Mahaska County Votes Bond Issue for Road Improvement
Mahaska County voters are to decide on issuing bonds to improve the primary road system, paving and grading roads to speed funding from state and federal sources. The plan, backed by good roads advocates, would raise about ten cents per acre on farm land in Black Oak Township, with similar costs in nearby townships, to complete surfacing within a few years.
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Mahaska County
Marion County
Good Roads Committee
Black Oak
Richland
Lowa
Ed Van Zante Named Alderman at Large in Pel la
Following Dan Dieleman’s move to a Wapello County farm, Ed Van Zante was chosen by the council as the new alderman at large. The vote was Van Zante three, Teunis Plette two, and a certificate of election issued to Van Zante. It is his first public office and he has long served in the fire department.
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Dan D. Dieleman
Wapello
Pella
Mr. Dieleman
Ed van Zante
van Zante
Teunis Plette
Altho
Fire Department
Dieleman
Former Pella Resident Dick Kallemeyn Dies at Little Rock
Dick Kallemeyn died in Little Rock Iowa on March 18 at age 48 years 8 months 3 days from tuberculosis. He was a nephew of Mrs. B Brom of this city and is survived by his wife four children two grandchildren his father and mother one brother and four sisters. The family moved from Pella to Sioux County in 1883.
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Little Rock
Iowa
Dick Kallemeyn
B. Brom
Pella
Sioux County
Ed LeCocq Replaces Ding Darling At Evening Tribune
Announcement from the Sunday Des Moines Register says J N Darling has recovered his health and will resume work at the paper. Ed LeCocq of Pella will draw a daily cartoon for the Tribune News while Darling returns, a rise in Iowa pride noted by editors and readers.
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Des Moines Register
J. N. Darling
Ding” Register
Ed LeCocq
Pella
Tribune News
Register-Tribune Company
Iowa
Ding
Register
Ed le Cocq
Sunday Register
New Numbering System for Iowa Automobiles
The Des Moines automotive department announces a radical change in 1927 license plates. Each Iowa county will receive a new permanent number with letters representing the first ten counties and numbers for the rest. Polk will be A and Woodbury B, Adair becomes 1, up to Wright as 88, enabling 26 counties to join the large list as car counts grow.
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Automobile Department
Des Moines
Polk County
Woodbury
Adair
Wright
College Girls With Glee Club in Chicago Tour
Chicago in April 1926. The Ladies Glee Club describes a rough overland trip from Iowa through Des Moines Ames Grundy Center Eldora and Dyersville to Rockford Elgin and finally Chicago. Snow banks six to eight feet hindered travel and an oil truck rescued the stalled bus before a packed Second Reformed church Englewood concert. The group notes greetings to Uncle Billy and fondly mentions Pellicans and several friends seen in Chicago.
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Billy
Ladies’ Glee Club
Chicago
Pella
Iowa
Des Moines
Ames
Grundy Center
Eldora
Dyersville
Mississippi
Dubuque
Monroe
Rockford
Ilinois
Elgin
Second Reformed
Englewood
New York
Marion
Edna
Gerrit Rozeboom
Connie de Bruin
Ike van der Meiden
Nealie Mokma
Franklin Donai
Pella Builds More New Structures In Industrial District
Leases signed on fore noon secure Pella Building Company expansion on Franklin Street across from existing sites. Demolition of F. C. Hakkers cleaning shop and Ten Brook house to create sixty foot front for a new one story modern business and office block. Fireproof construction and updated facilities to host Hakkers cleaning shop Dr. F F Carpenter and Dr. H C Wormhoudt with Ye Foto Shop Reavers and Hollebrands to occupy modern gallery space by July 1.
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Pella Building Company
Franklin Street
Pella
F. C. Hakkers
Ten Brook House
Hakkers
Reavers & Hollebrands
Ye Foto Shop
F. F. Carpenter
H. C. Wormhoudt
Boys Glee Club to Give Radio Concert
The Boys Glee Club of Central College announces a radio concert from Station WHO Des Moines from 8 20 to 9 00 p m Monday April 12.
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Boys Glee Club
Central College
WHO
Des Moines
Fire at Van Oostrum home in early morning blaze
Fire department responded to Henry Van Ooostrum residence at 413 East First Street after a small chimney fire scorched wallpaper but caused no major damage. Residents were not injured and fire crews cleared the scene.
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Henry van Ooostrum
East First Street
Central College Ladies Glee Club Impresses Englewood Audience
Cornie reports hearing the Central College Ladies Glee Club at the Second Reformed Church of Englewood Chicago. She praises their artistry and the pianist Miss Meyer, noting the program was superb and the group appeared at ease on stage.
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Babylon
Miss Meyer
New Building Contractors Set For Ground Floor Leases
The leases held by the professional gentlemen expire this fall and they will relocate to ground floor rooms in the new building. Chas Lautenbach & Son are the contractors for the project, promising careful construction and a high grade result.
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Chas, Lautenbach & Son
This Picture Won The Sunday Register Prize
W J Wagner of this city won prizes in a photogra phy contest by the Des Moines Sunday Register. The pictured man is D S Huber, a Pella elder on his ninetieth birthday, as featured in the Chronicle with notes on Huber life. The Chronicle invites electro supplied portraits of aged individuals.
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W. J. Wagner
Des Moines Sunday Register
Sunday Register
Wagner
Pella
D. S. Huber
Chronicle
Mr. Huber
Oskaloosa Road Boosters Visit Pella Monday
A Mahaska county road committee headed by H. S. Rhynsburger Warren Caldwell and Lamberson met Pella business leaders to discuss road surfacing plans. Caldwell explained Iowa road law changes including the development fund share benefiting Mahaska County with over a half million dollars if the bond issue passes. The meeting, organized by Pella Chamber chairman H P Van Gorp, showed shared interests and broad support for improving county and adjacent roads.
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Mahaska County
H. S. Rhynsburger
Warren Caldwell
Lamberson
Oskaloosa
Pella
Caldwell
General Assembly
Marion County
Mahaska
Pella Editorial urged readers to boost town prosperity
The piece argues prosperity rests with individuals not the town and urges all residents to read the educational campaign editorials sponsored by Pella professional and business interests. It promotes renewed courage and community effort to make Pella an ideal example for others, with the eleventh editorial promised next month.
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Pella
G S Van Zee Celebrates 84th Birthday
Mr. G. S. Van Zee celebrated his 84th birthday on Saturday April 8 at the J R Van Zee home 1008 Franklin Street with a gathering of his children siblings and other relatives. He remains in good health for his age though his eyesight and hearing are diminishing. He visits town daily and enjoys meeting friends. The Chronicle offers congratulations.
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G. S. van Zee
J. R. van Zee
Franklin Street
the Chronicle
Baptists Lose Pastor Derbyshire to Des Moines Church
Rev. George M. Derbyshire resigns after nearly three years at the Pella Baptist Church to take a pastorate at the University Baptist Church in Des Moines. His April 30 departure ends a tenure marked by expanded religious education, a doubled Sunday School, and cooperative programs with public schools.
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George M. Derbyshire
DES Moines University Church
Baptist Church
University Baptist Church
Des Moines
Mr. Derbyshire
Pella
Princeton Theological Seminary
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Paterson
N. J
Derbyshire
Waterloo
van Veen- van Hemert
American Legion
Pella Chamber of Commerce
Des Moines University
New Sharon Lets Contract for Paving
New Sharon town council opened bids for eleven blocks of paving to be done this season and awarded the contract to Western Asphalt Corporation of Sioux City Iowa at 204 per square yard. About 9 000 square yards are involved at an estimated cost of 18 500 dollars for asphaltic surface on reinforced concrete base, 24 feet wide. Construction to start by May first or as weather allows. The Sioux City firm won over two competitors.
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New Sharon
Western Asphalt Corporation
Sioux City
Iowa
Professor Hacke Loses Mother at Iowa City
Professor J. E. Hacke learned of his mother Mrs. J. W. Hacke's death at a hospital in Iowa City Saturday evening April 3. Her home was Lone Tree Iowa, and she had undergone an operation two weeks earlier. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon in Lone Tree after the Hackes traveled from Pella.
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J. E. Hacke
J. W. Hacke
Iowa City
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Evening Tribune
Illinois
van Oostrum
Glee Club
Cornie
W. 19Th Street
Holland
Michigan
Oskaloosa Road Boosters
G.S. van Zee
Professor Hacke
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