Council Approves Reservoir Bid in Pella Meeting
City council opened bids for a 4 million gallon reservoir. Roth and Associates of Storm Lake submitted the low bid of 134000 for earthmoving and construction. Completion and related work, including iron removal and boiler installation, were discussed with actions deferred to future meetings.
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Pella
Roth and Associates
Storm Lake
Harold Carlson
Verought Agency
Council
Pelia Chamber of Commerce Band
County 4 H Banquet Draws 400 Plus Attendees
More than four hundred 4 H members parents and leaders are set for the county banquet and awards program in Memorial hall Knoxville on Saturday night Ray Cunningham of Ames will speak to the youths about life ahead sixty seven 4 H members will receive awards and sixteen leaders will be recognized for service The program includes a preview of the electric program with training planned for the coming year Entertainment features include dinner music by David Loynahan Jane Templeton Carolyn Cline Dennis Clark Mary Ann Klyn and Janice Hodgson Kathy Hollingshead will lead group singing Mrs Lester Rankin and Mr Waldo McCorkle will present awards Judy and Rodney Robuck will be toastmistress and toastmaster
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Memorial Hall
Knoxville
Ray Cunningham
Ames
4-H
David Loynahan
Jane Templeton
Carolyn Cline
Dennis Clark
Mary Ann Klyn
Janice Hodgson
Kathy Hollingshead
Lester Rankin
Waldo McCorkle
Judy
Rodney Robuck
Pella High School Junior Class Evening Tonight
Pella High School presents an entertainment program between acts with a jazz ensemble, a humorous reading by Donna Klyn, and vocal selections. The Dear Departed by Stanley Houghton directed by Gwen Vanden Berg features cast including Grandpa Merrywend Stan Nollen and Victoria Judy Vanden Berg. Reserved tickets are available for Saturday night at Ideal Pharmacy for 50c and 25c.
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Pella High School
Donna Klyn
Stanley Houghton
Gwen Vanden Berg
Grandpa Merrywend
Stan Nollen
Mrs
Junior Class Plays at Polla High School
The junior class will present two one act plays on December 6 and 7 at 8:00 p.m. In Girls Will Talk Kay McDonald plays Miss Dee Dee and Karen Van Wyk plays Miss Marie. Joan Nollen plays Ruth Hattie Barnes is Betty Tessie Van Houweling is Annie. Directed by Robert Noler.
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Polla High School
Plan Industrial Clinic at Des Moines February 1968
The fourth Iowa Industrial Development Clinic will be held in Des Moines February 27 and 28 at Hotel Fort Des Moines. Ed B. Storey says two days provide workshop sessions on Community Research Prospects Promotion and Financing Industrial Development. Governor Hershel C. Love will open the event which features Iowa leaders as workshop leaders and national authorities on day two.
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Iowa Industrial Development
Ed B. Storey
The
Iowa Development Commission
Commission
Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
Storey
Iowa
Hershel C. Loveless
Wormhoudt Died After Fall in Pella Home at 74
C H Wormhoudt died at Mercy hospital in Ottumwa at noon Wednesday December 4 after a fall at his home in Pella. He was 74 and had been in furniture and undertaking business in Pella for over 50 years. Surviving are his wife Esther Maasdam, son Dr Arthur Wormhoudt, daughter Sarah Wormhoudt, and brothers Henry Andrew Marion H C Alfred of Pella and Alfred of…
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C. H. Wormhoudt
Mr Hospital
Oskaloosa
Wormhoudt
Win Evers
Herbert Wormhoudt
Ottumwa
Pella
G. H. Wormhoudt
Wormella
Home For the Aged
Oakwood Cemetery
Farm Safety Taught At Farmers Evening School
A lively panel discussed farm safety handling machinery fire electricity and first aid at the second evening school on Monday night December 2 at Pella High School. Panelists John Hoeksema Ellis Christianson Buck Visser with Cecil Vines moderating covered fire prevention electrical safety and first aid techniques including mouth to mouth respiration. Next Monday December 9 plant pathologist Iver Johnson and extension agronomist will discuss crop diseases and disease resistant varieties.
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John Hoeksema
Ellis Christianson
Buck Visser
Cecil Vines
Hoeksema
Christianson
REA Co-op
Visser
REA
American Red Cross
Iver Johnson
Town State College
Pella High School
Merle Hay Highway Named for WWI Martyr
The Merle Hay Highway in Towa is dedicated to the first man from Towa Geen killed in World War I, honoring his service and sacrifice.
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Towa
Merle Hay
Towa Geen
George Vande Voort Elected To Mahaska Extension Council
George Vande Voort and Robert Ashman were elected November 26 as Mahaska county extension council members for two-year terms representing Black Oak and Harrison townships. Ashman succeeds Edison White. Vande Voort replaces Walter Steenhoek. Leighton hall attendance reached 42 with Leighton Happy Hearts girls’ club songs and a talk on extension service by Helene Dilger.
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Robert Ashman
Harrison Township
George Vande Voort
Black Oak Township
Mahaska County Extension Council
Ashman
Edison White
Vande Voort
Walter Steenhoek
Leighton Hall
Leighton Happy Hearts Girls’ Club
Helene Dilger
Oskaloosa Herald
Local Jaycees Sponsor Exhibit
The U S Atomic Energy Commission's newest traveling exhibit will be shown in Pella on December 7, the local Junior Chamber of Commerce announced today. The exhibit travels as part of a statewide showing of exhibits in Iowa.
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U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Pella
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Towa
Atoms for Peace exhibit tours Iowa communities
A self contained walk through mobile unit titled Atoms for Peace travels Iowa towns as part of a four unit national tour sponsored by the U S Atomic Energy Commission and national groups. The show explains peaceful atomic energy from mining to reactor design and showcases radiative isotopes used in medicine agriculture and industry with sample materials on display. In Pella it will be on the West side of the Square with free admission inviting all residents nearby.
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Atoms For Peace
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Ceful U
National University Extension Association
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Iowa State
State Extension
Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce
Spectator
Pella
Gattorna Funeral Notice For Local Citizen
Funeral services are set for Friday December 6 at 2 00 PM at the First Reformed Church with Reverend Herman Ridder officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. The community laments the untimely death of Mr Wormhoudt, a respected local citizen and friend to many in Pella.
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First Reformed Church
Herman Rider
Oakwood Cemetery
Wormhoudt
Pella
Annual Football Banquet to Be Held Monday Evening
The Rotary and Kiwanis sponsored football banquet will be held in Central Campus dining hall Monday Dec 9 with dinner at 6 30. Coach Babe Tysseling announced the plan at a Rotarians meeting and Superintendent C C Buerkens spoke on reorganization of Pella area schools, noting 1962 as the target for statewide district consolidation and petitions in 44 districts.
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Rotary
Kiwanis Clubs
Babe Tysseling
C. C. Buerkens
Martin Heerema
Pella
Buerkens
Towa
Pelia Observes St. Nicholas Day to Open Holiday Season
Tomorrow evening on Friday December 6 Pelia will host the Dutch tradition with Saint Nicholas and Zwarte Piet at Garden Square at 7:00 pm The event features candy bars and cookies as the figures ride a horse with a helper Through downtown decorations and extended store hours the community is invited to welcome the holiday season This observance precedes Santa Claus Day on December 21 showing traditional gift exchange on the earlier date.
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Pelia
Netherlands
Siter Klass
Zwarte Piet
Black Piet
Garden Square
Holland
Sinter Klaas
Petitions Circulating for Area School Reorganization Plan
Area residents are being asked to sign petitions in 44 rural districts around Pella to trigger a vote on a school reorganization. The plan would elect five directors with two from the Pella district, two from rural areas, and one from the area at large, with a 20 percent voter threshold. Petitions are due by Saturday to Attorney Andy Klyn at Van Zante and Klyn.
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Pella
Pella Independent
Andy Klyn
van Zante
Evening Music Program at Chapel December 16
Central College music department presents an evening of fine music on Monday December 16 at 8 p.m. in Douwstra Chapel. The Christmas program replaces this year and features arias from the Messiah along with sacred and holiday music by the A Cappella Choir Chapel Choir Brass Choir and soloists. Public invitation extended.
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Music Department
Central Colege
Douwstra Chapel
Four Hunters Return From Montana Wyoming Deer Trip
Four hunters from LeMars and Brunsville returned with nine deer after a trip to Montana and Wyoming, totaling about 1000 pounds of venison.
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LeMars and
Brunsville
Montana
Wyoming
Back to God Hour Rally at Pella Church Dec 6th
Public invited to attend Rev. Peter Eldersveld radio minister of the Back to God Hour at the Pella First Reformed Church. The rally aims to call men back to God and spread the gospel as the program has reached national and ten foreign outlets for eighteen years. A mass choir conducted by Fred Vander Schaaf will perform anthems.
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Peter Eldersveld
Pella First Reformed Church
Eldersveld
Pella League of Reformed Men's Societies
Fred Vander Schaaf
Special Musical Service at Second Ref Church Dec 8
The Second Re formed Church hosts a special musical service December 8 featuring selections from Handel's Messiah and the Pageant The Mother and the Child The congregation may sing with the chorus and bring Messiah copies or borrow them from ushers A 3:00 afternoon rehearsal invites community singers The Pageant portrays the Child and Mary with participants Doris Pugh Des Moines Mary Delores Lundy Fremont Town Central College students Annie De Boer Coletta Schemper Rosemary Frey Marilyn L Spoelstra
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Second Reformed Church
Mary
Doris Pugh
Des Moines
Delores Lundy
Fremont
Town
Central College
Annie de Boer
Coletta Schemper
Rosemary Frey
Marilyn L. Spoelstra
Jaycee Pancake Day Seeks Hospital Fund in Pella
Jaycee Pancake Day set for Saturday December 7 in Pella with all you can eat cakes sausage and coffee for 50c at Vandevoort's former supermarket. Proceeds redirected to a community hospital fund and will be given to a local hospital foundation once a committee accepts donations.
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Pella
Jaycees
Vandevoort
Hymn Fragments Raise Quiet Reverence in Readings
Fragments from a religious text or hymn collection include lines such as Now Let Every Tongue Adore Thee and Give Thanks unto the Lord. The phrases Bless the Lord God of Israel and Come Unto Me appear, suggesting a devotional or liturgical excerpt.
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Israel
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Pelle High School
Kay Kuyper
Judy Vanden Berg
Jim Redek
Plan Industrial Clinic
Mahaska
Gattorna
Aarity
Saint Nicholas
Sinter Klaas and
JC ‘Hospital Fund
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