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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1976
Page
6
A nostalgic column compares subscription prices to corn prices from 1906 and today, noting a year’s Chronicle cost four bushels of corn in 1906 and about four bushels at current prices. It also touts more reading value and pictures in the modern paper.
Two Pella men were injured last week in separate auto accidents. Arlan De Heer, RA3, was treated and released after colliding with James Williamson at Main and University on Oct. 26. Williamson faced a failure to yield right of way charge. George Sanders, of Pella, was injured crossing Main and Franklin on Oct. 30 after being struck by Ronald Van Haaften, who was charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian. A third crash on Oct. 25 on Highway 163 east involved Larry Asher and Kenneth Van Rees, with Asher charged for loss of vehicle control.
The first quarter for Pella community schools ended Oct. 29 and on Fri Nov. 5 there will be no school for parent teacher conferences. Parents are urged to visit the school to talk with teachers per Superintendent Orville Dunkin. Report cards go home Tue Nov. 9.
Rolscreen announces three promotions to Cost Center Manager roles. Randy J. Hale leads pre-sash on second shift. a 1971 employee from Oskaloosa, married with one son. Charles R. Judge heads folding door parts on day shift. Mt. View Jr College alumnus from Dallas, Texas, living in Pella with wife Marlene and son Russell. Steven Mike Sage runs woodshop and pre-sash on third shift. married with son Jeff, from Oskaloosa, also hired in 1971.
Central College hosts a faculty recital by Bruce Kolb tenor and Donald Gren pianist on November 8 at 8 p.m. in Cox-Snow Music Center Recital Hall. They perform Eight Epitaphs by Theodore Chanler, Bizet’s Flower Song from Carmen, and works by Bellini Donaudy Brahms and Strauss. Gren has appeared at Wigmore Hall, Cite Universaire, Goethe Institute and in Edinburgh and Paris recently.
Disposition and admissions listed for multiple patients across communities including Pella Knoxville Sully Monroe and Central College. Entries cover October 25 to October 31 with newborns and several discharges noted for Mrs. Arlie Smith Sherry Plate Mick Palizer Ruth Gosselink and others.
Macy Brand, a 1974 Pella Christian graduate and junior biology major, was elected president of Dordt College's Biology Club. She is the daughter of Raymond J. Brands of New Sharon and plans to use her biology studies for medical technology.
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