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Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1947

Page

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Vacation notes fill Pella area this July week

A long list of local residents and relatives plan or enjoy travels this week. Sara Klyn takes a vacation from the Black Style Shoppe. Numerous families visit Minnesota Colorado Wyoming and Iowa locations. Des Moines and Pella figures join church events and a birth at Mahaska hospital is announced.

Sara Klyn Gradys Klein Jack Glen van Zee Lake Country Minnesota Gerald Vriezelaar Des Moines Clarence Vogelaar California Pella H. W. Pietenpol Gertie van Rockel Ed Roland Albia Marion Monster Mahaska Hospital Oskaloosa Peter Boardman Mercy Gerrit T. van der Lugt Jaci West van Lugt Warner van Spanckeren Dorothy Mesa Arizona Bernie Vander Linden Illinois Park Rapids Warner Mitten Jorbes Cownie Fur Company Moines Ft. Des Moines Iowa Charles Beardstown Gerald Paardekooper Martha Kay Knoxville M. T. Paardekooper Carrie Muilenberg Central States Electric Co Henry van Ekeren Herbert Browning Woodbine Muilenberg Clyde Bolton Jane Hamilton van Ekeren Dennis Jerry King Gerald King King von Ekeren Robert Rouwenhorst Mahaska Hopital Second Reformed Church First Reformed Church Harold Stassen Thomas E. Clark Myrtle Vander Meulen Detroit Michigan Elizabeth Burnett Vander Meulen C. H. Vander Meulen Myrtle Michima For Nursig Chronicle William den Hartog Army Post Road den Hartog den Hartogs Genevieve Myrick

Gas Tax Revenue to Marion County Reported at $97 079

Marion County Treasurer J R Dyer notes that since January 1 1947 the county has received 95 079 12 from state motor vehicle gas taxes for secondary highway work within the county with part dedicated to farm to market roads A 38 968 42 share comes from the 3 cent tax allocated among 99 counties and the 56 111 28 from the 1 cent tax passed in 1946 and later allocated 60 percent to counties 40 percent to towns The funds are to be used for farm to market road construction and county road improvements amid flood damages and shortages of funding for a three year county road plan Knoxville Journal

Marion County J. R. Dyer Board of Supervisors Dutton Knoxville Journal

News from the Home for the Aged Visit Notes All Over

Residents and relatives from Sully Oskaloosa San Francisco and Holland called on aging residents and family members at the Home for the Aged. A birthday observance marked John Vander Veer turning 69 on July 22 with several kin noting the event.

Andrew Versendaal Joan of Sandridge Tillie van Gorp Christina Warner van Spanckeren Dorothy H. Welle Eldert Langstraat San Francisco Calif John de Jong Tracy John Langstraat Knoxville John Vander Veer

Quarterly Statement from School District of Pella Lake Prairie

The quarter ending June 30, 1947 shows General Fund balance carried forward 6126.47 with receipts of 64470.30 and warrants drawn 21660.67 leaving a end balance of 37946.10. The School House Fund ends with 4686.68. Disbursements list purchases for books, supplies, library materials, equipment, health and janitorial services, fuel, utilities, and various vendors including The Book Shop A.C. McClurg & Co. Omaha Sch. Sup. Co. and South-Western Publi. Co., totaling numerous items under General Fund Disbursements. The document contains numerous vendor entries including Elm Creek Coal, City of Pella, Fowler Tel. Co., Metropolitan Supply, and others.

Pella Lake Prairie Marion School House General Ernest de Cook A.C. McClurg & Co Office Lee Vriezelaar Bureau Edu Holst Prig. Co Ginn & Co Board of Education Silver Burdette Co M. J. Barry Co Eugene Dietzgen Co OE Veenstra Omaha Sch. Sup. Co South-Western Publi. Co Star Oil Co State College, Films Pella Sch. Act. Fund Vann de Heer Dick Roberts Vanden Berg Elec.Co Central States Elec Louis van Roekel Elm Creek City of Fowler Tel. Co Western Union Metropolitan Sup Equipmnt Brodhead Garrett’ Co Ronald Eyrich Elec Associated Mutuals Ins Cresco Public Sch

Public School District Financial Report June 30 1947

John J. Blommers certifies a true statement of district finances for quarter ending June 30 1947 listing numerous vendors and expenses including salaries totaling 17 537 561 and total expenditures 21 650 27 dollars. The report includes names of suppliers and amounts paid with a notary notarization on July 22 1947. The closing lines note a Town Conservationist quote about body measurements.

John J. Blommers

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