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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1954
Page
10
Fragmented OCR presents a blend of sale items and many memorial and thanks notices. The readable items include an 18 cu ft freezer for sale and multiple loving memory tributes for Donold Terpstra and others, plus cards of thanks for hospital visits and get well wishes from numerous families.
The annual meeting of the Christian Benevolent Association will be held May 25, 1954 at the Home for the Aged at 7 30 p m for electing officers and such other business as may be brought up Public Our phone number has been changed to 605 as of May 18 954 Y T Van Niewaal Oren S Van Niewaal
A family expresses sincere gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors who helped during Harold's accident and hospital stays for prayers cards visits and gifts. Special thanks go to Rev Vander Kieft Rev Brong and their prayers and calls.
Centerville, a Class AA power, and Winterset, district winner, are tipped to contend at the South Central conference track meet to be held at West Des Moines next Saturday. Des Moines Tech won last year but is out of the conference. Des Moines Lincoln also left. Other schools include Indianola, Chariton, Albia, Pella, and Knoxville with Pella possibly unable to participate due to Class B state meet conflicts. eliminations in the dashes and hurdles and finals in discus and pole vault noted.
Sharon Waits, a student at the School for the Blind in Vinton, wrote this poem after enjoying Tulip Time with her mother Leo Waits. She describes feelings of happiness as bands play, parades pass, floats move by, and tulips bloom during the festival.
Members of the Legion Post Executive Board on May 17 approved a shift from decorating each veteran grave to placing one large wreath with a spray on the Memorial plot in Oakwood Cemetery. The move honors all deceased veterans under the post's jurisdiction and invites families to place flowers on individual graves. The May 24 meeting will nominate officers for the 1954 Legion year, with a slate including Commander Carroll Visser and several incumbents and candidates. Details of the Memorial Day program will run in the May 27 Chronicle.
In the morning starting at 10 30 and afternoon at 1 30 p m the Valley High meet unfolds with Tom H Karpan as director and a noon luncheon for coaches and officials at Valley Junior High. Meet records list multiple events led by athletes from Valley Winterset Knoxville Indianola Tech Centerville and others with marks in sprints jumps throws and relays spanning 1936 to 1986.
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