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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1957

Page

10

Farmers Hybrid seed corn and farm goods for sale

Listings of agricultural products and hardware for sale including Farmers Hybrid seed corn, ready mix product, lime and concrete mix, hog feeders, 18 rotary mower, Portland cement, various cables and hardware. Multiple local sellers advertise prices and contact codes such as MA 8-2073 MA 8-2989 MA 8-2182 and store names like Western Auto and Schakel Warehouse Co. Local ads cover seed, grain, animal feed, pest control, and home repair items.

H. van Rheenen H.p. Mercury Brouwer G. Ai van Dyk Bakker Western Auto Robert Mitchell Portland Gament Schakel_ Warehouse Co Western Auto Associate Pella Block & Tile Co Bakker & Rus Clinton Manchester R. Hammer Bond EOE Schakel .Warehouse Co Hoeksema’s

Lost items seek rewards and returns after notices

Lost items include a baseball glove with contact MA 6 3316, a Noblet clarinet in a case left on the bandstand July 13 with request to return to Chronicle, and two Springer Spaniel dogs one male one female missing near Knoxville Water Works. Call Robert Spine in Monroe or collect 183W for reward.

Iday Knoxville Robert Spine Monroe

Poultry and Laundry Service Advertisements

A cluster of old classified entries offers washer and dryer repairs, poultry and egg pickup, culling and de-worming services, Electrolux sales, auto repair for rusted body parts, home cleaning, floor refinishing, and beauty services. Contact numbers include MA 8-2671 MA 8-2610 MA 8-2680 MA 8-3628 MA 8-4167 and MA 8-8270 for various vendors.

Pella Pella Poultry Service Electrolux G. Vander Hart Kiigma Wyk Technic Vera's

Battle Ridge Beyers School reunion and notices

The Battle Ridge Beyers School reunion will be held August 8 at 10 p m at Lynnville Old Settlers Park for all former teachers and pupils. Lost black leather billfold with pictures and money, reward offered. Barber shop ad lists starting Saturday haircut prices at Leighton Knoxville Iowa. Notice of will filing for Peter L Van Rees and formation of Pella Limestone Co Marion County Iowa with capital stock details.

Battle Ridge Beyers School Sully Lynnville Old Settlers Park Couch van Veen

Pella Limestone Company Directors and Officers Named

The document states a board of at least three directors two to be officers, elected at annual meetings after July. Initial directors listed are Arnold H. Van Zee, Wm. R. Monsma, Marjorie Van Zee, and John F. Van Zee of Pella Iowa. Officers named include President Arnold I Van Zee Vice President Wm. R. Monsma Secretary Marjorie Van Zee and Treasurer Marjorie Van Zee, all of Pella Iowa. The private property of stockholders is exempt from corporate debts.

Arnold H. van Zee Wm. R. Monsma Marjorie van’ Zee John F.’E. van Zee Pella Towa Arnold I. van Ze Marjorie van Zee Uil Pella Limestone Company

Van Gorp Mfg Inc Incorporation Notice Iowa 1958

Notice of association in a body corporate under Iowa Code Chapter 491. Van Gorp Mfg Inc to be located in Pella Marion County Iowa with capital stock authorized at 100 000 dollars. Brick by brick details include officers and terms, first annual meeting in August 1958. Corporate affairs to be managed by a board of two to five directors and officers.

Pella ~Limestone Company Pella Marion County Iowa State of Bel Franklin van Gorp Towa William Peters Raymond van der Leest Lester Terlouw Raymond

Thanks for Help With Straw Raising

Mary Hoksbergen thanks neighbors and friends for help in putting up her straw on Thursday July 23. She notes appreciation and directs readers to a list of names elsewhere in the issue.

Mary Hoksbergen

Thanks for birthday and get well cards during my hospital stay

Relatives and friends express gratitude for cards and support after a brief hospital stay. Mrs. Gerrit Eysink and Mrs. Gerrit Hasselman mention thanks for assistance, with special appreciation for Rev. Ridder's visits and prayers.

Gerrit Eysink Rev. Ridder Gerrit Hasselman

Thanks for kindness during hospital stay and recovery

Mrs. Wm Aalbers of Runnells Iowa expresses gratitude for cards gifts calls and prayers received while at Des Moines General Hospital and after returning home. Your kindness will be long remembered.

Des Moines General Hospital Wm. Aalbers

Thanking Friends After Father’s Death Peter Van Rees

Mrs. Frances Ackerson expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for sympathy and flowers after the death of her father, Peter Van Rees, acknowledging tokens of respect and regard.

Peter van Rees

Card of Thanks for Mrs Bert Weyers

Card of Thanks to friends and neighbors who were kind to our dear wife and mother during illness and after death. We acknowledge with gratitude expressions of sympathy and flowers as tokens of regard. Bert Weyers And Children

Bert Weyers

Mrs Gerrit Van Zee Thanks Recipients for Kindness

Mrs Gerrit Van Zee expresses gratitude for prayers flowers cards letters and visits during hospitalization and after returning home noting all acts of kindness were greatly appreciated.

Aml Gerrit K. van Zee

Special thanks for prayers during hospital stay and home

Acknowledges Rev. Herman Ridder and Elder John Den Adel for prayers and visits during hospital stay and after returning home. Signed by Rene Van Englehoven with appreciation for thoughtful ness.

Herman Ridder John den Adel

Rotary tops Kiwanis 21 to 8 in baseball clash

Rotary defeated Kiwanis 21 to 8 Thursday evening as Kiwanis suffered its first loss of the season but still led the league. Pitcher Jerry Breen fanned 14 with 4 walks for Rotary, while Don Ver Meer struck out 10 with 4 walks for Kiwanis. Bob Ulrich homered and doubled for Kiwanis, and Rotary piled up 16 hits including two homers and multiple extra-base hits from Jim De Boer Vernon De Jong Pete De Jong and Bob Swank.

Rotary Kiwanis Jerry Breen Don Ver Meer Bob Ulrich Jim de Boer Vernon de Jong Pete de Jong Bob Swank RUE Rotary Glen Vander Werf

Pella High Defeats Hires Root Beer 4–3 in Darkness Shortened Game

Pella High beat Hires Root Beer of Oskaloosa 4 to 3 Friday as Pella scored four runs in the first inning on two hits four walks and one error, while Hires tallied three runs on three hits in the third. The game was halted after six innings due to darkness with Bob Vander Waal and Bruce Heerema securing Pella’s offense and Bruce Heerema contributing in the field.

Pella High Hires Root Beer Oskaloosa Hires

Pella High Beats Grinnell 11 to 1 Behind No-Hit Pitcher

Pella High defeated Grinnell 11 to 1 on Wednesday evening as Tom Boat pitched a no hit ball game. Grinnell scored in the sixth on a walk steal and error. Bruce Heerema led Pella with a double and two singles. Bob Vander Waal added a double and a single.

Pella. High Grinnell Tom Boat Pella Bruce Heerema Bob Vander Waal Bob Slykhuis

Elizabeth Ustermarkt obituary from Iowa paper

Mrs Elizabeth Ustermarkt daughter of Mathys and Datje Verros was born April 20 1884 in Mahnska County Iowa and died July 26 1957 at Mercy Hospital Os kaloosa Iowa after a short illness. She married Gerrit Uitermarkt February 22 1906 and lived in Harvey Otley and Pella. Surviving are six brothers and five sisters and 11 grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Garden Chapel Funeral Home and Third Reformed Church with interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

Elizabeth Ustermarkt Mathys and Datje Verros Mahnska County Iowa Mercy Hospital Oskaloosa Gerrit Uitermarkt Harvey Otley Pella Mr. Uitermarkt Uitermarkt Franklin Street Matthew Julia John Kamerick Pelly Dorothy Otto van Essen Floyd Gertrude Henry van den Heuvel New Sharon Harriet Harold Denning Leona Clarence Ver Meer Tunig Neal William Gerrit Bert Knoxville David Henrietta de Jong Nettie de Zwarte Gertrude Vogelant Carrico Clark Eddyville Jack Vander Laan Oakwood Ralph de Cook Ralph’ Do

Local obituary fragment lists Van Den Heuvel and Van Essen pallbearers

A damaged excerpt lists mourners and pallbearers for a deceased person. Names include Jaren Van Den Heuvel Larkin Van Den Heuvel Norman Van Essen Norman Verros Leroy Clark and Larry Toom among others. The text also mentions songs or titles related to religious themes.

Mrs. Bert Weyers obituary from Pella area

Mrs Bert Weyers wife of Bert Weyers dies at Mahaska hospital in Oskaloosa aged 55 years 7 months 5 days She was born December 22 1901 in Marion County near Pella and lived most of her life in the Pella area Survived by husband three children and three grandchildren Funeral held Tuesday from the Van Dyke Home with Rev Everett Ward presiding burial in Graceland Cemetery Pella

Bert Weyers Johanna Rouwenhorst William" Rouwenhorst Vietrenelin van Dusseldorp Marion County Pella Junella Howard Malversion Oskaloosa Tov Harry Jerry Wey Mahaska Hospital First’ Baptist Church Survivin Bert Michael GC Halverson Craig I. Halverson Bradley

Funeral services for Miss Mary Veenstra held July 25 1957

Funeral services were conducted on Thursday July 25 1957 at the Van Dyk Duven Funeral Home at 2 p.m. for Miss Mary Veenstra by Rev. Herman J. Ridder. Ralph De Cook sang two numbers In the Garden and My Faith Looks Up to Thee. Burial was in Lam Cemetery southwest of Pella. She died at Mount Pleasant Town July 23 1967 aged 14 years 4 months and days. Born on a Marion County farm near Knoxville to Herman Veenstra and Artie Lam she lived on that farm until hospitalization in 1960. She was the last of her immediate family.

van Dyk-Duven Mary Veenstra Herman J. Ridder Ralph de Cook de Cook Marion Co Knoxville Herman Veenstra Artie ‘T'Lam

Barrels and Boxes and a Family Council of Rules

May Youtz recounts a family of six introducing a nickel barrel to sort misplaced items. Each article goes into the barrel for a fee, with parents deciding placement and each child earning allowance. Savings fund for spring picnics fuels household harmony and discipline. A soap box grievance corner from Hyde Park inspired another family to ventilate issues in the kitchen, helping maintain peace.

Pete Hyde Park London

Grain loan rates set for county sorghum in Marion county

The Marion county ASC office reports the grain sorghum price support for this year at 1.75 dollars per hundredweight, eight cents below last year. National averages are 1.36 per bushel for 1957 corn and 2.09 for 1967 soybeans, with county rates to be fixed later and expected to be a few cents below last year as national averages drop.

Marion County ASC Department of Agriculture

Calves Do Well Apart From Dams

Research at the U S Department of Agriculture Beltaville Maryland center shows calves thrive when raised apart from the herd and from their dams. Floyd Arnold from Town State College extension dairyman notes calves are often separated after birth. Questions arise about drenching calves with rumen contents from adult cows for roughage digestion.

U. S. Department of Agriculture Beltaville Floyd Arnold Town State College Extension Dairyman

Organisms Aid Digestion In Calves Under Isolation

A Beltsville study shows rumen bacteria and plant-like protozoa aid roughage digestion in cows. Isolated calves for 17 weeks grew as well as dam-reared ones, though their rumen flora differed until reintegrated with the herd. A later note mentions stump and brush regrowth control with brush killer.

Arnold Beltsville

Pella Independent School District Budget Hearing Notice

The Board of Directors of Pella Independent School District in Lake Prairie Township Marion County Iowa will meet August 12 1957 at 730 p m at the Supts office Webster Building Taxpayers will be heard for or against the following estimate of expenditures for the year beginning July 1 1967 and ending June 30 1958 A detailed statement of receipts and disbursements both past and anticipated will be available at the hearing John J Blommers District Secretary

Knoxville Iowa District Court of Iowa Marion County Peter L. van Rees Jack B. Carpenter Pella Independent School District Lake Prairie Township Towa Supt’s Webster Building John J. Blommers

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