Central College to Begin Year With Dormitory Addition
R J Vanden Berg announces Brook and Berg of Des Moines will draft plans for a Graham Hall addition to house 40 to 60 women and include a Dean of Women apartment. Ground breaking to start soon with completion aimed for September 1946. Building measures 24 by 90 feet extending 25 feet from Graham Mall and 40 feet west. Donations urged to be turned in promptly as plans are finalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Vanden Berg
Central
Brook and Berg
Des Moines
Graham Hall
College
Graham Mall
Clubs Oppose Sunday County Fair Activity
The 4 H Club and Girls 4 H Club seek to move removal of fair entries to Saturday night to avoid Sunday duties. The Fair Board denied the change, prompting calls to shift the entire fair to start Wednesday and end Saturday. County Extension Director John Stierwalt opposes Sunday 4 H activities on religious grounds. Marion County Farm Bureau backs the club committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Association
Fair Board
John Stierwalt
Marion County Farm Bureau
Business Men to Be Farmers Guests At Dinner Tonight
Pella hosts a chicken dinner at Pool Park tonight with business and professional men as guests of the Night School. A softball game opens activities, dinner at 6 30, and Clay Barnett of the Soils Conservation Service will speak. Invitations issued by the Chamber of Commerce secretary.
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Pool Park
Pella
Clay Barnett
The
Soils Conservation Service
Chamber of Commerce
Ration Board Office to Stay Open Through September 30
The Ration Board Office will be open as usual until September 30, ensuring continued service and access for residents.
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Ration Board
Tire Shortages Prompt OPA Ration Board Action
H P Van Gorp, chair of the Pella War Price and Rationing Board, says tire dealers' inventories last only two weeks for passenger car tires. The board and OPA warn motorists to check tire grade and condition as used tires remain scarce. Replacements for non occupational use face strict quota limits, with farm implement tires removed from rationing.
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H. P. van Gorp
Pella
OPA
War Price
National Independent
Tire Dealers’ Association
Newton Plow Contest Set For September 11
Farmers invited to Jasper Contour plowing contest at Maytage Farm No 6 Newton beginning 10 am Tuesday September 11 1945 terracing demo field equipment display and dinner program with Bill Diamond as MC Rotary Kiwanis attend Ivan Ressler speaks on atomic energy six entries max first six to enter. prizes include a $25 war bond Newton Chamber of Commerce sponsors event everyone invited to attend.
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Maytage Farm No
Newton
Farm Bureau Club
Rotary
Kiwanis Clubs
Bill Diamond
WHO Farm News Service
Ivan Ressler
Ottumwa
Arthur Watt
Jasper
Paul Harp
Marion County
Keith Beauchamp
Soil Conservation Service
Milwaukee
Wis
Newton Chamber of Commerce
Talented Family to Present All Musical Program Here
The Talented Family, a six member troupe known for novelty instruments led by Grandpa Jerry and his washboard contraption, will perform a radio singing and instrumental act. They tour fairs and theatres and now appear at Open Bible Church on Sunday evening September 9 at 8:00, with all welcome.
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Jerry
Open Bible Church
Small Increase in Enrolment in Public Schools
Initial enrollments at Webster and Lincoln grade schools are similar to last year. Lincoln totals 188 with 37 in grade six and 79 in the junior high. Webster totals 176 with 79 in junior high and 29 in grade three. The high school shows growth with 68 in grade 9, 63 in grade 10, 63 in grade 11, and 68 in grade 12, about 19 more than last year at this time. freshmen total 68 and overall count at 250.
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Webster
Lincoln
Van Maanen horses dominate Waterloo show triumph
Elbert Van Maanen’s horses swept firsts in several classes at the Dairy and Cattle Congress Horse Show in Waterloo Iowa. Edgetowne King won two classes and the grand champion titles while other descendants like Margie Lee Barrymore Millie J and Patsy Ann of Edgetowne earned multiple placings.
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Elbert van Maanen
Dairy and Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Iowa
Leatherwood King
Kentucky Fairgrounds
Leatherwood Farms
Bluefield
Virginia
Elbert
Oska-toosa
Margie Lee Barrymore
Millie J
Sensation’s Dream
Edgetown King
Patsy Ann
Edgetowne
Copper Chief
Sensation's Dream
Oskaloosa
Mr. van Maanen
Post Office at Cordova Closed in Pella Report
A note from the Pella post office states the Cordova office has closed. Mail for Cordova and nearby areas will be handled by the Otley post office.
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Cordova
Pella
Otley
Chiang Kai-Shek Trains in Japan for Military Prep
The Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek undertook military training in Japan, honing tactics and leadership ahead of his later role in national defense and political leadership.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
Wynstekers Troubled in Nazi-Holland Letter from Holland 1945
Otto Wynsteker received a translated Dutch letter dated July 30 1945 from his step mother Mrs Gerrit Wynsteker. She recounts his father’s death on May 3 1944 at age 79 in Hedel burial with his mother, warns of wartime disruption to mail, and notes bomb damage to their home and to Uncle Cornelis Vaden Anker’s house.
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Otto Wynsteker
Holland
Gerrit Wynsteker
Netherlands
Wynsteker
America
Tom
Hedel
Anna
Adrian van Weelden
Teun Matthew
Cornelis Vanden Anker
Cornelis Va den Anker
Otto
Pullet Flock On Van Wyk Farm Yields High Egg Output
Mr and Mrs Elmer Van Wyk of Olley keep an all pullet flock of layers and report earlier and higher production. Early hatched pullets begin laying in fall while older birds molt. egg prices rise in autumn. Last winter the flock of 326 pullets averaged 876 eggs daily, about 84 percent production.
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Elmer van Wyk
Olley
Vank
van Wyks
Conservation Tour Slated for Next Thursday
Farmers landowners and businessmen are invited to join a Marion County Soil Conservation tour of farms in the Pella area next Thursday September 18 starting at 9 30 in the morning from the curb before The Chronicle Office The tour organized by the Marion County District and conservation workers will visit five or more farms north of the Des Moines River in groups west north and east of Pella See farms of Dick Boot Anton Blom Gerrit Ey sink Dick Kuiper and Gerrit Tys seling and learn about contour tillage terracing waterways erosion control and crop rotation Tim Russell of The Des Moines Register and Kirk Fox of Successful Farming will attend to provide publicity for Pella Participants must provide their own transportation.
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Marion County
Pella
Marion County District
Des Moines
Dick Boot
Anton Blom
Gerrit Eysink
Dick Kuiper
Gerrit Tysseling
Tim Russell
Des Moines Register
Kirk Fox
Chronicle Office
Promise Best Band Concert Of The Season
Weather permitting the final chamber of commerce band concert for the season will be held Saturday evening. Soloists include Ida Petzold, Donald Waechter, Jack Bootsma, with Master of Ceremonies Martin Heere. Feature pieces include Tulip City and Three Blind Mice club floor show. Local attendance urged for a night of request numbers and ensemble favorites.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kuyper
Ida Petzold
Donald Waechter
Jack Bootsma
Martin Heerema
K. C
Monroe
Barnum & Bailey
King
Tulip City
KE. C. Benning
Phillips
Fantasia
Bitz
Donald Waehter
Howard
Wayne
Victor Herbert
Lake
Melba Petzold
Liewellyn
Efer
Yoder
Jack Bontsma
Army Air Corps
Crawford
County 4 H Party Draws 100 Plus In Knoxville
A Knoxville gathering hosted a county wide 4 H party with over one hundred boys and girls and friends. Activities included a scavenger hunt across town for items like American flags red thread and calendars followed by games and refreshments. Represented clubs included O K Friendly Fellows Hop and Harry County Line Lake Prairie Wo X L Just Us and Our Union among boys. Zestful Zippers Jory Strivers Victory Booster Merry Maids and Healthy Hustlers among girls.
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Knoxville
O. K
Friendly Fellows
Hop and Harry
County Line
Lake Prairie Township Club
Wo-X-L
Just Us
Our Union Clubs
Zippers
Jory Strivers
Victory Booster Merry Maids
Pella Public Schools Names New Teaching Staff for 1945-46
The 1945-46 teaching staff list for Pella Public Schools marks new names and assignments across elementary junior and senior high levels. Notable additions include Wilma Vickroy Eng Jr Hi Dorothy Fairly math and vocal music staff, and J E Greendyke as principal at the high school. Several room numbers and street addresses appear in the roster, detailing locations and classroom responsibilities.
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Pella Public Schools
Wilma
Vickroy
Web
Virginia McNabb
Maude McGee
Beulah Wright
Dena Versteeg
Mrs. Donella Jackson
Louise Schnur
L. Leona Reuvers
W. Margaret Reque Ver Steeg
Donna Larson
Kathryn Harrison
Eng. Jr
Dorothy Fairly
Harold Nehre
Soc
Prin
Grace Franks
Anne Tysseling
Jane Gosselink
Phyllis Anderson
Homemak
Renaud Rysdam
J. E. Greendyke
Sol
Margaret
Lois Saylor
Commercial
Margaretta Slobe
Eng
Henrietta V. Houl
Carrie Sellers
HS Soc St . c
Students to Register Friday and Saturday
Central College prepares for a large postwar enrollment on September 7 and 8 with registration in the Gymnasium from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 and 1:30 to 4:30. Housing has been arranged, with Dunn Cottage set up for women and temporary rooms for men in the old chapel area of the gym. Acting president Dr H W Pietenpol leads administration, while the board seeks a new president and continues the search.
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Central College
Miss Williams
Graham Hall
Aschenbrenner
Firth
Meaning
Dunn Cottage
Herbert Mentink
Pella
Navy Flight School
Pietenpol
H. W .Pietenpol
Central
Reformed Church
Dean Pietenpol
R. J. Vanden Berg
Board of Trustees
Meetings to Continue at Baptist Church
A series of nightly meetings at the Baptist church will extend for one more week with Rev and Mrs Broneleeve organizing several nights. A Sunday School night is listed, plus a Youth Night on Thursday, inviting local church youths and neighboring towns to join a rally and campfire service on the school grounds behind the church. All are welcome and no group is excluded.
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Baptist Church
A. A. Swanson
Record Youth Conference Sees Peak Attendance in Pella
A record 228 youths from Reformed Churches registered for the Third Annual Youth Conference of Classis of Pella with Pella edging Sully for attendance honors. The event featured a message by Dr Prins, four open forum groups, and a plan to organize District 16 of the Iowa Christian Endeavor Union.
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Classis of
Pella
Sully
Pellas
Iowa Christian Endeavor Union
Vos Memorial Piano Honors Miss Jennie Vos at Central College
Miss Jennie Vos long associated with Graham Hall at Central College died in 1942. Her sisters funded a grand piano memorial for a teaching studio to provide a useful and beautiful campus tribute. A portrait of Miss Jennie Vos will accompany the instrument, with support from Mrs. Gertrude Verhey and Miss Yda Vos.
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Jennie Vos
Graham Hall
Central College
Jonnie
Yda
Marie Vos
Gertrude Verhey
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