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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1962
Page
3
Local page captures brief items from Pella community dated January 25 1962. Short notices include society updates, church events, school news, and upcoming local gatherings with names and places linked to the town.
Staff report progress on the 62 Duchess with the first copy shipped, amounting to about half the book. Weather and exams slow production, but the second shipment due January twentieth will reach two thirds the annual total. Demonstrations by star members were noted at Joan Muysken's house after midnight on January 9.
Student teachers from Central College guide Home Ec I and II work at Webster School. Activities include visiting elementary classes to study child habits, learning home nursing care, bed making, back rests, first aid and bleeding control, and redecorating bedrooms to reflect personal style.
Mrs Jose Belknap of Knoxville spoke to Wo men s Federated Club in the home of Mrs ary Vande Voort on hat choosing, styles, colors and how hats suit individuals. Members modeled hats. a hat frame demo followed. Reports showed $894.85 cleared after bills. Health checks and Pabst smear reports stressed. book reviews due February 15. Silent auction yielded $34.76 and $13 for Town Children s Home Society. A nominating committee was formed. Refreshments were provided by several members. Two milestones in journalism history noted.
Mrs E S Walling of Minneapolis announces the engagement of her daughter Barbara Mary Walling to Thomas Frederick Boat son of Mr and Mrs Bert Boat of Pella. Barbara plans to graduate in June from Macalester College with psychology and Spanish majors and to pursue child psychology graduate work at the University of Iowa next year. Her fiancé attends the University of Iowa Medical School and a June wedding is planned. In Fort Carson reports Pvt Martin Paul Stursma formerly of Minnesota writes from Colorado Springs his wife Shirley Bogaards home near the fort at 114 Ramona Street Colorado Springs. He is the son of Mrs Ryn Stursma and serves in Co P 5th Tag Regt USATC Fort Carson Colo.
Pella high school contestants travel to Osceola for solo and small group events on April 27 28 per the state association bulletin. Large group events including band green clubs and choirs run in Centerville on May 4 5. About 50 students will attend the Monroe Music Festival on Monday January 29 including vocal and band participants. A junior high vocal festival is rumored for Knoxville in February.
Arlene De Gens hosted the Blue Bells at her home January 13. Five members answered roll call with a health habit. Demonstrations covered hanging and brushing clothing, sewing on snaps, and mending socks. Members sang and enjoyed lunch. reporter Lola Van Wyk. The piece also notes the Little River Turnpike authorization in 1785 and auto ad spending in newspapers.
The piece explains how courts and postal rules define a newspaper for second class mail and public notices. It notes that a valid newspaper must inform the public with news and editorials and have an established paid, community-wide readership. It emphasizes that public notice laws rely on bona fide news publications.
Seventeen year old Harold Seeley of Gladbrook accidentally shot his foot with a 20 gauge shotgun while rabbit hunting. A bone in his toe was broken and skin on top of his foot was damaged.
Mr and Mrs Hugh Whittens of Rowan marked their 65th wedding anniversary. This public notice aims to reach widest possible publicity for the event, asserting newspapers as the effective medium for bona fide notices.
Researchers at the Institute for Muscle Disease in New York City investigate single muscle fibers thinner than a human hair. Special equipment built at IMD supports experiments, and the institute is maintained by the Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America.
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