Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Pella Chronicle in Pella, Iowa

We have 14,353,121 pages in Iowa

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1954

Page

8

Local Iowa College announces Alpha Chi Sigma initiate Kenneth Vanden Berg

Kenneth Van den Berg son of Mr and Mrs J P Vanden Berg Otley is among 14 students to be initiated into Alpha Chi Sigma at Iowa State College He is a junior majoring in chemical engineering Also noted are hospital discharges births and various church notices including visitors from the Netherlands and guests from California and Chicago plus multiple local acknowledgments and a town column.

Iowa State College Kenneth Vanden Berg J. P. Vanden Berg Otley Alpha Chi Sigma Vanden Berg Dale Steenhock Mahaska Hospital William van’ Maanen Leighton Mercy Oskaloosa Melvin Vos Sully Martha Vos William Schultze Mahaska Gerrit Vis Willem van Gent Mr. Vis Holland Gerrit Scarsboro van Gent Netherlands New York Ryndam Des Moines Kedichem Hij Gorinchem South Holland Clarence Meyers Monroe Craig Jon Dave van Haaften East Columbus Street Pella Second Reformed Church Kenneth Vander Linden Methodist Hospital Rochester Minnesota First Christian Reformed Church John de Zwarte Town City K. van Zee D. Vander Linden Third Reformed Church H. W. de Bruin General Hospital Dora Mol First Reformed Church Peter C. Welle Gerard Gosselink Gladys de Geus Wilbur S. Newendorp Ebenezer Reformed Church Abraham Roorda Wendell Ver Ploeg Dick Ver Ploeg Sull Ames Alpha Zeta Iowa State Organization Andrew Bandstra Route 2 Perth Earl Wilson Des Moines Register Dateline Marcia Kuyper Henry E. Kuyper Towa Gal Henry Kuyper The State University of Town Nbg-Tv Rainbow Division Legion Hall Eli Rolenbrander White Way Auto Company General Motors International Motorama Chicago International Amphitheater William Jarvis Illinois Anna Hessing John Onstine J. van Gorp California Booster Press Gerrit van Ryswyk Nick van Gorp Martin Vander Heiden West Long Beach Gertrude Renaud Beverly Donald Gingery

Dutch Border Village Baarle Nassau Baarle Hertog Explored

The piece tours Amsterdam Rotterdam and The Hague then highlights Baarle Nassau and Baarle Hertog a town split between the Netherlands and Belgium. It notes mixed Dutch Belgian homes blue versus white numbering no jail currency cross border prices and a bilingual atmosphere with local religious Staphorst customs and Sunday restrictions.

Sterdam Concertgebouw Queen's Palace Schiphol Rotterdam Hague Holland Baarle Nassau Baarle Hertog Belgium Staphorst

Staphorst and Geilhoorn Holland Travel Feature

A vivid portrait contrasts Staphorst’s quiet Sabbath streets with Geilhoorn’s private island villages. Boats replace roads as people travel to church and work by canal, while tourists glimpse wagons on water and cottages under graceful bridges. The piece extols travel as a path to knowledge and peace.

Staphurst Staphorst Geilhoorn Holland

Neighbors Help Clean Tornadoed Iowa Area

In southern Iowa, 34 men with tractors and plows swept debris and plowed 150 acres after a tornado. The eldest helper was J. S. Wells, age 94, honored as the town’s stalwart neighbor.

Iowa J. S. Wells

Vac A Students Tour Iowa Packing Plant

Thirty five vocational culture students from their instructor visited the Iowa Packing Co plant in Des Moines on April 30. They toured the meat packing operation after lunch and later visited the jet plane division at the airport with an Air Force sergeant explaining a jet engine. The visit was considered informative and enjoyable.

Iowa Packing Co Des Moines Air Force Lee Nossaman Ff.a

Eight Farm Field Day Dates Set by State College

R K Frevert announces eight summer field days at college experimental farms. The events highlight new farming ideas for residents of the state and will be led by Frevert in charge of the outlying experimental farms.

Town State College R. K. Frevert

Iowa State College hosts 1964 Agricultural Field Day schedule

Experimental farms in Ames and across Iowa host six field days this June and July. Agricultural Engineering and Agronomy kicks off June 5 and June 8 at Ames. Additional events run June 10 Bea consfield, June 15 Castana, June 17 Saratoga, June 18 Independence, and July 7 Kanawha with programs for farm women and half or full day formats. County extension directors will share details as dates near.

Ames Ag. Engineering Agronomy Grundy- Shelby Beaconsfield Western Iowa Castana Howard County Experimental Farm Saratoga Seymour-Shelby Seymour Carrington- Clyde Independence Northerntown Kanawha Too Frevert

Also Mentioned on This Page

the Chronicle Anna Dykhuis Minn Mayo Clinic Bernard Flikkema Lewis de Vries Iowa Optometric Association Marcus Bach School of Relision Iowa State University Gradus Vander Linden Bud June Paramount Ben Vogelaar Vander Linden Trinity Reformed Church New Gradus Board of the Reformed Church In America Orange City T. Plette California. With Them, Mrs. Plette Phoenix Arizona Pa Vander Linden Uncle Math Mathies Mathieson Ana Versatol Paardekooper Ideal Pharmacy Doug Michaels Stern Hell S&h Vac. A Mother Reatteas Mats Circus Peanuts Strongheart Dog Food Sara Brown Rath Briardale G.W.C. Brand Miracle White Lilly Carnation Meadow
Search Courier

Search the Pella Chronicle Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Pella Chronicle?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication