Pella Area Church Notes State Various Local Changes
News notes from Pella and surrounding areas report hospital discharges and admissions at Mahaska and Mercy Hospitals, births and marriages, clergy and church activities, veterans news, and travel updates. Names include Marilyn Ver Dught, Lester Nikkel, Paul Tanis, and Daniel Klein with mentions of Des Moines and Iowa Methodist Hospital. The Chronicle and Second Reformed Church bulletins show community events, medical updates, and a fire department call to a small grass fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Hoksbergen
Zon
Mahaska Hospital
Bert Swank
Mercy
Marion de Zwarte
Chester Zylstra
George Ver Steg
the Chronicle
Iowa State College
Ames
Marilyn Ver Dught
Lester Nikkel
Paul Tanis
Cheryl Lynn
Mary Bruins
Ben T. Blommers
Johanna Schilder
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Henry Veenstra
N. Vander Ploeg
Daniel Klein
Shepherdsville
Kentucky
South
Midwest
Mrs. Klein
Pella
Daniel
Klein
Gun Safety Week Urges Care With Loaded Guns
Iowa safety groups warn that hundreds have died in hunting accidents since 1940 due to carelessness. They urge never to carry loaded weapons in cars and to unload guns before leaving fields or blinds, stressing there is no open season on human life.
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Iowa
Ony
Marion County Tops Bond Drive In Defense Sales
With one week left in the accounting period Iowa Defense bond drive purchases total 16 348 077. E L Job of Knoxville and P H Kuyper of Pella Marion county chairs report sales reach 492 634 or 100 74 percent of the 191 217 quota. Van Buren leads with 138 percent. Roger F Warin estimates about 20 more counties will exceed quotas as volunteers push last minute buys and agents mails reports to Chicago by November 10 for credit. Final figures await two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
E. L. Job
Knoxville
P. H. Kuyper
Pella
Marion County
Savings
Ap Panoose
Clarke
Dallas
Davis
Dickinson
Grundy
Jefferson
Linn
Lucas
Marion
Monroe
Page, Sac
Union
van Buren
Roger F. Warin
Savings Bonds Division
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
Warin
Propose Limit to Number of Games For Public Schools
The Representative Council of the State Athletic Association and Girl's Athletic Union met in Des Moines on November 2 to discuss limiting basketball games. Current rules allow sixteen games after November 30, but smaller schools already play twenty five to thirty games, with some teams starting in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Athletic Association For Boys
Des Moines
Girl’s Athletic Union
Rolands boys state champs face season curtailment talks
Discussion on adding junior high and FFA schedules to boys and girls calendars shows curtailment after last season where Roland boys won state. Proposals include one game weekly, limits after November 30, and a rule against two consecutive game nights. Girls post season games with Texas will end. Athletic Council members from Class A schools include Buerkens, Cottrell, Wood, Latham, and Stone.
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FFA
Girl's Athletic Union
Texas
State Department
North Central Assoc
Buerkens
Pella
Athletic Council
Iowa
C. A. Cottrell
Mt. Pleasant
Harry Wood
Humeston
M. F. Latham
Frank Stone
Keokuk
Birthdays Remembered at the Home for the Aged
On November 10 to 12 residents were honored for birthdays including Mrs D Douwstra aged 77 Miss Josie Meyer 78 and Mrs Maggie Eggink 71. Visitors from Eddyville Des Moines Killduff Newton Fresno Prairie City Oskaloosa and Langstraat areas called on residents including Mr and Mrs Raymond Meyer Mrs H Vander Wilt Mrs John Elscott Mrs Bert Sterrett Mr and Mrs Bob Horinting Mrs Frank Elscott Mr and Mrs Will Brand and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Douwstra
Josie Meyer
Maggie Eggink
Olo
Raymond Meyer
Eddyville
Barnes
Des Moines
H. Vander Wilt
John Elscott
Killduff
Bert Sterrett
Newton
Bob Horinting
Fresno
Frank Elscott
Pete Pol
Jeannette Pol
Wilma Pol
Paul Langstraat
L. Langstraat
Reuvers
Prairie City
Albert van Heukelem
Will Brand
Oskaloosa
Mary Brand
Farm Boys and Girls To Play Major Role At the International
Chicago November marks the International Livestock Show eight day run through December with young people central to the events. Lloyd Rob inson of Big Spring Texas won grand steer in fat cattle show with a record price of 12 000 per pound yielding 12 300 to fund a purebred Hereford ranch. The Junior Livestock Feeding Contest opens activities for boys and girls raising beeves lambs and barrows ahead of International Week and the 30th National 4-H Club Congress brings delegates from states provinces and foreign countries to showcase farm youth achievements.
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Chicago
Decker T
Texas Lad
Lloyd Robinson
Big Spring
Texas
Lloyd
Congress Members Attend Evening Judging Contest
Members will attend a judged event assessing cattle sheep swine and horses. They will be rated on their ability to evaluate quality in each livestock group.
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Congress
Night Gas Sale Ends Amid Fog and Silence
Al delays a sale in cold fog, accepting two dollars for gas after the driver declines and leaves. In the library, elderly Jacobs steps into the dripping night, his worn glasses catching the glow of the dim street and his eyes seeking the night ahead.
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Jacobs
Time Returning After Evening Remarks Theme
A narrator uses a dramatic gesture to signal a return by "coming back" after an evening. He theatrically wields a windshield wiper near the listener’s nose to underscore the point.
Fragmentary OCR Story Teaser From Local Page
A murky OCR fragment mentions a winery and an old fellow, with a tease about a nine minute moment. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names or events, leaving only hints of a casual, local interest item.
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Connie van Roekel
Sally Couples
Ivan Renaud
The
Mahaska
Clarence Renaud
Washington Street
Agnes Weyerse
Elmer Vander Plas
Veterans Hospital
Vander Plas
Veterans’ Facility
Elmer
Loren Vandenever
Will Vandenever
Otley
Loren
Ft. McClellan
Birmingham
Alabama
Ft. Bragg
North Carolina
Chemical Corpn
Rolsereen Company
Carroll
Bernard Arkema
Sully
Mercy Hospital
Sidney
Guy Bruxvoort
Bully
Carroll Harthorn
Taintor
Cecil Vander Molen
Henry Roelofsen
Robert Pippel
Peter Pippel
Camp Leonard Wood
West Coast
Edith Thompson
Omaha
Nebraska
Miss Thompson
Donna Span
Calvin College
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Chronicle
Christian Home and School
Will H. Klein
Clarence H. van Zee
Leighton
Darel Mensch
Edward Vander Weele
North Main
Ma Beaks Hospital
William Hart
William Hart Jr
William Tolstead
Highway 163
Henry Cole
Chas. Vander Ploeg
Bangor
Maine
Peter Heerema
Aes
Nick Vander Ploeg
John Goedhart
Clewiston
Florida
Robert Goedhart
Robert
United States Sugar Corporation
Goedharts
Wm. J. van Vark
Broadway Street
City of
Public Square
Leroy J. van Vark
Ick C. van Zante
Vander Zy Brothers
Winterone
Roland Boys
Harptet
Mare Mos
Plastiglass
Bob Hullihan
Fowler Telephone Company
Reece N
Ett
Rudge
Wwe
Phillips 66
Grootveld Oil CO
Chevrolet
Tan
Fisher
Dato
America
Tring Coe
WAY ‘Auto Company
Pella, Iowa
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