Legion Post Plans Drive To Expand Memorial Building
Commander Caldwell urged Legion members to action at August meeting. Two major efforts outlined: a broad membership drive to recruit 500 potential recruits and a remodeling plan for the Van Memert Memorial Building to create a larger auditorium and added recreation facilities. Project scope depends on membership response and community reaction in Pella and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. BR. Caldwell
van Veen-Van Memert Legion
Memchers
Legion
Caldwell
Pella
Dry Spell Ends With Two Heavy Rainfalls
Two heavy rains end a long dry spell aiding crops in Pella with about two and a half inches total. Some corn advanced beyond early growth and brown at the base while much remains green ensuring full kernels. Legume fall seedings benefit as moisture provides better cover for winter and forage before frost. The heat ends as days shorten.
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Pella
Enrollment in local schools tops last year's total
Grade enrollments at the public schools show higher totals than September last year. Webster Building has 205 students vs 182 previously, Lincoln 173 vs 181, with Webster Junior High at 79 to date. Kindergarten is evenly split at both buildings with 23 each. Webster reports 18 boys to 5 girls in kindergarten, and the full Webster and Lincoln grade tallies outline a 622 total enrollment across all departments, up from 602. The freshman class leads with 77, followed by 65 sophomores, 50 juniors, and 54 seniors. high school enrollment is 244 so far, up from 241.
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Webster
Lincoln
Memorial project guides community building needs
The County Commander and several comrades from the Buss ey Legion Post visited the meeting. Watermelons served as refreshments after the gathering.
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Bussey Legion Post
Marion County 4-H Clubs Shine at State Fair Competition
Marion County 4-H members who exhibited at the Iowa State Fair posted strong showings across Hereford, Angus, Shorthorn, and mixed baby beef divisions. Standouts include Hoyd Core of Pleasantville with a 2nd in the Hereford Baby Beef class and plans to show in the American Royal in Kansas City, while Charles Feagins of Bussey claimed a 3rd in Angus and Junior Christensen of Tracy placed 6th in Shorthorn. County groups earned blue and top placings in breed categories, and individual exhibitors racked up multiple top 20 finishes in weight classes.
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Marion County
4-H
Hoyd Core
Pleasantville
Marion
Celf
Charles Feagins
Bussey
Marion County Fair
Sid
Junior Christensen
Tracy
Baby Beeves
Angus Baby Beeves
Richard Core
Henry Bensink
Fom Havener
Roland Eysink
Charles Fengins
Gene Stevenson
Bill Black
Charles Cook
Baby Reeves
Hereford Baby Reeves
Ralph Dyer
Lloyd Core
Carl’ Heabertin
Shirley Phillips
Ralph” Hedrick
Dean Frey
Robert Brooks
Dwight Mathes
Don Goad
Dean Trey
Carl Heatherlin
Orgin Kennedy
Ralph Hedrick
Richard Hudson
Marvin Brooks
Phillip Richards
Laverne Littsworth
Charles Eggers
Wendell Williams
Lawrence Woolsey
Nadine Forest
Donald Forest
Hovtanan
Flvyn Ver Dught
Chester
Marvin Dieleman
Bill Dieléman
John van Zemeren
Pella
Poland
Loyd Core
Kansas City
Charles Feggins
Chicago
Cham ber of Commerce Band to close summer season with finale
The Chamber of Commerce Band will present its season finale this Saturday evening with Anne Vsseling as soloist. Esther Beerends delivered two numbers at last week’s show and the Knoxville Veterans Hospital concert featured George Ver Steeg. Director Kuyper hints at a surprise selection and urges attendance to end the season with a bang.
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Chamber of Commerce
Anne Vsseling
Esther Beerends
Knoxville
Pella
Veterans of the Knoxville Hospital
George Ver Steeg
Kuyper
Special Forest
Mulacek Joins Central College Music Faculty
George Mulacek is appointed instructor of Piano and Theory at Central College to fill the leave vacancy of Anthony Koeiker. A Cosmopolitan School of Music graduate with a Northwestern master's, he has concert and accompanying experience, NYAO oboist, WWII veteran, and praised by Harold Van Horne. He will perform at Vesper Musical on Sunday September 12 at 4:00 p.m.
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G. T. Vander Luxt
George Mulacek
Central College
Anthony Koeiker
Mulacek
Cosmopolitan School of Music
Chicago
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ilinois
N. Y. A. Orchestra of
Malacek
England
France
Germany
Harold van Horne
Northwestern University School of Music
Vesper Muscial
Air Mail Parcel Post Service Opens Nationwide
Postmaster Van Zante of Pella announces nationwide air parcel post with the 80th Congress enacted system. More than 42,000 offices will offer faster delivery, red white blue stickers, and doorstep service as air service expands domestically and abroad.
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Air Parcel Post
United States
van Zante
Pella
America
Merchants End League With 4-2 Win Over Prairie City
Pella Merchants wrap up the season by beating Prairie City 4-2 at Prairie City before a large crowd. Weidemeier pitched well with nine strikeouts, allowing four hits while Gass and Bennett topped the hitting for Pella. The Merchants finish 15-3, holding a three game lead over Mobilgas of Newton in the standings.
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Pella Merchants
Prairie City
Weidemeier
Pella
Vande Lane
Gass
Hennett
D. Vande Lune
Merchants
Vande Lune
Rio Pella
Pete
Bennett
B. Randstra
M. Vande Lune
Mobilgas
Newton
Mobilga
Fans to See Ottumwa All-Stars Versus Pella Merchants
Ottumwa All-Stars, city’s best players, travel to Pella on Saturday evening to face the League Champions Pella Merchants. First pitch at 8 30. Organizers urge a large crowd for what may be the final high speed ball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Softball Tourney Here Tuesday and Wednesday Nights
The B league ends its schedule this week with plans for a tournament next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Friday features Murphy versus Sully at Pella, a rematch after Murphy won 8 to 7 at Sully last Tuesday. Mobilgas defeated Felco 10 to 4, Murphy fell to K of P from Newton 11 to 10, and Felco beat Mobilgas 10 to 9 Monday after Murphy lost to Leighton 6 to something.
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Murphy
Sully
Pella
Murphys
Mobilgas
Felco
K. of P
Newton
Will Baer City Golf Champion After Tourney
Will Baer won the Pella golf tourney, defeating Don Waechter in the finals with a 70, a two under par course record. Ralph Ver Meer won the first flight in preliminaries, Dr. J. E. Shultz the second. Labor Day will feature a Blind Bogey event at 1:30 p.m. at Pella Golf and Country Club.
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Will Baer
Pella
Don Waechter
Baer
Waechter
Ralph Ver Meer
J. E. Shultz
Labor Day
Pella Golf and Country Club
Chr Reformed Picnic and Mass Meeting Monday
On September 6 1948 Rev Peter Holverda of Lee Street Christian Reformed Church Grand Rapids Michigan speaks at the Annual Labor Way Meeting in Pella and vicinity The evening program starts 745 p m at the zit Christian Reformed Church in Pella A picnic will be held at Swimming Pool Park with ball games at 930 am Other sports will be provided Sponsored by the Young Men's and Young Ladies Societies of Pella and vicinity All Christian young men and ladies are invited.
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Peter Holverda
Lee Street
Christian Reformed Church
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Labor Way
Pella
Vivinity
Zit Christian Reformed Church
Busy Week in Justice Court
Justice of the Peace Jacob Vander Syde handled traffic cases from August 23 onward. Drivers cited for speeding paid fines from 10 to 40 dollars plus costs. one driver faced a license-related fine, and another received a 6 dollar ticket for improper passing. Signed J P Vander Syde.
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Justice of the Peace
Jacob Vander Syde
Arnold van Haaften
Ralph Hoksbergen
Jake Swank
Donald
Norman
Stursma
Bert Vander Kieft
Charles Moss
Dallas
Texas
Joe de Hoog
Victor G. Hyde
Des Moines
A. van Waardhuizen
de Laney
Guthrie Center
Robert W. Justice
Max Gendler
Dex Moines
J. P
Ottumwa Woman Injured in Truck Crash Near Pool
Florence Newman of Ottumwa was treated at Mahaska Hospital for a severe head cut after a truck ran off a curve on a muddy road near Pella and crashed through a fence beside a softball diamond. She was thrown from the truck as Harold Benson, also of Ottumwa, rode along to work in Des Moines. Benson suffered bruises. The truck skid on mud, damaged a snow fence, and the bed detached before the vehicle was towed to a Pella garage.
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Florence Newman
Ottumwa
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Pella
Miss Newman
Harold Bensen
Benson
Corn Soybean Field Day at Ames Sept 16
A Corn-Soybean Field Day will be held at the Auronomy Farm at Iore State College September 16. Farmers will view diverse soybean varieties and hear progress in breeding and selection. The event includes corn plot examinations on soil management and rotation effects with legume grasses.
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Ames
Auronomy
Iore State College
Towa State College
Central College to Open September 9 for New Year
Central College will open its doors September 9 for old and new students. Renovations finish on floors and halls as registration begins on the new ground floor. A three day freshmen orientation aims to integrate newcomers with counseling and courses while YWCA and YMCA volunteers help with the big sister program. Music faculty opening recital follows opening convocation led by President G T Vander Lugt. Public invited.
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Central College
Central Hall
Central
Eam
Alion
Ruth Gosselink
Pella
Bert Randstra
M.C! A
Elas
Kenneth Vander Linden
Joe Takin
Douwstra Chape
G. T. Vane der Lugt
Douwstrn Chapel
Iowa Receives Federal Aid For Wildlife Restoration
Iowa qualified for Pittman Robertson funds with 231119 dollars apportioned for 1948 49. Federal grants require 25 percent state match, totaling 308157 dollars with state funds. Lester F. Faber of Des Moines oversees Iowa federal aid and Pittman Robertson program.
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State Conservation Commission
Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Pittman-Robertson
Pittman- Robertson
Lester F. Faber
Des Moines
Vesper Musical At Douwstra Chapel Sunday Afternoon
The first Sunday vesper program at Douwstra Chapel is set for 4 pm on September 12. The concert features Music Faculty members and introduces new piano instructor George Mulacek, praised for his brilliant pianism and Czechoslovakian background.
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Douwstra Chapel
Pella
George Mulacek
Mulacek
Malacek
Tractor rollover injuries after water jug slips
Delbert Blanchard of Lone Rock was driving a tractor when a jug of water slid off. He grabbed it as the machine toppled, suffering only a bruised back and arm, plus a tossed shoe and pants pocket in the scramble. He escaped unharmed otherwise.
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Delbert Blanchard
Lone Rock
Yellow Line Confusion Causes Severe Waverly Crash
Rodney Lapham of Illinois misjudged a center yellow line on highway 218 near Waverly. He swerved to avoid the yellow mark, traveled into a ditch, and sustained serious vehicle damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Lapham
Illinois
Waverly Recen
Walton League Hosts First Local Hunting Dog Show
The Walton League will sponsor a Labor Day field day at the Knox club grounds featuring a hunting dog show for field and water dogs. Other events include trap shooting for all, casting and bull head fishing, horseshoes, archery, and a hobby show. A noon basket dinner is planned, with food available at the club house and beverages for all attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Trunk Walton League
Knox
Definitions Exhibition at College Gallery Explored
An art exhibition titledDefinitions will run at Central College Galleries from Friday to September 20. It invites visitors to explore why some works resemble nature and others mislead lay observers, covering color line form perspective and distortion.
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Central College
Massive Iowa soil day to rebuild Ben Cole farm near Osceola
The 1948 All Iowa Soil Conservation Field Day at the Ben Cole farm near Osceola on September 9 will move 10,000 cubic yards of earth in constructing three dams a small lake and a pond. Twelve bulldozer tractors will work on 140 acres as landscaping and demonstrations accompany soil conservation tasks with a noon barbecue and talks by Charles F Brannan and Clifford Hope.
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Ben Cole
Osceola
John Morrell & Co
Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Clifford Hope
Kansas
House Agriculture Committee
Labor Day Closures For Business Houses On Monday
Next Monday September 6 being Labor Day a holiday stores and business houses will be closed for the day by custom and chamber of commerce agreement. Housewives and others should make Saturday purchases for food and necessities to use on Monday.
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Chamber of Commerce
Historical Society Expands Iowa History Access
The State Historical Society of Iowa at the University of Iowa expands public access to Hawkeye history. Under Dr. William J. Petersen, it publishes The Palimpsest, Iowa Journal of History and Politics, and three books biennially, with materials sent to 260 libraries and free for bindable institutions.
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Town City
Owa
Willian J. Petersen
Iowa Journal of History and Politics
John Plumbo
Iowa
Wisconsin
Jowans
Hudson
Petersen
State Historical Society
Peterson
Tews
Dinglish
Mensot
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Legion Post
Anne Tysseling
Air Mail
Peter Holwerda
Justice Court
Pool
Walton League
Hist
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
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