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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1960
Page
3
Parsons won 11 events and tied for first in another to total 100.67 points in a triangular meet. Central scored 38.5 points and Iowa Wesleyan 1.33. The competition occurred on Tuesday.
Pella Christian Golden Eagles defeated Eddyville 7 to 2 to claim sectional final victory. A 12 hit attack built a 2 0 lead in the first inning, with 4 0 by the fourth and 7 2 final. Jerry Ver Meer led with two singles and a double, while Den Ver Meer added three singles. Den De Vries collected two singles as Leroy Rykens earned the win, allowing five hits and six walks while striking out 11. The Eagles improve to 4 0 for the spring.
The De Master brothers sparked Central to an 8 7 comeback win over Grinnell in 11 innings. Glenn De Master singled and scored on Lee De Master’s sacrifice fly after a steal and advancement on an infield hit by Mark De Gook. Grinnell tallied six runs in the sixth, including a Bill Murray homer.
Chronicle Ads leads with high team scores while Marvin L. Ver tops individuals in games and series. The summary lists multiple local businesses and bowlers with varied percentages and scores across games, series, and meet results.
The map shows the Red Rock Reservoir location and lands acquired to date by the government. Fifteen tracts involve 12 property owners. ownership transfers are noted by numbers on the map such as Garret M. Visser A-100 Case Van Arkel A-101 Saul Palmquist A-102 Peter Rus Jr A-108 and A-104 Clarence H Schrader A-108 Cora and Katherine Riet.
Central College baseball game against William Penn 8 8 at Oskaloosa halted by rain in bottom of the fifth with one out. Central led 5 3 after two innings as Hall Sutphen Gipson May and others produced early hits while Heck and May adjusted Penn in the fourth. Both teams scored in the fifth before the rain ended play.
A meeting for boys ages 8 to 12 to try out for Midget Baseball is set for Saturday at 9:00 AM at Pella High School baseball field. Returning players from last summer need not attend. The player auction will be held at the high school on May 24 with the season opener slated for May 381.
The Pella Christian Grade School will expand its teaching staff for 1960-1961 as classes of 50 or more move to the intermediate level requiring two teachers per grade. The existing staff will stay, with three new members: Grade 4 Elizabeth Jerrema, Grade 6 Norma Dahm, and junior high Harold Bruxvoort, all connected to Calvin College or Northwestern College.
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