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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1966
Page
5
The Pella Community School District board met on June 28 and July 11 1966 finalizing a budget with a 4.2 mill increase. They scheduled an August 8 1966 hearing and cited enrollment growth and state legislation as drivers for hiring extra personnel across elementary junior high and high schools including driver education and guidance services.
The annual Missions Festival of Christian Reformed churches across the area will take place Wednesday, August 3, at West Market Park. Activities begin 1 30 pm and 7 30 pm with speakers Dr P Y De Jong and Rev Henry M De Rooy. Children’s Hour is at 7 30 pm in church basement. Young People's meeting also at 7 30 in the main auditorium. Canteen opens at 11 00 am.
Kenneth L. Olivier, a 1963 Pella High graduate who enlisted in 1963 for three years, has been promoted from PFC to Sp/4. He serves in the Army signal corps as a switchboard operator and is to be discharged in October. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Olivier of 1113 Peace Street, Pella, and now resides at APO New York 09189 Germany, Co. B Centag Sig Op BN.
NEWTON IOWA July 14 1966 Larry Van Gorp Pel la Iowa resident has been promoted to a foundry process specifications technician in Maytags die casting department. He joined the firm in August of last year and previously worked as a machine operator. He attended Central College and was previously with Valley Equipment Co Des Moines. He is married to Ramona Corona of Newton and they have two sons.
Wayne A Van Gorp of Reasner Iowa earned an expense paid tour to Quincy Illinois for a three day get acquainted meeting in July. He demonstrated sales progress and completed a basic livestock nutrition course as he joined Moorman Mfg Co sales staff. The program included plant office labs and a dairy unit tour with twin cows tests while his wife Janet Mahaffey Van Gorp and two children Rhonda Jo and Carla Rae were noted.
Neils and Carolyn Mortenson arrive in Pella from Kinderhook Illinois. Neils works as foreman for W A Smith Contracting on Red Rock Dam. Carolyn, a piano teacher, studied music for three years and earned a voice scholarship to Hannibal LaGrange and Culver Stockton in Canton Missouri. She auditioned for Juilliard but stayed home.
Funeral services for Arthur Keeleman eighty one, former Pellan resident and carpenter, were held Monday July 18 at the Van Dyk-Duyen Funeral Home. The Rev John S Terlouw officiated with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. He died Saturday evening at a Des Moines Home after living in Newton for years. Survivors include two children John W of Des Moines and Ruth Thompson of Champaign Illinois, two stepchildren Leslie Yancey and Mrs Paul McDermott of Newton, and one granddaughter. A full obituary will appear later in the Chronicle.
Sidney Barrick reports on a summer school pilot that ends the second week with two weeks remaining. The program shows strong community interest, improved attitudes toward school, and growing student cooperation despite heat. Highlights cover social studies tours to Herbert Hoover birthplace, Marion County Courthouse, Des Moines Capitol, Iowa Boys Training School, and local history trips.
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