C of C Meeting Tuesday At Memorial Hall
Members of the Chamber of Commerce and guests are urged to attend the annual meeting at Memorial Hall Tuesday evening June 22. The program includes parking regulations debate, officer reports, and year’s achievements. Nomination slate for three board posts announced with several candidates. Plans also outlined for Saddle Horse and Pony Show on July 15 and future Community Horse and Vong Show in fall.
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Te Chamber
Comintern
Lerion
Lonch, Wermhoudt
Arie Kildernd
Cornice Smorenbens
Danies
Ares
Gerrit Vanden Berge Gee
van Gorkun
Lit Ilergaan
Diller Vander Chaess
Cherenes Vander Tindet
Dykstra Chotniee Bet Veld
Tne Vyies Bal
Warner TL Viaule Voort AG
van Hotweline
Andrew 1
Ver
Ploeg
Cl Busrkens i
Edgetown
Steve Garner
Panzer
Sidile
Gary Vogelaar
Doe Steintjes
Elbert Nen
Ed van Zante
Dr. C. Ver Ploeg
Simon Kooyman
Naeth Decker
Connie Smorenberg
Reform Church Synod Reports Free China Mission Growth
The Reformed Church in America Board of Foreign Missions presents a Buck Hill Falls Synod report detailing 135 converts and 242 women trustees and deacons, with $341,000 spent in China and Arabia, a $290,000 budget, and seven new missionaries studying languages. It notes 122 missionaries still in active service and a future Japan cooperative effort. fireman Wesley Hall rescued a mother and three children from a blaze, coordinating their safe escape, while delegates to the 137th General Synod gathered June 3 to 8.
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Free China
Board of For- Cig Missions
The
Reformed Church In America
Teynod
Buck Hill
Chi
Foreign Board
China
Ndiay
Arabia
Berkeley
Princeton
Toronto
Canada
Japan
Marion de Velder
Holland, Mich
Synod
Wesley C. Hall
Linden
N. J
Linden Reformed Church
Hall
General Synod of the Reformed Church In America
Buck Hill Falls
General Synod
Joe Schippers Dies in Perry Car Crash
Joe Schippers, 40, a boilermaker's helper at the Milwaukee Railroad Shops in Perry, died after a car broached a bridge six miles east of the city. Four other Perry men were in the vehicle. two escaped, Schippers and another drowned. He leaves a wife, two sons Harold in the Air Force and Robert in the Navy, and daughters Isabelle and Betty at home. He was a World War I veteran and well known in Pell.
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Schippers
Pelt
Joe Schippers
Selpers
Perry
Mr. Schippers
Milkee
Harold
Army Air Force
Robert
Navy
Isabelle
Betty
Mr. Lehi
Worlderseas
Severst
First Concert Of Holy Heartwell High Band Tonight
The Holy Heartwell high school band plans its first summer concert at the municipal band stand on Thursday evening, June 17. The program features standard marches overtures and popular pieces, including a cornet and trombone duet, and marks the first public performance of bass horn player John Hesse. Members number about forty five with several seniors graduating and others staying for the summer.
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Pelle Hills
Siands
Holy Hrittell
Drake
Elena
Mark Vander Plows
Albert
Hue
Vogelaar Bros Transform Old Livery Stable Into Warehousing
The Voxe laar brothers Ben Vogelaar transformed the old stable behind their hardware store into a brick faced structure with show windows on south and west, a rebuilt northern warehouse for machinery, new composition roof, white trimmed doors and windows, and it is described as a worthwhile improvement.
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Voxelaar
Ben
Czech Hymns Recorded at Cedar Rapids Preserve Iowa Religion Heritage
The University of Iowa School of Religion completed its sixth project to preserve Iowa religion heritage by recording 15th century Czech hymns in Cedar Rapids. Migrants of the 1850s–608 brought the hymns sung by 200 members of Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church. Dutch psalms were also recorded at Pella as another project.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
University of Towa School of Religion
Towa
Hus Memorial
Rain totals rise across towns in early June
Rainfall for the week ending Wednesday noon reached 2.29 inches with June totals at 4.20 inches. Clarinda in Page County reported 9.61 inches in the first 14 days of June, while in Hardin County a farmer faced an unspecified incident as rain continued to fall.
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Clarinda
Page Co
Hardin Co
AAA Committee Defends Agricultural Adjustment Act
The Marion County AAA Committee praises the agricultural adjustment program as essential for wartime security and future farming. It cites Secretary Wickard and soil conservation gains, arguing the program supports production, reserves, and long term farm stability despite critics.
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Retary of Agricultur
Wmit
Pearl Harbor
America
Congress
Someon
Secretar Wickard
Pearl T
Ana
Pearl
AAA
Ay Wallace
Marion County
June Weather Delays Harvest In 36 Acre Corn Field
H K Pals notes wet June weather delayed picking a 36 acre corn field and mentions a cold dry winter. Mrs R A Awtry visited Des Moines last Thursday honoring her sister Mrs Emil Warns.
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H. K. Pals
R. A. Awtry
Des Moines
Emil Warns
Suggestions on What to Write to A Man in Service
Office of War Information guidance for home folks writing to service members. Advices include: describe family well and anxious for return, share community happenings, and reminisce about past events. Avoid complaints or doleful future forecasts, share financial relevant details only if he can help, and enclose hometown newspaper clippings.
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Iow
Army
Twenty Members Join United Service Women
The United Service Women met in the Legion Hall for the regular monthly meeting. Twenty new members were added to the roll as each member brought a guest eligible for membership. Chaplain Harrington Underhill installed the newly elected officers, and a social period followed with refreshments.
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United Service Women
Legion Hall
Harrington Underhill
Esther Goedhart
Iona Postma
Josephine Monich Treus
Janet van Gorp
C. Evers
Ed Cook
Kuipers Visit Mrs Kuyper in Des Moines Hospital
Mr and Mrs Ralph Kuiper and Mr and Mrs A Klyn visited Mrs Gerrit Kuyper at Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines last Sunday afternoon. They report her condition favorable and expect she will return home this week.
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Ralph Kuiper
A. Klyn
Gerrit Kuyper
Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Opening Day Draws Large Crowd at Pell’s Municipal Pool
A warm sunny Monday marked the opening of Pell’s Municipal pool with a record turnout. About 430 people attended the afternoon session, aided by 28 adult season tickets and 35 children's tickets sold, plus 42 children paying cash. The city expects continued use as facilities include tables, fire pit, sand court, and picnic areas. The Navy training programs and local groups will use the pool under special arrangements, with further details to be announced.
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Pell’ Municipal Swinsinis
Secout Teo
Women of the Legion Ausilary
Law of the Bathhouse
Tieure
Navy
Fae
Paul Bark
United Service Women aid new battleship Medical supply drive
United Service Women of Iowa donate funds and equipment for the USS Iowa the 44000 ton warship. Dr Hoguet and Dr Hurd thank the groups for medical and surgical relief funding including operating kits emergency field sets and thermometers.
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United Servicow
America
Une
Une Iowa
Noushit
Thenitter
Towa
United Rvice
Furnichs
Hve
A.towa
USS
Lowa
Wien
Dre Hoguet
Hoquet
Walter Bierring
Iowa
Medical and Surgical Relief Committee
Harry Hurd
Des Moines
United Service Women of Iowa
Medical Corps
U.s.s.iowa
Hoguet
United Servic Women of
Renewal rules for automobile and motorcycle ration books
Notices explain how to renew car and bike ration books. Applicants must submit a filled form, provide full name and address, present tire inspection proofs, and sign before mailing to the ration board. Motorcycle riders may be exempt from tire inspection under certain guidelines.
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AIDC
Ime
Scouts Collect Clothes for Soldiers Across Bella Vista
The Bay Scouts organized a drive to donate clothing hangers and related items for soldiers at Camp Harrison in South Carolina. Local women were thanked for their support and asked to bring items to Star Oil, Standard Oil, Phillips, or Mobil stations downtown this weekend. The effort aims to ease soldiers’ clothing needs and show community support.
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Bella
Bay Scouts
Chaphail Harold
Sehut
Ith Rehut
Star Oil Co Standard Oil Co
Phillips
Mobil
War News of Interest to Farmers and Food Prices
War Production Board actions raise retail and wholesale prices and subsidies for meats and butter while expanding farm supply programs. New rollbacks and point values affect butter, beer, and other commodities as farmers gain access to hard to obtain equipment and preferential supplies. Food stocks and livestock production outlooks show higher outputs versus last year, with egg production up 16 percent and overall livestock products above 1942 levels.
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War Production Board
WPB
Anne Tysseling Soloist At Chamber Band Concert
Anne Tysseling will be the soloist at the Chamber of Commerce Band concert Saturday evening. She will sing operatic selections and a popular air. The community is urged to attend for an hour of recreation in Garden Square. Leonard Aleon received applause after two songs. The program includes a mix of solos and marches with titles such as This Is Worth Fighting For and On a Wing.
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Anne Tysseling
Chamber of Commerce
Hero
A Tangeau
Garden Square
Leonard Ale Lon
Alute
Sterling
Mareh
Tourany Hicks
Briegal
Tion
Bt Fingers
Confrey
Yoder
Anne Tysny
Fillmore
Citywide blackout drills outlined with siren warnings
The message previews an upcoming practice blackout in the city. It describes siren cues and signals from county and local authorities, with steps for pedestrians, vehicles, and buildings to follow. Fire trucks will patrol with sirens to warn those who miss the whistle.
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Contoiller
Whiteight
Farm outputs rise in early 1943 report
The Marion County UDSA War Board notes that chick production for the first four months of 1943 is 13 percent above 1942, while the first quarter milk production is 1 percent higher than last year. The outlook for farm labor equipment and supplies shows continued improvement.
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Marion County
Udsa War Board
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Memorial Hall
Reformed Church Synod
Pella
B. Mulder
Gordon
Southern Cross
Southern Kehoodanes
Collins
Vogelaar Bros
Molly
U. Service
Queen of the Fleet
Erview
Bath Bank
War Price & Rationing da
Hot Vane Gorp, Chairman
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