Soil District Election and Banquet at Knoxville
Plans for the annual soil district election and banquet at Knoxville on Monday March 19 feature candidates Lowell Johnson Ray Loynacan and Philip Sommar. Voting 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Knoxville Methodist Church basement with one polling place for land owners and operators. Tickets from commissioners or district office. no door sales. The meal is served by Knoxville Methodist Church ladies under Mrs Everett Kenned. The commissioners promise a good program and urge soil conservation supporters to vote.
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Donald den Adel
Lowell Johnson
Ray Loynacan
Philip Sommar
Methodist Church
Knoxville
Everett Kenned
Don Adel
Friends of Soil Conservation
Caldwell outlines Pella utilities and sewer plans
Councilman C. B. Caldwell spoke to Rotarians on Pella's utilities noting the municipal light plant and distribution system worth about 1.5 million dollars with no tax levy and low rates. He cited interconnection with Iowa Power and Light for safety and discussed expanding sewage facilities, septic tanks in new additions, and new storm sewers funded via water bill revenues.
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C. B. Caldwell
Anthony Tysseling
Pella
Caldwell
Iowa
REA
Rosscreen Company
Iowa Power and Light Camp
State Board of Health
Christmas Seal Campaign Closed in 1955
The 1955 Christmas Seal Sale in Pella City closed with $995.98 received, up from $857.43 in 1954. About half the funds stay in Marion County for Tuberculosis and Heart work, financing the TB Patch Tent for local school children and personnel. Mrs. Andrew Verploegh and the committee thank all contributors and helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella City
Marion County
Andrew Verploegh
Plea for Easter Seals Campaign Opens 1906
The 1906 Easter Seal Campaign opens with a proclamation by Mayor Klein urging citizens to support services for crippled children. He stresses the city’s abundant human resources and the duty to provide opportunities for afflicted youths through the Easter Seals appeal.
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Klein
New Color Fountain to Illuminate Garden Square Park
The Park Commission of Pella unveils plans for a luminous electric fountain in Garden Square Park, built by Bruner Electric Company of St. Louis. It will feature a five stage water and color sequence with 180 nozzles and submerged lights, cycling every 90 seconds to two minutes, with a modern setting and a community fundraising drive aiming for about $2,800 total cost. The old fountain moves to Pool Park, funded by local clubs, with support sought from residents through a central fund drive.
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Park Square
Pella “Park Commission
Garden Square
Bruner Electric Company
St. Louis
Park Commission
Barlingall Park
Burlington Station
Ottumwa
Washington
Iowa
Pella’s Park
Pool Park
Garden Square Park
Smill Pond
Pella
Central Park
Towa
Pella Mayor Urges Easter Seal Campaign Support
Tunis H. Klein, mayor, urges citizens to back the 1956 Easter Seal Campaign for crippled children, noting advances in medical research and rehabilitation raise costs as the chief source of support for services.
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Easter Seal Society
Tunis H. Klein
Pella
College Library Expansion Underway After Frost
As the ground thaws the college library addition will begin with multiple contracts awarded. C. I. Hersham of Laurens Iowa holds the building contract Bernard Hardware of Montezuma Iowa has the heating and plumbing contract Vanden Berg Electric Company of Pella handles wiring Contracts for furnishings and the stack are not yet let The project aims to complete the addition by early next year
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C. I. Hersham
Laurens
Iowa
Bernard Hardware
Montezuma
Vanden Berg Electric Company
Pella
Hershom
Vanden Berg Electric
Curious Savage stage play at Central College auditorium
Psi Omega presents The Curious Savage March 22–23 at Central College auditorium. Mrs Ethel Savage, 65, widow of financier Jonathan Savage, pursues discarded dreams while her scheming children try to end her charitable folly. The comedy follows her creation of the Jonathan Savage Memorial Fund and her clashes with family as she finds happiness.
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Psi Omega
Rious
Ethel Savage
Curious Savage
Central College
Mary Buwalda
Bette Brunsting
Jonathan Savage
Business
Tcoon
Jus
Lilly Belle
Samuel
Mrs. Savage
Ethel
Vitus
Cui
Retired Peter Bloem at Farmers' Exchange on March First
Retired Peter Bloem is set to attend the Farmers' Exchange event on March first. The gathering includes community members and local agriculture groups hoping to discuss farming concerns and market outlooks.
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Peter Bloem
Mai Farmers’ Exchange
Thayer Soule to present Cairo to Baghdad program
Tonight at Douwstra Chapel Thayer Soule will share a Travel and Adventure story titled Cairo to Baghdad. The talk covers The Holy Land with Jerusalem and Bethlehem, the Nile valley, pyramids and desert, illustrated by color motion pictures starting promptly at 7:80.
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Near East
Thayer Soule
Douwstra Chapel
Soule
Cairo
Baghdad
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Valley of the Nile
Pyramids
Desert
Officers Renamed At Annual Red Cross Meeting Saturday
Dr. T. G. Fultz was re elected Chairman of the Pella Chapter of the Red Cross at the annual meeting held Saturday March 3rd at Legion Hall. Mrs. Ine Renaud was re elected Vice President and Vernon Roorda, treasurer. The other officers are appointative. Minutes read by Marie Lefeber and reports on the year's projects given by Dr. Fultz and Mrs. James Wiase. Drive packets were handed to Federated Club members and to male county solicitors. Fultz and Dockendorff urged liberal giving as the National Disaster Fund was exhausted by 1955 floods. Legion Auxiliary women served coffee and doughnuts.
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T. G. Fultz
Pella
The
Red Cross
Legion Hall
Ine Renaud
Vernon Roorda
Fultz
Marie Lefeber
James Wiase
Veterans’ Hospital
Knoxville
Hattie Cleave
George Gaass
M. M. Dockendorf
Dockendorff
National Red Cross
the Legion Auxiliary
Plan Patch Tests For Associates of Student Readtors
Mrs. Leona B. Fisher, County Public Health Nurse, announces the first step of the School Certification program is complete. The second TB test will be held at two centers. Those named may participate. those not in Marion County may use their family physician. In Marion County, Knoxville tests March 16 1966 at junior high 9-11 and 1-4 and 7-9. Pella tests March 19 1956 at Webster grade school 9-11 and 1-4 with patches read March 25 1956. Final X-ray for positives to be scheduled. No cost. cooperation urged.
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Leona B. Fisher
Marion County
Pella
Knoxville
Webster
Talent Show Entries Due March Seventeenth at Pella High
The Pella High School Band parents sponsor a talent show at the high school on April 9 at 7 30 p m with three classes for 8th grade and below 2nd high school and adults. Prizes 10 00 first 5 00 second in each class plus 15 00 overall winner. Mail or deliver entry blanks to Bob Klein or Bert Boat. Deadline March 17. No entries after date.
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Pella High School
Bob Klein
Bert Boat
Kindergarten Registration Set for Friday March 23
The Public School schedules kindergarten registration for next year. Children must be five by November 15 this year. Webster District parents bring children in the morning, Lincoln patrons in the Lincoln Building afternoon. Consultants planned at both sites including Mrs Dockendorff, Mrs Fisher, Miss Effie Buss, and Mrs Frank Neuber.
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Webster
Lincoln
Dockendorff
Fisher
Effie Buss
Frank Neuber
Iowa State Journalism Students To Publish Chronicle March 22nd
Iowa State College journalism students will publish a special Chronicle edition on March 22 under supervision of the regular staff. The student staff will handle stories editorials advertising and photography while printing remains with the usual press. Roy Reiman Larry Lowe and a team of classmates will lead the effort at Ames with peers in Eagle Grove also preparing a concurrent weekly paper.
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Iowa State
Chronicle
The
Iowa State College Journalism
Iowa
Eagle Grove
Staf
Larry Lowe
Des Moines
Iowa Engineer
Lowe
Iowa State Daily
Ames
Roy Reiman
Auburn
Agriculturist
Iowa State College Information Service
Sue Blunt
Evanston
Ill
Marcia Neil
Edgeworth
Miss Blunt
Toledo Chronicle
Town Homemaker
Bomb
Miss Neil
Towa Homemaker
Daily
Reiman
Ron Romens
Betty Gregory
Cedar Rapids
Bill Duffy
Anne Parks
Cedar Fall
Jack Rossman
Harlan
Nils Kwick
Clinton
Romens
Green Gander
Gander
Iowa State Scientist
Miss Gregory
the Daily
Iowa Homemaker
Duffy
Associated
United Press
Miss Parks
Rossman
Kwiek
Reformed Church Chorale Group Formed for Holy Week Service
A new choir group of about forty singers formed from four Reformed Church choirs in Pella. They will sing at the Second Reformed Church on March 27 with Greater Love and Deliver Me Lord. Directed by Laurence Grootera, members include Anita De Heus Viola Heerema Lois Boslooper Shirley Groendyke Edith LeCocq and many others.
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Reformed Churches of
Pella
Second Reformed Church
Ireland
Laurence Grootera
Anita de Heus
Viola Heerema
Lois Boslooper
Shirley Groendyke
Edith LeCocq
Carl Vogelaar
Robert Rittenhouse
Leora Quinn
Grace’ Lautenbach
Siebelt Hettinga
R. Redeker
Myrtle Tysseling
Arvena Dahm
John Vander Waal
Madelin Vander Zyl
Elliot Christianson
Hospers Kuyper
Dorothy Cook
Ruth Keizer
Vera Sedrel
William Bosch
Marlin Klimstra
Boslooper
Robert Klein
Ralph de Cook
Clifford Keizer
Harold Wortman
Ray de Haan
Gene Wormhoudt
Henry Klein
William Wing
Roger Atkins
Robert van Zee
Simon TerLouw
Wayne Zoutendam
Vern Flikkema
Court Upheld $15,000 Judgment In Bokhoven Case
Iowa supreme court upheld a $15,000 verdict awarded to Karen Bokhoven of Pella for injuries from a head on collision on a Mahaska county road on Sept 17, 1954. The jury found Pearl Hall negligent after the accident which caused one fatality and had no witnesses to determine exact cause.
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Des Moines
High Court
Hull
Oskaloosa Herald
Mission Drive on Central Campus Reaches $1706.11 Total
Central College hosts a week long Mission Drive ending with a Penny Carnival. Funds exceeded the $1500 goal, totaling $1706.11 by Monday evening supporting Vellore Hospital India equipment and hymn books for chapels. Co chairs Lory Wubbena and Elliot Tanis led events including a sacrifice meal, convocation talk, dining hall tips, skating party, box social, and a Penny Carnival yielding a final profit of $246.60, the highest yet.
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Central College
Vellore Hospital
India
Central
Graham Hall
Rev. Vriesman
Prairie City
Vriesman
Walt Henrichsen
Wallace Osland
Bill de Forest
Jim Rozendaal
Mission Drive
Lory Wubbena
Elliot Tanis
Dirk Van Zante to Head Cancer Drive in No Marion County
Dirk Van Zante of Pella was named 1956 fundraising chairman for the American Cancer Society North Marion County chapter. Mrs. M. Van Gorp announced the appointment as the county aims to raise funds in April cancer control month. The drive seeks education to save lives and funds for cancer research, with county deaths and survivors noted.
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Dirk van Zante
No. Marion County
Pella
N. Marion County
M. van Gorp
American Cancer Society
van Gorp
Charles J. Murphy
Dubuque
van Zante
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Chronicle News
Withi Vatate
South Main
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Plechildren
J. Klehn
Magd
Ella
Garden Square Park Commission
Pella Station
U. S. Weather Bureau
E. C. Beaning
Frost
Man
Nile Kwick
Ron Rocone
Rey Release’ Pie
Reformed Church Chorale
Bokhoven
Big Sum
Vellore
P. Y. de Jong
Johanna de Vries
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