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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1961
Page
12
Residents of the Pella area are invited to attend the bid opening for the construction of Pella Community Nursing Home at the Legion Hall auditorium tomorrow. The first sealed bid will be opened at 2 p.m.
The public is invited to a ceramics exhibit at the American Legion Building on Thursday March 28 from 1 30 to 9 00 p m The event targets beginners and advanced ceramists who completed a ten week course sponsored by the Recreation Commission Instructor is Mrs Hazen Petit from Oskaloosa Hostesses will serve refreshments Admission is free Interested residents may ask craft questions Junior Basketball program for elementary students sponsored by the Recreation Commission and Pella Community School District awarded performance tests with certificates to be issued later John Ver Ploeg hosted coffee and donuts for the pitch club Angonne model airplane club welcomes new members at the Arts and Crafts Center Thursday evenings at 7 30 p m Open to men and boys with beginner materials provided
Richard A. Tysseling has been named director of admissions at Central College and will assume the post on April 1. He has served as Central’s acting admissions director since the resignation of Dick Cook in February and will remain athletics rector while relinquishing football coaching.
Marion County Treasurer Margaret Hayes warns that 1961 first half property tax installments are delinquent after April 1. Pay by March 31 to avoid a 0.75 percent monthly penalty. Second half installments become delinquent October 1.
Jaycees announce an Easter Egg Hunt in Pella for Saturday morning April 11 with two locations for different age groups. Some eggs will carry merchandise prizes. complete plans to be announced next week.
Sgt William N Vander Beek recently arrived in Korea and serves with the Eighth U S Army in the plans and program section. A 42 year old veteran who entered service in 1943, he was last stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and is a Pella High School graduate class of 1986. His wife Irene resides at 740 Spruce Leavenworth Kan and his mother Cecyle Vander Beek lives at 406 E Third St Pella.
Ken De Wild, 28, a former Chronicle ad compositor and Pella High School graduate, undergoes eight weeks of advanced heavy infantry weapons training with the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley Kansas. The program ends April 4 and covers tactics and handling of heavy weapons including the recoiless rifle and 81 millimeter mortar. He enlisted last November after basic at Fort Riley and is co-owner of the Pella Gun Club.
Harold Walraven, Farm Bureau membership chairman for Marion County, earned a trip to Washington DC after leading the county to first in its district with 97.4 percent of its membership goal as of March 1. Marion County had about 25 members toward the goal.
Leo Waggoner of Des Moines and former Marion County Extension director spoke to the Kiwanis about Iowa reapportionment. He proposed a two house plan based on population and area and urged local and state control of many federal programs.
Harold departs for Washington on Sunday March 12 and is expected back March 16. Vernon Menninga won the Washington trip last year, while Tommy Jordan made the journey in 1959.
Three milk cows were listed for sale and all were sold the second day after the classified ad appeared. Six bales of clover seed and contact Peter Pippel were also in the ad. Buyers kept coming, eight more buyers, yet there were not enough buyers to go around. The seed was sold as well.
The public nominates five young women as candidates for Tulip Queen. Judges interview all nominees Saturday night to pick five finalists. A public vote on April 8 will determine which finalist becomes queen.
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