Community Moves and Personal Notices from Pella Area
Local residents report several moves including Arie and family from Route 4 to Route 1 Prairie City and Alvin Rietveld’s family relocating to Otley. Anne De Neef enters a nursing home. Dr. Verhey aids a ill brother in Chattanooga. News mentions a fatal farm accident near Kca with W J Walker’s family, church notices, and hospital or medical updates for De Penning, Meppelink, and Van Gorp families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick de Heus
Mahaska
Dr. Verhey
Chattanooga
Tennessee
James Verhey
Pella
William Meppelink
Ma Hospital
Oskaloosa
van Gorp
Gerald de Penning
Walter Visehher
Pella Students At Central College On Honor Roll
Pella students at Central College are named on the honor roll. The list includes fourteen local juniors and seniors who earned a B average and stayed on track from the dean’s office. Names include the Parker and DeKock families with noted ties to local households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Central College
Thurs Rker
M Anna Parkers
Walter D Kock
Walter D. DeKock
Central
Lenin
Conference sport schedules set for South Central clash
The South Central Conference outlines schedules for track golf and baseball with Valley High hosting on May 5. Six events offer four eligible contestants as schools discuss appeals and feuds while new activities debut and controversy lingers over conference membership and competition.
Conference plan changes affect Pella football schedule
The report notes Pella will not compete on a conference basis but will face Knoxville and Florida. Arrangements may be held at Vet Mond in Kin s. No baseball field available. Almotion to sponsor Freshman Sophomore football on a conference basis was lost. The vote divided five for and against.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ungel
Pella
Knoxville
Fidianila
Agaist
Mahaska County Men Plan a New Venture a Pig Hatchery
Brown and Bernie Baker of De Meine Sanulineed plats to start a pig hatchery in Mahaska County. After a week of feeding, pigs will be sold at about 30 pounds as the operation progresses with plans to raise and market pigs locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahaska County
Brown
Bernie Baker
de Meine
Will Seaagie
Dane Nord
Family Vesper Hour's Final Scheduled Park Event
A Sunday program titled The Family Vesper Hour set for 2:00 in the afternoon at a park in Osbalacan Nation lands. The event, described as its broadest, will no longer be heard after this final performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eto A Carpeala
Osbalacan
Farmers Union Co op Annual Meeting at Legion Hall
Farmers Union Co op held its annual meeting at Legion Hall on March 16. The event showcased a record $31,000 in earnings and included reports by Paul Van Der Sluis Carol Visser and John Ed Klein. Reuben Schakel presented financial statements and Dick Offeringa from Cedar Rapids spoke on member relations and cooperative ties. Grandia Hugo Steen and Wm Verners were re elected to the board for three years. John A Grandia served as president and Hugo Steenk as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Union Co-op
Legion Hall
Paul van der Sluis
Carol Visser
John Ed Klein
Reuben Schakel
Offeringa
Dick Offeringa
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Theio Cooperative
Focal Cooperatives
C Sumers
Ation
Kansas City
Grandia
Hugs Steen Wm. Verners
John A. Grandia
Dent
Hugo Steenkident
John de Tokens
Diseases threaten pig farrowing in sows and piglets
Several diseases threaten farrowing pigs including scours, hypoglycemia, naval infections, and diarrhea. Proper management during late gestation and farrowing with adequate water, diet, and husbandry can reduce losses. Maintain clean conditions, avoid feed shortfalls, and monitor piglets for weakness and failure to nurse.
Piglet Digestive Disorder Warns of High Mortality
An ins of a dex eterinarian, Digestive Disorders is transmissible or inflammation of the intestines in pigs causing diarrhea and prostration within hours after birth. Mortality can reach 100 percent, with dehydration common as piglets attempt to drink water. No treatment exists after onset and breeders are urged to avoid buying stock from affected herds. Separate sows that have not farrowed and enforce strict sanitation to prevent spread. sows losing litters can be bred back for late summer or midfall farrowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrick
Tests for Speech and Hearing Slated for School Children
Specialists from the State Department will test all public school children in grades 3 and 4 during the week starting April 16 in Marion County. Rural children on this side of the river are included. A prior test in grade 1 detected hearing losses. Parents should contact the superintendent for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Education Services
State Department
Marion County
Soil Tests Guide Efficient Fertilizer Use
Iowa State College extension expert Fitts urges timely soil sampling to tailor fertilizer types to soil. Farmers should submit land samples soon after frost to race planting, with county extension offices coordinating submissions. Samples are analyzed at ISU laboratories in Ames and Cedar Rapids to inform fertilizer choices.
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Theerves
Iowa State College
Fitts
Iowa State College Coil
Ames
Cedar Rapid
Quirk
Rats in Oakland Steal and Eat Money in Cribs
In Oakland area, a resident JR. Bolton reported rats damaged his corn cribs last fall eating 310 dollars and a 20 dollar bill. The money was recovered only recently with rodents having consumed the notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
JR. Bolton
Plan to Select Master Swine Producers in ’51
The Iowa Master Swine Producers Project enters its tenth year in 1951. Eligible hog producers must own at least 10 sows farrowed before June 1 and have raised hogs for five years. The program, sponsored by Sows Swine Producers Association WHO Des Moines and Iowa State College Extension, seeks 25 top producers to study and share methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
E. L. Quaife
Iowa State College
Quaife
Sows
Swine Producers Association
WHO
Des Moines
Iowa State College Extension Service
Coasi
Footy Extension
Nourishing Homemade Soup Ideas for a Full Main Dish
Jewel Graham of Town State College discusses soups as appetizers or heartier mains. She highlights chowders and bean soups, offers Navy bean with ham hock as a main, and suggests cornbread as a side with relish and fresh vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewel Graham
Town State College
Miss Graham
Miriam
Choi
Pruning Shade Trees In Winter Says Extension Expert
Late winter is optimal for pruning shade trees says Margherita Tarr from the Iowa State College extension. Focus on retaining natural shape, use three cuts for limb removal, and treat wounds with tree-paint to prevent disease and decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margherita Tarr
Landse
Inwa
Rao
Tarr
Nurses urged to register for Civil Defense service
The governor of Tow William Beardsley appeals to all registered and practical nurses to register for Civil Defense in case of emergency. Registration is set for Thursday, March 2 at the Knoxville courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tow
William Beardsley
Knoxville
Easter Services at Otley Church Connects Community
Good Friday services will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Otley Reformed Church with a public invitation. Sunday evening a Easter service will be presented by the Otley Reformed Church Young People's Christian Endeavor Society at 7:40 p.m. All are invited to attend this special Easter service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otley Reformed Church
Young People's Christian Edeavor Society
Church program note hints at special numbers and hymns
A partial devotional notice mentions an anthem program and appropriate message at an organ event on Sunday evening, with references to a church service and a music presentation led by a local choir.
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Med
Easter Sunrise Service Sponsored by Local Young Peoples Groups
The annual Easter Sunrise Service is sponsored by the young people of the First Second and Third Reformed churches. It will be held at the Second Reformed church with Rev John Vander Waal of Bible Central College delivering the message. Music will include instrumental numbers by Con ater Hoven and singers from the First and Third churches. Everyone is invited to attend on May 1 at 7:00 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People's
Second Reformed
John Vander Waal
Tible Tral College
Tia
Five Hundred Guests at Vander Wal Implement Co.
About five hundred attended the Vander Wal Implement Company event at Taplement for the opening of the gas and imaplesiers. Elders received prizes while children took souvenirs as guests enjoyed war and entertainment despite bad roads. Friends unable to attend were invited to stop by the Vander Wal shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vander Wal Implement Company
East
Pras
Taplement
Iw Coalition
Vander Wal
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Hall Fellegne
Ann
Covapeet
Arie
4 Farm
Route 1
Prairie Ci
Anne de Neef
the Chronicle
Second Ave
Lewis Amos
Otley
Liberty School
J. A. Kool
Liberty Street
Broadway
Alvin Rietveld
Roy van Vark
W. J. Walker
Theresa Sheehy
Kca
Bagley
Morwanbright
Guthrie Center
Walker
Jamaica
Xeph
Albert Ore Pella
Lund
Genel
Gospel Hall
Orcutt
Ting
Richard Vander Baan
Susan
Barbara
Mass
D. W. van Gorp
Bert Kelderman
Martha Huisman
Rochester
Minn
Indianapolis Blvd
Whiting
Indiana
John de Winter
V Hospital
Klin
Des Moines Veterans Hospital
Tnd
Mierly
Fae
Tatvanes
Valley High
Valley
John B. Herrick
Iowa State
Merrick
Vander Ploeg Bakery
J. van den Baard
F. E. Brown
Monroe Burl Horstmann
Pleasantyi
James Fortune
N. Applegate
R. E. Hixenbaugh
Dall
W. L. Wanders
Tracy
Marion County Mutual Insurance Assn
Main St
Dtors Summit
North Pork
Red Rock
Perry
Pleasant Grove
Swan
Uni
Washington
Franklin
Dallas
Clay
Liberty
Peter Tusseling
J. S. Heywood
St Knoxville
S. Polk Twps
Knoxys
S. L. Walker
Beulah E. Hayes
Knoxville Knoxville
Lake Prairie
Mutual Insurance
Graham
Howe
Len Howe Mous
Irha Hardware News
Vogelaar’s
Amaziox
Apex
Wormhoudt Furniture Store
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