County Board Proceedings August 15 1940 Twenty Fourth Day
County Board adjourned meeting notes list actions on road establishment and vacation proposals for Donnelly crossing. It records fund transfers, emergency levy decisions, and numerous county claims including auditors, road labor, and materials. Final items include budget adoption and contract awards for federal aid secondary project and various patrol, repair, and supply expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnelly Crossing
John de Fisher
Suvervinorn
Sohn
Dykatra
Row Mint
Suevonaidern ‘Wits Agipenved
Jon
Appeayal
Vernon
Dyke Wil
Fred
Irene
Clyde
Grant
Karen Uris
Hamilton
Lowa
Ala Lewin
Sutin
Floyel
Manton Co
Praey
Lowi
Ekstrer
Raityny Ean
Eter
Heeetak
Clark
Sainty Dykwirn
Je Vernon
le' Allen
Marion
Farm
Hue
Ww. Thomas
Inbor P. Applexate
Jode N. Aldrich
Dixie Adama
Marion County
Towa
Haw
Towa Highway Commission
Marian County
Supervisors County
Laws
Mario County
Iowa
Towa State Tibway Commission
USC
Hiurch
Ames
Lown
Super
Sinora
Dyk
W. Johnson
Howsure
B. Blaberry
Heap Vander Litas LM. Brown
D. M. Blue Print Co
Eay. Co
HE. Relehard
Vance’ Lukatich
Busin Board
Hollis L. Byber
F. Cb cl Ark
Jasper County Plowing Match Held Thursday at Orcutt Farm
Twenty five entries fill Jasper County second annual plowing match to be held at Orcutt farm one mile north of Monroe starting at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday September 12. Senior tractor division leads with eighteen entrants. four in horse division. three in junior tractor division. Walking plow feature to begin at 1:00 p.m. Five runners over 70 will demonstrate. Parking by American Legion and Boy Scouts. Iowa Highway Patrol aiding traffic. Entry list includes Fred Van Baale Monroe and others from Monroe Prairie City Colfax Newton Baxter Mitchellville and more with tractor junior and horse divisions and walking plow entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper County
Orcutt Farm
Monroe
WHO
Boone
Spe
American Legion
Boy Scouts
Iowa Highway Patrol
Fred van Baale
Mark Woody
Harold Birkenholtz
Prairie City
Floyd Neff
Earl McReynolds
Lloyd Clevenger
Castle Fraker
Colfax
E. R. McClellan
John’ Klein
Donald Vande Haar
Mitchellville
F. F. Laskot
Emery Krebs
John ‘Throckmorton
Claude Wolfe
Everett Baker
Carroll Warner
Newton
C. L. Berkenbosch
Wayne Butler
Baxter Tractor
Leonard Jabaai
Donald Brewer
Jack Duncan
Monroe Horse
Ray Munger
Willis Nearmeyer
Ira Scarbrough
Frank Poortinga
D. de Moss
Chas, McDuff
D. J. van Ryswyk
Andrew A. Engel
Eli Wood
Five Tulip Salesmen of Sassenheim Visit Pella
Five tulip salesmen from Sassenheim Holland toured Pella in two cars after greeting Rev H L Van Dellen, pastored the Wienheim Christian Reformed church, a banner of Dutch homeland history and Holland's bulbless march. The piece ties to Holland's dikes and refugees seeking shelter, noting bulbs from the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
H. L. van Dellen
Sussenheim
Holland
van Dellen
L. van Dellen
Wienheim
Cordova News Reports Changes At Local Schools And Community
Miss Hazel Worrell becomes new Knox ville teacher at Kair Oak. Red Rock school opens with four new pupils and forms a citizenship club. Notes include residents moving, illness, a birth in Red Rock, a funeral for rit Ustermarkt, and local marriages and farm relocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Worrell
Knoxville
Kair Oak
Murray van Hemert’s
Angie Klyn
Christian School
Pella
Agnes Dieleman
Red Rock
Marvin Slyhuis
Henry
Robert Sim
Jemnine Postma
Richard Postma
Robert Postsident
Colleen Alley
Billy Gene Karr
Jeanne Postma
Vv H
Sua
Birch
Union Township
Reese School
Murray van Hemert
Rene van Engelenhoven
Patricia
John” Hasselman
Clyde Karr
Rit Ustermarkt
Harriet
Rockman
Arie Bogaard
Otley
Cuepid
Clarence Bricker
Avie Waardhuiven
Calvin Bricker
Merle Price
Musings of the Town Crier in Pella and vicinity
A long list of local identities and questions about Pella surveys residents. It asks for names of officials, business leaders, and facilities, then ponders age height and local places. It notes Tulip Time boosters Visser and Roeffel and a navy postcard from LeRoy Van Ar, plus a campus bustle around Central College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. F. Visser
H. Roeffel
The
Chronicle
Reverend Van Dellens Call to Englewood Church 1893
In 1893 Reverend L Van Dell en accepted the call of the Englewood Christian Reformed Church of Chicago. The family has remained in the area since and does not expect to move back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. van Dellen
Englewood Christian Ref. Church of Chicago
U S Government seeks civilian medical officers for defense
The expansion of the Army creates a need for about 600 civilian medical officers in various grades for temporary and part time service. Full time officers act as doctors in hospitals dispensaries and the field while part time officers report for sick call daily and respond to emergencies. Applications are urged via local Civil Service offices or the U S Civil Service Commission in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Tim the Civy Commission
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington
Dans
Community Notes From Conn De Moss to Oskaloosa
Local column records birthday celebrations visits among residents, farm tasks, and minor incidents. Notes Larry Crozier’s second birthday, various visits to Shannon City Pella and Des Moines areas, fruit canning at Murray Van Hemert home, poultry theft and fox issues, alfalfa and soybean hay work, flower club meeting planned, and kitchen garden updates among families such as Bricker Karr Hocksema Van Wyke and Klyn in the region around Conn De Moss and Oskaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Crozier
Conn de Moss
Calvin Bricker
Lorena van Hemert
Twila
Shannon City
Mary Severs
Corda Karr
Raymond and
Worth
Pella
Ben Hocksema
Cecil Price
Kate Karr
Clyde Karr
Ora Ratmer's
Clarence Talbot
George Williams
Des Moines
Roy Karr
Fred
Loren Stevenson
Pete Slykhuis
Bryan Karr
Udell
Theodore Murdy
Flower Club
Delight Karr
Will Elyn
Vis
Gerrit van Wyke
Flora Buwalda
Bart
Bible Class At Martha Kool’s Tuesday Meeting
Bible class met at Martha Kool's on Tuesday with only a few attendees present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Kool
Six Pella Men Drawn for Jury October Term
The notice lists Charley J. Allen Tom Bloodsworth Gerrit Brand G 1 Blom Marion Van Dusseldorp Ralph Ver Meer as drawn to appear at 10:00 AM October 7 at the Court House in Knoxville to serve as trial jurors for the October term. Also reported to appear are Mrs Sam Amos Arie Beintema Mrs 4empieton Ed Klyn and Re r, Otley residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Knoxville
Charley J. Allen
Tom Bloodsworth
Gerrit Brand G. 1
Blom
Marion van Dusseldorp
Ralph Ver Meer
Sam Amos
Arie Beintema
4Empieton
Ed Klyn
Re R
Otley
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Elie Basra
Ingra
Park” Wilson
Janes
Weldinie IW
Meteurf
Sridiman Fenn
Savage
Ihr
Gil Co
Wiles
Batten
Angove
J. Amos
Llancao
J. Culbert
Gibbs-Cook 'Co
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Ha. G. Gultion
Texwood
Harrison
Aarison
CAL Marne
Jas
O. Harkin
Knoxville Journal
Miller
Miedemm
Patinquist
Russell
Simbro
Starannt
Stevenson
Vins
Servion Vowclave's
Worrall
Whittleney Ketterton
Musgrove
Mulvihill
Finch
Hollebrands
Webb
John Dubes
Hollis Ly
J.P. Clark
Board Ofvisor
Warneingen
Teuth
Hane Newfluck
Town
Houghton
Dykstra
Robe
Stan Sion
Dyketra
Sassenheim
North Sea
Cordova
Dame Fortune
Teins Saad
Paar
United States
Chamber of Cmmerce
Chamber of Commerce
Historical Society
Marion County Bank
Open Bible Church
Rotary Clu
Webster
Dc, Penney Store
Gro
Fires
Pella’s
Bologna
King
Lincoln Building
Rosscreen’ Company
Ho J. Vanden Berge
Professor Bosch
Professor Birdsall
Lee Vriexelaar
Glenn Koopman
de Wits
Palla
Federated Club
Graham Hall
Blommers Mill
West Market
Masonic Hall
LeRoy van Ar
Navy
LeRoy
Eolis
VYVG
ELLE
U. S S
George Francis Sadler
Kersbergen
Sinclair
Neal Kersbergen
Herb Bosch
Central College
Western Union
Loras
Wheaton
Penn
Tysseling’s Shoe Store
Ulrich Meat Market
Via
White Way Auto CO
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