Boy Scouts Fund Drive Kicks Off In Tall Corn Area
More than 1500 volunteers across 70 Central Iowa communities begin a Dawn to Dusk fund campaign on October 26 to support Tall Corn Area Council operations for 1956 with 108000 dollars, eight of ten percent raised by community chests. District leaders in Perry Neveda Marshalltown Boone Knoxville Indianola George Lautenbach Polk County invite 70 men for a kickoff breakfast in Pella with Tom Mooney speaking.
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Iowa
Boy Scouts
Frank Burns, Jr
Council
Burns
Tall Corn Area
Guthrie
Dallas
Boone
Story
Marshall
Tama
Hardin
Poweshiek
Jasper
Marion
Warren
Madison
Polk
Rand Peterson
Perry
Vernal Jones
Nevada
Frank A. Gantt
Marshalltown
Francis Docken
Newton
Gordon Zimmerman
Robert Leeper
Knoxville
Mason Ouderkirk
Indianola
John Airy
George Lautenbach
Harold Carlson
Polk County
Pella
Tom Mooney
Bond Sales Total In Marion County Nears 1955 Quota
September purchases of United States savings bonds in Marion county amounted to 108589 dollars, for a January through September total of 1361267 dollars, reaching 93 percent of the 1955 quota. County chairmen E L Job and P H Kuyper cited Iowa at 85 percent of its annual goal and national progress at 75 percent, praising residents' contributions to maintaining dollar value and national debt management.
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United States Savings
Marion County
E. L. Job
Knoxville
P. H. Kuyper
Pella
Iowa
Deer License Drawing to Be Held Across State
The State Conservation Commission announced a special drawing after deer license applications exceeded 6,000. The 6,000th entry was logged Wednesday morning, October 12, with about 7,000 applications expected to be processed. Only 6,000 licenses will be issued, and results and methods will be released once the drawing concludes.
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State Conservation Commission
Flood Commission
Watermelon shatters windshield near Osage injuring family
A watermelon was thrown at a car driven by Derrold Walling near Osage, creating an 18 inch hole and spraying broken glass and debris on Mr Walling Mrs Walling and their 14 month old son. No clues were found.
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Derrold Walling
Osage
Salvation Army Letter Drive Scheduled Soon
The local Salvation Army Service Unit committee announces its annual appeal for funds to aid local and state welfare needs. Chairman Mrs. Marion Van Gorp and treasurer Mr. Will Baer lead the drive, with money split between local emergency welfare needs and statewide programs at Booth Memorial Hospital and other services.
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Salvation Army Service Unit Committee
Marion van Gorp
Will Baer
Salvation Army
Booth Memorial Hospital
Des Moines
Iowa
Local Service Unit Committee Members Listed
The committee cooperating with and sponsoring the Service Unit includes Ben Kuyk Dan Meulpolder Verle Ver Dught and Mrs Esther Verrips.
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Ben Kuyk
Dan Meulpolder
Verle Ver Dught
Esther Verrips
Mrs Wykert Retires From Sunday School After 40 Years
Mrs John Wykert of Columbus Junction retires from Sunday School teaching after 40 years of service. During that time she went 22 percent of years without missing a Sunday and she still thinks she may resume teaching again.
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John Wykert
Columbus Junction
Education Group Met at Knoxville Thursday Evening
The third and final meeting of county committees for the President's White House Conference on Education met in Knoxville last Thursday evening. Reports from seven basic committees were discussed, with minor changes and broad approval. Delegates included H. S. Kuyper of Pella Rolscreen as chair, Marion County representative Elmer Ver Meer as alternate, and Pella members Ed Wesselink, Gerrit Van der Lugt, Superintendent Buerkens, and Helene Dockendorf. The group plans 2 to 3 annual gatherings to address county school problems.
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White House
Knoxville
H. 8
Stu) Kuyper
Pella’ Rolscreen
Marion County
Elmer Ver Meer
C. S. Thomas
Pella
Ed Wesselink
Gerrit Vander Lugt
Buerkens
Helene Dockendorf
Indictments Filed In Grand Jury Court News
The grand jury returned last Thursday with several indictments. Donald H. Smith is charged with breaking and entering. Duane A. Sampson of Winterset is charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated second offense.
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Donald H. Smith
Duane A. Sampson
Winterset
OMVI Charges Against Des Moines Pair. Pleas Entered
Oliver Fleet Walker and Fern Irene Johnson and Wilfred D. Thompson of Des Moines faced OMVI first offense charges. They asked time to plead as court set Friday after noon at 1 30. Sampson pled not guilty at arraignment before Judge Stanley E Pratt. Donald H Smith of Des Moines was arraigned on breaking and entering and pled not guilty. The case involves a break
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Oliver Fleet Walker
OMVI
Wilfred D. Thompson
Fern Irene Johnson
Des Moines
Sampson
Stanley E. Pratt
Donald H. Smith
Mater divorce granted with property settlement and custody
The Mater divorce trial concluded with Willie Mater granted a divorce from D. H. Mater. The court awarded a property settlement and custody of two children Howard and Fear. A reference notes a dark room where negatives are developed.
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Mater
Willie Mater
D. H. Mater
Howard
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