REA project brings power to Marion Mahaska and Jasper farmers
Farmers organized a cooperative in Pella area to obtain Rural Electrification Administration funding. They built 70 miles of line serving over 100 customers, with a substation and operation by the Pella Municipal Light and Power Plant. Electric use covers pumping, poultry, milking, and lighting, including hen houses, boosting egg production and farm efficiency. The project charges lower rates than private firms and spurred competition, while line durability proved strong in a recent storm. Total funding now stands at $63,000 with $5,823.17 more available. Officers listed: Harold Veenstra president, Louis Van Roekel vice president, John W. Boot secretary, John Van den Baard treasurer.
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Pella
Rural Electrification Administration
Pella Cooperative Association
Durabili
John Hocksema
Lin
Harold Veenstra
Louis van Roekel
John W. Boot
John Vanden Baard
Critical voices and future chances to help
The remark notes that critics often avoid helping the troubled and warns that those who judge may someday face similar scrutiny. It underscores the value of constructive aid over fault finding and suggests a reciprocal fate in criticism.
Scholte’s rent drive aided by trusted collector
Rev. Henry Peter Scholte, a large landowner, faced rent chaos as tenants complained of hard times. To verify fairness, he hired H. P. Haze via Mrs. A. Dee dyn to collect rents and probe conditions. The result increased rent collections and softened reported hardships, revealing stronger willpower in some than others.
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Henry Peter Scholte
A. Deedyn
Home For
Doedyns
Scholte
H. P. Haze
Dominic Schulte
Hazel
Pella
Pella Patriots Honor Fallen World War Heroes
Pella, with strong Dutch heritage, sent many to World War I and endured losses. Two locally fallen in combat are honored, others died in camps from disease, inspiring respect at the Van Veen Van Hemert Post memorial hall.
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Pella
American Legion Memorial Hall
van Veen-Van Hemert
Local citizens meet wartime calls with generous support
The report notes Pella residents donated large sums during the war and exceeded every quota for liberty bonds, war savings stamps, Red Cross, and Y M C A efforts. It praises those who mind their own business yet respond to national appeals, stressing the ideal of vigilant, prudent citizenship.
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Red Cross
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Eae Pere Iil
Prt Ban
George Heeren
Gysbert
John van Vark
Holland
Legion Hall
Marion
Mahaska
Jasper Counties
Ward's Riverside
the King of
Tires
Ward
Riel
NEW Deal Twins
Carl and
Carroll Ver Steeg
George Ver Steeg
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mary Linder
Leo Linder
J.C. Penney
United States
Farm Bureau
Murphy’s
Dick Leydens
East Franklin
Pella, Iowa
Geo. Heeren
W. First St
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