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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1947
Page
6
The author recalls Pella street names from Entrance to Accomplishment and envisions wooden shoe signs along Highway 163 The piece notes Sunnyside at Gratitude and Peace and shares letters from the Netherlands about Pella’s founding A visitor mentions Berlin Warsaw and Belgium with reflections on war destruction and recovery
Elizabeth Gardner Reynolds shares memories of Berlin piano study and a talk with Ed Van Zante. She muses on politics with post office appointments tied to Republican Democrat outcomes, and imagines Christ's dog offering compassionate loyalty in the garden before the crucifixion.
Midshipman Gerald E. Synhorst of the U S Naval Academy, son of Mr and Mrs John D Synhorst of Pella Iowa, participates in an extended summer training cruise to Europe aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge. The voyage begins June 23 from Rosyth Scotland and visits Copenhagen Oslo Gothenburg London Portsmouth Weymouth Plymouth Greenwich and Woolwich with about 2100 midshipmen and 200 Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps members aboard. Training is also on the battleships USS Wisconsin and New Jersey the carrier USS Randolph and destroyers Stribling Meredith O Hare Hugh Purvis and Beatty.
The School District of Pella in Marion County files its annual financial statement for the year ending June 30, 1947. It details General Fund receipts of 120,906.47 with disbursements of 82,959.37 and a year-end balance of 37,946.10, plus School House Fund totals and a lengthy list of individual teacher and staff disbursements and clerical expenses.
Ed Beebe of Mt Vernon who fell last week while sawing a limb from a tree is now up and around at age 80.
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