Local notices from Oskaloosa May 7 1946 event roundup
A Great Lakes release notes Coxswain Gerald H. Van Andel discharged from the Navy on May 6. Reports include hospital discharges, births, surgeries, and travels of residents. Several weddings, job moves, and group visits are listed, along with school events and doctors’ conventions in Oskaloosa and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Gerald H. van Andel
Lincoln Street
Navy
G. J. Vander Beck
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
John Nieburg
John
Blue
State of
Iowa
First Official VFW Meeting Held Monday Evening
The first official meeting of How ard Ver Steeg Post No. 6242 Pella was held Monday May 13 with many members present. Committees formed to recruit eligible service men, arrange post meetings with social hours, and place flags and flowers on graves. The post now totals 121 members as new members join monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreigns Wars
Howard Ver Steeg
Pella
V.F.W
Pella Juniors Take Third in Triangular Track Meet
Pella Junior High track team of seventeen seventh and eighth graders placed third at a Knoxville triangular meet with Oska loosa and Knoxville. Knoxville won with 78 points, Oska loosa second with 70, and Pella 36. Dale Vos won the 50 yard dash in 6.4 seconds. James Van Houweling was fifth. Dean Goldsmith and Shields tied for second in high jump at 4 ft 5 in, Goldsmith clearing 4 ft 6 in. Other scorers included Jim Van Houweling second in the football throw and Phil Mentink fifth. Additional points came from Verle Rinehart, Bruce Buerkens, Elmer Van Dusseldorp, Clarence Bloodsworth, Carroll Vis, and Raymond Meulpolder. Coach Bud Bonwell praised for basketball and track. he may coach Albia junior high next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
Dale Vos
James van Houweling
Dean Goldsmith
Shields
Goldsmith
Jim van Houweling
Phil Mentink
Partcipants
Verle Rinehart
Bruce Buerkens
Elmer van Dusseldorp
Clarence Bloodsworth
Carroll Vis
Raymond Meulpolder
Bud Bonwell
Bud
Albia
Recognition Day and Contests at Central College
Summary items list multiple student prize winners and awards from Central College. Phyllis Godown wins Recognition Day. Cox Prize honors cultural contributions in band and orchestra with $10. Jean Dimmitt and Carol Hall share the Cox Prize. Ray staff journalism keys go to Phyllis Godown, Patricia Collins, Don Sikín. Bible Memory Prizes go to Virginia Tedford and Jane Rozendaal. Bible Essay prizes awarded to Dora Baarda and Mary Kamerick. Band letters awarded for attendance and skill. list of band awardees follows. athletic letters include John Davis and Howard (incomplete).
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Phyllis Godown
Murray Cox
J. M. Cox
Cox
Central College
Jean Dimmitt
Carol Hall
Ray
Patricia Collins
Don Sik
J. Ackerman Coles
Virginia ‘Tedford
Jane Rozendaal
George H. Douwstra
Holland
Michigan
Dora Baarda
Mary Kamerick
Arthur Wormhoudt
Knickerbocker
Kathryn Huber
Lee Kester
Marion Marrow
Lavanne de Roos
Marion Hulbregtse
Joyce Hbert
Hob Hector
Betty’ Brands
Phillip’ Kempkes
Pearl Running
Paul Dodge
Loraine Webber
Ellen Huibregtse
Trud Vander’ Waal
Ne” Loyd
Elaine Wynveen
Roland Brom
Nerla Vanderstreek
Vango Lubere
Students Earn Rewards for Participation and Points
A list of names includes Luback Bob Wagaman Russell Miller Hugh Faulkner Harold Byers and others as participants who earn 500 points for sports participation. Winners Artis Vande Voort Jennie Pell Helen Steininger Ellen Hubrex Muriel Te Sei To Kathryn Rasmussen Loi Schember. Girls earning 1000 points receive a sweater or jacket. winners Shirley Osborn and Mickey Sakaguchi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loi Schember
Shirley Osborn
Mickey Sakaguchi
Commencement Exercises and Ivy League Theologians Honored
The Commencement program features Rev. Louis H. Benes Jr and Rev. David R. Evans to receive Doctor of Divinity degrees. Benes is editor of The Church Herald and has served multiple Reformed Churches. Evans, pastor of the Reformed Church Somerville, holds degrees from Lafayette College and Princeton Theological Seminary and holds several church and arbitration roles. Events span May 16 to May 20 with plays, recitals, meetings, luncheons, and the presidential inauguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis H. Benes, Jr
Central College
Western Theological Seminary
Fifth Reformed Church
Albany
New York
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Hope Church
Los Angeles
California
Church Herald
The
Reformed Church
Board of Education
David R. Evans
Lafayette College
Easton
Pennsylvania
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton University
Somerville
New Jersey
American Arbitration Association
Alliance of Reformed Churches
Presbyterian System
Somerset Historical Society
Somerset Bible Society
Lord’s Day Alliance of
Evans
Douwstra Chapel
Board of Trustees
Central Hall
Jordan Hall
2Nd Reformed Church
Gerrit T. Vander Lugt
Jordan Fall
Surplus Parachutes To Be Sold In Kansas City
Kansas City region of the War Assets Administration will auction a $15,000,000 stock of surplus parachutes never used in the Pacific. Rayon cargo chutes in white blue green red and yellow contain 24 panels of 12.8 square feet each. Reconversion uses include lingerie, chests, collars, linings, costumes and widow drapes with nylon shroud lines usable for clothesline and fishing cord. Inspect at Kai Div Regional office Prost Ave Troost Ave at Banellatar Road.
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Kansas City
Garment Row
New York City
California
War Assets Administration
Pacific
WAA
Kai Div
Prost
Troost Av
Banelatar Road
Ae “Rhe
Date Set for Corn Belt Plowing Match in Iowa
September 21 marks the national finals of the Corn Belt Plowing Match and soil conservation field day to be sponsored by radio station WHO with the Soil Conservation Service. The event, to be held somewhere in Iowa, features contour and level land plowing contests, conservation demonstrations, and a farm festival tied to Iowa's centennial theme. County and district matches precede the finals, with leaders from Iowa and national officials present at a Des Moines meeting.
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WHO
Soil Conservation Service
Iowa
Towa
Des Moines
Leslie Combs
Milwaukee
National
Regional Conservation Service
Agriculture
Inn
Bliss
Kildee
Iowa State College
C. H. Chase
Iowa Retail Farm Equipment Association
Jim Carradus
Town Grange
Frank Mendel
Herb Plambeck
Farm Service
Clay Barnett
Knoxville
District Service Conservation Service
Seventeen Will Graduate from Christian School
Seventeen students will graduate from the Christian Grade School on May 22 at 8 p.m. Diplomas will be awarded to listed seniors. Rev C De Leeuw of Tracy Iowa will deliver the address titled Christ Will Our Pilot Be. The following graduates are named with a class picnic planned for May 23 at Edmundson Park in Oskaloosa.
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Junella
William van Hal
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
George H. de Wit
George de Wit
Mercy
Erwin
John van Stheenen
Henry de Witt
Mahaska
Pvt
Arnold van Haaften
Bert van Taaften
Camp Stoneman
California
George Jorgensen
Nancy
Wheaton
Ilinois
Jorgensen
Chicago
Clint Brann
Knoxville
Dental Corps
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Maryland
H. C. Wormhoudt
Henry
William Borst
Anna Bokhoven
Gary Brower
Lena Brower
Maynard de Vries
Minnie Klein
Ruth Hooi
Pauline Klosterman
Keith Nibbelink
Arnold Vander Ark
Leo van Gent
Ruth van Gilst Willem van Veldhuizen
Gladys Vermeer
Leonard Vermeer
Martha Vermeer
Bernice Rus
C. de Leeuw
Christian Reformed Church
Tracy
Iowa
Christ
Prin. H. L. Verhulst
Edmundson Park
S. Vroon
Elcome
Sharon
Norman
the Bible Rainbow
Jesus
Little Patriot Club
Com
Betsy
Ruth Kooi
Pri. L. Verhulst
Lcence
Christian School Doxology
Vander Mo
Orchid Gift From Columbia Youth to Jas Son Edwin
Dr. Margaret Spence Bat received 15 orchids from a young man native to Columbia who is a friend of Jas son Edwin. The orchids arrived in excellent condition with each stem placed in a water filled test tube secured by a rubber washer.
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Margaret Spence Bat
Columbia
Jas
Edwin
Bids Sought for Special Depot Chutes in Topeka Kansas
The 882nd AAF Specialized Depot in Topeka Kansas invites sealed bids for chute samples and related sales by memorandum, with awards going to the high bidder after May 31, 1946. No deposit required. minimum order is 25 chutes.
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AAF
Topeka
Kansas
Tomorrow the World melodrama in Pella marks Birdsall’s final show
Props from Germany Newfoundland and Austria fill the stage as Central College in Pella promotes Maurice Birdsall’s last local production Tomorrow the World. Tickets sell well though some seats remain for tonight’s performance due to rail service curtailment and grads unable to attend.
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Pella
Maurice Birdsall
Central College Business Office
Central
Mr. Birdsall
One Quarter of Inductees Not Fit for Service
More than 26 percent of men from the Town Recruiting District applying for Regular Army enlistment are rejected after physical exams at Fort Snelling Minnesota. Capt. Vivian A. Cloud of Des Moines Iowa cites 146 rejections from 685 applicants in April. The Army seeks qualified mentally morally and physically to occupy conquered lands and prevent World War III.
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Fort Snelling
Minn
Vivian A. Cloud
Army
Des Moines
Iowa
Cloud
Corydon Trapper Displays Captured Wolf
Roy Conaway, a Corydon government wolf trapper, recently brought a young female wolf to town to show residents. As a precaution, he wired the animal's jaws shut to prevent harm during the viewing.
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Roy Conaway
Corydon
Conaway
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Jim van Lint
Georgia Chalfont
William Wagner
Des Moin
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Howard Glendenning
Moline
Tiinois
Herman Vander Linden
Leighton
I. W. Pietenpal
Webster High School
Lynnville High’ School
Herman van Weelden
Marion den Adel
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den Adel
Rex den Adel
Pelia
Oskaloosa Herald
Kramer
Iowa Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
B. F. Vander Linden
Bernace
Howard Vander Linden
Preston
Minnesota
Harry Ray
Decorah
Mr. Ray
Penney
Gene Stientjes
Henry Terlouw
Joe Terlouw
University Park
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Bert Reynolds
Lincoln
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Russell Hoogenakker
John van Viict
Kate den Besten
Kate van Nimwegen
Fairfield Hospital
Fairfield
Carl van Houweling
Prairie City
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M. Huyser
Margaret Dunbar
Lewis LeCocq
Jefferson
Eva Welle
Lester Welle
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Iowa City
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Edward van Toorn
W. S. Brown
Creston
R. B. Brown
Cal
van Toorns
D. O. Thomas
Worthy Boden
Misa Henrietta van Maren
Marion Thomas
Veterans Hospital
Tucson
Arizona
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Fred Wheeler
Sibley
Emil Warns
Florenc den Adel
J. W. den Adel
Wilma Slot
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Cedar Rapids
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Gerrit M. van Gorp
Sully
Jacob Jonker
Orange City
Liewe Wiclenga
Gerak
Polla
College of Webler
Albert
Belle Plaine
van Gorp Hatchery
Bakker
Rus
Brom
New Hampshires
New Hampshire
Brom Hatchery
Pella, Iowa
Rath’s
Wayne Hog
Co-Op Oil Association
Johnny, Cornie, Willis, Hopkins
Ford
Elbert van Maanen
John van Arkel
Frank di Nicola
Plymouth
Purcha Ie
Rudy Ulrich
Elber van Mannen
Morris Ver Meer
Chevrolet
Martin Heerema
van Houweling Auto Co
Pella Juniors
Athletic Letter Awards
John Davis
Howard
Board of Foreign Missions
Plumbeck
Barnett
Christian School
Germany
Neal Kuyper
Pat Hendrickson
Jessie Frame
Newfoundland
Vernon Bobbitt
Birdsall
Pella, Ia
Funk
Darling
Mukden
Sudan
Goodyear
Schiebout
Popma
Tire and Battery Headquarters
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