City Council Proceedings A Report To The People
The City Council met in regular session led by Mayor Tysseling with five aldermen present. They approved the July 20 1965 minutes and the July 28 1965 session, adopted the 1966 Budget Estimate, and forwarded it for certification. Petitions for water and sewer taps for two trailers and for a water main were approved with fees. Contracts and bids for fuel and salt were accepted. A resolution for Pella Block & Tile Co was adopted. The council granted a Marion Mahaska Farm Service Co permission to operate a gasoline bulk plant and approved various department expenditures and payroll transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. van de Kamp
van Vark and
Randol
D-X Sunray Oil Company
Cargill Salt Incorporated
Pella Block & Tile CO
Marion-Mahaska Farm Service Co
James Wisse
Des Moines
Pella
Knoxville
Pella National Bank
Marion County State Bank
Inez van Arkel
Trans- Electric
Trust
Electric Dept
Trans- Res
Trust & Agency
Ren
U. S. Post Office
Neal Leydens
Tric
Hoeksema’s
van den Berg
Schakel
Frank Tromp
Schiebout Tire Co
Klynhire & Battery
Robert Houser
John Ed Klein
Stravers
Blaine Schakel
Dpe
Richard Vander
Judy de Cook
Lynn van Tuyl
Diane Olson
Pat Rempe
Rose van Vark
Marinus Krogel
Pella Construction Co
Illinois Mutual Life & Cas. Co
Beard Coal Co
Koch Brothers
Des Moines Stationery Co
M and M Sales Co
Walter O. Soules
Forbes & Newell Office Equip
International Salt Co
Botanium Products Co
Talley Supply Co
Sataya Lobe Machinery & Supply Co
Premier Fastener Co
Led Electronics Corp
Collins & Company
Conditioner Air Corp
Standard Bearings Co
Mainz
Burroughs Corp
McKesson & Robbins
Community notices from Summit area August gathering
Summit area column notes social visits church events 4-H picnic and county fair attendance family reunions and travels across Des Moines Pella Knoxville and Newton with long freight train sighting and a farm group meditation on Latin America highlighting local life and regional ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ver Woert
Richard Stewart Jr
Newton
Carl Wittmer
St. Anthony
Warren E Fer
Clemons
Floyd de Moss
Knoxville
Martha Stewart
Richard Stewart Sr
California
Edgar Gritters
Lilburh Jansen
Phyllis Steenbock
Gerrit Verros
Leighton
Nora de Reus
Sara van Essen
Herman Tuinstra
Phoenix
Arizona
Wm. Rouw
Pella
Ike McCuen
Bessie
Algie Sheeler
Ralph Sheeler
Jaci Vanden Dever
Connie van Haaften
Janie de Vries
Phyllis Rozendaal
Julie Vanden Qever
Linda Franje
Milo Clark
Terri
Phillip
Nolin
Maytag Park
Gradus Vriezelaar
Ames
Arthur de Vries
Marvin Zwank
Sully
Dick Kuiper
Vicki Beyer
Alvin de Jong
Chicago
Willing Workers August Meeting at Leona Ter Louw’s Home
Leona Ter Louw hosted the Willing Workers at her home on August 5 at 2 p.m. The devotional topic was The Wonder of it All led by Florence Van Gorp, with Psalm eight as the meditation basis. The piece reflects on God’s creation and nature’s beauty as evidence of divine handiwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta de Kock
Latin America
Leroy Ustermarkt
Sapphira
Susie Boot
Leona Ter Louw
Bethany
Florence van Gorp
God
Prayer and wedding mark Pella Chronicle page
A note from August 12 1965 recalls Marge Van Gorp’s remark that prayer is faith in God and worry denies it. The meeting closed with prayer after which Juneh married Marge Van Gorp, with Florence Van Gorp as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marge van Gorp
Juneh
Florence van Gorp
Sec
African guest visits Iowa towns on field trip
Mrs. Mary Bridget Foray of Sierra Leone, a teacher with four sons, toured Central Africa through a two week United States field trip hosted by Mrs. Jim Kane in Sumner. She qualified via interview with the New York African Woman's Committee and visited Dubuque, Marshalltown, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, and Mason City regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bridget Foray
Sierra Leone
Central Africa
Jim Kane
Sumner
United Stat
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tysseling
Stientjes
Nelson
Vandevoort
van Gorp
de Jong
Caldwell
Marion Riyn
Mary Steenhoek
Ray
Summit News
Summit
Francis van Dusseldorp
Walter Vander Hart
Reasner
Loren West
Laura
John
H. W. Vriezelaar
Boulder
Colorado
Joseph West
Loren
Glenn West
Grinnell
Pleasant Plain
Lillian Jansen
Bob Beyer
Grady Williams
Jansen
Beyer
Vicki
Vance
Duluth
Minnesota
Lake Superior
St. Lawrence
Atlantic
Beyers
Nipigon
Ontario
Canada
Mackinac Bridge
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Roy van Essen
Don de Reus
Jolene Jordan
Pleasantville
Lee de Moss
Neil McKee
Monroe
Mary McCuen
LUCKY
Lucky 14
Union Park
Riverview Park
Sue Vriezelaar
Debbie Meyer
Carolyn Mohler
Margaret Simpson
Shirley Shilling
Jennie
Marie de
Edward Aal
Dearborn Chemical Div
Town Machinery & Supply
Capital Sanitary Suply
Oskaloosa
Badger Meter Mf. Co
Midwest Emery Freight System
Robert J. Allen
Ers
West Market Park
Omy
American Acceptance Corp
High Ave
CCC
Marion County
ASC Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
The
United States
Department of Agriculture
Melcher
ASC
Iowa
Colfax Sale
Clark Rieck
Prairie City
Newton Sale
Colfax Sale Company
Sade
Ulrich Motor CO
Broadway Pella
Lee-Prest
LEE
Boys’ Slim & Reg
Special Lee Press
Lee-Leens
Lee-Leens Permanent Press
Men&e
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