Fifteen Carloads of Pella Butter Sent to War in ’43
The Pella Creamery operation details how butter from the Belle Plaine area was prepared for war needs in 1943. Processes include cream handling, pasteurization, churns, and packing into wooden containers, with the Cudahy brand highlighted. Key figures include William Rugaard, Mrs. Arie Van Gent, Mrs. Dick Doedgns, Arthur Breen, and Junior Dykstra, noting skilled personnel, storage, and quality standards.
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Pella
Rome
Belle Tride
Patie
Everad
Jelapina
Everser
Elesay
Evannie
Dytotra
Rusasrd
Ovendon
Bel Creamery
Cudahy Company
Arie van Gent
Dick Doedgns
Arthur Breen
Junior Dykstra
Earth Luce Mere Weanen
Marion de Vries
Charley Dykstra
Pella Creamery Company
Ben Kuyk
Charley P. Dykatra
William Rugaard
Dick Cordyns
Packer
Junior Dykatra
Breen
Blue Grass
Cudahy Packing Company
Dick Doedyns
Dutch dairyman Rugaard built butter career abroad and in Iowa
Rugaard, a Dane born butter expert, worked as buttermaker and plant superintendent in Audubon and Coon Rapids, then Meadowfold and Des Moines before settling in Pella. He took the Short Course in buttermaking at Iowa State College, touts Danish butter quality, and notes three sons in the U.S. Army. His butter output was enough to circle the earth in pound cartons. Also, the Office of War Information reports V-Mail saves space, with a roll weighing seven ounces holding about 1,800 letters.
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Buvery
Lowa
William Rugaard
Denmark
Rugaards
Audubon
Coon Rapids
Des M
Meadowfold Company
Fir
Pella
Iowa State College
Ames
United States
U.S
Office of War Information
Birthdays and visits mark March at Home for the Aged
March events at the Home for the Aged include birthdays of Mrs. Henry Welle at TL years and Mrs. M. Popma at 72, with Rev. Visser leading prayers and song. Upcoming sermon by Rev. Theo Verhulst scheduled for March 17. communal prayers honor Gerrit G and Cornelius Van Gorp on March 12. Visitors and furloughs from Alaska, California, and Otley and Peoria members gather to visit residents and relatives.
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Henry Welle
M. Popma
D T. Visser
Theo, Verhulst
Gerrit
Cornelius van Gorp
William den Hartoy
Peter Jonker
Anne de Jong
Gerrit de Jong
Peoria
P. de Jong
John Vos
Helen Vos
Alaska
M. van Gorp
John den Hartog
Will den Hartog
C. den Harto
Leendert Langstraat
Attica
Leonard P. Langstraat
California
Pete Pol
Paul Langstraat
Otley
L. Langstraat
Andrew Brouwer
Montezuma
A. Hocksema
Oskaloosa
Dick Ver Meer
Local Families Visit in Midwest Obscure Text
A list of visits from families including Mr and Mrs Harold Deisen and children of Montezuma, M Jorgenson of Des Moines, Mrs Klein and others from Trairie City and Kuosville. The fragment mentions various guests visiting Mrs Van Hemert, Mr and Mrs De Vries, Ane Hrew Voir Ebnaywetinee, Tuiker Onley, Gerrit, Marinus, Walter V David, and GW Den tyes.
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Harold Deisen
Montezuma
M Jorgenson
Des Moines
1B. Klein
Mo Op. van Heemert
Trairie City
P.van Hemert
Don de Vries
Kuosville
Visted
Ane
Daha Tuiker Onley
Gerrit
Marinus
Walter V David
den Tyes
School Stamp And Bond Sales Totals Reported
School stamp and bond sales for the past term in public schools total twelve thousand seven hundred sixteen dollars and seventy five cents. Senior and junior classes are listed with totals and lineal entries, showing overall sums and class by class figures.
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Ad Pees Veinto
BAT
Iphomores
Odie
Pella High School Expands Library With New Books
Nineteen new and popular books added to the Pella High School library spanning fiction and non fiction. Titles include The Human Comedy Our Hearts Were Young and Gay and Linda Marsh Our list features Journey Among Warens The Blueberry Plan For Tokyo and more. Sophomore attendance praised for six week period while senior class shows lowest record. Sergeant Harold Hayes, a former student, spoke to the sophomore history class on March 3. Loren Vanden Oever, ex Oskaloosa High student, enrolled as a freshman in Pella High, also joining Vocational Agriculture and the FFA.
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Pella Hich School
Linda Marsh
Mer
Tokyo
Pella High School
Harold Hayes
Albania
Loren Vanden Oever
Oskaloosa High School
Fof Pella High School
Vocational Agriculture Department
FFLA
Good Driving Tips and War Prison Education Plans
A safety message urges drivers to anticipate intersections to avoid accidents and dents. The text notes quiet roads and careful driving as key, while a separate item mentions 24,000 Allied prisoners of war enrolled in educational programs run by the British Red Cross.
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Pella Produce Company
Pela Pre Ata
Poultrs Branch
Maesper
Ier
Wits Room
Beret
Keane
Sheareed
Overland Greyhound Lines
Operated
Interstate Transit Lines
Greyhound Lines
Chicas
Hotel
Pella, Iowa
ATE Transit
Iowa
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Charley P. Dykstra
Bloem’s Grocery
Relis Pillssbury
Abe Filleburus
Ken le
T Eadled Howe Aking
Ozinga Tire Service
Garden City
Conkey
Gearts Feed Mill
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