Cool Ridge Car Safe After 20 Foot Embankment Crash
Mary J Franklin reports a W. Lamb accident on Augustine hill where ice from a ditch overflow caused his car to roll down a 20 foot embankment and into a small creek. Lamb escaped serious injury and was helped home by his daughter. The event occurred Thursday morning amid slick ice after a road blade passed. Meanwhile Knox-ville and Des Moines updates note visitors, family trips, and illnesses among local residents including chicken pox, birthdays, and hospitalizations.
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W. Lamb
Rawleigh
Augustine
Lamb
de Ziwarte
The_aid
Mad de Zwarte
Raymond Karr
Linda
Bruce Heywood
Knoxville
Leo Hegwood
Delaware
Des Moines
Ernest Ander
Card of Thanks from Raymond J Steenhoek
A sincere expression of gratitude for letters cards and prayers received during hospital recovery from knee surgery. Appreciation extends to those who remembered him at Oxnard Air Force Base Oxnard California with the address AF 26806435 414th Matron Box 3368.
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Raymond J. Steenhoek
Oxnard Afb
Oxnard
California
Thanks for support after hospital stay in Des Moines
Grateful note from a patient at Lutheran Hospital Des Moines thanks friends neighbors and relatives for well wishes cards letters flowers and deeds during surgery and hospitalization.
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Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Meinders Thank Relatives for Wedding Anniversary Kindness
Mr and Mrs N T Meinders express gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors for cards flowers and visits on their wedding anniversary. They note the day will always be remembered.
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N. T. Meinders
Thanks for 26th wedding anniversary and sympathy
Mrs. Otte J. Pothoven and family express sincere thanks for visits prayers cards and memorials after a sudden bereavement. Gratitude extended to relatives neighbors and Garden Chapel for services and support during their days of sorrow. May the Lord reward you all.
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Otte J. Pothoven
Golden wedding thanks from Bogaards couple
We thank relatives and friends for flowers letters and well wishes received on our golden wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. John Bogaards.
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John Bogaards
Marion County Board of Supervisors schedules road vacation hearing
The board will hear petitions to vacate Road No. 673 and part of Road No. 1051. Hearing set for March 31, 1961, at 10:00 a.m. in Knoxville Courthouse. Notice to Marion County residents to be published in The Pella Chronicle at least 20 days prior.
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Marion County Board of Supervisors
Township
Knoxville
Marion County
Iowa
Pella Chronicle
Offer women fun better figure class at Webster School
Women who want to join the Fun and Figure class should come to the Webster School gymnasium on Tuesday evenings at 6 30 or at 8 00 p.m. The fee will be reduced for those who might like to participate in the three remaining periods, reports Paul Bradigan, director of city recreation.
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Webster School
Paul Bradigan
City Recreation
Community thanks for kindness after illness and loss
Thanks from multiple families for cards, letters, gifts, and flowers received during illness and after. Special appreciation to Reverends Ringwalda Menning and others for visits and prayers, and to Dr. Voigt and nurses. Also gratitude to Dr. A F Evers and family for support during the long illness and death of a loved wife and mother.
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Ringwalda
Henry de Bruin
Pella
Erd
G. Menning
Dr. Voigt
Nellie van Ekeren
W. Ringwalda
A. F Evers
L. J. Monster
Pothoven Family Mourns Peoria Loss and Local News
The Peoria community extends sympathy to the Pothoven family as Mr. Pothoven dies at 62 from a heart attack. Funeral services were held Friday at the Peoria Christian Reformed Church with Rev. Vander Wall officiating. Stanley Pothoven received a six day leave from his Missouri military post for the funeral. Julie Kay, a baby girl born February 28 at Mahaska Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob J. Van Gorp, weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces. Laura Beth is her sister. Feb 25 attendees from the Protestant Reformed church visit California for a conference. The Ray Bandstra family moved to a farm near Otley and were aided by several relatives during the day. Mrs. Henry Roose and Mrs. John A. Roose repainted the downstairs rooms in Mrs. A. H. Roose’s home.
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Peoria
Otto Pothoven
Pothoven
Stanley
Missouri
Mahaska Hospital
Julie Kay
Laura Beth
Beth Vander Melen
Protestant Reformed Church
Jin California
John van Weelden
Sick and Moving News From Local Families
Report notes Carmen Dahm fourth grader absent due to illness of hepat Verlan Nikkel four year old son of the Nikkels ill with scarletina doctor diagnosed. Westerkamp and Buwalda families assisted sister with moving Kellogg to Pella. Nieuwsma surgical patient at University Hospital in Town City. Robert Vroegh fractured left hand during basketball practice require cast six weeks. Henry Vander Linden home for weekend attended church in a wheel chair. Mrs Ryken pasted a room for Connie Vander Linden. Loretta Westercamp accompanied Mrs Gansy and daughters Pamela and Janice to State Instrumental Music Contest in Indianola.
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Carmen Dahm
Cornie Dahm
Hepat Verlan Nikkel
Robert Nikkels
Pete H. Westerkamp
J. J. Buwalda
Kellogg
Pella
R. Nieuwsma
Connie Vander Linden
Loretta Westercamp
Peter Gansy
Pamela
Janice
Indianola
Across the Back Fence We Remember the Cold March
A rural note recalls March winds driving cattle from the hill and a childhood rhyme learned in second grade. The Oskaloosa Herald notes community items including 1400 participants in an event and mentions deaths in New Sharon and New Shaton, and a local man Harris Lee Terpstra of Sully praised for polio work. Funeral services were held for Walter Jackson. Willie M. Jackson, 74, longtime New Sharon resident, is recorded as deceased. Smoky the Shetland pony is noted as purchased by Mr. Jackson.
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Queen Esther Society
Harris Lee Terpstra
Sully
Walter Jackson
Lower Grove
Methodist
New Shaton
Pella
Herman H. Westerkamp
Oskaloosa Herald
Willie M. Jackson
New Sharon
Mr. Jackson
Peoria
Vander Molen Home Purchases Lead to Family Ties
Local notices report Robert Nikkel buying Jacob Van der Molen’s house, with current tenants Mr and Mrs Gerald Rozenboom and family. Dahm relatives met in Pella for Otto Pothoven’s death. Roose descendants marked their 59th anniversary. Vander Molen family vacationed in Florida. A March birthday is noted for Henry Vander Linden. The writer recalls childhood memories of rural life and maple sap tapping, sharing a simple syrup recipe and pancake suggestion.
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Robert Nikkel
Jacob Vander Molen
Gerald Rozenboom
Dahm
Jacob Dahm
Elm Street
Pella
Garrett Pothoven
Holland, Mich
Otto Pothoven
Jim Roose
Gerrit Vander Molen
Florida
Donald
Henry Vander Linden
Junior Basketball and Fitness Classes End
The Junior Basketball program sponsored by the Pella Recreation Commission ends next week with awards to top performers based on a skill test from last Saturday. Those who missed the test can take it this Saturday. An awards program for boys basketball and girls fitness classes will follow, and letters will be sent to parents once plans are finalized.
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Pella Recreation Commission
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C. J. Anderson
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Glen van Gundy Jr
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Dale Mason
Chariton Hospital
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W. A. Anderson
Ernest Anderson
Anna
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Martin Laird
Ralph Laird
George Maljoy
Peru
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America
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Peter P. Jonker
James P. Jonker
John Westercamp
Poeood
Henry Vande Voort
Pete
Otley
Henry Roose
John A. Roose
A. H. Roose
Vander Molen
Vermont
Papa
Pella Bootery
Sally LY
Peoria Stockyards
Bernie
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Marion van Wyk
Pella van Gorp
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Rus
Menninga Ins
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Kenny
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