Legion Post To Elect Officers Monday Evening
Van Veen Van Hemert Post schedules a meeting Monday June 24 to elect officers for the new year Two World War II veterans Richard Vox and Verle Verought are candidates for commander Attendance is encouraged and a strong young member turnout is hoped as the post plans to expand facilities and support community projects dues were raised to 4 00 per year to fund these efforts and the post invites all veterans to attend at 8 00 p m
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van Veen-Van Hemert
Richard Vox
Verle Verought
Martin Heerema
Andrew Buwalda
William J. de Bruyn
Gene Stientjes
Will D. van Sittert
Henry Vander Ark
Vivian Weirather
Warren van Sittert
George Ver Steeg
Ed Vos
Glenn Koopman
Klaas
tVeld
Henry A. Klyn
Tunis Prins
Legion
Post
Pella
the Post
Anne Tysseling to Sing Solo at Band Concert
A large Municipal Band crowd enjoyed a recent concert and a repeat program is planned for Saturday with Anne Tysseling as vocal soloist. The lineup includes marches, overtures, a fox trot, popular numbers and a trombone novelty, featuring The Huntress, The Purple Carnival, The Golden Rule, As Time Goes By and Stars and Stripes Forever among selections.
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Anne Tysseling
King
Alford
Russell
Sylva
Kalman
Maggie
Shumaker
Hupfeld
Anne ‘Tysseling
Donaldson
Manufacturers Name P Kuyper President At Des Moines Meeting
In closing sessions of the Town Manufacturers Association convention on June 13 in Des Moines P H Kuyper of Pello president of the Rosscreen Company was named president of the organization. Officers elected include N T Chadderdon Des Moines vice president C E Erickson Des Moines treasurer and Malcolm D Lomas Red Oak secretary Kuyper succeeds George M Foster Ottumwa after active tenure in association affairs.
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Town Manufacturers Association
Des Moines
P.H. Kuyper
Pello
Rosscreen Company
Record Number Parcels Sent Last Week to Holland
Dan Meulpolder of the Relief Committee sent a record shipment to the Netherlands totaling nearly 900 pounds. Six people packed and prepared fifty one eleven pound parcels containing clothing and food for immediate use, with addresses gathered from many towns and cities. The contributors were Mrs and Mrs Dan Meulpolder, Mr and Mrs Leen Meulpolder, Mrs Marinus Meulpolder and Mr Vander Ploeg.
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Fighty
Dan Meulpolder
Relief Committee
Holland
Aml
Netherlands
Leen Meulpolder
Marinus Meulpolder
Vander Ploeg
Poppy Sale by Auxiliary Was a Great Success
Poppy Day in Pella this year was the biggest in many years with 2675 poppies sold and displayed in homes and businesses. Top sellers included Carol Dillon 31.01, Luella Van Eeren 30.52, and Dorothy Van Eeren 28.41. Poppy poster winners across grades won prizes up to 1.50. One fourth of net proceeds funded the department office, rest aiding Pella rehabilitation work. Judges were Vernon Bobbitt and Miss Marie Lau tenbach and Miss Marie LeFeber. about 25 entries.
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Pella
Carol Dillon
Luella van Eceren
Dorothy van Eckeren
Phyllis van Wyke
Bonnie Thomassen
Vernon Bobbitt
Marie Lautenbach
Marie LeFeber
Franks
Nesbit
Kittenball League Opener Sets June 20 Schedule
The Kittenball League begins Thursday June 20 with Coop facing Cubs at 7:00 pm and National Bank vs Ottumwa at 8:00 pm. Pre season play shows balanced teams and managers plan to fill weak spots by borrowing players for matches against outside clubs. Attendance is rising as fans anticipate a competitive summer.
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Cubs
Pella National Bank
Ottumwa
Ccal
All Star
Pella
Coop
National Bank
Bobcats
Blue Eagles
Dutchmen
Newton
Iowa Greyhounds Head East to Eastern Tracks
Twenty three greyhounds owned by Art Wilson of Dow City head for eastern race tracks. The dogs travel by truck and trailer and will chase mechanical rabbits at Wonderland Park in Boston this summer.
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Art Wilson
Dow City
Wonderland Park
Boston
Churches and Churches Scheduled Services Today and Sunday
Religious notices list events at Gospel Hall Baptist Amsterdam First Reformed and other churches. Times include Thursday June 21 at 7 45 pm and Sunday June 23 including 10 00 am Bible class 10 45 am worship and 12 15 pm KBIZ radio broadcast with ministers Pinches Mentink Haverkamp Middleswarts Gordon Borst and Van Gilst inviting all to attend services and Vacation Bible School activities.
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George T. Pinches
KBIZ
Dial 1240
Baptist Church
Herbert Mentink
Mentink
Amsterdam
A. Haverkamp
L. J. Borst
Th.b
Eopic
Wilma van Gilst
Mary, Carpenter
Sully
Iowa
Professor Wing to study Spanish in Mexico City
William G. Wing, registrar and French professor at Central College in Pella, will travel to Mexico City for five weeks of Spanish study at Mexico City College, returning August 7 for a week of travel. His prior study includes Bordeaux in 1988 and 1934, and a French government invitation to study in France was declined due to living conditions. he opts for Mexico this summer.
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Wm. Wing
Mexico City
William G. Wing
Central College
Pella
Mexico
Wing
Mexico City College
Bordeaux
France
Rainfall Totals Hit Six Point Seven Inches in Pella
In the past week the Pella area registered heavy rain measured by H. K. Pals. Six events produced precipitation totaling 6.70 inches, including 2.38 inches on June 14 and 1.68 on June 18, with other amounts on June 12, 17, and 19.
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Pella
H. K. Pals
Lucille Kelley Named Biology Head at Central College
Mette Kelley daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Pette of Pella is appointed to lead the Biology department at Central College. She trained at Iowa University City of Wil son Southwestern College Winfield Kansas USC and UC Berkeley worked in Essex Chariton and Arkansas City teaching math and biology and served as technical editor in Standard Oil’s Chemical Laboratory before returning to Los Angeles for further USC studies.
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Mette Kelley
Ed Pette
Pella
Central College
Kelley
University of Iowa
City of Wilson
Southwestern College
Winfield
Kansas
University of Southern California
Essex
Chariton
Iowa
Arkansas City
Arkansas
Standard Oil
Berkeley
California
Los Angeles
Sunior
Soil Losses From Spring Rains Alarm Farmers
National Soils Conservation Week highlights alarming soil erosion in the Pella area after nearly six and three quarter inches of rain. Water runoff washed topsoil from hillsides into lowlands, with contour farming reducing damage where practiced. Experts warn recovery will take decades. loss of soil may dwarf crop damage.
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Pella
Press
Des Moines
Skunk
Soil Conservation Urges Protecting Iowa’s Best Resource
In Iowa soil conservation is essential as the state’s greatest resource and key to long term prosperity. The piece notes 80 billion tons of topsoil lost since cultivation began, with 160 million tons lost in a two week period during heavy rains. It warns ongoing erosion threatens land productivity without erosion control measures.
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Iowa
Lowa
Soil Health and Animal Welfare Link Explained
The article argues that soil fertility directly affects animal and human health. It contends that thin eroded soils produce sickly livestock and people, urging immediate action to restore and improve soil health for the community’s welfare.
Ask More Care In Parking at The Pool Park
A half dozen Pella car drivers were picked up by the police at Pool Park for violating parking rules. They drove over the grass despite signs and nearby parking space. Each paid a small fine before the Mayor. More hearings followed. Mr. Frush urges park patrons to obey regulations to limit grass damage.
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Pool Park
Frush
John Eveland to Receive Skelly Award in Iowa
John Eveland of Mahaska County will receive the W. G. Skelly award for superior achievement in agriculture. A $100 savings bond, a scroll and lapel button will be presented at a breakfast in Oskaloosa. Eveland’s 170 acres use lime, phosphate and manure with clover and alfalfa rotations to combat erosion. He leads the Mahaska County Soils Conservation District and has long service in farm and community groups. The story airs at 6:45 AM Saturday on NBC.
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W. G. Skelly
John Eveland
Mahaska County
Oskaloosa
Eveland
Mahaska County Soils Conservation District
Farm Bureau
NBC
Lloyd Burlingham
Marion County
Movie on Farm Life Shown to Kiwanis Club
The Kiwanis program featured a Massey Morris Company film Into Tomorrow shown with thanks to Kiwanian Ben Vogelaar. It follows a farm youth deciding whether to modernize the farm with new equipment, aided by a county agent and dealer demonstrations, ending with the farm modernization pledge.
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Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Massey Morris Company
Kiwanian
Ben Vogelaar
Gary
Gary Vogelaar
Jack Bootsma
Pete Kuyper
Iowa Manufacturers Association
Father and Son
Father
Junior Legion Team to Play in State Tourney
Teams from Knoxville and Pella join about 50 clubs in the American Legion Junior Centennial state baseball championship to be held in Des Moines from June 28 to July 8. Knoxville plays Cedar Rapids in an upper bracket, Pella faces Ottumwa in a lower bracket tilt. 86 clubs start the first round with 14 byes. Oskaloosa has not enrolled in the tournament per the Oskaloosa Herald.
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Knoxville
Pella
Amercan Legion
Oskaloosa Legion Aggregation
Oskaloosa Herald
Committees Named for Big Plowing Match
Committees for the Corn Belt Plowing Match and Soils Conservation Field Day were chosen at a June 13 Knoxville meeting. Herbert Plambeck of Station WHO and Walter Brown announced duties, with chairmen and executive members from Knoxville, Pella, Pleasantville and surrounding communities.
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WHO
Des Moines
Knoxville
Herbert Plambeck
Walter Brown
Marion County
Gien
Ralph Grundman
Pella
Soils District Commissioners
Roy Swanson
Knoxville Chamber of Commerce
Gress Rogers
John Beem
Pleasantville
Warner
Paul Harp Trafic
Harry McGraw
William D. van Sittert
Ray de Haan
Lyle Langebartels
Ward
Dyer
Grant Core
Howard Core
Marvin Langebartels
Milford Wray
VA outreach planned in Pella weekly for veterans aid
Through the Pella Chamber of Commerce a VA contact representative will visit Pella City Office Fridays and Saturdays beginning June 21. William Nibbelink will assist discharged service members and dependents with benefits, educational aid, vocational training, hospitalization, pensions, compensation, reinstatement, and life insurance conversions at no cost. Ben Williams notes Des Moines VA plans statewide support via representatives and itinerant service.
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Pella
Veterans Administration
Ben Williams
Des Moines
Iowa
Nibbelink
Social welfare payments in Marion County June 1946
The June 1946 report from the Department of Social Welfare shows Marion County aged payments totaling $28,585.60 with an average of $31.62. Sixteen blind cases received $585.40 averaging $36.59 each. Twenty eight needy families with 94 children got $1,246.00, an average $44.50 per family and $13.26 per child.
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Department of Social
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Lucille Kelley
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Soil Conservation Service
BR. K. Bliss
Iowa Extension Service
Towa
Mahaska Co
Skelly Award
Junior Legion
Howard Myers
Earl G. Bellamy
Clay Barnett
Glenn Newton
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