Pella Girls Sign Up for Aquatic School Near Spirit Lake
Kay Butler Nancy Cruzen and Barbara Nelson head a group of about 125 youth to the American Red Cross National Aquatic School at Lutheran Lakeside Camp Spirit Lake June 11 to 21. Pella Red Cross water safety chair Dirk Van Zante notes the event is one of 28 ten day sessions this summer and part of a long standing program to train swimming lifesaving boat safety and first aid instructors. A June 7 9 to 11 a.m. registration at the Legion Building will place students into classes with screening on June 9 guiding placement by ability.
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Kay Butler
Nancy Cruzen
Barbara Nelson
American Red Cross National Aquatic School
Lutheran Lakeside
Spirit Lake
Dirk van Zante
Pella
Pella Community High School
Spirit Lake Aquatic School
Red Cross
Midwest
Eagle River
Wis
Rock Mount
Legion
A Peek at Nature Birdsfoot Violet in Big Rock Park
This closing Nature column surveys spring wildflowers in Big Rock Park focusing on Jack in the Pulpit and Birdsfoot Violet. It notes the pulpit hooded bloom, red scarlet fruit and seeds dispersed by animals, cautions not to eat the seeds, and mentions Indians preparing the fruit. It also covers Birdsfoot Violet history, color, and relation to pansies, with planting by Roy Drake and spread hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Rock Park
Nature Day
Columbus Junction
Roy Drake
Teal Hunt Permits Available for Short Season
Teal season runs September 16 to September 24 with daily hours from sunrise to sunset. Bag limit set at four teal per day and limits for green winged teal apply. Procedures and permit issuance details provided by wildlife authorities.
Merchants Reschedule Two Softball Games In June
The Pella Merchants softball team has postponed games with the Des Moines Fire Fighters and West Des Moines Mexican Eagles rescheduled. They will face the Mexican Eagles on June 8 at 7 30 p m in Pella and play the Fire Fighters in a double header June 10 starting at 7 p m. A separate league match with Prairie City is set for June 6 at 8 p m in Pella, and May 31 postponed city league games have been moved to June 5.
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Pella Merchants
Des Moines Fire Fighters
West Des Moines Mexican Eagles
Merchants
Mexican Eagles
Pella
Prairie City
Jaycees Defeat Rockets 11-0 in Midget League Thriller
The Jaycees blanked the Rockets 11-0 in three innings. They scored six runs in the first and added five more in the third to seal the win, as Rockets could not mount a late rally.
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Jaycees
The
Rockets
Aycees
Slow-Pitch League For Oldsters Opens June 12
A four team slow pitch league for men 25 and over is organized. Games start June 14 at 7 p.m. at Pella Junior High field with no new innings after 8 30 p.m. Notify Recreation Commission at 18 4571. No registration fee.
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Pella
Recreation Commission
Legion Midgets Rally To Open Season 4 3 Win
American Legion midgets came from behind to beat Bakker and Rus 4-3 in the season opener. Legion built a 2-0 lead, Bakker and Rus answered with three in the bottom of the first, then both teams were held scoreless until the fourth when Legion plated two more. Van der Ploeg homered for Bakker and Rus, Heerema added a triple, and Scuts doubled for American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Bakker
Rus
Legion
Jim van der Ploeg
Jerry Heerema
Co-op Electric Midgets Top Vanden Berg 26 14
The Co op Electric midget league team defeated Vanden Berg Insurance 26 to 14 on May 29. Trailing 5 9 after two innings, Co op Electric erupted for seven runs in the third and ten in the fourth to seize control. Four insurance runs came in the fifth but the final rally stayed strong as Van den Berg Insurance split pitching duties without stopping the hot Co op Electric batters. Steenhoek relieved Menninga in the third inning.
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Co-op Electric
Vanden Berg Insurance
van den Berg Insurance
Steenhoek
Menninga
Co-op
Elec
van. Berg
Spare Wildlife Young Urged to Watch for Babies
Jowans are asked to keep an especially alert watch for wildlife babies. Motorists are urged to slow down and avoid endangering young animals on roads.
Streets Not Safe For Sumer Fun
The AAA Motor Club urges caution as seven percent of pedestrian injuries and fatalities among children 14 and under occur in roadways. Schools and teachers are praised for promoting safe play away from traffic, with guidance for parents to plan supervised, constructive summer activities and to remind kids that roadways are never safe for play.
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AAA
Motor Club
Town
Pella Loses to Knoxville Seven to Two in Baseball
Pella High suffered a 7 to 2 defeat to Knoxville in a Saturday baseball game. Knoxville unlocked the scoring with two in the first and added four in the fifth, while Pella posted a fourth inning run and another in the seventh. Despite 6 hits to Knoxville's 5, Pella committed four errors to Knoxville's two, with runs in the top and bottom lines showing the final margin.
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Pella High
Knoxville
Pella
Small boats return to water after winter storage
Small boats by the hundreds of thousands are back in the water this month, freshly scraped and painted after a winter of storage.
Rolscreen dominates Dairy Queen in 16 to 1 win
Rolscreen rapped Dairy Queen for 17 hits and scored 16 runs in a three inning American division Little League game on Saturday. Schimmel Bender and Scheffers each doubled for Rolscreen while Dairy Queen managed a single hit.
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Rolscreen
Dairy Queen
Schimmel
Bender
Scheffers
Rotary 10 Otley 0 in Little League game
Rotary defeated Otley 10 to 0 in three innings in the National division. Ryan and Gritters doubled for Rotary, which totaled five hits to Otley’s none. Otley 000 Rotary 361 105.
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Rotary
Otley
Ryan
Gritters
City Council approves bids and hires Dutch Elm inspector
City Council and Airport Advisory Committee reviewed bids from Pella Construction Company and Pella Block and Tile Company. All bids were accepted and referred to Brown Engineering for tabulation and recommendation with final action set for June 6 1967. Dutch Elm disease program continues with inspector hired at prior rate and Central College facilities used for testing. Tom Hansen of Iowa Falls caught a nine and a half pound Northern below the dam using chubs as bait. The craft of making flint arrowheads is noted as still practiced by some.
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Central College
Tom Hansen
Iowa Falls
Guild Fund Boosts KCUI Radio Sacred Records
KCUSFM at Central College received 38.75 from The First Reformed Church Women's Guild of Pella to buy sacred records and supplies. Loren Vanderzyl, broadcasting director, said more sacred records are needed. Sunday broadcasts feature sacred music and church services from local Reformed, Christian Reformed and Baptist churches.
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Kcusfm
Central College
Women’s Guild For
Christian Service
First Reformed Church
Pella
Loren Vanderzyl
Dick Vanden Dever
Guild
Connie Swihart Funeral Held in Monroe Church
Funeral services for Connie Marie Swihart 17 of Monroe were held June 1 at the Monroe Methodist Church with Rev James Poulsen officiating. She died after a car crash near Monroe on May 28. Survived by parents Wesley and Connie Swihart and brothers Robert and Gregg. Robert returned from Vietnam May 31. Virginia Lambert 17 another passenger, was in satisfactory condition at Collins Hospital Knoxville.
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Monroe
Connie Marie Swihart
Monroe Methodist Church
James Poulsen
Connie Marie
Wesley Swihart
Robert
Gregg
Vietnam
Connie
Virginia Lambert
Collins Hospital
Knoxville
Ben Lambert
Rock Island District awards South River Arm Rail contract
The Rock Island District of the Corps of Engineers grants a $771 479 50 contract dated May 31 to G H Lindekugel and Sons of Mitchell South Carolina to raise Rock Island Railroad tracks over the South River arm of Red Rock Reservoir. The work includes a bridge wooden trestle and earth embankment to lift tracks across the South River Valley between Hartford and Sandyville above the flood control pool. Rock Island Railroad will install its own tracks and communications lines.
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Rock Island District of the
Corps of Engineers
G. H. Lindekugel and Sons of
Mitchell
S. C
Rock Island Railroad
South River
Red Rock
Hartford
Sandyville
Sully Army Man Serves In Viet Nam
Specialist Fifth Terry D. Zylstra, son of Mr and Mrs Rudolph Zylstra, is stationed at Plieku in Viet Nam working with earth moving equipment around a hospital. He will be discharged July 13 and has a birthday June 6. His service address is Sp Terry D. Zylstra US CS APO San Francisco Calif 96318.
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Sully
Terry D. Zylstra
Rudolph Zylstra
Plieku
Viet Nam
Terry
APO
San Francisco
Calif
Pella Librarian Attends Iowa Library Workshop
Minnie J. Dahm Oska loosa Community Junior High librarian will attend the 16th annual library workshop at The University of Iowa from June 5 to June 8.
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Minnie J. Dahm
North Main St
Pella
Oskaloosa
University of Iowa
Burlington Woman Finds Rare Cluster of Sponge Mushrooms
Mrs Sophie McCash of Burlington struck it rich while mushroom hunting. She found a rare cluster of six sponge mushrooms, a departure from her usual one at a time finds.
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Sophie McCash
Burlington
DeVries Completes Aviation Mechanic School
Carroll L. DeVries, son of Mr and Mrs Fred G DeVries of Sully, has completed aviation structural mechanic training at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Memphis Tennessee.
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Carroll L. DeVries
Fred G. DeVries
Sully
Naval Air Technical Trainin Center
Memphis
Tenn
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SOAR
Roorda
Sumer
Rhe Pella
sThetic
Guild Fund
Kcui Radio
Connie M. Swihart
South River Arm Rail
Marion van Hemert
Vermeer
Safety Committee
Marion
Vermeer’s
Wos
Lloyd van Hemert
Ha. van Hemert
Zion
Ermeer
Riractunne
Bonanza
Sully Man
Knoxville, Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Marion County Board OF Supervisors
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