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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1962
Page
1
The Prila Chronicle urges local businesses to pay annual Chamber of Commerce dues promptly. It lists Chamber activities from trade promotions and Tulip Time support to road improvements and scholarships, arguing dues fund community prosperity and committee efforts performed without pay.
The Indianola Herald reflects on why drivers in slow vehicles break line order to pass, risking others and themselves. It notes civility seems rarer on highways than in pedestrian lines and asks why haste overrides courtesy in traffic.
A roundup of regional social visits and vacations features Mrs. Verna Dekker Milton in Friend Nebraska visiting Mrs. Carl Gaass, the Keizers in Lake Wales Florida with the Van Houwelings, and trips by the Van Waardhuizens to Jeffersonville Indiana and Ken area. Also noted are attendance at a Wisconsin writers conference, visits from grandchildren, and travels to Yellowstone Lake Oko boji Clear Lake and the Northwest.
Pella residents and visitors chronicle summer travel and milestones. Families like Boertjes Vander Ploeg Van der Linden Cherkala and Wisse join gatherings depart for Grand Rapids California and Seattle while students win scholarships and locals enter hospitals or depart for vacations. The column lists dozens of names with destinations and life events across July.
Sam Sedrel from Pella was admitted on Wednesday July 11. Robert Leydens from University Park was admitted Wednesday. Janice Van Willigan from Barney Brom of Pella was discharged Wednesday July 11.
Mr and Mrs Joe P Jense of Grand Rapids Michigan welcomed a daughter Julie Renee born Friday July 13 at Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids The baby weighs 6 lb 11 oz Grandparents are Mr and Mrs John Jense and Mr and Mrs Lewis H Popma formerly of Pella now in Grand Rapids Mrs Joe Jense is Eleanor Popma
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