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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1956
Page
3
League for Service former church announces a soup and bake sale at the Farmers Union store all day Saturday March 10. Donations will be appreciated.
In Knoxville Iowa on February 29 1956 a notice informs that Henrietta Klein’s last will is on file and set for hearing March 19 1966 at 10:00 am in Marion county. A second notice calls for sealed coal bids to the Pella Light Plant due March 27 1956 with 9200 BTU minimum heat content and council reserves bid rejection rights.
I wish to thank all my relatives, friends, and neighbors for the many cards, letters, gifts, and visits I received while in the hospital and after returning home. Also Rev. Redeker for his visits and prayers offered in my behalf. These acts of kindness will long be remembered.
We thank friends neighbors and relatives for their kindness and help to our dear wife and mother Mrs Wal ter Heyveld during illness and after her death. Your assistance before and after her passing is gratefully acknowledged.
The passage notes expressions of sympathy and flowers in honor of Reverend Row Sell Redeker and Reverend J C Van Wyk, with remarks from the family and community. The text reflects memorial tributes and respects paid by congregants.
The Meinders express sincere thanks to relatives friends and neighbors for help during their golden wedding anniversary Special mentions go to Dr P Y De Jong and the Senior Helping Hand Society of the First Chr Ref Church for assistance. We also thank relatives and friends for sympathy flowers and prayers after the death of Carrie Van Heukelom with thanks to Rev R Redeker.
Dear friends and neighbors who aided during his last illness and after his passing, we express heartfelt thanks. We are grateful to Reverend Muller for his comforting ministrations and to all who sent flowers. Mrs. A D Van Zante and Children
We express heartfelt gratitude to all who offered comfort cards prayers and help with chores and transportation as we moved to a new home Andrew D De Nooy Leighton Iowa Thanks for flowers gifts cards for Barbara in Iowa City hospital and after return Rev and Mrs Cye Coller for prayers Our thanks from Mr and Mrs Robert Mitchell
In March 1901 voters in Lloyd Township Dickinson County approved a two story wooden school building costing 4000 dollars at Terris. After completion in October the seven rural schools were closed and their pupils transferred to the new facility.
Thirteen litters have entered the Knoxville Rotary Market Hog Show to be held Wednesday March 13 at the Bingley Sales Barn. Entries must be in pens by 9 00 a m with grading and showing beginning at 10 00 a m. Judges include Tamersham Iowa State Extension Specialist Plager Iowa Swine Producers Associa tion Secretary and Roy Hunt Des Moines buyer for Iowa Packing Company. Hogs will be judged in the afternoon from 1 00 p m. Exhibitors and their dads attend a banquet Wednesday evening and on Friday March 16 visit the Iowa Packing Company in Des Moines to inspect carcasses.
Merrill L. Robuck, chairman of the county ASC committee, outlined how early shorn wool may qualify for 1955 and 1956 wool program incentive payments. Payments depend on sale timing, with summer 1956 or 1967 payout windows, and a 62 cent incentive level aimed at lifting the national average price. Growers can carry over unsold 1955 wool into 1956 and still qualify, but payments defer to after sale and differ by sale date.
Ed Cott, horticulture specialist at Iowa State College, will visit Knoxville Friday March 9 to assist with pruning trees and shrubs. The event begins at 1 30 PM in Recreation Room Building 5 at the Veterans Hospital. Attendance is open to interested residents.
The Marion County Bar Association elected officers at a luncheon on court opening day. E Raymond Stick was chosen president succeeding William W Hardin who led five years. Bert A Bandstram was elected secretary succeeding Frank Sinnard.
Pits transported to the new central school house marking Iowa’s second real consolidated school. This follows the first consolidated school opened five years earlier at Buffalo Center. The move signals a shift in rural education organization and district planning.
Marion County Board of Supervisors approves transfer of funds within maintenance accounts and adopts a comprehensive annexation of Polk Township north of the Des Moines River into Summit Township. The action includes a detailed description of the boundary, cross references to townships and ranges, and a motion by Dieleman with Fisher supporting. Certificate of Auditor confirms formal passage and journalization on December B.D. 1955.
County auditors and officials reviewed office cash and fees including County Auditor Certificate fees and County Recorder checks. The meeting notes itemize transfers totaling about 14 008.42 and adjournment follows as Clifford W. Park chaired the session.
Homemakers planning a lamp purchase will find variety in styles and finishes. The trend leans to Early American design, with functional modern lamps still available. Iowa State College specialist Tune Brown notes the new apothecary jar shaped table lamp in white ceramic as one option.
Edged in gold and bearing a Gettysburg address print, lamps showcase wood and metal ship like designs. Leather tones in green and saddle shades reappear with varied metals. A fingertip touch lamp and a central shaft switch lamp highlight modern mechanics over color trends.
Henriksen, 44, was killed at his farm near Ringsted in a recent incident. Authorities have not released details pending investigation.
A farmer was nearly crushed when his tractor became stuck between the steering wheel and the doorway of a shed while backing in. The doorway was barely tall enough to clear the wheel, trapping him briefly until help arrived.
Oakland public schools ended classes with unusually low attendance due to a measles outbreak. Officials reported thirty two cases, kindergarten rooms bearing the heaviest absentee rate.
Residents outside Lake Prairie Black Oak or Summit townships may obtain fire service by signing a contract and paying the same levy as Lake Prairie. Contact Harold Ver Meer, clerk of Lake Prairie, or John Hoeksema to secure a contract. Without a contract, fire service costs $200 per call.
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