Saturday or Friday open for business debated by chamber
Ten years ago Pella chamber members debated Saturday night versus Friday night open hours at a Coffee Shop meeting. The vote favored Saturday 15 to 9, with Thursday closings also discussed 15 for summer-only closings and 11 for year round. MARION county showcased a Women run booth at the Iowa State Fair. Pellans Mills and Lenty Schreiner won State Fair Art Salon prizes. Keith Emmert named Webster and junior high principal. Michael Ruiter to be PCHS principal. Third Reformed Church of Pella to be featured on CBS Church of the Air August 26 with Rev Redeker and choir. A big Army truck was part of a cavalcade of equipment.
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Pella
Chamber
Marion County
Pellans
Larry Mills
CUI
Lenty Schreiner
Mills
Schreiner
Keith Emmert
Webster and
Michael Ruiter
PCHS
Third Reformed Church of
CBS
Pella area history items and notices roundup
A compilation of local notices reports a drive to raise 1000 for swimming pool bleachers with 700 subscribed, a calf born at Harold Veenstra farm, and a Pella band trip to Galesburg. It notes a Labor Day horse show at Pool Park, a railway discussion, and wind damage to Otley area arm houses and nearby farms. Additional items cover a Des Moines transfer move to Pella, a new post office excavation, and local public notices including fair and county events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Poortinga
Hunter Ballenger
Pella
Harold Veenstra
Pool Park
Cooperative Consumers
Reuben Schakel
Farmers Union Co-op
Howard Cowden
Consumers Cooperative Association of Kansas City
Zurich
Switzerland
Cooperative Alliance
Ralph Grundman
Marion County Soils District Commission
Milner
Pleasantville
Miss Elmer Gidel and Daughter Visit Illinois Relatives
Coal Ridge news notes Miss Elmer Gidel and her daughter Mary spent from Monday until [date obscured] in Illinois visiting Mrs. Gidel's mother in Vanalia and her brother in Alton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal Ridge
Elmer Gidel
Mary
Inlinois
Mrs. Gidel
Vanalia
Alton
Planning for the Future Without Obligation
A policy note suggests considering future plans now with no obligation to act. It discusses flexibility, voluntary choices, and the value of early preparation for long term outcomes. It highlights personal budgeting, career steps, and education as practical areas to address.
Sarah Cunningham Named BPW President at National Convention
Summit August 8 Mrs Paul Cunningham of Knoxville attended the Atlanta convention on July 28 where Sarah Jane Cunningham of McCook Nebraska was installed as president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women. The 178000 member group elected the daughter of the late Congressman Paul Cunningham of Marion County, a lawyer active in community affairs, to lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Cunningham
Knoxville
Atlanta
Georgia
Sarah Jane Cunningham
McCook
Nebraska
National Federation of Business and Feteniove
Miss Cunningham
Marion County
U. S. House
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Lake Prairie
Marion
Myron Nollen
Ernest Blom
M. M. Dockendorff
Otley
Marco van Hemert
Peter van Gent
M. J. Kaldenberg
Grimes Canning Company
A. M. Sels
Virginia Fowler
W. G. Neely
DES Moines ‘Transfer Company
Rosscreen Company
Pella Canning Company
Mahaska County
John DE Haas
John Roorda
Sully
Gerald Rysdam
Walter Butt
Oskaloosa
M&sl
Henry Vander Ark
Minn
Christian School
Newton
Monroe
Reasnor
Johannes
Gysbert van Hel
Orange City
van Hill
McGregor Brothers
Des Moines
Nora Scholte
Opera House
Howell
Leffler Co
Chicago
W. H. Fowler
Leffler
Christain School
Leighton
Hasp Breuklander
Baracas
Bloom
Toby
Central College
A. D. Cox
Boston
Mass
Cox
Colby College
Maine
Perry Academy
Sebago
Dena Vander Pol
A. Doedyns
Dena
H. C. Ver Ploeg
American House
U. S
W. R. Whitis
Fisk
Missouri
White
Ernest Anderson
W. A. Anderson
Aid
Elizabeth Hannah
First Baptist Church of
Raymond Karr
William Franklin
Pamela
Sandra
Melinda
Forrest Bishop
Mrs
Robert
Robin Anderson
David
Melinda Franklin
Sarah Thomas
Ted Tubbs
John Coster
G. H. Franklin
Ivan
Mabel
Nickell
Attica
Lawrence Laird
Ben Hocksema
Charles Feagins
Paul Feagins
Riverview Park
Sciears Club
Robert Avery
Judy
Jennifer
Nons
Oxkaloosa
Rodney Johnson
Ted
Iowa City Hospital
Colfax Sale
Wgt
Colfax Sale Company Clippinger, Shields & Briles, Earl & Bill Shields, Aucts
LLOYD
Karr
Marion County Board OF Supervisors
West District
Coal Ridge News
Marvin G. Dieleman
Rosenberger Ave
Iowa
North Market
Oskaloose
Lowa
Midwest , & Meats
ITH
Sully Cooperative
Sarah Cunningham
BPW
Pella Chronicle
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