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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1964
Page
1
A nostalgic advertises Pella as a trustworthy shopping hub with friendly clerks and a wide range of stores. It touts fabrics, apparel, cosmetics, florists, medical facilities, groceries, machinery, cars, builders, home furnishings, and crafts. Notable local businesses listed include Van Berkum G. E. Appliances, Pella Super Valu, Kuyper's Music House, Gosselink Builders, Pella National Bank, and more.
Knoxville Community Schools announce 27 adult night classes beginning October 5 and 8 at Knoxville Senior High. Most meet once weekly for 10 weeks, with English 10 11 12 offered twice weekly using standard texts. Fees vary by student district, many at 7.50 per month, some higher. Courses include typing shorthand bookkeeping and more.
The First Baptist Church at Broadway and Independence in Pella will offer two morning worships at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. with the evening service at 7:00. The experiment aims to meet worship needs and may become permanent if successful, while preschool through fourth grade retains the extended Sunday School. Reverend Everett G. Ward notes the change is for an indefinite period.
Six Pella juveniles climbed the Lincoln school grounds water tower to paint class spirit on September 10 and 15. Police say the act damaged the structure and they were ordered to pay for repairs, though cost estimates were not viable.
Lisa Drake five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Drake of 1002 Main reported in good condition at Ottumwa hospital Monday morning. She suffered a broken thigh after stepping into the path of a pickup driven by Alfred Renaud near the corner of Main and Columbus per Pella police. She was first taken to Pella hospital then transferred to Ottumwa.
A Marion County grand jury declined to indict Ron Ustermarkt of Pella on larceny charges. He was ordered released from Marion County Jail after being held pending outcome of the report. Ustermarkt had been arrested in Pella earlier this month. Sheriff Loren Jarman said the jury found insufficient evidence to proceed.
Central College will dedicate a new $300 000 music building named Cox Snow Music Center on October 17. The center honors Queene Snow Cox and Dr Henry G Cox who taught music at Central from 1944 to 1948. The Cox Music Foundation funded the project and supported string quartets and the symphony orchestra. Dr Cox and wife endowed gifts in 1961 for the music center and for scholarships and a chair for stringed instruments.
The Reverend Robert J. Palma longtime Trinity Christian Reform Church Iowa City pastor and his family departed for Edinburgh Scotland for Doctorate in Theology. Palma educated at Calvin College Seminary spent 1959-60 at University of Edinburgh. Family includes wife Eleanor Vander Beek and children Fern and Janine. They traveled via Grand Rapids and Detroit before overseas flight to Scotland.
Police report states 18 year old Charles E Vande Noord sustained bruises and abrasions after his motorcycle collided with a northbound car driven by Henry Willemsen on Main Street. Willemsen turned left after passing and failed to see the motorcycle. Estimated damages total $200.
Graveside services were held Sept 22 1964 for Rhonda Lu Webster 11 day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Darwin Webster of 3529 52nd St Des Moines. She died Sept 20 at Raymond Blank Memorial Hospital. Survivors include her parents a sister Lynn maternal grandparents Clydas Renaud of Pella and paternal grandmother Leone Webster of Des Moines.
Clarence Anderson 48 of rural Knoxville died after a pickup overturned near Coal Ridge Cemetery while returning a front end loader to Knoxville Readymix at about 930 p.m. on September 24. He died shortly after midnight at Collins Hospital. Funeral services were held Monday in Knoxville with burial in Coal Ridge Cemetery. Sheriff Jarman reported the incident.
Registration for the women s Fun and Figure Class sponsored by the Recreation Commission will be held at the Legion Building on Tuesday October 13 from 7 00 to 9 00 pm A registration fee of 3 00 is required for the eight week program tentatively opening Monday October 19 at the Webster School Two classes at 6 30 pm and 8 00 pm weekly include exercises active games volleyball and basketball Participants should wear suitable play clothing such as shorts slacks or pedal pushers and gym shoes.
Several students from the Pella area are listed as attending Centerville Community College for the current academic year. From Tesla: Alvin Van Dyke David Sels and Rick Sloan. From Monroe: Herb Nimmo Roger Lee Lathrop and Don Wheeler. From New Sharon: Roxie Ruby. From Pleasantville: Jane Roorda.
A beginners bridge class for adult men and women, led by Mrs. Carl Gaass, starts Thursday October 8 at the Public Safety Building. Register by calling Mrs. Gaass at MA 2051. An $4.00 registration fee covers eight weeks. The Goren system will be used.
The North Mahaska Community School District hosts a book fair on Thursday October 1 at 7 30 p m. The event features a trumpet quartet, a book exhibit, and a collection of about 300 books for grades 1 through 14. Books are provided by the Iowa State Education Library Service and the Institutional Book Service. Community members are urged to attend to support reading and learning.
At the organizational meeting of the Lyhaville-Sully school board held September 21, officers were elected. President Reuben Van Diemer t, vice president Charles Conover, treasurer Bernice Jay, secretary Nola Vande Krol, with board members Arnold Lerpska Thomas Lowry and Bennie Dunsbergen.
Funeral services for Mrs Celia Moore, 50, are set for Tuesday at 2 00 at the Methodist Church in Monroe with Pella Garden Chapel in charge. Interment will follow at Suent City cemetery. She died in Knoxville early Saturday morning. A fuller obituary will appear later in the Chronicle.
Keith Hopp, vocational agriculture instructor, announces a new Pella FFA Junior Hampshire Swine Producers organization. It comprises FFA members raising purebred Hampshire meat type swine for market hog production and possibly selling breeding stock. Stock sources include Bob Green of Ainsworth, Iowa, and herd boar from Wilbert Meinhart of Hudson, Iowa, sired by Meinhart’s certified meat sire Iigh did.
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