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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1973
Page
3
Daily patient admissions and dismissals listed for Pella and nearby towns from November 27 to December 3, including names of patients and staff at Pella Central College Knoxville Otley Thornburg and Descriptions of newborns and transfers. Also includes a school lunch menu for the week of December 10 with daily main dishes sides and desserts.
The community listing notes events at Central College and Pella venues including a 5 in The Worship of Nature at 8 15 p m and a Messiah concert by the Pella Oratorio Society and Central College Community Orchestra at 2 30 p m in Douwstra Auditorium on December 9. Also includes a garden club tea on December 6 and a senior citizen trip on December 10 with a $3 75 fee, plus school board meeting December 10 and RCYF pancake supper December 12.
The Central Town Regional Library system hosted a grand opening in Des Moines to showcase its new downtown resource center and introduce director Miss Marjorie Humby. About 450 librarians officials and trustees were invited. 55 libraries gain interlibrary loan access across Polk to Boone counties. Florance Meyer chairs the Des Moines board.
A regional library system across 10 counties coordinates 55 libraries for book and media lending via interlibrary loan. Des Moines public and regional centers connect to Denver and Iowa stores enabling mail requests to central offices and local libraries for access to books records music films large print materials.
Iowa legislators approved a regional library system after delays left rural residents without service. Seven trustees were appointed by the Iowa Library Commission to oversee the 10 county region, including Florance Meyer Des Moines Chinn and others from Ames Urbandale Marshalltown and Indianola.
Last week in Pella four traffic accidents caused more than 1300 dollars in damage with no injuries reported. Incidents included a 6:45 p.m. Tuesday collision on Main Street involving Easson Bonthron and Gail Oliver, a 4:15 p.m. Thursday backing crash on Elm Street, a Thursday 8:09 p.m. car maybe hitting a parked van on Hazel Street, and a 12:55 p.m. Thursday Washington Street backing crash involving Ben Vos and Orville McNamar. Damages ranged from 50 to 900 dollars. Kooyman was charged with failure to control and Vos with improper backing.
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