Good Will Tour of Pella Folks Starts Friday
More than 500 people in Dutch costumes begin a goodwill tour of Iowa towns including Des Moines Newton Colfax Prairie City and Monroe with a stop at the state house to present wooden shoes to Gov Kraschel and other officials. A 64 piece Dutch band will perform in Pella with school excusal rules and advance notices required.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Newton
Colfax
Prairie City
Monroe
State House
N. G. Kraschel
Kraschel
Tulip
Pella
Supt
Frush
J. W. Hartley
Legion Hall
Walnut Street
Locust
Savery Hotel
City Council Proceedings May 4 1997 Pella Iowa
Regular session of the Pella city council May 4 1997 with Mayor Fultz presiding. All members present. Minutes read and approved. Water and Sewers superintendent reported equipment in good order. Treasurer reported balance of 63 279 28. Reports adopted. Official bond of City Treasurer approved. Bills filed allowed on Finance Committee recommendation and payments authorized from funds as follows.
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Pella
Iowa
Fultz
Supt. of Water and Sewers
Town well center visit to Newton and Monroe stopovers
A travel note describes a route from town center to Newton for a welcome at the Washing Machine City, then swinging south to Monroe where the Pella Boosters will make their final stop of the day. The itinerary emphasizes welcoming receptions and regional visits.
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Newton
Monroe
Pella Boosters
City office roof contract and pool equipment purchases
Chas. Lautenbach & Son awarded a city office roof job for 275 dollars with extra work billed at cost plus ten percent. Buildings and Grounds authorized pool equipment purchases within the estimate, and season ticket income from the sale is noted. W. H. Bix Company equipment at the Electric plant is set at 650 dollars to be paid. Garbage collection for the season referred to the sanitation committee. Adjourned.
Major Bowes Tulip Time greeting planned for Pella
Major Bowes will broadcast a Tulip Time greeting to Pella and the Tulip Time effort. KRNT Des Moines carries the program with other nearby Columbia stations listed in a Chronicle greeting advertisement. The Tulip Time committee, aided by P. H. Kuyper, places tulips on Bowes stage and sends a Burgemeester appointment certificate. Alicia Storeman, auditioned in New York, has been accepted but will appear Thu May 13 if time permits.
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Pella
KRNT
Des Moines
Columbia
the Chronicle
P. H. Kuyper
Muajor Bowes
Burgemeester
Alicia Stureman
New York
Knoxville Men Preview Blue Tulip Monday
Knoxville Luncheon club featured a preview of The Blue Tulip with Miss Freda Denburger tulip queen and maids of honor, plus Pella residents. Glen Cooper of Central States Electric Co introduced L W Hartley and Lon B Wormhoudt, T G Fultz spoke, followed by Klompen dance and solo from The Blue Tulip. Knoxville and Pella residents pledged strong Tulip Time attendance.
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Knoxville
Freda’ Denburger
Honr
Pella
Glen Cooper
Central States Electric Co
Marion County
Memorial Meeting Honors Legion Auxiliary Members
The Legion Auxiliary met at the Legion Hall Monday evening for a memorial service honoring departed Auxiliary members and living Gold Star mothers. Daughters of Civil War and Spanish-American veterans received flowers, a junior quartet performed in Dutch costumes, and Mrs. Vander Linden sang Memories. The program ended with America and reminders that grave markers will be placed by Van Veen Van Hemert Post members. Refreshments followed.
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Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Nesbit
John Vander Linden
America
van Veen‘Van Hemert
Baptist Church Elects Officers
At the annual church meeting R A Awtry Ray De Haan and John W Vander Linden were re elected deacons. Deaconesses include Mrs W Van Houten and Mrs P Bruinckool. Church officers include H Sadler as clerk and W W Sadler as secretary treasurer. Various Sunday school superintendents are named for Primary Beginner and Home departments. The report ends with a garbled line about the league.
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The
Baptist Church
R. A. Awtry
Ray de Haan
John W. Vander Linden
W. van Houten
P. Bruinckool
H. Sadler
Boat
Marie la 3
Joni
Mies Leoneeuvers
Paul Lautenbach
Mi ‘W. van Houten
Rg. Seadier
W. W. Sadler
Auto overturns on Highway 163 near Pella
A Wapello county driver overturned after rounding a curve on Highway 163 at the east edge of Pella. He nonchalantly hopped out and asked for help from eyewitnesses. Henry Kersbergen and others helped him upright the car, then he re entered and drove away. The vehicle sustained only slight damage.
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Pella
No. 163
Wapello County
Henry Kersbergen
Extension Rally Set in Pella for May 14 During Tulip Time
Extension forces plan a twofold event in Pella on Friday May 14 with Rally Day for the Extension Program and College Day during Tulip Time. The program includes a 10 am rally in the college auditorium featuring leaders and students, followed by a parade, student program, and an evening pageant about Central. Tulip Time draws thousands to the Dutch heritage festival and flower displays in the Garden City of Iowa.
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Pella
Central
William Wing
Towa
Iowa
Weekly Health Message on Venereal Diseases
A health bulletin notes that fifty percent of infectious disease sufferers are needless victims. It emphasizes gonorrhea and syphilis as treatable menaces and argues that in a generation both diseases could be eradicated, saving humanity.
Public Health Message On Syphilis Treatment And Stigma
The article urges replacing stigma with facts about syphilis, noting ignorance and prejudice hinder treatment. It states up to eighty percent of early infections can be cured with prompt care and early treatment can prevent transmission, emphasizing the need for public awareness and accurate information.
Health Service Campaign Targets Venereal Diseases
Health Service and Iowa agencies launch an educational drive to curb syphilis and gonorrhea. Public cooperation can nearly eradicate these infections in a short time, saving citizens from suffering and cost. The effort stresses they are contagious public enemies with eradication possible through action.
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Health Service
Iowa State Department of Health
Iowa State Medical Society
The Young Child How He Grows Across Early Years
The article describes rapid growth from ages two to six, noting body weight doubles and height rises by about one third. It highlights organ and brain development, with the brain reaching 87 percent of its adult size by age six and other organs expanding from 18 to 36 percent of adult weight. A leading scientist notes this rapid growth.
Growth Drive During Preschool Years Marks Great Strain
A study sponsored by the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station outlines how a preschool child’s body grows rapidly, 16 percent annually at the start and about 6 percent later, demanding ample nourishment and rest to sustain future development. The text emphasizes the body’s remarkable machinery and the need to protect this growth phase for long term capacity.
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The
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
University of Iowa
Quotation on economists and economic schemes
A sharp quip defines an economist as someone paid to make false predictions and devise failed schemes. It adds that those who flout the game’s rules should not expect protection or complaint when denied it.
Wanted Ads and Farm Equipment For Sale Listing
For sale ice boxes in multiple sizes at Kuyper's Music House and a John Deere Model D tractor with assorted implements at Pella Supply Co. Also assorted farm tools and small advertisements for a steady grocery clerk position at John Den Hartog's Jack Spratt Grocery. Includes contact details and prices.
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Kuyper
Pella Supply Co
John den Hartog
Jack Spratt
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