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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1961
Page
3
November 23, 1961 Chronicle section The Fella Page itemizes local notes, social standings, and brief announcements with a focus on community figures, events, and upcoming dates in a compact, period-voice card.
Teachers at Lynnville Sully elementary schools attended in service training on Tuesday November 14 at the Lynnville grade building. Miss Storey reading consultant spoke at both sessions emphasizing continuity in reading. Remedial reading teachers Joyce Huizer and Marcile Ratcliff attended both sessions. Superintendent Jack Asby served coffee to both groups.
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co announces a 1962 dividend scale rise, the tenth straight, pushing total dividends to 101.5 million. The move, driven by strong investment yields and lower mortality, boosts to 3.75 percent the rate on dividends and policy proceeds left with the company.
Pella High School lists student teachers from Central College for practice teaching in various subjects and classes including English, history, algebra, geometry, social science, and home economics. The article notes specific names assigned to each mentor and class, with the season’s basketball scores showing Pella dominating Keota in a game with quarters 16-5, 28-9, and 44-12.
The Pella Little Dutch debut under coach Dave Bender with a 61-30 win over Keota. Al Van Dyke led with 22 points and 15 rebounds, Jerry Stykhuis added 17 and 12, while Van Dyke and Stykhuis sparked a dominant 29-12 second half. The B squad defeated Keota 58-16 led by Larry Aldridge with 12 points.
Mary Ver Meer spoke on Hands during the FFA devotions on November 13, urging students to see hands as tools of creation and honest work. She urged daily prayer and an open, giving posture, ending with the Lord's Prayer joined by the student body.
Thanksgiving carries deeper significance than food and vacation. It traces to harvest festivals thanking God for crops, reflects late fall timing, and blends family gatherings with prayer and religious reflection, as seen in U.S. tradition and historic shifts toward formal holidays.
Miss Mary Van Gorp of Pella admitted Monday November 20. Marion Pol of Otley admitted Monday November 20. Miss Jeanette Roose of Pella dismissed Monday November 20. Miss Norma De Bruin of Leighton admitted Tuesday November 21. Mrs Robert L Van Vark of Knoxville admitted Tuesday November 21 and dismissed Tuesday November 21.
Merrill L Robuck chairman of the Marion County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee announced 80 000 bushels of CCC bin site corn stored for sale on a geared competitive bid basis. Bids for 40 000 bushels were due at the ASC office on Wednesday November 22 1961.
Prospective bidders may inspect grain offered for sale and submit offers through the County ASCS Office before 3:00 p.m. Tuesday. Loren E. Lair will address the session at University Christian Church Des Moines, expected to draw 200 to 250 ministers and wives. Chest TB often involves bronchial tubes without causing major concern.
President Arend D. Lubbers is invited to deliver the major address at the Iowa Society of Christian Churches annual Institute in Des Moines from February 12 to 14. He will address the full gathering of ministers and their wives on Monday night.
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