Local notes from Pella and Oska loosa area hospital news
Mahaska Hospital reports several births and dismissals including Mrs. Norman Riddle and infant daughter. Mr. and Mrs. James Van Den Dever welcome a son in Oska loosa. Mrs. Fred Rietveld, a polio patient, is to receive further treatment. Wilma Maassen sails for India December 6. Otto Van der Ploeg Bakery staffing changes and other local visits summarized.
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Norman Riddle
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
James ‘Vanden Dever
Otley
Mercy
Fred Rietveld
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Robert de Goey
Wilma Maassen
Central College
India
Sheldon
Iowa
Fred W. Rozendaal
Lynnville
Pella
Washington St
la Verne Rankin
Helen Tusseling
Mercy Hospital
Helen
Richard Tusseling
Nick Braathart Jr
van der Ploeg
Star Oil Co
Nick Braathart Sr
New Webster
Leighton Town Council Proceedings November 1952
Leighton Iowa regular town council meeting notes entries include mayor R S Duffus and councilors Brummel Sedrel Den Burger Van Haaften Glendening. Bills approved for angle iron and labor and street lights. Building return to original owner due to lease and insurance payments. Fire truck sale proposed with proceeds to Leighton account. Declaration of a state of emergency with no outdoor fires while emergency lasts. Meeting adjourned. Harold A De Bruin Clerk.
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Leighton
Iowa
R. S. Duffus
Earl Brummel
Henry Sedrel
Harry den Burger
Frank van Haaften
Howard Glendening
Harry den Buroe
T. D. Beintema Mfg. Co
Angle Iron and Labor
Town Power & Light C
Harry Denburger
Harold A. de Bruin
Nolen column lauds Eisenhower and Adlai stance
Editor notes by Mr Nolen, former Bankers Life chairman, praising Eisenhower and Adlai as national leaders. The piece argues the President-elect must govern for all, with integrity and intelligence, urging national unity, priority of public good, and a strong economy and military to secure world peace.
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Nolen
Nollen
Bankers Life Co
Towa
Tke
Adlai
Thi
Eisenhower
Weven
Wartime Bonds Urge Sacrifice and Unity
A patriotic plea urges Americans to accept sacrifices and endure class tensions to strengthen the nation. The message stresses national unity and the priority of restoring order, with a call to buy U.S. Defense Bonds as a practical support.
Sully OpensSeason With First Cage Game Tomorrow
Sully Jasper County Champion girls basketball team, rebuilt after all-graduate losses, is coached by John M. Anderson. Only one regular from last year’s boys’ squad remains to try out for 1952. Schedule lists multiple home and away games from November to March, all 7:00 p.m. tipoffs, including county tourney and district events.
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Sully
Jasper County
John M. Anderson
Newburg
Lynnville
Tracy
Baxter
Searsboro
Rose Hill
Monroe
Pella Christian
Fragmented Car Crash Scene Near Darkness and Fear
A man recalls a fatal automobile crash as darkness closes in. He describes sounds of water and a dying engine, a frost-lit curve, and being pinned in a twisted car with numbness spreading through his body. The scene conveys imminent pain and helplessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton
Harry de Witt
Highway 63
Oskaloosa
Edgetowne
Mahaska Hospital
Dark thoughts frame a near death in static numbness
A man drifts into a numb state and contemplates dying as he struggles to rise, waiting alone in darkness in a moment that feels like a solitary end. The passage conveys inner despair and the sense of an unseen ending.
Birthday celebrated by 104th year resident Mary Olney
At the Marathon, Mrs. Mary Olney marked her 104th birthday anniversary. She remains in good health and active for her age and has lived in the community for 84 years.
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Marathon
Mary Olney
Olney
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Gerrit den Besten
J. E. Forbes
A. B. van Houweling
Gamble
Floyd Wilson
New Virginia
Leonard E. Allen
Gordon Gammack
Des Moines Evening Tribune
First Baptist Church of
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Lincoln High School
Meyer Lai
Des Moines Sunda
Willard
Dick Caddocks
Ames
Mr. Caddock
Gordon Nesbit
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Tulsa University
Gordon
Carl Vogelaar
Maria
Paulette
Moline
Illinois
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Gerrit Vander Wilt
Nancy Boot
Gelmer Dyloff
Bakker
Rus
Leighton Town Council
Chaneal
Cneremrey
Aun —Wanment
Mebuc Saotty
Bob Hullihan
Pella Sale Barn
Turkeys
Pella Sales CO
Federal Discount Corp
Livermore Building
Martin Naaktgeboren
lidoff—Reasnor—Taintor
Colfax Sale
Sam McFadden
San Angus Breeders
Ity
Poland
Colfax Sale Company
Bell, Clippemger
Shields
America
Pella Implement Co
Pella, Iowa
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