County building plan outlines new courthouse layout
Architect Ramsey sketches a multi floor Marion county courthouse with second and third floor offices for treasurer engineer recorder auditor and supervisors plus a district courtroom on a third floor. After a 400 pound ceiling piece fell the board weighs replacing the 71 year old structure with a bond issue. Immediate repairs cost 72730 and full remodeling 443000, seen as too high versus a new building.
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Board of Supervisors
Marion County
Recorder’s Office
Anniversary Open House for Rev and Mrs John Benes
The Rev and Mrs John Benes of 510 Broadway will host an open house at Third Reformed Church Fellowship Hall on Friday June 16 to mark their silver wedding anniversary and 25 years of ministry in the Reformed Church serving Michigan Illinois and Iowa. Call times are 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 8 30 pm with brief programs at 2 30 and 7 30. Catherine Kleinjan and John Benes married June 17 1942 in Sanborn.
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John Benes
Broadway
Fellowship Hall
Third Reformed Church
The
Reformed Church
Michigan
Illinois
Iowa
Catherine Kleinjan
Sanborn
Allen Benes
Pella
Donald
Mary
Central to Offer Special Education Courses in 67 68
Central College will offer special education courses in the 1967-68 year under Dr. Norman E. Ryerson. Visiting professor Dr. Harold Galbreath will teach for current teachers and those preparing to teach. Summer school features include The Exceptional Child and Methods and Curriculum Development for the Mentally Retarded. The latter runs June 26 to July 14 with a June 26 registration. Fall and spring offerings include Social Development in School and Psychology of the Retarded along with Learning Problems.
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Central
Central College
Norman E. Ryerson
Department of Education
Harold Galbreath
Iowa Y-Teen Sessions Open At Pella Again
Iowa Y-Teen Summer Conference opens at Central College in Pella with 285 delegates and 260 girls from Y-Teen groups across Iowa. Leaders and guests include state officers from Des Moines and Burlington, planning committee members from Muscatine Clinton Marshalltown and Atlantic, plus national YWCA representative Miss Margaret King of Chicago and overseas guest Miss Ruth Kingangi from Kenya. Election of new officers of the Town conference set for Friday afternoon.
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Iowa
Central College
Young Women’s Christian Association
Otis Winkelman
Ottumwa
William Stoyles
Mason City
Eleanor Roberts
Burlington
Lavonne Koch
Des Moines
Living Unit Group
Jeanne Reese
Corning
Anne van Arkel
Creston
Cindy Needles
Knoxville
Kathy Hudson
Mary Barton
Muscatine
Martha Logan
Clinton
Ann South- Wagoner
New Hartford
Louise Elmquist
Audubon
Nancy
Cornie W. Vroom Dies in Pella Area Rites Held Today
Cornie W. Vroom, 80, longtime Pella area resident, died Sunday in Pella Community Hospital. Funeral services were conducted at 10:30 a.m. today in the Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Chapel, with courses in education and curriculum development for the mentally retarded noted as part of a broader program.
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Cornie W. Vroom
Pella
van Dyk-Duven
VROOM Rites Held For Pella Resident
Burial at Oakwood Cemetery followed services by Reverends Vermeer and De Jong. Surviving widow Jennie Vander Linden Vroom and two daughters in Pella. Vroom, born Feb 13 1887 near Pella, married Jennie Feb 21 1912. He farmed near Pella, joined First Reformed Church, and died recently. several siblings and a host of grandchildren noted.
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Douglas de Jong
Larry Renaud
Robert Vroom
Leroy Vroom
Gerald R. Vander Linden
Ray Vander Linden
Vroom
William Vroom
Everdina Gerritje Pleiter
Pella
Jennie Vander Linden
Viola
Henry B. Vermeer
Naomi
Frank de Jong
Local Residents Visit Various Homes in area
Mr and Mrs Howard Shelton and Diana from Chariton visited William Franklin. Mr and Mrs Ernest Anderson and family from Chariton dined at W A Andersons home. Mr and Mrs Thomas Anderson and Kenneth called on. Mr and Mrs Walter Chambers visited G H Franklins.
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George Kingery
William Franklin
Art Ryerson
Pella Hospital
Melinda
First Christian Church
Knoxville
Howard Shelton
Diana
Chariton
Don Alley
Pleasantville
Ernest Anderson
W. A. Anderson
Thomas Anderson
Walter Chambers
G. H. Franklin
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County
Welfare Department
Ramsey
Seat of Justice
Superintendent of Schools
Open House
South
Chicago
Bogaard
Teraco
Don’s
Radio & TV
Ofa
Emerson
Ben van Hal
Roger's Shell
Roger
SHELL
S&h
Schakel
Oakwood Cemetery
Henry J. Vermeer
Richard A. de Jong
Pick de Heus
Carol Diane de Jong
Minnie
Tunis Vogelaar
Mitchellville
Johanna Veldhuizen
Gert Crum
Jennie Ver Ploeg
Gerrit Vroom
Coal Ridge News
Coal Ridge
Augustine Hill
Kenneth
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