Fire, medical and travel notes fill Osceola area news
The Oska loosa area reports two fires at the Sandwich Shop and Open Bible Church with quick containment and minimal damage. Local residents, patients, and visitors are listed, including jury selections for October, travels to New Jersey and Tennessee, hospital stays, and family updates from Pella Otley Grinnell and Des Moines to Jefferson City Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Schreiner
Mahaska Hospital
Oska- Joosa
Prescott Steenbock
Open Bible Church
Washington Street
Tulip Time in Pella Promises Bigger, Broader Festival
Town crier muses on next spring's Tulip Time in Pella, praising two core features. Tulips in abundance and everyone in Dutch costume create a national stage. The street service scene, Folk Dancers, and Street Singers draw visitors from coast to coast, with calls for bigger, better performances and more individual stunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Cox
Pella
Central College
Tulip Time Festival street acts proposed to boost appeal
Glen Koopman and others are suggested for on street roles including a cheese vendor and a scissors grinder. Rudy could impersonate Father Ulrich, founder of the bologna industry, selling rings from a basket. The plan emphasizes distinctive local attractions to draw visitors from the coasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Dekker
Glen Koopman
Glen
O.k
Ulrich
Bologna
Rudy
Pella
Indian Mounds Talk Featured at Rotary Club
Rotarians at the June Baptist Church heard Dr. T. G. Fultz discuss burial customs of Indians observed at Lewiston Hinvis. He traced American Indian history from prehistoric Mongolia to North America, describing mound building for protection religious rites and burial. He noted diseases similar to those affecting both peoples. Centers for film and slides offered by Centennial HQ aim to support school and club programs in late 1946 with a small service charge for inspection costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Baptist
Thur
The
Jay
Seph
T. G. Fultz
Lewiston
Hinvis
Mongolia
North America
Russia
Alaska
United States
Iowa History Films and Slides For Centennial Observance
Iowa clubs and schools can obtain historic and scenic motion pictures and slides from the State University of Iowa and Iowa State College for Centennial programs. Plans for distribution were shared by John R. Hedges and H. L. Kooser. The film Our Town runs 1,200 feet of 16 mm color with sound commentary centered on the Centennial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa Centennial Committee
John R. Hedges
Bureau of Visual Instruction
the State University
Iowa City
H. L. Kooser
Ames
Legislative Interim Committee
Hedges
Iowa
Record of Iowa hunters and fishermen license growth forecast
An Iowa postwar license tabulation shows 298,784 hunters and 316,966 fishermen in 1945-46, with total licenses reaching 614,761. The report updates prior estimates to 165,000 new hunters and fishermen and notes exemptions for landowners, resident women, minors, pensioners, and armed forces members amid rising wildlife demand.
Hell of War Told Kiwanis By Rev Winsted
Rev Wm Winsted of the Baptist church spoke to the Pella Kiwanis on his Pacific War theater experiences as chaplain with infantrymen. He described brutal island fighting at Marshall Islands Guam Manus Philippines and Okinawa and recounted near death escapes and bomb blasts near his fox hole. He urged citizens to act to keep future wars from happening and hinted at Christian ethics in the atomic age as a potential solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella Kiwanis Club
Wm. Winsted
The
Baptist Church
Pacific
Marshall Islands
Guam
Manus
Philippines
Okinawa
Harvard University
Boland Field
Washington D.C
States
Coral
Ernie’ Pyi
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Oskaloosa
Jacob Kuiken
Spring Creek
Dick Rouw
Allan Lee
Mercy Hospital
Frank Wielard
Mercy
Marinus Aalbers
Dan Dicleman
Little Son
Mahaska
Jillis van Nieuwenhuizen
Edgerton
Minn
Otley
E. A. Carpenter
Gerrit Dieleman
L. J. Monster
Betty Wormhoudt
John P. Vanden Berg
William H. Verwers
Norman Hays
C. I. Fox
Joe Shultz
David Loetscher
Ha Fox
Somersville
New Jersey
Letscher
Atlantic City
Ray Fox
Charles City
Town
Niagara Falls
Gerrit Steenhocken
Methodist Hospital
Edwin Davis
Howard Worrell
Davis
Ed Hubrex
Harris Vande Noord
Grinnell
Henry Grootveld
Vande Noord
Henry Gosselink
Phyllis Veenendaal
M. Veenendaal
Earl Vande Meide
Louise Vande Meide
Henry van Brogen
Earl
Liggett Drug Store
Wayne Schakel
Univer
Kathry Schakel
Clarence ‘Caldwell
Drake’ University
Karl Pohlman
Jefferson City
Missouri
Ed Cook
Kenny Dahlstrom
Gerrit de Zwarte
Wayne Geetings
Ronald
Kentucky
Pfe
Wm. Vander Beek
Ft. Knox
Cumberland
Ohio
West Virginia
Virnia
Tennessee
Cumberland Gap
Cumberland Falls
Grand Ole Opera
Nashville
Mammoth Cave
Mortimer Goodwin
G. H. Wachter
Chicago
Goodwin
American Bankers Association
J. R. Drake
Pella National Bank
Peter Buwalda
H. K. Pals
Georgetown
Colorado
Dick Laucenbach
Dave de Cook
Larry
Jane Sullivan
Mary Davis
Sigourney
Jr. Vox
Billy Gezel
Marie Wittenburg
Arnold L. van Haaften
Bert van Haaften
Seattle
Washington
Jeanette R. Bakker
Independence Street
Moody Bible Institute
Hawaii
Canada
England
Ben Stouwie
Nathan
Texas
Osteopathic
Drs. Kramer and
Kramer
Nellie D. H. H
West First Street
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Division
CTO
Pella Town
Tunis Kempkes
Shorty
Indian Mounds
Rotary Club
Ie Town
Mr. Kooser
Centennial
de Joode Insurance Agency
Washington St
Dingeman & van der Veer
Eer
Rev. Winstead
Close Calle
Grandman
Cjg
Bill Lankelma
Dr. Johnson
Pleasantville
Frei Lautenbach
Henry Klein
Jonathan
Grimes
Apple Grove Orchards
Mitchellvil
State Fair Ground
Mart Hoeksema
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