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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1961
Page
5
A community asks if a single country school can be saved from auction and repurposed as a park display with tulip plantings. The piece urges school authorities to preserve a real schoolhouse with desks ink wells a coal stove and a bell for future generations.
A community speaker extols ancestors who learned reading writing and arithmetic and stood as examples of strong character and noble living, framing a tribute as a tangible memorial project.
A column recalls past fireworks tragedies and urges a safe Fourth of July. It warns motorists to avoid highway travel and drownings, recommending early travel and careful driving for holiday safety.
An advertisement from Pella service stations urges that all gasoline containers be painted red and plainly marked "Gasoline." The warning stresses the law and danger of gasoline, noting attendants must not fill glass jars or unsuitable containers, and customers risk spills and fire from careless handling.
The First Reformed church and Sunday School held picnics in Sully with pot luck meals and weiner roasts. Attendees included M Glenn Van Steenwyk, Mrs. Dykema, Arkema family, Van Kootens, and numerous relatives. Local weddings and reunions were noted, including the Bruxvoort family event and a Community church ceremony for Margery Jarnigan and Charles Renaud.
Town 4-H club members plan to win part of 27373 in cash prizes at the Iowa Civil War Centennial State Fair running Aug 25 to Sept 8. Top divisions include baby beef, dairy heifers, pigs, beef heifers, lambs and home economics projects with clothing, canning and gardening.
Sixty younger 4-H members and adult leaders from Marion County will attend a three day camp at the State 4-H Camp near Madrid starting Sunday July 2. Activities include nature hikes crafts sports swimming a camp cook-out and vesper services. County and local leaders plus many 4-H members from Knoxville Pleasantville Pella and surrounding areas will participate with demonstrations and talks on beef calves and bees.
The County Line 4-H Club held its annual summer tour on June 21 starting at the Van Wyk home at 9:00 a.m. Fifteen members, several parents, and Alan Jensen visited member homes and viewed projects including market litter by Gwen and John Mathes, dairy heifer by Francis Van Wyk, feeder calves by Robert Van Gorp, grain crops by Ronald Den Hartog, and bees by James Den Hartog. Unvisited projects included woodworking by Paul and Earl Horman and grain crops by Arvin Van Waardhuizen and Robert De Penning.
The M and M Peppy Pals met at Mary Van Steenhuis home with seven members two leaders and two guests. They toured Boat and Boatsma Furniture and an upholstery shop then held a meeting at the shelter house in the swimming pool park where Diane Goodyk became a member. An all day workshop is planned for June 30.
A Boston savings bank published a local notice stating that application has been made to and accepted by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for insurance of each deposit account up to $10,000. The notice says the action was taken in accordance with authority given under the general laws and was signed by the bank president. it appeared twice in the newspaper.
A bank informs depositors that notification may be sent by newspaper notice, noting law requires general circulation papers for public notices. The piece argues newspapers provide tangible, semi permanent, broadly read public alerts benefiting both the public and individuals.
Northwestern Bell announces rate changes for some long distance calls within Iowa effective July 1. The basic three minute station-to-station rate remains unchanged, as do person to person calls for distances up to 16 miles and monthly charges.
The company announces higher initial three minute rates for person to person calls within the state, varying 11 to 29 percent by distance. Discounts on after 3 pm, Sundays, and holidays end. Per minute charges after the first three minutes switch to the nearest penny, enabled by electronic data processing.
Ailment determines the type of care and there are specialists within healing professions such as surgeons radiologists obstetricians and others who confine their practices to special fields.
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