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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1958
Page
3
Fragmentary lines reflect a cryptic note about fear and silence. The speaker, Timid Soul, hints at courage and restraint in forming judgments amid uncertain events. No clear entities or events are identifiable in the readable text.
A Utah senator ridiculed the dense 1040 instructions and offered a prize of Simplified English to anyone who could clarify them. The Internal Revenue Service replied that experts had tried to improve readability, blaming legislative complexity.
Dr. Harold Gunderson warns swift Elm Disease spread in eastern Iowa after detection. Dr. Harold McNabb Jr. says no known cure once infected. Peddlers of cures are frauds. Replacements include moraine locust, black and sugar maples, white ginko, basswood, river birch. Europe replaces losses with small flowering trees.
An Iowa Republican urged Governor Loveless to call a special session to study unemployment relief. The governor, surprised by any persistent state unemployment beyond seasonal shifts, doubted the session would yield a cure and questioned the political fanfare surrounding the idea.
Rainfall in Iowa has been erratic but soil moisture remains adequate. The piece discusses compensations for nature, mentions farmers and wetter conditions, and hints at seasonal changes favoring crop prospects despite past deficits.
A Kans city system would attach a disciplinary record to each pupil’s academic file. It lists truancy aggression theft extortion disruption and threats. The plan aims to keep parents informed and on the defensive while following the pupil through the city’s schools.
An Eagle Grove Eagle note praises local merchants for a cooperative TV venture in Mason and urges Garner residents to spend at home. The Concrete Herald laments the search for a return to “normal” life as unrealistic, while the Kansas City Times argues schools must openly face hooliganism and delinquency, with leaders directing decisive action alongside parents and law enforcement.
Five prominent Democrat figures traveled to Des Moines for the Jeffersonian banquet to hear William Jennings Bryan, while Grinnell Township voters once more turned down a tax for the Waterloo Pella and Southwestern Railway. The trip included J. N. Studenrauch D. W. Wilkes J. H. Van Vliet Charley Porter and Paul Vander Zyl.
Rube Brand, a biology professor at Yale University, served as referee for a college basketball game in Knoxville between At tica and Knoxville. Knoxville defeated At tica 36 to 30.
In the southeast of Pella area the Elias Kolenbranders report 120 chickens stolen on a Saturday night. No clues were found as the couple shopped in town. Also noted are a wedding in Albert Lea Minnesota, a Pershing bank closure, a three year 70 member club plan for land purchase, a northeast farm fire at the Worp Borsman home, and local notes from Kuyper's Korner with a kitchen tub fix joke. The Des Moines Des Moines River road death of Mrs. Isaac Woods is listed along with health notes for H P Van Gorp family.
Items of interest from The Chronicle recalling past events from 10 20 30 and 50 years ago. This column highlights notable society, politics, and community moments, preserving local memory with brief reflections and retrospective notes.
Fifty years ago reports span changes in Pel la Harvey with potential factory moves, shipping claims, and local civic notes. Lectures at Enosville, institute for teachers, and community events fill the diary. Advertisements show ready to wear fashion, hall entertainments, and school gatherings. Notable locals include Rev. Sip ko Pranei and Walter Johnson after a six week tour.
A fragmented report notes South New Orleans and Galveston coal interests clashing with Pella miners over wages. An elder named D. Dosey solicited funds for a project described as a Dutch venture in the town, while locals claimed interference and unrest.
An old ad touts a chemical sewer cleaner SEWERREAMER as a cheaper option to remove roots grease and organic buildup. It claims easy chemical reaming in 5 and 10 lb cans and urges buyers to ask their dealer for the product.
Forty years ago the Federated Club sponsored a comedy titled Mrs Templeton's Telegram staged in the high school auditorium with Mrs J C Mitten arranging, George F Saddler directing, and Mrs Joe Rhynshutter and Glen Newby in lead roles. Other cast members included Clara Waechter Lon Wormhoudt and Gerald Rysdam.
Twenty years ago in Pella April 7 1938 a high wind storm froze on wires and trees disrupting phones and damaging early tulips. Residents view blooms. Tulip Time organizers Van Gorp Wormhoudt and Res weigh the still promising bulbs. Eight girls vie for Tulip Queen while local figures reflect on changes from storms and celebrations.
Ten year ago plans set Tulip Festival for May 13 to 15 with a tulip queen election campaign under way. Folk dances practiced led by Martha Lautenbach and Tunis Prins. A Birdsfoot Trefoil plot to be planted on Anton Blom farm east of town under Maurice Heath of Ames Soil Conservation. Legion Post to dedicate Memorial plot in Oakwood Cemetery for fallen overseas or at sea. Pella High hosted regional music contest with 476 entrants. March of Dimes receipts totaled 129.46 dollars reported by Mrs. Hildegarde Nesbit.
The President's message to Congress on agriculture proposes ending corn allotments and soil bank provisions, and seeks reform of the parity system including repeal of the escalator clause. He argues for price supports moving toward 60 to 90 percent of parity to restore markets, noting gains in farm productivity since 1940 and urging Congress to act, even if with different methods.
Jim Rus suffered a severe finger injury when caught in a pulley and belt at Bakker and Rus seed store. The finger was nearly severed and the bone broken but doctors hope the digit can be saved.
By 1860 Iowa's population reached 192,214, with one fourth native born, reflecting early settlement patterns.
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