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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1955
Page
6
Sully News reports Harry De Jong postmaster attended the Postmasters Convention in Davenport on June 8 and 9. It lists community moves, births, and local activities including residents traveling, a new music instructor, a baby boy born to C. Van Wyk’s family, and several visits and outings among Sully residents.
Mr and Mrs Otis Tradewell of Wakpeton ND hosted visitors from Minnesota and North Dakota while relatives stayed with Zack Slocum s family. Drake University summer session will be attended by Doris Lee. Hattie Van Gorp from Pella visited Andrew Ustermarkt s household. Van Vliet sisters and Jim Van Vliet stay with James and Mary Van Vliet. Robus and family attended a Baptist church wedding for Janie Van Door nink and Kenneth Vander Berg in Monroe IA. Marinus Stravers ofsburg visited Tuesday evening.
The report covers social visits in Pella including Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ustermarkt and Mrs. George Ryke, plus Mrs. Sarah Van Buren. funeral services for Pete Swanks after a Cooper Mining Co. accident in Newton, with burial in a Pella cemetery. Also mentions visits by Tracy Ver Steegh and Hattie Ver Steegh, Winnie Breen’s Des Moines trip for Ira Breen’s surgery update, and plans of Harley Horton’s California visit. Open house at J. M. Van Vliet Store on June 10. Otley Store busy with Evert De Vries and sons visiting Andrew Ustermarkt.
The message urges drivers to take frequent breaks on long trips to stay awake and alert. It emphasizes stopping to stretch and refresh both physically and mentally, noting benefits for the driver and passengers and encouraging a calmer, safer travel approach.
Conservation Commission field men lead lakeshore and riverbank clinics to teach casting tackle baits and techniques. State officers in some areas conduct sessions while others are just starting the program, aiming to balance fishing pressure as Iowa waters remain underutilized.
The clinics will emphasize rough underfished methods for panfish and general fish catching, focusing on effective techniques for these species and practical guidance for anglers seeking better rises and catches.
Des Moines Iowa announces a statewide women’s expo at the Iowa State Fair from August 27 to September 5 with more than $11,600 in cash prizes across divisions including divided fruit vegetables and floral $6554 culinary canning baking and allied interests 1500 textiles and needlework 1691 Rural Family Living 1900 and the national crochet contest with $8 000 finals. Daily demonstrations and exhibits in home economics will run throughout the event and interested entrants may request premium lists from the State Fair Board secretary in Des Moines.
Bob Poage operates an 820 acre farm in Malaka County Jasper district. Through cooperation with Extension Service he planted about two acres on eroded Shelby soil with red pine on contour rows six feet apart. The project shows excellent growth and few losses. In 1950 soft maple windbreak was replaced with pine spruce and Douglas fir rows spaced 18 feet apart. The windbreak and field plantings aim to conserve soil and water with canary grass waterways ponding pasture renovation and good relations with the Jasper County Soil District technicians. The Poage family plans further conservation work and welcomes interested visitors.
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