M Nesbit Rites Mark Civic Leader’s Death in Iowa
Mrs. M Hildewarde Nesbit, longtime Pella community worker and Tulip Time supporter, died Saturday night at Mahaska Hospital Oskaloosa after a stroke. She led March of Dimes drives and held offices in American Legion Auxiliary Eastern Star and Kiwanis honors. Born August 29 1891 in New Ulm Minnesota she lived in Pella about 25 years. Survived by son Gordon and brothers Hugo and Oscar Schnobrich. Funeral Tuesday at Second Reformed Church with Eastern Star graveside services.
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American Legion
Pella
Kiwanis Club
Murray Nesbit
Minnesota
Frank Sohnebrich
Rosa Penning
New Ulm
Gordon Nesbit
Hugo Schnobrich
Marcell
Oscar Schnobrich
Second Reformed Church
Scouts Court of Honor Held Here September 14
On Thursday September 14 several Scouts with parents and fifteen Knoxville Scouts and leaders gathered at the Legion building for a Court of Honor. Reverend Horne of Knoxville gave a short address. Ben Hoeksma presented rank badges to four Pella boys Paul Frandt Kenneth Van Zee Leroy Den Besten and Ralph Jansma. A merit badge for public speaking went to Duane De Kock and a corn farming badge to Bill Frandt, our scoutmaster. Pella won the advancement trophy and Knoxville the attendance trophy.
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Knoxville
Legion Building
America
Reverend Horne
Ben Hoeksma
Scout Board
Pella
Paul Frandt
Kenneth van Zee
Leroy den Besten
Ralph Jansma
Duane de Kock
Bill Frandt
Serihe
Vesper Musical At College Chapel Sunday Afternoon
Central College Music Department presents a Vesper Musical at Douwstra Chapel on Sunday afternoon at 4 pm. The program features works by Dvorak Handel Saint-Saens Liszt Weber Mendelssohn and others with performers including clarinet and piano pieces, following a postponement from September 10th due to illness.
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Central College
Douwstra Chapel
Dvorak
Lord
Laurence Grooters
Whitlock
Polk
Goredon Farndel
Mandel
Saint-Saens
Pella Girls Travel With Roller Skating Troupe
Mary Ann Toll and Darlene Fuller former Pella High students tour with The Four Whirlwinds. They perform at Mid town rink Des Moines and reach major cities including Oklahoma City Rhode Island New Jersey New York City Terra Mante Indiana Baton Rouge. They now have a month engagement in Havana Cuba and credit trainer Clarence Van Niewal for Tulip Time.
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Mary Ann Toll
Darlene Fuller
Pella High
Four Whirlwinds
Midtown
Des Moines
Oklahoma City
Okla
Rhode Island
New Jersey
New York City
Terra Mante
Indiana
Baton Rowse
Louisiana
Havana
Cuba
Sucess
Clarence van Niewaal
Tour of Holland Lectures by Kiwanis Club Feature
Kiwanis Club Lecture Series promotes a tour of Holland with season tickets sold by locals. Robert Friars will discuss Holland and Belgium on January 24, with color travel footage of tulip fields, windmills, cheese markets, Delft ware, Mauritshuis, Den Haag, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Scheveningen beach, and scenes of Queen Wilhelmina, Juliana, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Prince Bernhardt. An in‑paper advertisement details offerings.
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Wanis Club
Pella
Robert Friars
Holland
Belgium
M. Friar
Hillegem
Sassenheim
Noordwijkerhout
Leyden
Rotterdam
Alkmaar
Ascher
Delft
Mauritshuis Museum
den Hague
Amsterdam
Wilhelmina
Juliana
Scheveningen
Friesland
North Country
Eleanor Roosevelt
Prince Bernhardt
Kiwanis Club
Boys Build Scot Lake Canoe for Des Moines River Trip
Two Pella boys Logan Van Sittert and Carl Ver Steeg built a sixteen foot canoe from plans found in a book. They launched from Howell bridge to float up the Des Moines River returning Monday evening. They faced low water and had to drag the craft at times. A phone call from Logan’s father delivered funds after they ran short, and the boat is now stored for winter with plans for a longer voyage next summer toward Maines river and the Mississippi near Hannibal.
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Pella
Logan van Sittert
Carl Ver Steeg
Des Moines
Howell Bridge
Fifield Corners
Will van
Sittert
Dad
Logan
Logie
Red Rock
Maines River
Mississippi
Mark Twain
Hannibal
St. Louis
P.S
First Meeting Of Club Women A Great Success
About one hundred twenty five members and guests attended the first meeting of the season of the Womans Federated Club Tuesday evening September 19. Miss Raith Webber explained UNESCO and the UN. She stressed educational scientific and cultural efforts to relieve world tension. Tea followed with Mrs Chester Lea and Mrs Henry Cox pouring. The next meeting is October 17 at 2 30 pm at the Second Reformed Church with Maurice Birdsall reviewing his trip to Bavaria on The Passion Play and the Players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans’ ‘Federated Club
Raith Webber
Unesco
United Nations
Webber
Chester Lea
Henry Cox
Second Reformed Church
Maurice Birdsall
Bavaria
Little Dutch Open Home Schedule Against Indianola Friday
The Little Dutch host Indianola at Kuyper Stadium Friday at 7 45 p m in their home gridiron opener. Indianola defeated Creston 12 0 last week while Pella lost to Sigourney 34 2. Coach Smeltzer fortifies defense against aerial attack for the season opening slate including Albia Grinnell Chariton Homecoming Knoxville Montezuma and Winterset games.
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Kuyper Stadium
Indianola Indians
Indians
Creston
Pella
Sigourney
Indianola
Phil Nowell
Paul Northrup
Roger Allen
Darwin Brown
Johnnie Smeltzer
Albia
Grinnell
Chariton
Knoxville
Montezuma
Knoxville Panthers
Winterset
Valley
Toledo
Corydon
North English
Central College Athletic Field
Mahaska 4 H Girls at State Sports Festival Ames
Black Oak and Scott 4 H girls attended the State Sports Festival in Ames on September 8 and 9. Rosemary Barnes and Frances Van Maanen performed novelty and vocal acts, with several others presenting drama and a Dutch dance. Delores Rempe, Mary Hoksbergen, and Frances Van Maanen played on the softball team while Van Maanen also joined the volleyball squad, earning a second rating as the volleyball team won reserve state championship.
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Black Oak
Ames
Rosemary Barnes
Frances van Maanen
Connie Peterson
Vivian Vorster
Barbara Denburger
Marilyn’ Hasselman
Delores Rempe
Vivian Valster
Mary Hoksbergen
Siamese twin pigs born on Anthony Langstraat farm
A rare pair of Siamese twin piglets, part of a litter of nine born on September 12 near Otley, were joined from chest to tail with one umbilical cord. Both remain unnamed at this time, with one male and one female among the litter. Anthony Langstraat planned to preserve the body in alcohol.
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Anthony Langstraat
Chronicle
Otley
Anthony
P Van Donselaar Heads 1950 Northwest Alaska Tour
P Van Donselaar, 85, joins the RMA sponsored Radio KMA tour aboard S S Chilcotin for a 18 day Pacific Northwest Canada and Alaska cruise. The Shenandoah Iowa group, led by Edward May and Merrill Langfitt, sails from Vancouver September 11 and visits Ketchikan Juneau Skagway and the Klondike region before returning September 24 with daily KMA broadcasts.
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Vancouver
British Columbi
British Columbia
Pacific Northwest
Canada
Alaska
Edward May
Merrill Langfitt
KMA
Shenandoah
Iowa
P. A. van Donselaat
Pella
S. S
Seattle
Legion Post to Stress Renewal Of Memberships
The Van Veen Van Homert Legion Post held its September meeting at the Memorial Building with Commander Donald Douwstra and seven others present. Adjutant pro-tem Oren S. Van Niewaal was appointed due to the absence of Vivian Weir. The board urged prompt payment of 1961 dues, asked past members to visit the club room for renewals, and planned actions for the Sixth District Fall Conference.
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van Veen—Van Homert Legion Post
Memorial Building
Donald — Douwstra
de Wit
Lloyde Kiser
Jacob van der Veer
George van Gorkom
Vernie Nelson Vos
Oren San
van Niewaal
Bert Holsa
Holst
Ipast
Douwstra
Des Moines
Gerrit Vis
C. F. Perron
Raymond Ronse
Post
Oren S. van Niewaal
Buddy Poppy Saturday Promotion Details
A brief notice urges readers to buy a Buddy Poppy on Saturday. The exact date and event location are unclear from the fragmented text, but the item references a Veterans Day tribute accessory and a community sale angle.
Central Last First Game to Missouri Teachers 25 to 7
Central defeated Missouri Teachers 25 to 7 in a rough game with Central struggling early but rallying on offense. The Dutchmen showed aerial threat while Missouri Teachers capitalized in the second half with strong running and end-around plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Ape Girar Te Teachers’ College
Eric
Central
Quiee
Cental
den Harte
Don Mellor
Southern Mo
Fimish
Statiatice
P. Central
Minouri den Hartog
LE Snyder
Halterman
LT Halter Martinez
LG Craw Vander Linden
C Jones ‘van Dustdy
Hughes Spencer Crawford Campbell
Te Halstead
Mark
Howe Ellsworth
Cary Heller
Mitchell van Zeep
Lee
Special Revival Services Next Week at Open Bible Church
Rev L Malmin Swedish evangelists bring a gospel series to Church of the Open Bible starting Sunday Sept 24 at 7 30 p m. Services run weeknights at 7 45 p m except Monday with Sunday services at 7 30 p m.
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Open Bible Church
L. Malmin
Church of the Open Bible
Malmin
Word of God
Pella Soldier in Alaska to be Heard on KRNT
A telegram from Radio KRNT Des Moines announces a Gordon Gammack interview recorded in Anchorage Alaska featuring Sgt Bill Vande Pella. KRNT newscaster Gordon Gammack travels toward Korea to interview Pella soldiers as part of a Sunday 3 30 broadcast over KRNT.
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Alaska
KRNT
Register & Tribune
Des Moines
Gordon Gammack
Anchorage
Bill Vande
Pella
Gordon
Korea
Tribune
Famed Cartoonist Opens Lake Darling Valve Ceremony
Retired cartoonist J N Ding Darling opened a master valve Sunday to start filling Lake Darling, a 460 acre reservoir 17 miles southwest of Washington. About 5,000 spectators watched as Honey Creek waters were trapped behind a new dam. The lake, named for Darling’s conservation work, will fill before winter and open next spring. A 1,600 acre state park will surround the lake.
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Valve
Lake Darling
J. N
Ding) Darling
Towa
New al Lake
Oskaloosa Herald
Washington
Des Moines
Honey Creek
Che Lake
Iowa AmVet Auxiliary Honors at National Convention
Mrs. M. C. Van Gorp state president leads Iowa AmVets Auxiliary delegation to Cleveland Ohio for the national convention. The group earned three national awards including top Iowa renewal rate and membership recognition for the year.
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Iowa AmVet Auxiliary
M.C. van Gorp
AmVets
Kathryn Vriezeluur
Otley
Bob Krutz
Des Moine
Ralph Rosiginolo
Lowa Am= Vets
Des Moines
Cleveland
Ohio
van Gorp
Lowa
Towa
Iecond
Iowa
Des Moines Nursing School Commencement Held
Miss Tryna Mae Van Houweling of Des Moines graduated Sunday from Beaadlawns School of Nursing. She completed three years of training and received diploma and pin. Commencement at the Des Moines Art Center featured an address by Floyd M. Bargeson, M.D., with local attendees listed.
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Tryna van Houweling
School of Nursing
Tryna Mae van Houweling
Des Moines
Snaduated Sunday
Beaadlawns School of Nursing
Des Moines Art Center
Floyd M. Bargeson
M.D. Hose
Henry Monster
Andrew Kuiper
Leroy Vroom
John Engelenhoven
Dr J W Blattner Dies Noted Educator in Texas
Obituary for Dr J W Blattner 92 a pioneer in deaf education dies in Austin Texas Funeral services set for 5 p m at Weed Corley Funeral Home Rev Robert E Ledbetter Jr officiating burial in Oakwood Cemetery Blattner long served as principal of the State School for the Deaf in Austin for 27 years and edited The Lone Star He helped develop textbooks and teacher training for deaf education before moving to Oklahoma then returning to Austin He was honored with an honorary Doctor of Letters from Galludet College and remained active in deaf education networks He is survived by his widow a brother a sister several daughters two sons and seven grandsons
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Chronicle
Henry J. Blattner
Magnolia Avenue
Long Beach
California
Austin
Texas
Mr. Blattner
Pella
J. W. Blattner
Weed-Corley
Robert E. Ledbetter Jr
Oakwood Cemetery
Blattner
State School For the Deaf
Tula Ada Jone
Oklahoma
Oklahoma School For the Deaf
Au Tle
Conferences of Exe of American Schools of the Deaf
Gallaudet College of
Washington
The
Annas the Deaf
Mahaska County
Iowa
Laws School
Henry Blattner
Calif
Mas Laura Curtis
Los Aiedos
Nughters
Benara ‘Tust
Pueson
Ariz
Mes
Col. Metative
Mastin
Geese We Mattner
David Blattner
Milwaukee
Wis
John W. Blatter
Lith Street
Iowa Auxiliary Wins National Renewals Awards
Mrs. Van Gorp led Waterloo La auxiliary to 100 percent renewals as one of five in the nation. The group received top honors for signups and as the Nation s largest auxiliary. Iowa earned six awards and Mrs Van Gorp now serves as state president.
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Waterloo
Iowa
van Gorp
Rotary Club hears talk on Korea and postwar future
John Jobse and eight others attend a Rotary Club meeting where Min Baldridge outlines Korea’s postwar recovery under the ECA. He describes inflation control, railroad and highway development, nationalized resources, and a looming Inchon operation seen as vital to rice supplies and civilian relief amid Russian influence near Seoul.
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ECA
Peoples
Russia
Baldvidze
AIP Asia
38Th Parallel
Seoul
Captain Langerak completes Alaska Army Arctic training
Captain Dudok Langerak, son of Mist BH Langerak of Pell Iowa, was among 67 officers graduating from the Army Arctic Indout Training School at Big Delta Alaska. The four week course covered river navigation lake and stream exploitation and movement over Alaska Range terrain. Assigned to the 4th Field Artillery Battalion at Camp Carson Colorado.
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Richardson
Alaska
Dudokok
Mist
Langerak
Iste Street
Pell
Iowa
Army
Navy
Air Force
Army Artic Indoutsrination School
Big Delta
Alasi
Uis Wrainine
Tanana River
Interior
Lungerak
Dth Field Artillery Battalion
Camp Carson
Colo
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Hildewarde Nesbit
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Hildegarde Nesbit
College Chapel
Pella Girls
Des Moines River
Edith Webber
Mahaska
Pella Man
Omaha Burlington Depot
Charles Bailey
Diagonal
R. J. Dalbey
Hepburn
P. A. van Donselaar
Steven Morrice
Battle Creek
P. van Donselaar
RMA
Clifford J. Dawson
Davenport
Legion Post
Women’s Missionary Union
Third Reformed Church
7Th Symphony
W. G. "Wing
Cliford Keiz
Jeanette Rocrsma
Arabia
Reuben van Hemert
William Hilmert
Kentucky
M. Stephen James
Mission Boards
A. Rennink
Edmundson
Huch
Board of Foreign Special Music
Carl Vogelaar
Malotte
William
Hilbert Handel
Jeanette Boersma
G. T. Vander Lugt Mandel
Austin, Texas
Rotary Club
South Korea
John Baldridge
John Jobse
Charita
Min Halder
Knoxville i
Inchon
Ah Seoul
Baldridge
Sigmund Rhee
North Korea
Rhea
Dudok Langerak
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