Saturday Evenings Remain Busy in Pellas Debate
Pella Chamber of Commerce discussed keeping Saturday night as the trading evening at a Coffee Shop dinner. Members debated shifting to Friday night citing church attendance and shopper convenience, then voted 15 for Saturday night and 9 against. Summer-only closing favored 16 to 11 for all year.
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Pella
Alon
S Chronicle News
Pella Chamber of Commerce
Fides
Chamber
Ellis Christianson
Marion County Booth at 1986 State Fair
Marion County showcases a theme based booth in the Women and Children's Building basement from Friday August 24 through Sunday September 2. County Extension Family Living program members design the display and answer public questions. Woman workers include Mrs. with the extension lesson Color in the Home adapted for various groups.
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Marion Courty
Marion County
Names and addresses of rural school teachers list
The list of rural school teachers to townships in the Pelle supplied by County Superintendent C. S. Thomas includes Lake Prairie Amsterdam Mrs Ruth Keitt Tracy Town Mrs Henry Gosslinkelle tows Bunker Opal De Heer Otley Iowa European Mrs Darlene Bevan 1500 N Main St Pella Ia Plainview Mrs Gloria Daggy Pella Iowa 1000 Peace Pleasant Grove Mrs Alice Van der Zyl Pella Iowa Rt 2 Porterville Mrs Wilma Brown 811 10th Ave E Os kalooosa Sandridge Mrs Olive Palmquist 609 West 2rd Pella Ia Silver Grove Mrs Greta Van Hemert 1010 Peace St Pella Ia Valley Mrs Ruth Ver Hoef Pella Iowa R R 2 Polk Township River Ridge Mrs Leah Karr Knoxville Iowa R R 8 W River Ridge Mrs Ferol Ahnnesilles Lawn Re White Breast Mrs Thelma Van Hemert Pella Iowa 815 Wash Red Rock Township Red Rock Mr Edgar Ven Arkel 907 Union St Pella In Summit Township Liberty Mrs Ruth Vander Linden 510 Independence St Pella Otley Mrs Hazel Reeves Monroe Iowa Rt 2 Miss Doris Lee Box 103 Otl Iowa and Mrs Bertha Ittmer Monroe Iowa Richifind Mrs Mable Bogaard 605 W Third St Pella Ia Summit Mrs Margaret Voge Box 64 Otley Iowa Valley View Mrs Wanda Jones Knoxville Iowa R R 4
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Pelle
C. S. ‘Thomas
Lake Prairie
Amsterdam
Ruth Keitt
Tracy
Town
Henry Gosslinkelle
Bunker
Opal de Heer
Otley
Iowa
Darlene Bevan
N. Main St
Pella
Plainview
Gloria Daggy
Polk Township
River Ridge
Leah Karr
Knoxville
Ferol
Ahnnesilles Lawn
Thelma van Hemert
Red Rock
Edgar Ven Arkel
Union St
Summit Township
Liberty
Ruth Vander Linden
Independence St
Hazel Reeves
Monroe
Doris Lee
Mable Bogaard
Third St
Summit
Margaret Voge- Box
Valley View
Wanda Jones
Local names list includes Holland Shiv Nollen Bachman and others
A set of individuals including James Holland Mrs L C Shiv vers Mrs Mike Nollen Mrs Raymond Bachman Mrs Harold Loy Mrs Boyd Rankin Mrs Dwight Harvey Dwight Gass Louis Nichols Ernest Mueller Howard Core and Jake Trinkle appear in a compiled roster or social notice. The text preserves a sequence of full names with multiple married surnames and titles.
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James Holland
L. C. Shivvers
Mike Nollen
Raymond Bachman
Harold Loy
Boyd Rankin
Dwight Harvey
Dwight Gass
Louis Nichols
Ernest Mueller
Howard Core
Jake Trinkle
Information on 1957 Soil Bank Program Soon
The Marion County ASC office in Knoxville will host details on the 1957 soil bank, with emphasis on the wheat acreage reserve. Chairman Merrill L. Robuck says district meetings will distribute instructions to committeemen and staff, and signups for the wheat reserve are due by September 21. The program requires underplanting and not exceeding allotments, with payments tied to reduced production.
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Marion County
ASC
Knoxville
Merrill L. Robuck
Robuck
Marion
Highland Heights Annexed Into Pella City
Pella City Council voted unanimously to annex Highland Heights as part of its corporate limits. The meeting addressed West Third Street extension, easements, and sewer development with a pending plat filing for action.
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Highland Heights
Pella
Wesley McNamer
Rock “Island ‘Railroad
Southella
Bend Femve
Libr
West Third Street
West Second Street
Dockendorf
Dockendorff
Propor
Scholte Heights
Minnie Hagen
Country Club
Klein
City of Pell
Pella High Band To Play Concert At State Fair
Pella High School Band to perform at the Town State Fair in Des Moines during August 24 to September 2. The band performs Saturday September 1 per fair secretary Lloyd Cunningham. More than 20 concert bands and musical groups from across the state are chosen for the 10 day exposition with daily programs.
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Pella
Des Moines
Lloyd Cunningham
Barn Fire Destroys Schreiner Farm Hay and Calves
The Warren Schreiner barn near Pel and 6 miles west of Pel was struck by lightning during a Saturday storm on August 18 and burned to ashes. Rural firemen from Pella arrived as the blaze consumed the structure along with hay and five calves. no nearby buildings were endangered. The Schreiner farm lies a half mile south of Highway 163 on the west side of the road 50 miles west of Pella.
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Warren Schreiner
Pel
Pella
Schreiner
Widening 163 East Continues to Blacktop Soon
Construction on highway 146 between New Sharon and Grinnell begins with detours around grading and a bridge. Through traffic routes via US 63 and US 6 through Montezuma and Malcom. Culvert work starts, heavy grading to follow, surfacing next year after grading and bridging finish. Norris Construction Co. sets up asphalt plant near Leighton Road. paving to start after widening closes in on Oskaloosa to Pella segment.
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New Sharon
Grinnell
Oskaloosa Herald
Montezuma Malcom
Lynnville
Highway 163
Oskaloosa
Polk County
Pella
Black Oak School
Norris Construction Co
Ottumwa
Leighton Road
First Round Play Completed in Club Golf Tournament
In the Pella Golf Club match play, no major upsets occurred as the first round finished. The field narrows to four with Don Waechter vs Wally Kooyman advancing toward the upper bracket semi finals, while Anthony Tysseling beat Pete Andreas to reach the second round. Gene...
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Pella Golf Club
Don Waechter
Wally Kooyman
Anthony Tysseling
Pete Andreas
Pete
Tys
Don Dykstra
Stu Kuyper
Dykstra
Boots Vanden Oever
Bob Power
Kuyper
Pete Gauss
Ralph Ver Meer
Tysseling
Kooyman- Waechter
Gene
Pella Christian High Opens Sept. 4 With New Faculty
Pella Christian High School begins the 1956-57 term on Tuesday September 4 enrollment expected over 200. Registration days August 27 for address locals and August 28 for others. New staff include Michael T. Ruiter principal and Dieleman history coach plus Alice Vande Haar home economics.
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Pella
Mission Worker Talks to Rotarians on Costa Rica Mission
Rev. Robert Baker, former Pella boy and Methodist missionary in Costa Rica, reviewed his work in the country before local Rotarians. He described Costa Rica as about the size of West Virginia with Spaniards dominating the original Indian population, noted San Jose as the capital at 4000 feet, and highlighted high quality Costa Rican coffee. The mission group runs a large farm on the tall lands near 2000 feet, growing bananas and grasses, with Leon Miller, an Ames graduate, working near the Nicaraguan border. The gathering included Dr. Evers and guests from Princeton and Churchville, with staff changes at the local Christian School and notice of tentative North Central Association approval for the school.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Grand Rapids
Robert Baker
Pella
Costa Rica
West Virginia
San Jose
National Theatre
Italy
Europe
South America
Rev. Baker
Mission Group
Leon Miller
Ames
Chili
Doctor Evers
Club
Fred van Doorninck
Princeton
N. J
Harold
Iowa Committee On Secondary School and College Relations
Christian High
Schreiner and Mills Win at Town Fair Art Salon
Des Moines Register reports August 21 prize winners from Pella. Lenty Schreiner, 14, won first in sculpture with a stone carving titled 0 likeness of a hippopotamus, earning $40. Larry Mills, head of Central College art, took second in Prints and Drawing and also received $40. The exhibit runs August 24 through September 2 at the State Fair Art Salon.
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Des Moines
Lenty Schreiner
Ed Schreiner
Larry Mills
Central College
Des Moines Art Center
Third Reformed Church service to be broadcast on CBS Radio
The Church of the Air program from Third Reformed Church will feature Rev. R J Redeker and its choir from KRNT Des Moines on Sunday August 26 at 9 30 a m. The broadcast originates from KRNT and will be heard nationwide on CBS Radio. Keith Emmert will become Junior High and Webster Building Principal this fall guiding math and related classes.
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Third Reformed Church
CBS Radio Network
Church of the Air
CBS
R. J. Redeker
KRNT
Des Moines
L. Grooters
Car Damaged in Downtown Crash Wednesday Noon
Norman Zickel from 504 E 8th Street Pella on leave from the Navy drove his brother s 1948 Ford coupe into the back of Walter Huebner s 1956 Buick from Denison Iowa at the Main and Franklin stop light. Both cars suffered front end and fender damage with only minor scratches on the Huebner vehicle and no injuries reported.
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Norman Zickel
Pella
Navy
Walter Huebner
Denison
Iowa
Huebners
Ottumwa
Main
Franklin Streets
Zickel Auto
Huebner
Elevator worker Lester Doorenbos dies in shock
While repairing a steel bin in an elevator at Boyden, Lester Doorenbos was killed when an auger was plugged in and a short circuit sent electricity through his body. The accident occurred during routine work, and investigators are reviewing the wiring and safety procedures.
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Lester Doorenbos
Boyden
Pella Christian Grade School to Open on September Fourth
The Pella Christian Grade School plans to open Tuesday September 4 with enrollment for parents on Monday and Tuesday August 27 and 28 from 7 30 to 9 00 p m. About 300 pupils are expected, including kindergarten students to be enrolled in January. The school, organized in 1912, serves multiple faiths and operates under the Pella Christian School Society.
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Pella
Pella, Otley, Leighton, and
Tracy
Klaus Kramer
Kramer
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Ike Hoksbergen
Jim Wisse
Kersbergen Plumbing and Heating Co
Pella High
Schreiner Farm
Pella Christian High
Michael T. Ruiter
Pella Christian High School
Calvin College
Dieleman
State University of Iowa
SUL
Marvin G. Dieleman
Alice Vande Haar
Vande Haar
Mills
Keith Emmert
Webster Building
Webster
Keith
Sully High School
Penn College
Central College Naval Cadet
Jerry Stout
Pella Christian Grade School
Christ
Klaas Kram
Zekan-Robbina
Vernon Roorda
East First St
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