Royal Court Nominees for Pella Tulip Festival 1958
Seventeen young women in Pella were nominated to reign at the 1958 Tulip Festival. A public election will be held March 29 at the Legion Hall for voters 17 and older to choose five finalists by an impartial panel before March 27. Nominees include Marge Gosselink, Shirley Greendyke, Marilyn De Zwarte, Bonnie Kuyper, Mary Boat, Marilyn Van Essen, Carole Lynn Grootveld, Joyce Leu, Elva Newendorp, Sherril Martin, Lavelle Brockway, Retha Stursma, Norma Dahm, Marla De Wild, Linda Tysseling, Diane Ver Dught, Sandra Klein, and others from Pella public and Christian high schools and Central College.
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Pella
Legion Hall
Royal Court
Queen Nominees Photographers Credit List
Seventeen Queen Nominees images are credited to Bond Studio with Sherril Martin Harry Fitch Sandra Klein Sybenga Studio with Bonnie Kuyper Joyce Leu Shirley Groendyke and Norma Dahm.
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Queen
Bond
Sherril Martin
Harry Fitch
Sandra Klein
Sybenga
Bonnie Kuyper
Joyce Leu
Shirley Groendyke
Norma Dahm
Easter Seal Society Volunteering Helps Crippled Children
By volunteering your services to your Easter Seal Society you can help crippled children. Help them, too, by giving to Easter.
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Easter Seal Society
Father Son Banquet Held at First Reformed Church
The Christian Brotherhood Society of the First Reformed Church of Pella hosted a Father-Son Banquet in the church fellowship hall last Thursday evening February 28 with a two course steak dinner for about 250 fathers and sons. A boys' quartet performed and Ralph Ver Ploeg spoke on the Brotherhood's purpose. P H Kuyper shared Mexico and Guatemala slides, drawing the evening to a close amid strong fellowship. The article notes laymen groups' growth in the Reformed Church and summarizes the Brotherhood's aims and 1951 founding.
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Christian Brotherhood Society of the First Reformed Church of
Pella
Sunshine Mission Circle
Ralph Ver Ploeg
Brotherhood
P. H. Kuyper
Mexico
Guatemala
Reformed Church
Americ
Chicago
Christian Brotherhood Society of the
First Reformed Church
Junior Helping Hand Society program at First Christian Church
The Junior Helping Hand Society of the First Christian Reformed Church sponsors an all church program on Thursday evening March 20 at 7 30. Refreshments will be served in the basement after the program. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Jr, Helping Hand Society
Helping Hand Society
The
First Christian Reformed Church
Courtroom Play Slated March 21 At Central College
Alpha Psi presents Agatha Christie Witness For The Prosecution on March 20 and 21 at 8 15 p m in Central College Auditorium. More than twenty CIU students perform with a cross country tour and a recent movie adaptation starring Charles Laughton Marlene Dietrich Tyrone Power. Rehearsals ran over a month with Gwen Vanden Berg assisting director amid hospital stay of Mr Birdsall.
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Alpha Psi
Agatha Christie
Central College Auditorium
London
New York
Charles Laughton
Marlene Deitrich
Tyrone Power
Creta
Dian Greer
Carter
Bill Lubenow
Mr. Mayhew
Neal Burke
Leonard Vole
Harlan Ratmeyer
Wilfrid
John Jowers
Mr. Birdsall
Oskaloosa
Gwen Vanden Berg
Two Pella Men Run For Marion County Soil Board
Charles R. Ballantyne will speak at the Marion County Soil District annual meeting and election. Two vacancies, two-year and six-year terms, to be filled. Nominees: for six years Philip Sommar and Rex Hamilton. for two years Elmer H Vermeer and Gerald Vander Linden. Voting opens 2:00 p.m. with banquet at Knoxville Methodist Church basement. Tickets by March 14 at the District Office.
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Charles R. Ballantyne
Extension Soil Conservationist
Marion County Soils District
Rex Hamilton
Elmer H. Vermeer
Hamilton
Henry Becker
Albert Rietveld
Herbert Cline
Philip Sommar
Gerald Vander Linden
Marion County
Knoxville Methodist Church
Roth Circle
Methodist Wscs
Ballantyne
Oklahoma
School Election To Be Held on Monday Mar 10
Voters go to City Hall from noon to 7 p.m. Monday March 10 for the annual school board election. In the Pella Independent district the sole vacancy is for J Gilbert Boat, the present incumbent, with no other candidates filed. Civic duty call urges all eligible citizens to participate.
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City Hall
Towa
J. G. Boat
Pella Independent School
J. Gilbert Boat
Central Students Rally for Lights for Ferris Chapel
Central College students launch the Mission Drive to fund a $1,500 project for Ferris Girls School in Japan. Activities include a student faculty auction a Penny Carnival and a Japanese themed meal with faculty waiters contributing tips to the cause.
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Central College
Ferris
Ferris Girls’ School
Japan
Central
Ferris Chapel
Elaine Buteyn
White Elephants Sale Drives Pella Jaycee Fund
Pella Junior Chamber of Commerce urges residents to donate usable items dubbed White Elephants for a March 28 charity auction benefiting the Jaycee Hospital Fund. Collectors may include furniture hardware clothing and appliances with free pickup by calling MA 8 3010.
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Pella
Site Chosen for Pella Hospital and Red Cross Meeting
The Pel la Chapter of the American Red Cross holds its annual meeting at the Legion Building Saturday at 3:00 p.m. Reports from committees will be shared and all residents are invited. The drive for funds begins March 10, with disaster relief highlighted as a priority given recent hurricanes and floods. Also noted, Cherokee resident Mrs. C Dose celebrated her 100th birthday.
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Pella
The
American Red Cross
Legion Building
Red Cross
Cherokee
C. Dose
Germany
America
Iowa
King's Choraliers to Present Musical On Central Campus March 14
Edgerton Minnesota native Peter J. Van den Bosch directs the King's Choraliers a male chorus of 85 members famed for old favorites like Onward Christian Soldiers Battle Hymn Deep River and the Lord's Prayer Mullotte arrangement They were founded in 1960 and have an annual concert series of 25 appearances plus three best selling religious records with religious program focus on anthems hymns and spirituals on March 14 at Pella Iowa central campus concert expected to draw local church and school audiences
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King’s Choraliers
Central Campus
Peter J. van den Bosch
Edgerton, Minn
Western Christian High School
Mull
Iowa
Pella
Mullotte
Vanden Bosch
King’s Choraciers
Edgeton
Minn
Celor
Hull
van den Bosch
Western Christian High School Glee Club
King's Choraliers
Pella Chooses Eleven Acre Site for Future Hospital
Pella hospital steering committee selected eleven acres in northeast Pella as the prospective site, owned by William Bogaards, near Jefferson Street two blocks east of Pella Christian High School. An option runs to September 1 at a price of 11000, with utilities and drainage noted and the site five blocks from Central Park.
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Pella
Pella’s Hospital
William Bognards
Jefferson Street
Pella Christian ‘High School
Bogaards
Pella's Hospital
Central Park
Lenten Season Hymn Sing at First Church
The Young People's Society of the First Church will sponsor a hymn sing on Sunday March 9 at 9 00 p m The Indies chorus of the church and the boys quartet of Christian High will provide special numbers with a theme built around Lent.
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Young People's Society of the First Chr Ref, Church
Indies Rehorus
Christian High
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Marge Gosselink
J. Alfred Gosselink
Pella Public High School
Shirley Greendyke
John E. Greendyke
Marilyn de Zwarte
Abe de Zwarte
Pella High School
Rosscreen Company
J. A
Bob) Kuyper
Mary Boat
Marilyn van Essen
Henry van Essen
Rosscreen Co
Carole Lynn Grootveld
W. Grootveld
G. C. Leu
Elva Newendorp
Harry L. Newendorp
R. M. Martin
Lavelle Brockway
Mae Brockway
Retha Stursma
Connie Stursma
Pella Christian High School
Henry Dahm
Marla de Wild
Roy de Wil
Linda Tysseling
Anthony Tysseling
Diane Ver Dught
Dick Ver Dught
Bob Klein
Joyce Lew
State Department
Dew i
Mdi Ines
Nes
Town
A Carole Lynn Grootveld
Marilyn van Esson
Maria de Wild
Mary Lyon
Sherrif Martin
Christian Brotherhood Society
Bond-Chronicle
E. C. Beaning
U. S. Weather Bureau
Japan Girl’s School
Jaycees
Red Cross Meeting
Peter Vanden Bosch
N. E. Pella
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