Van Zante Hardware Store on Franklin Street recalled
An old photograph recalls the Van Zante Hardware Store on Franklin Street later occupied by Tony's Auto Parts. Gerrit and Herman Van Zante served farmers and townspeople for decades, selling hardware,Tools and plumbing supplies with a resident plumber. The piece covers 1902 ads, 1915 heating updates, family succession, and store folklore comments on youth curiosities.
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Trapping Ladies Demonstrate Sport Value in 1962 Chronicle
Front page feature shows Muriel Goemaat and Estellene Riggen with furs including mink muskrat coon and beaver. They display a red fox catch and highlight women’s participation in trapping as sport. Santa Claus visits Saturday afternoon December 15 for local children. The Farmers Cooperative Exchange reports a record high 843 members sharing 17,000 in dividends at their annual meeting.
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Muriel Goemaat
Estellene Riggen
Farmer's Cooperative Exchange
Where Were YOU Last Tuesday Night in Pella
Editorial blasts the silent majority over a public hearing on restructuring the Pella Community School District board. Only nine attendees of 9,300 patrons attended, highlighting unequal voting power where in district voters have differing weights. The piece denounces apathy and defends equal representation as enshrined by the one man one vote principle.
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Pella Community
Board of Education
Pella
Booze Kills Poster at Pella High Stirs Editorial
An editorial notes a Pella High hallway poster made of crushed beer cans forming a cross with the caption booze kills. The writer argues for strong focus on alcohol dangers alongside drugs, praising the poster's impact in showing youth awareness and desire to act against drinking and driving.
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Pella High
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