Weekly Visit With Chronicle Subscribers and Local Life
Dick Van Zee owner of seven sows with 98 pigs adds a rural hog note to a Leighton area visit. William De Prenger, school director, voices stance against drastic teacher wage cuts while praising Leighton bank access. profiles of Ver Ploeg and Synhorst families provide farm history and community ties.
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Dick van Zee
Leighton
Ver Ploeg
Henry
Govert Ver Ploeg
Lucille
Bernice
Joyce
Peter Synhorst
Synhorst
de Prenger
Black Oak Center
Scott School
Leighton Bank
Des Moines
Pella
de Prongar
Norris, Nelson
Moody
Belgian Draft Stallion Ivondale Farceur No 17077
Belgian Draft stallion Ivondale Farceur No 17077 roan with star, sire Irvinedale Oriental line, dam Farceurs Image. Listed lineage includes Alfred de Bree names and multiple ancestors. Will be at L. M. Van Zante Place one mile southwest of Pella. telephone 626-3434.
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Yvondale Farceur
Irvinedale Oriental
Alfred de Bree
Oriental
Flore
Farcoms
Shadyland
Farceurs
Selle de Nieuport
L. M. van Zante
Pella
Quail Care Contest Promises Shotgun Prize to Top Essayist
Sigourney Review reports Tom Johnson, the local game warden, will present a shotgun to the boy who writes the best article on how he cared for quail this past winter. Several county youths participated, and Johnson announced the plan last fall. The piece by a Pella lad features Earl's rendition of Wieniawski's Concerto in D Minor, a performance praised for its striking musical impact.
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Sigourney Review
Tom Johnson
Johnson
Frank
Jack
Steinways
Pella Lad
Wieniawski
Karl
Reckless driver fined in Mayor Gordon court
Earle Hardy of Des Moines pleaded guilty to reckless driving in the crim inal division of Kizzoner's court. Sheriff Frank Houghtaling arrested him near Norwalk after a midnight collision with a Cord bearing Des Moines fight fans returning from Winterset. Hardy, a coal hauler from Des Moines, was fined 10 and costs for the wreck and failing to stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianola Tribune
N. D. Gordon
Winterset
Hardy
Houghtaling
Local violinist in concert at Grinnell College
Grinnell College Glee Club hosted its 39th annual home concert on April 8. Earl Van Rees was away from home though a friend learned he would perform. Directed by Prof. David E. Peck, the program featured nine selections and solos by Gene Grounds with the tenor voice.
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Grinnell College Glee Club
Pella
Earl van Rees
Earl
David E. Peck
Gene Grounds
Home
Oscar Fox
Farmer East of Chariton Struck by Lightning
Lucas county farmer Harry Wright was struck by lightning in a barn east of Chariton on Thursday afternoon. The fire destroyed the barn, 30 to 35 sheep died, and hay stock food and harness were lost. Wright was rescued by his wife and neighbors, taken from the building minutes before collapse, and recovered from shock with fire loss estimated at 1500 dollars, partly insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville Express
Harry Wright
Lucas County
Chariton
Wright
Newton man gains judgment in breach of title case
Gidley of Newton, owner of a hamburger shop, was awarded $1,400 plus $300 interest by a jury in district court at Waterloo on Thursday March 30 after a two day trial. He sued John C. Taylor of Waterloo for $1,500 damages alleging breach of title to a building.
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Jasper County
Gidley
Newton
Waterloo
John C. Taylor
Gidley case ends with jury to decide damages
After Gidley's attorneys presented evidence in the trial, the defense moved for a directed verdict but was overruled. The defense then asked the judge to instruct the jury to return a verdict for the plaintiff and let the jury determine only the amount. That motion was sustained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Gidley
Shake Off Self-Pity Quote Advice From Van Amburgh
A reflective exhortation urges abandoning self-pity as mental self-harm. It compares pity to slow poison and notes many people are worse off, urging action over despair when hungry helpless or ill.
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van Amburgh
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Chronicle
Lucille Ver Ploeg
William DE Prenger
Mrs. van Zee
Oskaloosa
Mr. van Zee
van Zee
John Brouwer
Gerrit Brouwer
Andrew Bronwer
Andrew Lubbers
Richard van Heukelem
Old Home Place
Will Vander Haar
Mitchellville
William ‘Tysseling
William van Rockel
Rose’ Hill
Jake Veldhuizen
Harry Newendorp
Andys
Husky
Glenn
Gene
Clarence
Ruth van Houweling
Dick van Houweling
New Sharon
Dingaman de Prenger
Harry
Mr. de Prenger
Beulah
Bess
Ernest de Cook
John
Gon
Will Kempe
Howard Harry
Francene
Ivondale Farceur
Atlantic Monthly
Atlantic
Iowa
Sigourney
Gordon
Grinnell College
ATLAS
Dick Diekema
Franklin and
East First Streets
Broadway and
Franklin Streets
Joe Stientjes
Newton Man
Crown Gasoline
Verought Standard
Oskaloosa Street
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Atlas Tires
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