Pella City Hostess Program Signals Civic Outreach
The Pella community survey shows residents favor modest expansion of the Legion Hall but see no urgent need. It notes possible auditorum enlargement, financing issues, and questions whether new resident outreach should include more programs. The Junior Chamber starts City Hostess efforts to greet newcomers after Welcome Wagon ended. Next topics toast industry appeal and community capacity.
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Legion Hall
Legion Post
Pella
Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Welcome Wagon
Welcome Newcomers to Pella Community
Pella unveils City Hostess program led by Mrs Gladys Harris Nieuwsma to greet new residents and ease them into the area. Calls will welcome families and widows, with basket gifts and offers from local businesses, while a newcomers club may be formed for social events.
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Pella
Harris
Gladys) Nieuwsma
Sle
Harris Nieuwsma
Central College
Sandridge
Gary
Nieuwsma
Jaycees
Tulip Time festival prep and volunteer calls in nine days
Nine days remain before Tulip Time as residents plan last minute marketing, costume sewing, and event arrangements. The column notes schedule changes for the street scrubbers at 7 15 each evening and invites volunteers, including a pet for Mr B, Dutch costumes for past Tulip Queens, and baby parade entries.
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Jack Cook
Mayfair
Marie Blecka
Maurice Birdsall
Legion Hall
Managers Needed for Little League and Softball Teams
Men who want to manage a boys Little League team or a girl's softball team should contact the Recreation Commission or Jim Ruthven as soon as possible. The programs rely on men with fine character and strong leadership abilities.
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the Recreation Commission
Jim Ruthven
Van Arkel Paltzer Buy Pella Lunch and Sandwich Shop
Edgar Van Arkel and Mrs Joe Paltzer became owners of Pella’s Lunch and Sandwich Shop on the east side of the square. They bought the business last Thursday from Gene Vande Lune, who ran the Holland House and worked as a sales representative for Van Gorp Insurance. Van Arkel teaches in Newton and Paltzer will run the cafe alone until the school year ends.
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Edgar van Arkel
Joe Paltzer
Pella
Gene Vande Lune
Holland House
van Gorp Insurance Agency
van Arkel
Newton
Paltzer
Sully
Roberts Joins Veterinarians Van Dyk Crawford
Dr. Kenneth Roberts accepts a position with Drs Van Dyke and Crawford and will move with his wife and two children on June 1 to assume his duties. He farmed eight years before veterinary school, interned in Creston in summer 1962, and graduated from Kansas State University.
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Roberts
van Dyk, Crawford
Kenneth Roberts
Drs. van Dyke & Crawford
Will
Dr. Roberts
School of Veterinary Medicine
Creston
Kansas State University
Deaths: Mrs. J. Tuinstra and John Rempe obituaries
Mrs. Jake Tuinstra 91 died at 802 West Second. Services held at Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Muyskens in charge. Survived by five children, two brothers, one sister, nine grandchildren, six great grandchildren. John Rempe 80 died unexpectedly at home near Leighton. Service 1:30 p.m. at Ebenezer Reformed Church with Rev. Vanden Berg. Survived by four children, twelve grandchildren, four great grandchildren, two brothers, two sisters. Complete obituaries to appear Thursday.
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Jake Tuinstra
West Second Street
van Dyk-Duven
George Muyskens
Tuinstra
Otley
Lewis
Montgomery
Minn
Margaret
Pella
Herman
Phoenix
Ariz
Robert
Des Moines
Erwin
Kathryn) Lustig
Wheaton
Ill
Herman Fennema
Chester Fennema
Monroe
Madge MclIntiré
Kansas City
John Rempe
Leighton
Ebenezer Reformed Church
William E. Vanden Berg
Elmer
Mildred) van Duren
Oskaloosa
Henry M. Rempe
Gerald
Jack) Rempe
Homer Rempe
Dena Meppelink
Gerrit Veldhuizen
James Rempe
On-Job Training Offered Here To Women 18-40
United States Department of Labor and Iowa State Employment Service partner with Pella Manufacturing Company to train women on the job as sewing machine operators. The firm, a garment maker, seeks thirty new workers aged 18 to 40 due to rising demand. The program aims to place qualified applicants in roughly thirty positions at the plant in Des Moines area.
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United States Department of Labor
Iowa State Employment Service
Pella Manufacturing Company
Bill Trauger
Overall
Girls Invited To Sign for Softball League
Registration for a girls softball league will be held Thursday 7 at the Legion building from 7 30 to 9 p m for high school students married and single women. Games start Tuesday June 4 at 5 45 p m with teams assigned to existing groups and those who wish to play together.
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Legion
Tuesiday
Vanishing prairie at Big Rock Park explained
In Big Rock Park the prairie stage shows grasses weeds and composites thriving in sun exposed soil rich in organic nutrients. Shrubs are advancing, reducing light for grasses while hawthorns locusts and buck brush encroach, signaling progression to the shrub stage and eventual loss of prairie life.
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Big Rock Park
Prairie
the Chronicle
Big Rock
Holland spotlight on Today morning series on WHO TV
WHO TV airs a special Holland feature each morning this week between 7 and 9 as part of the Today show. The segments highlight local places and events, aiming to engage morning viewers with the Holland area.
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WHO Television
Holland
Chronicle Wins 1st Place Award
The Chronicle received a first place award in a state wide competition among weekly and twice weekly papers for special editions. Des Moines hosted the Town Press Convention where The Chronicle's 1962 Tulip Time edition, a 56 page issue, won for its feature stories on local people, business, industry, Pella's Tulip Festival and community progress. The paper also earned honorable mention for best advertising idea in ads sponsored by Marion County State Bank, which designed the ad format and signature. A new ad series is planned.
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The
Metro
Town Press
Des Moines
Chronicle
Pella
Marion County State Bank
Pitch Club Celebrates Phil De Vries Birthday
Phil De Vries treated the Pitch Club to coffee and donuts last week to mark his birthday, with members noting the informal gathering as a cheerful social moment.
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Phil. de Vries
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Terest
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Minneapolis Star
Oldsmobile Rocket Magazine
Elmer Ver Meer
Tudor Kempkes
Martha Ver Meer
Ruth Kempkes
Phil
Biloxi
Mississippi
White Way Auto
Wilson
Bernace Vander Linden
Michael Cherkala
Cleveland
Ohio
Dennis Jelsma
Jack Schippers
Jelsma
Schippers
Broadlawns Hospital
Paul Bradigan
Public Safety Building
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Pella*Manufacturing Company
Dick Vander
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