Local Social Notes From Pella Newsline
Pella area residents report travel from St Petersburg to Bradenton Florida and California. Twin girls Caryn Sue and Linda Lea born March 1 to Carl E Van Dusseldorp in South Bend Indiana. Local hospital updates include major surgeries and births at Mercy Oska loosa Mahaska and Iowa Methodist in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. van Zee
St. Petersburg
Bradenton
Florida
Nelson
Mickey” Vande Kieft
Caryn Sue
Linda Lea
Carl E. van Dusseldorp
South Bend, Indiana
van Dusseldorps
Mark Steven
G. B. Ver Steeg
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Ver Steeg
Iowa
Carrie Muilenberg
Newton
George Browning
The
First Reformed Church
Gerard Gosselink
Charlotte Hospital
Punta Gorda
Ben van Zante
General Hospital
Alfalfa-Brome Sod Produced Big Corn Yield in Jasper Co
Orville Aves of Melbourne Iowa posted a 177.4 bushel per acre corn yield on two year old alfalfa-brome sod in a 1953 contest, with contouring estimated to add 30 bushels per acre. He says brome in seeding mixes boosts soil structure, not yields, and uses no commercial fertilizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper Co
Melbourne
Iowa
John Wilson
Jasper County Soils District
Orville Aves
Romes
Bette
Aves
Pool Hall
Orville
Ivan Salmons
Jasper County
Last Steam Locomotive Leaves Spencer Division Milwauke e Road
The final steam locomotive used for switching on the Spencer division of the Milwaukee Road has been retired and replaced by a modern diesel locomotive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Division
Milwaukee Road
Patrolmen Die In Line Of Duty Since 1936
The obituary notes three Highway Patrol fatalities in service to Towan residents since 1936. Oran H. Pape died after a car theft incident near Muscatine in 1936 following a gun battle in which he forced the assailant’s weapon to the head before dying. Harold E. Klinkefus perished in 1949 while driving his regular patrol boat during a pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold DeGi
Towans
Oran H. Pape
Muscatine
Pape
Harold E. Klinkefus
Highway Patrol Fatal Crash Reported After Car Contact
Fragmentary text describes a patrolman named Harold De Gear being struck near a curb while talking to a driver. A second vehicle panicked and struck him and the parked car, sending them 87 feet. The account references road safety and enforcement themes amid fragmented wording.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold de Gear
de Gear
Unclear Fragments From Old School Notice
Fragmentary OCR mentions an affiliated religious group and an affiliated school tied to Yale enrollments. It references Jacob Hemingway and a dated October 9, 1701, with incomplete phrases about enrollment and affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Wiinion Ladies
Amsterim School
Yale" University
Was
Jacob Hemingway
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pella
Ed Kooi
Kent
Kristie
Maxburg
Towa
John Vander Ploeg
Pearl van Peursem
Mer Hospital
Oskaloosa
Paul Metzger
Newton Sunday
Pane
Arthur Kaldenberg
Veterans’ Hospital
Martin Paardekooper
Gerald Paardekooper
Knoxville
South
New Orleans
Alabama
Mississippi
Glenn Hockett
West Des Moines
Ronald Wickhart
Mercy Hospital
Oskatoom
F. M. Geurts
Sully
Dick Rolffs
Taintor
Mercy
Edward van Zante
Marie Klein
Leonard Weessies
Mahaska Hospital
Gerald de Penning
Mahaska
Warner H. Vande Voort
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Connie Zylstra
Carl
Hom
Bertha Zylstra
David Halblom, Sr
Route 1
John van Engelhoven
Jerry and
Delores
Bernard Vander Molen
Oskaloose
Jerold Steenhoek
Reasner
Donald Wichhart
Marion Wichhart
George
Siebold Hettings
Wm. Grootveld
North Main Street
Lutheran
Brooks Klyn
June
Pete van Gorp
Washington, D. C
Penney’s
Penney
Jerusalem
the Golden
God
Jesus
Father
Bel of
Clutoya
Yan
Bob Hullihan
Federal Discount Corp
Livermore Building
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Martin Naaktgeboren
Betty Ferness
Barty Furnese
Segs Harris Io
Estinghouse Maat A
Great New
Westinghouse Appliances
Westinghowe
Os Suns
Westinghouse
Hinkefus
England
van Wyngarden
Earl May
Sanserveria
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