Pella Area Sees Wide Travel and Visits Across States
Local residents and families from Pella and surrounding areas make extended trips and host visiting relatives. Mrs H K Pals returns from Cedar Rapids with her daughter and grandchildren Sue and Sara. The Ver Meers tour Chicago and Grand Rapids while the De Boers visit. Max Kuyk journeys to Charleston to join Union Carbide after graduating as a chemical engineer from Iowa State College. The column details numerous visits, nursing gas service restoration after a Des Moines river flood, and family happenings around Pella and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Pals
Cedar Rapids
William Probert
Probert
Sue
Sara
Tone Ver Meer
Gerrit de Boer
Chicago
Grand Rapids
Michigan
William Bosch
Darlyl
Barbara
Ber
Leighton
Peter de Vries
Ben
Peter
Alkerwoute
Province of Fresland
Neetherlands
Ammerdam
New York
Kathryn Schakel
Des Moines
Norman Var Houweling
Norman
Larry Goetsman
Dan Meulpolder
F. J. Penny
Kalamazoo
Dan
United States
Penny
Holland
Mealpolders
Kellogge Company
Battle Creek
E. Tanis
Second Reformed Church of
Pella
Knoxville
Central States Electric Company
W. Willemsen
Wilford
Clyde Watson
Long Beach
Calif
D. J. de Haan
Florida
Jacob de Haan
Tom Price
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
John Holton
Price
Central College
Ernest Steenbock
Mercy Hospital
Gertrude van Engelhoven
Raymond Klootwyk
Ames
J. Klootwyk
John van Vark
John Klootwyke
J. Veenstra
Jay Kempkes
Everett
Washington
Tut Kempkes
Washington, D.C
Kempkes
Japan
Army of Occupation
James Brass
South Ith St
Oregon
George Green
Glendale
California
South Dakota
Samuel Ver Steeg
Reques
Decorah
Steeg
Sigurd S. Reque
Virginia Vandervort
Birthday honors at Home for the Aged for 90th year
On June 25 the Home for the Aged remembered Mrs. Anne De Hoed who turned 90 and received a $21 gift from residents. Numerous visitors from Peoria Rialto Kalamazoo Des Moines and other places called on residents including Mrs. Peter De Jon Mrs. M. Van Gorp and Mrs. Effie Lepeltak. Various Den Hartog and related families were noted visiting residents and sharing greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne de Hoed
Gerrit de Jongs
John de Jong
Peoria
Peter de Jon
John Vos
M. van Gorp
Engel van Baalen
Monroe
Anne de Bruin
A. E. Klein
Record Rainfall Floods Knoxville Six Months
Knoxville records show 29.07 inches of precipitation in the first six months, nearly 15 inches above the six month normal. The year’s rainfall surpasses all recent June totals and exceeds any six month total on local record. if the area received less than four more inches, drought would loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Stittsworth
Knoxville Journal
Rcal
Boy Spared Patch Cement Fire Injures Teen in Winterset
A patching cement can ignite causing serious burns to 16 year old Edward Cooper during a raft repair. He and companions moved the can about six feet from the raft leaving a flammable trail and a flare up burned him badly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Cooper
Winterset
Young Cooper
Farm land prices rise as buyers wary of debt
Town farm land advanced about $8 per acre in six months, averaging $157 on June 1. Top grades rose faster, with estimates of $9 per acre gains, while poorer land gained about $2. A survey of 376 brokers shows 78 percent price increase since 1940-41. Warnings focus on debt risk if incomes stay high yet fall later. buyers urged to avoid long-term loans over current values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Farm
Town State College
W. G. Murray
Iowa State College Agricultural Economist
Murray
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Alligator Surprise Shocks Algona Post Office Crew
An alligator hidden in a parcel post sack startled Algona postal workers. The reptile slithered out while clerks opened mail causing chaos. Several clerks vowed to avoid drinking liquids at work following the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Kossuth County
Guthrie Center Burglaries Solved by Sheriff
A case at Guthrie Center ended last week with three young burglars aged 14, 14, and 12 apprehended by the sheriff. The trio admitted involvement in a string of break ins, bringing local thefts to a close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie Center
Richard Collins Hired as County Youth Assistant
Richard Collins of Albion begins work as Extension Associate in Youth Activities at the Farm Bureau office, assigned to 4-H boys and girls for the summer. A Town State College junior with eight years in 4-H, he specializes in baby beef, swine, and dairy, working with G. Gross Rogers until September. Collins is highly recommended by Town State College and joins Marion County’s Farm Bureau board in expanding 4-H club work this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town State College
Ames
Bill
Charles de Jong
de Jong
Herwynen
van Arendonk
New York City
Netherlands
Old Country
Jamen Valster
Route 1
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloora
Gerrit van Roekel
Central College
C. P. Beck
Nicholas Street
Omar Nebraska
Hague
Holland
Theodore Thomas
Charles Baetens
Town City
Daily Iowan State Bureau
Wayne M. Schakel
Kathryn Schakel
Pella
Schakel
Union Town
Daily Iowan
Central Ray
Belle Plaine Union
Ed le Cocq
Reverend C. de Jorg
David Walker
Gasport
Buffalo
New York
San Francisco
Richard Collins
Albion
Farm Bureau
Marshall County
G. Gross Rogers
Marion County
Farm Bureau Board
Collins
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A. B. Wormhoudt
East First St
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Williamsburg Lodge
England
Virginia Colony
Endo Pest
New Holland Theatre
Lautenbach & Verought
Ponies
John van Zee
S. A. Kooyman
Connie van Roekel
Sec
Curtiss
Pella, Iowa
Ik Anno Lee
James Ellison
Henry
Ron
Ned Ryder
Katellene Visser
Arene
Plainsman and the Lady
Slize
William Lott
Vera Ralston
Gail Patrick
Joseph Schildkraut
Dibose
Foster
Patrick Sheffield
LEU“ “Corporation
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