Double Anniversary Celebrations At Pella Area Homes
Friends and neighbors gathered at the Earl Van Donselaar home north of Pella to celebrate a 15th wedding anniversary with a two course lunch and social group singing. Leonard Weyers of Otley marked his 56th wedding anniversary and his wife’s 75th birthday with a host of relatives and friends from Otley Prairie City Monro e and Des Moines areas attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl van Donselaar
Pella
Leonard Weyers
Otley
Weyers
G. H. Vande Kieft
Mabel
Verna Lucile
Dirk Weyers
Lorena Faye
J. H. van Zante
Erma
Ruth
Prairie City
M. C. van Hemert
Diverta Ruby and
Reuben
Arnold M. Schippers
Deverne
Dick Vande Kieft
Mary Ellen
Monroe
Red Cross Campaign Teams Set For Armistice Day Drive
Plans for the Red Cross membership drive are announced by Hen Bremmers. The drive starts Armistice Day with church pulpits Sunday announcements and house to house canvassing beginning Monday. Local funds support public health nursing first aid and home service as part of a nationwide 3700 chapter effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Hen Bremmers
Rell Call Committee
Pella
Chronicle
West Second
West Third
FE. Groenends
Washington Stre Way
Main
Dick van Gorp
Park
Fred Lautenbach
Liberty
East Third
Stra
Ast Third
de Penning
Ernest
Liberty Beay
West First Rhine Vander Vloeg
West First
Brandler Vander Ploeg
Oskaloosa Street
East First
H. J. Veldhuizen
West Third Street
John Vander Linden
Parkula A. Beerends
Broadway
Gove van Zee
Joe Vander Heuvel
F. M. Frush
G. I. Roorda
Washton
John Liter
J. Gilbert Boat
Rolscreen Company
D. Sjaardema
Martha Firth
Central College
Harney Mensch
Liberty Street
East Second
John Vander Ploeg
Allen
Defendant Wins In Damage Suit Over Knoxville Auto Crash
The October term district court ended with jurors ruling for defendant Luanna Ruple in a $10,000 damage suit by Frank Converse over a January 17, 1995 crash near Knoxville. Converse died. Ruple and her daughter Ardith Faye and Lora Johns were injured. Jury found Ruple driving recklessly. James Warren was cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Frank Converse
Luanna Ruple
Tracy
Converse
Knoxville
S. R. Ruple
Ruple
James Warren
Lora Johns
Warren
Repass Auto Co
Mid-Continent Oil Co
Central College Lectures and Iowa Placement Official Elected
Dean Pietenpol spoke on Astronomy at the Reformed Church in Oskaloosa and lectured before the Rose Hill Parent-Teachers Association. Professor Herman Stuart was elected Secretary Treasurer of the Iowa Institutional Placement Association at a recent State Teachers Association meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbers
Pietenpol
The
Teachers Association
Dean Edmondson
University of Michigan
Iowa College Presidents’ Association
Cunera van Emmerik
Central
Des Moines
Professor Liggett
Ohio
M Pietenpol
Marvin Klein
Dean Pietenpol
Reformed Church of
Oskaloosa
Geo Muyskens
Dean
Rose Hill
Parent-Teachers Association
Herman Stuart
Iowa Institutional Placement Association
State Teachers Associaton
Arie Korver Injured While Hunting Near Town
Ulrich Meat Market employee Arie Korver was accidentally shot in the leg while hunting in nearby timber. The wound was a flesh injury, surgery performed, and he is reported to be recovering well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arie Korver
Ulrich Meat Market
Mrs. W. H. Barker Died Thursday
Ruth Smith Barker wife of Capt W H Barker of Har died last Thursday in Mercy hospital Oskaloosa at 85 years 1 month 6 days She was born Princeton Illinois Sept 1850 lived in Washington Iowa Knoxville Pella Huron Harvey and Chicago before settling in Harvey She had no children and is survived by her husband and nephews and nieces Funeral held at Wormhoudt Plette funeral home Pella burial Oakwood cemetery Attendees included Frank W Throw Manilla and Ruth Chaffee Monmouth Ill and Dr Andrew Darling Crosby Minnesota
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Smith Barker
W. Hhs Barer
Har
Andrew Foster Smith
Lucy Chamberlain Smith
Princeton
Ill
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Fan
Washington
Iowa
Knoxville
Pella
Osloosa Street
W. H. Barker
South Dakota
Harold Chaffee
Ruth
Monmouth
Frank W. Throw
Manilla
Andrew Darling
Crosby, Minn
John Vander Linden
Des Moines
Darling
Agriculture Part Time School To Be Offered
The Vocational Agriculture Department will run a free part time program for boys 16 to 25 not in high school, plus high school students and adults in night school. The 20 lesson Farm Mechanics course covers rope splicing, knot tying, repair, tool care, and more. Enrollment is open via blanks or phone with M M Dockendorff. meetings twice weekly start the first week in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vocational Agriculture Department
M. M. Dockendorff
Milk Bottles Missing in Knoxville Thieves Busted
Residents reported missing milk bottles and other eye catching items. Investigators linked the thefts to small youths running a bottle stealing business, taking filled bottles from doorsteps. Hundreds of gunny sacks vanished and were traced to the youths. A U S Army tank demonstrated speed and firepower, reaching sixty miles per hour on rough ground with five machine guns and a heavy gun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville Express
U. S. Army
Rev J F Catlin Dies Suddenly At 65 In Red Oak Iowa
Reverend J Frederic Catlin former Central College graduate and longtime Iowa Baptist pastor died suddenly of a heart attack at his Red Oak home. He was 65 and active in Council Bluffs for nine years. Funeral set for Red Oak then interment in Council Bluffs. mourners recall his earnestness faithfulness and influence across Iowa churches.
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J. Frederic Catlin
Central College
Pella
Red Oak
Iowa
Baptist Church
Council Bluffs
Catlin
Frank L. Anderson
Iowa Baptist Convention
American Education Week events highlighted in Pella
The American Legion leads American Education Week from November 11 to 15 with open house days for grades on Thursday and Friday and general visiting days for parents. High school invites parents to Thursday evening demonstrations at 7:30, showcasing pupil work and classroom aims, plans, and instructor methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Legion
Pella
Sermons at Reform Churches and Armistice Day War Note
Services listed for Third and First Reformed Churches include The Bread by Which Man Is Nourished The Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures and The Cure of Leprosy The Ethiopian Italian conflict is noted as recognized by the US Army as a war ending with Armistice Day sermon question Love Your Enemies and its implications for Ethiopia and Italy expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Reformed Church
Ezekiel
God
Naaman
Second Reformed Church
Holy Catholic Church
Jesus
United States Army
Happiness Is State Not Wealth Says Philosopher
A reflective aphorism argues happiness comes from inner state and industrious living, not wealth or surroundings. It urges observations of neighbors to see happiness correlating with effort rather than riches.
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Masonic Lodge
Masonic
I. F. Johnson
Carl Aschenbrenner
G. F. Sadler
Galesburg
Loca Lodge
Henry Nollen
Service Bureau
Ford van Hossen
Evning
Betty Lankelma
Hallowe'en
Theresa Wormhoudt
Gene Wormhoudt
Bobby’ Lubbers
Theresa
Tim Melba Hoekstra
Sara Schakel
Bernice Klein
Joyce Klein
Bernice de Reus
Dolores Larkelma
Emily Kuyper
Mary Jane Baron
Bernice van
Janella van Maanen
Hickory Grove
Helen
Marie
Wilma
Stoffel Vander Hart
Martin
Rachel
Nellie
Marie Ryke
Homer
Earl Boyde
Jerald Vogelaar
Junella
Bernice
Charlotte van Maanen
Bill Blom
George Ver Steeg
F. Veenstra
B. Vos
A. van Heukelem
L. Tuinstra
Herman Swank
Frances de Bruin
Fort Des Moines
Robert Williams
State Department of Public Instruction
Williams
Stuart
Miss Nielsen
Iowa Deans of Women
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Chambers of Commerce
City of
Newton
H. C. Engelbrecht
Engelbrecht
University of Chicago
of Columbia
Nye Committee
Europe
Italy
Ethiopia
Dr. Engelbrecht
Germany
Hitler
United States
Riga
Warsaw
Russia
Chicago
Hearst
National Education Association
Miss Dykema
Ruth Boot
Gerrude van Roekel
Betty Ligget
Mendelsohn
Esther Beerends
Handel
Elijah
Professor Wing
Aria
Atarcent V. M
Vander Taigt
Bosch
John the Baptist
Luther
Clara Shultz
Beecher, NL
J. F. Catlin
Third Reformed Church
H. J. Pietenpol
Sunnyside Beauty Shop
Jessie Sadler
Baer’ & Irin
Bayer Aspirin
Heerema Drug Store
Ideal Pharmacy
Vander Linden
Coats
Blizzard
Melton
Sen
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