School Board Receives Three Teacher Resignations
The Pella Community school district board met to accept three resignations including Webster grade 3 teacher Mae Brockway, Webster grade 2 Kathryn Stewart, and high school basketball coach Denny Pace. Replacement for Pace is David Bender of Parkersburg. other resignations await replacements. A part-time kindergarten teaching contract was awarded to Martha Paul. The board also approved ongoing veterans on the job training and reviewed district finances and payroll.
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Mae Brockway
Webster
Kathryn Stewart
Denny Pace
David Bender
Parkersburg
Pace
Martha Paul
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Central College
Leo Bowdish
Van Wyks Delegates At Chiropractic Ass'n Convention
The Lake Prairie Township Boy's 4-H Club schedules its annual club tour Friday June 16 starting 8 15 am at the Elmer Vermeer farm with the last stop at Mr and Mrs Elmer Nollen home at 3 40 pm The sentiment about happiness closes the item.
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Lake Prairie Township
Elmer Vermeer
Elmer Nollen
Milk Sanitarian Speaks On Des Moines Milk Safety
R L Sanders chief milk sanitarian for Des Moines addressed Kiwanis members on the Health Department role in Grade A milk production and distribution. He showed color slides of health department personnel protecting the milk supply for citizens.
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R. L. Sanders
Des Moines
Kiwanis Club
Health Department
Cites Error in Letter To Editor of Last Week
In a Chronicle letter an NFO member claimed pork cost about 82 cents per pound. The writer visited a local plant and calculated a 200 pound hog yields 31 percent cents per pound to consumers, arguing livestock marketing and union wage practices drive trouble. He favors controlled production and notes European wages stay reasonable.
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N.F.O
Jensen
Europe
Will Rebertus Dies in Des Moines
Will Rebertus of 1912 Frank line street Des Moines died last week Tuesday at Des Moines General hospital. Funeral services were held at Dunn's Funeral Home in Des Moines Thursday June 8. He was a brother of John Rebertus of Pella. Attending included John Robertus and wife from Pella Wayne Shutts and wife from Sully Marion McDaniel and family from Newton. Born and raised in Pella he was a music teacher in Carlisle and Des Moines for 45 years. He was 76. Survivors include wife Grace sons Wayne of Columbus Ohio and Lawrence of Des Moines and daughter Mrs B Franklin of Des Moines.
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Will Rebertus
Frankline St
Des Moines
Des Moines General Hospital
Dunn
Rebertus
John Rebertus
Pella
John Robertus
Wayne Shutts
Sully
Marion McDaniel
Debbie
Robert
Newton
Will Robertus
Carlisle
Grace
Wayne
Columbus
Ohio
Lawrence
B. Franklin
Monroe Social Notes and Weekend Guests
Mrs H W Vriezelaar reports visits by Joan McClanahan of Mingo to the Lloyd Nolin home and by Mr and Mrs Raymond FitzGerald of Davenport to the Keith McConghey home for Nimmo McConghey wedding attendance. John Van Zante underwent a tonsillectomy at Collins Memorial Hospital in Knoxville. Dinner guests in the Rice home included Ted Rice and Ronda of Des Moines, Ray and Margaret Slocum and family of Oskaloosa. Dorothy Graham of Des Moines spent the weekend with the Waddle family. The Daily Vacation Bible School programs were held Friday evening for Presbyterian and Methodist at the Methodist church and Sunday evening at the Baptist church with a review of the studied work. The first concert of the season was held Friday night June 9 in the park with good attendance. Larry Laird of Sigourney and Lorraine Webber and family of Cedarville Ohio visited Monroe Sunday afternoon. Webber is a former Monroe music instructor.
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Joan McClanahan
Mingo
Lloyd Nolin
Raymond Fitzgerald
Davenport
Keith McConeghey
Nimmo-McConeghey
John van Zante
Collins Memorial Hospital
Knoxville
Wm. J Rice
Ted Rice
Ronda
Des Moines
Raymond Slocum
Oskaloosa
Dorothy Graham
Doyle Waddle
Presbyterian
Methodist
Methodist Church
Baptist Church
Larry Laird
Sigourney
Monroe
Lorraine Webber
Cedarville
Ohio
The
Webber
Monroe School
Summer Music Lesson Program Sees 100 Plus Enrolled
Dean Van Haaften of Pella high school and Municipal Band directs a summer instrumental program with over 100 district students from grades six through twelve. Sessions run 7 a.m. to noon, six days weekly, with 15 minutes per pupil. A parallel Lynnville Sully program, led by Donovan Musgrove, runs one day weekly through Musgrove and Van Haaften exchanging posts.
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Dean van Haaften
Pella High School
van Haaften
Lynnville-Sully
Donovan Musgrove
Musgrove
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Betis Clothing
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Hilda de Groot
Belltower
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Mahaska Hospital
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Truro
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Earl Graham
Anne Olsthoorn
Joe Nikkel
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Pella Community School
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Ray Vander Linden
Andrew Bandstra Sr
Grand Rapids
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Muskegon
Donald Fopma
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New York
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Tunis Blom
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Lost Islands
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Neb
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Dick Ver Ploeg
Leonard van Genderen
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Paul Bandstra
Lester Klyn
Gerrit Klyn
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Lynnville
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Webster School
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H. W. Vriezelaar
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