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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1973
Page
3
A humorous look at simple New Year resolutions for 1974. Suggestions include filling ice trays with water, hanging clothes on hangers, and working on punctuality. The piece playfully urges grumpy people to smile and urges fair tax payments while lampooning common phrases and habits.
A dated hospital ledger lists daily admitted and discharged patients by name and town from December 22 to December 28 with multiple Pella and Knoxville entries. The page closes with a New Year pep talk urging self improvement, civic notes, and a Spain grape ritual for luck in 1974.
The engagement of Connie Klein to Gene Schippers, both of Pella, is announced by their parents. Connie works at Boomsma Produce and Gene is employed at Rosscreen with a June wedding planned.
Local notes recount holiday visits and travel for families and friends. Dr and Mrs Vos from Huntsville Alabama, en route to Seattle, shared three days in Pella with Mrs Vos’s family and will visit Orange City. Numerous other names and destinations appear, including transfers, visits in Des Moines and Grand Rapids, and the Roose family reunion in Peoria Township Hall.
Mrs Barbara Holdsworth of New Sharon and the late Jess Holdsworth announce the engagement of their daughter Debby to John C Klein son of Mr and Mrs Roy Klein of Pella. Debby is a senior at North Mahaska High School and John is employed by Bruce Geyer of New Sharon. No wedding date set.
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