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Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1958

Page

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Fifield Settlement Deep Roots in Des Moines River Region

The Fifield area formed in 1843 as settlers led by Richard Watts and Alexander Caton established homes on the north Des Moines River. Over the years families including the Everetts, Karrs, and Van Den Bergs built farms, a store, a ferry, and a creamery while a log school served as church and classroom. The town, later named Fifield after a nearby railroad station, saw flood destruction in 1851 and evolved with a new frame school and church on higher ground. By 1924 a new brick schoolhouse replaced the old building, serving generations with educators such as Delia Rietveld and Agnes De Vries and sustaining a Sunday School led by Gerrit Van der Kieft. The community gradually modernized as the old town declined.

Richard Watts Alexander Caton Mordecai Yearns Andrew Stortes Des Moines John Baback Robert Ethrington Everett Warren Frank John Karr Andrew George William White Breast Prairie Warren D. Everett John de Moss Walker Leaty Fifield Will Talbott John Benson J.T. Walker Rousseau Gus Wilson Z. C. Topping Wabash Railroad W. C. Benson Nick Vos Gerrit Korver van Vliet Howard Case Neal Robus Connie van den Berg Peter Dunnink Lewis de Vries Nell Muilenburg Joe Kool John Geurts Arie Diekema Peter van den Berg van den Bergs de Raad Place Bill Karr Charlie Houck George Carpenter Henry van der Linden Gerrit Skill William Verwers Tom Stevenson Neal van den Berg Tink Karr Arie Klyn Leonard Verwers White Breast James Karr Polk Piez de Moss Unionville Liddy Adams Kradle Monroe Sarah Lewis Bill Stevenson Sarah Mastellers Percy Lilly Duncan Sarah Luce Lilly Germain Joy Templeton Flora Jarman Delia Rietveld Agnes de Vries Florence Hammer Eleanor Sullivan W. S. Stevenson Marie van Gorp Minnie Dickey John P. Ward Mary Greenaway Ira Marsh Albert Crosby Lucie van Gorp Lizzy Snyder Hackett Margaret Fennema Rietveld John A. Blockley Blance Calvert Helen Bootsma van Gorp Malvina Saville Mamie Smith John Pringle Nanie Hyatt Gertrude Ves) Passamore Vera Lucille Beck) Gray Cornelia Kate) Mol Helen Brooks H. L. van Dellen Gerrit van der Kieft van Dellen Pella Gerrit de Hoedt McDaniel Arie Tysseling Tenner Reon Hazel Chivers Vos) Passamore Opal Morgan Ellen Murdy Blanch Karr Irma Mae Verwers Chris Mol Henrietta Hoksbergen Bonnie McCulley Kathryn Nutt Marie Heywood Leveda Kamp Jane Ramage Helen Kindman Louise Rupalo

Coffee Breaks Need Food for Full Effect

A State University of Iowa physiologist, Dr. Steven M. Horvath, warned that mid morning or afternoon coffee breaks do not stimulate without food. He noted blood sugar rises after meals then drops, linking it to work output, and urged small frequent meals, up to eight or nine times daily, for peak efficiency.

State University of Iowa SUI Steven M. Horvath Horvath

41-Inch Cabbage Reported by Mrs Schippers

Mrs M L Schippers of 806 West 5th Street reports a flat variety cabbage from her garden last week measuring 41 inches in diameter and weighing 10 pounds with no signs of splitting.

M. L. Schippers West 5Th Street

Oliver Corporation to Host Farmers at Field Demonstration

Oliver Corporation presents Better Farming Jubilee a full display and field event September 9 on the Harry Turner farm three miles south east of Waterloo Iowa. Wm Van Zee of Van Zee Implement Co sponsor says the event will showcase Oliver wheel tractors from 25 to 90 horsepower with over thirty plow bottoms and hay tool demonstrations for soil prep to harvest. Farmers and families are invited with chartered buses arranged if needed.

Oliver Corporation Harry Turner S. FE Waterloo Iowa Wm. van Zee van Zee Implement Co van Zee

Army Private Avise Completes Basic Training

Our man in service Pvt Leroy N Avise 29 son of William E Avise Harvey Iowa recently completed eight weeks of basic combat training at Fort Carson Colorado Avise a 1948 graduate of East High School Des Moines

Army Leroy N. Avise William E. Avise Harvey Iowa Fort Carson Colo Avise East High School Des Moines

Ver Ploeg completes ROTC signal corps training at Fort Gordon

Cadet Donald A. Ver Ploeg son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Ver Ploeg 1219 W Second Pella Iowa completed six weeks of Signal Corps training at the ROTC camp Fort Gordon Ga Aug 1 He attended the camp under the ROTC program of Iowa State College A 1955 graduate of Pella High School Jerald Lee Sneller EFSR 9738479 Company 441 U S Naval Training Center San Diego California

Donald A. Ver Ploeg Andrew P. Ver Ploeg Pella Iowa Signal Corps Reserve Officer Training Corps Fort Cordon Iowa State College Donald Pella High School Jerald Lee Sneller EFSR U. S. Naval Training Center San Diego California

Move to Supply Free Textbooks in Pella District

The new Pella Community School District will issue all textbooks free starting this fall, with workbooks billed at actual cost. Some titles may vary in the first year across Pella, Marion, and Mahaska counties while a standard list is planned by 1961. Parents and teachers receive textbook lists, and used books will be purchased with credits issued for workbooks.

Pella Roy Reith Otley Marion Mahaska Leighton Community Board

Pershing Reunion Plans Finalized

Plans are set for the All-Iowa Coal Miners Reunion at Pershing on August 30 to September 1. Speakers include D. Osborne Frank Wilson Hershel Loveless Henry Allai and Dr Walter Daykin plus a 16 team softball tourney and various entertainments. Organizers expect over 5000 miners and families to attend the three day event. Gerald McNulty dug a 4% pound potato.

Pershing Iowa D. Osborne Ethatinn Ome Frank Wilson Umwa Hershel Loveless Henry Allai International Board Walter Daykin State University of Iowa Pershing Youth Center

Forest Conservation Stamp Honoring Roosevelt Birthday 100 Years

The 4 cent Forest Conservation commemorative marks Theodore Roosevelt's 100th birthday with a three color Giori press print. First day sales begin October 27, 1958 in Tucson at the American Forestry Association meeting. The vertical stamp shows forest management, wildlife habitat, and watersheds, designed by Rudolph Wendelin.

Tucson Arizona American Forestry Association Giori Theodore Roosevelt Rudolph Wendelin United States Department of Agriculture Wendelin Department of Agriculture

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