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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1965
Page
4
Pella remained unaffected as a major five state power outage knocked out two million people. Cause traced to a Fort Randall dam breakdown in South Dakota. Pella's interconnect cutoff failed to isolate automatically, and a manual switch restored balance after generators slowed.
Prof Robert J Rittenhouse Central College Music Department Chairman conducted the sixth annual Quad City Band Festival in Indianola on January 3 with bands from Indianola Winterset Adel and Earlham. Over 250 instrumentalists rehearsed then gave a concert at Indianola Junior High School Gymnasium. Rittenhouse has been on the Central faculty since 1954 and holds degrees from Wittenberg Northwestern and is pursuing a PhD at Iowa.
Jasper County ASCS announces 6000 bushels of CCC bin site stored corn at Newton Bin Site 438 are for sale by sealed bids. Bids due by 3:00 p.m. February 3, 1965 at the County ASCS office. Interested firms or individuals may inspect the grain and obtain bidding forms from the office.
Central College unveils a 12 month study abroad program with The Sorbonne in Paris. Directed by Prof. Charles Haydon, the Junior Year Abroad is open to Central and other universities. Cost is 1975 dollars, includes travel, tuition, room, board, and excursions. application due April 15, 1965.
A panel of 45 prospective jurors has been drawn for the February term. Clerk Jack Carpenter said jurors will report late February if notified. Names include Knoxville, Melcher, Dallas, Pleasantville, Bussey, Swan, Tracy, Otley, Lacona, Harvey, Attica, Prairie City, Pella and others with multiple residents listed from each locale.
Jolene Jordan is among 33 Iowa 4 H club girls selected for a Sears Roebuck home furnishings trip to Chicago in February. She will depart Albia February 7, touring the Art Institute and Chicago Public Library, sponsored by Sears. Jordan, a nine year 4 H veteran, has held county and club offices and earned multiple county awards.
Philip L. Visser of Pella Cooperative Electric Association announced two all expense paid trips to Washington D C for the winners of a local high school essay contest. The nine day tour begins June 4 with 60 other Iowa youths, and essays due March 26 1965.
Norma Jean Olsen assistant in music at Central College will give a violin recital at 8 p m Thursday Feb 4 in Cox Snow Recital Hall aided by pianist Robert E Smith associate professor at Central. The program opens with Bach Sonata No 1 in G minor unaccompanied violin then Norma Dello Joio Variations and Capriccio followed by Brahms Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108 after intermission. Students may register to study violin with Mrs Olsen at Central College now.
Mrs. Ralph De Cook is named assistant City Hostess by the Pella Jaycees to support Mrs. Gladys Nieuwsma. The appointment aims to ensure continuity of service during illness or absences and to ease workload during periods of heavy newcomer in flux.
Marion County ASC Chairman Merrill L Robuck reminds Marion county producers that the 1965 feed grain signup runs February 8 through March 26 with township meetings daily 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the County ALCS Office at Knoxville except Lake Prairie at the Legion Hall basement. Meetings cover Clay Dallas Franklin Indiana East Knoxville West Knoxville Lake Prairie Liberty Pleasant Grove Red Rock Summit Swan Union Washington. Also noted is the death of Mrs P De Vries 88 of route 2 Pella at Pella Community Hospital with services pending at Pella Garden Chapel.
Pella merchants unite to kick off February White Elephant sale this Thursday. Stores promise bargains galore for shoppers. Load up your family and visit Pella for weekend deals as ads in Thursday's Chronicle preview the event.
Pella Recreation Commission calls for snow sculpture entries due March 15 1965 with entries judged by originality and appearance in two divisions children and adults. Names and addresses must be on the back. The commission remodels the old fire station into a youth center opening after school and on Saturdays with supervised activity space and games. A knitting class with eight weeks of instruction enrolls a large group of ladies.
The Iowa Society of CPAs notes major changes affecting individuals including rate reductions from 20 91 to 16 77 for 1964 and 14 70 for 1965. a minimum standard deduction of 300 plus 100 per additional exemption. dividend credit cut then repealed. sick pay exclusions with tiered limits. age 65 residence sale exclusion with proportional rules. many state tax deductions removed. casualty loss limits. medical deduction expansion for 65 plus. childcare deduction liberalization. moving expense deduction. capital loss carryovers, allowing indefinite carryover. income averaging for fluctuating earnings.
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