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Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 08, 1956

Page

11

Local social notes mention travels and arrivals in town

The column lists residents and visitors including Elmer De Winters mother Mrs Jennie Van Wyck Radford leaving for Newburgh New York on October 28 after six weeks here. Others head to Kerrville Texas for winter visits. Marion Van Gorp Jr in Sterling Illinois visits his in laws while stationed in Germany. Robert Bailey employed at a Forest Grove Oregon paper. Several locals return from Green Lake Wisconsin and California visits. Maria Bogaards hospitalized in Oskaloosa with a hip break. Ensign Carl Ver Steeg earned his wings at Corpus Christi and will join Moffitt Field.

Mra Elmer de Winter Jennie van Wyck-Radford Newburgh New York Robert Bailey Forest Grove Oregon Portland Gertrude Synhorst Green Lake Wisconsin Gerald Groton Conn Ensign Carl Ver Steeg Carl George Ver Steg Naval Air Base Corpus Christi Texas Moffitt Field San California Carol Navy

Iowa Crop Week dates set for November eleven to seventeen

Governor Hoegh proclaims Iowa CROP Week for November 11 to 17 with CROP Sunday on the 11th as canvassers seek statewide support. The Christian Rural Overseas Program, run by the Iowa Council of Churches, appeals for corn and beans and highlights past gifts aiding the Yucatan, Haiti, Hong Kong, Korea, India, Pakistan, and Europe.

Leo A. Hoegh Iowa Christian Rural Overseas Program CROP Charles R. Martin Iowa Baptist Churches John Nolin Towa Sioux County Presbyterian Mexico Yucatan Peninsula Nolin Hongkong U. S Haiti Church World Service Korea North Kore India Pakistan Germany Europe

Vander Linden Elected President Mahaska Bureau

About 300 attended the Mahaska County Farm Bureau annual dinner at the Christian Church basement on October 25. Corie Vander Linden of Pella was elected president for 1957, with Alvin Vander Wilt Leighton as vice president and Charles Wert Route 6 Osi Tosa as secretary. Lavernn Sedore of Cedar was named treasurer, and Mrs Gary Van Ommen Oskaloosa and Mrs Richard Hoover Route 1 Oskaloosa retained women’s leadership roles. Dr Marcus Bach of the State University of Town spoke on utopia in daily life, and the mortgage burning of the Farm Bureau building was conducted by Homer Nicholson and assistants. Township directors named include DeCook Black Oak Kinser Cedar Holsing Jacob, and others serving across the county. A note warns amino triazole weed killer is nonselective and will injure all contacted plants.

Mahaska County Farm Bureau Christian Church Corie Vander Linden Pella Alvin Vander Wilt Leighton Charles Wert Route 6 Osi Tosa Lavernn Sedore Cedar Gary van Ommen Oskaloosa Richard Hoover Eldon Moore Farm Bureau Homer Nicholson B Vander Wilt Frank Randell Alvin Wimner

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