Local social notes from Pella and vicinity
Newton attend father son banquet and visits by Branderhorst family from Hensall Canada. Grand Rapids visitors Dr. P Y De Jong family and W Hofstra weekend in town. Wilma Van Dort and Mrs Wisse at Red Cross meeting in Knoxville. Albert Van Houweling injures hip at V&R Grocery roof incident. Dr. Edmand dies in Chicago. Sybengas help with arrangements. Joyce Sadler visiting Pella from New York. Various health updates and hospital stays. Ustermarkt named to AIB honor roll. Bernard Res in town from Battle Creek. Res family in Netherlands bulb business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. C. van Gorp
Newton
G. P. Branderhorst
Pete
John
Wilma
Hensall
Canada
Nick Branderhorst
Nie Branderhorst
Ed Plate
Prairie City
L. Vander Beek
Jacob J. Sybenga
Chicago
Paul A. Edmand
Edmand
Sybengas
Pella
Edmands
Bernard Res
John Res
Battle Creek
Michigan
Des Moines
Waterloo
Bernard
Res
Sassenheim
Netherlands
Record Hog Marketings Expected for March and April
Iowa forecasts march and april hog slaughter at about 3.09 million head, up 13 percent from last year and above the 5-year average. March projected at 1.74 million head, April 1.85 million, with February hogs at 2.06 million and 144000 sows. Cattle and calves: 290000 head in February, up 5 percent from last year and 36 percent above the 5-year average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Births Ver Burg and Vander Ploeg Families Welcome Newborns
Ver Burg and Vander Ploeg families announce births. A son was born March 20 at Mercy Hospital in Oskaloosa to Mr and Mrs Charles Vander Ploeg with internal grandparents Mr and Mrs Nick Van der Ploeg of Pella. A daughter followed for Mr and Mrs Robert Menning at Mercy Hospital in Oskaloosa on Sunday March 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald K. Riley
Pella
Mercy
Mark
Mr. Vos
Otley
Goris Verburg
Mahaska Hospital
Rut Engbers
Mahaska
Charles Vander Ploeg
Mercy Hospital
Ockaloosa
Nick van der Ploeg
Robert Menning
Oskaloora
Talent Show Entries List From Page One
The program lists acts across divisions including Vogal trio Janice Carel nna Boerefen and several piano accordion solos by Evelyn Van Steenis Judy Vanden ere and Lois De Haan Vocal and dance numbers feature White Breast school and Centennial school entries with multiple duets solos and a dance, plus college and adult acts like male glee club, male quartet, and a comedy act by Dick Sylvester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vogal
Janice, Carel
Nna Boerefen
Evelyn van Steenis
Judy Vandenere
Dale Fleck
den Bogaard
Avis van Square
White Breast ‘School
Mary van Steenis
Elmer van Steenis
Lois de Haan
Dan de Prenger
Judith Grandin
Jeanie Ruthven
Shirley Stump
Jean van Ekeren
Mary Wing
Joan Muyskens
Ruth Kuyper
Jean van Zee
Jean Roorda
Deanna Dykstra
Donna de Wild
Janis Ganas
Geo ‘En Hagen
Lois Ward
Linda Gezel
Karen Roorda
Linda Lents
Charlene Klyn
Linda Bevan
Barbara Duven
Pam Klein
Centennial
Donita Philby College
Dick Sylvester
Ralph Hackett
Carl Koopman
Drying Lumber For Fine Furniture
It takes one year of protected outdoor drying and another year of warm attic drying before furniture making can begin. If moisture remains, wood will dry unevenly shrink and cause joints to fail. Proper drying yields sturdy lumber suitable for elegant home furniture.
Soil Bank debated as potential farm problem fix
The soil bank plan would pay farmers to idle land, aiming to cut production and raise prices. Proponents like Prof. Wallace Ogg and Prof. W D Shrader discuss its potential for overall production control and soil fertility, while farmers like Maxey Bailey and Gerald Parks warn it may need high rents, strict enforcement, and several years to show effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Bank
Wallace Ogg
Iowa State College
Ogg
Beneft
Prof. Ogg
W. D. Shrader
Department of Agronomy
Prof
Shrader
Imie
Maxey
Farminjes
Kmnec
Bailey
Gerald Parks
Ames
Soil bank plan questioned by farmers and locals
Hurley and Parks critique the soil bank as not aiding farmers now and warn it could take up to four years for any price benefits. They urge immediate help, noting Congress may decide on the plan in the spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks
F Hurley
Kalsem
Soil Bank
Congress
Moles Controlled by Traps and Posing Methods
Both trapping and posing are effective ways to control moles. The text notes these techniques as practical options for managing mole activity in gardens and lawns.
Grading Plan Touted for Chilled Orange Juice
The Department of Agriculture proposes a grading system for chilled orange juice to standardize flavor, aroma, separation properties and general defects. Juices from oranges are pressed locally and shipped nationwide by refrigerated tank cars or trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ereade
Department of Agriculture
Graie A Fasenae
Try Your Own Lumber For Building Furniture
Iowa produces fine furniture woods says R B Campbell extension forester at Iowa State College and you may have some on your farm. Look to build end tables lamps magazine racks coffee tables desks and bread boards from your own wood. Sawmills statewide cut trees into one inch boards and ensure the lumber is dry before starting work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
America
R. B. Campbell
Iowa State College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wilma van Dort
James Wisse
Red Cross
Knoxville
Albert B. van Houweling
V&r
A. Evers
Mahaske Hospital
Oskaloosa
Joyce Sadler
New York
Walker Sadler
Harriet Frush
Washington, D. C
Rose Frush
Robert F. van Vork
Lutheran Hospital
Cora Thomassen
Grand Haven
Mrs
H. O. Thomassen
J. A. Grandia
Mr. Grandia
Rebecca
Ben Petersma
West 3Rd St
Blue
Dorell Ustermarkt
American Institute of Business
E. O. Fenton
A. I. B. Ustermarkt
Fenton
Vander Ploeg
Beple
Italio
Aira
Frank Tromp
the Chronicle
Chronicle Advertising
Che Pella
Farmer’s Union Co-op Groc
Texas Cello Carrots
Oleo
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