Our Men in Military Service Pvt J Van Houwelingen Finishes Basic
Pvt James Van Houwelingen son of Mr and Mrs M E Van Houwelingen R R 1 Pella Iowa recently completed engineer basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri with a unit of the 6th Armored Division He received eight weeks basic training in Army life and weapons and eight weeks more in engineer training He learned pioneer and power tools fixed and floating bridges and related skills The completion leads to further schooling or assignment as a replacement for other units with testing at Fort Bliss Texas classified information on projects and a note of his dress showing Corporal Phil H Mentink U S 55217044 80th AAA Bat Lt 75 mm MBL Fort Bliss El Paso Texas.
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Houwelingen
R.R
Pella
Iowa
6Th Armored Division
Pvt
Fort Bliss
Phil H. Mentink
U.S
Ft. Bliss
el Paso
Texas
PVT DANIEL VAN GORP TO ATTEND ADVANCED A A SCHOOL
Pvt Daniel Van Gorp son of Mr and Mrs John Van Gorp Route 2 Pella has been selected to attend Lead fain line the most advanced program of the Anti aircraft Artillery Replacement Training Center at Fort Bliss Texas Appointments to the rigorous training course are based on demonstration of leadership abilities high scholastic aptitudes and average physical stamina The first five weeks of the forty five day training period are in basic training units and the last three weeks focus on guidance and tactics The course ends with a formal parade and retreat ceremony
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Fort Bliss
Texas
Daniel ‘van Gorp
John van Gorp
Route 2
Pella
Leadfain Line
AAA Rtc
Mentink finishes Navy electronics course at Memphis
Richard J. Mentink, enlisting in October 1952, graduated from the Navy School of Electronics in Memphis on February 12, 1964 and is assigned to NAS Jacksonville as an electronics technician with VP-16. Phillip H. Mentink remains at Fort Bliss El Paso Texas serving as a radar operator on the new Skysweeper 75MM anti aircraft gun described in Life.
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Richard J. Mentink
U. S. Navy
Navy School of Electronics
Memphis
Tenn
N.A.S
Jacksonville
Florida
Cian
Newfoundland
Iceland
U.S.N. N
Phillip H. Mentink
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Texas
Life Magazine
Navy Lt. Gerald Synhorst serves aboard USS Harder
Groton Conn Ltjg Gerald E Synhorst aboard the submarine USS Harder based in Groton Connecticut recently returned from the Caribbean where she participated in Operation Springboard the Atlantic fleet's annual realistic submarine and anti-submarine warfare drill.
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Groton, Conn
Harder
Navy
Gerald E. Synhorst
Gertrude Synhorst
Columbus St. Pella
Iowa
Bisine Schuler
Short Hills
Caribbean
John W Huyser Promoted Sergeant in Seventh Inf Division
John W Huyser son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Huyser 406 Independence Pella Iowa was promoted to sergeant while serving in Korea with the Seventh Infantry Division known as the Bayonet division. Huyser a supply specialist in the 2nd Regiments Tank Company arrived in Korea last May and entered the army in September 1952.
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Korea
John W. Huyser
Andrew Huyser
Independence
Pella
Iowa
Ith
Pusan
Yalu
Huyser
Army
New Fertilizers Reach Market in Various Forms
Reports from extension agronomist Joe Stritzel of Towns State College note rapid advances in fertilizer manufacture. Liquid nitrogen proves as effective as dry forms, while a proposed liquid mixed fertilizer for soil use could match dry nutrients pound for pound, unlike foliar sprays which prove impractical due to low nutrient concentration and frequent applications.
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Joe Stritzel
Extension Agronomist
Towns State College
Stritzel
Calvin College Choir Plans West Coast Concert Tour
Calvin College A Cappella Choir of sixty five will tour the West Coast for sixteen days starting March 28 with stops in Chicago Denver Ontario Angeles Bellflower Redlands Hanford Alameda Modesto Ripon Stockton and more. The choir directed by Seymour Swets will perform in churches halls and on TV with selections from Bach Beethoven Mueller and Grieg plus a new Psalm tune setting dedicated to Swets. Gerald Vander Hart and Shirley Menninga accompany the group. admission is free with offerings.
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Calvin College
West
Chicago
Denver
Ontario Angeles
Bellflower
Redlands
Hanford
Alameda
Modesto
Ri Pon
Stockton
California
Denver Kiwanis Club
Michin
United States
Canada
Swets
Seymour Swets
Oratorio Society
Five Hundred
Mendelssohn
Haydn
Ward-Peery
Bach
Mueller
Tkack
Tehaikovaky
Ch Grieg
Noble
Luchoir
Prof
Calvin
Dick L. van Halsema
Christian Reformed Church
Monsey
New
Cal
Christian Reformed
Gerald Vander Hart
Thomas Vander Hart
Route 2
Pella
Shirley Menninga
Henry
Menninga
Otley
West Coast
Pella Christian Highd
Central College
Insect Control Underway Says Extension Entomologist
Harold Gunderson of Town State College urges immediate insect control work. The season opens with dormant spray using lime sulfur or dormant oil to curb scale and protect fruit quality and tree health.
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Harold Gunderson
Town State College
Gunderson
Dormant treatments advised for overwintering pests
An entomologist outlines options to control overwintering red aphid and spider egg populations on fruit trees using dormant oil or lime sulfur in liquid or dry forms. Apply before buds swell and when temperatures exceed 40 degrees for at least 24 hours. Lime sulfur can stain surfaces white to black, so avoid near white painted buildings.
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Gunderson Bell
It Pays to Treat Most Legume Seed
Arden Sherf of Town State College Extension explains that legume seeds face soil seed rot and seed treatment often yields a better stand. Treatment costs about 1 cent per pound and is usually effective, especially for alfalfa red clover and common grasses, though some seed lots may show no response.
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Arden Sherf
Town State College Extension Plant Pathologist
Sherf
De Vries Begins First Hog Crossbreeding Project
Duane De Vries, a 16 year old Pella High School freshman and son of Everett and Cora De Vries, oversees a crossbred hog project termed the pride of ownership. His first vocational agriculture effort features his Duree-Poland China cross litter named Witter, raised in the Battle Ridge area northwest of Pella as a step toward becoming an established farmer.
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Duane de Gies
Duane
Witter
Duree
Poland
Pella High School
Everett
Cora de Vries
Battle Ridge
Pella
Seed Treatment Timing in Planting Inoculation Practice
Guidance notes that inoculation, if done properly, will not disrupt practice. When seed is to be inoculated against infection, Sherf advises applying seed treating chemical beforehand. Treatment can occur any time, but inoculation should not be more than two hours before planting.
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Sherf
Pointers for Saving Young Pigs from Iowa State College
E Quaife extension animal husbandman urges hog producers to save more piglets this spring. He says using farrowing stalls in clean dry pens can add about one pig per litter. Heating lamps or brooders reduce pig losses from cold and exposure.
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E. Quaife
Iowa State College
Practical pig care for preventing sickness in newborns
The article outlines a pig disease prevention plan beginning with iron treatment in the first week using an iron pill or iron sulfate solution. It recommends iron prevention, light sow feeding, synthetic milks for orphans or large litters, early access to oats, shifting to pig meal by 2 to 3 weeks, limiting corn until 4 to 5 weeks, castration at 10 days, and weaning when pig meal is well eaten at 6 weeks.
Worp E Borgman Seeks Town Legislature Seat
Richland Township farmer Worp E Borgman announces candidacy for the June primary in Jahaska County. A World War I veteran and longtime community volunteer, he aims to fill the term of John Vander Wert on the County Board and previously served on the Board of Education.
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Worp E.borgman
Richland Township
Iitet Demsoratnok
Jahaska County
Keee
Comaltery
Sremer
John Vander Wert
Board of Education
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FT. Leonard Wood, MO
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
James van Houwelingen
M. E. van
U. S. Army
Daniel van Gorp
Advanced A. A
Dick Mentink
Philip
Gerald Synhorst
Groton
Connecticut
Seventh Inf. DIV
Vogelaar’s
Calvin College Choir
Vassigie
S. A. Kooyman
de Vries
Worp E. Borgman
Worp
Sete Een
Irrece - Pella Public
Scharing Garage
Farmers Union Grocery
AJAX
Heinz Light & Dark
Lord Clinton
Cookie
Hunt
Colfax Sale
Orie Groveclove
Colfax Sale Company
Bell, Clippinger and Shields
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