Wormhoudt and De Haan Elected To School Board
In a quiet Monday city hall vote, Dr H C Wormhoudt and Delwin De Haan were re elected to the school board with strong support. Kenneth Bean won unopposed as treasurer. scattered votes went to Joe Stientjes and others. The board seeks a levy to cover prior bond payments from the building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zens
H. C. Wormhoudt
Delwin de Haan
Kenneth Bean
J.0. Wormhoudt
del de Hain
K. I. Bean
Joe Stientjes
County Isaac Walton League Meets Tonight
Marion County Isaac Walton League members plan a big meeting at the Marion Theatre in Knox ville tonight. Reis Tuttle Des Moines will speak with Bruce Stiles and Lem Zeimer from the State Conservation Commission. The group aims to learn about man made lakes and Marion County lake possibilities. A film will be shown and all interested in conservation urged to attend.
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Marion County Isaak Walton League
Marion Theatre
Knoxville
Reis Tuttle
Des Moines
Press Bruce, Stiles
Chiefs
Game Division
State Conservation Commission
Lem Zeimer
Cnneesion
Fred Schwob
Commission
Marion County
Students to Speak in Iowa City Contest
Six students spoke in a Gauss Extemporaneous contest at Douwstra Chapel. Three, Maxine Huenink, Phyllis Godown, and Loraine Webber, were chosen to represent Central at the Student Senate on Foreign Policy in Iowa City March 16 and 17, with Miss Van Emmerik supervising. Huenink won first place among women and Webber among men, earning Gauss awards and advancement to Cedar Rapids state contest March 22 and 23.
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Gauss
Douwstra Chapel
United States
Maxine Huenink
Phyllis Godown
Loraine Webber
Central
Student Senate
Iowa City
Miss van Emmerik
Senate
America
Gaass
Cedar Rapids
Towa City
Central Faculty Trio to Perform in Newton Program
The Newton High School will host a program by the Central Faculty Group on Friday morning March 16. Henry Cox on violin Leonora Van Dellen cello Anthony Koeiser piano with Edith LeCocq soprano will perform for an hour, a group praised by Pollard audiences and expected to represent the college well to the high school audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Collge
Henry Cox
Leonora van Dellen
Anthony Koeiker
Edith LeCocq
Newton High School
Polla
Special Meetings At Baptist Church In Des Moines
Rev. Vance Currier of Galilee Baptist Church Des Moines arrives from Pella to lead gospel meetings open to the public at the local church. Topics include Christianity That Costs Idolatry in the Church Hitler Should Have Remembered and The Dynamic of a Name. Meetings start at 8 p m during the week and 7 0 p m on Sunday
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Vance Currier
The
Galilee Baptist Church of
Des Moines
Pella
Jet
Pella Flar
Currier
Hitler
Sully votes to issue bonds for town hall
Sully residents overwhelming approve a six thousand dollar bond issue funded by a faux levy to build a community center. Total funds reach fourteen thousand dollars with prior eight thousand in donations. Site negotiations proceed for a west side town square location as plans include an assembly hall for public meetings and rentals.
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Sully
Great pianist and composer Ernest Levy to visit Central College
Ernest Levy a renowned pianist conductor and composer will visit Central College March 21. He will lecture in Douwstra Chapel at 11 05 am on Musical Substance and Form and at 4 00 pm in the Student Lounge on Some Questions on Style. He performs in concert at 8 00 pm in Douwstra Chapel. Admission is 1 00.
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Ernest Levy
Central
Ernst Levy
Conservatory
Haydn
London
Queen's Hall
Sir Henry Wood Cone
Basle Conservatory
Paris
Choeur Philharmonique
Kalition
Virose Miusici
Ernest Ley
Engin
Iny
Levy
Ie Hall
New York
Central College
Douwstra Chapel
Wednesda
Art Porter
Service Clubs Entertain Central College and Pella Teams
Rotary and Kiwanis clubs will host basketball squads from Central College and Pella High School for a dinner at Jordan Hall. Arthur Brayton of the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce will speak, delivering a memorable, staged and inspiring evening for sports fans and players.
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Rotary
Kiwanis
Central College
Pella High School
Jordan Hall
Arthur Brayton
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Brayton
Pella
Sully High School adds basketball team to town league
Sully High School forms a basketball team as it enters a regional competition with nearby towns. A municipal hall will provide space for practice and games as part of the new facilities plan.
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Sully
Church Services Roundup in Ottumwa Area
Local church listings cover FIRST REFORMED SECOND REFORMED PELLA BAPTIST OPEN BIBLE CHURCH with schedules for Sunday School Morning Worship Evening services and midweek activities. Notable events include missionary pictures by Dr. Glen Tuttle and a Missionary Day offering with plans for a rally in Ottumwa at the Church of the Bible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Open Bible Church
Christopulos
Ottumwa
Church of the Pen Bible
Welshons
Overcomer
Sully Reformed Church Service Schedule
Arthur J. Bennink pastors morning worship at 10:00 with Lenten Parables theme clothed in the right robe junior sermon Only One Door. Sunday School at 11:30 with Law of Life lesson. Evening Praise at 8:00 features Meditation for Passion Week Day of Suffering.
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Arthur J. Bennink
Gospel Hall Services and Address by George T. Pinches
Minister George T. Pinches leads Bible classes and sermons at Gospel Hall. Schedule lists 10:00 am Bible Class on The Seed plot of the Bible, 11:00 am Lord's Supper and Ministry of the Word, 7:30 pm Gospel Service on The Greatest Work of Mediation, and 8:00 pm Thursday sessions beginning May 10 on What it means to have fellowship with God. Broadcast on KBIZ 1240 at 12:16 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Pinches
KBIZ
Pinches
Sunday church schedule with sermons and services
Lawrence J Borat Minister 9:30 a.m Bible-school Hour Topic The Law of Life 10:45 a.m Worship Services Sermon The Problem of Pleasure pm Holland Service 6:80 p.m Christan Endeavor Subject Joy in Taking Others Along Leader Johanna Olivier 7:30 p.m That Sunday Evening Service Sermon Remember Jesus and the Priority Cordial welcome to all saved and unsaved
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Lawrence J. Borat
Bible
Holland Service
Christan Endeavor
Johanna
Olivier
Jesus
Proclamation Urges April Clothing Donation Drive in Pella
Mayor Frush proclaims April as a month for Pella citizens to donate infant, men, women and children’s clothing, bedding and shoes to the United National Clothing Collection chaired by Henry J. Kaiser. The aim is to clothe those in devastated nations and support a national relief effort. Details of collection and shipping committees to follow.
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United National Clothing Collection
Henry J. Kaiser
Pella
Smed
Frush
Pella Soldier Urges Support of Red Cross Drive
Captain Dudok Langerak, serving with Gen Patton's 8th Army, writes from abroad praising the Red Cross field kitchen that fed soldiers after a Christmas dinner. He asks his mother and home folks to support the Red Cross drive generously, saying donations will yield big dividends for service members.
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Pella
Red Cross
Dudok
Langerak
Pain Langerak
Patton
8Th Army
War Time Food and Fuel Stamp Schedule Summary
The document lists validity dates for ration stamps across categories. Gasoline coupons No 14 and various H and non highway fuel coupons remain valid through March 21 and August 31, 1945. Processed foods stamps Book 4 and multiple ranges remain valid through March 31 and April 28 to June 30. Shoes stamps Book 3 are valid indefinitely for one pair. loose stamps must be removed at purchase.
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Yarotyeh Maseleh
Sheep Shearing School to Be Held in Mahaska County
A sheep shearing school will be conducted by the Vocational Agriculture Department of Oskaloo High School on March 22 and 23 at the Carroll Johnson farm known as Penn Dairy in Mahaska County. Dewey Jontz of the State Association will lead the classes, which run in one day with morning and afternoon sessions. Open to any interested person who signs up at the Vocational Agriculture Department or Farm Bureau office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vocational Culture Dept
Oskaloo High School
Dewey Jontz
State Association
Carroll Johnson
Penn Dairy
Vocational Agriculture Dept
Farm Bureau
Notice to Farmers on 1946 Subsidy Payments
Farmers will receive subsidies on January February and March cream and whole milk production starting April 1 1946. Payments run through April and May. Rates are 10 cents per pound of butterfat and 60 cents per hundredweight for whole milk. Submit tickets by mail or in person at the AAA Office in Knoxville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Knoxville
Pigs Respond to Curtailed Crop Talk at Local Farm
At the Herman Nollen farm near the Mrs. Mattie Jansen place three miles from town, pigs are reportedly acting on the chatter about curtailing the pig crop. Local observers note unusual pig activity as the topic circulates through the rural community.
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Herman Nollen
Mattie Jansen
Emergency pillow drive for Schick hospital wards
The United Service Women request 210 feather pillows and cases from Pella and nearby for Schick hospital in Clinton where barracks are wards for Woodmen. Contact Mrs. MC Van Gorp if you have feather beds or white muslin. Materials due at Osksiloosa HQ by Thursday March 22.
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United Service Women
Schick Hospital
Clinton
Pella
Rotarians hear Col Don Johnston on aviation talk
Col Don C Johnston, commander of the Iowa Air Patrol, outlined Civil Air Patrol duties in Iowa to Rotarians and guests. He recalled CAPs wartime sub patrols, the coast guard’s reliance on civilian pilots, and two million miles flown in CAP air mail service with only two losses. He described CAP’s new program offering free aviation instruction for civilians to obtain pilot licenses, including aeronautics, meteorology, and navigation training for ages 15 to 17.
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Don C. Johnston
Towa
Civil Air Patrol
Ntc
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
CAL
U.S
CAP
Clubwomen Lead Red Cross Drive In City This Week
Women of the Federated Club headline Red Cross calls with Mrs Ed Vos as chair and Walter Vande Voort as drive man. Early reports show eagerness to contribute, with country teams in each school district. The Polk Township area seeks a $5,000 quota for Pella and Lake Summit, aiming for a public March Chronicle publication.
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Federated Club
Red Cross
Ed Vos
Waler Vande Voort
Pella
Lake Summit
Polk Township
Kiwanis Heard Insurance Talk By Lautenbach
Kiwanians heard an extensive talk on insurance by Fred Lautenbach at their Tuesday meeting. He filled in for a speaker from Des Moines who was unable to attend and covered all aspects of the insurance field. Guests included John Lautenbach of New York City and Bert Baron and Robert Grandia from Pella.
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Fred Lautenbach
Fred
Des Moines
Pella Kiwanis
Barbara Coulter
Bob Selman
Anthony Kooil
John Lautenbach
New York City
Bert Baron
Robert Grandia
Pella
Poetry Reading Contest At Central College Posts Winners
The Keables poetry reading contest was held Tuesday on Central's campus with six entries. Miss Lucille Brunsting of Hull won first place and Miss Ruth Whitworth of Dallas Center second, earning positions to represent Central at the state contest in Cedar Rapids on March 10 and 17.
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Keables
Central
Lucille Brunsting
Hull
Ruth Whitworth
Dallas Center
Cedar Rapids
Pella Region Piglets Stir Local Talk
In the northeast of Pella a son presented twenty one pigs while Mr Nollen delivered nineteen more. If both litters reach full size they will total more than two tons, drawing attention to the unusual swine count in the rural area.
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Pella
Rotary Club Meeting Honors Basketball Men at Dinner
The Rotary Club will host a dinner at Jordan Hall at 7:00 this evening. Members and guests will honor the basketball squads, with emphasis on the club's weekly meeting and social program.
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Jordan Hall
Missionary Dr Glen Tuttle to Speak at Pella Baptist Church
Dr Glen Tuttle M D Baptist missionary to the Belgian Congo Africa will visit Pella this week Friday for a missionary program at the Baptist Church He is described as a young man with two terms in Africa and a hospital head A motion picture titled Bamba about African life will be shown with no admission charge and the public is invited
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Glen Tuttle
Belgian Congo
Africa
Pella
The
Baptist Church
Tuttle
Africis Fukld
Sona Bata
Money Raised at Central College for Southern Normal School Boys
At Donwstra Chapel Central College students and faculty collected 817.50 in subscriptions to clothe Negro boys at Southern Normal and Industrial School Brewton Alabama after a dormitory fire. Rev R J Vanden Berg led singing of Negro spirituals and two students tracked pledges on a blackboard. Pledges included 2 for 8, 5 for 7 50, 10 for 1 set, with totals later rising to 840.00 as more gifts arrived from campus groups.
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Donwstra Chapel
Central College
Southern Normal and Iil School
Brewton
Ami
R. J. Vanden Berg
Second Reformed Church
Armed Church
Jordan Hall
Bomber Pella Tulip Plays Thrilling Air War Role Over Europe
1st Lieutenant John Weidenbach of Dodge recalls the B-17 bomber known as the Pella Tulip, dubbed the Flying Dutchman, after surviving flak during missions over Europe. He describes flak suits, mission totals, and his unit's honors including the Presidential Citation and the Distinguished Flying Cross earned for navigation and bombing accuracy.
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Pella
Develft
John Weidenbach
Dodge
Europe
Gosh
Emsland
United States
Johnny
Weidenbach
Little Dutch Fall In Heartbreaker To Marshalltown In Semis
In the district semi final at Grinnell Pella High faced Marshalltown in a double overtime thriller. Marshalltown edged Pella 36 34 in the second overtime after a late rally and tied game moments. Pella previously defeated Belle Plaine and had defeated Marshalltown earlier in the season at Drake Field House.
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Little Dutch
Marshalltown
Kenneth Vander Linden
Pella High School
Marshalltown Bobcats
Grinnell
Chuck Vander Ploeg
Pella
Hobcats
Dunham
Robeats
Keith Lautenbach
Shaw
Reaugh
Marshalstown
Sone
Pete van Gorp
Bobcats
Newton
Belle Plaine
Drake
Marion County 4-H Awards at Carnival
At Memorial Hall Knoxville on March 14 Marion County 4-H Club honored members with medals and ribbons. Worth Rankin Jr won the Meat Animal Medal. Dwight Mathes received a Chicago Producers Commission award. Donald Van Halen earned a Home Front Service Award. James Eggers won a War Food Production Award. Jennie Jo Willemsen received a gold fire prevention medal. Logan Ver Ploeg and Willis Vande Voort were cited for completing 4-H work after graduation. Don McClure, Robert Rinehart, and Robert Chamberlain received ribbons for top placements in the State Stallion Horse judging contest.
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G Donels
Memorial Hall
Knoxville
Paul Maddy
Catharine Hershey Fruth
Worth Rankin, Jr
Thomas E. Wilson
Chicago Producers Commission Association
Dwight Mathes
Donald van Halen
International Harvester
James Eggers
Republic Steel Corporation
Jennie Jo Willemsen
Fairview School
Red Rock Township
Mutual Reinsurance Associati
WNAX
Logan
Red Cross Seeks 200 Million for Service to Servicemen
Between January 1941 and December 1944 the American Red Cross recruited 69,272 trained nurses for the Army and Navy. The drive requests 200 million dollars to continue recruitment and support all services for servicemen.
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American Red Cross
Army
Navy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wormhoudt and
DE Haan
C. C. Buer- Kens
Tella
Isaac Walton
Rev
Hall
First Reformed Church
A. Haverkamp
A.m
Pilate
Ralph ‘Ten Clay
Pella Baptist Church
A. A. Swanson
Vance Currice
Sully Reformed Church
Third Reformed Church
Mahaska County
Col
Don Johnston
Iowa
New York State
Heart
Col. Johnston Town
Jacob van Berkel
Holland
Clarence Wilkins
Jack Bootsma
Clay Barnett
District Soils Conservation Service
John Sherwalt
Musi
Hospers Kuyper
Albert Langerak
Lautenbach
Rotary Club
Alabama
Pella Tulip
van Go
Vander Fioen
Lankelma
Olson
Meltvedt
Ad Shaw
I. & Reaugh
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