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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1966
Page
4
City Council to decide tonight whether to submit to voters a measure to issue up to 140000 in general obligation bonds for Pella airport land improvements. Earlier, 46 acres of Grace Van der Linden farm west of Pella were bought for 58000 with 20000 from the airport fund and the rest from a local fund drive.
The Pella Chamber of Commerce hosts a 6:30 p.m. program at the Country Club with a buffet dinner to discuss annexation. Speakers include Park Rinard Robert Hayes and Edward Allen from the League of Iowa Municipalities. Reservations run to noon Wednesday.
The United Clothing Appeal drive, backed by local churches and Church World Service, seeks 10 000 pounds of clothing blankets and items for overseas distribution with a goal of 20 000 pounds. A collection center at Liberty and Broadway operates 24 hours through Saturday. The Pella Athletic Booster Club meets at 8 PM at the Fire Station inviting 100 attendees. Members pay 2 dollars for individuals and 3 dollars for couples to support PHS sports. The push includes filling Kuyper Stadium Friday night, the final home football game, with about 2 500 seats to boost the athletic fund. The event follows a successful Homecoming and a Melcher charter presentation in Melcher Saturday night.
Michael Yates of Brighton England is named Instructor of English at Central College by Dean James Graham. He taught Scandinavian students in England summer schools prior to joining Central. Yates holds a B.A. (1965) and M.A. (1966) from the University of Sussex. He is married to Grazyna Ingrid Monvid and they reside at 710 South St. in Pella with their one year old child Kim Frances.
Mr and Mrs Dick D Van Zante Wanlop Chanarasiri and Mr and Mrs Keith Aldrich attended the American Field Service state meeting at the 4 H camp near Boone earlier this month. The Van Zantes are the American family for Chandarasiri this year and Aldrich is AFS president for the Pella chapter. There were over 500 attendees.
The message highlights the JC organization as a valuable training ground for men aged 21 to 36 and asks if Pella has a local chapter. It notes a quarterly Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Country Club this Thursday to discuss annexation pros and cons and mentions Farmers for KyL meeting in Central this week.
The American Legion Auxiliary Juniors appointed Terri VanderWerff chairwoman Cindy Gifford junior secretary and corresponding secretary plus junior historian. Marcia Kloenyk named junior chaplain with Mary Kay Van Ekeren color bearer and Jill Haagenakker in charge of music. An October 28 Halloween party at the Legion club was scheduled.
Dutch government researchers in Pella studied Pella Dutch to see how isolation influenced language. They taped conversations with pre 1914 Dutch immigrants or descendants and found Pella more Dutch in flavor and use than other communities, with a near standard Dutch base but more mixed due to English influence.
From Oct 1 to 31 art shows at the Library and Douwstra Chapel foyer to Oct 31. A series of meetings and activities includes City Council and airport hearings on Oct 18, booster club events at Fire Station 8, gospel chapel talks with Dan Smith, multiple club tours and lectures, Oct 21 football at Kuyper Stadium, Oct 22 Tulip City Show and football at Dubuque There, and ongoing gatherings like AAUW, Lake Prairie Homemakers, newcomer coffees, Chamber of Commerce, and Reformed Church events at Douwstra Chapel and College Library with speakers and productions through Oct 31. October 28 and 29 feature Homecoming events, Brower Collection exhibits, and performances at Douwstra Chapel, culminating in a November-leaning Founders Day Festival schedule.
Tom Paltzer profiles Pella police officer Babe Vanden Baard during a three hour ride along at night. The piece explains patrol operations and radio procedures, reflects on a minor fire scene, and notes the department uses a 66 Ford with reinforced gear and calibrated speed instruments used in court. It also covers crime prevention efforts and warnings about questionable mail schemes investigated by the chamber of commerce and Better Business Bureau.
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