Standard Oil ads expand to 1,789 papers for Jubilee year
Standard Oil of Indiana announces its spring and summer advertising push across 1,789 newspapers with a combined circulation of 13,687,486. The campaign, tied to the Golden Jubilee, highlights Iso-Vis motor oil, clean rest rooms, and a free dealer check-up service, while noting Whiting refinery's growth and the chain's 23,000+ dealers serving nearly 8 million motorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Standard of Indiana
Wm. van de Voort
Pella Standard Oil Agent
Pella Chronicle
Standard Oil
Standard
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Vande Voort
Whiting
Ind
Middlewest
Mrs Harmon Wheeler Obituary In South Pella
Mrs Harmon Wheeler longtime South Pella resident dies after illness at home. She was among the community’s oldest members and the obituary will be published next week.
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Harmon Wheeler
South Pella
Dirk Lewis Monsma dies after illness in Iowa family note
Dirk Lewis Monsma born July 26 1894 on a Jasper County Iowa farm died April 27 1939 at his home near Lynnville after a several months illness. He married Anna Elscott January 16 1918 and they had three children Glen Vande Krol Dwight and Gordon. Funeral at Lynnville Friends church April 29 with Rev Green Des Moines and Rev Erwin Perisho assisting. Burial in Sully cemetery pallbearers include Lloyd Ludwick Keith Renaud Kenneth Vander Wilt and others. Survivors include wife children parents and several siblings and relatives from Newton Des Moines New Sharon and nearby areas.
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Dirk Lewis Monsma
K. D. Monsma
Lynnville
Jasper County
Iowa
Chester
Anna Elscott
Glen van
Harvey Gause
Sully
Lloyd Ludwick
Keith Renaud
Kenneth Vander Wilt
de Vere Stanley
Delmar Jansen
Glen Elscott
Ha Elscott
Newton
Lester Wooge
Des Moines
Louis Jansen
Kinduff
Sell Renaud
Keith
Shirley New Sharon
John Monsma
Near Lacey
Gerald Monster's Death Stuns Pella Family in May
Gerald Monster, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Monster of south of Pella, died at his home early Saturday morning May 6 after a one day illness. He had been in Pella for the eighth grade.
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Gerald Monster
William Monster
South of Pella
Pella
Examinations Friday followed by sudden illness
A student who complained of fatigue after exams Friday died from a streptococcic throat infection in the early hours Saturday. He is survived by parents, one brother, and three sisters Marion at home, Mrs William Vander Linden of Pelia, Mary Jane, and Dorothy May at home. Funeral held Monday at the Monster home with Rev N Rozenboom officiating. burial in Graceland cemetery.
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Gerald
Marion
William Vander Linden
Pelia
Mary Jane
Dorothy May
G. Menning
N. Rozenboom
Otley
Monster Home
Graceland Cemetery
Dan Meulpolder Receives Fox Magazine Merit Award
Dan Meulpolder of Fox Ranch Pella Iowa earns a special Merit Award from Black Fox Magazine for his February 1938 article Practical Fur Sheds. The framed certificate notes ten evaluation points and praises clarity, detail, readability, and educational value. A note invites the local press to publish the letter. a Persian cat in Tillamook Oregon wakes Ruth Flanders at 4:47 each morning.
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Dan Meulpolder
Black Fox Magazine
Fox Ranch
Pella
Iowa
Meulpolder
Practical Fur Sheds
Gertrude Ee, Fox
Anniversary of the Arabian Mission Celebrated by Synod
The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Arabian Mission will be celebrated at a June 12 service in the West end Reformed Church with speakers Rev Samuel Zwemer and Wells Thomas M D. TheSynod will debate uniting two seminaries. new denominational headquarters. and church economy. The Woman's Assembly will host events June 9 including a missionary reception and luncheon. Frederick Steward and Stella Hoyer, once married in 1900 and divorced in 1916, have remarried after a brief courtship.
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West End
Holland
Michigan
New Brunswick
N. J
Classis
Muskegon
Chicago
Montgomery
Raritan
Hudson
Poughkeepsie
Fifth Ave
East 22Nd St
Synod
Frederick Steward
Stella Hoyer
Allentown
State Department Weighs Changes In Normal Training
Officials of the Pella Public Schools are urged to attend a May 13 conference at the State House starting at 1 PM to discuss important changes in the normal training program and related policies.
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State Department
Pella
State House
Iowa normal training eligibility rules outlined
The plan states no pupil with grades below 80 percent may enter normal training. Students must be at least sixteen by January 1 of their junior year. Review courses emphasize methods over subjects. State aid of $100 annually funds library books and equipment. Miss Hepfinger, the local instructor, hopes to attend. Mr. Buerkens cannot attend due to Tulip Time.
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Iowa
Hepfinger
Buerkens
Ministers as Guest Speakers at College Chapel
The college chapel featured two visiting pastors on Wednesday May 5. The Reverend Dick Kolenbrander of Sibley Iowa urged unity with Christ and compared spiritual growth to hybrid seed corn. The Reverend Hempstead of Mitchellville Iowa spoke on The Low Look or the High, urging a wider horizon centering on Jesus for heaven, hope, and tranquility.
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Dick Kolenbrander
The
Reformed Church
Sibley
Town
Kolenbrander
Jesus
Mr. Hempstead
Congregational Church
Mitchellville
Iowa
Hempstead
Pella Students Take Part in Veishea at ISU
Two Pella youths Bernard Vogelaar and George Vande Noord prepare for Veishea at Iowa State College during a three day festival May 11 to 13. Vogelaar joins Agricultural Engineering Field Day while Vande Noord works with Electrical Engineering activities. Open House Friday May 12 features more than 8,500 cherry pies by Home Economics coeds and about 80 units in the parade on Saturday May 13 plus Stars Over Veishea at Clyde Williams Stadium.
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Pella
Iowa State College
Veishea
Bernard Vogelaar
Ben Vogelaar
George Vande Noord
John Vande Noord
Iowa
Stars
Clyde Williams Memorial
Fea
College Weekend Schedule Highlights Activities and Games
The campus entertains a packed weekend with glee clubs and bands plus a fireworks display. The Abu-Bekr White Horse Troop of Sioux City performs four times. Other events include Ag and Homemaking Congresses, a podrome, baseball against Kansas, polo vs Missouri and Michigan State, a Drake and Grinnell track meet, and more student-created entertainments.
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Ture
Abu-Bekr White Horse Troop
Sioux City
Kansas
Missouri
Michigan State
Drake
Grinnell
Iron Out College Problems at 6 oclock Dinners
Dr. Lubbers introduces a 6 o clock dinner method for faculty meetings replacing late afternoon sessions. After a pleasant meal, regular faculty business is conducted quickly and efficiently. One member requested an immediate date for the next dinner meeting as graduation preparations rise.
FOR SALE items from Van Den Berg Bro and others
Classified notices list multiple sales including a Fairbanks Morse gas engine, Illinis soy beans, a 1938 Model B John Deere tractor and cultivator with special terms, bronze turkey eggs, and 100 bushels of Ellian soy beans. Contacts include phone numbers 661 and 36 and names Van Den Berg Bro J N Mathes Hubert Van Gilst Vandermeulen Co De Bruin.
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Fair Banks Morse
van den Berg
Illinis
de Bruin
John Deere
Vandermeulen Co
J. N. Mathes
Hubert van Gilst
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Ricardo Cortez
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Cassidy Bar
William Boyd
Movietone News
Jack Benny
Joan Bennett
Mary Boland
MGM News
Mrs. Harmon Wheeler
Furnas
Vander Linden
Rexall Drug Store
Wm. J. Vande Voort Standard Oil Tank Wagon Agent
Pella High School
Philip Sybenga
Maxine van Vark
Marjorie Lautenbach
Martha van Berkum
Cora Mae Vander Linden
Ruth van Donselaar
Sara Rose Vander Linden
Evelyn Rouw
Stuart Kuyper
Ion
Pella High
Ruth Huizinga
Leila Burggraaf
Othella van Baale
Lora Ruth Vander Waal
Betty de Prenger
Evelyn Tysseling
Freda Zwank
Fox Magazine
Ruth Flanders
Tillamock, Ore
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Federal Council of Churches
Roswell P. Barnes
New York City
Department of International Justice and Good Will
John Sutherland Bonnell
D. D
Fifth Ave. Presbyterian Church
M. Stephen James
First Church of
Albany
Lyman J. Shafer
Board of Religions
Wynand Wickers
Hope College
Hol. Mich
Frederick Zimmin
Board of Domestic Missions
Jacob J. Sessler
Reformed Church of
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Thomas H. Mackenzie
D. di
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John A. Mackay
Princeton Theological Semin
College Chapel
Ag. College
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Birds Eye Foods
Dawn
DE Wit
van den Berg Electric
Lark Street
Kuyper Lumber Company
van Gorp
Pillsbury
Idaho
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Ohio
Illinois
Wayne
Creai
Total Union
PPPR
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Prunes
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