Local Newsnotes From Oskaloosa and Pella Area
Local notes report hospital discharges in Oskaloosa and Knoxville. New car registrations list owners and vehicles including 1953 to 1964 models. A farm home near New Sharon burned. neighbors aided and furnishings saved. Parish bulletins mention health and military updates. Corpl. Vander Schaaf discharged from Camp Carson. several families plan travel to the East. Bonnie Dykstra’s fourteenth birthday party details and extended family attendance noted.
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Knoxville
Arie Kommer
Ford
Ralph G. Kuiper
Chevrolet
Dick and
Anita de Heus
W. J. Lubber
Den
Buick
Walter van Wyngarden
Andrew H. Slings
Chevrolet and Pella Construction Co
William Bogaards
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Lynn Gosselink
Harry Vande Krol
Taintor
Mercy
Marvin F. Vander Schaaf
Tressa Vander Schaaf
Washington Street
Pella
Army
Camp Carson
Colorado
Marvin
Korea
States
Robert Klein
Robert, Jr
Arthur Klein
East
Arthur Kleins
Harold Schut
Polio Care Center Opens at Iowa University Hospitals
Polio patient care grows as March of Dimes funds aid more than 88 000 patients nationwide and 900 000 in Iowa county chapters assisted 2000 patients 1700 from earlier years. State University of Iowa City receives 295 800 for a polioomyastic and rehabilitation center with flexible dual purpose at University Hospitals.
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National Foundation For
Towa
National Foundation
Iowa
Tewnae
State University of "Ore
Iowa City
Polio Rehab Unit Converts University Hospital Space
An emergency curing center forms at University Hospitals using 147000 federal matching funds to convert bright cheery wings into a polio unit with respirators surgery and staff from university personnel. It can handle up to 1000 polio patients in an epidemic year and later reverts to general rehabilitation use for other patients.
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Bright
Towans
Trapped on Silo Tops Local Farm Facility
A man was trapped atop a silo at Corley during a bitter cold afternoon. He shouted for help for hours before his wife located him and freed him by digging out the chute, allowing his descent.
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Dave Gill
St. Charles
Illinois
Board of Education
Pella
Gill
Volio
Newton
Des Moines
Corley
Art
Early Indian Tribe Members Add Letters to Names Each Birthday
Members of an Indigenous tribe once appended a new letter to their given names to mark each birthday. The practice created evolving names tied to age, reflecting cultural rites and community identity within the group.
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Locali
St the Chronicle
Peter Heeremahaska
G. James Blom
Mahaska
Third Reformed Church
Gerald Kuiper
Bart van de Voort
John Vander Krol
1St Reformed Church
Martin’g. Klein
Ralph Ver Meer
Harry Renaud
el Paso
Texas
Ralph
Harry
Phoenix
Arizona
Robert Renaud
Ver Meer
Renaud
Bonnie Lou Dykstra
Gerald Dykstra
Ray de Groot
S. Bert Baron
Mahaska Hosital
Oskaloosa Herald
Harmon Cropsey
Decatur
Mich
Christopher
Mahaska Hospital
Fairfield
Cropsey
Cropseys
Allen
Jofin
Worley
Carlisle
Marion Boat
Otley
Chris Kersbergen
Henry
Chronicle
Chris
Callender
Ontario
Canada
Kersbergen
Mr. Kersbergen
Hat
Ation
Modera Dentistrye
Save Big Money
Wearwell
Wizard Oil
Aerowax
Hopalong Cassiday
Glamorene
Western Auto Associate Store
V. A. Weirather
Iowa University Hospitals
del Monte
Briardale
Pillsbury
Sea Bird Brand
Wizard
ES Briardale
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