Iowa Future Series and Civil War Centennial Program
A February drive promotes the Iowa Future Series of cooperative extension discussions on democracy, economy, agriculture, and population shifts. It notes the Civil War Centennial proclaimed by President Eisenhower, urging nationwide observance 1961-65 and praising American resilience and unity through the war and after.
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America
Iowa
Iowa State University
Cooperative Extension Service
Year of the Snow Defines 1960 in Pella Year
The year 1960 in Pella featured heavy snows and cold snaps but major local news centered on the opening of Pella Community Hospital and the start of Red Rock Dam construction. January brought burglaries, bakery retirement, rising college tuition, a midwestern blizzard, river overflows, notable retirements, a grand opening at Pella Implement, and several January weddings. Community groups debated farmers organization outreach, while a school board dispute with the Monroe district touched county education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella Community Hospital
Red Rock Dam
Tulip City Drive-In
Klyn ‘Tire and’ Battery Service
Gosselink Mobilgas Service
Kuyper Builders Material Co
John
Mark
Central
Midwest
Des Moines
Skunk
J. R. Drake
Pella
National Bank
George Ver Steeg
The
Chronicle
Gerrit Steenhoek
Christina Vande Voort
Lee Vander Linden
Rita Alban
Harold den Besten
Wilma van Doort
Larry
Overland Prize Won by 17 Year Old Fred Thomassen
Saturday January 1 1911 crowds packed Pella to witness the awarding of a $1,000 Overland Automobile intended to boost local business. Fred Thomassen, son of widow Thomassen, was named the winner after a tense wait. the teen was overwhelmed with joy and later bedridden with a nervous headache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pel-la
Fred Thomassen
Thomassen
Fred
Sky Scrapers Club And Early Roaring Twenties Town Life
Twenty local youngsters formed the Sky Scrapers, leasing the opera house third floor for social stunts under officers Clarence Renaud president William Van Vark vice president Albert Dykstra secretary Eugene Dennis Jr. treasurer. The Stork visited the Neal Vogelaar home on New Year’s Day with a baby girl. Clarence C. Buerkens returned from vacation to Owassa. Film features at Aloe theater included Wanted A Husband and Sundown Slim. John Gezel offered hisAberteen Angus bull Bob of Bethel Crest for sale. Tommy Van Vark left for San Francisco after enlisting in the navy. A W De Bruin’s prize Buff Leghorn chickens won at a Des Moines show. Jacob Kuiken’s sons Sam and Marion returned from Oklahoma harvest work and Pennsylvania adventures, eventually brought home by their father. Harry De Cook resumed school at Sac City after vacation. Harry Mitten and Verle Ramsey camped at Stony Point trapping and hunting along the Des Moines River.
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Sky Scrapers
Opera House
Clarence Renaud
Wm. van Vark
Albert Dykstra
Eugene Dennis, Jr
Pella Businessmen Optimistic Despite 1931 Trade Outlook
Thirty years ago in 1931, local businessmen in Pella remained cautiously optimistic about trade despite national hard times. Officials noted the area faced less unemployment due to the absence of a regional industrial boom and a relatively stable industrial situation compared with other regions.
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Pella
Severe Blizzard Makes News
A ten inch snow with high winds builds drifts clogging streets and highways and closes schools for the second time in the 1960 winter. Motorists are stranded in Pella February 9 and the next day. The city council Hoeksema Washington D C laid groundwork for a federal loan over 2 million to expand the electric plant facilities. Clergymen worry over youth morals and plan a long range effort with the ministerial association.
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Pella
Hoeksema
James Washington
Ministerial Association
20 Years Ago Drafted Men Fail To Pass Physical
Marion county men faced delays in wartime draft exams with 46 percent rejected mainly for overweight or heart trouble. Local doctors included Drs. Bridgeman Wright and Sybenga. The report notes prior draftees and a broader context of prewar service readiness.
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Marion County
Armed Services
H.L. Bridgeman
J. R. Wright
Knoxville
J. J. Sybenga
Pella
J. E. Shultz
Rotary Club
Murray Nesbit
T. G. Fultz
Lake Prairie
Rosscreen Company
Ministry of Education
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Ten Years Ago County Men Called to Service January 1951
Ten men from the county were called to service with induction set for January 19 in Des Moines and deployment to Fort Sheridan Illinois for reception and basic training. Also noted were a baby born to Mr and Mrs Lester Conk of Philadelphia a hospital Oska Loosa. Edward Wesselink recovering from surgery in Des Moines Veterans Hospital. Gerald Den Hartog earning a PhD in agronomy from the University of Minnesota and taking a USDA post in Washington. the Vander Molen family welcoming a baby boy on New Year’s Day. Kempkes promoted from corporal to sergeant and stationed at Silver Lake Air Base Washington awaiting transfer to Ft Sam Houston Texas for eight weeks of medical service school training. the Willis Dielemans moving from Lubbersden Dairy Farm to Joe Vanden Berd Farm near Otley. Miss Joy Kuyper accepting a head advertising department position at a Columbia Missouri department store. Patricia Ann Langstraat first 1951 baby born in Knoxville. Korean casualties Robert H. Wise missing in action and Bill Taggert wounded, first Marion county fatalities in the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Vander Linden
Fred Hoeksema
Edward van Ke
Des Moines
Fort Sheridan
Lester Conk
Philadelphia
Oskaloosa
Oonk
Lorraine Mealpolder
Edward Wesselink
Veterans Hospital
Gerald den Hartog
G. W. den Hartogs
Pella
University of Minnesota
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Ben Vander Molens
Philip Kempkes
Silver Lake Air Base
Everett
Ft. Sam Houston
Texas
Willis Dielemans
Lubbersden
Joe Vanden Berd
Otley
Joy Kuyper
University of Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia
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White House
Eisenhower
Act of Congress
North
South
Chickamauga
Antietam
Kenesaw Mountain
Gettysburg
Nick and
Diller Vander Ploeg
Pella Bakers
Renaud
Karyn Ver Meer
John Pitt
Beatrice Ver Schuure
N.F.O
National Farmers Organization
Otley School
Pella Publishing, Inc
Hi, H. Sadler, Chm
M. M. de Zwarte
Dean Sadler
Sec
Franklin Pella
National Editorial Asposial
Onn
Official
Vo M. DE Zwarte ,Dean Sadler ‘As
DE Wild
Towa
Overland
Main
Pella Floor Crafters
Kramer
STORK
Neal Vogelaar
Mr. and M. Vogelaar
Clarence C. Buerkens
Owassa
Alamo
Billie Burke
Harry Carey
John Gezel
Bob
Bethel Crest
Tommy van Vark
Navy
San Francisco
California
A. W. DE Bruin
Jacob Kuiken
Sam
Marion
Har
Oklahoma
Harry DE Cook
Sac City
Harry Mitten
Verle Ramsey
Stony Point
Des Moine River
Codl Ridge
Edward Egen
D.C
Jewel Bldg
Newton
Shirley
Dave de Cook
Mercy Hospital
Mae Piette
Wesct Liberty Schools
Ed Piette
James Wilse
Milwaukee
Ina Visscher
Jacob Visscher
J. H. van Houwelingen
First Reformed Church
Lillian Gosselink
John Gosselink
John C. Hiemstra
First Christian Reformed Church
Albert de Joode
de Joodes
Henry
Gradys Aalbers
Dan Poortinga
Elton Cade
John Bloodsworth
David
Tone Rouwenhorst
Peter Heerema
Ruth Heerema
Darwin Squibb
Scranton
James Philip
Paul Roodas
Linda
Anthony Tysseling
Peter Miedenia
Murray Rinehart
Pleasantville
Patricia Ann
Leonard Langstraat
Robert H. Wise
Bill Taggert
Wise
Taggert
Schel
Bondurant
Elkhart
Maxwell
Farrar
ST. Marys Church OF
Elkart
John Deere Machinery
Barrow
Int
Lindsey Bros
P.T.O
Myers
de Salo
Chevrolet
Frank
Bud) Dyer
Earl & Bill Shields
Maxwell State Bank
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