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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1956
Page
8
The annual Boy Scout Fund Drive begins Tuesday October 16 with no set goal. Campaign edge Babe Caldwell notes a breakfast may be skipped to fund activities. Team captains for the drive are listed and will receive worker assignments. Community support urged with two dollar fifty cent gifts via one check to the local organization.
Pella Bigs meet Chariton in the South Central Conference at the local field Friday night. Both teams share second place with two wins and one loss. Pella fell to Indianola 6 0 and Chariton to Winterset 12 0. Chariton features quarterback Bol Cain and fast halfback John Bankus in a strong season сбор.
The Salvation Army drive, led by F. Samsel of the extension service, highlights local welfare efforts across Marion County. Eight service units in Marion, Knoxville, Pleasantville, Harvey, Tracy, Dias, Melcher, Columbia and Pell supported families with groceries, fuel, clothing, dental work, glasses, meals, and medical aid, benefiting over 700 families in the county and a summer camp near Madrid. A ten day period aided blind residents, and a first time camp period helped deaf mutes. 189 girls were admitted to the Home during the year.
Bob Gray, aide to President Eisenhower, will address national politics at Central College on Monday October 15. He comes to Pella from Des Moines at the invitation of the Young Republicans Club and will speak at 7 30 p m with a follow up Q and A and a reception.
Secretary Ezra Benson will visit the Ernest Mueller farm, 50 miles west of Knoxville, today to meet farmers. He arrives around noon and stays two hours with no formal address planned. About three hundred farmers and farm interest people are invited to attend a potluck dinner, each bringing food. coffee provided.
On October 28, 1956 Herbert Plambeck will show slides from his trips at the Third Re formed Church. The Senior C E of the church sponsors the program and there will be a few other numbers.
The Christian High School will hold its annual rally Friday October 19 at 7 p.m. Gerard Terpstra missionary will speak. The program includes several musical numbers by the school choir and an hour of fellowship with refreshments after.
The organization representing 64 Iowa counties including two from this county appeals for continued public support. The annual drive plans to run this week to fund ongoing work in the community.
In Marion County on October 2 through 6, multiple defendants pleaded guilty or not guilty to OMVI offenses and related charges. Notable actions include Ever Ett Morgan and Ellsworth Hogate pleading guilty with penalties including fines and license suspensions. Jimmy McKinney fined for furnishing liquor to a minor. Truman Lear and Walter E. Roland receiving OMVI-related penalties. Jackie L. Parker and John F. Thomas facing long sentences or restitution. L. L. Kingery charged with larceny-related counts awaiting trial. Marvin Dingeman arraigned on an OMVI second offense and entered not guilty.
Central College presents the University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday October 16 at 8 in DeWstra Chapel under James Dixon. The program features Berlioz overture The Roman Carnival, Schubert Symphony in C Major, and Rachmaninoff Concerto in D Minor with soloist Robert Chapman. Free will donations will help cover the trip.
Central College in Pella installs a permanent forestage stage in the auditorium after over three years of planning. Designed by Brooks and Borg of Des Moines, the stage expands platform space for church services and the Homecoming play. Construction required removing a row of seats. the system extends from the existing stage.
A final appeal to American citizens to sponsor refugees from the Netherlands under the Refugee Program seeks jobs and housing for cases already in process. Holland aids transport and initial needs, with 17,000 visas allocated and 6,000 issued, per the Netherlands Embassy and the Netherlands Pioneer and Historical Foundation based in Holland, Michigan.
Interest grows in the $1000 Jamboree trade extension. Three new winners were drawn, Henry Vander Beek, Mrs. Gersit Slykhuis, and Murray Goemaat, becoming eligible for the December 1 drawing. Registration slips are collected at cooperating merchants across Pella.
Pella High’s Little Dutch defeated Winterset 13 to 6 in a South Central Conference game. Key stop on the 2 yard line and two touchdown passes by Butch Sheppard with Ter Van Halen as a target highlighted the win. Neal Day held to 28 carries for 4 yards per rush pace.
Central scored a late rally to beat Parsons 7 to 6 in a hard fought Iowa Conference game Friday night. Parsons capitalized on an interception by Terry Hoage, driving 36 yards for a second quarter TD before missing the extra point. Hoage then intercepted a Morehead pass and connected on a 12 yard buttonhook for another 12 yards as Parsons led 6-0 at halftime. The Wildcats defense tightened in the final minutes near Central’s goal line to preserve the win.
The Pella Ministers Association reveals Rev. D cab Prins of the Reformed Church in America will direct a Home Visitation Evangelism campaign the Sunday after a Reform Rally on October 31. Cooperating churches expect 600 participants for training Friday November 2 at Third Reformed Church and the outreach on Sunday. Prins, former Second Reformed minister, travels the United States promoting evangelism and writes for church publications.
Three American Cancer Society volunteers from this county attended a one day leadership conference in Des Moines. Forty seven members from the county and four other counties discussed methods to promote public education and protective measures to save lives. They planned a cancer education program using a flip chart and formed buzz groups to organize county level efforts. Attendees included Mrs R E Powness and Industry chm Ban Mentpolden, Picture chasn, and Mrs M C Van Gorp.
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