Local notes on hospital visits and community life in Mahaska
Illness and hospital admissions fill Mahaska area notes as John Braashart stays away from his bench. Numerous residents including Helen Van Brogen and Wilma Van Wyngarden undergo medical care, surgeries, and recovery across Mercy and Makaska hospitals. Community members visit, move homes, and prepare for gatherings as Central College alumni reunions and local commerce update the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma van Wyngarden
Eneed Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Peter van Zante
Garageman
Mercy
Helen van Brogen
Makaska
Kiwanis Hear Mart Heerema On Radar Talk
Kiwanis club hears Mart Heerema describe radar basics as echo based detection and range finding. He explains its wartime impact in preventing collisions and guiding planes, and notes peacetime uses from weather to navigation and obstacle avoidance. Guest Mr Gee of Riverside, California attends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Rota Mart Heere
Britain
Matt
Mr. Gee, Wills
Riverside
California
Window Display Committee Seeks Hidden Treasures
At a Festi val Antique Display Committee meeting a survey showed many have not yet reported their treasures. Committee members Harry Grond Dora Sybenga Dan Meulpolder and Pearl Van Gorp report merchants are cooperative and will display items and safeguard them. They must locate articles before May 8 to send someone on May 12 and 13. Owners will get items back unharmed. call committee members with suitable pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Grond
Dora Sybenga
Dan Meulpolder
Pearl van Gorp
Ayl
Festival Hosts Seek Rooms for Visitors
Mrs. D. C. Van Zante appeals for rooms for visitors at the Chronicle festival. She lists available spaces and urges others to double up if possible. Inquiries arrive daily and no guaranteed space exists. Rates are 1.50 per day for single persons and 2.50 per day for couples. Call Black 153 or write 1005 Broadway today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. van Zante
Chronicle
Dutch Theology Professor Haitjema to Visit Pella May 4
Dr. Th. J. Haitjema, Groningen professor and noted theologian, will visit the United States and preach at Sully Reformed Church Pella Third Reformed and the Reformed Church on May 4 to 9. He is a church leader, editor, and author with extensive roles in Protestant organizations and university reform efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Th. J. Haitjema
Pela
Pella
Third Reformed
Reformed Church
Haitjema
University of
Onder Eigen Vaandal
God of
Jesus Christ
Women of Pelia Union mark year of mission work
In Pella on April 23 the Pelia Classical Union of the Reformed Church wrapped up a year of mission service by displaying sewing and supplies for Scudder Memorial Hospital in Ranipet India. More than 100 officers and members gathered for lunch and a program, with letters from India and a short play, as volunteers packed the goods for shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelia
Second Reformed Church
Miss Ransom
Miss Shirk
Reformed Church Boards of Missions
New York City
Herbert van Wyk
India
H. Pietenpol
Nurses Chorus to Broadcast on KRNT Radio Program
A Des Moines KRNT radio program on Saturday May 3 at 10 30 am will feature the Nurses Chorus of the Iowa Lutheran Hospital. Miss Joan Ver Meer, a student nurse and chorus member, drew local interest as the group recently sang on KSO Des Moines. The broadcast supports efforts to recruit young women into nursing, highlighting strong employment prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KRNT
Des Moines
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Joan Ver Meer
KSO
Mothers Parade Babies For 1947 Centennial Tulip Time
Mothers urged to register babies for the 1947 Centennial Tulip Time parade at Wilson's Jewelry Shop by phone. Babies must ride in same vehicle in Dutch costumes, ages up to two years, with mothers or guardians. All three days in parade qualify babies for a small memento rather than a prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson's
Apollo Boys Choir Delights Pella Audience at Douwstra Chapel
The Apollo Boys Choir directed by Mr. Coleman Cooper performed an open night program at Douwstra Chapel in Pella. A large crowd enjoyed sacred and secular pieces, praised the choir’s tone and dynamics, and recalled favorites like The Echo Song and Glow Worm. The boys, aged nine to fourteen, balance singing with education and recreation under careful guidance between tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman Cooper
Apollo Boys Choir
Central College
Farndell
Pella
Douwstra Chapel
di Las
Rural School Eighth Grade Exams Announced
Rural School eighth graders will take annual state exams at Pella High School. Tests cover reading spelling language arithmetic American history geography civics science health and music. Students from Lake Prairie Summit and possibly Clay townships join at 8:45 am with Otley pupils using the regular bus route via Van Vliet's Store at 8:15 and returning at 4:15 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia F. Plots
Marion County
Department of Public Instruction
Lake Prairie
Summit
Clay Townships
Pella
Plainview
European 1
Silver Grove
Battle Ridge
Sandridge
North
Porterville
Bunker Hill
Valley
Iola
Otley
van Vliet’s
Hat swap shocks Reinbeck revival sermon
Rev Joe Brookshire preached honesty among men in Reinbeck Kentucky. At service end his new hat vanished and an old one was left in its place. The incident highlighted trust and community during the revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinbeck
Kentucky
Joe Brookshire
Rural Schoolhouse Damaged By Homemade Bomb
An explosion heard on Highway 32 in Dallas County prompted the sheriffs office to investigate. Officers found a home made bomb fashioned from gas pipe had demolished a rural schoolhouse outbuilding. No suspects were identified.
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Dallas
Sherif
Public school calendar during Tulip Time
Regular school in the morning on Thursday and Friday May 15 and 16 from 8 30 a m until eleven Final senior examinations begin on Tuesday of this week and will be given as arranged before Friday noon Seniors and friends note that the baccalaureate exercises for the class of 1947 will be held as planned on Sunday evening Tulip Time May 18 at Reformed Church The Seniors will hold their annual class day exercises on Monday afternoon May 19
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Reformed Church
To Hold Soybean Yield Contest Again in 1947
The B acre soybean yield contest, revived last year, will be held again in 1947 by the Town Corn and Small Grains Association contest committee. Producers and processors across Iowa show strong interest. the 1946 contest doubled entries from the prior year. The Iowa Soybean Processors Association will award 470 dollars in cash prizes to winning producers statewide, with the state winner receiving a trophy and 50 dollars. Gold medals and certificates will go to other field winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Corn and Small Grainders’ Association
Iowa Soybean Processors’ Association
Plans Made for Many Activities By Pella Scouts
The Pella Boy Scout troop plans to re-register soon and invites boys aged 12 to 16 to join the program of work and play. Scouts will attend the Des Moines Scout circus May 2 and 3, help with the tulip festival pageant, construct camp fire frames, and participate in the Memorial Day parade. Summer camp at Camp Mitigwa near Madrid is planned for at least a week with twelve boys already signed up, followed by the August 22 23 Camporee at Knoxville to end the summer activities. Meetings at Lincoln School resume Mondays at 7 30 p m for boys interested in joining.
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Des Moines
Mitigwa
Madrid
Knoxville
Boy Scouts
Lincoln School
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John Braashart
Tusseling
Roy de Wild
Mahaska Hospital
Marie Smith
Iowa City
C. Clark
L. Kaldenburg
Chaney Clark
Gradus Schakel
Ethel McClung
Mahaska
Glen Neifert
Indianola
Lloyd van Zante
University of Iowa Hospital
Jean Wilkins
Morrison, Iinois
Bert Boat
Raymond van Rees
Sully
West First Street
van Rees
Henry Hoekstra
Lola June
Billy Gezel
Anne Schilder
Vas
E. Washington St
Alma Pos
Clay Pryor
Wayne Pos
Clara Eunice Pryor
H. A. Veenstra
Gerrit Popma
Clarence M. van Zee
General Hospital
W. H. Vander Ploeg
Ruard Vander Ploeg
Hattle Creek, Mich
Mrs. B.S. Brown
Creston, Town
Mrs
Ed Vanorn
Ulrich Meat Market
Klass Intveld
Gift Headquarters
Carpenter’s Drug Store
Mart Heerema
Window Display Committee
Th. L. Haitjema
T. G. Fultz
Purina
BROM
Pella High and
Pella Christian High Schools
Lane Factory
Betty Vander Beek
Nancy Bogaard
Rosemary de Bruyn
Uella Dingeman
Bernice Dykstra
Myrtle Evers
Roberta Fisher
Gladys de Geus
Wilma van Gilst
Virginia Groendyke
Susan Grundman
Mabel Branderhorst
Joyce Vanden Brink
Doris Gosselink
Pella High School
Darlene Halverson
Alice van Hemert
Phyllis van Hemert
Betty van Heukelom
Erma Vander Horst
Ruth de Jong
Tonetta Keuning
Edna Ter Louw
Beverlee Nihart
Eunice Rempe
Colleen Renaud
Alla Christian High
Rachel Vander Molen
Marjorie Monsma
Betty Jeanne Roose
Donna Russell
Dorothy Schakel
Joan Stientjes
Ella Jane van Sittert
Betty Toll
Beverly Thomassen
Kathryn Tukker
Ruth Vogelaar
Bertha van Weelden
Marjorie van Zee
Wilma van Zee
Shirley Vander Schaal
Lauretta Verhulst
Luella Vos
Ubenheudt Frniture Store Complete Home Furnishers
City of Refuge
Celebration
Pella Overall Company
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