One Fourth of Central Dean's List Honors Hit Last Semester
Twenty five percent of Central College's students earned Dean's List honors by maintaining a B average or better. The list includes many freshmen and seniors from diverse towns and states, with numerous students named from Pella, Guthrie Center, Prairie View, and beyond.
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Central College
Robert Anderson
Rock Island
Uil
Andrea Boat
Pella
Dalyce Dee Davis
Knoxville
Dick Doeden
Reinbeck
Carol Culmes
Waldo
Wisc
Davis Folkerts
Foreston
Ill
Judy Gosselink
Chicgo
Janice Greving
Prairie View
Kan
Ray Keuning
Monroe
Darlene Mansdam
More ASC elections offer wide candidate slate in Marion county
Marion county ASC reports a large field for farm program elections next month with at least ten candidates per township to fill three committee seats and two alternates. Ballots mailed by June 28 to 3160 eligible voters, voting ends July 8, with results tallied July 10 at the county ASC office and delegates chosen for the county convention in Knoxville on July 27.
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ASC
Merrill Robuck
Marion County
Ech
Knoxville
Iowa
Students share top grades in Nebr and Illinois schools
Harris Van Oort of Troton and Edgar Walvoord of Firth Nebraska along with Delores Workman Morrison Tl and Al Wort man Tilden Il and Eugene Gosselink and Henry Toune achieved straight A’s as the standout scholars among the readable entries.
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Harris van Oort
Troton
Edgar Walvoord
Firth
Nebr
Delores Workman
Morrison
al Wortman
Tilden
Eugene Gosselink
Henry Toune
Rotarians Hear Postmaster Talk On Postal Service
Postmaster Edd Wesselink addressed the Pella Rotary Club detailing the U S mail system s scope and costs. He noted Parcel Post covers its costs while Second and Third class mail incur large losses and described a typical day at the local office with routes hours and staff numbers.
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United States
Edd Wesselink
Pella
Highway
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Wesselink
Reverend Dr Everett Sabin Dies in Utah at 60
Death of Rev. Dr. A Sabin, formerly of Pella, follows heart attacks. He served at Pella Methodist Church before its 1924 closure and led Centenary Methodist in Salt Lake City. Survived by widow, sons Robert and Richard, twin daughters Marilyn and Margaret, and siblings. Service held June 12 in Utah.
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Pella
A. Sabin
Sabin
Pella Methodist Church
Centenary Methodist Church
Salt Lake City
Utah
C. M
Maggie Sabin
Newton
Towa
Peter J. Zwank
Polla
Robert C. Sabin
Air Force
Guam
Richard ‘A. Sabin
Daugh
Marilyn
Margaret
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lincoln
Baseball Game: Oskaloosa Jr Legion over Pella Jr 8-0
Oskaloosa Jr Legion defeated Pella Jr Legion 8 to 0 Tuesday night. Pella had 4 hits and 5 errors while Oskaloosa had 9 hits and 1 error. Pella batters De Cook Bogaard Van der Waal and Ulrich each had a single. Cummings homered and doubled for Oska. KoE Pella 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 5. Oskaloosa 0 3 3 0 0 2 x - 8 9.
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Oskaloosa Jr. Legion
Pella Jr. Legion
Pella
Oskaloosa
de Cook
Bogaard
Vander Waal
Ulrich
Cummings
Pella Junior Legion Beats Ottumwa 6 5 On Home Run
Pella Jr. Legion defeated Ottumwa Jr. Legion B team 6 to 5 on Central diamond as Bruce Heerma hit a sixth inning home run with two on. Ottumwa had a double from Bower and Tom Boat added a double for Dale Scores by innings show Ottumwa 6 runs, Pella 6, with final outs and lineups listed for Swartz, Ketcham, De Cook, Boat, and Heerma.
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Pella Jr. Legion
Ottumwa Jr. Legion
Central Diamond
Bruce Heerma
Bower
Ottumwa
Tom Boat
Dale
Swartz
M. Ketcham
Pella
Mark de Cook
Bruce Heerema
Kersbergen Wins Season Opener in Little League
Kersbergen won the opener as Marvin Vander Melen pitched a no hit game. Van Gorps scored in the first on two walks and two passed balls. Vernon Meinders tallied a triple and a double, Fred Sels added a double, with Kersbergen totaling 11 runs on 10 hits. Battery and lineups listed.
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Kersbergen
Marvin Vander Melen
van Gorps
Vernon Meinders
Fred Sels
Kiwanis Victory in Nine Innings Over Rotary
Kiwanis beat Rotary 17 to 16 in nine innings Thursday evening. Bob Ulrich belted two home runs and added two doubles and a single, while Paul Bogaard homered once and singled for Rotary. De Boer and Breen combined for 17 strikeouts for Kiwanis, with Ulrich and Steenhoek handling 12 for the Kiwanis crew.
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Kiwanis
Rotary
James de Boer
Jerry Breen
Bob Ulrich
Dennis Steenbock
Paul Bogaard
RUE Rotary
Jim de Boer
Jack Taylor
Jud Haverkamp
Dennis Steenhoek
Glen Vander Werf
Pella Merchants Triumph Over Leighton In Six Run Rally
The Pella Merchants came from behind in the sixth inning Tuesday evening to beat Leighton 6 to 5. Leighton led with a first inning and four in the fourth while Pella’s big sixth inning decided the game. Batteries were Leighton Van Wyk Barnard for Leighton and Pelia Blom Pope Dingeman for Pella.
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Pella Merchants
Leighton
Merchants
van Wyk
Barnard
Pelia
Blom
Pope
Dingeman
Attica
Davis
Pella Station Weather Bureau Log Noted Total 1.91
Observer E. C. Bearing records a weather observations entry from the Pella Station of the U S Weather Bureau noting a total value of 1.91 with brief metadata.
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Pella Station
U. S. Weather Bureau
Three Trumpet Trio Featured In Band Program Saturday
The season’s first band concert showcased Cathy Redeker’s singing and a trumpet trio performance. Trumpeters Dean Sadler James Riley and Charles Hulen will perform Carnival Variations by Jacoby with selections including Alpine Holiday Overture and The Carnival of Venice in Saturday’s program.
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Cathy Redeker
Victor
Bergeim
Dean Sadler
James Riley
Charles Hulen
Jacoby McRae
Morrissey
King Cotton
Sousa
Indiana Man Sentenced for Forging Credit Card
George William Nicholson, 38, of Booneville Indiana, was arrested in Marion County for obtaining goods under false pretenses after using a forged credit card at a Knoxville service station. He admitted traveling the country defrauding gas stations, with losses over six hundred dollars. Nicholson pled guilty before Judge S E Prall in Indianola and received seven years at Fort Madison State Penitentiary, to start around June 17.
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Marion County Sheriff's Office
George William Nicholson
Booneville
Indiana
Nicholson
Jonca & Robuck
Knoxville
Marion County Attorney’s Office
United States
Marion
Bert A. Bandstra
Iowa
S. E. Prall
Indianola
Prall
Fort Madison
Marion County
Loren Jarman
Diversions in Jasper County Support Erosion Control
Over fifty miles of diversions in Jasper County are large cross sectional terraces with greater fall per 100 feet. They divert surplus water runoff at field bases, reducing flooding and soil movement while leaving a sod filter strip above the channel. Diversions, contouring, and grass waterways qualify for 60 percent cost share under Soil Conservation Service rules, with more than 60 miles completed to date.
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A.C.P
Soil Conservation Service
Jasper County
Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social Friday in West Market Park
Women of the Baptist Church sponsor an old fashioned ice cream social in West Market Park Friday evening June 28. Serving runs from 6 to 9 PM. Everyone is invited.
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Women of the Baptist Church
West Market Park
Central College Trustee Plan Approved Ten Year Forward Program
Central College board adopts a ten year development plan led by Rev R J Redeker. aims include maintaining Christian emphasis interpreting the college to public, boosting faculty, doubling operating budget, and a million dollar capital improvement drive including dormitory, dining hall, classrooms, labs and recreation facilities. Annuity and endowment growth pursued with alumni participation. The plan accompanies a tragic accident involving Keith Kernahan and the Bishop family near Des Moines with Robin Bishop 8 killed.
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Keith Kernahan
Des Moines
Central College
Kernahan
Robert Bishop
Nevada
Iowa
Robin Bishop
Maria 11
Cora Lee
Krnt-Tv
Jennings Palmquist
Pella
Lincoln School
Board of Trustees
R. d. Redeker
Graham Hall
Syracuse University
Chatauqua
New York
R. J. Redeker
Public schools set to reopen after Labor Day
Public schools plan to open on Tuesday September 3 this fall the day after Labor Day. Teachers will meet on August 30 and 31 for special teachers meetings prior to the opening of school.
Open Bible Observing 25th Anniversary Convention
Five hundred ministers and delegates from 24 states gathered for Open Bible Standard Churches 25th annual convention. Host pastor Rev W Smith led day sessions at Fi h of the Open Bible and Crocker Streets while Rev Bryant Mitchell of Des Moines moderated at Hoyt Sherman auditorium. Convention speaker Rev G I Montgomery of Oklahoma, editor of Abundant Life, spoke twice daily on Looking Unto Jesus as the event outlined daily themes from registration to evangelism day.
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Open Bible Standard
Fi H
Open Bible
Crocker Streets
W. Smith
Hoyt Sherman Auditorium
15Th and
Woodland Avenue
Bryant Mitchell
Des Moines
G. I. Montgomery
Oklahoma
Jesus
Montgomery
Abundant Life
University Women Send President to Boston Convention
Miss Alice Carlson, president of the local AAUW branch and biology professor at Central College, left for Boston to attend the Diamond Jubilee AAUW Convention June 23 28. About 2 000 delegates and visitors from across the United States and 16 sister federations abroad will gather in the city of the association s 1882 founding for practical educational work. Delegates representing more than 140 000 members will study the role of women in tomorrow s world.
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Alice Carlson
American Association of University Women
Central College
Boston
AAUW
United States
Australia
Canada
Ceylon
Japan
New Zealand
Chamber of Commerce Meeting At The Country Club
The Chamber of Commerce holds its biennial meeting at the Country Club on Tuesday evening June 26. Three directors will be elected to the Board, with retiring members Wayne Hill Earl Pohlmann and Henry Klein leaving. Eligibles include Les Claussen Borden Davis Bill De Jong Klaas In t Veld Martin Nelson Mick Paltzer Gerrit Steenhoek William Vanden Berg Kenneth Van der Linden and Fred Veenstra.
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Chamber of Commerce
Wayne Hill
Earl Pohlmann
Henry Klein
Dick Lautenbach
Les Claussen
Borden Davis
Bill de Jong
Klaas In't Veld
Martin Nelson
Mick Paltzer
Gerrit Steenhoek
William Vanden Berg
Kenneth Vander Linden
Fred Veenstra
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Kathy Redeker
Joyce Bennett
Dallas Center
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New
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Edgerton
Min
Ronald Coop
Peter de Jong
Jim’ Grimm
Williamsburg
Shirley Groendyke
Stanley Heronemus
Sibley
Malene Holloman
Springfield
Ronald le Mahieu
Cedar ‘Grove
Katherine Paige
Westport
Conn
John Reynew
Hollandale
Esther Rezelman
Adam
Ruby Septer
New Sharp
Ervin’ van Haaften
Sandy Woolverton
Broadlands
Neal Bottger
Ollie
Raymond Breed
Inwood
Arnold Dahm
Vernon Damsteeg
Waupun
Joan Fitzgerald
Warwick
N. J
Murray Goomant
Marvin Hoff
Orange City
Joan Jones
Montezuma
Bonnie Kuyper
Joyce Leu
E Aine Maassen
Orange’ City
William Mitchell
Elaine Nagel
Guilderland Center
N.Y
Oliver Nordstrom
Garden ‘Grove
Phillip Shyanck
Robert L. Borgman
Robert P. Borgman
Fulton
John Brower
Don’ Clason
Dike
Ellen de Geus
Frances de Jong
Gordon de Jong
Gray Hawk
Mary de Vries
Norbert de Young
Friesland
Gordon Dreesman
Carlton Dan ‘Wyote
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Carol Klimstra
Leroy Koopman
Norman Kuiper
Navis
Brandon
Beverly
Everett Sabin
Baseball News
Junior Legion
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Tom Boab
Simmons
Criss
Raley
Vander Kieft
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Battery
Dennis Brass
Rex van Dyke
Jim van Zee
Arnold Gritters
Stan Wittenburg
Steve Stientjes
Ate
Klaxon
Fillmore
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Ake
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Merrick el Charro
Tarver
Central College Board of Trustees
Christian Witness
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