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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1951
Page
2
The Marion County Board of Education will hold a hearing on the proposed expenditures for the new fiscal year starting January 1. Sylvia F. Plotts serves as board secretary and announces the official notice of the meeting at the superintendent's office.
The Chronicle lists numerous personal notices including Mrs C M Snow and son Tim traveling to Denver after a visit with Detroit friends, Mrs Abraham Goenant leaving Mercy Hospital for home, plus various relatives visiting or returning from trips. Other items mention car registrations, weddings planned in Newton, and several families visiting from California and Michigan over the Fourth of July period. Several health updates such as a patient at Mercy Hospital and Charley Sipkema’s Mayo Clinic recovery are included.
A farmer, working alone after sunset, seemingly safe as he neared home, collided with a slow moving tractor. The driver perceived a ‘one-eyed’ car on the hill, but judgment lag and excessive speed caused a fatal crash. A red light could have prevented the accident.
Little Sue Meyer of Moravia suffered a shoulder wound when her brother Tommy tried to eject a faulty shell from a calibre rifle. The incident occurred recently and the injury was not serious.
Max Kleine of Donnelly was fatally injured when a tractor struck him on the Collins farm north of Knoxville. He died at Lincoln Memorial Hospital after the mishap Tuesday. Survivors include his wife Frances and two daughters.
Lynn Fitsimmons, a 4 H Club Agent and youth assistant with Marion County extension staff for 15 months, is appointed county extension director for Davis County with headquarters at Bloomfield. His resignation was presented to the Marion County Extension Bureau board of directors on Tuesday evening.
Three men arrested at the Kline farm near Grundy Center faced three irate farmers who held them at gunpoint after stealing items from Menden hall farm. The arrival of the sheriff brought relief, with one man later expressing gladness at the intervention.
Gov William Beardsley proclaims Farm Safety Week urging Iowa farm families to remove hazards and adopt safe practices. Iowa Safety Congress and 4 H clubs plan hazard hunts on farms Saturday July 21 with 50 000 4 H youth marking danger spots to encourage corrections and reduce costly accidents.
Three year old Bruce Beuerbach of Keystone suffered first degree burns last week when gasoline in a tractor tank exploded. The incident accentuates farm safety concerns and injuries among young children in rural communities.
Marion County Iowa sees a county assessor budget hearing set for January 1, 1952 at 10 in the Jury Room Cone House. Taxpayers may speak for or against the board’s expenditure estimate for the new fiscal year. A separate line notes a tractor and shed loss from an incident described as total.
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