Pella High football earns 18 0 win over Valley in rain delay
Pella High defeated Valley 18 to 0 at home after a rain postponed Friday game. Dennis Liter and Stan Vander Werf led offense with Bruce Heerema, Mark De Cook and Bob Stykhuis key on defense. Knoxville beat Pella 41 13 as Dorsey and Bankus starred. Pella finishes season at Centerville after rematch date.
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Pella High
Valley
Pella
Winterset
Centerville
Charlton
Vath
Dennis Liter
Stan Vander Werf
Bruce Heerema
Dean Butter
Liter
Don Gosselink
Bob Stykhuis
Mark de Cook
Dale Kane
Tom Hill
Tate
Knoxville
Bankus
Matney
Dorsey
Pa Knoxville
May
Preston Steenhoek
Pella Christian Opens Cage Season Friday Evening
Pella Christian High School opens the 1957-58 basketball season with girls facing Blakesburg at 8 15 and boys reserve at 7 15 Friday. The girls seek to upset Blakesburg as key returnees bolster defense while the boys rebuild after heavy graduation. Coaches Weatherwax and Dieleman lead returning letter-winners and hopeful newcomers as the schedule lists home and away games through November 22.
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Pella Christian
Pella Christian High School
Blakesburg
Haglettes
Karen Anderson
Karen Melmick
Weatherwax
Pella
Christian Girls
Arlene de Jong
Sharon Bakker
la Venne de Kock
Nancy Terpstra
Betty van Rees
Nancy Memmelaar
Kathryn Plate
Carolyn Vos
Norma Dahm
Phyllis van Dusseldorp
Gloria Bandstra
Alicia Bandstra
Mary Frandt
Betty Blom
Norma Hiemstra
Evelyn Hal
Albedena Vander ‘Wall
Janice Rus
Marge Plate
Dieleman
Kenneth Rouw
Pete Andreas
Bob de Ruiter
Jim de Jong
Ron Hiemstra
Russell Strayers
Fremont
Knoxville
Walsh
Ottumwa
Flying Dutchmen Defeat Wartburg In Conference Clash
Central's flu weakened 1966 champions beat Wartburg 13 to 6 after a 0 0 half, turning Wartburg fumbles into TDs in the third. Tom Hall's 23 yard run and a Boyd to Brand 28 yard pass provided the scoring. Wartburg late surge yielded five passes and a 66 yard drive but came up short for a second league win.
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Central
Fead
Wartburg
Knights
Iowa
Dale Daggy
Tom Hall
Ray Boyd
Verle Rinehart
Knight
Boyd
Darrell Brand
Marvin Ott
Dave Jensen
Iowa Wesleyan
Dubuque
Buena Vista
Apple haul from Calhoun farm weighs 11 3 4 pounds
A dozen Wolfe River apples from the Calhoun county home farm weighed 11 3 4 pounds in total with the heaviest fruit at 1 1 4 pounds.
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Calhoun County
Prairie City wedding and community notices
Prairie City notes cover a family wedding in Pueblo with Joan Van Arkel and Mrs Smits, plus services led by John Van Der Waal. Obituary for S. P. McFadden, 62, a retired farmer, details heart-attack death and funeral at the Methodist Church with burial at Waveland Cemetery. Also reported are Homemakers 4-H meeting, a 65-neighbor corn harvest for the Gilberts after an auto crash, and meetings of the Men’s Brotherhood and P.E.D. chapter updates with local hostesses and delegates.
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Frank Smits
Pueblo
Colo
George Smits
Iain van Arkel
Fla.me
Methodist Church
Mark Sullivan
Waveland Cement
Robert Infield
Bobby
Marshalltown
Jim IntVeldt
Homemakers
Coal Ridge News Highlights Quiet Sunday and Halloween Fun
Sunday School at 9 30 and a 10 30 preaching service led by Rev. Ritzhaupt with Mrs. Ritzhaupt substituting due to illness. A group of 16 children dressed in Slalloween costumes went door to door for tricks or treats after a gathering at Dianna Anderson’s home where Tommie Franklin won best costume.
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R. Ritzhaupt
Judy
Diana
Ted Tubbs
Charlie Bailey
George Gezel
Dennis
Manchester
Alma Avery
Local families share visits and illness notes from area towns
A flurry of Sunday visits includes Harold Bailey Donnie and Jim Bailey and families from Knoxville at the Ghas Bailey home. Ivan and Mabel Nikkel of Attica and Percy Concent and Mrs Wm Franklin from Loyenn and Sandra attended birthday gatherings for the Franklin family. Wm Franklin and Pamela ill with flu. Metcalfs of near Pleasantville joined Metcalf sister for Sunday dinner. Lang of Melcher and Byers and Cindy of Knoxville visited Dale Mason's aunt. Janet Jim and Larry Mason had flu relapse. Glenn Van Gundy and family move to Des Moines for winter. Dickersons move into Van Gundy home.
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Harold Bailey
Donnie
Jim Bailey
Knoxville
Bailey
Ivan
Mabel Nikkel
Attica
Percy
Cloncent
Wm. Franklin
Loyenn
Sandra
G. H. Franklin
Bir
Franklin
Tommie
Dale Mason
Janet
Jim
Larry Mason
Glenn van Gundy
Des Moines
Dickerson
van Gundy
Six year old Engebret fallen child fractures twice more
Six year old Danny Engebret of Lake Mills has sustained his third fracture in a year. He recently broke the same arm as before, mirroring an earlier injury from just before school started after being struck by a automobile which caused a hip fracture.
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Danny Engebretson
Lake Mills
It Is Said A Man Drives As He Lives In Traffic
A proverb warns that a man’s driving mirrors his life with faults that appear quickly on the road. The message cautions drivers to reflect on character before taking the wheel.
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