Verne Orr Praises Pella Chronicle in Letter
Verne Orr of Verne Orr Motors Pasadena Calif writes a cordial compliment to the Chronicle. He notes his experience with Chrysler advertising in small town papers and praises the Pella paper as the best for a city its size he has seen. He mentions his wife Minnie Van Niewaal Orr and her parents Y. T. Van Niewaal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verne Orr
Verne
Orr Motors
Chrysler
Plymouth
Pasadena
California
Orr
Minnie van Niewaal Orr
Y. T. van Niewaal
Pella
Rotary
Tulip Time Verse From Mamie Gallatin At Pella
A Missouri writer Mamie Gallatin sends a poem about Tulip Time at Pella Iowa and Holland inspired festival scenes. The verses celebrate spring, Dutch costumes songs and wooden shoes with a local Extension Club letter noting plans to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Lady
Pella
Chronicle
Chula
Missouri
Pella Chronicle
Town
Holland
Thad
Tulip Time in Pella Iowa Celebrates Dutch Heritage
A noisy rhythm marks Tulip Time as villagers scrub streets and workers rise to greet thousands visiting Pella. The event features a Day in Holland exhibit, a Tulip Show sponsored by the Senior Chamber of Commerce and Women’s Club, and a miniature museum of Holland era relics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
C. of C
Holland
Record March Savings Bond sales hit state high
Iowa reports March 1947 savings bond sales reaching a state monthly record across series E F and G totaling over 19 million dollars surpassing all prior March figures. First quarter 1947 sales doubled January through March 1946 totals while redemptions declined to about 9.98 million. County data show Marion Mahaska and Jasper each posting major sales with E Bond contributions and rising county totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Savings
Iowa
Roger F. Warin
Savings Bonds Division
Treasury Department
Warin
Marion County
Mahaska County
Jasper County
Marion County 4-H Plans Rally Day in Knoxville
Plans for county wide Rally Day for Marion County 4-H girls set for June 5 in Knoxville with an all day meeting. Morning business session then pot luck luncheon, followed by skits length with 4-H songs, music numbers, officer elections, honorary member initiations, and a memory picture contest. Committee includes Mrs Rankin Spaur Dykstra Holland Karr Snyder and club officers Agan Kennedy Hart Murr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Knoxville
Lester Rankin
Guy Spaur
al Dykstra
James Holland
Bryan Karr
Walter Snyder
Marjorie Agan Veria Kennedy
Germaine Hart
Ruth Murr
Cross Chosen for Coveted Central Award
The Cross, a sophomore from Boone Iowa, was elected by faculty and students to receive Central's Jack Dempsey Adam Hat sports trophy as outstanding athlete. 423 ballots were cast from nineteen athletes. Chet Cross led with 137 more votes than his nearest rival after two years at Central, earning two letters in football and track.
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Chet Cross
Babe” Tusseling
Herbert Mentink
Boone
Iowa
Jack Dempsey-Adam
Central
Chet
Neas
C. Ull
Open House at Vet Hospitals Monday May 12
National Hospital Day will be observed May 12 in Iowa at Des Moines and Knoxville VA hospitals. Tours will showcase facilities and care for about 2,200 hospitalized veterans, with volunteer groups leading ward visits and department demos. Knoxville hosts an afternoon baseball game between Penn and Central College for visitors.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Knoxville
Florence Nightingale
Penn
Central College
American Mother Named American Mother of the Year
Mrs. F G Murray of Cedar Rapids, 72, wife of a physician and mother of five, added to Iowa Development Commission’s list as American Mother of the Year. She raised three daughters and two sons who gained prominence in writing and education, with extensive Iowa history writings in Palimpsest and Iowa Journal of History and Politics. She is the second Iowa born woman honored, following Grace Nell Crowell in 1938.
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F. G. Murray
Cedar Rapids
Development Commission
Iowa
Murray
Traer
The
Palimpsest
Iowa Journal of History and Politics
Grace Nell Crowell
Inland
United States
Iowa Dev. Com
Bulletin
Mahaska Hospital Hosts Open House on National Hospital Day
Mahaska hospital in Oskaloosa invites the public to visit on May 12 with open house sessions from 2 to 4 PM and 7 to 9 PM. Attendees will see a new obstetrical floor and new surgical equipment. invitation extended by Superintendent N Blanche Culbertson.
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Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
N. Blanche Culbertson
Visiting Program Promises Music and Refreshments
Visitors will be treated to a musical program and refreshments, offering a short concert followed by light snacks. The event highlights live performances and a welcoming social afterward for attendees.
Rol screenings Phillip Voland visits Grant's Pass factory
Phillip Voland of Grant's Pass Oregon visited the Sugar Pine plant this week. He contracted to cut 1.5 million feet for Pella Casements totaling fifty cars shipped across August September and October. A carload of sash lumber arrived and four more are en route. A continuous casement assembly line is planned to reduce shipping confusion and a new dust collector will clean the cutting area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Voland
Grant's Pass
Oregon
Voland
Erma’s
Henrietta Nikkel
Fannie Baty
Susie Mitchell
Wilma Ganss Vande Geest
Joe Vande Geest
Emma Gilchrist
Knoxville
Iowa
Johanna van Dyke
Kellogg
Roy Johnson
Roy
Oskaloosa
Henrietta Vanden Oever
Ruthie Vande Gest
Verna ‘Tysseling
Des Moines
Jack Boutsma
Water cooling device with freezing unit in automatic cook
An automatic water cook with a freezing unit like a refrigerator is described. A control cools water to any desired degree. Ray Anderson of Pella Distributor in Topeka Kansas visited the plant with salesmen Bob Ottosen to learn about all Rolscreen products. Marion Toom was noted at work Monday after picking edible fungus Agaricus capestris over the weekend. A spray mix of 1% hydrated lime to 60 gallons is mentioned for orchard use, with notes on timing for cherries plums and pears and lead arsenate avoidance if trees bloom.
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Ray Anderson
Pella di Tributor
Topeka
Kansna
Ray
Bob Ottosen
Marion Toom
First Fruit Spray Is Due For Apple Orchards
The cluster bud spray should be applied when individual apple flower buds have separated but not bloomed to control apple scab. In orchards with scab last year, apply 4 pre pink sprays a week before bloom using 5 lbs dry lime sulfur or 5 qts liquid form plus 1 1/3 lbs lead arsenate.
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Voice of the Public
Californian
Kuyper
Jers
Sincerely Yours, Mamie E. Gallatin
Netherlands
Tax Inc
Inga Tire Service
Pella, Iowa
Motherland
New Amsterdam
Pella Aw
Jowa
Adlerima
Cross
Courtesy
Central Ray
Des Moines Hospital
Fowler Telephone Company
Mennings & Vander Linden
James de
Reasnor
S. E
Galesburg
Sank-Caver
Bagy
Dway Udder
Mi ‘Yum
DE Laval
de Laval Engineering
Gnetic Speedway
Ipower
Brom
Main
Skell
Verrips Skelly Station
Tal E Coe
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