Central College Enrolls Record GI Veteran Students
Ex servicemen boost Central College enrollment creating a diverse class of 323. Sixty veterans return to campus this fall, with 69 from Pella and 40 from Oskaloosa. The cohort includes students from India Arabia Canada and the Netherlands and represents many states including Illinois New Jersey Wisconsin New York and Minnesota.
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Anone Ou
Kwon
Pella
India
Arabia
Canada
Netherlands
Towans
Oskaloosa
Illinois
New Jersey
Wisconsin
New York
Minnesota
Michigan
Pennsylvania
California
Nebraska
Alabama
South
North Dakota
Indiana
Colorado
Kansas
Texas
Bible Classes To Continue in Public Schools
Public School Bible classes will start October 1 with Miss Sarah Gosse link teaching again. Parents must enroll children by September 30 using grade blanks. nonparticipants join regular classes. Enrollment rose to 98 percent last year from 85.3, with Holy Bible readings and prayers daily. Miss Henrietta Ver Heul chairs high school devotions. parents urged to ensure full registration by October 1.
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Sarah Gosselink
State Department of Public Instruction
Pella
Henrietta Ver Heul
Bureau Meeting At Otley School Friday Evening
Farm Bureau members from Lake Prairie Polk and Summit Farm Bureaus plan a Friday September 27 meeting at Otley schoolhouse. A 7 30 p m basket dinner precedes the election of township officers including the Farm Bureau director and committee women. A short program may follow. families are urged to attend and bring dinner and table service.
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Lake Prairie
Polk and
Summit Farm Bureau
Myron Nollen
Cornice Vanden Berg
Gerrit van Haalen
Pella
Otley School
Farm Bureau
Premier Showing In America of Works By Dutch Artist
The Department of Art at Central College announces the American premiere of C. A. Bartels of Ermelo Netherlands at the college galleries from September 27 to October 1. The exhibit features fourteen water colors and about eighteen to twenty etchings, all framed by the artist. A reception for Bartels and cousins Cornelia Wilton and Ma Eoteher is planned in Central Hall Student Lounge on Saturday.
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Department of Art
Central College
America
C. A. Bartels
Ermelo
Netherlands
College
Bartels
Europe
Pella
Rudy Heeren
Des Moin An
Jordai Mubjic
Central Hall
Cornelia, Wilton
Dutchmen Run Tarkio Ragged In First Game
Central's Flying Dutchmen overwhelmed Tarkio College 44 to 0. Speed and Cheuvront led scoring with multiple drives, while Tarkio struggled to reach Central territory. Central outgained Tarkio 368 rushing, 87 passing to 14 rushing, 68 passing, and had three interceptions while Tarkio fumbled three times.
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Tarkio
Chet Gross
Wayne de Beer
Speed
Central
Weight limit raised on parcels to the Netherlands
The Pella post office announces higher parcel limits to Holland. Weights rise from eleven to 44 pounds with no weekly dispatch cap and size restrictions allow parcels up to 42 inches in length and up to 72 inches in combined length and girth.
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Holland
Pella
Dutch student David Knibbe joins Central College on scholarship
Leiden native David E Knibbe, 18, arrives at Central College on a Y M and Y W fund scholarship raised by students. Selected for scholastic merit and character, he is son of Leiden lawyer and Chamber of Commerce secretary. grandfather Abraham Kuyper is a Dutch theologian. He survived WW II hiding in a coffin space, speaks fluent English, and rooms with Bob Minnick in Peoria.
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David E. Knibbe
Leiden
Netherlands
Central College
Knibbe
Pela
Y.M
Burke Wolfe
European Student Relief Committee
America
Chamber of Commerce
Abraham Kuyper
Holland
David
Germany
Dr. van Wyk
Bob Minnick
Plainfield
New Jersey
War Experiences Of Chaplain Told To Rotary Club
Reverend William J. Winstead of the local Baptist Church spoke to Rotarians at a noon meeting last Thursday about three years in the South Pacific during the war. He recounted harrowing front line duties and being awarded the Purple Heart for his service aiding American boys as they faced death in critical battles. He described administering communion in fox holes and notifying families of casualties, noting he has about 1000 letters to loved ones. The talk impressed the audience, highlighting his dedication to his profession and community service.
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William’ J." Winstead
Baptist
Winstead
Jain
South Pacific
Pella
Ile
Charlain
Club
Population and land area share worldwide balance
The United States accounts for six percent of the global population while occupying seven percent of the world’s land area, highlighting a notable demographic and geographic distribution.
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United States
Little Dutch to Play Albia Friday Night
Pella High School’s Little Dutch host Albia Blue Demons Friday at the college stadium for the first conference game of the season. Coach Kysdam’s squad hope to rebound from a 25 to 8 loss at Sigourney with a larger, fitter lineup under 40 players available. Albia, coached by Jack Patterson and Bud Bonwell, tied Osceola 0 to 0 in their opener. The Pella band will perform at halftime with a pep rally. Kickoff is at 7 30.
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Pella
Tarkio
Barnett LE Stow Cross
Million Croft
Howard Kempkes
Strom de Beer
Staples
Borgmann
Gerhart
Lowe
Bay
Bentley Cheuvront
Anderson Clemens
Morice Speed
Landerer
Jack Sims
Johnny Anderson
Bot Plotkin
Dick Schulz
Gene McClelland
Lloyd Menting
Ralph Dyers
Chuck Vander Ploeg
Earl Warne
Burt Voss
Mick Polito
Ken Thompson
Bert’ Bandstra
Dave Ver Meer
Don Walker
Maurice Mineart
Ray Pickard
Larry Ferrigan
Joe Goad
Paul Fedford
Ed Kool
Geo. Perrin
Clyde Evers
Roger Romine
Central
Hartzell
Rose Central
Grinnell
Pioneers
Grinnell College
Flying Dutch
Wartburg
Pella High School
Albia Blue Demons
College Stadium
Kysdam
Sigourney
Little Dutch
Albion
Jack Patterson
Bud Bonwell
Osceola
Montezuma
Albia
Fly Free Date Seeks Sept 23 for Wheat Sowing
Winter wheat may be sown in Marion County after September 28 to avoid Hessian fly infestation, per Harold Gunderson Iowa State College Extension Entomologist. He cautions that warm October weather could bring grasshopper damage to young crops.
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Marion County
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College
Gunderson
First Artist Series Opens Friday At College Campus
The first number of this year's Artist Series on the College campus arrives Friday evening. A trio with a pianist will sing both classic and modern songs at Douwstra Chapel. Hendrik de Boer, a Holland born tenor famed in Hollywood, joins baritone Arbansa and Agnes Blaska, pianist. Admission is 1 for adults and 60 cents for children, with limited reserved seating for townspeople until 7:46. The program begins at 8:00.
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Douwstra Chapel
Hendrik de Boer
Leeuwarden
Holland
Hollywood
Agnes Blaska
Stanley
Kiwanians Hear Rev Don McClure Talk on Africa
Rev Don McClure a missionary from South Sudan Africa spoke to Kiwanians last Tuesday sharing hunting feats in the Sudan and displaying films of tribal life. He described village lions attacking sheep, the primitive farming methods and one meal daily diet while noting many tribes average over six feet tall and that Christianity is growing. Gerald Mokma a U S Counsulate veteran and former Pella resident attended and announced a Berlin posting soon.
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McClure
Second Reformed Church
W. Don McClure
Sudan
Africa
Don McClure
South Sudan
Wanis
Gerald Mokma
U. S. Counsulate
Pella
Fake sugar stamps passed here in Pella
Word spread that residents counterfeit sugar stamps by pasting a number from a spare stamp onto another to duplicate the stamp. Several were accepted by merchants before the forgery was discovered. Merchants are now on alert and warned it is dangerous to present such a stamp locally.
Civilian federal workers count by state in 1945 Illinois share
The Taxpayers Federation of Illinois reports that 2,093 civilians were employed in the federal executive branch as of June 30 1945. About 182 028 came from Illinois reflecting state employment share during the period.
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Illinois
Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois
Plow Match and Field Day a Spectacular Success
Saturday, September 21, drew an estimated fifty thousand to the WHO Corn Belt Plowing Match and Conservation Field Day on Clyde Milner and Cyril Rees farms near Pleasantville. Speakers included Hugh Bennett of the Soils Conservation Service who called the event the greatest agricultural demonstration in 300 years, while Marion County volunteers and many Iowa officials coordinated displays, plowing, construction work, and a grand banquet. Marilyn Steele was crowned Miss Queen of the Furrow at the Pleasantville High School banquet after a parade of six black horses.
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Cyril Rees
WHO
Milner
Entertai
Fred Jom
Stiefboldt
Naper Uy
Charles G. Long
Story County
Clarence A. Robuck
Attica
Marion County
Clyde Milner
Pleasantville
Herb Plambeck
WHO Advisory Committee
Soils Conservation Service of
U. S
Hugh Bennett
United States
Clay C. Barnett
Ralph Musser
Milwaukee
Frank Mendell
Iowa State Conservator
Ames
Lyall Mitchell
Marion
Jasper
Mahaska
Midwest
Soils Conservation Service
Marion County Saddle Club
Governor Blue
Congressman Cunningham
Frank Miles
Paul Harp
Herb Plumbeck
Bill Diamond
Iowa
Pleasantville High School
Marilyn Steele
Thelma Barnett
Marilyn Crozier
Boxing Bouts to Feature Legion Meeting Monday
Commander Verle Ver Dught selected eight capable youths for upcoming boxing bouts as coaches Tyseling and Rysdam prepare college and high school fighters for two three round matches each at the Legion meeting. The event includes entertainment plans and a melons giveaway for attendees after the session. Membership stands at about one hundred twenty with renewed renewal drives planned.
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Verle Ver Dught
Richard Tysseling
Reno Rysdam
the Legion
Legion Hall
The
Legion
Gene Stienjes
Scout Books Available at City Library
The Pella Public Library has acquired a lengthy list of Scout and merit badge books for boys and youth. Subjects range from Agriculture and Archery to Radio, Signaling, Woodwork, and Scouting programs in churches.
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City Library
Boy Scout Movement
Pella
High School Homecoming Next Week
The High School Pep Club has appointed committees to run Homecoming activities next week ending with a football game Saturday. Events include Thursday Crown Queen and Alumni meeting, Friday Bonfire and Pep Meeting at 7 p.m., Downtown parade Saturday at 2 30 p.m., and Pel le High School facing Des Moines Tech at 7 30 p.m.
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Webster Bldg
Pelle High School
Des Moines Tech
Rainfall Report for September Totals
The week shows rainfall of 0.84 inches on Thursday September 10 with a partial inch and a total of 2.96 inches for September to date. Report by H. K. Pala.
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H. K
Pala
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Tarkio Collegians
Mark Speed
Knoxville
Galen Cheuvront
Chicago
Clay Barnett
Turkio
Cheuvront
Dick Clemens
East Des Moines
McClelland
Anderson
Tommie McClelland
Newton
John Anderson
David Nibbe
Rotary Club
Mid-West
Milner Farm
Army
Willis Tait
Johnny Sheppa
Albert van Houwel
Pete van Gore
Philip Korey Rouw
Juline Palmquist
Carl Ganing
Candy
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