Pella Young Calvinist League Joins Summer Mission Workshop
More than 100 Christian Reformed youth were selected for the SWIM program to serve six weeks at mission posts in the U S and Canada this summer. Led by Dr. Dick Van Halsema and Calvin Seminary, volunteers will live with host families, raise local funds, and conduct evangelism and teaching activities under Home Missions supervision. In Pella, twelve youths depart July 3 for California posts including Walnut Creek, Sacramento, and Hayward.
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Dick van Halsema
Grand Rapids
Young Calvinist Federation
Calvin Seminary
Home Missions Board
van Halsema
United States
Canada
Pella
Eld
California
Walnut Creek
Sacramento
Hayward
Gary Vermeer
Young Calvinist League
G. van Oyen
Calvary Christian Reformed Church
D. Vander Wall
Peoria
U. S
Golf instruction for adult women offered at league
The Recreation Commission announces an eight week program for adult women. Registration is Friday June 30 at 1 30 p m at the Legion Building. Classes start Tuesdays at 1 30 p m at Pella Golf and Country Club under Dr Marinus Kregel. A four dollar fee covers instruction and club membership is not required.
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Legion Building
The
Recreation Commission
Pella Golf and Country Club
Marinus Kregel
Ride Ad Secures Grand Rapids Return for Loretta Westerkamp
A Pella family placed a classified ad in The Chronicle seeking a ride home from Grand Rapids Michigan in late June. Loretta Westerkamp connected with another local family whose son was returning that week, securing transport back to Pella.
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Grand Rapids
Pella
Michigan
The
Chronicle
Mich
Loretta Westerkamp
Native Nigerians To Speak at Prayer Meeting
A prayer service Friday June 30 at 8 00 p m accompanies the Summer Workshop in Missions project by the Young Peoples organization of the Pella Classis Christian Reformed Church. Two Nigerian Christian Reformed pastors will speak and 12 young volunteers bound for six weeks of home mission work in Southern California will be introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Vander Laan
Leighton
L. Tanis
Tracy
S.w.lm
Stan Vermeer
Alvin Vos
Alvin Bandstra
Betty Beekhuizen
Young Peoples Organization
Pella Classis
Wolf Dog at West Market Park Fourth of July program
The Pella Recreation Commission presents Jim Davis and Allison Hayes in Wolf Dog at West Market Park on Tuesday night. The film follows an ex marine who settles with his wife and son on a Canadian ranch and a boy who raises a half wolf puppy. Bring chairs, blankets, and return empty bottles after the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Replacing a Lost Outboard Knob With Epoxy Cap
A tip advises using a plastic bottle cap filled with epoxy putty to stand in for a missing control panel knob on an outboard motor promising it may work better than the original. Readers are invited to send tips for a $50 prize to Sports Afield at 959 8th Ave New York NY.
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8Th Ave
New York
N. Y
Iowa plants paid over 1.6 billion in wages in 60
Iowa Manufacturers Association said plants paid 1.574 billion local purchases in 1960. About one third of state manufacturing workers spent 524.9 million locally, with raw materials from Iowa farms supporting over 250 percent of factories. Harry D. Linn urged maintaining a strong industrial climate to sustain growth and attract new industry.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Manufacturers Association
Cary
IMA
Bureau ‘of Business and Industry
University” of Iowa
Towa
Harry D. Linn
New Operators Take Over Tulip City Drive-In
Don and Marcia Simoens will assume management of the Tulip City Drive-In on July 1 after purchasing the business from Dick Leydens. The Simoens, arriving from Cedar Rapids, relocated to 608 Maple Street and bring prior ties to Central College and local business circles. Dick Leydens will assist for several weeks. no other staff changes are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Tulip City Drive-In
Don
Marcia Simoons
Dick Leydens
Henry J. Boland
McWilliams
Central College
Pella Overall Co
van Veen-Van Hemert
Dei Fhisinéss
Frank Stubenrauch
Don Simoens
Cedar ‘Rapids
Wilson High School
Marcia
Steve
Craig
Maple Street
Carl Vogelaar Fa
Flower Arrangement Course Offered By Pella Club
The Pella Garden Club sponsors a six or eight week Flower Arrangement course led by Mrs. Hazen Pettit at her home south of Oskaloosa. It begins Friday July 7 at 1 30 pm with three hour lessons costing 1.00 per session. Several ladies have signed up including Mrs. John Toom and Mrs. Wayne Wildman. five or six places remain. Contact Mrs. Paul Farver or Mrs. Alvin Evers for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Elmer Nollen
Neal van Veen
Alvin Evers
Ed Vander Weele
Stu Kuyper
Paul Farver
Carl Boot
Ralph Ver Meer
Virgil Ten Hagen
Lautenbach Receives Professorship at Oregon State College
Richard Lautenbach is informed by his daughter Ruth that she has earned a full professorship on the faculty of Oregon State Teachers College in Monmouth, Oregon. Ruth and colleague Jane Dale share the same department and plan summer study in the British Isles and time in the Netherlands, tracing ancestral roots of Ruth’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Lautenbach
Ruth
Oregon State Teachers College
Monmouth
Oregon
Jane Dale
British Isles
Vriesland
Netherlands
Pella Merchants Win Fifth in Tight Be linda Victory
The Pella Merchants beat Belinda 4 to 3 at the Pella Swimming Pool Park with Vander Schaaf driving in the decisive run in the seventh. Ray Pope pitched for Pella, Junior Nichols for Belinda. Vande Lune led the offense with two singles and a double. Vande Lune tops team batting at .395, followed by Rouw .389, Blom .333, and Wassenaar .310. They travel to Peoria Friday to face the Stock Yards on their new diamond and host them again July 4 at the Pella pool park.
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Vander Schaaf
Pella Merchants
Belinda
Pella
Ray Pope
Junior Nichols
Vande Lune
Gene Vande Lune
Ken Rouw
Herb’ Blom
George Wassenaar
Peoria Stock Yards
Peoria
July Fourth Festivities at Leighton Ball Park
A good evening of entertainment is set at Leighton ball park on July Fourth. Gates open at 6:30. A softball game follows the program at 8:00 featuring Leighton Merchants versus the Pella National Bankers.
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Leighton Ball Park
Leighton Merchants
Pella National Bankers
Awards Presented by P H Kuyper at Chamber Meeting
Peter H Kuyper awarded plaques to Pella National Bank Marion County State Bank Pella Cooperative Electric and Pella Chronicle at a Chamber of Commerce gathering The honors cited patriotic service to the Nation through the United States Savings Bond program The treasury secretary Douglon is named among presenters with other local names listed
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U. S
Peter H. Kuyper
Pella National Bank
Marion County State Bank
Pella Cooperative Electric
Pella Chronicle
Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Treasury de
United States Savings
Secretary of the Treasury
Doug ‘Lon
Golden T Dia
Phc
Marion de Zwarte
J. Gil Boat
Robert Powers
Phil Vis
Robert van Hemert
Paul Farrer
John Hoeksema
Charles Vander Ploeg
Jack
Kuyper
Ion County
Pella
Trumpet Trio Features In Fri Concert At Central Park
A municipal band concert tomorrow at 8 00 p m in Central Park presents a trumpet trio consisting of Arnold De Jong Donald Butler and Dean Van Haaften with Eric Leidzen conducting the Latin American piece Tropical Trumpets. Also on the program are Guys and Dolls Overture a classy concert march The Nutmeggers Militare overture and Don Gllis Spiritual from Symphony No 5 Crosley Arioso Basses to the Fore Sambalita Washington Post march and other selections.
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Central Park
Arnold de Jong
Donald Butler
Dean van Haaften
Eric Leidzen
Courthouse Notes From Marion County Courts
Marion County records list the couple pairings and divorce action, with names including Ralph T. Dahl and Donna Lea Garrett, Edward Roorda and Charlotte Roorda, and a probate docket for Frank Monroe and others. Real estate contracts and transfers cover numerous Knoxville Pella Pleasantville and Otley listings with rev. sti and rev. ob designations. Vehicle registrations show multiple names and towns across the county.
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Ralph T. Dahl
Indianola
Donna Lea Garrett
Pleasantville
Andrew D. Bandstra
Pella
Joan Kay McDonald
Jerry Kline
Knoxville
Kay Kraschel
Bill G. Brown
Des Moines
Jeanette J. Vander Werff
Jerry Loynahan
Evelyn Morgan
Jerome H. Schakel
Hilma J. Schagen
D. M. Arvin W. Vander Wilt
Leighton
Carolyn M. Vos
Dave
Grace Bumgardner
Bert L. Jean den Berger
Land
Sty
Fay Ty Sellers
Robert C
Wanda
L. Sellers
Lot
Brown's Add
E. P. Bill
Velma Gerling
Jordan’s Add
Howard & Marguerita Young
Eugene
Mary Lucas
Otley
Martin
Minnie de Jong
Dale Jansen
Albert Rouw
Northland Lanes
Four New Directors Chosen at C of C Tulip Time Discussed
The Chamber of Commerce held a Monday meeting at the Country Club with Roy De Wild presiding. Four new board members were elected for three and one year terms, and Tulip Time plans include parades, more tulip plantings, costumes, and an operetta return.
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C. of C
Tulip Time
Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
Roy de Wild
Thraa Haerd Mamhara
Adult Swimming Classes Planned for Public Pool
Registration is now open for adult swimming classes at the pool. Arrangements are being made for ladies classes, with times to suit the majority. If enough men enroll, instruction will run from five to six o'clock, a time when the pool is normally closed.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pella Young Calvinist League
John de Kruyter
First Christian Reformed Church
Re Jay Wesseling
Sully Chrtian Reformed Church
Leon Roose
Donald de Wit
Peace Street
Oskaloosa
C Street
Stanley Vermeer
Mary Kramer
Franklin, Pella
Ruth Verschuure
University
Prairie City
Arvin Vos
Marie Veenstra
Clarence van Rees
Killduff
Willene de Boer
Sam de Haan
the Recreation Commission
Willene de Boof
Veenstra
Marianne Mi
Don de Kramer
Betty Beakhuizi
Lautenbach
Oregon State College
P. H. Kuyper
Marion County
Edward Roorda
Charlotte Roorda
Wayne Co. Hospital
Corydon
Bobby L. Jessup
Charles Garten
Frank Monroe
Nat'l Bk & Tr Co
Clarence G. Bennett
Mae Bennett
R. Grace H. Thomassen
Harold O. Thomassen
Exec
Mae Graves
T. M. Graves
E. A. Graves
Howard L
Lucille M. Pitt
H.L
Myrtle M. Crane
Fairmeadows
Ben R
Doris Mott
George S
A. Eleanor Wright
Elm View
Henry G
Kathryn Nieuwsma
Everett
Ann Vander Haar
Highland Heights
Rev. St
George L
Ruth D. Zonderman
Chewstawen
Wilfred J
Francis A. Bauer
Lacona
Falcon
Bart L. den Burger
Ford
Ronald E. Wallace
Meredith R. Wallace
Charles D. Petersman
Richard N. Glendening
Housetrailer
Howard R. Anderson
Falcon Sta
Wgn
Duane A. de Vries
Corvair
Larry D
Janet V. Mohler
Rambler
Martin Roosa Tractor Equip. Co
James L. Calhoun
Swan
Bob Power
Orange City
Historical Board
Babe Caldwell
Reti
Chamber
Robert C. Power
Farmington
Kruidenier Memorial Fund
Kruidenier
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