Otley area farmer dies in Highway 60 head-on crash
Gerald T. Den Hartog, 43, of Otley, was killed at 12:45 a.m. Thursday on Highway 60 six miles southeast of Knoxville when his car collided head on with a vehicle driven by 18-year-old Neil Stangl of Ottumwa. Stangl and passenger John R. Jones, 16, of Knoxville, were hospitalized with injuries. Den Hartog’s death came at 4:45 a.m. from head and neck injuries. authorities continued to investigate the cause with Jim Jonker and Jim Mitchell. Burial in Oakwood cemetery, Pella, followed services in Otley on Saturday.
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Gerald T. den Hartog
Otley
Collins Hospital
Knoxville
den Hartog
Stangl
Jones
Jim Jonker
Jim Mitchell
Gerald T. Don Hartog
Pella
Central College
Iowa State College
University of Minnesota
North Carolina State College
Gerald
Minnesota Univ
U.S.D.A
Otley Reformed Church
Edna Juan
Alleman
Frank Snuttjer
Oakwood
Van_ Dyk-Duren Funeral home
Pella July 4th program features planes, softball, stars
The Pella celebration at Swimming Pool Park starts 5 p.m. with model airplane demonstrations led by Jaap Kroes. At 6 p.m. A Star Soft Ball showcases local girls, followed by the Perla All Stars vs Peoria Stockyards at 8 p.m. A Van Vyen Van Hemert Post color guard and a fireworks display close the night. All events are free, sponsored by the Pella Chamber of Commerce, with Dr. Frank Overman as general chairman.
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Pella
Jaap Kroes
van Vyen-Van Hemert American m Post
Pella Chamber of Commerce
Frank Overman
What Cheer Centennial and Community Events
A July calendar lists events in What Cheer with parades, park performances, golf tournaments, reunions, fairs, church socials, 4-H activities, a soap box derby, and a July 2 date change note. Notable items include the Fourth of July celebration at Leighton, a tri county 4-H roundup, and a reunion for Sandridge residents.
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Durchesses
Swimming
Leighton
Eddyville Sale Barn
Baptist Church
Thurs
Stagette
Otley Reformed Church
Church Yard
Sun
Vennard Gospel
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Tues
Jolly Jasperettes
Sully Community
Kiwanis Park
Sandridge
Pool Park Shelter House
Alds Church
Monroe
Monroe Street
Marion County gets emergency ACP funds for flood recovery
Marion County ASC chair Merrill L Robuck announced the county is among 30 flood disaster counties chosen for 14660 emergency ACP funds. Funds cover debris removal, fencing, grading, terraces, drainage restoration, erosion control, sod, deep plowing, and vegetative reestablishment with 80 percent cost share and 50 per acre deep plowing limit. Requests due by July 24, 1965. contact Marion County ASC Office in Knoxville Iowa for details.
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Merrill L. Robuck
Marion County
ASC
Knoxville
Iowa
Everetts to visit Rotary club in Pella Tuesday morning
M R Everetts, Washington district 600 governor of Rotary International, arrives in Pella Tuesday morning to address Pela Rotarians and confer with Wayne Wildman and club officers on membership expansion and service programs. He will discuss global Rotary aims and district affairs ahead of a district conference April 22-24, 1966.
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M. Robert Everetts
Washington
Rotary International
Worldwide Service Organization
Rotary Club
Pela Rotarians
Wayne Wildman
Rotary
Rotary Club of Washington
Everetts
Everetts Music Company
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Pella
Rotary Organization
Rotary Thorugh Fellowship
North Carolina State hosts NSF funded teacher institute
Gerry L. Miller of Pella Community High School is attending a six week summer biology institute for teachers at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. The program, financed by a 43700 grant from the National Science Foundation, aims to update teachers on rapid advances in life sciences.
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Gerry L. Miller
Pella Community High School
North Carolina State University
Raleigh
National Science Foundation
Gospel Team from Vennard College at Leighton Church
The Vennard college Gospel Team will perform at Ebenezer Reformed Church in Leighton on Sunday July 11 at 9 30 a m. G Carl Main will speak as the evangelicals and others sing and perform in voice and instrument with chalk drawings. The public is invited to attend this inspiring program.
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Vennard College
Leighton
Ebenezer Reformed Church of
G. Carl Main
The
Evangelaires
Free pictures from Pella Chronicle offered to readers
The Pella Chronicle invites subscribers to search a cardboard box of back pictures kept for a limited time. On July 6 a new set from 1956 and years 1947 1948 1949 1951 1952 1954 will be added for about a week. Pictures cover news weddings sports engagements and more.
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Shelbina
Lewis Utz
Jaren
Chronicle
Lincoln School
Chronicle News
The
Pella Chronicle
Leighton Fourth of July Ball Games Celebrate Local League
Leighton hosts two ball games on Monday July 5 at 6:00 p.m. featuring Leighton Little League versus Tracy Little Leaguers, followed by a second game Leighton Merchants versus Tracy Regulars. Lunch served at the Canteen by Ebenezer Reformed Church Guild volunteers. All are invited.
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Leighton
Leighton Little League
Tracy Little
Leighton Merchants
Tracy
The
Ebenezer Reformed Church Guild
Paradoxes of Dutch Life According to Duke of Baena
A scholarly reflection on Holland’s paradoxes. The Dutch balance liberty with rigid conventions, showing citizen loyalty to the Queen yet not subservience, republican sympathy for monarchy, tolerance paired with fanaticism, thrift with generosity, and a persistent drive for freedom amid crowded living. The essay notes the clash of independence and restraint and cites a 19th century Dutchwoman on universal proximity in Holland.
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The
Hague
Tacitus
Holland
Rain totals rise as June rainfall nears six inches
1.06 inches of rain fell on Pella Thursday and Thursday night, per observer Dr. B. L. Fikkema. This brings the weekly total to 2.59 inches since Sunday and 6.02 inches since the first of June.
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Pella
B. L. Fikkema
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Pella Community Nursing Home
van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home
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Perla All Stars
Peoria Stockyards
What
S Up
Marion Co
ASCS
M. R. Everetts
NCSU
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Fred Hawker
Arthur Samson
Newton
Dennie Vander Kolk
Harold Macy
Lynnville
Roy Karr
Cordova
H. W. Vicar
Summit
Wiburn van Wyk
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John Westerkamp
Peori
Peter Zwank
Earl Boyd
Lower Grove
A. J. de Cook
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the Evangelaires
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