Self Help Answer to Growth in Rural Iowa
Earl King of the Iowa Association of Electric Co-ops spoke to Rotary and service clubs at the Country Club on Tuesday noon. He warned that only 41 of 99 counties showed population gains from 1950 to 1960 and many gains were small. He urged diversification and local self reliance to keep young people and attract industry, noting Iowa’s high literacy and resources and that many engineers educated in Iowa leave the state. Mr. King was a guest of Phil Visser.
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Iowa
Earl King
Iowa Association of Electric Co-ops
Rotary
Service Clubs
Country Club
Michigan
King
Mr. King
Phil Visser
Rural Electric Cooperative
Blakesburg Defeats Pella Christian Girls in Thriller
Blakesburg the top Chiquaqua Conference team trailed early but pulled ahead late to beat Pella Christian 50-47 as Nancy Thompson scored 26. Pella’s Thressa Hoksbergen 20 and Lois Pethoven 17 led the girls. In the nightcap Blakesburg lost 72-38 to the P. C. boys, led by Don Ver Meer with 25 and Bryce Menninga with 18.
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Blakesburg
Chiquaqua
Pella Christian Femmes
Pella
Christian Eagles
P. C
Away Fifty Years He Still Likes Home Newspaper
A reader from Huntington Park California sends a note to the Pella Chronicle, recounting leaving Pella for Southern Mississippi fifty years ago with his brother Jim, returning briefly during World War I, and continuing to subscribe as a lifelong link to home.
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Jim
Pella
Mississippi
Pella Defendants Win in Damage Suit Verdict
A Marion County jury found Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Van Willigen of Pella not liable for $10,000 in damages in a case stemming from the February 20 1961 death of William Rugaard who fell in the defendants home on North Main Street. The administrator Jens Rugaard claimed negligence citing a lack of guard rail at the basement shop.
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Pella
Maurice van Willigen
Marion County
Jens Rugaard
van Willigens
William Rugaard
North Main
St. Rugaard
van’ Willigens
Christmas Birth and Faith Prayer Message
A religious passage reflects on the birth of Christ and the nativity scene. It urges prayer for faith, charity, and courage, and for protection of the right to worship. It asks divine guidance for leaders of free peoples to pursue lasting peace on earth.
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Alu
Christ
City sells 70000 bond for sewer project and related updates
The city council sold 70000 in general obligation storm sewer bonds at 3.0647 percent to Shaw McDermott Co. to fund a sewer construction project already under way. Ostlin Co. of Prairie City won the contract for major improvements. The council also approved zoning changes and announced future water system work with several pipe installations planned. New terms include oath of office for council members and three-year appointments to the Recreation Commission.
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Shaw McDermott and Co
Des Moines
H. S. Ostlin Co
Prairie City
Water Committee
West First St
Elm
Sunset Ave
Monroe
Broadway
West Second
West Jefferson
Prairie St
Schakel Warehouse Co. Com
Tysseling
Ian
Nativity Scene Brings Christmas Spirit to Central Park
The Nativity scene in Central Park, featuring Mary, Joseph, the Babe, shepherds, and Wise Men, adds reverence to pre Christmas preparations. Sponsored by the Pella Ministerial Association and the Chamber of Commerce, it marks the second year the display has appeared in the square.
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Central Park
Pella Ministerial Association
Chamber of Commerce
Pella to Knoxville paved road project gains funds
Marion county receives 100000 dollars from state emergency road funds enabling relocation and reconstruction of the 1.25 mile Pella to Knoxville link south of Flagler. The project totals about 240800 dollars and includes an overpass structure over the Burlington Railroad at Flagler plus right of way grading and paving.
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Pella
Knoxville
Marion County
Iowa Highway Commission
Ames
Pella-Knoxville
Flagler
Burlington Railroad
Ten $25 Prizes Waiting for Saturday Shoppers
Two hundred and fifty dollars will be evenly divided Saturday afternoon among ten lucky Pella shoppers. The cash giveaway is the final event in three Saturday trade promotions by the Pella Chamber of Commerce. Winners will receive $26 trade certificates usable in any member business.
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Pella
Chamber of Commerce
Christmas charity toymaking tied to coffee tin strips
Local residents gathered 12,880 Butternut coffee tin strips this year to fund $1,238 worth of toys for needy children across the United States this Christmas. Lucille Vander Beck, a longtime Amvet Auxiliary volunteer, coordinates mailing strips, noting the company pays 10 cents per strip for toys.
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U. S
Lucille Vander
Beck
Amvet
Butternut Company
Vanden Berg and Kuiper Top Dutchmen Scorers
Two Pella area players anchor Central College basketball as Vanden Berg leads with 14.25 points per game and Kuiper trails at 8.75. The Otley sophomore shoots .489 from the field and .511 at the line, while Kuiper hits .423 with .568 free-throw percentage. Both are PHS graduates with notable high school records.
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Vanden Berg
Kuiper
Pella Area
Phil Vanden Berg
Otley
Gerald Kuiper
Pella
Mrs Jane Bennett Dies Here at 94 in Pella Home
Mrs Jane Bennett a 94 year old resident of the Pella Rest Home for three years died last weekMonday at the home She formerly lived in Lovilia and is survived by one son living in Des Moines Funeral services and burial were in Lovilia The article notes her as a former all state and all conference player with high school scoring achievements and leadership roles for Pella Community High School
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Pella Community High School
Reading
Holy City
Gaul
Schuber Riegger
Christ
Richter
Pamela Gaass
Melba van Hemert
Glee Club
Mathews
Beverly de Cook
Davies
Klemm
Bizet
Roger Ringwalda
O'Hara
Wilson
Boys’ Quartet
Cranham
Ringwald
Arr
Boys’ Glee Club
Jane Bennett
Pella Rest Home
Lovilia
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Huntington Park, Calif
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Charles Vander Ploeg
Council
M. O. Hansen
PHS Tonight
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Noe
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Rozsa
Mozart
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Wm. Schippers
Margaret Bogaards
Laurence Jellema
Cornelius van Hal
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