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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1962

Page

2

Pella Iowa approves sewer construction bond issue of 70000

Public notice item outlines City of Pella Marion County Iowa authorizing 70000 in sewer construction bonds under Code section 396.22 to finance storm sewers. It includes levy schedule from 1962 to 1976, bond details, interest rates, maturities, and fiduciary provisions.

Pella Marion Iowa State of State Lax Commission Saiu City Lax Loue Thac Sona United States of America State of Iowa County of Marion City of Pella Marion County

Recreation events and classes announced in Pella notice

Women are urged to join an eight week Fun and Figure class run by the Recreation Commission with two Tuesday evening sessions at Webster School gym under Dorothy Van Vark. Registration and schedules are provided, with February start and related city bond notices included.

The Recreation Commission Commission Webster School Dorothy van Vark Legion Building Boat & Boatsma Furniture Alex Barbour Jr Knoxville Central College Jeffrey Y. Mace Central Knoxville High School Knoxville High

Den Hartog Heads Marion County NFC Officers

The Marion County NFC elected officers at the January 11 1962 meeting at the Knoxville Cafe. Gerald Den Hartog Otley was named president Clyde Kain Percy vice president Leonard Wadle Mercher secretary Philip Sommar Melcher treasurer Harold Karr Knoxville publicity director. Attendees at a January 19 meat bargaining meeting in Ottumwa included C H Ver Ploeg Pella Wayne Butterfield Dallas H B McCoy Swan Robert Colwell Dallas and G T Den Hartog Otley.

Marion County Nfc Knoxville Gerald den Hartog Otley Clyde Kain Percy Leonard Wadle Mercher Philip’ Sommar Melcher Harold Karr Ottumwa C. H. Ver Ploeg Pella Wayne Butterfield Dallas H. B. McCoy Swan Robert Colwell G. T. den Hartog

Farmers Grain Dealers and FESCO hold Des Moines conventions

Des Moines hosted the Farmers Grain Dealers Association annual convention last week with attendees Ernest Engbers Gysbert Terlouw and Henry Gosselink representing Farmers Cooperative Exchange of Pella Also present were Ben Veenstra from Taintor Cooperative and local Cooperative Exchange members Gysbert Terlouw and Ernest Engbers Attending the FESCO convention were area delegates from the same cooperatives.

Farmers Grain Dealers Association Des Moines Ernest Engbers Gysbert Terlouw Henry Gosselink Farmers’ Cooperative Exchange of Pella Farmers Elevator Service Company FESCO Ben Veenstra Taintor Cooperative Local Cooperative Exchange

The Public's Business Opens to Public View

The piece discusses rising demands for government openness in the United States, tracing secrecy postures from World War II to the Korean conflict and beyond. It notes secrecy in local bodies like school boards and highlights open meetings laws and freedom of information committees formed by journalists and press groups.

American Society of Newspaper Editors Professional Journalism Society of Sigma Delta Chi

Public notices and freedom of information in local papers

The fight for freedom of information hinges on the public notice principle and the right to know when individual or collective rights are at stake. Local paid newspapers consistently serve as the chief medium for legally required notices.

Conservation practices boost wildlife on Iowa farms

Merrill L. Robuck, chairman of Marion County ASC, notes that ACP activities create nesting areas, cover, and food for wildlife. He highlights tree and shrub plantings, grasses and legumes, ponds for livestock and water, strip cropping, and waterways as especially helpful.

Merrill L. Robuck Marion County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Agricultural Conservation Program ACP Iowa

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