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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 24, 1957

Page

12

I Buy Anything Furniture & Junk Co Retirees in St Joseph Mo

C C Kelder known as I Buy Anything retires after 37 years running a St Joseph store at 2210 Messanie Street. He hands management to son Connie Ray Kelder and son in law Gene Bridgman, both Navy veterans, and plans to hunt and fish. Kelder, born 1890 in Pella Iowa, recounts a varied life from show business to candy butcher on trains and carnival work before starting the unique buy anything business and civic service.

St. Joseph C. C Cornie) Kelder Klaus Kelder Cornies Dick Jones News-Press C. Kelder Kelder Messanie Street Connie Ray Kelder Gene A. Bridgman Boy Scouts Ut Itsman Association Pella Iowa James Street Tlesman Grand Canyon Colo Aafe Furniture & Junk Co

Retired and Proud Message from Local Resident in Brook Tam

A Brook Tam resident announces retirement effective January 1, 1957 after years of service. He notes his son and son-in-law have purchased the business, has a daughter aged eight and a son ten, and expresses pride in the United States as the most wonderful country. He asks what his occupation is.

Brook Tam U.S.A

Marion County Over Quota in U S Savings Bond Sales

Marion County exceeded its annual savings bond quota with a December total of 1,504,007 dollars, 101 percent of the 1,488,969 dollar goal. County chairmen Eldon Job and P H Kuyper noted this places Marion among Iowa leaders as 42 counties topped their quotas in December. The 1956 Iowa total reached 155,367,700 dollars, 98 percent of the goal, with bonds bought by investors statewide.

United States Savings Marion County Eldon Job Knoxville P. H. Kuyper Pella Volunteer Iowa Kaska County

Mud and Mayhem in an Iowa City Day

Fred Holt battles winter mud as slush and damp slow his drive across town. He slips on wet streets, trudges through muck to a paper talk, and almost crashes when his mud spattered brake fails. He ends up spending two weeks in a hospital.

Bob Hullihan Fred Holt Iowa City Fred

Charlotte man awarded posthumous prize by Clinton Machine

The late Ma ry Duffey of Charlotte won a $500 award from the Clinton Machine Company at Maquoketa for a helpful suggestion submitted before his death. The check was presented to his widow.

Mary Duffey Charlotte Clinton Machine Company Maquoketa

101 per cent and Jasper in the report

A financial item notes values including 101 per cent and a figure for Jasper. Amounts include 2234 dollars and 192.00. The text lists percentages and sums tied to these names without further context.

Marion County Board Proceedings August 1988 Minutes and Transfers

Marion County Iowa Board of Supervisors August 6 1988 meeting records approving minutes and authorizing transfers from emergency to county fund. Special warranty deed details conveyance to Earl Davis with covenant to defend title. Numerous claims listed for welfare medical fuel and supplies. Resolution actions include budget hearing, road petition by Ethel Glenn, and authorized officials to act on estate matters.

Yard of Fisher Maddy Dallas Township Marion County Ows Board of Supervisors Earl Davis Iowa Marion Marion Couenty Dan D. Dielman Merle Maddy Je Perkey Levi Dooley H. M. Perryman Bunnyslope T. B Bakers Drugs Beate Senatorium A&b Funters Service Fuel Cummings Book Gredit “Bureau Chevrolet New Oun Bente Ofield Ruth Slocum Alen Hart F. P. Ralston Northland D. A. Mater Mick A . Williams Power & Light Vande Voorts Ralph Brown Collins Hospital K. D. Banks Geo. Atkinson Medical St. Dept. Soc. Welfare Leona Fisher Toren Jarman Im van Hemett Toda Refel Nein Clifford W. Price Marion Atte Marion County Board of Supervisors Ethel P. Glenn State of Ion “County Glenn Claima Mater’ Clinic University Hospital Medical-Welfarts Sunnystone D. Bini Indica Denis It Roberts Bernice Brown L. F, Catterson

Utility seeks extra gas for seven Iowa towns

Cedar Rapids based Town Electric Light and Power Co told a federal power commission hearing that seven Iowa communities need 10 million additional cubic feet of natural gas daily. Chief engineer P A Stover testified the utility now receives 15.171 million cubic feet daily and seeks 1.5 million more for Clarinda Creston Pella Burlington? No, Greenfield Knoxville Muscatine and Villisca.

United Food Mkt Willa Brown Bakers Drug Wessestess Mater Clinic Opal Carle Wm. Hardin Cecil Galvin John Gardiner K. J. Walon Banga Kenneth’ WhitIatch Bangs Disease Triangle Pella Cushman-Wilson Oil Co Ochler Rox Scott Petrol Goff and Nash Parte Ll Adls Lamy Tel. Co Gibbs-Cook Seeger Auto Suy Edna Bont K. D.” Banks Garrett Optometrist R. M. Martin Welf Jennings Foo Sup Welfare Speed's A&b Knoxville Tee Co Cook & Sons Keith Banks D. D. Galvin Joe Shinn Mt. Pleasant F. D. Wertman HF. Albers Gifford Park Westberg New Elee Light Dim Couchman Fepale Steenhoek Auto Pai Fowler Telephone Bellamy Telepho Kibbey Li Hoch Bros McDonald Mig. Co Tant’ Jackson Gen. Tire Co Igenteal “Boring Gormars and Hines Weathers Impl Socony Mobil Oil Co Ronald Kenyon Coni Coon Valley Gravel Premier Autoware Co Waterloo Steel Avery's Frank Kenney Knoxville Cone Bridge No Further Town Electric Li & Power Co Cedar Rapids Iowa A. P. Dispatch Des Moines Register Washington, D. C Dateine P. A. Stover Federal Power Commission Peoples High Gas & Coke Co Chicago Stover Clarinda Creston Greenfield Muscatine Villisca

Iowa State College opens flock near Beaconsfield for lamb research

Iowa State College animal husbandmen W. H. Hale and Emmit Haynes announce a Beaconsfield experimental flock ready for immediate use in Southern Iowa. The project tests wintering rations for ewes, compares three feeding plans, and screens strategies to improve ewe productivity and lamb marketing later this spring and summer.

Iowa State College Beaconsfield Iowa W. H. Hale Emmit Haynes

Wire Theft at Power Line Near County Line

A 6000 foot span of number four bare copper wire was stolen from a Town Power and Light Co line near the Potawatomi Harrison county line. The thieves reportedly climbed about 28 power poles to remove the material.

Town Power and Light Co Pottawattamie Harrison County

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