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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1962
Page
6
A commentary on human superstition noting how celestial alignments spur doomsday beliefs and prophecies. It observes that across centuries prophets attract followers while others dismiss end times, reflecting on survive-and-believe dynamics.
The United Nations Security Council adjourned amid a dispute over Congo. The Soviet Union pressed for debate on Congo, accused Antoine Gizenga of threats, while Western delegates condemned procedural moves that blocked Zorin from addressing the council. The session ended 7 to 2 in favor of adjournment, with Ghana and the United Arab Republic abstaining.
Leo Smith of Dyersville will retire this year after five decades in groceries. He spent 36 years in Dyersville with the rest in Manchester Strawberry Point New Hampton Charles City and Osage.
Junior high pupil Chip Ingmand from Red Oak captured a metropolitan Miami fishing tournament title for landing a sailfish weighing 65 pounds, 71 feet, 10 inches during a Florida trip with his parents. Later, while driving on a country road, the family noticed a boy riding a horse with a lantern behind the saddle.
A collection of court entries lists numerous marriage routes and transfers, civil actions, foreclosures, estates, and land transactions across Knoxville Pella and surrounding areas. Items include divorces, property deeds, and executor actions with names such as Lubberden Comer Harvey Joyce Gerry Rus Roorda Vaught De Jong Ashton Parker Reeser Pippel Randol Scha bel Schroder Van Zee Van Wyk Crawford and others in Knoxville Pella and Oskaloosa.
Multiple estates and executors named including Marie Kylle W L Stevenson Arie G Klein Gradus A Klein Rienk Klein Beulah Brause Ralph H Brause admr F M Roberts estate Frank C Dixon exec Blanche McShane estate Leon Miller admr A C Geery estate Donald Geery Woodrow Geery Henry Geery execs John C De Bruin estate Henrietta De Bruin Marion De Bruin execs.
A list of individuals and places including Larry Ray, Lillian Darlene Marshall from Monroe, Chev. Corvair, Frank Dwight Carruthers of Columbia, Ford pickup, Marguerite D. Kain of Knox ville with Mere Comet, Joe Leisman Sewell from Pleasantville with a Dodge Wagon, Glenn Eugene or Kathleen Lucille Pringle of Pella with Mere Comet, Cecil Rodney Clark of Pleasantville, Joe Adrian Nunnikhoven of Pella with Ford, Betty June or Arthur Stittsworth of Knoxville with Chevy Johns, Lorena Mae Pella with Ford Raugh Louis Robert Garpan of Melcher with Ford Vict. Gal, Orpha May Thompson of Knox ville with Mobile Home, James Norman Chrisman of Knoxville with Dodge Truck, Clyde Morris Keeney of Swan with Ford Gal, Ernest Glenn or Geneva Colene Engbers of Pella with Ford Gal, Knoxville Elk & Concrete Go., Vermeer Mfg. Go. of Pella with Chevy truck, Eugene Hixson or Laveda Mildred Young of Pleasantville with Ford Auto Service Co., Clarence Ross or Dorothy Bernice Van Niewaal of Pella with Ford.
Wildlife packets and trees for spring planting are available at the State Conservation Commission nursery in Ames. Deadline is March 30, 1962 or until supplies run out. Orders ship when weather permits. Plants may not be used for windbreaks, shade, or urban plantings. they are for reforestation, erosion control, and wildlife cover. For more information contact conservation officers and district foresters.
The article explains notices where individuals limit future debt liability to themselves or named parties. Such notices warn creditors to avoid extending credit beyond stated obligations, often used amid domestic disputes or legal incompetence. The practice is circulated widely via newspapers, though its binding effect is disputed.
In two Maine coastal towns voters set tax collection methods showing leniency for early payments and escalating penalties for late ones. One town offered no interest if paid by October 1 and 6 percent after September, while the other set rates from 1 percent in September to 5 percent after November. Local notices announced schedules and penalties, reflecting the right to be informed through newspapers.
Albert R. Sorensen of Hamp ton has the unusual hobby of knife making. He has created 300 knives of just about every size and shape. The hobby collection includes small pocket knives to butcher knives.
Earl Wagner of Monroe was the apparent successful bidder for sand and gravel at 16 cents per cubic yard from an 11 acre tract bought by the federal government in 1961 for the Red Rock Reservoir flood control project. The land on the Des Moines River south bank lies east of the Highway 14 bridge with access via a road from the bridge end. The land and travel will be sold by the government for a three year period beginning March 1, 1962.
A brief reflective quote by Sae Sun on how some people overreact judge others avoid responsibility and take unnecessary risks. It characterizes social behavior as hastily forming opinions without evidence and pushing boundaries.
The piece argues that a crooked or subluxated spine predisposes illness in children. It urges parents to inspect posture and spine alignment, noting X rays reveal undetected rotations and curvatures. It claims early chiropractic adjustment yields better, lasting outcomes for growth and health.
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