Pella Home for the Aged Highlights Tulip Festival
A detailed tour of Pella's Home for the Aged showcases its fifty seven residents, the famed tulip garden in front cared for by Neal De Jong, and fruit and vegetable growing led by local volunteers. The facility features bright rooms, a lobby with a parakeet, a large dining hall, and extensive basement work and washing areas. Staff includes matron Laurence Van Mersbergen and nurse Mabel Littleton with part time helpers and student volunteers contributing to meals, coffee time, and religious services.
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Pella
Iowa
Neal de Jong
John van Zee
Rev. H. Bossenbroek
Kiwanis Club
P. H. Kuiper
Laurence van Mersbergen
Minnie Roose
Tena Stursma
Maggie Buitenwerf
Mabel Littleton
Marie Stursma
Johanna Boot
Roy Steadham
Katie Laverman
Henrietta Nibbelink
Fred Vander Schaaf
Nancy Rus
Home Auxiliary
Iowa Manufacturers Association reacts to Governor Hughes letter
H S Kuyper of Rosl and president of the Iowa Manufacturers Association says he is surprised by Governor Harold Hughes reaction to a membership solicitation letter. Kuyper notes unity on promoting industrial growth while defending standard platform changes affecting workers and unemployment in Iowa.
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H. S
Stu” Kuyper
Rosscreen
Iowa Manufacturers Association
Harold Hughes
Des Moines Register
Hughes
Kuyper
The
Chronicle
IMA
Iowa
Wyo
Girl Dies In Morning Peoria Road Crash
An 11 year old Des Moines girl Debra Mentzer was killed when a bread truck driven by her father Jack Dennis Mentzer 31 collided head on with a Mahaska county maintainer operated by Dwight Douglas 54 of Leighton east of the Warren county bridge on county road T at 8 50 am Tuesday in dense fog. The truck veered over a 20 foot embankment after impact.
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Des Moines
Debra Mentzer
Mahaska County
Warren County Bridge
Peoria
Dwight Douglas
Leighton
Jack Dennis Mentzer
Ment
Mentzer
Pella
Douglas
Debra
van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home
First Baby contest opens with $100 prize in Pella
The fourth annual First Baby contest starts as 1964 ends, with the first baby born at Pella Community Hospital in the new year winning about $100 in prizes donated by local merchants. Eligibility requires birth in the hospital and exact birth time certified by the attending physician. If tied, prizes are split between the two babies. Previous winner Krista Lynn Nikkel was born January 1, 1964, weighing six pounds. Sponsors include Van's Food Market, Meninga Insurance, Pella Bootery, Super Valu, and many more.
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Pella
Pella Community Hospital
Pella Hospital
Krista Lynn Nikkel
Bernie Nikkel
Sully
Van's Food Market
Menninga Insurance Agency
Pella Bootery
Pella’s Super Valu
Wormhoudt and Kempkes
T & &D Department Store
Stravers
Cook and Son Agency
Vogelaar’s Hardware
Wilson
Hog price guessing game and 1965 farm outlook night school
The next farm night school will meet Monday January 4 at 7 30 p m at Commun ity high school Topics include Hog Price Guessing Game and Farm Outlook 1965 Those who registered hog prices last year must attend to be eligible for prize money Others wanting to enter next year must also be present.
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Community High School
Community events board of January meetings and dances
Thursday December 31 parent supervised dance to Classix at Public Safety Building 8 30 p m. Wednesday January 6 TT will be at Mrs Arwilda Brom home 1 30 p m. Friday January 8 NFO seminar Necessary Steps to be taken for successful bargaining in agriculture Oskaloosa Farm Bureau basement 10 a m 4 00 p m. Sunday January 10 Chamber Brass Players at Cu I Douwstra Chapel 2 00 p m. Wednesday January 13 Camp Fire Leaders Meeting Legion Hall 1 00 p m. Thursday January 14 Kiwanis travelogue Inside Passage and Aleutian Islands Douwstra Chapel 7 30 p m.
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Public Safety
T.T.T
Arwilda Brom
N.F.O
Oskaloosa Farm Bureau
Cui Douwstra
Legion Hall
Thurs
Kiwanis
Passage
Aleutian Islands
Douwstra
Controversial IMA letter sparks governor protest
A letter from the Iowa Manufacturers Association stirs gubernatorial protest amid post election shifts in the Iowa Legislature. The governor warns that many new legislators lack understanding of industry needs, while noting Democratic control of state government and ongoing support for industry.
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Iowa
Democratic Party
Indus
Pella Leads Marion County 1964 Tax Levy Increases
Marion county auditor releases 1964 levy totals showing Pella at 87.633 mils up 6.574 from 1963 and Knoxville at 101.682 mils up 4.637. The report compares Pella with Bloomfield Iowa Falls Eldora Garner and Brit, notes state and county hikes, and explains millage calculations for property taxes and assessed valuations.
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Marion County
Marion County Auditor's Office
Pella
Knoxville
Bloomfield
Iowa Falls
Eldora
Garner
Brit
Pleasantville
Swan
County Board of Education and Agriculture Extension
Bussey
Hamilton
Harvey
Marysville
Melcher
Dallas
Melcher-Dallas
Simmons
Indiana Township
Washington Township
Fairview
Gosport
Washington
Marion
Hamilton Ia.egningtons
Week of Prayer services planned in local churches
Five local churches plan Universal Week of Prayer with themes on acts of worship during prayer periods. Ministers from Reformed Churches and First Baptist Church will lead services on January 3 6 and 10 with sessions for quiet and audible personal prayer. Funeral notices follow for Lucy Boggards.
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Reformed Churches
First Baptist Church
Glen Peterman
First Reformed Church
Harmon Wierenga
Second Reformed Church
Wilbur Ringwalda
Third Reformed Church
George Muyskens
Trinity Reformed Church
Everett G. Ward
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Pella Nursing Home
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H.S. Kuyper
Ming
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Twin C
Dallas Township
Franklin Township
Knoxville Township
Twin Cedars
Lake Praire Township
Ella Saade
Liberty Township
Pleasant Grove Township
Red Rock Township
Monroe
Polk
Prairie C
Prairie City
SE Polk
Summit Township
Swan Township
Union Township
Columbia
Elm Grove
Melcher-Dall
Pleasant Ridge
Union
Gosport Pleasant Rios
Mrs. J. Boggards
Lucy Boggards
Franklin St
First Reformed
Glen O. Peterman
Oakwood
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