Knoxville and Pella Area News Roundup
Local residents register new Ford and Cadillac cars in Knoxville. Y F F convention delegates from First Christian Reformed Church of Oskaloosa attend in Rock Valley August 23 to 25. Fire department extinguishes a gun-tween blaze with no damage. Various births, hospital discharges, travel, and community notices from Oskaloosa, Pella, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernie Fynaardt
Gerrit Beekhuizen
Lee de Groot
Harold Booy
Rock Valley
Iowa
First Christian Reformed Church of
Vernon Menninga
Pella
Walter Date
Labor Day road trip turns scary for Del and Charlie
Del and Charlie set out with their children to visit relatives, but Del battles fear of an accident as speed climbs from 55 to 78 miles per hour on a long Labor Day drive. The mood shifts from cautious, safe travel to mounting anxiety about danger ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Del
Charlie
Rural school buildings sell for 4974 dollars in eight sales
Eight rural schools in the Postville district sold for a total of $4,974.50 covering buildings and contents. The transactions reflect a modest sale of schoolhouse properties and contents across the district.
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Postville
Baby possum found in drawer becomes family pet
Mrs Sarah Grabenhorst opened an upper drawer on her back porch to find a baby possum staring up at her. The animal slipped into the storage cabinet somehow and remains with the family as a pet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Grabenhorst
Stanley Den Adel Promoted to Bank Officer Rank
Henry Vander Ark of Bellflower California sent a clipping from the Los Angeles Times dated August 26 1955 noting Stanley F Den Adel son of Frank and Frances Den Adel a paraplegic has been congratulated on his promotion to an officers rank at Bank of America and is in the news again with his wheelchair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Vander Ark
Woodruff
Bellflower
California
Los Angeles Times
Pella
Stanley den Adel
Frank den Adel
Frances den Adel
Stanley F. den Adel
Bank of America
From Wheelchairs to Banking Star Den Adel Leads Flying Wheels
S Clark Beise of Los Angeles presided as a 32 year old war veteran advanced to assistant cashier and head of a 38 man department shift. Den Adel, wounded in Europe, became paraplegic at Birmingham Hospital and helped organize the Flying Wheels basketball team in 1948 with himself as captain. The group toured the nation, Den Adel was named Athlete of the Month by Helms Foundation, and he married Peggy Stapleton after a tour. He earned an MBA at UCLA in 1953 before rejoining Bank of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Hinckley
Howard Hinckley
Kennewick
Wash
Matt Kempkes
Pella
Columbia River
Hat Rock State Park
Samaritan Hospital
Portland
Oregon
Europe
den Adel
Birmingham
Flying Wheels
Helms Foundation
Peggy Stapleton
UCLA
Bank of America’s
Contracts Let For Widening 163 And Highway 63
Contracts totaling 1 092 107 dollars for widening state highway 163 to the Polk county line and US 63 between Oskaloosa and the Wapello county line were awarded to Ronald Kenyon Construction Co of West Des Moines by the Iowa State Highway Commission at Ames. Bids cover 8.4 miles of 163 in Mahaska and 16.752 miles of 63 in Keokuk Mahaska, plus 11.168 miles in Marion and 16.349 miles in Jasper for a total of 52.669 miles. Some four miles of 163 in Mahaska will be relocated to remove dangerous turns. other widening projects in OsKaloosa and a fall letting are planned with cement shortages delaying completion into 1966. Cement supply assurances were reported. Additional work in Washington county widens 10.334 miles of 92 to the Louisa county line by Hartman Co. of Peoria.
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Polk County
Sakaloosa
Oskaloosa
Wapello
Ronald Kenyon Construction Co
West Des Moines
Iowa State Highway Commission
Ames
Mahaska County
Keokuk-Mahaska
Marion County
Jasper County
Eleventh Street
Washington County
Oska-toosa
Washington
Louisa County
McDouglas, Hartman Co
Peoria
Paving Contract Bids For Keokuk County Route Upgrade
IM bids $201000 for 5.752 miles of phaltic paving on highway 22 in Keokuk county west from Keswick to highway 21 north of What Cheer. Fort Dodge Limestone Co. bids $145 for related work.
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Highway 22
Keokuk County
Keswick
Highway 21
What Cheer
Fort Dodge Limestone Co
Deer licenses now available in Iowa for hunting season
Iowa deer hunters are urged to apply early as about 400 applications have been received by the Conservation Commission. Six thousand licenses will be issued, but a last minute rush is expected for the deer hunting permits.
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Iowa
Conservation Ian
Iowa Deer Season Dates And Licenses Noted
License applications are available. The main Commission in Des Moines requests a $10 check or money order with the completed application. The 1965 bow season runs October 29 to November 20, inclusive, with the gun season on December 3 to 5.
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P. Moines
Iowa
Miles marks 28 years of carrier service
Miles receives recognition for 28 years of service as a mail carrier. He traveled extensively and covered substantial routes, reportedly nearly half a mile per stop, enough to circle the card 15 to 20 times in the process.
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Knoxville
Larry L. Schakel
Ford Truck
Kenneth H. Bean
Cadillac
The
White Way Auto Co
Tunis Fynaardt
Wormhoudt Furniture Store
Frances Vander Lune
Bel Air
Sarah Bakker
Clarence van de Kamp
Norman Slycord
Orville Tysseling
W. H. Fowler
Bernie Menninga
Raymond van der Leest
Mercy Hospital
Mahaska Hospital
Lubbert van Dellen
Rebecca Maasdam
Wilfred Ud
Taintor
Seymour Zylstra
Sully
Mercy
Oska- Joosa
Herman van Veen
Jenie van Veen
Gloria van Ve
Marvin Vande Lune
Case Goodyk
Michael Cherkala
Bruce
Brian
B. F. Vander Linden
Chicago
Cherkala
Cleveland
Ohio
Geral Paardekooper
Joan Beem
Pleasantville
Pela
OM. T. Paardekooper
Kathryn Schakel
Max Sc G ‘Ir
Gary Wayne
Lawrence Vander Molen
Raymond Newendorp
Leighton
Glen Vande Krol
Lynnville
Henry Postema
Chicago, Illinois
Diller Vander Ploeg
Elaine Vander Ploeg
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Charles Lautenbach
Sterling
Colorado
George Ver Steeg
Mr. Lautenbach
Denver
Curtis M. Snow
A. A. Ver Meer
B. Ver Meer
Clear Lake
Hattie Loverink
John Rexwinkel
Alma
Alton
Simon Vander Zyl
Verle Ver Dught
Richard Cook
Ver
James van Houwelingen
Alaska
M. E. van Houwelingen
Alvin
James
Des Moines
Reformed Churches
Ernest Klootwyk
Albert Pleima
San Lae
Pella Public Schools Employees’ Directory
Phom 'Normal S
Artee
Vay van Arkel
Kenneth Bean
Donald Black Jr
Science
John Blommers
West First
J. Gilbert Boat
Shirley Bergman
Webster
Peace Green
Tangman H
Joach
Franklin Ue
Mae Brockway
Wel
Columbus
Louis Brunckhorst
Helen Dockendorff
Keith Emme
H. S
University
Jo Ann Johnson
Lincoln
Peace
Gerrit Kingma
East Second
Hes Klimstra
Webster Yorelear
Broadway Ue
Flosanthen
K. Ave
East Osk
Grace Lau Abach
Jerome Schakel
Louis Schuring
Herman P. Merdink
Sharon Road
Bob Omick
Inces Papich
Main Sin Poortinga Ass’t H.S
East First
Elton Verloeg
Colleen Renaud Jr
West
Conrad de Vries
Lincoln Gastodian
Lincoln Black
Barbara Vander Werff
Jeanette Vander Werff
Lla
Jean Wilkins
Hot Wortman
Ethel van Zar
Lincoln Stoney Otley
Artie van Zee
Webster RR
Bob Hullihan
Colfax Sale
Hampshire
Farrow
Newton
Colfax Sale Company
Clippinger-Shields-Briles
Mgrs
Earl and
Bill Shields
Los Angeles
S. Clark Beise
San Francisco
Bakker
Rus
Paardekooper
Miles
Paltzer
Milz
Mr. and
Mrs
Cornie Schuring
del Monte
Sully, Lowa
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