Local births and community notes from Pella area
A baby boy arrived to Mr and Mrs John Foundas in Pella at Mahaska Hospital on Friday January 20. Ray Van Rockel returned to half days at Van Houweling Auto Co after eight weeks, including time in hospital. Effie Pleima began clerking at V & R Grocery, formerly at Van der Ploeg bakery. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Dick Terpstra near Lynnville on January 18. Dr Hal E Norton resigns from Grinnell Baptist Church pastorate to leave ministry. Members of Farmers Exchange in Des Moines attended the Grain Dealers convention for three days. Visitors Reverend A Haverkamp hosts Mr and Mrs Ray Van Deest and daughter Jeanne of Sioux Center. Jeanne previously worked with Central College and served in Brussels with the American diplomatic service. Ben Vander Molen of Peoria welcomed a girl Jan 19. John F Dykstra drove to Mayo Clinic. companions included several relatives. Mrs A M Blom entered Mercy Hospital in Oskaloosa for surgery Jan 19. Fire department extinguished a grass fire in Scholte Heights near Bob Van Vark’s home. no damage. Dr F C McClure of Bussey remains ill after a stroke in Ames. Marion County friends send cards. Mrs Louie Schippers enters Mahaska Hospital for surgery Jan 17. Deborah Lou Ver Meer born Jan 18 at Mahaska. Bill Tandy of Pella elected vice president of Sigma Chi on Iowa campus. Deborah Lou Ver Meer, twin daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Ver Meer, transferred from Mahaska to Blank Memorial Hospital in Des Moines for virus infection care. Clarence Caldwell and family visit Beardstown, Illinois. Fire loss hits Beardstown with major downtown buildings burned. Paardekooper family visit in Knoxville.
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John Foundas
Pella
Mahaska Hospital
Ray van Rockel
van Houweling Auto Co
Effie Pleima
van der Ploeg
Dick Terpstra
Lynnville
Hal E. Norton
Central College
Baptist Church
Grinnell
Towa
Echange
A. Haverkamp
Ray van Deest
Jeanne
Sioux Center
van Deest
Brussels
Belgium
U Sect
Pr J. Lubber
Ben Vander Molen
Peoria Welcom
John F. Dystra
Rochester
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic
Watloo
Iowa
Dykstra
Mae ‘Thomassen
Margaret Hammer
Farmer City, Ill
Cora Meisenbach
Sacramento
California
Hammer
Meisenbach
Thomassen
A. M. Blom
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Scholte Heights
Bob van Vark
Maple Street
F. C. McClure
Bussey
McClure
Earl Ver Meer
Mahaska
Information Service
Iowa State University
Bill Tandy
Sigma Chi
Bill
Charles F. Dykstra
Deborah Lou Ver Meer
Dick Ver Meer
Oskaloosa Priday
Blank
Call for Reorganization of the Federal Executive Branch
A nationwide appeal urges action on the Commission on the Organization of the Executive Branch. It argues duplication and inefficiency raise taxes and cites Hoover as chair and Acheson as vice chair. Readers are urged to write Congress, join a Citizens Committee, and spread the word to make reforms law.
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Maine
California
Commission
Congress
Truman
Hoover
Dean Acheson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Citizens Committee
Executive Branch
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Pennsyyvania
Washington
Cattle on grain feed in Iowa up 13 percent
Iowa reports 1,020,000 cattle on grain feed at year's start, 13 percent above 1949, the second largest on record after 1945. Growth reflects more cattle on feed, with shifts to calves and light yearlings and a 5 percent drop in grain per head. Feeding conditions were favorable with high daily gains. National figures show U S total on feed at 1950 start near record, concentrated in the corn belt and Texas.
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Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Towa
U.S
United States
Texas
Town Crier Musings on Tulip Time and Streets
A column shares a souvenir spoon from John Arneal of Baltimore and urges Pella to restore original street names for Tulip Time. It links better tourism to threaded civic projects, praises Rotary and Kiwanis, and jokes about sitting on officials. Groundhog Day forecast hints at six more weeks of winter.
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Washington D.C
John Arneal
First United Presbyterian Church
Baltimore
Maryland
Pella
The
United
Schulte
Pamphlets for Iowa families on health education
The Iowa Department of Health Division of Public Health Education offers free health pamphlets and booklets to help families build a personal health education library. It encourages parents to order an information packet, read, and study health habits to improve family well being and happiness.
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Iowa
Towa
Leonard C. Murray
Division of
Department of Health
Division of Public Health Education
Iowa State Department of Health
Des Moines
Big Lemon at Bedford Times Office Sparks Pie Talk
A three-pound lemon, named Banderosa, was brought from Florida by John Van Oesen to the Bedford Times office last week. The fruit was valued for making about 12 lemon pies, illustrating its remarkable size and potential culinary yield.
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Tors
Bedford Times
John van Oesen
Florida
The Optimist and the Pessimist Verse Exchange
A playful poem extols the Optimist’s cheerful greeting over the Pessimist’s frown. It imagines a fairy Optimist reshaping moods by spreading smiles across miles. The note closes with a historical fact: the National Intelligencer began in 1800 in Washington.
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Ont
Bani
Clarence Caldwel
Timothy
Joel
Beardstown
Illinois
Caldwell
Max Children
M. T
the) Paardekooper
Gerald Paardekooper
Knoxville
Chakel
O John
Pacific Coast
John
George Ver Steeg
Ornal
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Historical Society
Bill van Sittert
Sully
de Penning's Gamble Store
Montezuma Renderers
Dept. Agri
Sunbeam
AON
Vogelaar’s
Big
Optimist
National Intelligencer
Fowler Telephone Company
Dodge
A. B. Wan Houweling Auto CO
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