Mail Truck Crashes Into Utility Pole on Broadway
Loren Vander Wert of route 3 drove the U S Mail truck on North Broadway when up-heaved pavement sent it out of control and into a utility pole in front of Armour Boot home. He escaped with bruises. Vehicle damage about 150 dollars, pole and wires about 100. Wires crossing damaged an electric clock at 1330 Broadway in the Arthur Hockman home.
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U.S. Mail Delvery
Loren Vander Wert
Lla Route 3
North Broadway
Armour Boot
Arthur Hockman
Broadway
Chronicle News
Mrs. Mary McCuen to Celebrate 100th Birthday
Mrs. Mary McCuen will observe her 100th birthday on Friday July 5 at her farm home near Otley on the Marion Jasper county line. Born in 1863 she recalls oxen for field work, grease lamps in a log cabin, candles by molds, and long family farm tenure of 104 years. Also note the June 19 death of Jack Brady Sr of Los Angeles whose widow Magdalene Sheehy survives.
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Mary McCuen
Marion
Jasper County
Otley
McCuen
Big Creek
Fifield
Tom de Moss
Jack Brady
Los Angeles
Calif
Pella
Magdalene Sheehy
Donnie Crawford Incident Blocks North Broadway Street
Police blocked the street after a U S Mail truck jumped a ramp and crashed into a utility pole near the North Broadway section. Donnie Crawford was identified in the scene as the focus of the report.
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Donnie Crawford
U.S
Pella Leads County Retail Gains With 22 Percent Rise
Retail sales in Pella rose 22 percent year over year for October to December, reaching 2,766,225 dollars and outpacing all county towns. Fourth quarter use tax paid totaled 87,719 dollars, over half of countywide use tax receipts. Knoxville posted a 7 percent gain with 3,454,472 dollars in Q4. Countywide 1962 Q4 sales exceeded 1961 by 844,178 dollars. The data compare October December trends across three years.
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Pella
Iowa
Knoxville
Marion County
Oskaloosa
New Sharon Toes
Mahaska County
Indianola
Grinnell
Monroe
Ver Ploegs to spend two years in India for Ford project
Mr and Mrs Wendell Ver Ploeg and two sons depart July 8 for Allahabad India where Ver Ploeg will serve as engineering consultant at the Allahabad Agricultural Implement and Power Development Center under a Ford Foundation contract. He will assist Indian engineers in designing improved farm machinery to boost food production. He was recommended by a Ford Tractor Division manager from Dearborn Michigan where he worked five years.
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Ver Ploegs
India
Ford Foundation
Wendell Ver Ploeg
Randy
Jimmy
Allahabad
Ver Ploeg
Dick Ver Ploeg
Main St
Vella
Ford Tractor Division
Ford Motor Co
Birmingham
Mich
Average prices receive for Iowa farm products
Prices received by Iowa farmers rose for some commodities while falling for others in the period ending June 15. The Iowa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service compares mid May to mid June 1962 and 1963 figures for corn oats soybeans hay hogs milk cows and chickens with notable gains for soybeans and milk cows, and declines in corn and wheat.
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Iowa
Iowa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Water rationing goes into effect in Pella
Sizzling weather and a depleted four million gallon reservoir prompt immediate water rationing in Pella. Pumps near Howell Station struggle to meet demand as daily usage nears four hundred thousand gallons per day. Residents are urged to limit lawn watering and car washing to protect fire safety. noncompliance could lead to water shutoffs.
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Pella
Water Department
Howell Station
Des Moines
Phil Visser Named President of Rotary Club
Pella Rotary Club began its new year with Phil Visser taking the gavel from Martin Heerema. Secretary Everett Ward listed perfect attendance awards for Tom Fultz, Fred Whalley, Roy Keith, Jean Kuyper, Henry van de Voort and Keith Aldrich. Guests included Dar Hiddleson, Pella’s new Cooperative Funeral Director, as District Governor Scotty Watters of OsKatooga slated to visit next week.
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Pella
Oskatooga
Ward
Tom Fultz
Fred Whalley
Roy Keith
Jean Kuyper
Henry van de Voort
Keith Aldrich
Dar Hiddleson
Local Government Units in Iowa Decline in 1962 Census
The 1962 Census of Governments counts 26 units in Marion County showing a trend toward streamlined governance. It notes 25 with property taxing powers, with many functions now split among school and special districts. National and regional declines reflect consolidation efforts to cut costs, especially in school systems. Alvin Vander Wilt joins five others on the Iowa Dairy Industry commission for a two year term starting July 1 to promote dairy interests.
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Marion County
Alvin Vander Wilt
Pella
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Iowa
L. B. Liddy
Vander Wilt
Carnival to Run Six Days in Pella Next Week
The S and W Shows of Little Rock Ark will set up in Pella for a week starting Monday. Sponsored by the Pella Youth Baseball Association and the Pella Jaycees, proceeds fund new lights at the baseball diamond north of the swimming pool. The carnival spans more than a full square block, features rides and concessions, and has no side shows, located just south of the new high school.
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Little Rock
Ark
Pella
Pella Youth Baseball Association
Pella Jaycees
Otley
Wn High School
Council Sells Streets to Central College
The City of Pella sells about four blocks of public streets to Central College. A quit claim deed was signed by Mayor Tysseling and a sale contract given to Central President Arend D Lubbers. The total price is estimated at 4800 to 5000 dollars with $3 per linear foot. Streets on Peace Street and West First and Second will be closed for campus expansion.
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City of
Pella
Central College
Tysseling
Central
Arend D. Lubbers
Peace Street
West First
West Second
Four Way Stop At Prairie And University Ordered
The street department was directed to install four way stop signs at Prairie and University streets after a petition from residents of the east University area citing several near accidents since the pool opened. The council also agreed to remove the stop sign facing east on University when streets are icy or snow packed.
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East University
University
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Rotary Club
the Chronicle
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