Central College seeks endowment to aid world outreach
Central College continues a quiet fund drive to reach an endowment goal, fund a chapel, and raise the campus to national standards. New gifts arrive from abroad and from Miss Ai Sodeyama in Japan, while residents of Pella support the effort and the college emphasizes self sufficiency through student work and prudent bonds.
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Chroniccle
East
Old Model Church
Pella
I. J. Lubbers
Gentral
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Imperial Bank of Iran
Old Persia
Ai Sodeyama
Japan
Sodeyama
Tol Godeyama
Miss Sodeyama
United States
Central College aid and student sacrifice praised in Pella chronicle
In a Pella Chronicle column locals commend Central College and its students for selfless support, noting a donor in Japan redirecting funds to aid the college while highlighting the school’s solid education under President I J Lubbers. The piece reflects pride in alumni and the university’s role in the town’s values and progress.
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I. J. Lubbers
Pella
Jasper Ustermarkt Visits Pella After Fifty Years
Jasper Ustermarkt of Boise Idaho returned to Pella after fifty years recalling boyhood days east of Gerrit Van Zante lot and East Liberty. He worked on the Van der Ploeg and Eph Smith farms before moving to Kossuth County and later Buell Idaho. Now in Boise with wife and son Robert they run a suburban store. He plans to send reminiscences for the Centennial Edition of The Chronicle.
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Pella
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East Liberty
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Minn
Jacob van der Ploeg
Otley
Eph Smith
Oskaloosa
Kossuth County
Iowa
Buell
Ustermarkt
Robert
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