Rural one room schools close in Hardin County Iowa
Hardin County preserves only memories as the last rural schools shut down amid low enrollment. Three were open last year and now only the one room country schools are gone. The trend toward reorganization will quicken across Iowa counties, with regrets from oldtimers noting the schools prepared youth for high school and college.
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Iowa Falls
Hardin County
Iowa
Marion
Pella
No Peace With War Looming Between East and Far East
The piece argues that U S intervention in China risks World War 3 and fuels Asian distrust, noting Communist provocation and UN failure to curb aggression. It frames peace as unattainable while warning about atomic risk and the danger of vacant business districts signaling urban decline.
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Near East
Far East
Sam
Chinas
U.S
Asia
United Nations
Pella Sees Full Occupancy as New Ventures Arrive
The note praises complete business district occupancy in Pella, indicating strong community health and vigor with two new ventures starting amid the tight market.
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Pella
More Teachers Available In Iowa News Release
Iowa Department of Public Instruction announces sufficient teacher supply to meet demand. The report notes previous shortages, concerns about rising enrollments, and calls for encouraging graduates to enter the teaching profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Isson
Editorial Comment on Discipline and Economic Policy
A clip from the Daily Star Journal and the Iowa City Press-Citizen discusses economic woes and the need for disciplined spending. It argues youths marry and borrow against future income while seniors rely on Social Security, urging repeal of certain economic laws and a shift in policy priorities for motorists and highway planning.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Fifty Years Ago Hull Promoter Reports Stock Drive Progress
An enthusiastic railroad mining drive in Hull led promoter EA Marr to urge selling more stock to reach a $100000 goal, with $10000 locally subscribed. Dr. B F Keubles H F Johnson and J P Klein spoke, outlining plans for a construction company and stock to be raised.
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Hull
Marr
Waterloo
Pella
Southwestern
B. F. Keubles
H. F. Johnson
J.P. Klein
A. N. Kuyper
J. S. Rhynsburger
Hermann Rietveld
Dorothy — Wormhoudt
Webster School
Pella story notes regional health and school updates
An eastern paper clip ends a Knoxville Defension Hospital report showing 794 patients over two years and 300 greatly improved by treatment while others returned home to old habits. Iowa readers urged enlargement of the institution as schools add three teachers and local families plan health and surgery visits to aid bone healing with x rays.
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Pella
Knoxville
Mamie Zacke
Villisea
Durree
Frank M.ary Varden
Four decades ago letters from France and local wartime notices
A letter from John N. Vander Linden recounts four weeks in France with notes on country life, odd cradlesburg cars, and wartime thrift. Local updates report Major D Bruins missing in action near Rheims since August 6, and Frank Simonse later listed dead though he returned home. Drafts, S A T C plans, bank merger, sorghum licensing, and farm prices are noted alongside various local service developments and student wartime activities.
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John N. Vander Linden
France
H. M. Bruins
Second Reformed Church
D. Bruins
Rhiems
Bruins
Frank Simonse
Pella
Frank
Simonse
Student Army Training Corps
U. S
Ben Kuyh
Camp Dodge
Will Baer
Casper Lautenbach
Paul Boertje
Baer
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Citizens National Bank
New Bank
Waechter Lumber marks 58th anniversary front page tribute
The 20 page issue highlights Waechter Lumber Company celebrations with photos of A Waechter and Grady H Waechter and numerous congratulatory messages from suppliers of building materials. A hotel incident in Chicago involved a break in with no money recovered. A diamond ring valued at 500 was given to Ann Hes sing, a clerk who lived in Pella.
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Waechter Lumber Company
A. Waechter
Grady H. Waechter
Waechter Company
Davis
Walton Place
Michigan Boulevard
Chicago
Ann Hessing
Ann
Pella
Schakel
Viola Schakel
William
West Market Playground
Pella High School
Margaret Everett
Knoxville
Faust
New York
American Opera Company
Italy
Sousa
Drake Fieldhouse
Des Moines
Central College enrollment up 20 years ago front page story
The front page report notes enrollment at Central College in 1937 was expected to be larger than in the prior year with an appeal for rooms for students. Pella High School enrollment also rose to a total of 285. Betty Liggett went to Japan to teach, accompanied to her boat by Gertude Hankamp of Lynden Washington. Pella band performed a concert at Sully with welcome from Mayor Henry Welle of Sully and Pella’s mayor Dr T G Fultz. Charles McDonald of the Michael Leonard Company announced the Pella plant would soon process corn and urged former employees to apply for jobs.
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Farmers National Bank
Will H. van der Ploeg
Knoxville
Camp Pike
Arkansas
Watson
Pike
Food Administration
Pella
Lyman van Houten
Ralph 1
Young
Central College
Graham Hall
Eraldine Aschenbrenner
New York
Freeman Lankelma
France
Fred Lankelma
Rube Brand
339Th Field
Pella High School
Betty Liggett
Japan
Gertrude Hankamp
Lynden
Washington
Sully
Henry Welle
T. G. Fultz
Charles McDonald
Michael Leonard Company
Marion County
Mary Spencer
The
Naturalization Service
Des Moines
Charles A. Dewey
Jacoba Huizenga
Cornelia Klein
Arie Koorevaar
Gertie Meidema
Abe Nunnikhoven
Jacob van Wyngarden
Otto Wynstekers
Peter Pol
Marion Veenend
Louis Beugin
Margaret Meidema
Sarah Meidema
Roy de Wild
Downstown
Ramsey
Henry Hackett
Bert Stegeman
Denver
Colorado
Annual Sousa Tour Notes and Local Happenings
Sousa marked 50 years in music with a new march Golden Jubilee. The Fed erated Club met at Mrs George Gaass's home and Mrs George F Sadler advised water, exercise, baths, and proper food to combat aging. A car train collision near Harvey injured William H Bean but no bones were broken. Central College finished its new building’s first floor with professors housed in own rooms. A hip flask cigarette lighter combo hits the market as industry buzz.
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United States
Sousa
Federated Club
George Gaass
George F. Sadler
William H. Bean
Harvey
Bean
Central College
Uyper
Korner
What This Generation Wants in the Recession Era
A congressional witness cites a Weathered epigram as Newsweek surveys reveal diverse U S views on jobs pay goals and national ills Americans report mudness confusion and disillusionment yet some see a path through self examination and renewed responsibility Security and avoiding survival worry emerge as top desires while fears of vanished pioneer spirit loom alongside calls for risk and rewards
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Congressional
Newsweek Magazine
Pella Notables and Local Happenings Highlight Summer Notes
Bert De Wit and Mary Louise Le Cocq marry as new Society page photos feature newlyweds. Edward Vanden Oever, a CCC forestry supervisor from Ames, visited the Vanden Oever home in Pella. Albert De Wit runs an IGA with his father Matthew J. De Wit. The city okays paving the Highway 163 extension within limits. Melvin Hardy returns to Pella by bus after a California summer. Rolfus Sack family returns from a month in Washington State. The Adventure of Tom Sawyer screens with Selznick as producer. Bert’s Iowa territory roots noted.
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Iowa
Bert
Pella
Edward Vanden Oever
Ames
Henry Vanden Oever
Iowa State College
Albert de Wit
Mary Louise le Cocq
Albert
Matthew J. de Wit
IGA
Tom Sawyer
Mark Twin
Selznik
Melvin Hardy
California
Rolfus Sack
Washington State
Ten Years Ago Front Page Highlights Garden Square Cafe and Local Businesses
The front page features Garden Square Cafe interior with owners L. W. Hasselman and Ray De Reus. Wayne Hill of Montezuma to manage a new clothing store on the South Side of the Square, linking to Babe Tysseling via Shenandoah. Other items note polio symptoms education, Chamber of Commerce plans, an indoor circus for school funds, a shorthorn calf prize, and a Negro Ghosts baseball game at Pool Park.
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Garden Square
L. W. Hasselman
Ray de Reus
Wayne Hill
Montezuma
Hill
Babe Tysseling
Tysseling
Erior
Shenandoah
Verle Ver Dught
Pella
Rudy Ulrich
Pella Golf and Country Club
Symptons
Chamber of Commerce
Legion Hall
Legion Post
Junior Christensen
Tracy
The
Ghosts
California
Pool Park
Ed Thomassen Store Fire Prompts Community Hymn Sing
Fire destroyed the Ed Thomassen Store in Tracy. Central Park hosts a Sunday hymn sing sponsored by The E. College plans a Sunday vesper musical in the Chapel with performers including George Malicek Marvin Thostenson Mrs Leonora Ven Dellen Dallas Tjaden and Edith Le Cocq. Stuart Kuyper wins golf club bogey tourney with Will Baer as medalist amid fifty seven contestants. Town crief George F Sadler urges readers to gather native nuts for winter feed for squirrels. An urgent polio research plea appears in the editorial. Rol screen News notes Kuyper at the Rol screen factory near completion of the new Golf and Country Club clubhouse.
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Ed Thomassen
Tracy
Central Park
George Malicek
Marvin Thostenson
Leonora
Golf and Country Club
Rolscreen
Stu Kuyper
Man Injured by Mowing Machine in Churdan Incident
Joe Riehl of Churdan suffered a painful accident after becoming tangled with a mowing machine. He was raising the sickle bar when the sickle broke, the bar fell and pinned him. The note mentions the first talkie film and Edison’s synchronized sound cinema of 1927 and a phonograph-assisted sound track.
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Joe Riehl
Churdan
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
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OWA Press,association
Offical County
H. H. Sadler and
M. M. DE Zwarte
George Ver Steeg
Dean Sadler
Elas
Oman
Sigourney Review
Daily Star Journal
Warrensburg
University of Cincinnati
Othilda Krug
Dr. Krug
Chronicle
HL. Sadler
Young Men’ Bryan
Paul Vander Zyl
HH. PF. Johnson
City Hall
Oskalousa
Little Giants
Leighton
Lynnville S
Bloem
Jarnagin
Lynnville
Zondervan
Steel King
Turvey
Catlin
Sadler
Holland-American Line
William M. Branderhorst
Branderhorst
Booth Tarkington
Holland
van Dyk. Dusen Funeral Home
Ypella
Pellag
Lois Grooters
Pat Ulrich
Pella Chronicle
Christian Science Monitor
Federal Discount Corp
Livermore
Bi Oskaleoss
Martin Naaktgeboren
Nbc-Tv
Abc-Tv
America
Chevrolet
White Way Auto Company
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