Local births and hospital mentions fill August pages
Community notes detail births including a girl for Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schippers of Bellevue Nebraska and Eric Lee for Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gasper of Pullman Washington. Numerous hospital admissions and discharges appear at Mercy Oskaloosa and Mahaska facilities, with visits from relatives in Iowa and Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert van Vark
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Frank de Jong
Baby Boy
Mahaska Hospital
A. J. Schip
Ernest Schippers
Bellevue
Nebraska
Schippers
Maxine Garss
Pella
Wayne Gasper
Pullman
Washington
Eric Lee
Gasper
Ed Schreiner
Norma
Diller Vander Ploeg
Mark
Jaine
Carl Vander Ploeg
Town City
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Carl
Ursinus College
Robert Bosveld
Robert
Stephen
Iowa City
John W. Bosyeld
R. M. Martin
North Main Street
Kansas City
Missouri
Carl Kettering
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
John Rouwenhorst
Kettering
College of Business
Marquette University
Atlwaukee
Jerry
C. M. van Gorp
Elmer van Waardhuizen
Mercy
Wiggert A. Roorda
Gerrit Vis
Norma Jean
Mary
Clear Lake
Pelia
Little Brown
the Vale
Nashua
Vis
Marvin Trueblood
Pella National Bank
Modern busses shuttle rural students from Pella area
Two Pellas modern school buses prepare evening routes serving Otley and Leighton territories. They guarantee safe, comfortable winter and summer transportation, delivering pupils to doors each morning and back after chores. Buses support football, basketball, and grade school trips. Marion Den Adel of Kaiser-Fraser Garage maintains and stores them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pellas Modern
Otley
Leighton
Pella
Marion den Adel
Kaiser-Fraser
Knoxville Readies Blacktop Resurfacing Across City Blocks
Knoxville plans a test resurfacing project using blacktop on about ten blocks starting Monday if materials are available. Streets to be treated include Second and Third streets near Main Marion and Roche, First and Second between Main and Marion, Marion between Third and Roche, Robinson between Third and Fourth, with Montgomery west of Swift's hotel a possible addition. City workers have filled holes this week to prepare for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Southwest Corner Square
Main
Marion
Third
Roche
Robinson
Montgomery Street
Swift
Knoxville Express
Iowa crops reach record high as grain output tops prior records
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service reports record corn and oats production for 1948. Corn prospects reach 646,140,000 bushels, oats at 273,376,000 bushels, with total grain production nearing 23 million tons. Rye, barley, wheat, soybeans, flaxseed, apples, and grapes also show notable gains across districts and years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Iowa
Snowball plants bloom out of season in Iowa fields
J. D. Kruse of Little Rock Iowa reports snowballs blooming in August not from storms but the plants normally flowering by Decoration Day have unexpectedly blossomed, illustrating an odd seasonal shift in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Kruse
Little Rock
Iowa
Pella Picnic Highlights Remembered At Long Beach Reunion
Mrs Catherine Van Gorp recounts the Iowa Picnic held at Bixby Park Long Beach with Marion County trees and many familiar Pella and Jasper County friends. She names attendees including Frances Vander Linden Roy Vander Linden Carl Beyers Harriet Grundman Martin Jo sephine Grandin Head Ray Van Maren D S Rhynsburger Watson Dykstra E Hoeven and wife Cornelia De Haan Williams Mari Hoeven Middleton and Eleanor Rykers Nettie De Gooyer Ine Corey George Vander Zyl McKee Smith and others. Kate signs as the Old Timer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella Chronicle and Friends
Bixby Park
Long Beach
Marion County
Pellaites
Frances Sheehy Vander Linden
Roy Vander Linden
Pomona
Carl Beyers
H. Rietveld
Harriet
Glen Grundman Martin
Josephine Grandin Head
Ray van Maren
D. S. Rhynsburger
Watson Dykstra
Earl
Millie
Tim
Dr. E. Hoeven
Pella
Cornelia de Haan-Williams
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. N. Cannon
Detroit
Michigan
Verda Vander Pol
del de Hann
Myrtle Vander Meulen
Mrs. C. I. Vander Meulen
Albert. Rietveld
Patricia
John
Denver
Colorado
William Dieleman
Eddyville
Stz van Rees
LaVerne Barton
Bartons
van Cleve
Quasqueton
Barton
Dirk van Weelden
Pel- In
Tie
William van Maaren
Main Street
Walter Grandin
Edwarda
Wilbur Hugen
Wayne
Newton
Hugen
Jasper County Extension
Marionne
Robert Monsma
Maska Hospital
van Houweling
Robert Hand
Mahaska
Evers
Myrtle
Davenport
James Evers
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Gerald 3. Synhorst
John Synhorst
Route 1
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Carl Vogelaar
Chicago
Stan Borgman
Ben Vogelaar
Ruth
Peoria
Ilinois
Bernie Vogelaar
Howard Borgman
Carl Rene Vander Linden
Patricia of Ames
M. Vander Linden
Life Insurance
New York Life Insurance Co
M. M. Dockendorff
Dick Leydens Produce and Service Station
Pella Public Square
LES
Diternational Warvester
International Harvester Freezer
Pella Implement Store
McCork-Deering Sales and Service
Pella, Iowa
Koting
Colonial
van der Veer
Jake van der Veer
Catherine
Kate) van Gorp
Westwood Village
John Ver Ploeg
Jim
Jims
Joe
Shorty
Camp
Kate
Americ
Sun
Fri
Grorks
Ossetaeie
Mammoth Shou
de Revuex
B. F.goodrich
Silvertown
B. F. Goodrich
OPER
A. B. van Houweling Auto Company
Emerson
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