Primary election set for school board race
Voters will cast ballots Monday March 14 at the City Office from 12:00 to 7:00 p.m. One candidate, J Gilbert Boot, is nominated for the two year term. Kenneth M. H. posts the treasurer position. Board members include Wm. D. Van Sittert R. S. Grundman Dr. Joe C. Shultz and Robert Tautenbach with John Blommers as secretary. The board seeks a bond issue to finance a new grade school replacing the Webster site. If the bond fails, building plans will be reconsidered soon.
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Reh
Lab
J. Gilbert Boot
Andrew Verploegh
Verploegh
Pella
Abe Verploegh
Oak Grove
Kenneth MH
Wm. D. van Sittert
R. S. Grundman
Joe C. Shultz
Robert Tautenbach
John Blommers
Webster
Old Time Drama Makes Great Hit With Playgoers
The old fashioned melodrama Only An Orphan Girl by Hen jig Nelns drew full houses on March third and fourth. Audiences praised dramatic scenes such as the snowstorm and the saw mill scene. Maurice Birdsall directed. Bob Omick led as the villain with Janglee De Boer as heroine and Kenneth Vos as hero. Between acts vaudeville featured chalk talks, quartets and comic turns. Edith Le Cocq received repeated encores for songs from The Song Bed of the Southland.
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Henjig Nelns
Villian
Maurice Birdsall
Bob Omick
Tilain
Janglee de Boer
Kenneth Vos
Ruth Brown
Villai
Voine
Eroine
Jenee van Heekelom
John Hesselink
Ivin
County Junior HI Tourney Opens at Melcher Tonight
The Allen County junior high basketball tournament begins Thursday night at Melcher with boys and girls teams. games run March 9 to 12. Schedule shows Dallas girls versus Tracy at 6:20, Knoxville boys versus Wisey at 6:30, Pleasant Mtn boys versus Tracy boys at 7:40.
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Wth
Allen County
Dallas
Tracy
Knoxville
Wisey
Pleasant Me
Special Speaker Sunday at Church of Open Bible
Rew Fulton general chairman of the Open Bible Churches will guest speak at both services Sunday at the Church of the Open Bible Rev and Mrs Fulton have attended Pella and look forward to hearing him Fulton will speak at 100 am and 700 pm services adding a note of welcome to attendees
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Church of Open Bible
Rew Fulton
Church of the Open Bible
Fulton
Pella Hatare
Sand
Exhibit of Fine Photographs at Central College Gallery
An exhibit of fifty prize winning photographs from The Camera magazine travels from Baltimore to Central College. Professor John le notes the display is unusually fine and rare for the region. The show runs next ten days during college hours with free admission. A second exhibit, Middle East Oil, is in another gallery.
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Central College
the Camera
Baltimore
Maryland
The
Cam
John le
Colfax Fall Litter Show Highlights Monroe 4-H Swine Team
The 2nd Annual Fall Litter Show and Sale at Colfax Sales Barn drew Monroe and Jasper County 4-H and FFA members. Four Monroe boys entered litters with all pigs graded by judges. Joe Morgan Colfax won the grading contest by correctly assessing seven of eight pigs. Larry Herbold and family placed top in pens and pigs, with Worth Wagner Van Roekel earning high finishes. Litters graded good or medium earned premiums. Choice pigs sold for 22.40 per hundred, good for 21.90, medium for 21.40. The event featured a market grading discussion by Elgin Quaife and an afternoon swine management talk.
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Monroe
Jasper County
Colfax Sales
Wayne Worth
Harold Wagner
Floyd van Roekel
John van Roekel
Elgin Quaife
Iowa State College
Joe Morgan
Colfax
Herbold
Larry Herbold
Newton
Morgan
Harold Way- Monroe
Floyd van Rockel
Ith
Worth
Wagner
Floyd N Rockel
Larry Hold
Heard Quaife
Chicago
Monroe Vocational Agriculture
Elvin Quaife
Schedule for Thursday to Saturday Boys and Girls Games
Thursday action features Pella vs Attica at 6:80 and Dallas vs Melcher at 7:40 with Bussey and Melcher girls at 8:50. Friday has Dallas/Melcher winners vs Knoxville/Bussey at 6:30, Pleasantville girls vs Dallas-Tracy winner at 7:40, and Pella/Attica boys winner vs Pleasantville-Tracy winner at 8:00. Finals Saturday shade the remaining two boys teams and two girls teams.
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Bussey
Pella Boys
Attica
Dallas Boys
Attica Girls
Dallas
Pleasantville Girls
Theso
Pleasantville
Optometry Office Opens in Dingeman Building
Dr. Bernard L. Flikkema opens an optometry office in the basement of the Dingeman building on Garden Square. A Fulton, Illinois native, he studied at Central College, served as a Naval Air Corps instructor in Pensacola 1943 to 1946, and earned BS in Visual Optics from Northern Illinois College of Optometry. He married Carol Huibregtse of Matlock, Iowa, and they have a daughter, Karen. An invitation to community eye care appears elsewhere in the issue.
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Dingeman
Garden Square
Dr. Flikkema
Fulton, Ilinois
Central College
Naval Air Corps
Pensacola
Florida
Northern Illinois College of Optometry
Central
Optometry
Klikkema
Carol Huibregtse
Matlock
Iowa
Herbert van Wyk
Karen
Fiikkema
Request Program Tomorrow Evening At Third Ref Church
The Senior Choir of the Third Reformed Church will present a program tomorrow evening, Friday March 11 at Pollock Hall. It features choir numbers, organ solos by Dr. Keizer, men’s quartet songs, and solos. Directed by Pred Vander Schaaf with Don Hull as pianist. A free will offering will be received and a social hour in the church parlors will follow. Public is cordially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Reformed Church
Tab Ollock
Dr. Keizer
Pred Vander Schaaf
Don Hull
Central Forensic Squad to Compete in Iowa Tourney
The Central College Forensic squad and coach Miss Cu nera Van Emmerk travel to Des Moines for the Iowa Tourney. Entries include Debate with multiple students, Oratory, Ex temporaneous speaking, Discussion, after dinner speaking, and poetry with several named participants.
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Central Forensic Squad
Iowa
Central College Forensic Squad
Cunera van Emmerk
Towa Forensic Association
Des Moines
Gerdine de Graff
Shirley Kooistra
Don Bruggink
Eugene Heideman
John de Kock
Paul de Kock
Fee Fuqua
John Hesselink
Lee Fuqua
Marion Kruis
Iowa organists to be guests of Central Monday
Central College hosts the Central Town chapter of the American Guild of Organists next Monday evening. Des Moines chapter members will dine at Jordan Mall, then gather in the Chapel for an 8 p.m. organ recital by Mrs. Alice Brown of Grace Methodist Church. Admission is free.
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Central College
Central Town
American Guild
Des Moines
Jordan Mall
Alice Brown
Grace Methodist Church
Farm Bureau Meeting Otley to Show Club Tour Movies
At Otley Friday evening Farm Bureau members may view films from the Lake Prairie Township Club tour. County Extension Director Gress Rogers will present extra movies and discuss corn borer control. Attendees are asked to bring doughnuts or cookies. coffee will be provided.
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Farm Bureau
Otley
Lake Prairie Township
Gress Rogers
Talent in Manly Art Displayed in Campus Tourney
Central College hosted its first year boxing tourney with coaches Robert J. Patterson Babe Tysseling and faculty aid. Winners included Willard Prather Elbert Permar Henry Van Leeuwen Paul Sents Bob Arents Merl Helferich Tom Boatman and John Young from Central and invited opponents from Iowa New York Chicago and California. The event drew boxing fans and set the stage for a Mid-West College boxing tourney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Central College Gymnasium
Chet Cross
Don Heller
Willard Prather
Paul Lents
Tom Boatman
Henry van Leuwen
Chuck Piekema
Merle Helferich
Jim Adams
John Young
Ber Permar
Bob Arents
Jerry Muilenberg
John Smeltzer
Robert
Pat) Patterson
Story
Central College
Robert J. Patterson
Cornell University
Ithaca
York
Patterson
Harvard Army Air Base
Harvard
Nebraska
Babe Tysseling
Central
Redfield
Iowa
Tysseling
Tunis Prins
Herbert Mentink
Fremont
Art de Cros
Staten Island
N. Y
Elbert Permar
Richboro
Penn
Vyrn Boekelman
Buffalo Genter
Tif
Donnellson
Rob Vander Linden
Knoxville
Henry van Leeuwen
Artesia
Calif
Ray Riley
Tipton
Jerry Muilenburg
Sibley
al Shuler
Chicago
Ill
Paul Sents
Prather
Permar
Park Ridge
N. J
Bill Wellner
Red Bank N. J
Merl Helferich
Clinton
Ray Pugh
Des Moines
Bussey
New York City
State Teachers College
Wayne
Boone
Town
Parkridge
New Jersey
Hert Permar
California
Hither
Ray Ailey
Viton
Soph
Chiago
Frosh
Hoph
Keith Brooke
Newton
Bobby Ellsworth
Oskaloowa
Eugene Carano
Oskaloos
Verla Vander Streck to Compete for Drake Relays Queen
Verla Vander Streck of Central has been chosen to represent the college as a candidate for Drake Relays queen at Des Moines. The winner will be crowned at the relays and escorted to social events over the weekend, in an annual Drake yearbook sponsored contest with participation from other colleges.
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Verla Vander Streck
Central
Drake
Central Ray
Des Moines
Vander Streek
Pelican
Verla
Play Cast and Reader Earn Superior Rating at Meet
Superior ratings were earned by the cast of the play A Happy Journey from Trenton to Camden by Thornton Wilder and by Miss Peggy Len for her three selections How Do I Love Thee Mending Wall and Hanging a Picture at the Pre District meeting in Oskaloosa. Miss Len and the play cast under the direction of Mrs Vera Vande Voort will advance to the District Meet at Grinnell March 21 and 22.
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Vera Vande Voort
Igh
Grinnell
Election at a Glance in City March 28 Ballot
Runoff primary turnout showed citizens’ interest with 723 votes in 7 hours. Mayor race saw Tunis U L Klein lead, Clarence Van Niewaal second, and Dr T G Fultz eliminated. other results include Sam Ver Steeg leading for treasurer and Dan Meulpolder, Joe Stientjes, and Ed Plette toping their respective races. Non-Partisan and Citizens tickets listed for March 28 election, with slates prepared for voters.
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T. G. Fultz
Tunis UL. Klein
Clarence van Niewaal
Dr. Fult
Don Douwstra
Warren G. van Sittert
Connie van Roekel
A. F. Tysseling
Ed J. van Gorp
John H. Hoogenakker
Donald Douwstra
Ralph J. Ver Meer
R. J. Heeren
Dan Dingeman
Vernon W. Roorda
John Blommers
Fred Lautenbach
John A. Vander Wal
George Ver Steeg
C. P. Dykstra
Ralph. J. Ver Meer
Delwin de Haan
Herman A. Veenstra
Citizens
T. H. Klein
Sam Ver Steeg
Meulpolder
Park Commission
Joe Stientjes
Ed. Plette
Ed. van Gorp
R. J. Ver Meer
Peoples
A. P. Verploogh
C. (Babo) Caldwell
Reuben Schakel
Tysseling
John’ H. Hoogenatcher
Ard
R. Heeren
T.G. Itz
c ‘an_Niewaal Nic
Samuel Ver Steeg
R Park Jonin Ner
Dan Meulpolder
DP. Verploesgh
Joe Stientjes 110 166 113, 43 492, Fd
Plette
C. (Babe) Caldwell
Ene Ee
W. Cornie van Rockel
Ee Se
John N, Hoogenakker
Don Nd Douwstra
Aldermi
Ralph Ver Mee
R, Heeren
Warren van Sittert
Vernon W. Roordan
Fred_Lautenbach
George Ver Stoog
Srd
Ralph J
Frisian Lady Delights Frisians With De Boer Recital
On February 24 Miss Auck De Boer of Deersum Friesland performed an extensive Frisian language declamation program before a grateful Frisian audience. Her varied selections showcased language nuance and delivery, complemented by remarks from Gerrit De Boer and a Friesland tour film and songs. After a two week visit with local hosts she departed for Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auck de Boer
Deersum
Friesland
Miss de Hoer
Mid-west
Gerrit de Boer
Maurice van Willigen
Dakota
Pella Classis Session Set For March Twenty Second 1949
The Stated Spring Session of the Classis of Pella will meet on Tuesday March 22 1949 at 9 am in the First Reformed Church of Pella. Dr G T Vander Lugt will become President and Rev E H Tanis will serve as Temporary Clerk. A devotional service at 11 am invites public attendance.
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Classis of
Pella
D.V
First Reformed Church
G. T. Vander Lugt
E. H. Tanis
Easter Seal campaign funds camping for Iowa crippled children
The Iowa Society for Crippled Children and Adults through Easter Seal funds sponsors an all state camping program. Sixty handicapped boys and girls will enjoy a 10 day Boone camp in July and August with activities like horseshoes, friendship, and skill building to aid independent living. Day camps in six towns will extend similar experiences. applications to the Des Moines office are invited.
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Iowa
Boone
Towa Society For Crippled Children
Grand Avenue
Des Moines
Chicago Man Will Talk to Students At Chapel Today
Professor Joseph Haroutunian of McCormick Theological Seminary Chicago speaks at Central College Douwstra Chapel at 11:00 a.m. An Armenian by birth, he is well known among Presbyterians of the Middle West for his unconventional and sometimes startling approach and a sarcastic humor. His Thursday morning topic is The Meaning of the Will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Haroutunian
McCormick Theological Seminary
Chicago
Douwstra Chapel
Central College
Haroutunian
Presbyterian Seminary
Middle West
H S Musicians to Compete in March Knoxville Contest
The first state series music contest for small groups and soloists will be at Knoxville on Saturday March 12. Pella entries include vocal groups such as boys quartet girls trio and girls sextet and numerous soloists and instrumental acts across clarinet saxophone piano and brass categories. The Knoxville event is one of three in the South Central district with larger group events planned for April.
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Knoxville
Pella
Ruby Leydens
Lorraine de Haan
Phyllis Hasselman
Lou Ann le Cocq
Frances van Maanen
Marcia van Maanen
Dick Lautenbach
Marilyn Ver Ploeg
Marilyn Tanis
Carol Ver Steeg
Marlene Dykstra
Bonnie van Zomeren
South Central District
Wintersot
Monteguma
Gloo
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College
B. L. Flikkema
Bernard L. Flikkema
Bernard L. Fikkema
Manly
Pela
Golfee
Verla Vander Streek
Fultz
van Sittert
Douwstra
Klein
van Niewaal
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