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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1964
Page
10
If stranded in a snowstorm stay in your car and maintain warmth. Patrols will search for marooned vehicles and advise running the engine only when necessary while clearing snow from exhaust. Keep windows closed, seal cracks, stay awake, stamp feet, and huddle with others for warmth.
At the Newton Christian Reform Church meeting nominations were made for the coming term: Elders Delmar Jansen Bernie Nikkel John Van Zee. Deacons Leo Nikkel Riley Van Zee Building Committee George Terpstra. Also noted Kathy Van Gorp ill with scarlet fever in Monroe Schools kindergarten. Several local visits and hospital notes follow including George Vander Schel surgery and Jerald Veenendaal back pain affecting work.
The Marion Mahaska Farm Service Co. held its annual meeting in the Farm Bureau Building at Oskaloosa on December 17 at 7:30 a.m. Mrs. Lawrence Everett spoke, and newly elected directors Bass Van Gilst Connie Vander Linden and Kenneth Woody of Knoxville were announced. Lunch followed. An 8th grade caroling event occurred Wednesday evening.
Pvt Roy L Steadham son of Mr and Mrs Roy Steadham of 1st Prairie Pella was home on furlough from Dec 4 to Dec 12 He enlisted in the Army in February did basic at Fort Leonard Wood and schooling at Fort Gordon He is now at Fort Hood Texas and will drive the commanding officer in a jeep at halftime of the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day His address is Pvt Roy L Steadham RA 17677300 Co B 141 Signal Bn Fort Hood Texas
John A. De Jong supplied transport for Busy Bee Club members and husbands who shared a Christmas dinner at the Dutch Buffet in Pella. The meeting and gift exchange occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pethoven in the afternoon. Mrs. John Westercamp plans to attend Grand Rapids trip with Mr. and Mrs. Bastian VanderWilt on December 18. The Vander Wilts will visit their daughter, Rev. and Mrs. W. Van Dyk, at Plymouth Heights church in Grand Rapids after relocating from Florida to pastor there. Mrs. Westercamp will visit in the James Mohr home and Chronicle readers are wished a blessed Christmas season.
The Iowa Heart Association offers a booklet titled High Blood Pressure detailing current understanding of hypertension, its effects, and management. It notes past declines in death rates among adults 45 to 64, stresses regular medical review, and describes treatment options from diet changes to medications and, rarely, surgery.
Readers may obtain two free copies of the book High Blood Pressure by writing to the Iowa Heart Association at 1400 Woodland Avenue in Des Moines Iowa. The notice urges interested individuals to request the materials by mail via the heart association.
Mrs. Raymond Koenigs, local Christmas Seal Chairman, says there is still time to contribute. Many donors have not yet replied, and memory joggers have been sent to remind them. Scattered returns arrive daily as the drive continues to fund Marion County Tuberculosis and Health Association services.
In November 47.2 percent of Medical Assistance for the Aged expenditures, $254,746.05, went to 142 hospitals. Total MAA outlay was $539,643.78, with 18.25 percent or $98,455.27 to 187 nursing homes. Doctors and pharmacists received $95,567.70 and $56,459.18 respectively. Irene M. Smith urged Medicare-Social Security integration to ease state costs.
The board read and approved minutes. An ordinance for an alley in Snowe City Vel la Marios County was adopted on first and final readings. A quit claim deed was approved, bid from American Cast Iron Pipe Co. accepted for water supply, and a real estate purchase contract with John W. De Jong was presented and approved. Central College curb-cut petition granted.
On motion 86.40 from Swimming Pool Fund was transferred to the general fund to cover underwater lighting and other expenses. The report lists numerous departmental transfers including payroll, supplies, and maintenance payments. The clerk’s annual report was approved and an audit from Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co was accepted.
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A long list of guests celebrated Christmas Eve with Mr and Mrs Frank ardae Betty and others including Cpl Harel Haarda on furlough and Amana area families. Christmas Day dinner was hosted at Teun is De Ruiter home with extended relatives from Edgewood Lynnville and Pella joining.
Public assistance expenditures in Iowa for November totaled $2,546,289 across programs. Old Age Assistance paid $1,611,029, Medical Aid to the Aged $539,644, Aid to Blind $118,054, and Aid for Disabled $100,470. There were 550 Remedial Eye Care recipients, with 142 claims totaling $14,701.38 and an average $103.53 per claim.
Marion county reports 71,090 in November aid across OAA ADC AB AD and medical programs. Mahaska records 37,981 total with 97 cases and 7,287 in aids. Jasper shows smaller totals with 3,925 across 544 persons.
A note adds to the 101 uses for plastic jugs by proposing buoyant muskrat traps as a new application. The idea suggests a buoyant aid for trapping muskrats, though it acknowledges reduced effectiveness if large rats carry away the traps.
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