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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1976
Page
4
A local newsletter notes many well kept private gardens around town with diverse plantings of tomatoes corn broccoli cauliflower and sugar peas. It describes staking methods and recommends leaving corn suckers to aid yields in dry weather while noting Allium flowers including garlic and chives for winter bouquets.
A series of hospital entries lists June admissions and discharges by patient name and town, centered in Pella with several from nearby Knoxville and Reasnor. Notable items include multiple births and a large batch of discharge names, reflecting ongoing patient turnover through mid June. A Campfire Girls day camp note follows, describing straw weaving practice and a crafts program for girls entering second through sixth grade at Big Rock park July 19 to 25.
A retrospective excerpt notes ten to fifty years ago events in Mahaska County. Topics include an airport land fund drive west of Pella, a Moonlight Madness sale by Wormhoudt Furniture, 4-H club leadership by Frances Van Maanen, Duane DeKock at Phillips Boy Scout ranch, tinted glass in Vos Farm Equipment Buick ads, a Knoxville pipeline proposal, balloon tires favored by women motorists, calls for cement street crossings, and Peoria trader John Thomassen selling eggs.
A children's Bible hour for ages four through nine will be held this summer at the First Christian Reformed Church in Pella. From 10 to 11 15 a.m., classes meet every other Thursday at the Liberty and W Second corner church. The theme is The Works of Jesus with signing, Bible stories, films and crafts.
A religious music program titled The Earth Will Sing filmed in Pella will air on television channel 5 Tuesday July 6 at 6 30 p m The performance features singing groups from the Oskaloosa Church of the Nazarene using sunken gardens historical village and Central Park as backdrops The program was previously shown on Ottumwa TV.
Fair Haven Nursing Home hosted its monthly birthday gathering with hostess Christine Slot assisted by Gertrude Huyser Johanna Van Hemert and Maggie Buitenwerf. June birthdays included Dena De Prenger Henrietta Schuring and Hattie Vos. Rev Frank Shearer read poems sang psalms and offered prayers as Arvina Dahm played piano. Cakes and coffee followed with donations from several helpers.
Mark IV pictures presents A Stranger in My Forest, a Christian themed film, free to the public at New Monroe Community High School on June 26 at 7 30 p m. Sponsored by First Baptist Church of Monroe.
Local church listings enumerate morning and evening worship times across multiple congregations including First Reformed Second Reformed Trinity Reformed First Protestant Reformed G.A.R.B.C. and others. Also notes radio broadcasts from Central College KCUI 89.1 FM and details on Sunday School, catechism, and adult Bible classes.
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