J C Penney Founder Remembered For Vision In Kemmerer
J C Penney founder and board chairman is celebrated as an American success story. Born to a farmer and preacher, he started with 500 dollars savings and 1500 borrowed, opening a Kemmerer Wyoming dry goods store in 1902. He built it on the Golden Rule and expanded to over 1600 stores, making the Penney name synonymous with fair dealing.
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J. C. Penney
Misouri
Kemmerer
Wic
J.C. Penney
Farm Clean Up Week Planned for Marion County
April 13 to 19 is set as Farm Clean-Up Week in Marion County with emphasis on family planning and safety. Marion County Council Director Forrest J. Kohrt urges discussions on tasks for each member, while Norval Wardle of Iowa State College suggests clearing stairways, proper lighting, color coded steps, tidy yards, secure fences, and organized tool storage to reduce accidents and raise farmstead value and appeal.
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Marion County
Forrest J. Kohri
Marion
Kohrt
Norval Wardle
Iowa State College
Ion
Wardle
Birthday Remembrances Highlight Aged Home Residents
On April 13 the Home for the Aged marked Mrs Ella Johnsons 79th birthday. Several visitors including M Van Gorp, E C Kruse man, Barnes, Maggie Zee of Des Moines, Wernie of Davenport, Melvin Van Veen, Pete Pol and a daughter visited Mrs Henry Vanderlt and L Langstraat, L Wielard, and Otley resident Jennie Vander Kolk called.
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Ella Johnson
M. van Gorp
E. C. Kruseman
Leighton
Barnes
Maggie Zee
Des Moines
Wernie
Davenport
Melvin van Veen
Henry Vander
Ilt
Pete Pol
L. Langstraat
Monroe man crushed by falling timber while cutting trees
Con Kaldenberg 57 lifelong Monroe resident was killed Monday afternoon when a tree toppled onto him during timber removal on land seven miles east of Monroe. His son Orville, wife, another son, five brothers and three sisters survive.
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Con Kaldenberg
Monroe
Kaldenberg
Orville
Des Moines Register
Leighton Town Council Meeting Minutes April 7 1952
Regular Leighton Iowa council session notes minutes read and approved. Motions authorize payment of bills to Town Power Light Co for 19.51, John F. E. Van Zee 93.78, and Pella Chronicle 4.55. Motion carried. No further business.
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Leighton
Towa
Iowa
Henry Sedrel
Howard Glendening
Town Power Light Co
John F. E. van Zee
Pella Chronicle
Frank Van Haaften to adjourn in session
The court adjourned the session with a vote of carried. Clerk Harold A. DeBruin noted the adjournment. A stray saying compares a nail driven into a tree trunk staying at the same height five years on.
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Frank van Haaften
Harold A. DeBruin
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Wyoming
First Penney
Stover
Mart Hoeksema
Leighton Town Council
Ss. Kodyman
State College
Hamilton
Bulova
Wylers
Royce
Jewelry
Brom’s
NEW Hampshire Reds
Ames
Cross
Brom Hatchery
Pella, Iowa
Rempkes
Franklin
S&h
Penney's
NA Naal Smda Department
Sheer
Denier
New Spring
China
Tay
Gabardine
Coats
Penney
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