Tulip Time Official Program 1950 Highlights
Tulip Time events run May 11 to May 13 featuring organ concerts, parades, Dutch games, folkloric dances, operettas Sweethearts, band concerts, color lowering ceremonies, and a queen and attendants presentations with Governor Beardsley greetings. Major venues include Uptown Central Park Vergne Ford West Park and Square Dance areas with multiple performances daily.
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Uptown
Central Park
Vergne Ford
West Park
Klompen
Golors
Beardsley
Kinderen
Marion County 4-Hers Guests of Des Moines May 3
Fourteen Marion County 4 H boys and girls toured Des Moines Industrial Centers on May 3 as guests of the Agricultural Committee of the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce Governor William Beardsley welcomed the group before bus tours to sites including Firestone Swift Soybean Mill Municipal Airport Coca Cola Plant Iowa Packing Register Tribune Sargent Feed Mill WHO radio Towa Power and Light Farmers Grain Dealers Meredith Publishing The Art Institute Sears Roebuck Northwestern Bell Bankers Life Building Younkers J C Penny Green Colonial Bread Wallaces Farmer and Drake University The group split visits by interest and returned home tired but enlightened about Des Moines industry.
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Marion County
Agricultural Committee
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Des Moines
William Beardsley
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Swift Soybean Mill
Coca-cola Plant
Iowa Packing Company
Register and Tribune
Sargent’s Feed Mill
WHO
Towa Power and Light Company
Farmers Grain Dealers
Meredith Publishing Company
the Art Institute
Sears Robuck
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Bankers Life Building
Younkers
J.C. Penny
Green Colonial Bread Bakery
Wallaces Farmer
Drake University
Post Office Hours Listed by Arthur Klein
Post Office hours show daily operation except Sundays and holidays. General service runs 7 30 a m to 5 30 p m weekdays and 7 30 a m to 5 p m on Saturdays, with Sundays and holidays closed. Money order and postal savings run 9 a m to 5 p m daily except Saturdays 9 a m to 12 noon, Sundays and holidays closed.
Winter fish loss near normal in Iowa lakes
Biologists with the State Conservation Commission say winter kill was slight in most major Iowa lakes. Game fish loss was negligible despite low water. Several shallow northwest lakes saw heavy losses mainly of carp and bullheads.
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Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Pike Season Opens in Iowa Waters May Fifteenth
The Pike season in Iowa waters will open May 15 adding northern, walleye and sauger pike, perch, white or silver bass, and yellow bass to existing open species. Nesting game fish open June 1 include smallmouth and largemouth bass, warmouth, sunfish, bluegill, and rock bass. Frog season starts May 12 with a limit of twelve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
John Adams as First U S Ambassador to England
John Adams served as the first United States ambassador to England, marking a key early diplomatic role in establishing transatlantic relations between the new republic and Britain.
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John Adams
U. S
England
Vocal Ensemble Praise From Pella Calif Meeting
D R Rhynsburger writes from Compton California praising Mrs Ed LeCocq and her singing group. He recounts a large gathering at the Reformed Church in Paramount with Central College Vocal Ensemble under Mrs LeCocq and leaders Rev J Euwema and Mr Lorenz De Vries. He notes his moved address to 4714 El Secundo St Compton.
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Ed LeCocq
Paramount
Pella
G. Vander Linden
Central College
Finess
Rect
LeCocq
J. Euwema
Lorenz de Vries
D. R. Rhynsburger
Rhynsburger
Hermosa Beach
el Secundo Street
Compton
California
Lam
Camp Workshop for Girl Club Leaders at Lake Ahquabi
Lake Ahquabi near Indianola hosted the 1950 camping workshop May 3 and 4 for Marion County 4-H club leaders and extension personnel with participants from several nearby counties. Specialists from the state extension office led sessions on outdoor cookery crafts copper and leather work music nature study and recreation. Marion County attendees included Mr.
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Lake Ahquabi
Indianola
Marion County
Town State College
Ames
Marion County Duri
Youthful Speaker and Gospel Twins at Open Bible Church
Merrill J. Surts will speak in short timely messages at the Church of the Open Bible in Merrill this Thursday through Saturday evenings at 7 45 p m The Gospel Twins Moss Sisters Ruby and Roth Hodgson will headline most of the services in Pella on Thursday Friday Saturday and Sunday evenings for a revival style program with music and evangelistic outreach.
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Open Bible Church
Merrill J. Surts
Gosspel
Church of the Open Bible
Moss Sisters
Ruby
Roth Hodgson
Lord Jesus Christ
Pella
Dismantling Pioneer Home Near Monticello This Summer
This summer will see the dismantling of a pioneer home near Monticello. A new house will replace a ten year old log structure on the Rudy Zimmerman farm. The old house walls are two and one half feet thick and were built with eleven logs high.
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Monticello
Rudy Zimmerman
Local Extension Leaders and Staff List Names
Dwight Harvey, Mrs. Howard Core, Mrs. Delight Wing, Mrs. Richard Portner, Mrs. Mildred Bell, Extension Home Economist, Leo Waggoner, Extension Director, and Lynn Fitsimmons, Extension Youth Assistant.
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Dwight Harvey
Howard Core
Delight Wing
Richard Portner
Mildred Bell
Leo Waggoner
Lynn Fitsimmons
Sion
Nine Seniors at Central Named to Honor Society
Two Pella seniors of Central College were honored at a special convocation for induction into Alpha Zeta Mu. Other seniors named include Joyce Brunsting Hull Jim Dunham Arlene Elbring Webster Groves Mo John Hesselink Holland Nehl Donald Mull Chieno Tl Scholten Boyden Ta and Van Leeuwen Artesia. The phrase Living and Leadership framed the address by President G. T. Vander Lugt. A 5:30 faculty reception followed in Jordan Hall.
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Pella
Central College
Ac Vander Taget
Bert
Alphaven
Joyce Brunsting
Hull
Jim Dunham
New Brunswick
No Arlene Elbring
Webster’ Groves
John Hesselink
Hollan Nehl
Donald Mull
Chieno
Tl Scholten
Boyden
V G
van Leeuwen
Artesia
Dent G.T. Vander Lugt
Jordan Hall
Alpha Zeta Mu
Bert Bandstra
Henry van Leeuwen
Cal
James Dunham
Holland
Nebr
Donald Hull
Chicago
G. T. Vander Lugt
Iowa
Jaci Vander Lugt
Edna Scholten
Arlene Elbring
Webster Groves
Narrow escape as tractor pins man against fence
Raymond Roling of Bellevue was pinned by an idling tractor he was repairing. His wife freed him by pushing the machine away. He suffered rib fractures.
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Raymond Roling
Bellevue
Magnesium Used in Electroplating for Corrosion Protection
Britannica Book of the Year notes magnesium is employed in electroplating to shield metal surfaces from corrosion, highlighting its protective role in modern coating practices.
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Britannica
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Piu III
Central Park Square Dance
Burgemeester
Volks
C. C. Buerkens
Marion Co
Arthur Klein
Wilma van Zee
Hey
Ruth den Adel
Eleo Vander Ploog
Beulace
Wilma van Zee Dinil
Elisabeth Kempkes
Nancy van Maanen
Mildred Vander Veer
Carol Ver Steeg
Ottumwa
Voice of
le Pella Chron
Merrill J. Surls
Central
Alph Zeta Ma
St. Forning
Pella Produce
Ing Ice House
South Pella
Donal Shell Service
South
the Grads
Arrow
Wembley
Lee
Hickok
Town & Country Shop
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