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Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1955

Page

4

Rol screenings and social weekend travels noted

Rol screenings workers Douglas Heerema and Shirley Vander Lane started in the folding door department. Numerous brief items list visitors, weekend trips, Memorial Day activities, and family gatherings in Pella Ottumwa and surrounding areas with many named residents and locations across Iowa.

Douglas Heerema Shirley Vander Lane Florence Farmer Ottumwa Case Hols Calvin Walker Herman Sneller Arie Hol Lansing Illinois Pady Sneller Pella Tmogene Sheets Mountain View California Lettie Menninga Gertie Talbot Ruby Riddle Ralph Dykstra Lake of the Ozarks Jennie de Kock Jim Veenstra Grinnell Dale West Kirksville Missouri Jean Olivier Youth For Christ Des Moines Fairgrounds Melody Men Shenandoah Charles Kerr Wm. Wallace Bernice Roozeboom Paul van Ler Hart Newton Kirk Fuller Jr Evelyn Richardson Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland Gilbert Moorman Merle Vickeroy Carl Jennings Spirit Lake Archie Mallory Zion Marlin Wineland John McMurray Lake Okoboji William Dalbey Francis Hasselman Leona Schakel Grace Wilma Slykhuis

City Council Proceedings Pella Iowa April 1955

The City of Pella Iowa held a regular session with Mayor Klein and all council members present. Minutes from April 5 were read. permits granted for a garage on Lot 7 Block 3 South Pella and for curb work on lots 13 and 14. a band concerto contract for 1955 was approved. action on a nuisance abatement for Lot 3 South Pella was tabled. Several bills were approved and a Feb 1955 debt transfer noted. May 3 session records show neon sign permit at 839 Main Street approved and a revised nuisance abatement petition for Lot 14 Block 8 South Pella, with reconsideration and motion to proceed. The swimming pool dates and ticket prices for 1955 set. Treasurer and Clerk reports summarized. Electric superintendent reported April activity. bids for a police car were opened and discussed. multiple bidders considered with bids rejected and resubmission invited. a bid for an International R-160 truck from Pella Implement Store was accepted.

Pella Iowa Klein South Gerrit L. Vis Henry B. van Rees Roy de Wild District Court of Towa Marion County South Pella Vander Hart F.C.A.B Iowa Public Empl. Retirement System E.R.S Towa Elect Light and Power Cusman-Wilson Oil Company Peter G. Gaass Beyers Debt Service Fund Main Street Helene Welle CI Council District Court Caldwell Hoksbergen James Wisse White Way Auto Company Vos Farm Equipment Ulrich Motor Company Heeren Heeven Vos Farm Equipment Company Vos Plymouth van Gorp van Roekel Veenstra Vos’ Farm Equipment Company Vos Farm Equip. Co Systemell Pella Implement Fowler Telephone Co Cata Atunsiel Eve Petty Pella Gonsteutin Waechter Lumber Co Beare ‘Coal Company Pala Chronttete Federal Reserve Ichleago J. E. Vandersyl Bond Pella Construction Co Warren Schreiter Gary T. We Godert C. Vander Hart West Fourth Street Block 30 Schreiner

City Council approves bids and gas rates in May meeting

The May 1955 council session reviewed bills from General Fund to Water and Electric funds with numerous labor, supply, and tax withholdings. White Way Auto Company bid lowest for police car and gas rates ordinance adopted. curb cut request approved pending supervision. office hours to close Thursday afternoons June through August. treasurer’s April report approved.

Iowa Women View Cancer Education Film

About 330000 to 380000 Iowa women viewed a color educational film on Breast Self-Examination. The minute movie demonstrates a self check method said to save the lives of about 350 Iowa women annually. It notes poor memory as a barrier to regular self checks.

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