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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1957
Page
6
Walker Sadler visits Mr Pleasant to help with her new grandchild. Local car deliveries include several Chevrolet and Oldsmobile models to area residents. Residents and families travel for vacations, hospital stays, and church youth training, with notes on moves, school attendance, and a Romeo Sabin obituary and funeral in Salt Lake City.
The letter discusses applying nitrate to oats fields to correct nitrogen deficiency. It notes darker green patches where nitrate was spread and suggests top-dressing entire fields or spots with commercial ammonium nitrate for better growth in future seasons.
Agronomist Krenzin of College warns against losses from alfalfa hay harvest and urges raking before plant moisture falls below 50 percent. He notes raking after wilted but before leaf crumbling ensures satisfactory drying in windrows under normal weather. He suggests testing small ends of each rake pass to confirm timing.
Town's John Deere field demonstration draws 50 000 visitors across planed events in Waterloo on September 10 with similar demos near Bloomington and Janesville. New equipment will be shown including baled hay handling six row farming and corn processing. Sponsorship by John Deere Plow Company of Moline and 185 local dealers. reservations via dealer John Hocksema.
Towa City Iowa June 18 a comic opera by a leading British composer will be staged July 2 4 26 and 27 at the State University of Iowa eighth annual summer opera Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten is set in 1900 England. Wade Raridon a Carroll graduate student will sing the title role with Edith LeCocq Central College Pella as Lady Bellows and Harry Morrison Jr a University of Idaho music faculty member as Sid. Musical direction by Herald I Stark with Harrold C Shiffler as dramatic director. Public ticket sale begins July 17 and mail plans will be announced.
Klaas Schweer, a northern German youth, spoke at the Lenox Rotary and Anns meeting at the Country Club on Tuesday evening June 11. He shared experiences as one of eight hundred students hosted in the U S and Canada, contrasted German and American schools, praised American life, and noted Lenox Rotary funds his expenses.
A picnic at the Arthur Wallace home honored Unionville Virginia visitors Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wilson and sons. Attending were the Marshalls of Prairie City and the Morgans of Newton with other local families. A son named Allen Leigh was born May 29 to Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, joining sister Carol Lynne and brother David. The Zickel reunion was held at the Galesburg Christian church grounds last Sunday. Ale Kenneth Acklin of Grand View Missouri spent weekend with mother Pearl Acklin. Darlene Bensink and Pat Miller received blue ratings in junior division of the Better."
Mr and Mrs Albert Pleima of Pella are the parents of a son born Wednesday June 12 at Mercy hospital in Oskaloosa.
Mr and Mrs Anne B Beyer of Monroe announce the birth of a son on Wednesday June 12 at Mercy hospital Oskaloosa. The new arrival joins the Beyer family and adds happiness to their home.
Mr and Mrs William L Stursma of Pella are parents of a daughter born Thursday June 18 at Mahaska hospital in Oskaloosa. The birth adds to the family, details show a healthy infant and family joy in the community.
Mr and Mrs Gerald Bogaard of Leighton are parents of a son born Friday June 14 at Mahaska hospital in Oskaloosa. The birth adds a new member to the Bogaard family with hospital records noting the infant's arrival.
Mr and Mrs Hans De Vries of Sigourney announce the birth of a son Sunday June 9 at Keokuk county hospital Grandparents are Mr and Mrs John Kamerick of Pella.
Mr and Mrs Roger Warnshuis of Grand Rapids Michigan are the parents of a daughter born June 10 Mrs Warnshuis before marriage was Luella Menninga daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Menninga of Otiey
Mr and Mrs Donald Kennedy of Leighton are the parents of a son born Monday June 17 at Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa. The birth adds to the family as they welcome the new child.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Melvin Sopher of Pella at Mahaska Hospital Oska loosa on Tuesday June 18.
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