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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1977
Page
1
The Chronicle reports recurring vandalism in the Wallingstock area of Red Rock Lake, likely by local teens from Pella. Damaged lights, fences, tables, and trash cans have prompted talk of restricting area use. no arrests yet, and officials condemn the acts as senseless and costly.
To the Editor a reader thanks for a great festival in Pella on May 14 celebrating a day with 38 Johnson County participants and an Ottumwa Bus Company driver. The note mentions a weekly column and Mrs. Morrison’s contribution titled our Pella Trip in the next issue.
Ten year look back notes the Pella city council in 1967 awarding a 67124 dollar contract to Pella Construction for a concrete runway at the new city airport. Al De Wild Marvin Engbers and Claire Gifford are listed among Chamber of Commerce directors. Plans for a permanent Tulip Toren in Central Park were revealed as a gift from P H Kuyper.
The article recalls 1947 Pella spelling contest champions Marilla Vander Meulen and Marlene Sels, with Marilla winning Iowa and heading to Washington D.C. The text shifts to a 1977 debate on House File 332, where a legislator opposes the bill, arguing it shifts tax burdens, lowers agricultural value, expands assessment costs, and questions the use of productivity in property valuation.
The Galesburg Christian church donated nearly all furnishings for a benefit auction to raise funds for a basketball and tennis court in Galesburg city park. Items range from pulpit and chairs to pictures and utensils, with Pella merchants contributing as well. If rain delays, the auction moves to June 17.
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