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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1962
Page
1
The Pella Chronicle details subscription rates for tri county area and outside tri counties. Publisher H H Sadler and editor Dean Sadler are listed along with Emeritus M M De Zwarte and Al De Wild as ad manager. The paper is a weekly publication in Pella Iowa with standard postal designation.
A two car crash on a hill between Sully and Lynnville left Rev. Max Brandt pastor of the Church of God in Lynnville and Mr and Mrs Clarence Monsma of Sully injured Friday. They were treated by a Lynnville doctor. the Monsmas had facial and head lacerations while Brandt suffered a badly punctured knee.
Recap of 1951 community service award to John Vander Wal by Kiwanis and lists of local holiday happenings. Includes military furloughs from Pella residents Pippel Van der Ploeg Vander Linden Hart Olivier Nesbit and others. ROlSCREEN scam, local teachers, and shop prices.
Kenneth Decker of Hedrick was chosen by the board of education in a special meeting to fill two vacancies in the high school agriculture department after M. M. Deckendorff resigned. Decker was born on a farm in Wapello County to Dutch and English parents. At the Des Moines river bottom near Gerrit Hoekstra farm, Arie H. Bogaard and Dan Dingeman had built a large tipple into which sand and gravel was raised by a centrifugal hydraulic pump. It was the first.
Fr an ces Vander Linden of Peoria Illinois head of the YWCA Girls Reserve Unit was robbed on her way home after a streetcar ride. A gun was shown and a purse demanded. A tear gas gun was later sold to her and she kept it for a time. Also noted were low prices on clothes and household goods. A Ford sedan driven by Neal Van Veen and a Van der Ploeg Bakery truck collided at Franklin and Broadway with no injuries. A glass window damaged during a scuffle in front of Awtry Lankelma store. Mr and Mrs Gerrit Popma of Lincoln Nebraska visiting local families.
Bill Huff, 36, of near Donnellson, a 474 acre farmer, suddenly lost his sight. Neighbors organized to run the farm as doctors diagnose a rare fungus condition and he will undergo extremely complicated eye treatments.
A meeting of property owners and the Chamber of Commerce voiced objections to a city special assessment on newly paved streets. Critics argued it was unequitable to charge only street-front properties and debated basing charges on frontage or owner wealth. Legal aid was sought, and some avoided action to prevent revealing low property values.
The report lists three December marriages in 1911 near Pella. Perry Kruidenier wed Ruth Edwards of Doon Town on December 23. Cornelia Hasselman wed F. A. Kingsbury of Grand Island Nebraska on December 22. Sophia Walraven became the bride of David E. Grandin on December 20 in a pretty home wedding.
Merrill L. Robuck announces 80 000 bushels of CCC bin site stored corn for sale by sealed bids in Marion County. Half 40 000 bushels bids due by 8:00 p.m. January 8 1962 and 40 000 by 3:00 p.m. January 10 1962. Jasper County offers 100 000 bushels with bid deadlines 8:00 p.m. today and 8:00 p.m. January 9 for the remaining. Contact County ASCS Office for details and bid forms.
A garbled ad suggests cheaper sewer line clearing options using a chemical reamer called ERREAMER. The item promotes paying a big bill with a compact tool, crediting Paardekooper's as the origin or seller.
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