Local news notes from Pella and vicinities
Notes from Pella Iowa and nearby areas detail August travels and visits by residents and friends. Includes family movements between Oskaloosa Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Michigan and Des Moines mentions of weddings births and hospital entries. Also reports library work and staff changes plus a Michigan State College appointment and a Chicago wedding guest list.
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Philip Kempkes
Tunis Kempkes
Public Library
Nellie van Roekel
Kennewick
Washington State
Ernest Robinson
Vander Meulen- Wormhoudt
Bernie Vander Linden
Pella
Rochester
Minnesota
Bernie
Max Slaughter
Independence
Iowa
Slaughter
Wildlife Gun Club
John Kuiper
Paterson
New Jersey
Elaine Vander Ploeg
Don Postema
Chicago
H.J. Postema
Beth
Jerry
G. W. Vande Hye
Sam’ Postema
John Postema
Peter Weidenaar
An Roger Hoekstra
John Cooper
State Fair Opens with Free Admission for Under 16
Des Moines Iowa opens its 1956 State Fair with free Friday admission for all youths under 16 and free guests at a morning grandstand show. The event features 200 acres of exhibits, two days of 4-H and FFA livestock judging with over cient thousand head entered, auto races, and the Olsen and Johnson musical revue.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Olsen and Johnson
State fair schedule and officials comment on festival
Ship day and rodeo day on Friday April 81 and rodeo and auto race night on Saturday September 1. Rodeo and Roy Rogers day and night on September 2. Rodeo day stock car race night. Secretary L B Cunningham said all indications point to one of the biggest and finest state fairs we have ever held.
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L. B. Cunningham
Bullheads Stocked In Keomah Lake At Oskaloosa
8000 bullheads placed in Keomah Lake east of Oskaloosa on Friday following stocking with 5000 bullheads from 6 to 10 inches long. State conservation officer Charles Olofson said the fish were delivered by a state truck, per the Oskaloosa Herald.
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Keomah Lake
Oskaloosa
Charles Olofson
Oskaloosa Herald
Bond Sales in Marion County Hit 70 Percent of 1956 Quota
Marion county volunteers led the state in the 1956 savings bonds drive with July investments totaling $185,862 in the county and $12,068,170 statewide. Seven month Iowa totals reached $103,166,2 0, with the state at 62 percent of its annual goal. E. L. Job of Knoxville and P. H. Kuyper of Pella chair the drive, reporting strong county and state performance, higher than national averages. Other counties show seven month totals: Mahaska $873,406 at 65 percent. Jasper $1,355,246 at 60 percent.
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United States Savings
Ion County
E. L. Job
Knoxville
P. H. Kuyper
Pella
Marion County
Iowa
Mahaska County
Jasper County
Oleomargarine Consumption Reaches 1920 Total
As far back as 1920 the United States consumed 368,783,386 pounds of oleomargarine, reflecting early 20th century dietary trends and the scale of domestic margarine use.
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United States
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Mich
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No. 405 East
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Roy Stults
Barbara
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Dean
Thompson
Joyce ‘Prins
Allied Chemical and Dye Co
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Jean
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Navy
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Pleasant Hill
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Cheyenne
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Harold Veenstra
Lowery
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Pellee
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Michigan State University Bureau of Business Research
A. T. Leabo
Walcott
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William Vande Voort
North Main Street
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