Happiness Week and tulip bed care in town notes
A News Dispatch reports a suburb plans Happiness Week from June 17 to 24, urging smiles despite feelings. Leven shulme observes the event and hopes nations sponsor similar weeks, while tulip beds require tops removal to protect bulbs and soil for 1951 blooms. St George Utah Federated Club prize efforts boost reading, libraries, and community programs with funds from Kroger aid.
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News Dispatch
Manchester
England
St. George
Utah
Athe Club
Fed Women’s Clubs
Dea
SS George
Ctah
Kroger Company
Noor
Recommendation on City Gas Utilities Governance
The Committee of Commerce reports on options for the city's gas distribution system guidance and funds. It suggests managing utilities via trustees or possibly a commission, noting trustees would be less answerable to the City Council. Strong interest from council members reflects concerns over asset value and management quality.
Count Your Many Blessings in a Suburban Life
An article extols suburban living as offering easy walks to business sections, green spaces, and modern conveniences. It argues residents already have the ideal community with friends, local projects, and school ties, yet often fail to appreciate it due to city rush and a blinded view of the big town.
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Mumford
Tenure and recall for city utility managers urged
The editorial argues utility supervisors should have tenure beyond shifting councils to preserve knowledge while remaining under council control and recall. It warns that adding gas worsens management and long range planning, framing it as an emergency in city governance.
Editorial Comments on Duty and Ideology in 1960s Iowa and Nation
The piece argues for the respect due to Iowa attorney general Robert Larson for enforcing duties despite personal cost. It cites editors from Marietta Cobb Times and the Ha Chronicle on federal spending, academic freedom, and anti-Communist hiring, framing Communism as a threat and endorsing suppression of Communist influence in universities.
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Nda Herald-Journal
Robert Larson
Iowa
1910 Colfax Pella game and town news mix
A front page note features Postmaster Louis Bousquet and Colfax visitors in Pella. The Colfax Little Giants beat the Pella Meteors 3 to 2 despite Meteors errors. Local items include library board terms, a near fatal accident, farm and business notes, weddings, a church convention, weather, and civic concerns in Pella.
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Louis Bousquet
Colfax Little Giants
Pella Meteors
Meteors
Pella
Bousquet
Bloem
van Cleave
Vander Linden
Little
van Spanckeren
Sadler
Goedhart
Carson
Boyd
Cart
Harry Awtry
Hayderrick
Mr. Awtr
Il.p. Scholte
Martha Firth
John de Cook
Prifon
Ed Schakel
Iowa
N. J. Gesmaan
Floral P. Young
Frankie Baer
Richmond
Indiana
Baer
Band 1 LeGocy
Hutchins
Ink
Keables
Ten Years Ago Knoxville Pella Swim Meet Leads
Ten years ago Knoxville led the Knoxville Pella swim meet by 75 to 49 as the second half approached with intermediate and senior boys and girls set to compete in Knoxville. The issue notes pool manager Don Nutting, road work on Sully road, a sheep pelts trailer fire near Pella, and locals Henry Kuyper and William Tate refinishing the high school. The Chamber of Commerce Band toured Leighton, lifeguard Greg Gregorson resigned, and several pool park softball teams like Shell Sedrels Bull Pups and Rosscreen vied for supremacy amid high pool interest and plans for a County Soils District tour.
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Knoxville-Pella
Knoxville
Don Nutting
Sully
Progr
Pella
Henry Kuyper
William Tate
Chamber of Commerce
Leighton
Greg Gregorson
Shell
Sedrels
Bull Pups
Rosscreen
Epidemic Probe In Town As Dairies Face Suspicion
Griswold arrived representing the State to investigate an epidemic with dairies under suspicion. More than thirty cases are listed in the report. Dr. C. F. Aschenbrenner serves as health physician. Des Moines and Skunk rivers are at flood stage, not covering all bottoms.
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Griswold
Dairies
C. F. Aschenbrenner
Des Moines
Skunk
20 Years Ago July 24 1980 In Oskaloosa Iowa
A wide range of local notes from Pell and nearby towns: Matthew Hoksbergen uses a Rumley combine on the Weir farm north of the Skunk River. Kuyper and Tysseling beat Oskaloosa’s top players in tennis. Andrew Buwalda starts a repair shop. Sears Roebuck takes control of Oppenheimer Alsop store. weather turns hot then cooling with rain. upholsterer A W Gysen restores pieces for a Monroe client. Seils Sterling Circus performs in Scholte Heights. Gerrit Tysseling dies at 75, longtime Pel la miller and church member. Freda Carpenter visits Pell. Mrs. Nathan Firth injures arm dodging a bee. a Buick 8 lists at 1025. Gerald and society editor wife Paardekoper vacation in Colorado. Dan Steck to speak at Oskaloosa airport dedication on July 27. Highway 6 paving near Knoxville toward Pleasantville.
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Matthew Hoksbergen
Rumley
N. P. Nielson
Skunk River
Galesburg Bridge
Kuyper and
Tysseling
Oskaloosa
Sunstrum Brothers
Scholte Heights
Gerrit T. Tysseling
Pella
Second Reformed Church
Freda Carpenter
Farm Bureau
Hardin County
Iowa
Dan Steck
Ottumwa
Highway 63
Knoxville
Pleasantville
Courageous Words From Margaret Chase Smith Critique of McCarthyism
The senator from Maine denounces the witch hunt as damaging to the Senate and the American way of life. She warns against using fear and calumny to win political victory and urges Americans to think patriotically beyond party lines. The impact of her words remains uncertain but hopeful.
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Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
McCarthy
Senate
Smith
County Agents Speak at Pella Meeting and Farm News
Walter Brown spoke at City Hall Pella while a farm page notes horses and colts on H W Vriezelaar near Otley and chinch bug damage to oats from Gerrit Poortinga leading to migration into corn. The weed sprayer greeted farmers as W J Welch urged its use amid ongoing agriculture and community updates.
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Walter Brown
Pella
H. W. Vriezelaar
Otley
Gerrit Poortinga
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Eustis
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