Local notes on births visits and window display in Pella area
Community items detail a baby born to Lawrence and Linda Van Zante at Mercy Hospital OsKaloosa in November, Leona Vander Linden wintering in Orlando, Agnes Ballensee visiting from Orlando, and various trips and social happenings. The Kuyper Movie House window display features a moving record player triggered by a hand or face, drawing attention. A local bologna making effort in Pella is described with Luke Vander Linden assisting Mr Easton, and the Renaud family and PelIa connections referenced.
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Paul Klein
Faribault
Minnesota
Arthur Klein
Teawrence van Zante
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloos
Kuyper Mivie House
Victor
Leona Vander Linden
Orlando
Florida
Agnes Ballensee
Dena van Zantech
Lawrence van Zante
Oskaloosa
Linda Kay
Harry Renaud
Renaud
Toh
Phoenix
Arizona
Pella
Harry Easton
Stella Rysdam
Luke Vander Linden
Easton
Christmas Shoppers Plan Trips and Office Party
Snow flurries but shoppers push ahead, with Nola Boat and Wilma Van Zee in Os kaloosa and plans for Des Moines trips. The office schedules a December 17 Christmas party, 15 000 card envelopes addressed by four Venetian Blind Department members, while Goats and bowling praise blend with holiday humor and a note on Pella Windows in various institutions.
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Nola Boat
Wilma van Zee
Oskaloosa
Muuch
Santa
Mable Littleton
Louise Vanier Meide
Des Moines
Louise
Gus
Saturd
Will Langerak
J. Heeselink
Venetian Blind Department
Ada Rice
Nellie Matheny
Neva Johnson
Eva Wilson
Henrietta Vanden Dever
Beore Henri
Ella van Zee
New Zelland Theatre
Charles Watkin
Unity Hmself
Anil
Pella
Bob Wilkinson
Leona Schilder
Mutuzine
Builder Purum
New der Eyder
Chauffeurs Licenses To Be Renewed After December 1
Clarence Shirer, chief highway patrol examiner, says renewals begin December 1 under a new birthday renewal rule. Licenses expire the birthday after issuance. renewals occur every year within 30 days before the holder’s birthday, with December 1 start for 1950 birthdays and extensions for 1948 and 1949 licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Shirer
Highway Patrol
Shirer
Shiver
Fragmented OCR Card Keeps Vague Elementary School Event
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions a gathering at a Grand Xone Livats venue and references Shep Vari and a cascutor, with garbled phrases about a year, entry, and a sher k spect Mdnunestration. Details and precise facts are unclear due to text corruption.
Farm youth rears Poland China hog litter in project
Arnold Dykhuis, a rural student north of town on the Pella-Galesburg road, is developing a five hog litter cross in a school agriculture project. The pigs, born August 29, 1949 and weaned two weeks ago, weigh about sixty pounds and he plans to enter the market litter show in Ottumwa next spring. He also bred a Thousand China sow for pure bred litter in the spring. He rents buildings and equipment, buys feed from his father, keeps accurate records, and plans to build a herd of pure bred Poland China hogs for a farm of his own someday.
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Arnold Dykhuis
Pella-Galesburg
Poland
Arnold
Ottumwa
William van Houwelingen
October sow farrowings match 1948 Iowa totals
Iowa monthly sow farrowings are estimated at 117000 head for October, the same as October 1948 and 41 percent above October 1947. Five month fall total reaches 185000 head, 7.5 percent above last year, with November unlikely to alter the crop outlook.
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Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock ‘Reporting Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Research and Marketing Act
State Trees Available For 1950 Planting
The State Conservation Commission has completed plans for the 1950 spring tree distribution program. More than 1,400,000 trees and shrubs produced at the State Forest Nursery at Ames are available to farmers and sportsmen for erosion control and wildlife plantings. Prices remain as last year with hardwoods $35 per thousand and conifers $15 per thousand. wildlife species at $0 per thousand. A limited number of multiflor a rose seedlings will be available. Orders for ten dates between April 20 and May 15 will be handled by county extension directors and Conservation Service staff with deliveries starting in the south and moving north as the season progresses. Orders should be admitted as nearly as possible, preferably before March 15.
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State Conservation Commission
Ames
Virginia
Wil Conservation Service Distrct
Personel
Sta Conservation
Winning Baby Conne Elaine Finalist at Photo Contest
One year old Elaine Conne Terpstra, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Terpstra of RRL Pella, emerged as a final contest winner in the Harry Fitch Studios 4th annual Child Photograph Contest in Oskaloosa. Finals judge Townsend Studio of Des Moines evaluated entries.
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Conne Elaine
Robert Terpstra
RRL Pella
Harry Fitch Studios
Conor Oskaloosa
Townsend Studio
Des Moines
Owa
Visitors and Residents at the Home for the Aged
On November 15 John Van Houweling entered the Home for the Aged. Mrs J P Klein left Des Moines for a week with the Kleins. Multiple visitors from Des Moines Otley Sioux Center Capersville Jefferson and Capersville Mich call on residents including Mrs Den Hartog Mrs H Vander Wilt and Mrs Langstraat.
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John van Houweling
Home For
J. P. Klein
Earl Klein
Des Moines
Barnes
Peter Vos
Otley
H. Vander Wilt
C. Vander Veer
Peter Vander Wai
R. Leydens
Dick Langstraat
C. Ryken
Peter Pol
John Langstraat
H. Langstraat
Ralph Kuiper
L. Langstraat
John den Hartog
Ep den Hartog
Arie Klein
den Hartog
Aart Franken
J. Cleverga
Sioux Center
Rev
J. Roozeboom
Capersville, Mich
T. Plette
J. Grootenhuis
Jefferson, Town
R. Stursma
H. Postma
Highway Heel Warning Poem Reflects on Speed Fatalities
Poem by E. O. Osborn from The Knoxville Journal laments rising highway deaths across the nation. It calls for rider restraint and responsible driving, urging motorists to heed caution and show duty at the wheel.
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E. O. Osborn
Knoxville Journal
Vet Volunteer Aids Praised At Knoxville Hospital
Knoxville Veterans Hospital manager James R. Dak cack lauds trained volunteers for keeping veterans connected to daily life. Volunteers support religious services, host social events, assist in libraries and arts crafts, write letters, wrap gifts, and help with sports and music programs, boosting morale and care quality. Corporal Kenneth H. Van Brogen, son of Tid Main Street, completed Advanced Clerical School in Japan and serves as Chief of Personnel for a military police battalion in the Ryukyus after WWII service. Telegraphic city news history noted since 1860.
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James Kr.dack
Knoxville Veterans
Knoxville
Tald
The
Veterans Administration
Jack Said
Jack
Army of Occupation
Ryukyus
Kenneth H. van Brogen
Henry van Brogen
Tid Main Steet
Eta Jima
Japan
van Brogen
40Th Military Police Service Battalion
Des Moines
Okinawa
Camp Carson
Colorado
Cpl
Pella High School
Oskaloosa High School
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Woman dies after fall at LaPorte home stairs
Mrs How ard Larsen of LaPorte awakened by her baby's cry, mistook the stairs and fell to the bottom, suffering a deep scalp wound and other injuries. She died from the accident after the late night mishap near her home.
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Howard Larsen
LaPorte
Ms Larsen
Early patterned textiles from ancient Egypt traced to BC revolutions
The earliest known patterned textiles date to the 16th century BC, with Egyptian linens cited by the Encyclopaedia Britannica as among the oldest. This note summarizes a scholarly attribution to ancient Egyptian textile production and design practices.
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B. C
To the
Encyclopaedia Brittartica
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Indi
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Itonia
North Carolina
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Elbert van Maanen
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Life Lane
Santas
Shesle Jer
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