Leighton News Cousins Honor Retiring Missionary De Bruin
Leighton hosts a gathering honoring Rev. C. A. De Bruin and his wife and daughter, with attendees from Pella Oskaloosa and Leighton families including Ver Meers Tysselings and De Bruins. News notes mention Rev. De Bruin’s India mission, retirement, hospital update for Gretta Veenstra, and local visits from relatives in St Paul Berlin and Winnebago Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton
Leighton Community Center
C. A. de Bruin
James Dunham
de Bruin
India
Pella
A. T. Ver Meer
Edward Ver Meer
Morris Ver Meer
Jackob Ver Meer
Albert Tysseling
Peter Tysseling
Gerrit van Roekel
Gerrit Vis
Oskaloosa
J. E. Engel- Jenhoven
Connie Vroom
Frank ‘Hiemstra
Alsbert de Kock
Janice
van Gent
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Winnebago
Gretta Veenstra
Earl Brummel
St. Paul
Minnesota
Ivan Bennick
H. G. Remper
Lee
Coal Ridge News in a Busy Week of Visits and Events
Local notes recap visits and dinners among Coal Ridge families and 4-H members from July 26. Tom Franklin and Kathy Stroud attended State Leadership Conference at the 4-H camping center near Madrid. Multiple families hosted relatives and friends across Melcher, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Bussey, and Chariton with dinners, apples, and birthday celebrations. A stray science fact about bat anatomy closes the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal Ridge
Tom Franklin
Kathy Stroud
Madrid
Melinda Franklin
Forrest Bishop
Leslie Weldon
Louilla
William Franklin
David
Charles Feagins
Kathy van Steenwyk
Melcher
W. A. Anderson
C. J. Anderson
Ted Tubbs
Knoxville
E. Visser
Pella
W. R. Whitis
G. H. Franklin
Larry Langstraat
Pearl Minard
Robert Avery
E. C. Hoyt
Danny
Oskaloosa
W. R. Whitts
Ron Vinson
Iowa State Fair Sets Daily Days and Star Attractions
The Iowa State Fair in Des Moines runs August 20 to 29 with themed days including Children's Day Youth Day State Day Wall Lake Day Iowa Food Day and Veterans Day. Highlights include Andy Williams and the Osmond Brothers on Wall Lake Day and a Big Free Show on Friday morning. Children under 16 and uniformed youth groups receive free admission on their days and midway ride deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Wall Lake
Andy Williams
Williams
Osmond Brothers
Iowa
Public assistance payments in June totals exceed two hundred thousand
Public assistance expenditures in the state for June reached 5,060,993, down 249,637 from May. Of the total, 2,505,842 covered Old Age Assistance recipients, 1,763,275 for Aid to Dependent Children, 115,830 for Aid to Blind, 107,036 for Aid to Disabled, and 423,510 for Medical Aid to Aged recipients.
Public Assistance Payments Detailed by County in June 1965
The report shows six month totals for Medical Aid to the Aged and June disbursements across counties Marion, Mahaska, and Jasper. It breaks down OAA MAA ADC AB and AD figures by cases and persons with totals, averages, and per‑case amounts for each category and county. Notable figures include Marion with 362 OAA cases and 563 ADC persons totaling $60,587 in public assistance.
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t+ county
Marion CO
Marion County
Follot Oaa
MAA
ADC
Mahaska CO
OAA
Jasper CO
Jasper County
Scope Covers for Plastic Pill Bottle Tops
A quick tip to adapt by shopping for drug store items until you locate plastic pill bottle tops matching your scope size. The result is cheap, easy scope covers.
Leather pictures highlight Iowa State Fair crafts display
Seventy top leather pictures from National Craftmen's Magazine contest will headline the Iowa State Fair crafts and hobbies exhibit in Des Moines on Aug 2029. The show includes works by Al Stahlman Ken Griffin and Christine Stanley and features daily demonstrations from 10 am to 5 pm in leather craft copper tooling plastic molding and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craftmen's
Iowa State Fair Crafts and
Des Moines
Preston Moyse
Mayse
al Stahlman
Hemet
Cal
Ken Griffin
Christine Stanley
Santa Monica
Jowans
Chronicle Page 8 Highlights August 3 1965
This page lists crafts and arts topics including liquid plastic casting metal engraving and etching candle making basketry gravel and glass pictures wood carving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle
Bids Set for Slope Protection at Red Rock Dam
Rock Island District Corps will open bids on July 27 at 2 p.m. for slope protection on the Red Rock Reservoir earth dam near Knoxville Town. Work includes ditch and waste excavation, gully filling, subgrade filter beds, riprap, topsoil replacement and seeding. start within 15 days of notification and finish by October 31, 1965. bidding open to small businesses only under a government program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Ill
Corps of Engineers
Red Rock
Knoxville
Car Backing Up Hits Vehicle in Pella
Barney J. Brom of Pella backed out from a parking spot on Broadway 250 feet north of Franklin Street when his car was struck by Peter R. Meyer. Ulrich Motor Co. owned Meyer's auto, causing $150 to the front fender and bumper while Brom's trunk lid sustained $50 damage. No injuries or charges reported. Chief Houser investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney J. Brom
Pella
Broadway
Franklin St
Peter R. Meyer
Meyer Auto
Ulrich Motor Co
Houser
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Leighton News
Mrs
Gary van Kooten
Virginia
Berlin
Jerry de Prenger
Lincoln
Nebraska
Con de Prenger
Coal Ridge News
Mary J. Franklin
Raymond Karr
Ernest Anderson
Chariton
Nancy Avery
John Avery
Virgie Feagins
Bussey
Frederick Metcalf
Mim
Karr
Minnie Dickey
Stewart's New
Minnies
Minnie
Bruce van Gundy
Evinrude
Evindure
West End
Evinrude Sales & Servic
Lone Star
Johnson
SEA
HONDA
Veenstra
Red Rock Dam
Hit
Pel
Sporting Goods de
Partments
Berc
Censes
Vogelaar’s Hardware
Jerry & Melvin Vander Schel
Zebco Model
Zebco
Coleman Fuel Camp
Straver’s Hardware
the Chronicle
Tri-County
Marion, Mahaska Ands Counties
B. Bass
Pella Chronicle
Eadquarters FS Boating Supplies
Boat & Body Shop 800 East First
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