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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1956
Page
10
Those living outside Lake service may contract and pay the same assessment as Lake Prairie residents. See Harold Ver Meer, clerk, or John Hoeksema to secure a contract. Without a contract the regular fire service fee is 200 dollars per call.
The Sunshine Mission Circle of the First Reformed Church will host a soup and bake sale above Farmers Union on Saturday March 8. Separate notice states the Indepen dent School District annual election to choose two Board of Education members at the City Office on Monday March 12 from noon to 7 PM.
The family of Mrs. Henrietta Klein thanks friends and relatives for kindnesses during her illness and after her death. Gratitude is expressed for support from the Home for the Aged community and for flowers and expressions of regard. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Miller and Children
Gratitude is extended to neighbors and Rever end H Bossenbroek for help in making our Golden Wedding anniversary enjoyable. Special thanks to Dr De Jong for visits and prayers. We appreciate all who called sent cards gifts flowers and offered prayers. Mr and Mrs John H Benning and Mr and Mrs Bert Spoelstra Monroe Iowa.
We thank friends and relatives for cards and flowers on our 50th anniversary. Kind acts will be long remembered. Mr and Mrs Joe De Hoog express appreciation. Also Martin Tibboel thanks friends and neighbors for cards and visits during hospitalization and after returning home.
Mrs. John W. Vos expresses gratitude to relatives neighbors and friends for cards letters visits and prayers during hospitalization and after returning home. She says the kindness was truly appreciated.
Jasper County Soil District meeting will be held Friday March 2 at the Farm building in Newton. Program includes Commissioner election and sessions on soil tests fertility conservation water disposal irrigation and economics of soil conservation with speakers Joe Cross John G. Wilson Art Thoreson Tecire Herb Howell and Ted Willrich. Lunch provided.
Central students joining peers from 75 countries attended the third annual Iowa International Board of Education convention in Des Moines. The weekend featured a Governor’s visit, a country dinner, KANT Theatre program with Dutch dancers from Pella, and host families providing overnight lodging then Sunday church with their Des Moines families before returning to Central with memorable experiences.
The article outlines park improvements in Pella including pond skating, lighting, and a western expansion annexed for a new 4 to 5 acre park with picnic areas and a creekside trail. It lists six existing parks with origins and names, noting plans to add a seventh, plus credit to Rev. H. P. Scholte and F. W. Brinkhoff for pioneering the system.
In the city of Pella the park system honors Brinkhoff and Rev Scholte for planting trees and creating formal park layouts. The parks commission has a 7500 dollar budget for the year covering staff, maintenance, planting, repairs, and equipment. commissioners are paid 25 dollars annually.
Central finished its season with a 74 to 67 loss at Wartburg after a 36 34 halftime edge and a 6 0 early lead. The Dutchmen also nearly beat Luther 78 73 the prior night, ending 6 10 in league play and 9 13 overall. Gus Youngberg set a school single season scoring mark with 392 points, Ken Leats totaled 807 points, and Eldon Schulte and Vergil Dykstra posted high field goal percentages as Central concludes a tight, uneven campaign.
Central Junior Varsity finished 2-10 for the season with two wins over Penn. A 69-64 loss to Penn at Oska loosa on Feb 16 featured 13 points by Gary Boeyink and 12 by John Jansonius. Drake freshmen beat Central 66-55 in the prelim. Dale Daggy led Central with 16. Simpson reserves then rolled to a 63-41 win on Feb 21, their second of the year. Boeyink had 10 and Neal Bottger added points.
Vanden Paint and Electric promotes Nalplex latex paint from National Lead Company as an 8 improved Dutch Boy product. Made with Nacrylin, it covers plaster and ceilings in one coat without primer, cleans with water, and dries in about two hours. Odorless with many decorator colors, ideal for Do It Yourself homeowners.
Weather log from Pella Station by U S Weather Bureau showing total .33 inches recoded with E C Bearing as observer.
Iowa geologists believe the Hawbaker Find near Adel preserves six ancient barbecue pits likely 500 years old. The discovery could illuminate early regional life and practices, offering key clues to precolonial inhabitants and their culture.
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