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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1957
Page
8
Mary Jane Lawrence of Scranton suffered severe cuts to her arm when she was skating in the dining room and ran her arm through a glass window, according to reports from the scene.
Pella High's basketball team showed its best form of the season by defeating Albia 57-29 last Friday night in Pella. The win marks the Little Dutch's first conference victory, lifting them from the cellar to a three way tie for fifth with Knoxville and Winterset.
Pella jumped to a 10-3 first period lead and built a 32-12 halftime advantage as Gary Wallace and Larry Renaud fueled the attack. The third quarter ended 45-21. Pella connected on 87 percent of shots and improved rebounding. In the fresh-soph game, Pella won 48-32, with Phil Vanden Berg scoring 25 and John Grandia adding significant points.
Akron Ohio Iowas four winners in the tenth annual soil conservation contest sponsored by Goodyear depart December 9 with 96 other top conservationists for a four day trip to Wigwam resort at Litchfield Park Arizona. Northern Region winners Clay Timmerman and A J Marken of Hampton join as outstanding conservation farmer and district official. Southern Region winners Virgil Nehls and Robert McCaffrey of Denison depart from Omaha. The event features rodeo steak fry tours and a visit to the White Tank Mountains. Winners return December 16.
Colfax resident Clint Alford Jr. 38 is jailed in Marion County on a 5000 bond after arrest on November 21 for false pretenses in a oats purchase from Dick DeHaas of Percy. The Grand Jury was reviewing the case this week. Prosecutor Bert Bandstra says Alford misrepresented finances and occupation, took oats and failed to pay, with similar alleged schemes in Marion and Jasper Counties.
A Iowa Rural Electric News survey shows electric heating in rural towns doubling in 12 months. By December 1 there were 360 homes heated by electricity with 30 more installations in progress, up from 18 a year earlier. A 1956 growth trend driven by comfort and clean use, aided by special low rates from 1.3 to 1.75 cents per kWh.
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