Webster school to add assembly room two classrooms
An 1905 note states the second floor of Webster school will be remodeled for an assembly hall and two classrooms. a basement room to be readied as a kindergarten. The Iowa Rail Commission authorized land condemnation near Main Street for a depot site. A Campbell Brothers circus delighted crowds with bands, a steam calliope, and animals.
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Webster School
W. C. Farmer Ag. Ga
Imbers
Iowa Rail Commission
D. S. Uber
Maintreet
Campbell Brothers Circus
Frank Studenich
Skunk
Tim
Mse Clark
Baptist Clch
Pella Meteor Mile Baseball Highlights and Front Page Scenes
Ten years ago Baer Kuyper and Aschen Brenner hit home runs as Pella won 12 to 10 over Pella Meteor Mile. George Lankelma pitched the full game. Front page photo showed a Leisenring Pennsylvania swimming pool and bath house. Boy Scouts promoted a similar project. Showed white-painted poles on the Great White Way and praised marking system. Hugo Bros Circus drew a fair crowd with modest prices. Parcel post rules increased to 84 inches combined width and girth. Des Moines traffic cautions urged quiet near the depot due to Miss Belle Byram’s illness. Jim Edmund traveled to Des Moines to recover his car. Maria Lautenbach, Dorothy Wormhoudt and Marie Leiber, Pella Fico teachers, attended State Normal School.
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Baer
Kuyper
Aschenbrenner
Pella
George Lankelma
Leisenring
Penn
Hugo Bros. Circus
Ringling
Des Moinnes
Pella Area News Highlights Local Elections and War Bonds
Historic notes show gravel plans for the Great White Way east of Oskaloosa toward Pella, a Prairie City trapshooting event with John Gillespie high gun, and a parade of 15 Duant cars by Auto Service Co. War bond purchases total over $5.3 million since 1942 with oversubscription. local civic activities include church remodeling, band tours, and community events.
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Mahaska County
Oskaloosa
Pella
Trapshooters
Prairie City
John Gillespie
Des Moines
E. K. Thompson
Walter Butt
Earl Torrence
Osky
Duant
Auto Service Company
Edith Sedrel
Mandalay
Jerry Stureman
George Ramsey
DE Neef
Goedhart
Main Street
Frank Vanden Berg
Vande Geest and
Allison
East Franklin Street
R.J. Vanden Berg
Second Reformed Church
Central’ College
Pella Area
John F. Dykstra
Prescott Steenhoek
Ben Kuyk
Herman Veenstra
Gerrit Tysseling
Elmer Nollen
Parl van Hemert
P. H. Kuyper
H. P. van Gorp
Charles Mitten
Gertrude Mitten
Normandy
France
Hodge
St. Lo
U.S
Col
R. S. Whitcomb
11Th Engineers
Martin Vos
Sarah Vos
Schick Hospital
Clinton
Iowa
4Th Armored Division
Robert van Roekel
Selman Field
Monroe
Louisiana
DE Wild
Pella Chamber elects officers and new board members
Ten years ago JACK BOATSMA was elected president of the Pella Chamber of Commerce with Max Hoeksema as vice president and Gene Stientjes as secretary. New board members included Ray Robus and Anthony Tysseling, while retiring president Earl Pohlmann was commended. P. H. Kuypers spoke to the Pella Rotary Club with photos from his world tour. West Market Park gained 15 new lights and Garden Square 12 new benches with 48 more planned for 1956. Two Pella girls, Jeanette VanderWerff and Sara Anne Gosselink, served as delegates to the 43d International Society convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Boatsma
Pella
Garden Square
Jeanette VanderWerff
Sara Anne Gosselink
International Society of Chris
Endeavor Herd Leads DHIA Milk Tallies in June
In Columbus Ohio Dan Dieleman posted the county high with 1114 pounds of milk and 42.3 pounds of fat on the DHIA test for June. The county average stood at 864 pounds of milk and 34.5 pounds of fat. Farm page stories featured a pond construction on Albert Rietveld’s Bethel area farm with accompanying photos.
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Tian Endeavor
Columbus
Ohio
DAN Dieleman
Albert Rietveld
Bethel
Iowa Supreme Court gets two new justices from Gov Hughes
Gov Hughes appoints M. L. Mason of Mason City and Maurice E. Rawlings of Sioux City to the Iowa Supreme Court, shifting the court balance to six Republicans and three Democrats. Both will earn 20000 dollars yearly and serve terms to January 1 1967 with retention elections in 1966.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Hughes
M. L
Larry) Mason
Mason City
Maurice E. Rawlings
Sioux City
Supreme Court
Mason
G. K. Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Rawlings
Iowa
Gov. Hughes
H. D. Wicker
Legislative Budget and Financial Control
Wicker
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Sully
Leonard Allen
Henry Kuyper
Hugo Kuyper Dineeryost
Legion Hall
Dwight Lewis
West Washington Street
Otley
Mary Marion
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Marion County
Will van der Ploeg
J. C. Donnell
Link Tice
W. S. Honnold
Lewis van Roekel
Edwards & Campbell Old Highw
South Sekalaoey Lowe
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Edwards & Campbell Iown
Capitol News
State Health Department
James Speers
Des Moines- Polk County
Speers
Health Department
Wee
Perrin
State Board of Regents
Ned E. Perrin
Mapleton Farmer
John Oberhausen
Dubuque
Stanley Redeker
Redeker
Board of Regents
Harold Hughes
Edward Campbell
Charles City
Shelley
Jack Shelley
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Iowa State University
Ames
Grinnell College
Glenn H. Leggett
Dr. Leggett
University of Washington At
Seattle
Howard Bowen
University of Towa
Iowa City
Il Group
Mark Downs
Jamacias
Bermudas
Coats
T&d
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