Local notices mix with a fatal road crash account
The page records numerous social visits and comings goings in Newton and vicinity with names such as Vander Veer Van Rees and Farrer. It then recounts a fatal highway collision on a hill where a young man died after attempting to pass a truck, with witnesses and patrols detailing the scene and a somber mood at the wreck.
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Leonard Peterson
Wisconsin
Lottie Durham
Illinois
Clarence Vander Veer
Kenneth Vander Veer
Knoxville
Sylvester Vander Veer
Beacon
Iowa
Jack van Rees
Jud van Rees
Newton
al Reisser
Paul Farrer
Boston
Ned Hedrick
Detroit
St. Louis
Bob Harrison
Victor Lynn
Loren
Ruth Vanden Oever
Skiff Memorial Hospital
Louise
J. B. van Hemert
J. B. Gladstone
Des Moines
Elinor Ustermarkt
Betty VanderWerff
Betty
Elinor
Casement
George Gezel
Carole Meade
Manchester
Emeline
Mary Kempkes
One Year Ago A Fatal Highway Passing Incident
By Bob Hullihan a young driver with a wife and two children died after attempting to pass a gasoline transport on a hill during a rain. The transport driver watched from the roadside as another car neared and a signal was futile as the truck sped up to try to avert the crash.
School Lunch Aid Granted to Nine Marion Co Schools
Nine Marion County schools shared 7262.42 dollars in federal funds to finance noon lunches for 1954 55 with 182060 Type A meals served and 2385 free meals. Additional commodities including canned goods and butter aided schools under the National School Lunch Act. State totals reach 981057 for Iowa schools. C W Bangs notes division oversight.
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Marion County
Thomass
Iowa
Thomas
C. W. Bangs
Department of Public Instruction
Pella Station Weather Data Report by U S Weather Bureau
Daily temperature and rainfall readings from Pella Station for August 3 to August 9 show high temperatures from 100 down to 84 with nightly lows from 74 to 60 and total rainfall of .52 inches. Observer E C Beaning records the six days of data with one incomplete entry marked for August 5.
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Rotary District Governor Visits Pella Club
Dist Governor W Keith of Rotary International greeted the Pella Rotary Club on Tuesday evening August 9. He outlined Rotary’s global program, fellowship efforts, district leadership, and community activities aimed at youth programs, safer traffic, and better rural urban relations.
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Rotary
Pella Club
Rotary Club of
Pella
W. Keith
Rotary International
Iowa
W. Weirather
Ed Wesselink
Keith
Newton
Chicago
E. Bradford Burns
Muscatine
University of Lisbon
Lisbon
Portugal
Boyer's Septic Cleaner Offers Quick Root and Clog Relief
A local advertisement promotes Boyer's Septic Tank Cleaner and Drain Opener as a low cost solution to clogged lines. It claims the product removes roots, rags, paper, grease and other organic material with fast results and urges readers to buy today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyer
Marion County 4H Clubs Erect Welcome Signs on Highways
Marion County 4 H clubs launch a safety project to install seven large Welcome signs at county highway entrances. The signs, four by eight feet, bear the 4 H emblem and read Marion County 4 H Clubs Welcome You Please Drive Lately. Lumber yards donate materials as Union Pork leaders and Lincoln Lions club assist.
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Marion County
Iowa
Missouri
Union Pork
Worth Rankin, Jr
Lincoln Lions Club
Marion County Leads Iowa In Safety Project Drive
Marion county plans a pioneering safety project in Iowa aligning with the year’s safety theme. County extension youth assistant Dale Seabach of Knoxville Express notes the initiative follows a statewide push for safer practices.
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Linda Vander Hart
Bernice Roozeboom
Bill Waddle
Milo
Henry Fisher
New Sharon
Tom Fisher
Emma Hiemstra
Jennie van Hal
Bob Hullihan
Marion Co
Pella Station
U. S. Weather Bureau
E. C. Beaning
Colfax Sale
Nebraska-Kansas
Colfax Sale Company
Coun
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South and
Central America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Islands
The
Pacific
Nathan W. Keith
Paardekooper
Dodge
Kingma Garage
North Main
Latha
Pfister
John Ver Ploeg Pella
Tunis
Dykstra Leighton
Abe Vander Beek
Sully
Tunis Fynaardt
New
Sharon
Nick Geurts
Dale McComas Monroe
Pfister Associated Growers, Inc
Federal Discount Corp
Livermere
Oskaloosa
Martin Naaktgeboren
Autour
Nan Arkel
Mobilgas
S&h
Toic Stores
Peete Perentku
Piedde
Serdeot
Peeemeriay
Seon
Oast-To-Coast
Oyna
Peery
Ier Et Shotfiele
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