Legislature to Consider School Aid Proposals
Local school boards watch the legislative session as HF 378 and SF 352 seek substantial state funding increases for districts. The plan calls for about 18.9 million direct aid, plus 34.6 million total, tying aid to enrollment, organization standards, and a 17 mill local levy, with districts maintaining 12 to 13 year systems and meeting spending thresholds. The Pella district is cited with 20.8 percent potential rise in general aid if enacted.
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Oper
General Assembly
State Board of Public Instruction
Senate
State Board
Omar
Ional
Pella
Iowa teachers urge state aid measures amid crowded schools
Parente and Honohan join Hildreth in backing state board proposals for increased education aid. They call on parents teachers and school patrons to urge legislators to act noting overcrowded classrooms teacher shortages and high local property taxes as reasons for emergency funding.
Marion County Saving Bonds Worth Eleven Million Four Hundred Three Thousand
Marion county residents hold Series E and H savings bonds with a current value of 11,403,000 dollars based on 1941 to 1964 sales totals. Co chairs Eldon Job and HH Kuyper cited Palmer estimates that 60 percent of invested amounts remain in current value. They highlighted bonds as a spending reserve benefiting local business, employment, and future needs.
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Iowa
King R. Palmer
United States Savings Bonds Dhion
Eldon Job
Knoxville
HH. Kuyper
Palla
Marion County
Palmer
National Savings Bonds Office
Citzens
E and H
Jasper
Mahaska
Easter Services and Local Weddings in Peoria Voice
Sunday worship at the Peoria church drew a large crowd as Mrs. John Westercamp and others attended a Lord s Death and Resurrection service. A wedding united Geneva Dahm and Gerald Rozenboom with Rev Verduin and Rev Bandstra officiating. about 200 guests attended.
Church Guests and Local Transfers Noted in Pella Area
Church guests visited the Arthur Hockman home on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Daven is connected with Van Dyk Funeral Home in Pella. Mrs. Ann Roose remains very weak and continues to decline. Miss Mathilda De Hoogh of Inwood, Iowa, spent the weekend with her sister and the Arthur Hockmans.
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Andrew Wetzig
Minneapolis
Minn
Avery Wetsig
Jake Stursma
Henry Vander Linden
Bonna Nibbelink
Tne
E. Nibbelink
John Kloosterman
Simon Bokhoven
Ronald Blanke
Betty
Roy Vander Wal
John van Wyk
Lester van Wyk
Lambert van Wyk
Pete
Christian Edification Women’s League
Sully Chr
Melvin Dear
Michigan
Otto Pothoven
Garret Pothoven
Holland
Afton
John A. Roose
Harlingen A. F. B
Texas
Syburn de Vries
Wiebe de Vries
Wilson Daven
Pella
Arthur Hockman
Daven
van Dyk
Ann Roose
Mathilda de Hoogh
Inwood
Iowa
Arthur Hockmans
Daily Weather Readings for April 6 7
Temperature and rainfall data cover 24 hours ending at 7:00 a.m. reporting rainfall and the day's high and low temperatures. On April 6 the reading shows a maximum temperature of 64 and a minimum of 64. On April 7 rainfall 0.0 inches with a maximum of 82 and a minimum of 30.
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Peoria
Mra
John Westercamp
Jean
Ye de Young
Gerald Paul Vander Hart
Janice’ Nell de Young
Gordon
Joyce van Sant
Elim School
Illinois
Geneva Dahm
Leonard Dahm
Gerald Rozenboom
Joe Rozenboom
H. Verduin
Andy Bandstra
Lincoln Center
Andy
Veenstra
John
Boat & Boatsma
Pella Station
U. S. Weather Bureau
E. ¢. Beaning
Sam
Ae Ld
Joe Stientjes
Southern
Iowa State College
van Gorp Hatchery
Bob Chamberlain
Pella Garden
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