Reminiscences and Alumni Ties From Pella Readers
Long Beach California letter highlights memory lane connections to Pella Iowa. Recalls teachers Elizabeth Kempkes and Bess Bootsma Van Zante, Marion County history, Tulip Time, Central College ties, and a Vance Elliott family link. Mentions past outings, WWII air corps service, and a Bullock's Tea Room alumni luncheon in Los Angeles.
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Long Beach
Cal
The
Pella Chronicle
Geo
George Bishop
San Diego
Pella
Mary Wiehart Schakel
Chronicle
Elisabeth _Kempkes
Old Park School
Miss Bess Bootsma
van Zante
Vance Elliott
Ft. Lewis
Washington
Canada
Everett
Miss Kempkes
Jay
Bess Bootsma van Zante
Hanford
Calif
Vance
San Jose
Air Corps
Red Rock
Des Moines
Marion County
Texas
Arizona
Margaret Tracy Merritt
Old Central College
Los Angeles
Bernard Brunsting
Bellflower
Clark
Artesia
Margaret
Lelia Droz Arthur
Josehine Grandia Head
Millie Dudgeon Dykstra
Ruth Grant Vander Zyl
Edith Rhynsburger van Maren
Jack
Betty Lankelma) Sixsmith
Frances den Adel Mansfield
Frances
Lloyd
Glen Grundman
Tam
Central
Margaret Tracy Merrit
Bullock’s
Wilshire Boulevard
Letter Greeting to H H Sadler and Walker Sadler in Long Beach
A letter from Mrs. Catherine Van Gorp of 1427 East Plymouth Street Long Beach California thanks H H Sadler and Walker Sadler in a cordial sign off. The note references moving from an old building to a new one and offers respectful regards.
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California
Margaret Tracy Merritt
A. C. Droz
Marguerite Yoder Knapp
Merritt
Lelia Droz Arthur
Marterbach
Maude Lee Wood
van Gorp
H. H. Sadler
Walker Sadler
Catherine van Gorp
East
Plymouth St
Long Beach
Big Iowa carp catch may set unofficial state record
A 48 inch carp weighing 59 pounds was pulled from the Mississippi near Ft. Madison by Paul later of Ft. Madison on a trot line with a No 1 hook. Conservation officials say they never saw a bigger carp in Iowa and compare to older records. The report notes larger global and national carp records for context. Other anglers report sizable bass catches in Des Moines Reservoir and nearby waters.
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Mississippi
Ft. Madison
Paul Later
Conservation Commission
Iowa
Field and Stream Magazine
Pretoria
South Africa
Minnesota
Bass size reports in Iowa and Georgia record are noted
Clear Lake reports a string of five pound bass captured in southern Iowa since Memorial Day opening. Iowa biologists note bass near ten pounds in Mississippi backwaters. Field and Stream lists Georgia’s 1982 world record largemouth at 22 pounds 4 ounces.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Commission
Mississippi
Georgia
Maquo Keta Considers Sale Of Old Police Station
The town government tentatively plans to sell its former police station. Bids have reached eight thousand dollars, with the highest offer recorded to date.
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Maquoketa
Grades Revised For Hogs Pork Grades Revised For Hogs
United States hog and pork carcass grades take effect July 6 with changes removing the term choice from all grades. Backfat limits tighten by two tenths of an inch on most grades and one tenth for the medium. Five grades defined: No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 and Cull Hogs, detailing lean yield and fat balance for each category.
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United States
U.S
U.S. No. 2
New Iowa Law Aims to Raise Egg Quality Across Markets
Farm economist Francis A. Kutish of Iowa State College notes the July 4 enactment of a new Iowa egg law. It requires that all eggs sold to producers except for hatching or direct consumer sales be candled and graded to U S standards. Iowa poultry producers supplied 24 percent of shell eggs shipped to New York City last year, 2 percent more than New York state producers.
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Iowa
Francis A. Kutish
Iowa State College
United States
Kutish
Towa
New York City
New York State
Chronicle praises soil conservation issue in 1955
A letter from Denniston and Partridge Co. and W. L. McBride of Pella Iowa commends the Chronicle's June 16 farm conservation issue. The message, dated June 17 1955, lauds the paper as the best of about 24 newspapers received by their office.
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Pella Chronicle
Pella
Iowa
Denniston and Partridge Co
W. L. McBride
Steer mauls twelve year old in Paullina alley
A twelve year old girl, Elena Jones, was badly mauled and trampled by a steer at Paullina amid a sales pavilion crowd. She wandered into an alley behind the pavilion as the animal struck, with bystanders assisting. Medical attention was sought and authorities began an investigation into the incident.
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Elena Jones
Paullina
Iowa Machinery Dominates State's Product Range
Iowa's machine industries produce over five hundred different items. A study by the Iowa Development Commission counts 510 distinct machinery types excluding electrical, vastly outnumbering food products. Machinery leads with fabricated metal items, followed by chemicals and other groups in a 20 major industry classification.
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Iowa
The
Iowa Development Commission
Towa
Commission
Linecome Chemicals
Also Mentioned on This Page
Voice of
Vance J. Elliott
Odes
American Academy of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Odessa
Ice
House Paints
Spencer—Kellogg
van den Berg
Paardekooper
Wilson Jewelry Co
U.S.A
PODAY
Tan Dela Reese le
General Electric
Veenstra
Saye Leer
Gasolene
America
Cities Service
Star Oil CO
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