Full House Forecast for Central College Homecoming Play
Central College in Pella gears up for a two feature homecoming comedy October 18 with a nine month set in a remodeled New England home. Joy McCain leads a property committee assembling 300 plus props, costumes from Broadway hit, live pigs and antique pieces from Elbert Van Maanen and the Lautenbachs. Admission stays 50 cents plus 10 cents tax, tickets go on sale October 11 at Tusseling's Shoe Store. reservations via Miss Phyllis Go down Box 92.
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Pella
Joy McCain
Central College
New England
Elbert van Maanen
Robert Lautenbach
Maurice Birdsall
Verla Vander Streek
Edith Maas
Ireland
Phyllis Godown
Tusseling
Central
Tysseling’s
the Chronicle
Contact Meeting Of Home Project Women October 15
The Marion County Home Project Women will hold their annual contact meeting on Wednesday October 15 at Memorial Hall in Knoxville. The gathering begins at 10:00 AM followed by a noon potluck. Mrs R E Newcomer of Moulton Iowa district eight will lead and outline the year study. All Home Project Women are urged to attend.
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Marion County Home Project
Memorial Hall
Knoxville
R. E. Newcomer
Moulton
Iowa
Eighth District Committee
Newcomer
Iowa Bureau Farmer
Home Project
Invite Pella Men To Join Knoxville National Guard Unit
Pella men are urged to join the newly authorized National Guard Company A in Knoxville. Col Averill of Des Moines will explain organization and benefits at Memorial Hall on Tuesday evening October 14. All men including those without experience are welcome, especially the very young, with potential home training if universal military training is adopted. Members will be paid for Guard service.
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National Guard Company A
Knoxville
Col. Averill
Des Moines
Memorial Hall
Polla
National Guard
Homecoming Dinner Set for Oct 18 at Jordan Hall
The Homecoming Dinner will be held at Jordan Hall on Saturday evening October 18 at 6 00 pm. The event preserves traditions of good food fellowship and a lively program with Mina Baker leading a planning committee. Reservations due by October 15 for 1 25 a ticket.
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Jordan Hall
Mina Baker
Minar
Supplemental Aid Funds Allocated to Marion County Schools
Supplemental aid grants are issued to Marion County public schools based on available funds. Pella Independent District claims $3,082.63 with $670.18 allotted. Bunker Hill $92.71 and $20.16. European $58.90 and $12.80. Fair Oaks $48.66 and $10.58. Otley $967.92 and $210.43. Pleasant Grove $364.84 and $77.15. Fairview Polk Two $143.10 and $31.11. Knoxville’s total claim $49,330.13 with pro rated allotment $10,724.56. The Chronicle will publish the full district list and allotments. Sylvia Platts, County Superintendent, Knoxville, provides more information.
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Marion County
Pella
Bunker Hill
Fair Oaks
Otley
Pleasant Grove
Fairview
Polk
Knoxville
Chronicle
Sylvia Platts
Lay Leadership Training School Opens in Pella
The Lay Leadership Training School at Central College opened with 135 attending from three Reformed churches in Pella and eight nearby towns plus the college group. Participants from Pella First Church led with 30, Leighton 21, Prairie City 15, with Eddyville Oskaloosa Otley Sully Knoxville Mission New Sharon Presbyterian also represented. The program features four classes on Sunday school lessons and a second hour on church work led by pastors and professors.
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Central College
Pella
Lucas Co Boy Von Heifer in Contest On Hereford Tour
Jim Beatty a 4-H boy from Lucas County won the junior judging contest tied to the Marion County Hereford Association tour and received a registered Hereford heifer from Yokum Hereford farm. Charles Rose Attica placed third. Dwight Mathes Pella and Marvin Vanden Berg Otley tied for fifth. The Marion 4-H team tied for first with Chariton Vocational Agriculture. About 200 people attended the day inspecting breeding operations at Yokum, Alva Goff, Perrin, and Chandler.
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Jim Beatty
Lucas County
Marion County Hereford Association
Yokum Hereford Farm
Chariton
Dick Rose
Attica
Dwight Mathes
Pella
Marvin Vanden Berg
Otley
Marion County
Chariton Vocational Agriculture
4-H
FFA
Lucas
Wayne
Marion
Dale
Don Core
Pleasantville
Alva Goff
Perrin
Chandler
Yokuma
Yokum Hereford
Rev Van Kommer To Be Speaker At Sully Rally
The Rev Henry Van Kommer pastor of a fast growing Des Moines church will speak at the Youth for Christ Rally in Sully this Saturday at 7 30 P M in the Community Building A Des Moines trio will accompany him and Miss Hendrika Toet a Central College student will report on the Holland Youth for Christ Team She came from Rotterdam to study and help reconstruct her homeland The public is invited to attend for inspiration and fellowship in song and message.
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Henry van Kommer
Des Moines
Youth For Christ
Sully
van Kommer
Netherlands
Minneapolis
Northwestern Bible School and Theological Seminary
University of Minnesota
Devil's Lake
North Dakota
South St. Paul
Minesota
Iowa
Young People's Society
Hendrika Toet
Central College
Pella
Miss Toet
Rotterdam
Holland
Holland Youth For Christ
United States
Homecoming mud slows Pella Pleasanville clash
In a rain drenched Pella game, the home team and Pleasantville fought to a scoreless tie on a soggy field. Pella fumbled four times in the first half and three more in the second, while Pleasantville fumbled six times in the opening period and three in the second, with Van Berkum and Shock delivering punting and defensive stands amid a game dominated by field position and a lone 10 yard pass to Prins.
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Pella
Pleasantville
Prins
van Berkum
Shock
Marcie Valster Crowned Queen of Homecoming
Miss Marcia Valster senior was crowned Homecoming Queen of 1947 at a coronation in the Legion Hall auditorium last Thursday. Attendants were Miss Gladys Klein and Miss Delores Swank. Dirk Van Zante escorted the queen to the stage, and Mr. Buerkens spoke on Homecoming spirit.
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Marcia Valster
Legion Hall
Gladys Klein
Delores Swank
Dirk van Zante
Mr. Buerkens
College Team Judged Marion County Herds
Professor Vern Kirchberger of Iowa State College led 10 senior students in a Saturday visit to Marion County beef herds for practice judging. The group evaluated Shorthorn and Hereford cattle across several farms en route to intercollegiate contests in Kansas City and December’s International Livestock Exposition.
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Vern Kirchberger
Iowa State College
Marion County
American Royal
Kansas City
Guy Spaar
Lester Kenney
Lester Kenney Farm Proved To Be A Tough Class For the Collegians
Cyril Rees
Ray
Herbert Cline
Bussey
G. Gross Rogers
St Dents
P. W. Eggers Farm
Kirchberger
Clubmen Hear C. D. Beh On Public Finance
Carlton D. Beh an investment banker from Des Moines spoke at the Rotary luncheon at the Baptist church about municipal financing. He outlined how state laws govern financing of projects including electric power plants and stressed the relevance of these rules for investment banks.
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Carlton D. Beh
County Record Book Contest Winners Named
Meeting at the Farm Bureau office last week, county club committee members and leaders named the winners from 4-H record books. Eddie Roberts won first in the beef division, with Marjorie Bensink second and Paul Feigins third in the body beef category, and the purebred beef heifer division noted in the results.
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Farm Bureau
Eddie Roberts
Marjorie Bensink
Paul Feigins
Songfellows greet big crowd at high school program
The Songfellows of Radio Station WITO Des Moines performed at the high school auditorium Tuesday evening. Sponsored by Rand Parents association proceeds fund band uniforms and other band program needs. Bill Austin accompanied the quartet. he also played piano solos. The show lasted about an hour with an intermission. Highlights included selections from The Student Prince and Feudin and a Fightin, plus barber shop numbers, gospel tunes, folk songs and ballads. Second tenor Kenneth Black sang two pieces. the closing comedy finale drew applause as the cast was recalled twice. Members also included Stuart Steelman and Harris White. plans were made for Ames High School band to concert in November to bolster the Pella High Band treasury.
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WITO
Des Moines
Rand Parents Association
Bill Austin
Fred Lanitenbach
Austin
Ceremor
Kenneth Black
Little
Gray
West
Keith Booth
Stuart Steelman
Harris White
Ames
Pella
Cadets May Still Enroll in Pilot Training Course
Vacancies remain for the Aviation Cadet Pilot training class starting October 16 at Randolph Field Texas. An age limit change raised minimum to twenty, giving immediate applicants strong chances while others enter a March 1948 class. Examinations at Wright Field September 15 to 19 for qualified unmarried males aged 20 to 26 with two years of college or equivalent education.
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Randolph Field
Texas
Air Forcex
Air Force
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Air Corps Reserve
U. S. Army
Aviation Cadet Examining Board
Marion Mart Wins Vision Marion Mart Race Title
Reuvena Dieleman of Pella takes swine division. John Van Zemeren and Elwyn Ver Dught finish second and third. John Vriezelaar and Mary Vrieze laar win lamb records. Reuvena Dieleman also tops daily division with Paul Chris more and Larry Horstman second and third. Donna Jean Veenstra wins colt 4-H record book contest with Velma Vriezelaar in second.
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Vision Marion Mart
Dick Hudson
Reuvena Dieleman
Pella
John van Zemeren
Elwyn Ver Dught
Lamb
John Vriezelaar
Mary Vriezelaar
Paul Chrismore
Larry Horstman
Donna Jean Veenstra
Velma Vriezelaar
Fire Prevention To Be Taught in Rural Schools
State Fire Prevention Committee and Department of Public Instruction urge every rural school to participate in a statewide fire prevention program. County Superintendent Mrs. Platts has been sent classroom materials on causes and prevention. The campaign emphasizes farm inspections and family cooperation to reduce fires and save homes and lives.
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Department of Public Instruction
Platts
Cam
Fifteenth Scouters Conference at Camp Mitigwa Oct 11 12
The Tall Corn Council Boy Scouts of America will hold the Fifteenth Annual Scouters Conference at Camp Mitigwa on October 11 and 12. Al Berkowitz chairs the event with a Texas barbecue on Saturday. One hundred fifty attendees will join and initiate new members into the Tribe of Mitigwa during a campfire ceremony. The conference will plan a year’s program for 6642 participating scouts across Boone Dallas Guthrie Hardin Jasper Madison Marion Marshall Polk Poweshiek Story Tama and Warren counties.
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Tall Corn Council
Boone
Dallas
Guthrie
Hardin
Jasper
Madison
Marion, Marshall, Polk
Poweshiek
Story, Tama
Warren
Dutchmen Fall to South Dakota in rout at Brookings
South Dakota State overwhelmed Central 39 to 6 at Brookings on October 3. The Jackrabbits rushed for 335 yards and 5 touchdowns while Central managed 173 rushing yards and 11 first downs. Freshmen Heller and Madison stood out for Central despite the loss as Mark Speed left with an injury.
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Gordon Nesbit
Pella
South Dakota State
Brookings
South Dakota
Pella Boys
Central
Galen Cheuvrant
Lloyd Menning
Chiuviont
S. D
Dakota
Redmen
Don Heller
Villis €A
Town
Bob Madison
Guthriel
Mark Speed
Parsons
Tysseling
Prac- Parsons
Plans for Busy Weekend at Central College Homecoming
The 1947 Central College Homecoming is set for October 17 18 and 19 with Howard Van Peursem as president of the new Student Government. Silas Schirner of Pleasantville is general chairman, while committees led by Ellen Iuibregtse John Hesselink Marian Brown Mina Baker Cunera Van Emmerike and others organize events including coronation Koffie Tijd parade and banquets. Eight queen nominees were narrowed to five finalists to be elected October 10. Events include bonfire pep rally coronation open house parade football game vs Dubuque kickoff at 9 00 2 00 PM homecoming dinner and a January Thaw play plus vespers.
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Central College
Howard van Peursem
Silas Schirner
Pleasantville
Schirner
Ellen Iuibregtse
Des Moines
John’ Hesselink
Holland
Nebraska
Marian Brown
Meservey
Mina Baker
Koffie Tijd
Catherine Poppen
Cunera van Emmerike
Annabelle Arink
Woodhull
Betty Brands
Morrison
Minois
Jo Griffitts
Mitchellville
Carol Hall
Chatham
New York
Joy McCain
Closter
New Jersey
Verla Vander Streek
Pella
Artis Vande Voort
Anna Mae Williams
Gordon
Wisconsin
Douwstra Chapel
Graham Hall
Central
Dubuque
Jordan Hall
Douwstra
Douwatra
Open House at Graham Hall During Homecoming Koffee
The Associated Women Students of Central College invite all to an open house at Graham Hall with Mrs. Catherine Poppen Dean of Women. The event Saturday October 18 at 9:00 a.m. offers a tour of the new wing dining room and rooms with modern features and furnishings. Visitors will see single beds, closets, double desks, tiled shower rooms, Mrs. Poppen’s spacious suite, and a living area with a Robertshaw unit kitchen.
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Associated Women Students
Central College
Catherine Poppen
Graham Hall
Simmons
C E to Sponsor Entertainment at H S Gym Oct 16
C E to Sponsor Entertainment at the High School gym in Pella Iowa on October 16 a Thursday at 8 pm Proceeds benefit the Missionary work of the Second Reformed Church Tickets are 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children Readable stunts from Hollywood Broadway Ripley's Believe It or Not and Look Magazine will be performed to entertain and raise funds for the church mission program
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Seal, Wheel and Heel Productions
Ini
High School Christian Endeavor
Second Reformed Church
Pella
Iowa
Hollywood
Broadway
Ripley's
Look Magee Zine
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Herbert Mentink
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Julia van Wyk
Edward Tanis
Hamilton
Herbert van Wyk
Charles Botkin
Ralph van Rheenen
Tom Price
John Frey
Nancy van Maanen
Betty Cond
Newton
Washington
Thelma van Roekel
Elbert van Mannen
Nancy
Lafleur
Rev. van Kommer
Sea OF Mud
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Leland van Ee
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Kendrick Menninga
Dunham
V. D. Heiden
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Don
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RT Fouch
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van Zante
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Keith Kernahan
Marcie Valster
Hobart Wilson
M. Heatherlin
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Tleaberlin Farm
C. D. Beh
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Marshall
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Larson
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Skaggs
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Dell
Coates
Corning
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Osborne
Smeltzer
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van Zee
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Riley
Arents
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McClelland
A. Banstra
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Edgar
Wehde
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