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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1956
Page
8
Republican and Democratic tickets list numerous candidates for county and state offices with ward tallies. The Justice of the Peace results show Republican E C Beaning totaling 231 and Democratic E H Meinders with 71 in the stated wards, with continuation referenced.
Rotarians discussed a plan to plant 9846 tulips in red white blue and yellow to form a 45 by 49 foot flag in Central Park south sunken garden. The effort would cost 1095 and use 1680 blue 2712 red 4104 white and 1350 yellow bulbs. The project aims for a precision layout with bulbs planted 3 inches from lines, and would honor the 1957 Festival visitors.
Thirty seven local golfers entered the Memorial Day Handicap with 21 in 18 holes and 16 in 9 holes. Pete Gaass tied Don Dykstra with a net 67 but won the coin flip to claim the portable ice chest. Dorothy Gaass captured the 9 hole event in her first tournament.
The Municipal and Chamber of Commerce band under Harold Wortman presents a second Saturday concert. Despite a cool evening and small crowd, selections like Titus Overture and Gypsy Love Song drew applause. Next program includes Invercargill March and Student Prince Overture.
Dr. Paul Bruins, a Brooklyn Polytechnic chemist and former Pella Ind Central graduate, spoke to the Rotary Club about plastics advances. He predicted tires colored from plastics could last 100,000 miles and discussed foamlike plastic samples, lighter weight materials for aircraft wings, and polyetherene and ethylene developments aiding radar and TV cables.
Larry Den Besten of Pella was among eighteen State University of Iowa College of Medicine students selected as Alpha Omega Alpha members for scholarship and character. He graduated Thursday June 7 and will begin his internship in Flint, Michigan, after moving with his wife and child on June 14.
The Ronald Kenyon Construction Co. of West Des Moines moves paving equipment to Pella this week after winning bids to lay new pavement on Highway 163 east and west of the city. The plant will set up on the Schakel Warehouse Co. grounds and west of the Marshall Canning Co. facility.
Pheasant and quail egg production at the State Game Farm at Boone is reported as good. Game officials of the Conservation Commission predict that requests for game bird chicks can be filled if hatching success remains high. Large numbers of pheasant and quail eggs are now being incubated to supply sportsmen.
Kiwanis sponsored summer playground to begin Monday June 18 at Lincoln and Webster schools. Miss Cora Thomassen will direct with eight supervisors and Fran De Jong as part time assistant. Hours are 9 to 12 for six weeks with crafts games and events including fishing clinic parade and soap box derby. Advanced registrants total 220 with more expected opening day. Open to kindergartners through sixth grade in Pella. contact Ellis Christianson Don Waechter Wayne Hill or Dick Lautenbach for info.
The new St. Anthony School in Knoxville has accepted Pella Floor Crafters bid on floor coverings. The floor area is about 4000 sq ft and covering will start in early July. The school is being constructed by Robert Boatman of Bloomfield Iowa.
The closing program of the Leighton Daily Vacation Bible School will be presented at Ebenezer Reformed Church in Leighton Saturday evening June 9 at 7 30 o clock. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
Quiet Monday primary yields solid GOP lead as Hickenlooper defeats Dayton Countryman 157,124 to 75,684. Loveless beats Plummer for Democratic Governor nomination 77,120 to 33,611. Evans supports Wilcox 64,472 to 37,948 amid broader Republican turnout. Hoegh unopposed in GOP race. Protests over farm issues fail to gain traction in Marion County.
With warm weather and rising fishing fever, groups increasingly request Conservation Commission Fishing Clinics. State fisheries personnel and conservation officers run outdoor schools on streambanks or lake shores, teaching baitrods, spinning rods, fly rods, and cane poles. About 25 programs were held last year and several this spring, with lessons on fish habits and water conditions. A May 28 clinic for a Soil group was conducted.
Firefighters were called to the Brom Hatchery at 1210 West Second Street Friday morning June 1 about 11 45. A kerosene barrel leaking for some time saturated the ground and caught fire burning fiercely. the barrel stood between the ends of the two structures.
The Chronicle supports dairy farmers by promoting June as Dairy Month with merchant involvement. Ads announce free butter coupons on June 8 and 9, plus dairy product specials and milk offers in-store. Stores listed include Town and Country Floor Crafters Western Auto Pella Implement Store Bakker and Ru Vogelaar Hardware Gambles Boat and Boatsma and more. Two outbuildings sustained damage in a fire whose cause is not known.
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