Enrollment in Public Schools Up Twenty Four
Enrollment at the Public School shows a gain of 24 students from last September first. Kindergarten decor enrollments mostly account for the rise with 66 beginners this year versus 47 last year. Total figures reach 696 to date, up from 672 last fall, while Junior High grades seven and eight start at 97, down from 104 last year. High School totals hold at 273 across the four grades.
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Lincoln
Webster
Dockendorff
Keuyers
van Zee
Brockway
Koehler
Lautenbach
Tautenbach
Schafer
Dockendorf
Kinser
Vander Ploeg
Bream
Steeg
Vander Schaal
Totalea School
Plan Livestock Outlook Meeting September 8th
The Knox County extension director invites farmers to a September 8 meeting at 8 00 pm at the Knoxville Woman's Club. Iowa State College experts Chuck Greenlee and Eugene Francis will discuss this fall s feed and livestock outlook, ration developments, and a special chart showing fat cattle prices and hog feeding limits. A Marion County farmer will receive the chart free.
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T Women’s Club
Knoxville
Chuck Greenlee
Iowa State College
Eugene Francis
Thns County Extension
Greenlee
Francis
Marion County
Knoxville Woman's Club
Kohrt
Pella Midgets Finish Season With 10 to 6 Win Over Oskaloosa
The Pella Midget baseball team closed the season with a 10 to 6 victory over the Oskaloosa Lions under lights. Pella led 4-0 after one inning, added three in the third, two in the fourth, and one in the final frame, totaling 19 runs on 11 hits with four homers. Bogaard hit three home runs, Heerema Brower and Steenhoek each had two hits. Osly rallied late, scoring three in the ninth, but Hemphill's fielder's choice ended the game. The Midgets finished 16 wins in 10 games.
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Pella
Osky Lions
Bogaard Iing
Heerema
Brower
Steenhoek
Osly
Lions
Hemphill
Tri T’s Sponsor Used Garment Sale Saturday
Tri T s to sponsor a used garment exchange sale on Saturday September 20 at the Legion Hall. Garments must be clean and salable and a small fee will be deducted from the seller’s price. Articles received 9 30 to 11 80 a m with sale from 1 to 5 p m.
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T.T.T. Society
Legion Ha
Young People Conclude Religious Survey Drive in Pella Area
Religious survey effort by Christian youth from Pella Leighton Otley and affiliated Reformed churches wraps up with a final Sunday drive. Participants meet at Second Reformed Church at 2 PM for a devotional period and concluding rally noting contact across Columbus Street and surrounding communities.
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Pella
Leighton
Otley
Sun- Joe RR
Columbus Street
Christian Reformed
Second Reformed Church
The
Chronicle
Census of Minors in Pella District Shows 800 In Range
The 1962 school census by enumerator Oren S. Van Niewaal records 800 minors ages 5 to 21 in the Pella Independent School District, down from 866 two years earlier due largely to enlistments. Preschool to 6 years added 307 children, with 167 boys and 140 girls. the 7 to 16 age group totaled 895 boys and 405 girls. for 0 to 21 years the totals were 562 boys and 545 girls, 1107 overall.
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Oren S. van Niewaal
Pella Independent
van Niews
State Department
Marinus Kregel Receives Advanced Degree in Colorado
Marinus Kregel, basketball coach at Central College, earned a Master of Education degree in physical education from the University of Colorado at Boulder this summer. He and his wife and two children returned to Pella last Thursday and he begins his second year on the Central coaching staff this fall.
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Marinus Kregel
Central College
University of Colorado At
Boulder
Colorado
Kregel
Pella
Central
Sharon club reflects on season ending with team loss
The Sharon club finished the 1952 season with three losses to the local team and a points tally of 184 to 58 against opponents. The boys thank parents merchants Amvets and others who helped make the season successful.
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Sharon
Pella
Vanden Oever Wins Pella Golf Championship 1952
Boots Vanden Oever aged 52 claimed the Pella golf title with a 4 and 2 victory over Skeets Vander Linden at the Ella Golf and Country Club on Labor Day. The final nine saw Boots tighten in, delivering a commanding 3 up lead through six holes, then finishing with a 38. Louise Ulrich defeated Louise Van Hemert 4 and 2 in the women’s final, while Evka Stientjes and Jack Boatsma led other flights. Appreciation Day recognized club volunteers and officials for a successful season ahead of 1953.
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Pella
Marion
Boots
Skecks
Qover
Wee
Skeeks
Vanden Devér
Vanden Dever
van der Linden
Gene 'Stientjes
Don Toom
Gene
Jack Boatsma
Paul Farver
Vanden Oeever
Boatsma
Farver
Dick Vanden Dever
Elva Kuyper
Dorothy Stientjes A
Elva
Dorothy
Vander Ploeg
J. B. van Hemert
Paul Farrer
Verle Ver Dught
Stu Kuyper
Jim Steenhoek
Meeting to Plan CROP Campaign Tuesday September 9
Preparations for the 1952 CROP campaign by the Christian Rural Overs Program begin with a planning meeting at Legion Hall Tuesday September 9 at 8:00 pm. John Nolin Iowa CROP headquarters and Roy Van Vark discuss 1951 donor solicitors and show a new film on overseas food distribution.
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Everend
John Nolin
Iowa
Wit
Roy, van Vark
The
Legion Hall
Former Pella Girl Escapes Robbery in Chicago
Ruth Kooi of Knoxville, former Pella resident, recounts a gunfight in Chicago where a robber, John Richardson, 31, was shot and critically wounded after posing as a taxi helper and abducting her. She escaped unharmed as a bystander fired. Richardson fled and was later found injured and hospitalized.
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Agun
Chicago
Ruth Kool
Knoxville
John Richardson
Richardson
Scott
Model Clothing Co Celebrates 36th Birthday in Pella
The Model Clothing Co. started in 1917 in Pella and, after surviving World War I, the 1930s fire, and World War II, is marking its 36th anniversary with a weeklong celebration from Saturday to the following Saturday. The store, run by Wormhoudt and Kempkes, is noted for community service and long local roots, with former clerks and civic involvement highlighted.
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Wormhoudt & Kempes
Pella Chronicle
Kempkes
R. C. Lautenbach
Charles Sipkema
Gerrit H.vanden Berg
Cornie Verploeg
Charles Boland
Jay Kempkes
Wm. J. de Bruyn
Harold Klein
Leo Phillips
Harry van Hemert
J. B. van Hemert
Art de Winter
Logan Hendricks
Heerema
Philip de Vries
Jard Kaldenberg
Herbert Rormhoudt
Alfred — Johnson
Wm. Downs
Alvin de Wild
Jno
Iowa War Chest Committee
Reformed Church World Service Committee
The
Chronicle
Marion County supt speaks to Rotary on school reorganization
Marion County Superintendent of Schools Clif ford Thomas addressed the Rotary Club Tuesday in Knoxville. Introduced by Ed Wesselink, he discussed Iowa's 1947 General Assembly authorization for school reorganization, noting slow progress in Marion County and special issues around Pella due to Mahaska County proximity, as county lines are often ignored by reorganization plans.
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Rotary Club
Clifford Thomas
Knoxvile
Ed Wesselink
Thomas
Towa General Assembly
Iowa
Marion County
Pella
Mahaska County
LeRoy Hartgraves Injured In Pella Car Crash
LeRoy Hartgraves an 18 year old Pella High senior, son of Mr and Mrs El, was seriously injured when a family car, a 1949 Oldsmobile, rolled over on the Knoxville Pella road at Amsterdam Hill around 3 30 in the afternoon. Companion Cleo Bennett of Harvey had a scratch. Hartgraves was taken to Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa and remained in critical condition Wednesday mid afternoon. Sheriff Jim Van Hemert of Knoxville investigated the accident.
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LeRoy Hartgraves
Pella High School
Pernoon
Amsterdam Hill
Knoxville-Pella Road
LeRoy
Cleo Bennett
Harvey
Hartgraves
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Jim van Hemert
Knoxville
Pella Band Concludes Summer With All-Request Finale
The Pella Municipal Band presents the final summer concert on Saturday evening in an all-request program. Director Fred Whalley distributed an August 30 list from which listeners chose the pieces, including Eroica Overture Beethoven Bells of St Marys Memories Cole Porter Selections When Irish Eyes Are Smiling In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree American Patrol Sempre Fidelis Under the Double Eagle El Capitan American Legion His Honor National Emblem Washington Post and American Patrol. The order will vary from the list. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Pella
Fred Whalley
Eroica
Qverture
el Capitan
American Legion
National Emblem
Washington Post
Self Employed May Get Social Security Help in Pella
A Social Security representative will be available for guidance for those planning retirement at the City Clerk's Council Room in Pella on Wednesday September 10 1952 from 9 30 to 10 80 a m.
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Pella
Central College Begins Centennial Year With New Dean
Central College opens its Centennial Year on September 9 with a new dean, Dr. H. J. Haverkamp, a Central College alumnus with an Iowa State Ph.D. He arrives from Hope College in Holland Michigan where he taught psychology for 64% years. The campus adopt a new registration schedule and host Freshman Days, with orientation activities including dinners, an all college picnic, and a mixer. The Matriculation Convocation will feature Editor George Ver Steeg on freedom of choice. Chapel improvements proceed with stage lighting and a red-dyed curtain. Enrollment looks uncertain due to military service, though room deposits show more Graham Hall residents. Veterans’ Korean-era benefits will aid college attendance with stipends and tuition coverage under new law.
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Central College
H. J. Haverkamp
Haverkamp
State University of Iowa
Pella
Iope College
Holland
Mich
Douwstra Chapel
Graham Hall
G. T. Vander Lugt
George Ver Steeg
The
Pella Chronicle
Uncle Sam
Gaass Hall
School reorganization faces slow progress in Iowa
Speaker Thomas notes economic and social reasons behind school consolidation. He cites 1989 40 Iowa high schools at 940, down from 1949 50's 840, and a 1920 30 peak of 9302 country schoolhouses shrinking to 4715 by 1949 50. He urges patient, county board led reorganization with public approval amid nationwide need for 300000 new classrooms and 50000 more for upcoming enrollments.
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Iowa
Thomas
Iowan Sivers Nets 48 Inch Muskellunge in Canada
Iowan Harry Sivers of Oakland captured a 50 minute muskie battle on Eagle Lake Ontario Canada, landing a 48 inch fish weighing 42 pounds. The catch highlights a remarkable freshwater angling effort in a Canadian lake.
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Harry Sivers
Oakland
Eagle Lake
Ontario
Canada
Research grants from the American Cancer Society expand to Iowa and 84 states
Research grants from the American Cancer Society are now operating nationwide including Iowa and 84 other states, expanding funding for cancer research and prevention programs across the United States.
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American Cancer Society
Iowa
Sally Jo Shultz First in Sales of Tag Day Hearts
Sally Jo Shultz won the top award with 34.16 dollars raised at the Heart Tag Day sale benefitting the underprivileged. Dolores Ver Meer placed second with 28.42 dollars, Junela Van Hal third with 15.00, Lester Klyn fourth with 14.27, Dolores Van der Pol fifth with 11.03, and Loretta Neels sixth with 10.12. Other workers received smaller awards. Anne Vander Molen thanked the public and the editor for publicity.
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Anne Vander Melen
Sally Jo Shultz
Dolores Ver Meer
Junela van Hal
Lester Klyn
Dolores van der Pol
Loretta Neels
Vander Molen
Central College Faces Large Year End Deficit
Central College closed its fiscal year on August 31 showing a sizeable deficit. Dr. Van der Lugt attributed the shortfall to lower Roll Cal contributions from churches, noting the prior year had balanced. The Trustees had reported a balanced 1950-51 year, and hopes rest with supporters to balance this year.
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Central College
van der Lugt
Friends of Central
S C Field Day Set for Sept 12
The annual fall field day on the Town State College agronomy farm near Ames will feature demonstrations of farm research on fertilizers crop rotation and hybrid corn and soybean varieties. Tours start at 9 20 a m with stops at demonstration plots and a noon program includes a report from the Regional Corn Borer Research Laboratory at Ankeny. Lunch and an free afternoon program are planned with college staff on hand to discuss results and farming problems.
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Town State College Agronomy Farm
Ames
E. S. Dyas
Ankeny
Dyas
Central Faces Higher Education Costs in 1952 53
The district plans added support as costs rise to balance the 1952 53 budget. Officials advocate prudent spending and potential revenue measures to maintain educational services.
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Central
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