Local notes from Marion Iowa and area community
Marion residents Martin Paardekooper shows two fine windows this week at the Ideal Pharmacy highlighting a disabled veterans poppies sale and a Red Cross appeal. Nearby, Vander Linden relatives visit, with several locals mentioned in an expanded community roundup of births, graduations, travels, jobs and hospital updates across Knoxville Pella Des Moines Ames and Chicago.
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Martin Paardekooper
Ideal Pharmacy
Red Cross
Weak CPCEELC EEG Dyk to Dallas visit planned
CPCEELC EEG Dyk remains weak yet mobile Mrs W Kelderman improves. Tommy Grundman and Philip Sybenga depart Friday by bus from Des Moines to Dallas to visit Marshall Black in the Paul Black home. Jeanette Danhoff returns home to Fulton Illinois after visiting Anita Vander Linden near Leighton. Mrs M Van Hemley and Mrs Jacob Spoolstra enter Mercy Hospital Oskaloosa for treatment. Evert Blom enters Mahaska Hospital for care. Attorney Robert Scholte of Grand Rapids Michigan involved.
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Tommy Grundman
Philip Sybenga
Des Moines
Dallas
Texas
Marshall Black
Paul Black
Memorial Day Musings from the Town Crier
The Town Crier reflects on Memorial Day as a time for serious thought, notes a Redlands California reader seeking local connections, and humorously recalls Tulip Time events and a wedding in the parade.
Tulip Time notes and community reminders in Pella
A reader letter column from Pella notes Tulip Time reflections, Sunken Garden praise, and Chamber of Commerce thanks. Mentions inviting the pool opening, birthday greetings to Lee Vriezelaar, dandelion removal efforts, and summer college work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Lee Vriezelaat
Lee
Local visitors and family updates from Pella and Indianola
A business visitor to Pella spent Monday with his mother Mrs Nora Scholte and returned to Michigan Tuesday. Professor Sadler spent the weekend in Indianola visiting his mother. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Dykstra of Chicago visited with Charley and Mrs Dykstra for several days. Kenneth, a chemist with a major canning company, is a Central graduate and holds a strong position.
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Wilma Vande Geest
Ottumwa
Joe Vande Geest
Ben Vogelaar
Carl
Har Ware
Vogelaar
Chamber of Commerce
Briggs and Stratton
Tulip
C. de Cook
Sioux Center
Iowa
Glen van Dyne
Chicago
Knoxville
Pella
Mra
Gradys Vander Linden
Mabel
Mildred
Englewood
Central College
N. L. Vander Linden
Robert Gosselink
Hull
M. J. de Wit
Gosselink
Alda Mae van Duren
Albert Langerak
State Crew
Wichert Langerak
Nora Scholte
Michigan
Professor Sadler
Indianola
Kenneth Dykstra
Ilinois
Charley P. Dykstra
Kenneth
Central
Council Proceedings On Coal Delivery And Pool Lighting
The council discussed entering a coal delivery contract pending law effectiveness, instructed Sumpter Coal to continue on some basis, and approved delaying action until the law is in effect. Lighting of the swimming pool was approved with Superintendent Wisse to install lights and wiring. A new chimney for the pool was authorized and a curb block project discussed. The meeting adjourned after motions and votes.
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Pella
Towa
Fultz
van Dusseldorp
Weyers
Kooyman
The
Gerrit Slycord
Lincoln Street
Ver Steeg
den Adel
Dieleman
Roy Roorda
Council
Moti
Dicleman
A. C. Kuyper
Wevers
Don Adel
Sumpter Coal Company
Ver Stee
Brek
Arnold A. Schippers
Ver Sterg
Supreme Court
A.C. Kuyper
Ver Steg
van Zante
Supt
Wisse
Salt Lake City Woman Seeks Job In Inflammatory Ad
Salt Lake City, Utah, Miss Dana E Jones posted an unusual classified ad claiming incompetence and unoriginal stone and requesting a secretary position. The note directs readers to contact Elizabeth Lawrence after 10:00 a.m. for a job inquiry.
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Salt_Lake City
Utah
Dana E. Jones
Salt Lake
Elizabeth Lawrence
Governor Wilson Pushes Farm to Market Road Plan
Owatowa Courier notes Governor Wilson seeks deep cuts in Highway Commission spending as part of a broader move to fund farm to market roads. The press cites a 1941 Iowa program favoring a dense network of utilitarian, seasonable roads over costly luxury routes.
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Wilson
Otwawa Courier
Highway Commission
Assembly
Commission
Fice
Des Moines
Farmers of Town
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Forty-eighth Assembly
Agriculture
Rupe
State Cars for Business Not for Joyriding
The Newton Daily News reports a state car dispatcher program saving about $95,000 annually. Governor George Wilson uses his own vehicle, and 60 cars valued at $64,000 were eliminated since January 1, 1989, cutting depreciation and maintenance costs by $41,558.40. The policy aims to remove state cars from regular employee use and focus on state business.
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Newton Daily News
State Car Dispatcher
Norway Star
Iowa
State House
Des Moines
George Wilson
Motor Vehicle Department
Wilson
Grinnell Herald
Gerge Hesalroad
Tia
Year of Wilson Suits the Public
West Union Argo Gazette notes Governor George A. Wilson has faced criticism yet shows the public a year of reform. He replaced many officeholders with capable appointees, opened the governor’s office, ended unofficial perks, removed over 1 000 idle posts, published employee lists and salaries, and saved taxpayers over one million dollars annually. The plain citizen sees duty, efficiency, economy, and fairness as the core changes.
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West Union Argo-Gazette
Wilson
George A. Wilson
Governor Wilson Support Urged by Campaign Manager
W. S. Rupe, campaign manager for Governor Geo. A. Wilson, urged all loyal Republicans to vote strongly for Wilson in the upcoming primaries. He touted competitive bidding, open records, and efficient state government, claiming savings from reduced staff, fewer state cars, and a $1,500,000 annual expense cut, while praising the governor’s farm programs, road projects, and increased pension and tax relief appropriations.
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W. S. Rupe
Geo. A. Wilson
Wilson
Rupe
Rupo
State House
Open Door Policy in Iowa Government Public Meetings
Sheldon Sun notes Gov George A. Wilson maintains an open door policy with the executive council meetings open to public and press. The council, including treasurer auditor secretary of state and agriculture secretary, governs major purchases and leases with all actions public. This contrasts with prior Democratic regime when meetings were closed and announcements rare.
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Sheldon Sun
Iowa
George A. Wilson
Executive Council
State of
State Capitol
Wilson Record on Farm Ownership
The Wilson administration refused to extend farms under a five year period, forcing insurance companies in Iowa to sell about 2 160 farms averaging 149 plus acres each at roughly 7850 per acre. Eighty percent sold to tenants, twenty percent to small town investors. towns led the trend, followed by eastern firms. The Insurance Department head refused permission to use farms as policy reserves, triggering a land sale boom and a shift back to tenant farmers.
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Iowa
Insurance Department
Shenandosh Sentinels
Sgre
Governor Wilson backs Iowa lard over substitutes
Governor Wilson champions Iowa swine producers by urging acceptance of lard in state institutions. He cites farm income reliance on hogs and studies from Iowa State College, noting lard lasts longer and costs similar to vegetable oil. The governor seeks broader adoption through official cooperation.
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Wilson
Iowa
Iowa State College
Spencer Times
Towa Swine Producers’ Association
The
State University
Dubuque American Tribunet
George A. Wilson
State University of Iowa
Bolyle Lowe
Board of Education
Saline
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Mason Vander Linden
Marion
Bob Klein
Jacob
Sterrenberg
Vander Linden
Martin Monsma
Grand Rapids
Calvin College
4. Shult
Laverne Si
Yen
Jon Shultz
Verlan Sedrel
Wayne Pos
Diamond Station
John Vander Linden
Coach Claypool
Kenneth McDonald
Mac
Bart Donai
Will Bruinekaol
Edward Hoeven
C.H. Vander Meulen
Herman Vander Meulen
Marilla
Myrtle Vander Meulen
Ames
Clarence
Ag. College
C. H. Vander Meulen
Battle Creek
Kellogg Foundation
Anthony van Zante
Phyllis
Kalamazoo
Henry van Oostrum
Board of Trustees
Kenneth Bean
Harry Boland
Clarence Buerkens
Julian Kuyper
Jean Kuyper
Minnesota
Henry Scholten
Miss Mina Scholten
Sioux Falls
George van Vark
Broadway
Ralph Huisman
Harold Schut
Grundy Center
Bertha Schut
Wilbert
Mrs
Edws
Hinton
John Klein
Wesselink
Drake
G. G. Thomassen
Farmer City
Illinois
Margaret Hammer
Thomassens
Elizabeth May van Zante
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Imogene van Rees
Henry W. Klein
Frank Frush
Abington
Vander Wert
C. Vander Wert
Dakota
Dorothy van Houwelingen
Conroy
Phyllis van Zuuk
Newbury
Donald Menning
Lisbon
Ella Vander Schaaf
Richard Tysseling
Rociphine Bakker
Margaretta Slobe
James Evers
Joe van Arkel
Gene Cook
H. H. Sadler
Ft. Dodge
Anna Hunt
Ft. Dodge Hospital
Frank Brom
Peter van Ryswyk
Glenville
Gerrit’ Vander Syde
Hollandale
Jacob Vander Syde
Lee Vriezelanr
E. 0. Osborn
Bulletin of
First Christian Reformed Church
Dyk
Mrs. W. Kelderman
Jeanette Danhoff
Fulton
Anita Vander Linden
Leighton
Robert Scholte
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Redlands
California
Park Commission
Bardelions
Grootveld
Harry
National Historic Magazine
Washington, D. C
Arie Schilder
Lee Vriezelaar
George
Republican
Congress
State Line
Decorah
Winneshick
Fred White
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Anita Tribune
Governor Wilson
Bagley
Iowa Falls
Ion
Rock Rapids
Soil Conservation Districts
Lake Prairie
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