What's Up Tues dune HP Chapter BU meeting at Pauline Iseling home
Community notices list events for June including a 7:30 p.m. gathering at Pauline Iseling's residence and a picnic at West Market Park with attendees asked to bring coffee or drinks and share covered dishes. Also noted is a 1:00 p.m. bazaar on June 2 hosted by Persis Circle and a cream social at the Legion Hut.
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Tues
Dune
PEO
Pauline Iseling
West Market Park
Persis Circle
Peoria Christian Reformed Church
Fridune
Jaycee
Legion Hath
Leonard Schippers
Sat
Kin Helpers Society
Church of Sully
Courthouse Study Group Plans Another Marion County Session
Members of the Marion County courthouse study committee will convene again Thursday evening in Kaasville to review feasibility of remodeling the existing courthouse or building a new county structure. Co chairs Hoksema and Weeks will lead as engineer Donald Appell presents findings on the present building with members seeking further information and cost data.
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Marion County
Kaasville
Wwervviss
Donald Appell
Merbers
Association Retains Mrs Virginia Rose As Director
Iowa Telephone association closed its 73rd annual Davenport convention with Mrs Virginia Rose An director elected, Ina Rose reaffirmed as secretary treasurer of Kowler Telephone. Earle G Bellamy spoke as United States Independent Telephone association president and past state leader. Iowa’s 200 independent phone firms serve 50 communities and 430000 cell users. H Filmore Melick named new state association president. Attendees included M Ro and several company representatives from Fowler and related groups.
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Ina Rose
Kowler Telephone Company
Iowa Telephone Associat
Davenport
Earle G. Bellamy
Knosville
Bellamy Telephone Company
United Sates Independent Telephone Association
Iowa
H. Filmore Melick
West Liberty
State Association
M Ro
Phillip Pr
W. H. Fowler
Junior Kool
Miles
H. Morgan
Fowler Company
Young Republicans Meet Here Tonight in Marion County
The Marion county Young Republicans invite residents aged 21 to 36 to a meeting at 8 pm in the Pella Legion building. Herbert Selby, chair of the Fourth district Republican central committee, will speak, described as a basic political organization in action. Correction notes 17-year-old Terry Van Steenis, Route 2, was a motorcycle passenger in a June 2 accident.
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Herbert Selby
Fourth District
Republican Central Committee
Pella
Terry van Steenis
Route 2
Red Rock Dam enters final construction phase
The Des Moines river has been diverted from the old channel to the new through the Red Rock dam outlet works as the final 800 foot earthen dam section is prepared. Rock Island district of the Corps of Engineers announced the shift begun last Thursday to take advantage of low river stages. William A. Smith Construction Co. of Kansas City is performing the work, building earth berms across the old channel to dry the enclosed portion and support the final dam section.
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Red Rock
Des Moines
Rock Island District
Corps of Engineers
U.S. Engineer Corps
William A. Smith Construction Co., Inc
Kansas City
Kan
Smith Company
Oskaloosa Lawyer Seeks Senate Seat
Lake M Crookham of Oskaloosa declares a bid for the Republican nomination to represent Keokuk and Mahaska counties in the Tenth senatorial district of the Iowa Assembly. He has served four terms as Oskaloosa mayor and practices law with sons Lake E and Joe Crookham. Lake E Crookham withdraws as candidate for Mahaska county attorney. The piece notes dam and road projects related to Red Rocks dam, Des Moines river embankment work, and upcoming water impoundment for a 9000 acre lake with sections completed or planned near Pella Knoxville and Highway 92.
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Lake M. Crookham
Crookham
Oskaloosa
Keokuk
Mahas+ka
Iowa
Lake E
Joe Crookham
Lake E. Crookham
Mahaska County
Carter
Town Valve Company
Gskaloosa
Pella
Knoxville
Des Moines
Witt
Knoxvill
Six Pella Youths Headed to Estes Camp
Six Pella youths Chris Van Wyk Garden Uham Marc Mills Mike Vander Ploeg Dan Vande Noord and Terry Veldhows departed Sunday for Estes Park Colorado for a five day camp of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The Kiwanis club started the effort with six churches Rotary club and the Jaycees aiding the $85 camping fee per boy. Travel from Des Moines airport was paid by the youths.
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X Pella
Young Pella Boy Recalls Kennedy Invitation
Randy Dahlin an eight year old from Pella wrote to Robert F Kennedy inviting him to Tulip Time festival in May. Kennedy replied from Washington saying schedule prevented attendance and sent a biography sketch plus autographed photo. Randy keeps the framed picture and letters as treasured memories and dreams of a Kennedy presidency.
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Robert Kennedy
Pella Younester
Randal S. Dahlin
Robert Dahlins
Caumbus St
New York
Pella
Washington, D. C
Kennedy
Randy
Mrs. Kennedy
Reformed Synod Elects Raymond Van Heukelom
The General Synod of the Reformed Church in America on Michigan’s University of Michigan campus elected Dr. Raymond Van Heukelom president for the coming year. Norman Vincent Peale was chosen as vice president. both leaders are central to talks on union with the PCUSA amid broader debates on war, draft, housing, and reform.
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General Synod of the
Reformed Church In
Ameria
Raymond van Heukelom
van Heukelom
First Reformed Church of
Orange City
Central College
Synod
The
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Norman Vincent Peale
Marble Collegiate Church
New York
N. Y
Central College Board
General Synod
Peale
Ohio Wesleyan University
Boston University School of Theology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
U. S
Presbyterians
Reformed Church In America
New Jersey
Michigan
Iowa
California
Council Votes Asphalt Surfacing For Airport
City council agrees to asphalt surfacing of 2039 square yards plus access and turnaround areas at Pella airport with Iowa Blacktop Co. Des Moines responsible. Cost not to exceed 4000 dollars, at 1.50 per square yard, finishing runway work halted by funds shortage. The airport dedication planned for late June.
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Pella
Iowa Blacktop Co
Des Moines
Pella Justices Assess Penalties for Traffic Violations
Pella and nearby towns appear in Justice of the Peace and Justice of the Peace Dwaine Meyer courts with numerous penalties. Vehicles violations include speeding, careless driving, and failure to yield with names and towns of offenders such as Zola Kramme Des Moines and Ruth Kaldenberg Pella. Eldora principal Anne Bender to retire after 45 years in education.
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Pella
Court of Justice of the Peace
J. C. Vander Veer
Zola Irene Kramme
Ronald Dear Kelderman
Des Moines
Kirk Norman Wolff
Ames
James Milton Rett
Anthony Junior Langst
William Minor Korn
Glenn Small
Des 3
Thomas Mervyn Somtrong
Mount Vernon
Earla
Steinham
Moline M
Dorothy Jane Shuttlefield
Orumy
William mm
Myrtle Orient Staley
Clarence William Wyma
Sully
Everett Gerald McClain
Ryke
Marilyn Arlene Goemaat
Jane Frances Wilhelm
Hereford
Tex
John Thomas Comiskey
Gar
Dwaine Meyer
Henry van Maanen
New Sharon
Henry A. Rus
Robert G. van Donselaar
Danny L. van Arendonk
Oskaloosa
Robert D. Stice
Jerry L. Schippers
Richard G. Doty
Terence G. Vink
Eugene Thomas
Farmington
Eldora
Anne Bender
Iowa County
Local Man Wins $500 From Shell Money Game
Jack Wiersma of 606% East First St. won $500 after drawing a winning ticket in Shell Oil Co. mileage money game at Roger's Shell in south Pella. He taught in Urbandale last year and credited the double win to a morning stake. An ad on another Chronicle Advertiser page shows Jack and Marsha Wiersma receiving the $500 check from Roger Palmquist, partner-owner. Mrs William Christian of La Porte City marks 77 years in Sacred Heart Church as the parish nears its 80th anniversary.
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Jack Wiersma
East First St
Jack
Shell Oil Co
Roger's Shell
South Pella Rec
Nily
Wiersma
Urbandale
Loans On Grains To Mature July 31
About 550 Marion county farmers hold 550,529 bushels of 1967 corn and 983,800 bushels of soybeans under Commodity Credit corporation loans. Loans mature July 31. options are repay and sell, deliver to CCC, reseal on farm for storage payments, or reseal in warehouses. Market prices favor selling. no many will deliver.
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Marion County
Commodity Credit Corporation
Russell E. Crozier
ASC
CCC
Crozier
ASCS
Joan
Y-Teens Of Iowa Open Annual Conference Here
The annual Iowa Y-Teen summer conference gathered about 260 girls from across Iowa and 25 adults on the Central college campus for a Sunday opening. The event runs through Saturday morning June 15 with the theme Look Wider Still and a focus on understanding. Speakers include Dr. Robert Coutts of Parsons college and other leaders from Osceola Charles City and Brazil, highlighting youth work and global perspectives.
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Iowa
Central College
Robert Coutts
Parsons College
Fairfield
YMCA
Carl Showalter
Osceola
Inner Peace Movement
Robert Lux
Charles City High School
Mrs Gerrit Van Zee Dies at 72 in Pella
Mrs. Gerrit H. Van Zee 72 of 411 Broadway died early Monday in Pella Community hospital. Formerly Elizabeth Vander Gaarde she was married to Gerrit H. Van Zee who died May 19. Funeral set for July 12 at 2 pm at First Ref Church with Rev Richart A. De Jong officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery conducted by Van Dyk Duven funeral home. Surviving: daughter Marcile Laning of Oak Park two sisters Mintie Kaldenberg and Ethel Boenc er, and three grandchildren. A sister Mrs. Dick J. Van Zee preceded in death.
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Gerrit H. van Zee
Broadway
Pella Community Hospital
Elizabeth Vander Gaarde
van Zee
Richart A. de Jong
Oakwoc
van Dyk-Duven Funers
Marcile
Robert Laning
Oak Park
Mintie
Robert Kaldenberg
Pell
Ethel
Henry Boencer
Oskaloosa
Dick J. Vai Zee
Collision Injures Four In Two Cars
Four people were injured in a two car crash about 4:20 am on June 5 at the intersection of East Third and Liberty Street. Karen Ver Meer 30244 Liberty St a passenger received rib fractures and a concussion and remained in Pella Community Hospital. Lorna Schakel 401 Elm St the other driver was hospitalized with chin and rib injuries. Jeffrey C. Emmert 619 Elm St and Wendell Frank 603 Spruce St in the other car suffered cuts. Police reported total losses for both cars.
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East Third
Liberty St
Karen Ver Meer
Pella Community Hospital
Ver Meer
Lorna Schakel
Elm St
Jeffrey C. Emmert
Wendell Frank
Spruce St
Schakel
Liberty
Emmert
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Chronicle Phato
Red Rock Dam
Senate
Estes
Rendal
Robert F. Kennedy
Reformed Synod
van Heukelem
Western Theological Seminary
Holland, Mich
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Chronicle
Shell
William Christian
Y-Teens of
John Schmidhauser
University of Iowa
Leonard Wolf
Food For Peace
Brazil
Latin America
Mr. Wolf
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Olaf S. Jondall
Roland Farmer
Marshalltown
Henry Scutte
Jondall
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