Pella Society Hosts Offer Musical Recital And Community Events
A November 10 piano recital at Mrs. W. G. Vander Ploeg’s Knoxvill e home featured Miss Betty Bruinekool with vocal selections by Miss Dor othy Giorgetti as guests from Pella included Mrs. J. M. Cox and Mrs. Hattie Van Vark. Local clubs churches and the American Legion Auxiliary held meetings dinners and a bridge party with multiple hostesses and guests across the community.
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W. G. Vander Ploeg
Knoxville
Betty Bruinekool
Vander Ploeg
Montgomery Street
Chopin
Haydn
Dorothy Giorgetti
Harry L. McGraw
Leschetizki
Chasins
Moszkowski
Kreisler
Pella
J. M. Cox
Hattie van Vark
Bruinekool
Miss Bruinekool
H. Bruinekool
World Wide Guild of the Baptist Church
Marie Smith
Philathea
Wayne Wilson
B. Mensch
H. Bauman
Ed van Gorp
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mesdames
J.T. van Zante
H. J
J. E. Shultz
E. S
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
B. H. Langerak
van Houten
Paul Grundman
Hattie Gezel
Sioux City
Ross Schakel
G. F. Sadler
Vander Zyl
John Nieburg
Mesdames Vander Zyl
Nieburg
Produce Dealers Start District Organizations Des Moines
Iowa produce dealers who buy process and manufacture poultry and dairy products form district organizations to improve business practices and secure uniform grading. B O Brownlee notes cooperation with Iowa State College aids marketing standards and local districts may join the state association. A meeting in Independence drew dealers from the area and thirteen other districts.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of Agriculture
B. O. Brownlee
Iowa State College
Brownlee
Headliners at Iowa homecoming face Penn State visit
Penn State led by captain Frank Diedrich travels to Iowa City for the homecoming clash against a rejuvenated Hawkeye squad. Des Moines Harold Ely and Estherville Jack Warrington are Iowa’s key players in this east vs west matchup as Warrington aims to repeat a 52-yard breakout run against Detroit.
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University of Iowa
Penn State College
Frank Diedrich
Hawkeye
Harold Ely
Des Moines
Jack Warrington
Estherville
Iowans
Iowa City
Diedrich
Ely
Evils of Drink Must Be Taught in Iowa Schools
A reprint urges strict enforcement of Iowa law requiring public school instruction on the effects of alcoholic stimulants narcotics and poisons. It notes neglect since the prohibition era and stresses that education on physiology hygiene and drug risks remains vital for youth. The article cites Code of Iowa 1927 sections 4259 and 4106 and calls county superintendents to enforce teaching with legal support.
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Iowa
S.C. Wadding
Iowa Civic League
Des Moines Register
Radio listeners tune in on King George V program
Radio listeners around six on Wednesday morning heard King George V and Ramsey McDon and other English notables. The messages came through clearly, better than some programs from closer stations.
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King George
King George V
Ramsey McDon
Knoxville City Council Advances Highway No 2 Plan
At the November meeting Knoxville officials adopted a resolution to enter Highway No 2 at the east end of Main street and pave it next year. They also trimmed a wide Main street walk, discussed paying certificates and delinquent taxes, licensing miniature golf, and set theater and cigarette permits.
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Knoxville
No. 2
Highway Commission
Main Street
No. 6
Pleasantville
Metcalf
de Reus
Farm Bureau to Convene in Des Moines This January
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation plans its annual meeting at the Shrine auditorium in Des Moines on January 14 to 16. President Chas. E. Hearst announced the schedule after a leaders meeting at state headquarters. The event highlights voluntary farmer efforts and growth of the Farm Bureau in Iowa.
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Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Shrine Auditorium
Des Moines
Chas. E. Hearst
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Iowa Federation
Hearst
Farm Bureau to honor top membership workers
Mr Hearst outlined awards for individuals and teams who recruited the most new members over the year. Special trophies and certificates will go to the top collectors, with separate honors for page names on blanks and couples who recruited most. Counties and townships showing growth receive trophies and certificates as well. Iowa’s membership is up year over year and about 65,000 farm families are expected for the year.
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Hearst
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Des Moines River Bridge Project Moves Forward in Mahaska County
Work has begun on the new Des Moines river bridge on Highway No. 2 in Mahaska county near Bellefontaine close to Tracy. Ben Cole & Son of Ames were the successful bidders earlier and when finished it will be the longest bridge in town. The structure will span five sections.
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Des Moines River
Highway No. 2
Mahaska County
Bellefontaine
Tracy
Ben Cole É& Son
Ames
New 1280 Foot Bridge Stretch Over Des Moines River
A new bridge with a 150 foot high truss and nine 50 foot I beam spans will total 1280 feet 10 inches across and rest on fifteen piers. It will exceed the Market street bridge in Ottumwa as the longest in Iowa and crosses the Des Moines river about a mile north of Bellefontaine bridge, linking new highways in Marion and Mahaska counties while Bellefontaine hill is graded to six percent.
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Longth
Market Street
Ottumwa
Towa
Des Moines River
Bellefontaine Bridge
Marion
Mahaska
Bellefontaine Hill
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Baptist Church
8. G. Onstine
A. T. Ver Meer
Tunis van Heukelom
Cornie de Goey
Lewis van Roekel
Raymond van Heukelom
Cornie Roorda
G. J. van Roekel
American Legion Supper
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Hall
Legion
Gold Star
Civ
Central College
Penn-Central
Memorial Building
Legion Auxiliary
Martin Paardekooper
Lewis Vander Wilt
Hotel Savery
Mesdames Rus van Zante
William van Hemert
George Ver Steeg
Ray Cannon
Detroit
The
Chronicle
Harold Veenstra
Henry Byers
Veen
Arthur Kiem
Ford Korn
Amana Colony
McGregor
Marquette
Ledges
Boone
WOC
Davenport
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
H. C. Payne
Merry-Fu Club
Preston Hosack
Young Women’s League
Young Women's League of the Second Reformed Church
Ben Kuyk
Blue Pagoda
Arthur Klein
Gradus de Kock
Dave van Haaften
Monroe
Margaret Klein
John Vanden Berg
Sutzus Dinner Club
L. F. Bousquet
Lutz-Us Club
Kensington Club
H. W. Vander Linden
Leighton
Helen
Gertrude Neuenesch
Iowa Homecoming
Nittany Lions
Penn State
Warrington
Capt. Diedrich
Warrington Jowa
Civic League
M. Vander Linden
Main ST
City Street
Dickerson
Frank G. Pierce
Marshalltown
Shaker
J.C. Penney
Liberty Street
Wagner
Lora Byers
Byers Beauty Shop
Fredj Lautenbach
Dave Verought
Insurance Agency
South Side Square
Hoover
Hoover Cleaning
van den Berg Electric Co
Sarah Rose Vander Linden
Jennie van Zee
Helen Viola den Hartog
DR. L. M. Henry
Phone
WMT
Waterloo
Dr. Golinvanx
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