City Council Proceedings August 20 1963
City Council in regular session approves minutes, transfers street light and railroad lease questions, pays damages, discusses Sunrise Addition land, accepts 25000 tulip bulbs bid, approves street light on Central Drive, sets delinquent utility notices, and approves various bills and reports. Mayor Tysseling presided with members Stienttjes Boot Van Gorp De Jong Caldwell present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tysseling
Stienttjes
Boot
van Gorp
de Jong
Caldwell
Steenhogke
Pella National Bank
Electric Committee
Keith Electric Co
Rock Island Railroad Co
Electric Operations
Gerrian Roekel
Vaughn
Central Drive
Rosscreen Co
Erman M. Brown Co
John Geurts
The
Pella Chronicle
Earl L. Pohlmann
van Zante, Klyn & van Zante
Pella Block & Tile Co
Frank Tromp
Lynnville Scouts Camp Out on Des Moines River
Lynnville residents and guests recount a weekend camping event along the Des Moines River. Local scouts led by Melvin Mumm and Doyle Schultz camped Friday night with Glen Van Genderen staying Saturday night. Participants included Alan Mumm, Steve Arthur, Douglas, Craig Terpstra, Mike and Ronnie Van Genderen, and Gary Stires. The reunion included readers of A Farmers Wife Speaks Up with 32 attendees from Des Moines, Ames, Prole, and Moravia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynnville
Des Moines
Melvin Mumm
Doyle Schultz
Doyle
Glen van Genderen
Alan Mumm
Steve Arthur
Douglas
Craig Terpstra
Mike
Ronnie van Genderen
Gary Stires
Cecil Gertsma
David Gertsma
Thuce
Donna
Sarah
Elizabeth Davidson
Grinnell
Wallace Farmer
Philip Krumm
Kellogg
Ames
Prole
Moravia
Miles Celebrate 64th Wedding Anniversary in Lake City
Mr and Mrs W C Miles observe their 64th wedding anniversary as longtime Lake City residents. The couple, prominent in the local community, mark decades of marriage and steady public involvement in area affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Sparks
Kay
Kenneth Sparks
Nancy Sparks
Kloyd Sparks
Wins
W. C. Miles
Lake City
Farm Buildings Bid Totals At Red Rock Reservoir Area
A bid opening on September 25 at Rock Island District headquarters attracted 16 bidders for farm buildings on Red Rock Reservoir land. Acceptable bids were received for 10 structures with apparent highs from Art Huyser of Pella Iowa at 75 dollars for a machine shed and Paul Murphy of Knoxville Iowa at 26.75 dollars for a garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Rock
Rock Island
Corps of Engineers
Minois
Art Huyser
Pella
Iowa
Paul Murphy
Knoxville
Bidding On Sheds And Barns In Area Auction
The Chronicle lists bid amounts for several structures including sheds at 18.75 and 22.75, shed and shed crib at 6 and 17.50, windmill at 5, barn at 15, and a machine shed at 35.40 with a final bidder 162.50 for an item from cooks runnels. Unsold buildings may be reauctioned via formal bids later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stravers Hardware
Foy
Klyn's
Grootveld Oil Co
Van's Deep Rock
Tbe Ohhaap
Wayne Geetings
H. D. van Haaften
Pella Construction Co
South End
Waechter Lumber Co
Pella Implement Store
Meppelink Oil Co
Esther van Houweling
Harry van Wyk
McKesson & Robbin
Machinery & Sup. Co
Central Bearings Co., Inc
Town Valve Co
John E. Dorsey Co
Dundan Electric Co
Oskaloosa
Visi-Meter, Inc
Hersey-Sparling Meter Co
Westinghouse Elec. Sup. Co
Standar Oil Co
Beard Coal Co
Hays, Corporation Equipment Repairs
Henry E. Cook
Engineering Service
General
Tr. & Ag
Irving F. Jensen Co
Park Commission
Big Rock
Prarie City Concrete
Morton Salt Co
Goff and Nash
Mason, Neilan
Sanitation Public Safety
Posal
Ates
W. P. Cooney
Rt. 4
Knoxville
Iowa
Elmer R. Walker
Swan
Niles Hollingsworth
la Porte City
Robert Meckley
Prairie City
David Blood
Runnells
Also Mentioned on This Page
City Council
W. L. McNamar
Bakker
Rus
Lynnville Scouts
Des Moines River
Old Settlers Park
Carna Dunsbergen
Connie Gause
Cynthia Gosselink
Janice Nichols
Marcia VanGenderen
Barbara Snodgrass
Beth Sparks
Denise Vos
Beverly
Gosselink
Debbie Rudding
Patty Septer
Diane
Donna Vos
Marie Johnson
Beverly Gause
Connie Watson
Charlotte Briggs
Carol Wagaman
Margaret Renaud
Marlis Dunsbergen
Linda Willemsen
Bruce Gause
Harris Wagaman
Glen VanGenderen
Camp Fire
Woodrow Wilson School
Newton
Feacher
Ralph Gatse
Gilbert van Wyk
Marold Trease
Evans Store
Chronicle
FBI
Legion Hall
Pelland
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