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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1943
Page
6
A fragmented account describes a Des Moines area rapper event and a Minneapolis weeded week with multiple notices. It lists representatives from national associations, government programs like WEA, and looming projects. readers are informed of housing orders, blinds, and various contracts across several states including Michigan, Virginia, and Washington, with numerous home and shop orders noted.
Marion County Soil District and Can don Commission oversaw pond stocking with 4 700 fish from Muscatine hatchery. Species included bluegills, bullheads, black bass, and crappies. most ponds received bluegills. Listings show numerous farmers stocking varied pond sizes from 0.2 to 1.0 acre with combinations of bluegills bullheads black bass and crappies.
In Marion County the year ended with only two drunken driving arrests and one conviction. Sheriff Paul Applegate notes most counties show higher counts. nearby Dallas had 25 arrests, Jasper 18, and Madison 6, while Marion remains an exception with low figures and unclear per capita impact.
Fall killing frost sweeps Peoria area while a baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Roose lived four days. Burial held with Rev. RoTLTaanwy. Auvy Mier visits Ottumwa Naval Air Station. Mr. and Mrs. Syler and De Vris move to stay with children as they age. Mrs. Edward Hall of Los Angeles visits family before Kalamazoo trip. Richland Threshing Co holds annual fall meeting with stockholders and families. each receives a $27 dividend. Next spring meeting at K Nieuwsma home. News of Mrs. G I Ryken’s death at her son’s home.
Community Scouts support morale and war effort by distributing OWL posters and campaign materials. Twenty five civic men in the Council help deliver posters to shops and windows, aiding recruitment and info campaigns. They also distribute National War Fund pledge cards to encourage local contributions.
Town State College at Viies reports a plan to offer Dutch language study as a high school requirement to satisfy foreign language credits for admissions. The misspelled text notes demand for teaching this material and emphasis on conversational skills, with progress claimed by a Dutch language club under Miss Clink.
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