Pella Plans Tulip Festival and Centennial in 1947
Pella chamber members revived wartime energy at a Monday Legion Hall meeting planning a May Tulip Festival and a 1947 Centennial. They ordered one hundred thousand bulbs from John Res in Holland to fund the project and ensure replanting. The group pledged loans, sought bank support, and debated topics from Thursday closings to road projects and a paid secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella Chamber of Commerce
Legion Hall
J. G. Boat
Pella
Drake
Pella National Bank
Voices Selected for College Choir at Central College
Dr Gordon Farndell announces the Chapel Choir selection at Central College with ninety seven voices. The group aims for a balanced sound and will participate in the oratorio Messiah under town singer support. The a capella choir will be chosen later and practice begins soon. There has been no rain in Pella since September ninth, with .88 inches noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Farndell
Central College
Farndell
Marion County Named Center for National Interest Saturday
Dr. Hugh Bennett chief of the Soil Conservation Service will headline the WHO Corn Belt Plowing Match and Soil Conservation Field Day in Marion County on September 21. Born in 1881 near Wadesboro North Carolina he began chopping cotton as a boy and later joined the Bureau of Soils to pursue soil erosion studies and a nationwide soil defense program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Bennett
Soil Conservation Service
United States
Department of Agriculture
Marion County
Wadesboro
North Carolina
Bennett
University of North Carolina
old _Bureau_of Soils
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Pleasantville
Knoxville
Paul Harp
Harry Linn
Secretary of Agriculture
Milner Farm
Rees Farm
WOW Farm
Nore
Walter Brown
General Committee
Robert E. Blue
H. Bennett
Soils Conservation Service
Washington, D.C
C. le Hamilton
National Safety Council
Herb Plambeck
Clean Town Seeks Admission Details On Lights
The city has taken over the strings of street lights downtown and will soon repair them. The Chamber approved the Legion Post offer to supply Christmas trees to business houses. (Continued on Page 5)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber
The
Legion Post
Notables in Agriculture to Be Contest Officials
Officials for the Plowing Match include starters Dean Kildee R H Musser Harry Linn and H A Wickler. Scorers are Verlo Butz Merle Gregory C M Wilson J S Russell. Timers include R K Elis Town State College A K Loveland Harry Terrell and Roger Fleming. Field Day directors are Clay Barnett and Lyal Mitchell.
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Herb Plambeck
Dean Kildee
Iowa State College
R. H. Musser
Soil Conservation Service
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Harry Linn
Iowa
H. A. Wickler
Clayton County
Verlo Butz
Merle Gregory
Wallace’s
C. M. Wilson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
J. S. Russell
Des Moines Register
R. K. Elis
Mammoth Crowd Expected for WHO Corn Belt Event
Herbert Plambeck Farm Service Director and Bill Diamond head Iowa coastal agricultural effort for the WHO Corn Belt Plowing Match and Conservation Field Day. Gene Meyer aids national cooperation as radio listenership grows for the event. Local listeners urged to tune in if unable to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mammoth
WHO
Herbert Plambeck
Farm Service
Bill Diamond
Farm Department
Iowa
Tctor
Gene Meyer
Lemon
Pella baker John Vander Ploeg dies at 82
John Vander Ploeg, a pioneer baker born in Friesland Netherlands on November 8 1863, died September 12 after a stroke at his home. He lived in Pella and leaves a wife Dora, six children including Nick and Diller Vander Ploeg, 14 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren, plus a sister and brother. He served the First Christian Reformed Church and was active as an alderman and in the Park Commission. His funeral plans are noted amid preparations for the WHO Corn Belt Plowing Contest and Conservation Field Day in Marion County with a full program and national broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van der Ploeg
Friesland
Netherlands
America
John Stubenraueh
Dora Laverman
Peter
Bert
Vander Ploeg
Paul Ver Meer
Nick
van der Ploeg
First
Christian Reformed Church
The
Home For the Aged
Park Commission
Rural carriers to start delivery earlier Monday
The Peila office will begin deliveries at 8 30 a m tomorrow, about ten minutes earlier than the normal 9 a m start. The change follows a new schedule issued by the carrier post.
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Peila
Ter
Edward van Zant
Labor supply rises as veterans return to farm work
With more veterans and war workers returning to agricultural jobs, the supply and quality of farm labor are expected to improve through the remainder of this year and into early next year.
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Chamber of Commerce
A. Tysseling
Galesburg
Sully Road
Warren’s Mill
Knoxville Chamber of Commerce
H. K. Pals
H. H. Bennett
U. S. Soils Service
S.C.S
Hugh H. Bennett
Wsington, D. C
Gordon Zimmerman
Fant
Chief Bennett
Thasp
Taft
Rewich Oey
Flessantrilie
Lavon Vand Harvey
Anne Sith Ses
Doreihyan
Back Row
Verla Vande Ney
Joana Porter
Thel Sind Marilyn Crovien
Reesville
GE Berckiil Beer
Will
Herb Plumbeck
Milner
Rees
J. Vander Ploeg
Thurs
John Vander Ploeg
National Guardsmen
Archie Vernon
Harry Shook
Joe Horsman
Guy Profit
Clyde Core
Harold Horsman
Clyde Er
Vernon
Knox
Robuck
Don van Ryswyk
Once Blom
Lyman Eells
Lee’ Waller
Dave Dohrman
Soils District
D. L. Moothart
5.C.S
Russell de Haas
H. J. Chandler
William Becker
Des Nownes
Gowrest
Nesta
Stringtown Road
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