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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1956
Page
6
The piece cautions parents during National Farm Safety Week about children riding or driving tractors. It advocates strict limits, proper seats, and hands on training by a qualified adult, noting risks and past accidents involving youths under 15 in Iowa.
Rut Engbers born October 12 1876 on a Mahaska County farm near Pella Iowa married Mary Vande Voort February 26 1902 at Leighton Iowa. Survived by three children Winnie Louw William Engbers Martha Engbers eight grandchildren one great grandchild two brothers Gerrit Engbers and Ben Engbers. Funeral July 19 1956 at First Christian Reformed Church with Rev Harold Bossenbroek. Go dert Vander Hart sang.
Casket bearers were grandsons and nephew of Mr Engbers. They included Norman Ter Louw Arthur G Kuiper William Parker Wilbur Engbers Rut J Engbers and Tony Nibbelink.
Forrest D Meserve born August 18 1898 in Chillicothe Missouri married Valaria Lewallen October 23 1920. He served 22 years at Swift and Co later managed Farmers Union locker plant in Pella Iowa died July 17 1956 at 505 Franklin St. Survived by wife sister Wilma Meserve. preceded by son Robert and both parents. Funeral July 20 at Van Dyk Duven Funeral Home officiated by Rev Wm C De Jong. Woodburn Cemetery burial.
Mrs John Nikkel nee Lissie Baarda born July 31 1898 on a Sully farm. Married John Nikkel February 18 1919 at Sully. Father of eight children. Death July 14 1956 at Mahaska Hospital Oskaloosa after surgery. Funeral July 17 1966 Sully Christian Reformed Church with Gordon Stuit in charge. Burial at Sully cemetery.
A new beef grade called U S Standard has appeared in markets, debuting June 1. It ranks below U S Good and above U S Commercial, with younger animals labeled Standard and older ones kept as Commercial. Cook Standard with moist heat and slower, but shorter, times for best tenderness and flavor.
USAFE C-47s and C-54s carried 3,217 Berlin children on five week trips to the West in 105 flights, with pilots from USAFE units and Rhine Main AB. The program, led by Joseph W. Bird, aims a four-day return airlift starting Aug. 13. Flights originated at Tempelhof and delivered youngsters to Hamburg, Hanover, Wahn, or host homes as German Red Cross support assisted.
From West Berlin to West Germany, a 1953 aid airlift began with August 17 launch. In 1954, 1440 children were transported for vacations, with over 800 children from the divided city spending summers in American homes as the program continued through the 1950s. Kinderlift selects children through Hilfewerk Berlin and German Red Cross welfare agencies.
Soldier address line lists unit 8 642 bo 141 at U S Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois. Readable fragment notes regiment and location for mail routing.
Two men travel west in Jim's powerful car. Fatigue sets in as the afternoon sun sinks. Wayne, eager to take the wheel, struggles with steering and an uneasy drift toward the ditch. The scene hints at risk and a test of nerve.
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