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Pella Local News Highlights Community Events
Local notes from Pella cover visits by John and Ada Muilenburg of Maurice Iowa, plans to return with Rev. R Menning, and stops in Des Moines for meetings. Mrs Ellsworth Richardson travels to Des Moines for a Farm Bureau board event as state chair. Bank alarm at Security State bank prompts investigation but no intruders found. Neighborhood notices include millinery specials Rexall sale announcements and a poultry and swine expert event at the Legion building. Local residents journey to Des Moines Des Moines and Ottumwa for business, church, and social activities, with several births, anniversaries, and social gatherings noted.
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Firestone
Byers Bat’ry
John A. Muilenburg
Maurice
Iowa
Otley Monda
R. Menning
Orange City
G. Menning
Ellsworth Richardson
Pella
Des Moines
The
Town Federation of Women’s Clubs
Richardson
Farm Bureau Board
H. P. van Gorp
W. Tate
Leonore Ballengee
Drake University
Pete Wassenaar
Iowa State College
Ames
Legion Building