Marion County Fair draws crowds with varied action
The Marion County Fair's 4 H Night Free Horse Show Jubilee and Jubilee events filled the bandstand and bleachers with 1,500 to 2,200 fans, while the Automobile Tournament of Thrills drew about 1,000. Organizers credited the diverse lineup for strong attendance despite lighter auto racing interest. The Indianola Record-Herald reports on county officials discussing a possible alimony and child support service charge shift to reduce taxpayer costs, suggesting user fees for court services, records, and transfers.
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Fair Association
Fair
Red Foley
Indianola
Welcome signs mark Pella and county routes
The Pella Chamber of Commerce and Jaycees install Welcome and directional signs on entering Pella at Marion County P and dam approaches, and on Highway 92 east of Knoxville. Paid by the Chamber and erected by the Jaycees, the signs greet travelers with Tulip Time and Red Rock Dam and fill until permanent signage arrives in two years.
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Jaycees
Cozy Theatre planned for Pella with grand hopes
It was announced that Pella planned a new Cozy Theatre on the east square behind the post office with Breelow remodeling a building into a show house touted as one of the finest in the state. Other items note city mail delivery starting Sept 2, local fire loss in OsKALOOSA, a wedding, chautauqua debates, and local civic news from August 1962.
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William Onstine
Andrew Langerak
Joe Boyd
Oskaloosa
Walton Clothing Co
High Ave. W
Albert van Houweling
Nettie van Zante
Portland
Oregon
City Hall
Woodrow Wilson
Pella National Bank
Jones Chautauqua
Farmers Feel Effects of Big Coal Strike
Forty years ago August 10 1922 Sheriff Clark of Marion County urged Phil Bishop to let miners out coal for threshing but he refused unless the Miners Union consented. Clark offered guards to protect the mine but the strike remained unsettled. Killduff's Band played a concert in Pella but several players were delayed by rain.
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Marion County
Phil Bishop
Bishop
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Killduff
Pella
Wives Oppose Pool Site as Men Eye West Market Park
In a 1932 Pella chronicle note, locals discuss a proposed swim pool in West Market Park. Women fear husbands’ distraction, while some men buy binoculars in anticipation. Editorial satirizes truth in reporting. Plans cite a $7,500 pool at the West Market Park site.
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West Market
Pella
Pella Residents Rally for USO Drive and Local News
Twenty years ago in Pella a late August drive to support the USO was planned, with Henry Johnson stating the scrap effort was going well. Front-page photos showed Lt Jacob Brom and his new gold bars, while the First Reformed Church site was cleared for a new building. Local farmers formed a soils district group, a poolside picnic was planned for Aug 19, and Miss Sins Sinna Billups from Stickney was to head Central College’s English department.
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Anthony Haverkamp
First Reformed Church
Pella
Henry Johnson
Jacob Brom
Edgewood Arsenal
Maryland
Christian Reformed Church
Liberty and
West Second
Jacob de Haan
Clay S. Barnett
Dow Poortinga
Washington
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Stickney
Dakota
Central College
Orange City
Clara B. Williams
Central
Ten Years Ago at Pella Golf Invitational Glimpsed
About one hundred women golfers from Oskaloosa Knoxville and Grinnell joined the Pella Club for a day of golf and cards. Mrs Larry Larson of Oskaloosa was low medalist with a 46. A Des Moines contractor started work on the Pietenpol Observatory with footings at the college stadium and walls rising. Rodney Gene Voyce had
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Knoxville
Grinnell
Pella Club
Larry Larson
Des Moines
College Stadium
Rodney Gene Voyce
Pella band to perform at Big Band Benefit in Pool Park
Returned to the United States after seven months in the Far East aboard USS Philippine Sea. A Big Band Benefit at Swimming Pool Park aids transportation and lodging for the Pella High band attending a Chicago music festival. Program includes bicycle races, piano solos, duets, tap dancing, and more. Wrestling headliner Vern Gagne to face Gypsy Joe on Wednesday night, Aug. 20, with other billed wrestlers. Hex A Poppin 4-H Club high scorer, followed by 3-L's and other clubs in state fair style points.
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Delores van Waardhuizen
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Ralph Ver Ploeg
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Marlene In
Vern Gagne
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Gypsy Joe
Fred von Schach
Gentleman Jim Dobie
Bob Orton
Carl Gray
Friendly Fellows win junior livestock judging contest
The Friendly Fellows 4-H Club captured the Junior Livestock Judging Contest at Marion County Fair on Tuesday afternoon. Gary Kingery led with 193 points out of 200, the high score of the event.
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Marion County Fair
Gary Kingery
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