Fourth Graders Explore Holland in Classroom Unit
Pella fourth graders at Lincoln school study Holland through a unit titled The Hollanders Among Us led by Annie De Boer a Central College junior and student teacher. The project runs to Tulip Festival time with Dutch language maps and a “Dutch Village” display.
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Lincoln School
Annie de Boer
Holland
Mary Farrer
Marilyn
Pella
Nolland
Miss de Boer
Central College
Rock Island
United States
Friesland
Maude Montgomery
Dena Ver Steeg
C. Buerkens
Central
At Gare
Pella Christian
Webster School
Supt. Buerkens
Klaas Kramer
The
Christian School
Montgomery Said
Elaine Nagel
Joyce Martin
Joan Carns
Col Jetta Schemper
Marlene Duven
Pauline Cook
Norma Carver
Fran Petratz
Shirley Wilson
Joan Harmeling
Arlene van Gorp
Jane Koskamp
Barbara Beckett
Don Butler
Carla Debbink
William de Forest
Marilyn de Geus
Colleen de’ Wall
Stan Hahn
Vivian Harms
Donna Ten Hoope
Louise Vincent
Tulip Time Royal Court Appears on TV
The Tulip Time Royal Court in Pella was flown to the Quad Cities to boost TV coverage. Queen and attendants, with committee chair Ray De Tica, appeared on WOC and WHEC stations and on Pat Sundeen’s Just for You show. Local TV crews and Kim Cook highlighted the event during Rock Days.
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Pella
Iowa
Missouri
Ver Mf. Co
Uyper
Mendan
Ray de Tica
Quee Co Buttee
Quad Cities
Wocetv
Have Cupert
Whee-Tv
Rock Island
Pat Sundeen
Wou
Kim Cook
Royal Court
Quit Cities
Juwa
Pella Galesburg Road Gets Black Top This Summer
Galesburg road from Pella to the river and Knoxville road to Howell will be surfaced along with a Pleasantville area section. Pella contractors Hodgman and Sons from Fairmont begin work with sand and stone foundation for hot mix black top. About 54 thousand tons of sand, 79 thousand tons of stone, and 30 thousand tons of hot mix will cover 16 miles of road.
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W. Hodgman and Sons
Fairmont
Minn
Galesburg
Pella
Marion County
River Hill
Chronicle News
Knoxville
Howell
Pleasantville
Local Social Circles Note Weekend Visits and Obituaries
Rolscreenings 3 Jean Ver Ploeg visited Lenox with her parents Mr and Mrs John F Wurster. Rene Klein family visited in Iowa City with Maurice Vogelaar. Vander Veer family visited Des Moines. Sympathy extended to Charlie Benscoter on Ed Benscoter’s death and to the Moorman family on Mrs Moorman’s mother’s death. Will Verploegh retired May 2. Adam Wickhart in Iowa City Hospital improving. Liberty Corner School and Ruth Vander Linden toured the Roserscreen Factory on May 6. Ruth Vanden Baard visited her aunt Bertha Scott at Tower Park Nursing Home.
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Jean Ver Ploeg
John F. Wurster
Lenox
Rene Klein
Iowa City
Maurice Vogelaar
Clarence Vander Veer
Laurence Vander Veer
Des Moines
Charlie Benscoter
Ed Benscoter
Gilbert Moorman
Bertha Scott
Tower Park
Social Welfare To Distribute Surplus Butter
A. Figgins announces a one month surplus commodity butter distribution by Social Welfare. Butter only, at the warehouse, with outlying areas urged to mail in requests. Distribution dates run May 12 to May 16 across towns including Knoxville, May 12. Marysville May 13. Tracy May 14. Dallas May 15. Pleasantville May 16.
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A. Figgins
Social Welfare
Knoxville
Bussey
Hamilton
Attica
Joey Malin returns to work after a virus illness
Oskaloosa residents note Friday evening activities with the return of Joey Malin to duty after a week of absence due to a virus infection. Gertrude Laurens attended the Mrs Safety Banquet by Greyhound Bus Co at the Savory Hotel Terrace Room on April 23. About 27 percent of U S drivers in 1957 traffic fatalities were under 26.
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Oskaloosa
Joey Malin
Gertrude Laurens
Greyhound Bus Company
Savory Hotel Terrace Room
U. S
Hair Growth Myth Debunked by Medical Journal
A Q A column in the Journal of the American Medical Association states shaving does not stimulate hair growth. Experiments in men and women show no difference in amount length diameter or pigmentation between shaved and unshaved areas, debunking the scalp shaving claim.
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Journal of American Medical Association
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Lincoln
van Zee
Gayle Wenelink
Jack Hagens
David Vander Meulen
David Willinger
Netherlands
Pella Group
Haan
Bonnie Kuyper
Marla Decourtesy
Vermeer Mfg. Co
Bob Kuyper
I Wild
Hilma Schagen
Bob Kuy
Harry Vermeer
Per
Retha Sturama
Sandy Klein
Ray de
Rolscreen Company
Carl Gass Kuyper
Ray Koenig
Marion Toom
M Heerema
land—Fres
van Camp
Heinz
Strawberriess
Duncan Hines
Sully
Cleo Margarine
Chef Boy-Ar-Dee
COX Liquid
Morton House
Lynn
Cal
Irussets
Vandevoort’s
Bologna
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