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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1961
Page
7
A reflection on patriots who dismiss the United Nations as a waste of time while urging continued global engagement. The piece contrasts dying for peace with living for it and cites municipal budget items and council actions on addressing machine usage and bicycle parking.
Renaud family hosted Miss Georgia Renaud and Mrs Dean Baarda of Des Moines for a weekend at Clarence Renaud's home. Mr Dean Baarda worked at Davids ons in Des Moines during Christmas rush and joined Sunday dinner. Mrs Fred De Vries hosted neighbors for Mrs A G Gertsma's birthday with refreshments. U and I Farm Bureau members held a pot luck dinner at the Community Building with a Christmas gift exchange and numerous attendees from area families.
Army Specialist Four Robert J. Van Houwelingen from Pella participated with the 8th Infantry Division in Exercise Main Barge, a V Corps field training drill in central Germany involving about 28,000 troops to develop small unit leadership. The article notes visitors to the Van Houwelingen family and a farewell for neighbors moving to Sully.
A 29-year-old Pella native, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Honwelingen of Route 3, Pella, is identified as a member of the 26th Infantry Combat Support Company in Baumholder. He joined the Army in May 1950, completed basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas, and graduated from Pella High School in 1955.
A dated OCR list records multiple vendors and line items including Westinghouse Electric, Burroughs, Des Moines Register, Clark Sanitary Supply, Iowa Machinery, Globe Machinery, Garlock, Allied Electronics, McKesson Robbins, DéLaval, Pitney Bowes, and Hach Company. Amounts such as 25.34 45.00 15 00 30.00 11.65 99.08 accompany various entries, suggesting a maintenance and supply ledger for a municipal or industrial facility.
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