Second Polio Shots Clinic Set For Sept 12 At High School
Marion County health nurse Mrs Sheston announced a second round of Salk polio vaccines for first and second graders from last spring, now in grades two and three. Only children with signed permits will be treated, free of charge this time. a paid third shot is recommended. Local doctors will conduct the clinic in room 100 at the high school with a statewide schedule listing Sep 8 10:00 Bussey Sep 9 9:00 Jacy 2:00 Courthouse Sep 12 9:00 Pella Sep 13 1:00 Attica Sep 14 1:00 Pleasantville Sep 15 10:00 Melcher 1:30 Dallas.
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Mra
Sheston
Marion County
Mrs. Sheston
Pella
Attica
Pleasantville
Melcher
Dallas
Youth Rally Invites Public At Sully Tonight
The Sully Community Church hosts a youth rally sponsored by its Young People's Groups tonight at 8 p.m. in the church sanctuary. The program features a return engagement of the guests identified in the notice.
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Sully
Sully Community Church
Kings College Praisers Attend Wide Scale Services
Kings College Briarcliff Manor New York hosts a student group led by Nancy Miles Nancy Wills and Janice Lee along with Oley Olson. Representing the co-ed liberal arts school founded by Percy Crawford the group has traveled across the middle and far west holding services from Montana to Texas. The public is invited to attend.
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Kings College
Briarcliff Manor
N.Y
Nancy Miles
Nancy Wills
Janice Lee
Oley Olson
Percy Crawford
Middle
Far West
Montana
Texas
Dykstra Faces Vander Waal In Tourney Finals
Defending champion Don Dykstra meets Herb Vander Waal in a 36 hole Labor Day final after Vander Waal toppled Stan Mohrbacher 4 and 3 in the upper bracket semifinals. Vander Waal earlier sidelined Matt Heerema and Rudy Ulrich while Dykstra advanced by edging Wally Kooyman to reach the final.
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Don Dykstra
H. Vander Waal
Herb Vander Waal
Labor Day
Vander Waal
Stan Mohrbacher
Matt Heerema
Rudy Ulrich
Band to Close Season With Last Garden Square Concert
The twelfth and final band concert of the season will be held in Garden Square Saturday night under Director Fred Whalley. An all-request program of thirteen pieces includes nine marches, two overtures, two selections and one popular song chosen by Saturday listeners. The program features works by Sousa, Texidor, Fucik and more, with attendance reported as strong all season.
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Garden Square
Fred Whalley
Dorin Simmons
Gary Williams
Pat Reysack
Arden Johnston
Arvid Pierson
Fred "van Swol
Johnston
Dick Mitchell
Phil Schrank
Phil Bush
Norm Schouten
Bob Kruizenga
Verle Rinehart
Jack Schoop
Bill Smith
New Madison Addition District Opens in North Pella
A new residential district named Madison Addition has been subdivided east of North Main Street in the 1300 block. Madison Street and Orchard Dr will be new city streets with sewer and water lines. De Jong Construction Company is building a residence for Otto Ver Meer at the corner of North Main and Madison Street.
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North Main Street
Madison Addition
Madison Street
Orchard Dr
de Jong
Preparations Complete for Field Day at Hiemstra Farm
Planning is finished for the Thunder Creek watershed conservation field day on September 9 at the John C. Hiemstra farm three miles west of Pella on highway 163. Marion County Soil District staff assisted in setting up projects with Harland Chandler staking 1800 feet of terraces, Lyman Fells sizing the waterway, and William Davis detailing a drop inlet and dirt fill outline.
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Thunder Creek
John C. Hiemstra
Pella
Highway 163
Marion County Soil District Office
Hiemstra
Harland Chandler
Lyman Fells
William Davis
Meet the Hiemstras preview projects for September
Introduction to the John C. Hiemstra family and a glimpse of Farm Page projects slated for completion on September 9. The item highlights upcoming family and farm-related initiatives and ties them to the issue's Farm Page.
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John C. Hiemstra
Field Day Promises Modern Farm Equipment Demonstrations
Wilbur Van Ee to build fill below the pond and tiling will be done by Wilbur Van Ee and Vermeer Mfg. Co. Implement dealers supply machines. Field Day starts at 8:30 AM with lunch and drinks sold by Future Farmers. Attendance hinges on Pella and Marion County farmers in Thunder Creek watershed. Merchants offer specials Friday and Saturday as women shop in Pella.
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Wilbur van Ee
Vermeer Mfg. Co
Pella
Marion County
Thunder Creek
Rotary Club to Sponsor Community Beautification Project
Rotary members discussed a community beautification project not yet disclosed to the public. Forty one Rotarians pledged to support the effort with visitors from Knoxville and two members bringing guests, signaling broad interest and strong likelihood of success.
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Rotar Tueni
Rotor
Knoxville
Two County Feed Outlook Meeting to Be Held Here
The Marion and Mahaska County livestock and feed outlook and management meeting is set for Wednesday Sept. 14 at 8 00 p m in Pella High School. Iowa State College specialists Charles Greenlee and Dick McWilliams will speak on hog and cattle prices, feed costs, and buying timing. Dale Studt extension director says the meeting is a cooperative venture inviting people from both counties.
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Marion and
Mahaska County
Pella High School
Pella
Charles Greenlee
Dick McWilliams
Iowa State College
Dale Studt
Marion and Mahaska
Car and Truck Collision injures two in South End
A Friday morning crash at 10 55 near East Second and South Street injured two people and caused substantial property damage. Vehicles were driven by William Stone 27 a Sperry Iowa carpenter and Paul Buwalda 62 of Otley. Mr Buwalda fled the scene at Farmers Coop.
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East Second and
South Street
William Stone
Sperry
Iowa
Paul Buwalda
Otley
Buwalda
Farmers’ Coope
Collision injures two drivers near Mahaska hospital
A two vehicle crash involving a 1955 Pontiac Catalina and a 1947 Dodge occurred near Mahaska hospital. Stone suffered forehead cuts and knee bruises, Buwalda received first aid and possible hip injuries. Damages were about 1000 and 300 dollars. Highway Patrolman Harold Trimble investigated.
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Stone
A. Evers
Buwalda
Evers
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Mixup as Louis Knop Seeks Missing Blue Chevrolet
Louis Knop of Malvern finished business in Glenwood and cannot locate his blue Chevrolet on the streets there. Local authorities or residents may have seen the vehicle, described as a blue Chevrolet, and Knop asks for any information leading to its recovery.
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Louis Knop
Malvern
Glenwood
Public School Teachers Briefed In Conference
Oskaloosa elementary Supervisor Kathryn Richards led sessions at the Pella Pre-School Conference last Saturday focusing on classroom organization and student decision making. High school teachers met Friday and Saturday, reviewing reading habits, a thesis on seniors, and a new opaque projector to aid instruction across departments.
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Kathryn Richards
Oskaloosa
Pella
Cora Thomassen
Pella High
Brunckhorst
Forty-five Report For High School Football Squad
Pella High's football squad drills with forty-five players, eight seniors seven juniors sophomores and thirteen freshmen. The opening game is at Indianola on Friday September 9 with several returning lettermen among the seniors and juniors. The Little Dutch face Knoxville September 12 at the conference jamboree and Sigourney September 16 before a planned lineup solidifies.
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Pella High
Indianola
Bob Buyert
Max van Re
Gene de Heer
Doug Heerema
Larry Fisk
Don Rouwenhorst
Lee van Gorp
Sophe
Butch Sheppard
Max Vander Pal
Jim Duffus
Larry van Haalen
Ron Bogaard
Tom Gaard
Dirk van’ Gorp
Duane’ de Vries
Keith Blom
John van Waardhuizen
Leroy den Besten
Harley van Roekel
Elbert van Gorp
Carroll Pope
Don Muyskens
Don van Hal
Larry Nossaman
Nelson Vander Pol
Bruce Heerema
Preston Steenhoek
Gary Wallace
Evan Vander Wert
Keith Coop
Stanley Vander Wert
Don Gosselink
Aston Terpstra
Ron Vander Leest
On van Ekeren
Roger Duven
Delbert McCombs
Mark de Cook
Gerald Kuiper
Jim Redeker
Jerry Ulrich
Marvin ‘van ‘Englehoven
Dale Kane
Robert Stykhuis
Larry Lautenback
Knoxville
Sigourney
Man recalls wife’s car after police notification
The man remembered driving his wife’s green Ford after police were notified. He found the vehicle still parked where he had left it, confirming the earlier report.
Pella Stores Plan Thursday Afternoon Openings
Pella stores closed for the summer will resume Thursday afternoon hours this September 1 for shopper convenience.
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Pella
Car fire at Iowa State Fair injures motorists and damages vehicles
An explosion and fire in a State Fair parking lot injured at least three people and severely damaged five cars. Witnesses say a gasoline tank possibly exploded as flames shot 26 feet high. Fire Chief Lt Ralph West attributed the blaze to a cigarette discarded near dry grass, igniting nearby vehicles owned by Glenn Doquet and others.
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Ralph West
Fairgrounds
Glenn Doquet
Hedrick
West
John L. Rouwenhorst
Pella
Francis Smith
Mount Pleasant
Hartley Aust
Armstrong
Paul Miller
Ottumws West
Coquet
Walter Woody
West Des Moines
Fairgrounds Red Cross Station
Broadlawns General Hospital
Vern Gallantine
Melbourne
Malcolm Smith
Malcolm
Fairgrounds Grandstand
Des Moines
Grid Practice Starts Today at Central College
Central College begins 1955 grid practice with 14 lettermen from the Flying Dutch ready for early workouts September 1 under coach R E Tysseling. Veterans compete for guard positions as the squad shapes a passer and defense amid six conference games and two non conference tests including Carthage and Dana.
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Central College
Don Butler
R. E. Tysselin
Harold Hiemstra
John Ellis
Laverne Boelkens
Ed Owens
Tysseling
Dwaine Krentz
Jim van Swol
Ed Bowers
Service
Fort Riley
Kansas
Dale Dagey
John Nummerdor
Lou Lundy
Don Morehead
Army Ball
Central
Iowa Weleyan
Wartburg
Luther
Carthage
Illinois
Dana
Nebraska
Kuyper
Waverly
Parsons
Pella
Dubuque U
Simpson
Indianola
Red Cross Drive to Aid Hurricane Victims Through Churches
Pella Red Cross Chapter plans a Sunday Sept 11 collection through local churches to aid victims in Connecticut Massachusetts and Pennsylvania after a devastating hurricane. Eisenhower urged national aid and Congress pledged 100 million dollars. Chapter officials note many will give directly or through the post office and Marion County Bank. The drive aims to help immediate relief while long term reconstruction falls to the affected communities.
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Red Cross
Pella
Holland
Fultz
Enrollments Rise Slightly in Public Schools This Week
Early registrations show Webster Junior High leads growth with 108 students up from 92. Lincoln remains near last year, while Webster totals reach 286 and Lincoln 174. High School totals at 323, with grades 9 to 12 listed. overall three-building total reported as 783.
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Webster
Lincoln
Webster Webster
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