Softball Park Fourth Plans with Local Games and Fireworks
Pool Park hosts an Independence Day program by the Softball Association featuring three games. Pelia's Midgets face Stuart boys at 2 30 pm, followed by a 6 pm game and 7 15 pm matchup between Pella Merchants and Reasnor. Fireworks cap the evening, with admission free for younger children and modest charges for older youths and adults. Local teams and families urged to attend.
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Taly
Pool Park
Pelia
Ruthven
Will Psy
Stuart
Town
Wiedemeier
Martha van Berkum
Pelle
Erie
Pella
Pella Merchants
Reasnor
Connie van Roekel
Softball Association
Galesburg man Lester Hendricks dies by gunshot
Des Moines Register reports Lester Hendricks, living near Galesburg, died Monday afternoon from a selfinflicted shotgun wound. Coroner Ralph Toland concluded the death was by suicide. Hendricks left a wife and three children aged seven to fourteen at home.
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Lester Hendron
Peter
Des Moines Register
Hendricks
Galesburg
Ralph Toland
Jasper County
Chronicle Mailed One Day Earlier Next Week
The Chronicle will be mailed Wednesday morning July 2 in town and rural routes to ensure weekend delivery. No mail Friday. Newsletters due Monday morning instead of Tuesday. Advertisers must submit earlier. deadline moved up 24 hours and late copy will be omitted.
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Chronicle
Bill McMains Named Organist for Nat’s Conventions in Chicago
Central College junior Bill McMains will serve as sole organist for both major party national conventions at Chicago’s Amphitheater Stadium in July. He will play state songs for entering candidates with advance lighting and telecommunication cues, opening at 11:00 am with an overture and performing into the evening. McMains has a broad resume from roller rink organ work to Chicago lounges, but risks no mistakes after a prior incident at a Georgia delegation demonstration. He plans broadcasts via major networks and shortwave, supported by two million dollars of convention tech. He has spanned Midwest shows, teaching posts, and national musician conventions, and will attend the Santa Barbara AFM convention in June 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill McMains
Central College
Chicago
Bill
Georgia
Republisen
Bing
Crosby
Doroirsten
McMains
Oskaloosa High School
O. A. McMains
Oskaloosa
Emma Cruikshank
Anthony Kooiker
Glacier National Park
Montana
Midwest
American Federation of Musicians
Asbury Park
N. J
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Cedar
Fremont
Panora
Billins
Holland Music
Midwest Records
Elmhurst
Famed Sioux Falls Quartet to Sing at Pella Church Sunday
Sioux Falls College quartet from Sioux Falls South Dakota will perform at Pella Baptist Church at 730 Sunday evening June 29. The program includes Gospel songs spirituals and sacred numbers featuring Bob Perkins Dalton Mass Charles Outland Worland Warren Vinz Dixon Shaw Fremo student leaders at SFC. The group tours Baptist churches across Iowa Nebraska North and South Dakota Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Montana. The public is invited to attend this concert.
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Sioux Falls College
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Pella Baptist Church
Bob Perkins
Dalton
Mass
Charles Outland
Worland
Warren Vinz
Dixon
I Shaw
Fremo
SFC
Iowa
Nebraska
North
Illinois
Wiking
Montana
Minneso
Wisconsin
Andersons Resign Pastorate in Pella and Move to Des Moines
Rev and Mrs C O Anderson resign after five years at Pella Church of the Open Bible. They relocate to Des Moines to lead Sunrise Open Bible Church on Easton Blvd and East 22nd St. in June and July 1947, with John Green and wife succeeding in Pella.
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Pella
Anderson
Christ
Andersons
Sunshine Open Bible Church
Easton Blvd
East 22Nd St
Des Moines
John Green
Parsons
Kansas
Hear Oscar Stern to Speak at Church of the Bible
Rev. Oscar Stern, a former Czech refugee and Jewish convert to Christianity, will address two services at the Church of the Bible Saturday at 7:45 p.m. and Sunday at 11:00 a.m. He will discuss his Nazi persecution escape, his life story, and his aid to victims in Europe.
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Oscar Stern
Czechoslovakia
Church of the) Bible
Stern
Hitler
Europe
Pella Merchants Fall to Belinda 8 6 on Errors
The Pella Merchants lost to Belinda 8 to 6 on Belinda’s field last Thursday night. Pella committed seven errors that proved costly while Belinda was outhit 9 to 7. Bankus hit a two-base hit for Pella along with Ver Meer and Dunkin. Pope pitched for Pella with three strikeouts and seven hits allowed. Belinda’s Bell and Byers yielded eight runs in the effort.
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Pella Merchants
Belinda
Ell
Pope
Bankus
Ver Meer
Dunkin
Pella
Merchants to Play Searsboro Here in Pella
The Pella Merchants entertain Searsboro here on Monday evening June 30 with no admission fee, only a collection. Fans are urged to attend and support the players who invest time for community evenings. Remember to be on hand for the 4th of July.
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Pella Merchants
Searsboro
Pella Girls Sweep Softball Amid Rainy Start
The Pella girls softball team wins two games this season despite wet weather. They beat New Sharon 11 to 9 with Ruth Ludeman a triple double and Arlene Jellema a triple and two doubles leading the attack. Earlier they routed a Sully team 20 to 5 as Wilma Rus pitched five innings allowing one run and three hits.
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Pella
New Sharon
Ruth Ludeman
Arlene Jellema
Polla
Sully
Wilma Rus
Home Show Draws Crowds at Busy Corner Event
A home show at the corner of West Fourth and Independence drew 850 visitors last Saturday. Contractors Martin De Jong showcased a new home with appointments, appliances and furnishings. Roses for ladies and cigars for men were handed out during the viewing.
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Martin de Jong
West Fourth and
Independence Streets
Pella house listed for sale at eight thousand dollars
Through the courtesy of Pella business people including The Rol screen Co Bost and Bontsma Co op Lumber Yard Pella Construction Co Pella Plumbing and Heating Co Frank Boot electrician Arvin Hoogenakker decorator and the Pella Washer Service the sod for the dooryard was obtained from Don M White of Des Moines Interest in the two bedroom house was very keen and visitors were enthusiastic in their comment The home lot and garage included was offered for sale for 8000.00
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Pella
Rolscreen Co
Bost ‘and
Pella Teams Shines With Nine-Strikeouts In Wins
Gerry Rus led with four hits and Wilma Rus added eight as Pella batters powered a series of summer games. The schedule lists July events at Knoxville and Oskaloosa, with Carlisle Newton and Harvey matchups at home or away through August.
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Gerry Rus
Wilma Rus
Pella
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
Fii
New Sharon
Carlisle
Thurs
Newton Maytagettes
Newton Merchants
Harvey
Olive Huisman to Sing at Chamber Band Concert
Olive Huisman will be the vocal soloist at the Chamber of Commerce Band concert Saturday evening. The Central College student’s omitted marriage name is Hancock. She will perform Kiss Me Again from a Victor Herbert operetta and Hymn of Freedom from Symphony No. 1, with a large audience anticipated and seats still available.
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Seth Huisman
Central College
Olive Hancock
Chamber of Commerce
Victor Herbert
Holme Micro
Old
Wyoming
Haviin
The
Oracle
Taylor Tell Me
Alberts and
Gold Phantom
Gillette Invercargill
Lithgow
Hymn of Freedom
Brahms
Olive Huisman
Marco Poco
Moore Southern Cross
Yoder Lil Liza Jane
Fred Capitan
Sousa
America the Beautiful
County Republican Convention to Be at Knoxville Friday
The Marion County Republican Convention will be held Friday at Memorial Hall in Knoxville starting at 10:00 AM. It will select thirty delegates to the Iowa Republican Convention in Des Moines on July 25 and name delegates to the state judicial convention in Waterloo on August. Sax venom Minter, chairman of the Young Republican League of Iowa, will speak on The Challenge of 101. He is known for a statewide speaking record and as a former National Junior Chamber of Commerce speech contest finalist. All delegates are urged to attend.
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Marion County
Memorial Hall
Knoxville
Iowa
Des Moines
Waterloo
Sater
Sax Venom Minter
Young Republican League of Iowa
Towa
Sully Sportsmen Enjoy Stylish Canadian Fishing Trip
Five Sully men traveled to Canada for a fishing trip and lived in style during the outing.
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Canada
Ward Versteeghs fishing trip to Ignace Ontario
Ward Versteegh a Sully businessman bought a specially equipped tractor and trailer for fishing and hunting. He joined four companions Byron Versteegh John Wayne Tim Zegers and Harry De Jong on a trip to Ignace Ontario Canada where they successfully caught trout walleyed pike and northern pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Versteegh
Sully
Ward
Byron Versteegh
John Wayne
Tim Zegers
Harry de Jong
Ignace
Ontario
Canada
Three Directors Named to Chamber of Commerce Bd
About sixty business men attended the general meeting of the Chamber of Commerce at the Country Club Monday evening. Three directors were elected Don Wahter Paul Farrer and Eldon Ray for three year terms. Ralph De Cook presided as Chamber president and Tunis Kempkes reported on Tulip Time finances.
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Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
Don Waehter
Paul Farrer
Eldon Ray
Ralph de Cook
Chamber
Tunis Kempkes
The
Historical Society
Presbyterian Young People on Central Campus This Week
About 285 Iowa Synod of the United Presbyterian Church youths from 57 churches in Iowa and Missouri, aged 12 to 18, gathered on Central's campus for a conference running through Saturday noon. Rev. J. D. Gibson directed the event with Rev. Old E. Scott as business manager. Guest speakers include Dr. John H. Gerstner and Dr. C. H. Canfield. The theme is Search the Scriptures.
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Iowa Synod of the United Presbyterian Church
Central
Iowa
Missouri
J. D. Gibson
Old E. Scott
Des Moines
John H. Gerstner
Pittsburg-Xenia Seminary
C. H. Canfield
Tarkio College
Tarkio, Mo
Seventy six Enrolled in Band Instrument Study Program
Seventy six students are enrolled in the summer session of instruction on band instruments. The program covers brass woodwinds and percussion with new enrollees from local schools and community groups.
Free Band Instrument Instruction For Community Offered
Free instrument instruction is provided in the Band Room above the fire station on Thursday Friday and Saturday. The program is supported by the Chamber of Commerce City Council and public schools. Students range from fifth grade to Sophomores in college.
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Chamber of Commerce
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Lester.Hendricks
Nat
Kempkes
Icich
Des Moines Transportation Company
Cubs
Ball Club
Baptist Church
C. 0. Anderson
Mrs. C. O. Anderson
Rev. Stern
Germany
Holland
Los Angeles
Times
Rey. Stern
Bill Stout
RHE Merchants
Pella, Pope and
Sabus
Bell and Byers
Pella Girls
Corner West 4Th
Independence
Herbert Operetta
Sully Sportsman
Bob Bailey
Oxkaloosa
the Chronicle
Rob
Ert
Bob) Bailey
Mr. Bailey
School of Journalism
Drake University
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Oskaloosa Daily Herald
Herald
Waechter, Farrer
Ray
Kempken
Neget
S. Falls
Assenor
Khotvilles
Fletena
Fultz
Presbyterian
de Jong
Fureiehieth
Sete | Tawa
Darrell Visser
Corpp. Lumber Yuet Viabt
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