Eagles Win State Sectional to Reach District Tourney
The Pella Christian Golden Eagles defeated Runnells 8-1 to win the State Sectional Tourney and advance to the District Tournament at Sector Stadium Des Moines. Don Ver Meer credited with the win in a game noted for steady offense and late scoring, as the team improved to 5-2. They will face Bondurant Ferret Monday at 6:00 p.m. at Lee Taylor Stadium.
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Pella Christian Golden Eagles
Runnells
Pella Christian
Eagles
Altoons
Ighine
Bai
Sector Stadium
Des Moines
Pella Christian High School
Raesen
Reale Fe
Bondurant- Ferret
Lee Taylor
Nine Records Fall at Central College Invitational Meet
Central College hosts a fast meet at Kuyper Stadium as Parsons wins with 78 points and Central edges to 63. The meet features a new 880 yard relay record of 1:31.2 by Central four, plus multiple event marks including a discus 120 feet 6 inches by Barton and javelin 166 feet 7 inches by Krueger. Other top results include Penn 80, Simpson 42, and Iowa Wesleyan 21 as Central racks up titles in sprints, hurdles, and distance events.
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Kuyper Stadium
Central College
Parsons
Central
Bob Voss
Wayne Walther
Walt’ Anthony
Dave Eidahl
Kitten
Schroeder
Mueller
Savelin
Dist. Ind
Krueger
WeBlaine
Barton
Stuelle
Gastafeon
Penn
Simpson
Ia. Westeyan
Kaldenberg
Dennes
Corso
Boos
Jaffai
Major
Erwin
Oldbear
Hidahl
Fuhr
Rig
Noyes
Nair
Koch
Lindaman
Davis
Rollins
Anthony
Central College teams suffer golf and tennis losses in Iowa Conference
Central College’s golf team lost to Simpson 16-2 at Indianola with Jim Arendt, a Montezuma sophomore, earning two points by defeating Jim Tsakson 84-88 as third man. The tennis squad fell 7-? in a dual with Parsons. Dick Bowzer, from Jackson Michigan, defeated Parsons’ Len Brozan 6-8, 6-3. Doubles, Don and John Staples, and John Emerson of Parsons took the other point.
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Central College
Iowa
Simpson
Indianola
Central
Jim Arendt
Montezuma
Jim Tsakson
Arend
Parsons
Dick’ Bowzer
Jackson, Mich
Len Broan
Don
John Staples
John Emersdn
Slykhuis Sets New Shot Put Record At Knoxville Meet
Roger Slykhuis broke the 12 pound shot put record with a throw of 45 feet 2 inches at a Knoxville dual meet, winning four events. He led Pella teammates to blue ribbons in high hurdles, low hurdles, and pole vault while Vander Molen of Pella took multiple top finishes and Knoxville dominated the sprint and relay events.
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Slykhuis
Maet
Roger Slykhuis
Mike Gatesby
Knoxville
Sredneedey
Vander Molen
Pella
Jim’ Washington
Knoxvillé
Bousman
Eintra
Joosten
Washington
Martinache
Meyer
Mackert
Visser
Cart
Burton
de Ronde
van Vark
Jim Modlin
Tie—Bogaard
Heaberlin
de Witt
Ongan
Tie— Ringwalda
Toom
Loynachan
R. Slykhuis
Taylor
van Rheenen
Zwank
Sels
McDonald
Gates
J. Slykhuiss
Nollen
Barghahn
Pella Christian Wins First Game Of Sectional Tournament
The Pella Christian Eagles beat Altoona 6 to 8 in a sectional opener at Pella. Don Ver Meer struck out fourteen and earned the win, fueling a late seventh inning rally with four hits led by Bryce Menninga and Sandy De Haan. The win advances Pella Christian to face Hartford in the semifinals.
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Pella
Eagles
Bryce Menninga
Sandy ‘de Haan
Vern Meinders
Nathan Stouwie
Sandy de Haan
Viktor
Don Ver Meer
Hartford
Nollen Slykhuis Gate State Meet Qualifiers
Nollen and Slykhuis led four athletes to the Class A State outdoor meet in Iowa City on May 26 by finishing first or second at Fairfield district. Nollen tied for second in football with Mid-prairie, Slykhuis won shot put at 44 feet 0 inches, Slykhuis also vaulted 10 feet 9 inches to a second in the event, Gates second in shot put, and Jerry Slykhuis won the mile in 4:24.554. Cardinal led with 66 percent of points.
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Ken Nollen
Roger Slykhuis
Mike Gates
Jerry Slykhuis
Iowa City
Fairfield
Cardinal
M Prairie
Pella
Williamsburg
Mediapolis
Pekin
Cambria- Corydon
New Sharon
Lynnville-Sully
Seymour
Wapello
Harmony
Central
Brooklyn
Sigourney
Nollen
Bailey
Mid-prairie
Sellers
Opening Dates For Hunting Season 1962
The State Conservation Commission announces hunting season openings to aid fall planning. Pheasant and Hungarian Partridge begin November 10. Quail November 3. Squirrel and Rabbit September 15. Raccoon October 20 at 12 noon. Deer and waterfowl dates and season lengths to be announced later. openings may change if extreme circumstances arise.
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State Conservation Commission
Currier Daughter Born at Skiff Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Delmer Currier welcomed a daughter born April 27 at Skiff Memorial Hospital in Newton. Mr and Mrs Bruce Thomason and daughters along with Maude Schrader and Sharon James joined in Mercer Missouri last Sunday for a dinner at the Wm Reeves home honoring Steve McDougal and Shirley Reeves on their birthdays. Dinner guests Sunday at Mrs Mabel Caulkins included her brother Wallace Thomasson of Newton Jeff and Kathy Kell Mr and Mrs Owen Newton. Its Banaway style Sunday.
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Delmer Currier
Skiff Memorial Hospital
Newton
Bruce Thomason
Maude Schrader
Sharon James
Mercer
Steve McDougal
Shirley Reeves
Wm. Reeves
Mabel Caulkins
Wallace Thomasson
Jeff
Kathy
Kell
Owen Newton
Community Notes From Reasnor and Surrounding Towns
Social visits fill weekends as families from Grinnell Knoxville Newton and Des Moines converge for gatherings and birthdays. Local students at Waldorf College attend parents day while others tour schools and attend contests. Michael Price to exhibit at SCI Industrial Arts Fair and regional remembrances mark a busy period in the area.
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Kimmie Sue Hale
Des Moines
Toyd Zickel
Robert Beesley
Paul Miller
Margaret Fraley
Waldorf College
Forrest Ci
Ted Beesley
Myron Young
al Disrud
Ted
Myron
Judy Clevenger
Joan Vaught
Vriezeluar
Barbara Clevenger
Jody Clevenger
Elizabeth Vriezelaar
Toohts
Newton
Floyd -Neff
Robert Neff
Walter Mathias
Harry Smith
Kimmie
Loren
Bowans
Berlin
Ballard
David Nimmo
New Jersey
Europe
Besdie Nimmo
Ordelle Oldham
Rt Ross
Methodist Hospital
Robert’ Ross
Ivan Ross
Jane Morgan
Dexter
Ross
Russell Veon
Lutheran Hospital
Veon
Bob Stevenson
Roy Karr
Arthur Vriezelaar
Jasper County
Republican Women’s Council
Walter Vander Hart
Waterville
Minnesota
Baptist Sunday School
Roy Schwartz
Reasner
Schwartz
Russell Jones
Reasnor
Andrew Hopkins
Doward Terpstra
Kenneth van Wyngarden
Darrel Waring
Eldora Scout Earns Gold Palm 20 Years Late
Jim Hauser of Eldora who joined the Boy Scouts in 1939 through 1942 received a Gold Palm award from his 12 year old son Andrew. The award honors those who meet all requirements long after initial eligibility.
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Heshighest
Dutch Colonists Led By Scholte Found Pella Iowa
In the Palimpsest April issue Mrs H W Vriezelaar highlights the Dutch settlers in Iowa led by Henry P Scholte who founded Pella in 1847 after securing 18000 acres in Marion County. They built frame houses, sold cheese, and pursued track gardening while escaping religious persecution.
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Scholter
Marion
Pella
St. Louis
Nicholas Anslyn
Netherlands
Keokuk
Government of
Holland
Anslyn
Pella Page 7 Chronicle May 1962 Community Notes
The report lists local activities including a wiener roast at Copeland grove hosted by the Friends church students and teacher Dale White. Des Moines visits by Glenn Briggs tan and Marshall Meredith are noted along with comments on Mr Meredith’s improving condition. The Lynchville Lions Club academic banquet honored 24 students with Dr Willard Lane as speaker. The Town’s girls choir and mixed chorus earned No 1 ratings at Perry music contest.
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Glenn Brigstan
Searsboro
Marshall Meredith
Des Moines
Meredith
Friends Church
Dale White
Copeland Grove
Arlo van Hoever
Virginia
Montezuma
Doyle Schultz
Harold Macy
Bertha Stanley
Alumni Banquet Set by Lynnville High School
Lynnville High School announces its Alumni Banquet will be held Friday evening May 25 in the Lynnville gymnasium with a served banquet at 6 80. All alumni are invited and urged to attend.
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Lynnville High School
Lynnville
Arie van Weeliden
Iowa City
John van Weelden
Pella
Bill Kinney
Des Moines
Charles Fenner
Wand
Clair Fenner
Grinnelli
Everett Penney
Edith Timmons
Oskaloosa
Fern ‘Dé Bruyn Adams
Atthe Community Hospital
Grinnell
Marshall Meredith
A. R. Meredith
Methodist Hospital
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D Eagles
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Witts
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Burson
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Pitter
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McBlaine
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Ufa
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American Oil Company
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Locke
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Rexall’ Drug
van’ Gorp Mfg
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Ruth van Rees
Dorothy ‘van
Monroe News
H. W. Vrieszelaar
Norman Dunaway
Muhert Marshall
Eig Ty Rand
Herbert Mdnh
Mason City
Paul Marshall
Alta
Edward Johnson
Otley
H. W. Vriezelaar
the Palimpsest
State of
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Towa
Tows
Henry P. Scholte
Prairie
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Lynnville News
Mrs
Pella Sale Barn
Wayne van Wyk
Henry Rus
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