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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1956

Page

6

Stain Removal Tactics for Fabrics With Special Finishes

Department of Agriculture researchers found that most stains on special finished fabrics can be treated like standard fabrics, except chlorine bleach. Rubbing with detergent or overnight soaking in cool water works for many stains, but chlorine can damage resin finishes causing yellowing or strength loss. follow garment directions and avoid chlorine if advised. For tough stains, sodium perborate bleach can help on washable colorfast fabrics, with safe steps for nonwashable items and prior to ironing.

Department of Agriculture Opal Roberson Town State College

Jimmy's Farm Visit Eases Homesickness and Growth

Eight year old Jimmy worries about two weeks away at his grandfather's farm. The family plans soothing visits, farm prep, and prior experiences to ease separation. Library books and supportive photos frame the trip as growth, not banishment, and Jimmy looks forward to the summer. An ending note mentions Iowa voting habits and Richard Francis Hannam of Monroe County.

Lloyd Lovell Jimmy

Birthday voting reminder and bond share question

The note recalls a man who observed his 99th birthday on Sunday, June 3 and voted the next day. It asks readers if they know their share of Savings Bond holdings, noting that evenly dividing all bonds among Americans would yield about 312.50 per person.

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Congratulations to Don Boyett and Mary Lou Sheppard who were married Friday evening June 16. Leona Schakel and others visited Schultz in Montezuma. The Richardson and Byers families attended a funeral in Indianola. Vander Meide families hosted and toured Des Moines and Keomah sites. Travel to Wisconsin noted.

Don Boyett Mary Lou Sheppard Leona Schakel Guy Zickle Linda Sue Lawrence Schultz Montezuma Floyd Richardson Clayton Richardson Hallsville Missouri Marion Byers Indianola Earl Vander Meide West Des Moines Louise Vander Meide Mabel Littleton Will Verploeg Lake Keomah Clarence Vander Veer

The Highway Story of Roy and the Penny Pincher

Roy was unfairly labeled selfish after a store remark. Gossip claimed he would starve his grandmother for a score, but he died helping another driver. A fatal rear collision followed when he slowed for right of way, leaving a town to misjudge his life.

Roy Buck Hanson Buck

Field Efficiency Boosts Farm Income Through Better Planning

Iowa State College engineers examined field tasks including straw baling to measure field efficiency. They found the 3 day baling operation averaged 36.5 percent efficiency, well below the 75 to 90 percent target under good conditions. Idle hours and repairs reduced output, highlighting that planning and material flow to machines can lift efficiency and net income.

Iowa State College Kenneth Barnes Barnes

Acre Near Reinbeck Brings Auction Price At $140 Per Acre

A 216 acre farm near Reinbeck sold at auction for 140 dollars per acre totaling 30 240 dollars. Purchaser was John Wittgreve. The sale confirms market demand and marks a notable rural transaction in the region.

Reinbeck Purchat John Wittgreve

Driver’s Death Reckoning Behind Grandmother’s Burden

A fragment describes a speeding driver who killed Roy as not selfish but unlucky, and notes the impact on his own grandmother. The tone hints at a broader social reflection on guilt and fate amid tragedy.

Roy

Our Men in Military Service Gerald Synhorst aboard Nautilus

Navy Lt. Gerald E. Synhorst, son of Mrs. Gertrude Synhorst of Columbus Street Pella Iowa, husband of Elaine Schuhler of Short Hills New Jersey, serves on the world’s first nuclear powered submarine USS Nautilus based at New London Connecticut. The submarine has completed blah.

New London, Conn Gerald E. Synhorst Gertrude Synhorst Colum Bus St Pella Towa Lof Elaine D. Schuhler Short Hills N. J New London Conn

Nautilus Completes Year of Submerged Trials and Test Voyages

The Nautilus has logged over a year of operation with the fleet after special tests and indoctrination cruises for Congress and the Defense Department. In the year it steamed 82,480 miles and was underway 2,808 hours, with about 60 percent of the time and distance spent submerged.

Congress Department of Defense

Oat Crop Recovers From Early Diseases Across Field

Iowa State College plant pathologist J Artie Browning reports oat diseases such as stripe blight and halo blight are less severe this year. Early infections appear on lower seedling leaves with browning tips, but later growth normalizes and yield loss is not expected. Halo blight also affects wheat and barley, starting as water soaked green spots that turn straw colored.

Shurtleff J. Artie Browning Iowa State Browning

Disease notes and community notices from Sully Nook

Agricultural report details halo blight and bacterial stripe blight in oats with seedborne spread and seed treatments proposed. Local social notes list Dakotas visit, church service, a neighborhood gathering, and a surgery at Mercy hospital in Oskaloosa.

South Carolina Gazette Established in Charleston in 1782

The South Carolina Gazette began publication in Charleston in 1782 marking an early chapter in colonial American journalism. It served as a foundational periodical for news, notices, and public discourse in the evolving state.

The South Carolina Gazette Charleston

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