Legion
First Reformed Church Centennial Events Planned in Pella
The First Reformed Church of Pella marks its centennial in 1956 with a three day program June 17 to 19. Services feature Dr. George H Mennenga, Dr. A Haverkamp, Rev. F Bosch, Rev. L Braam, and others, plus Denominational Night and Community Night with talks on Christian Education Foreign Missions Domestic Missions and a history of the Reformed Church in Pella. Visitors are welcome to attend any session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Reformed Church
First Reformed Church of
Pella
George H. Mennenga
Western Theological Seminary
General Synod of the Reformed Church
A.haverkamp
Arthur Bennink
Thomas Boslooper
Wiliam ¢. de, Jong
Russell J. Redeker
Anthony van Zante
Spencer, Town
Tunis Kempkes
Reformed Church
Supt C C Buerkens Guest of Air Force On Flight to Texas
Iowa group of school counselors flew to Lackland Air Force Base Texas to observe aptitude tests for recruits and learn training paths. Seventeen men, including Supt C G Buerkens of Pella, documented travel from Des Moines to Oklahoma City and Texas with stops at Tinker and Scott bases.
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Supt
C. C. Buerkens
Air Force
Texas
Iowa
Lackland Air Force Base
S Antonio
Tex
Basic
Air Force Technical School
St. Louis
C. G. Buerkens
Pella
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Buerkens
U.S. Army Air Force
San Antoni
Texas Lockland Air Force Base
Dex Moines
Lockland
Scott Air Base
St. Louise
Buck
Sully Merchants To Play Hottentots Friday Evening
The Sully Merchants meet Des Moines Hottentots on the Sully diamond Friday June 15 at 8:00 PM The Merchants reached the State Tournament last year and a competitive game is anticipated with both teams in good form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sully
Sully Merchants
Iowa
Hottentots
Des Moines
Sully Diamond
Merchants
Dairy Barn Destroyed By Lightning West Of Osage
A lightning strike recently destroyed a $6,000 dairy barn on the George Marreel farm two miles west of Osage, causing substantial loss to the dairy operation.
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Osage
Begin Swimming Lessons at Pool in June
Swimming lessons start Wednesday June 20 for children age six and up. Beginners meet 9:00am with a first day about one hour. next session Friday June 22. Lessons run 45 minutes. adjust to water during first week. Advanced beginners meet 10:30am Wednesday. intermediate at 9:00am Thursday. swims at 10:00am Thursday. Adult Water Ballet meets 1:00pm Wednesday and 10:00am Thursday. Instructors listed include Patsy Schreiner Greta Van Hemert Beth Brom Roger Atkins Sandy Sels Leora Quinn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy Schreiner
Greta van Hemert
Beth Brom
Roger Atkins
Sandy Sels
Leora Quinn
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Chronicle News Photo Boat
Beatema Furniture
Bert Beat
Jack Boatsma
Daily Vacation Bible School
Polk
P. W. Eggers
Roy Yn Vander Linden
John Hardin
Red Rock
Joe Clark
Leo Mullins
Fred A. Oaithait
Harold M.van Zee
Francis G. Poortinga
Dick Kuiper Lake Prairie
Dick Boot
Arie Beyer
Gerald de Penning Liberty
Clarence Beaver Marvin Harvey
Cecil Barnes
T.B
Nick Meppelink
Skunk River
Mahaska County
National Guard
Baseball News
F. Bosch
Flushing
New York
Pool Wed
Leighton Community Vacation Bible School
Chronicle News
Church of Leighton
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