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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1975
Page
1
Local negotiations between the Pella school board and the teacher salary committee yielded a favorable package for next year. Base pay rises 575 dollars to 9275 for entry level teachers, added playground aides, expanded hospital and surgical insurance, and sick leave capped at 120 days.
Marion County officials warn that nine cents per registered voter drives up election costs. Taxpayers foot the bill for voter registers and printing lists for every election, including municipal and school tests, with Pella showing high totals and per-vote costs.
The old Walnut timber home on Oskaloosa Street north of the city light plant, once home to Drs Allen and Bill, is being demolished. Ray Pope and Harry Koopmans removed much of the walnut staircase. The house, among Pella’s oldest, housed the Butt family for about 34 years and was linked to early settlers and a May 22 1856 double wedding per Dutch diary records.
A retrospective from five decades ago notes Mary Todd as among the first white residents in Marion County dying at 82. It lists Pella Eastern Star officers led by Leona Reuvers and George F. Sadler, with wardens, conductors, and secretaries named.
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