Pella Corn Show Dates Set For November 21 22
Pella chamber of commerce corn show committee sets Friday and Saturday November 21 and 22 for the Corn and Small Grain Show. Entry rules limit one exhibit per class with 76 prizes across 19 classes. Junior and professional divisions cover corn, oats, wheat, clover seed and soy beans with premiums ranging from 50 cents to $8 in various classes. Hybrid seed corn prizes and per bushel gifts from several hybrid companies accompany the event in the Legion Hall to promote grain quality in the area.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
Priz
Pella
U. S
Legion Hall
Hudson Hybrid Corn Co
Knox
Vaccination Clinic Held at Webster School
Approximately sixty more children were treated for diphtheria and smallpox Monday and Tuesday as part of a campaign to protect school pupils. The clinic, costing fifty cents per treatment, offered free or reduced cost immunizations for families unable to pay. County Nurse and local doctors coordinated to shield children aged six months to six years and older from epidemics through vaccination that confers protection for years.
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Webster School
M. C. Schroeder
Gary
Lucille Brunating
Knoxville
Marc
Koffie Klets Extended For Four Saturdays In November
At a Chamber of Commerce meeting the response of Pella traders to the Koffie Klets promotion was overwhelmingly positive. Merchants will offer tickets from 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m. on November 8 16 22 and 29 with tickets only valid during those hours and merchants free to set distribution times.
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Chamber of Commerce
Pella
Prices at Farm Sales Show Strong Bids Near Otley
A well attended sale near Otley Thursday featured good prices across commodities. Dry corn sold around 60 cents per bushel, gilts up to 27.25, milk cows at 95, a four month old colt 23, Leghorn pullets 77 and hens 82 cents. Horse drawn machinery fetched solid prices as Herman and Norman Vander Linden of near Oskaloosa sold 24 pure bred Duroc boars at an average 35.40 with a top of 65, their first sale after study at Pella High School and Ag Department.
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Jacob Aalbers
Otley
Pella High School
College Art Exhibit Showcases 20 Iowa Paintings
The Art Department at Central College hosts an exhibition of twenty watercolors and oils from the University of Iowa Graduate College. All paintings were created within the year and reflect new trends in visual expression. Viewings run Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. through November 18.
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New York City
University of Iowa
Central College
Art Department
Graduate College of the
National Education Week Visits Highlight School Programs
During National Education Week November 9 to 15, community agencies unite to spotlight local schools. Pella parents are invited to grade and high schools for tours, teas, and student-guided sessions, with art displays and a high school tour series on Wednesday and Thursday.
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America
United States
Pella
Iowa seed corn firms listed by town
Ville Iowa Wm Dockendorf Sons Danville Iowa Orcutt Hybrid Corn Co Monroe Iowa Pioneer Hybrid Corn Co Des Moines Iowa Funk Hybrid Corn Co Belle Plaine Iowa DeKalb Hybrid Corn Co DeKalb Ill Mc Curdy Hybrid Corn Co Cedar Iowa Krizer Hybrid Corn Co Oskaloosa Iowa Michael Leonard Seed Corn Co Sioux City Iowa
Dutchmen Beat Wesleyan In Wet Night Gridiron On Kuyper Field
Central’s Flying Dutchmen edged Towa Wesleyan 7 to 6 on Kuyper Field amid drizzle and two inches of water. Bud Bonwell’s 65 yard touchdown opened scoring while Wesleyan answered in the third period as high winds and muddy conditions produced fumbles and blocked kicks. Speaker’s dependable kicking paced the visitors, with Harley Croft sidelined early.
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Central
Towa Wesleyan
Kuyper
Tigers
Bud Bonwell
Bob Menning
Wesleyaneam
Lloyd Ver Steegh
Tiger
Bonwell
Athee
Jimmy Stafford
Speaker
Weiss
Invaders
Grufman
Harley Croft
Pol la Christian High Opens Season With Cambria Matchups
Pol la Christian High School basketball teams, both boys and girls, host Cambria High School in season openers at the high school gym Friday night. Tip off is set for 7 30 p m with games expected to draw local fans.
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Polla Christian High School
Cambria
Iowa
Klaarens Visit Relatives in Leighton and Pella
Dr and Mrs Cornice Klaaren and their daughter from Moscow Idaho are visiting relatives and friends in Leighton and Pella.
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Cornice Klaaren
Moscow, Idaho
Jare
Leighton and
Pella
Local Students Chosen for Central College A Cappella Choir
Harald I Root announces tryout results for the Central College A Cappella Choir. Forty three of seventy five auditioning students earned spots. Local participants from Pella include Bernace Vander Linden Mary Jane Baron John Van B kum Virginia Kempkes Martha Van Herkum and Gene Worm houdt, as the group prepares for Christmas Vespers on December 1.
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Harald I. Root
Central College
Pella
Bernace Vander Linden
Mary Jane Baron
John van B Kum
Virginia Kempkes
Martha van Herkum
Gene Wormhoudt
Church Leaders Survey Education Work in Pella
A trio from the Reform ed Church visits Pella to promote Sunday Schools Missionary Education Young People work and colleges. Mrs Sanford Cobb Dr Willard Brown and Rev LeRoy Nattress tour the Midwest with events at the Vanden Berg home and a 7:30 pm open meeting at Third Reformed Church.
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Reformed Church
Pella
Sanford FE. Cobb
Willard D. Brown
Board ‘of Education
New York City
LeRoy Nattress
American Reformed Church of
Orange City
Raymond
Young
Peo
Richard Vanden Berg
Third Reformed Church
Middlewest
Coe College Education Head to Speak at Central
Russell M. Cooper from Coe College, Cedar Rapids, will visit Central College as a North Central Association representative. He speaks at the 9:80 chapel service and attends a faculty dinner in Jordan Hall at 6 p.m.
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Russell M. Cooper
Biion
Coe Colley Cedar Rapids
Central
Colley
Cooper
North Central Association
Jordan Hall
Patriotic Program Planned at High School on Armistice Day
The American Legion and Auxiliary will meet at the high school auditorium at 2:00 PM on Armistice Day November 11 for a patriotic observance with school children. Plans include a forum and a motion picture. The event is open to the public and welcomes all observers.
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American Legion
Auxiliary
Birdeall
Staf
John Hackett
Legion
Scout Executives Rotary Talk Highlights Scouting Values
Jim Hiner of Marshalltown Scout headquarters spoke to the local Rotary Club last Thursday. He cited four core reasons for interest in Boy Scouts including learning by doing, daily good turns, moral upbringing, and conservation. He noted the Scout Handbook’s popularity, the role of churches in housing troops, first aid training, and safety for lives and property with hundreds of thousand of trees planted annually.
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Rotary Club
Jim Hiner
Marshalltown
Hiner
Gsaply
United States
Red Cross Roll Call Set for November in Pella Area
Red Cross membership drive for Pella Lake Prairie and Summit Townships begins Thursday November 13 with city teams and rural solicitation planned. A kickoff dinner November 12 at the Legion Hall features Frances Smith of Des Moines. The Pella Chapter aims for 1125 dollars, with 725 attributed to Pella, and includes school boards and district leaders in its coordinated effort. A baby girl arrived for Mr and Mrs C W Casey Van Den Berg in Ottal osa Mahaska Hospital October 29.
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Red Cross
Pella
Lake Prairie
Summit Townships
Legion Hall
F. M. Frush
William Baer
Ben Blommers
Roll Gall
Federated Club
St. Louis
Frush
Battle Ridge
Bunker Hill
European
Porterville
Plainview
Pleasant Grove
Sandridge
Silver Grove
Valley
Liberty
Otley Independent
Summit
Pleasant View
Frances Smith
Des Moines
Helen Kempkes
Firat
C. W. “Casey” van den Berg
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
New Pastor Called to Pella Baptist Church
Rev C F Perron of LeRoy Minnesota accepted the call to lead Pella Baptist Church succeeding Rev Paul Christensen who left for Omaha. The congregation extended a unanimous call after a recent service and Perron comes highly recommended by the State Convention secretary of Minnesota. He will begin on December 7.
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C. F. Perron
LeRoy
Minnesota
The
Pella
Paul Christensen
Omaha
Perron
Mnesota
Armistice Day Program Planned by Pella High School
The Pella High School faculty plans an Armistice Day program likely on Tuesday afternoon November 11. It may include dramatics music and possibly a movie with Mr Maurice Birdsall in charge. Students and faculty will invite the local American Legion and Legion Auxiliary as honored guests.
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Pella High School
Maurice Birdsall
American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Draft Board Calls Five to Army Service
Marion County Draft Board dated Nov 1 1941 lists five men selected for induction. They must report to the Local Board at Knoxville Post Office Building at 4 45 p m on Nov 11 1941 and proceed to an induction station at Fort Des Moines Iowa. Names: Clive Allen Knoxville Urban Anthony Knoxville William Jones Bussey Robt Roorda Pella Peter Miedema Pella Local Board Member Gilson.
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Marion County Draft Board
Post Office
Knoxville
United States Army
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Lyle Clive ‘Allen
Anthony Urban
Chester William Jones
Bussey
Walter Roorda
Pella
Peter Miedema
C.M. Gilson
Plan Display of Red Cross Work in Penney Window
In collaboration with the annual Red Cross membership drive a window display at the J C Penney store will feature knitted and sewn Red Cross garments for war relief made by Pella City and nearby volunteers. A hospital bed shirt shipment arrived since September. Mrs John Blommers chairs. Volunteers are needed for boys shirts hospital bed shirts and knitting sweaters as the January 1 shipment deadline nears.
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Red Cros
J. C. Penney Company
Red Cross
Pella City
Pella
John Blommers
K. Kettering
Irs
CG. Smorenburg
Hi Ray
J. Blommers
W. Baer
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Draft Board
Army
Penney
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