Community Notes From Pella and Surrounding Areas
Local social column lists visitors and residents at homes in Pella Iowa and nearby towns. Names include Hoeksema Vogelaar Dixon Scholten Slobe Hackett Tilma Heerema and others with updates on hospitalizations weddings births and travel plans. NATO
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Scholten
Kay
Myra
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Scholten
Catherine Slobe
Slobe
William Slobe
Ronnie
Oskaloosa
M Glenn Hackett
Daught
Cathie
Des Moines
Man of Good Judgment Dies After Highway Crash
Retired and prosperous townsman famed for careful decisions died in a Iowa crash after speeding over 75 mph, veering into a curve, and jumping a four strand barbed wire fence before his car landed in a plowed field. Neighbors recall his caution and his habit of advising others to discuss the road ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Household Utensil Salesmen Are Making False Statements
The Iowa State Department of Health warns homemakers about false claims by kitchenware salesmen claiming certain cookwares cause ulcers cancers arthritis diabetes and kidney diseases. Officials say discoloration from aluminum pots is aluminum hydroxide and not harmful. High grade enamelware aluminum or stainless steel pose no proven cancer or disease risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Department of Health
Ralph Il. Heeren
Division of
Town Crier musings from Pella with Dutch flair and staged cheer
A column notes Dutch season items in Pella including a new spoon from Middelburg with a Lange Jon church handle, a sign reading Muziek Onderkyzer, and Nellie Van Arkel knit stockings. It salutes Tulip Time plans, local displays, piano contest judging at Simpson College on April 29, and festive Easter window displays at Mensch gift shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middelburg
Holland
Rene Vander Linden
Lange Jon
Long John
John Vanden Han
Vander Linden
Simpson College
Mensch
Nellie van Arkel
Mr. C. Bartels
Pella
Certification blanks for small grain due May 14
The Iowa Crop Improvement Association offers application blanks for certifying small grain reed canary grass and bromegrass through Joe L. Robinson at Iowa State College. To certify the 1950 crop, growers must plant certified seed and attach proof of certification. Fields must be weed free with noxious weeds like Canada thistle and bindweed. request the certification requirements and blanks from 311 Curtiss Hall, Ames Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa Crop Improvement Association
Joe L. Robinson
Towa State College Agronomist
Benton
Clinton
Bonda
Cherokee
Nemaha
Shelby
Robinson
Iowa Crop Improvement Association
Curtiss Hall
Ames
Iowa
Mix-Up Ends With Car Swap Misstep at Sioux Center
Jake Sinkey of Ireton entered the wrong car at a Sioux Center eatery, mistaking a Plymouth for his own. After driving home he learned the error and began returning toward Sioux Center, where he collided with a road-grader and damaged the borrowed vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Tilma
North Broadway
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Johanna van Zee
Jake Sinkey
Ireton
Sioux Center
Great Dane Rescue Gone Wrong on Humboldt Ice
Elmer Lendhart’s Great Dane fell through Humboldt River ice. Mrs. Lendhart waded to reach the dog but got to her knees and could not save him. The incident ended with the dog still in danger as onlookers aided efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Kempkes
Tunis Kempkes
Philip
Kansas City
National Broadcasting Company
Chicago
Washington
Elmer Lendhart
Humboldt
Major Climbed Out Under His Own Power
A brief report notes that Major climbed out under his own power after an incident, with onlookers observing the event and authorities confirming the recovery.
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Telephone
Joe Hoeksema
Gary Vogelaar
Gerald Dixon
Missouri Valley
Mr. Dixon
Central States Electric Co
John Heerema
North 26Th Street
Tacoma
John
Orting
Phyllis Hickman
Indianola
Carol Ver Steeg
A. A. Rockwell
W. MH. Rockwell
Springfield
Missouri
C. Arganbright
Fremont
Town
Jacob van Wyk
Helen Neyenesch
Rockwells
Wayne Pos
Ackley
John W. Vander Linden
William
Bill) Slickers
Ft. Meade, South Dakota
Nelson van Wie
Oak Ridge
Tennessee
Marion Wormhoudt
van Wie
Marion Wynin
Marion
Collins Radio Corporation
C. Evers
Orange City
Mrs
Richard Seemsbergen
Mr. and
Leland Vander Linden
Leighton
Fort Houston
Texas
Carl E. Vander Ploeg
D. Vander Ploeg
Main St
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston
Brooke General Hospital
Percy Jones General Hospital
Battle Creek
Michigan
van der Ploeg
University of Town School of Medicine
Duane Busby
Mahaskaospital
Harold Veenstra
Donna Jeanne
Henry van Roekel
Mart Vander Linden
Ruth
Minnie Kool
Ed Boland
Albia
Kathryn
Boland
Gerald Morrow
Boland Country Home
Bertha Wanders
Leonard Allen
Mahaska
Herman Nollen
Floyd Needham
Marvin de Zwarte
Gerrit de Kock
A. T. van Zante
Bob Hullihan
Peter Kuyper
Atlantic Ocean
Pete
Chronicle
Burgemer
Jon de Hoog
Mart Heerema
Barred Rock Cox
White Rocks
New Hampshire Reds
J. H. Skinn Hatchery
Ss. Kooyman
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Pella Sale Barn
Guernsey
Jersey
Pella Sale CO
Vander Zyl Bros
Pella National Bank
Vandermeulen Hoeksema Co
Main Street
Tad
Rtd Re Yee
CSOT
Firestone Tractor Tires
Ween Firestone
Firestone
Liberal
Fluid Service
Cal
Klyn Tire Service