New High School Ready For Use September 21
The auditorium has been enlarged with a widened stage opening and a rear door to improve access. Two former business rooms were removed to expand the hall, providing space for about eight hundred seats. Several department rooms were enlarged, including the science and English areas, and offices were moved. The sewing room relocated, and the old buildings retain their structure. An open house will invite Te citizens to inspect the renovated high school.
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Waittimg Op
Pella
Nile
Pensioners in Marion County Receive Over 31 Thousand
Des Moines report shows Marion County old age assistance tax payments and aid totals for the year. Byron G. Allen states $974,151 collected to June plus estimated $240,000 since then, with annual state payroll remittances and a $1,174,500 contribution from the Legal Social Security board to match pension dollars for the first half of the year. Average monthly warrants total $141.63 per recipient. If tax receipts equal 1934 levels, about 5,500 more aged-needy could be aided under current numbers.
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Des Moines
Marion County
Byron G. Allen
Allen
Legal Social Security Board
Comnee
T. A. Moilien
Department
Meilien
Federal
Social Securiy Commission
Rural electrification plan faces public scrutiny and funding talk
The proposal outlines federal and state funding to extend electric lines to rural areas. Officials estimate 11,500 to 12,000 people could gain monthly subsidies and service, with about 1 million dollars in state aid and a total program cost around seven million dollars. Public concerns focus on affordability, line maintenance, and customer density per mile.
Questions On REA Legal Setup In Marion County
Walter Brown explains REA loan structure with farmers not liable for line costs, notes or mortgages securing federal funds, and coop ownership of lines. Customers may discontinue service with 80 days notice, while debt remains with the cooperative, not individual members.
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Marion County
Walter Brown
Mr. Brown
REA
Regex UN de Cooperative Management
Cooperative Assoe
Old Holland exhibit eyed for Tulip Time plan in Holland
The Tulip Time committee in Holland Michigan considers a permanent exhibit named Old Holland to evoke Dutch atmosphere. Plans call for a permanent building with authentic furniture and costumed attendants, sourcing items from Holland and nearby areas. The aim is a museum like display of Dutch antiques on loan for the festival. Gate turnstiles at the Iowa state fair drew nearly 50,000 Saturday entrants.
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Uolland
Pella
Elippin
Netherlands
Holland
Cit of
Vieini
Happy School Days in Pella Opened and Staff Listed
The Pella High School opens Monday September 21 with Miss Olson joining the faculty. The staff includes Dora Bootsma as Principal Reading and History, Marie Lautenbach English and Geography, Raymond Bishop Mathematics and Manual Training, Florence Van Sittert Sixth Grade, Anna Grant Fourth and Fifth Grades, Fifth and Brooks, Second and Third Reavers First and Second Purcell Kindergarten A Martha Ver Heul Fifth and Sixth Grades Bernice De Reus Fifth Grades Dona Ver Steeg Third Grade Ethyl Jackson Second Grade Eva Purcell Kindergarten. The 1986 1937 reading list for Pella grades is provided.
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Dora Bootsma
Marie Lautenbach
Raymond Bishop
Florence van Sittert
Anna Grant
Fifth
Brooks
Purcell
Martha Ver Heul
Bernice de Reus
Dona Ver Steeg
Ethyl Jackson
Eva Purcell
P. M
Pella
Purchase Rental Book Price List from Old Curriculum Set
The page lists various grade level books and prices in a mixed format. It includes Grade IV Grade V Grade VI Grade VII items with prices like 0.50 0.20 and 1.10 0.25, along with numerous titles such as World Folk and Songs of M enmanship. The text is fragmentary and garbled, showing multiple publishers or catalogs and inconsistent punctuation.
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Ears Ex Oil
Am. Land & People Oe
VIE & People
Third Reader Work Book Notation List
A school notice describes items needed by a child from downtown purchases. It lists Pencil Wablet Ruler Paints Crayons and refers to Stanford as a context. The fragment indicates spelling tablets and a spelling assignment for a third reader.
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Stanford Notive
Are We All Morons By Eliot Porter
The letters critique cigarette ads and celebrity endorsements promoting smoking. It highlights consumer credulity and cites anecdotes about believing claims that nicotine steadies nerves and sharpens thinking, noting the ironic contrast with warnings and public health concerns.
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Presbyterian Church
Daetors
Grasshopper Infestation Plaque Warns Farmers in Corn Fields
Marion Den Adel stands beside a grasshopper infested field to illustrate the pest damage possible in corn. The photo highlights the urgency for control measures as growers face crop losses.
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Marion den Adel
Lawsuit filed for damages after April 11 1936 crash
Harry C. Bush of Muscatine sues Robert Hunter seeking 3000 dollars in damages for injuries from a collision between his motor jeep and a car driven by the defendant on April 11 1936.
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Harry C. Bush
Muscatine
Robert Hunter
Deanh
School Specials at The Book Shop Sale
The Book Shop advertises school supplies with Whit practice tablets and spiral notebooks. Pens and filler items priced low with 16 pencil sets and fountain pen offers in 0 sh, 16 filler, 25c and 50c ranges.
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Sauly Hall
Groenendyke
MR. Deeds
Gary Cooper
Jean Arthur
Otto Kruger
Gloria Holden
Robert Montgomery
Rosalind Russell
Robt. Louis Stevenson
Suicide Club
FBI
M Hopkins
Merle Oberon
Joel McCrea
Tligor
Hentesco
Benteco Food
Asparagus Benteco
Kellogg’s
Cascade Inn
Pune
Manon
Ars
Caps
Benleco Food Stores
Ed Beintema
Otley
Bartus Klyn
John Bloem
Beintema
Bloem
Pete Bloem
Slob's
Arctie
Chicago
Pete
Deire
REA Legal
Old Holland
Cinderella
Shirley Temple
Minion
High Ave
Kaloosa
Iowa
Miss Olson
Webster Building
Lincoln Building
Eliot Porter
Sears
Pennsylvania
Penn
JEE
SPR
Oskaloosa, Iowa
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