High Speed Chase Ends in Crash
Ronald Engelbart eighteen of Oskaloosa led a coast to town chase reaching eighty miles per hour before crashing at Columbus and Hazel streets. After a ditch strike, Engelbart was detained and found to have stolen a 1957 Oldsmobile from Marisin Motors and later drove a second Houk Oldsmobile. He faced arraignment in a justice court with Sheriff Tharp and Deputy Cline present.
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Ronald Engelbart
Oskaloosa
Asst
Emmit Edwards
Edwards
Mahaska County
Engelbart
Freeman Houk
Sway
Houk
Mahaska
Walter Tharp
Dick Cline
Pella
Tharp
Cedar
Justice of the Peace
Slippery Streets Trigger Series of Minor Accidents in January
Police reports from the fourth week of January describe several minor crashes on Pella streets with no injuries. Total vehicle damage is about 890 dollars across eight vehicles. Notable incidents include a rear hit at East Third and Oskaloosa by Herman M. Simmons on a 1962 Ford truck and a separate collision at Main and University involving John Van Zee in a 1968 Ford convertible. No charges were filed against any drivers.
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Pella
Marion L. Vos
Oskaloosa
Herman M. Simons
University Park
East Third
Main
University
John van Zee
Merle van Steenis
Lynn L. Gosselink
North Main Street
Joanna H. Monsma
Tell
Monsme
Roy Reith
Ford
Dorothy J. van Wyk
Mirin
Jefferson
van Wyk
Red Rock Dam Stage II work to begin April 1
Stage II of the Red Rock Dam flood control project is set to start by April after bids on the $10 million phase are awarded. Resident Engineer Elmer H. Gruenwald says bidding occurs February 9 at Rock Island, with contract award weeks later and equipment mobilization about 30 days after. The project aims to complete Stage II by November 30, 1964, diverting the Des Moines River through 14 spillway gates. Employment will rise to about 80 to 90 workers at peak, with carpenters and masons in demand. coffer dam construction precedes foundation work.
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Red Rock Dam
Elmer H. Gruenwald
Rock Island
Corps of Engineers
Gruenwald
Des Moines
Services Today for Dewey Koopman 74
Former Pella man Dewey Koopman 74 died at his home in Clarinda Sunday after a brief illness. Funeral services are set for 2:00 PM at Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home with Rev. E G Ward officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. Survivors include three sons Glenn of Pella, Dewey Jr. and Charles H. of Denver. An obituary will appear in the Chronicle.
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Dewey Koopman
Pella
Clarinda
van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home
E. G. Ward
Oakwood Cemetery
Koopman
Glenn
Dewey Jr
Charles H
Denver
Colorado
The
Chronicle
Fun and Figure Painting Classes Begin This Week
Registration for Fun and Figure classes, sponsored by the Recreation Commission, opens for those interested. The program starts Tuesday evening February 6 at Webster gym with 6 30 and 8 00 p m sessions and a $3 registration fee. The painting class begins February 8 at the Public Safety Building led by Mrs Lillian Barbour of Knoxville with an $8 fee and supplies available from the instructor.
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The
Recreation Commission
Webster Gymnashum
Public Safety Building
Lillian Barbour
Knoxville
Recreation Commission Office
Plans for Pella aged home expansion and Easter Seal chair
Reuben Schakel was named head of the 1962 Easter Seal Campaign in Pella and the surrounding area as Mrs. Ted Little announced. The March 15 to Easter Sunday April 22 drive marks the 41st anniversary of the Easter Seal Society, the nation’s oldest voluntary organization aiding the handicapped, with services including therapy, braces, wheelchairs, and day and residential camping programs.
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Reuben Schakel
Pella
Ted Little
Des Moines
Iowa Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Easter Seal Society
United States
Schakel
Mrs Ver Dught Rites Marked By Family Tributes
Mrs Cora Ver Dught 79 of 7134 Franklin street died Saturday at Pella Community Hospital. Survived by son Verle granddaughter Mrs R L Cook two great grandchildren and a great grandson. Funeral from the chapel with services conducted Monday. She was a member of Second Reformed Church and Ladies Aid and American Legion Auxiliary. Easter Seal services fund care for crippled children and adults regardless of background.
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Cora Ver Dught
David Ver Dught
Pella Community Hospital
Franklin Street
Verle
R. L
Sally) Cook
Anne A. de Bruyn
Frank de Bruyn
Cora
Pella
Avie A
Martha (Paard Kooper) de Bruin
Ver Dught Waas
Second Reformed Church
Ladies Aid Society
Ladies Auxiliary of the
American Legion
Will Also Remodel Present Building
Six Home for the Aged board members met Community hospital trustees and Medical Society, Recreation Commission, Mayor Tysseling, and Rev Wilbur Ringwalda of the Pella Ministerial Association in the hospital dining room to discuss adding housing facilities for seniors.
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Home For the Aged
Community Hospital
Medical Society
Recreation Commission
Tysseling
Wilbur Ringwalda
Pella Ministerial Association
The
Pella Community Hospital
Civic Betterment Committee
City Council
Ministerial Association
New Feed Grain Budget Forms Are Available
A Mississippi Valley extension office notes new feed grain budget forms from Iowa State University to help Marion County farmers compare expected returns under the 1962 program. The forms estimate payments for diverting land to conservation and aid decision making on participation.
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Towa State University
Marion County
Richard Freeman
D M Couple Hurt In Hwy 163 Crash
Mr and Mrs Orville Fite of Des Moines were injured not seriously when their eastbound 1960 Dodge was forced off the road near four miles west of here after a truck in the opposite lane tried to pass another eastbound vehicle. They were taken to Pella Community hospital and released later Saturday.
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Orville Fite
Des Moines
Here
Fite
Pella Community Hospital
Petra
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East First Street
Lincoln Street
Hazel
Columbus
Marisin Motors
Stomobile
Way
Donald Verros
Durham
Verros
Wm. Verros
Chronicle News
Brodigan
Nursing Home
Marlyn Klimstra
Cora DE Bruin
Home For the
Cate
Hospital Nursing Home
D. M
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