Payrolls Grow in Marion County Despite Unemployment
A Census Bureau report shows Marion County taxable payrolls rose to about 10.63 million dollars last year, up 17.4 percent from 1959, while local employment in nonfarm Social Security covered jobs edged from 3,092 to 3,065. The county hosts 492 nonfarm establishments, with 337 employing one to three workers, 75 employing four to seven, and 60 employing eight to nineteen, the rest larger.
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Marion County
Census Bureau
Social Security Administration
Two From Area Voted For County Extension Council
Residents of Lake Prairie and Summit townships vote Monday evening November 4 for two representatives to the 1964 County Extension Council. Lake Prairie nominees Sedrith Menninga and Elvin Bensink join Summit contenders Francis G. Poortinga P R Van Gorp and Hessel Van Zante. County council members Gerald De Penning and Gerald Den Hartog preside as 4 H clubs plan a program.
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Lake Prairie
Summit Townships
Richard Freeman
Lake Praire
Pella Legion Hall
Summit
Otley School
Lake Prairie Township
Sedrith Menninga
Elvin Bensink
Francis G. Poortinga
P. R. van Gorp
Hessel van Zante
Gerald de Penning
Gerald den Hartog
Extension Council
Reformation Day Rally Planned in Pella
The Pella League of the Men's Society of Christian Reformed churches plans a Reformation Day Rally at Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Pella on Thursday October 31. It starts at 7 30 p m with public access. Dr Joel Nederhood from Back to God Hour will be the inspirational speaker and Deo Gloria Male Chorus conducted by Richard Williams will provide special music.
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Pella
Joel Nederhood
Back To God Hour
Radio Voice
The
Christian Reformed Church
Richard Wiliams
Court Dockets Before Justice E H Meinders
Recent court dockets list individuals across towns including Bill Mass De Bruin Pella McKinsey Vroom De Nooy Klein Hall with offenses such as stop sign and stop light violations faulty equipment failed signaling overroad truck license and expired operator licenses with fines ranging from 5 to 25 dollars.
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Court de Kets of Justice
E. H. Meinders
John A. Bill
Mass
Keith J. de Bruin
Pella
Wilbur L. McKinsey
Clifford L. Vroom, Jr
Andrew D. de Nooy
Leighton
Charles A. Klein Pella
James L. Hall
Des Moines
Central College to Break Ground for Music Center
President Arend D. Lubbers announced the ground breaking for Central College's new 275000 music center, scheduled for early spring due to delayed drawings. The project sits on Knoxville Road beside campus, replacing damaged tennis courts to be rebuilt in Kuyper Stadium’s northwest corner, with four new courts ready for spring competition.
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Arend D. Lubbers
Central College
Central
Knoxville Rd
Kuyper Stadium
Buerkens Attend Seminar at the United Nations
Mr and Mrs C C Buerkens are in New York City this week for the American Friends Seminar. They will spend three days at the United Nations building with a group of about seventy people from Lincoln Nebraska Wichita Kansas and Des Moines. They left Saturday and plan to return home by Sunday.
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C. C. Buerkens
New York City
American Friends
United Nations
Africa
Asia
Latin America
Middle East
Pella
United Nations Children's Fund
Industry Days Big Top Attracts Large Local Crowd
Thousands of attendees watched live demonstrations of ditch digging machines stamp cutters and other farm equipment with Vermeer gear showcased downtown. Pella merchants staged lucky number promotions tied to employee badges amid a $4,049,000 annual payroll for industrial workers.
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Vermeer
Pella
Central Flying Dutchmen settle for 0 0 homecoming tie
Central and Dubuque battled to a scoreless CAI 1963 homecoming football game at Kuyper Stadium on October 26. Central's aerial attack accounted for much of the yardage as Bill Carlson Gary McClimen and Dave Bacon led multiple drives toward the Dubuque goal, with three drives stalling inside the 20 and two missed field goal attempts.
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Central
Dubuque
Central Bay
Central Flying Dutchmen
Bill Carlson
Gary McClimen
Dave Bacon
Dick Dykstra
Mark de Cook
Carlson
Bob Pentice
Haitian Dancers Set for Central College Convocation
Haitian Dance Company led by Jean-Leon Destine will perform at Central College Douwstra auditorium Thursday Nov 7 at 8 p.m. The program features Africa Haiti and Caribbean music and dance with pieces like Slave Dance and Vodun themed works. Free and open to the public.
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Jean-Leon Destine
Central College
Douwstra
Africa
Haiti
Caribbean
Alex Cambrella
Robert Berne
Albert Nancis
Edith Sedrel le Coon
Trick or Treat for UNICEF in Pella
A Pell a community invites participation in UNICEF on Halloween as children ring doors with the chant Trick or Treat for UNICEF. The article highlights UNICEF history from 1946 and its global aid work in health, nutrition, and social services across 116 countries, urging private and governmental support.
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United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Unicef
Pell
Central Auxiliary Plans Christmas Bazaar and Supper
The Cen tral College Women's Auxiliary set plans for the annual Christmas bazaar and fellowship supper at Graham Hall on Saturday after Thanksgiving November 30. Committee heads include Mina Baker Maxine Huffman Marilyn Wilson Elizabeth Grand for the bazaar and Esther Overbergen Frances Stuyser for the white elephant table. Publicity by William Thompson Cunera van Emmerik. Supper begins at 5:00 p.m. in the dining room with items such as centerpieces handiwork foods and white elephants attracting families from Pella and nearby communities.
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Women's Auxiliary
Central College
Mina Baker
Graham Hall
Miss Baker
Maxine Huffman
Marilyn Wilson
Elizabeth Grand
Betty Bergman
Food Service
Eunice Lubbers
Barbara Butler
Coralyn Ver Meer
Esther Overbergen
Frances Stuyser
Alice Lammers
Alice Carlson
White Elephant
William Thompson
Cunera van Emmerik
Pella
Prizes Awarded in Pella Industry Days Guessing
Nearly two thousand visitors filled the downtown exhibition tent over Friday and Saturday to guess the number of people employed by local factories. First prize went to Albert Rouw for 1044, second to Dick Den Adel for 1049, third to John Horman for 1043, with Glenda De Heus tied for fourth. Gail Dicleman won fifth with 1050. multiple ties required a redraw. High guess reached 20,000 and low 42.
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Pella
Albert Rouw
Shaeffer
Dick den Adel
John Horman
Glenda de Heus
Glenda
Hassock
Gail Dicleman
Morrell Ham
Legion Auxiliary Potluck and Meeting Planned
The Legion Auxiliary invites members to a potluck supper on Tuesday November 5 at 6 15 p m at the Legion Hall. A business meeting will follow at 7 30 p m.
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The
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Halloween program for community youths organized by clubs
The American Legion Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs with the Recreation Commission sponsor a Halloween event for nursery through high school students. A torchlight parade forms at 6 15 p m from the junior high to the American Legion building with prizes for costumes. Junior high students may attend a 6 30 showing of The Invisible Invaders at the Holland Theater, with free treats. a second 8 00 showing is planned for older students.
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The
American Legion, Kiwanis and
Rotary Clubs
Recreation Commission
Third Reformed Church
American Legion
Holland Theater
Marion County age structure shifts with postwar births
A Marion County demographic study shows only 36 percent born by end of World War I and 31 percent dating to 1912, with 48 percent alive for Lindbergh’s 1927 flight and 63 percent born by Pearl Harbor. Since World War II birth rates rose, yielding a median local age of 33.8 versus 29.5 nationwide.
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Marion County
Kennedy
White House
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