Velma Kooistra Heads To Kenya Mission Work
Velma Kooistra, a Sully native with many Pella area ties, leaves for Kenya to join the Vangaland mission. In her August 9 1956 letter from Kaimosi Kenya she describes travel from Cedar Rapids to Nairobi, the quiet beauty of Kenya, and her plan to study Swahili before helping establish a church and school in Wangaland. She notes poverty driving concern about communism and appeals for support including a German car to aid med ical outreach and land access for mission work.
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Velma Kooistra
Sully
Pella
Kenya
Africa
United
Pan-American
Oversea Airway Corporation
Cedar Rapids
Mal
Chicago
Detroit
Shannon
London
Rome
Cairo
Khartoum
Nairobi
Mau Mau
Zion
America
Wangaland
Plotts
Vangaland
Young Korean Enrolled to Study at Central College
Tong Won Kim, a Korean student who wrote for admission in August 1954, will begin studies at Central College as the freshman after overcoming passport and sponsorship hurdles. He traveled far to pursue work in the United States and navigated embassy refusals over acceptance forms to join the 1955-56 class.
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Chronicle News
Central College
Tokyo
Japan
Marion de Zwarte
Tong Won Kim
Richard Gad
Central College Sta
Clarence van Zee
United States
Central
Kim
Chuo University
Social Security Rep to Visit Pella September 12
A representative from the Social Security Administration will be in the Council Room at City Clerk's Office, 717 Main, in Pella on Wednesday September 12, 1956 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The article notes October 1956 as the first disability insurance application month and July 1957 as the first month for disability payments under the 1956 amendments. To qualify, applicants must have 5 years of work in the prior 10 and 1 year in the prior 8, with potential benefit eligibility at age 50.
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Leo W. Smith
Social Security Administration
Des Moines
Iowa
Social Security ‘Administration
Smith
Main
Pella
Korean student Mr Kim studies at Central College in Iowa
Born in Korea and later living in Japan, Mr Kim traveled to the United States in 1956. He arrived in San Francisco and learned about Aman language and customs. He met Central College leaders and attended a choir concert before heading to Pella to begin his studies as a Presbyterian student preferring a small Christian college to learn the American way of life.
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Mr. Kim
United States
Kim
Francisco
San Francisco
Central College
G. T. van der Lugt
Pella
Korea
Japan
Central
Ife
Drowning scare ends as barge capsizes at Clear Lake
A Grundy Center group escaped drowning when a fishing barge capsized in Clear Lake. Life jackets kept the six rescued members afloat until authorities reached them. The party included Mr and Mrs Delbert Meyer and son and Mr and Mrs Fred Everts and son.
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Clear Lake
Delbert Meyer
Fred Everts
Three boys fish Des Moines river with sizable catfish and carp
The boys shown on the river bank hauled two dollar catfish and five carp caught from 6 30 p m Friday to 6 00 a m Saturday. The biggest carp weighed nine and a half pounds the biggest cat three and a half pounds with five cats over three pounds. Also present were Pat Reysack Danny Pope and Harry Koopmans who fished with live bait on throw lines.
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Des Moines
Pat
Reysack
Danny Pope
Harry Koopmans
Marion County F B Women Sing At State Fair
On Monday August 27 a Marion County farm Bureau women trio performed vocal selections in the Women's and Children's building at the State Fairgrounds Des Moines. Mrs Robert Crozier of R4 Knoxville sang two solos My Hero and Mother Mahree in addition to her trio performance.
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Marion County Farm Bureau
State Fairgrounds
Des Moines
Robert Crozier
R.4
Knoxville
Hero
Mahree
Knoxville ladies sing two selections with piano accompaniment
Beverly Dop R5 Knoxville Mrs Wm Dennison R5 Knoxville and Mrs Crozier sang two selections Thanks Be To God and Ci rib in Hallie Loynacan of R1 Knoxville accompanied at the piano for the four selections.
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Beverly Dop
Knoxville
Wm. Dennison
Crozier
Hallie Loynacan
Gas well drills on Floyd Miller farm hit gas pocket
Drillers near New London struck a natural gas pocket while sinking a water well on the Floyd Miller farm. The pocket ignited a fire at 50 feet but was later extinguished as drilling continued and water was found at 820 feet.
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New London
Floyd Miller
Iowa Weather Through Time Shows Rising Predictability
The article traces Iowa weather history from early 19th century remarks on its unpredictability to formal records begun after 1870. It notes Davenport 1872 and Des Moines 1889 station openings, snowfall data from 1892, and the growth of modern instruments including a 1955 radar that improved storm tracking and forecasting across the state.
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Iowa
National Weather Service
Davenport
Dubuque
Keokuk
Des Moines
Sioux City
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Kaimosi
Kisumi
Pella High
Indianola
Winterset
Chariton
Centerville
Paardekooper’s Drug Store
Pella High School
Paardekooper
Coronado T.V
Bae
Coronado
Fillmore” TV
S A
Wilson Jewelry Co
Des Moines River
Photon Ray Pope
Kenneth de Wild
Wayne van Rees
Marion County F. B
Bakker
Missouri River
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