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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1958
Page
3
A brief meditation warns that idle gossip spreads harm when repeated without research. It cautions that whispered rumors can hurt others and urges care in sharing unverified thoughts. The piece underscores the power of words to affect people.
The article praises Tulip Time preparations in Pella highlighting municipal garbage collection as a key service. Regular trash removal has kept backyards neat and lawns tidy, contributing to a healthier town and better tulip plantings for the festival.
The article notes no polio cases in Marion County in 1957 thanks to vigilant doctors, nurses, and school supervisors and credits the Salk vaccine. It mentions an upcoming polio clinic on April 29 at the Pella public hall and urges continued vigilance to protect children.
Ed specialists at Fort Belvoir challenge routine wake times and sleep sites under the Engineer Reserve and Development Command. The dispute centers on whether soldiers should rise at dawn like other units and how this affects quarters and pay amid stress over training schedules and assignments.
A military incident shows specialists refusing breakfast at the mess hall. The narrator notes she resents discipline and that discipline is what they need. The boy boasts a slogan and claims they can do better, criticizing quibbling.
Time magazine recounts two Appenine hermit monks touring New York. They live in solitary cells, meet twice weekly, eat one meal daily, and seek a western state site for a new monastery. Dom Augustine notes America’s bustle contrasts with inner prayer, and that many prefer solitude even amid crowds.
Pocahontas Democrat Record argues against dropping honor rolls and letter grades, defending academic competition and special emphasis for gifted students. Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune quotes Dan D Murphy praising optimism amid recession and unemployment, urging readers to maintain faith in improvement and avoid sensationalism.
A retrospective page recalls items of interest from ten, twenty, forty, and fifty years ago in The Chronicle. The column highlights notable events, people, and local milestones that shaped the community's history.
A fragmentary front page notes an ornate portrait and names Dro CoE Maxfield, Hertha Nollen, and Bert Ver Merve amid wedding mentions and community events. It reports a farm work plan and a train incident injuring a man, a Meindert Veenstra collapse, and city waterworks discussions. Fire chief A J Vander Meade leads city efforts, and citizens debate Park and bandstand activities in Garden Square.
Central College hosts a fine geological collection in Science Hall donated earlier. K Schreiner, father of William Schreiner of Fella and chief engineer for the Des Moines Winterset and Creston Electric Railway, advised the City Council on water supply. An Autopstan tile layer advertised for farmers claims to minimize soil damage and speed tiling, needing only two horses. William Jennings Bryan spoke at the Jeffersonian banquet in Des Moines with several Pella men in attendance. A tale compares Bryan’s eloquence to Demosthenes.
Forty years ago Prairie and Summit Township residents oversubscribed the third liberty loan. By 00.00 volunteers completed the solicitation in one day, with quota at 83 250 and purchases at 122 550 dollars. Ray Vander Wal, Central student, went to Washington to work in Civil Service along with Clarence Uerkens Marion Wormhoudt Marion Moat and H P Lankelma. A farewell wiener roast was held in De Haan's pasture. Contractors Charles Lautenbach and James Verhey won a cann ing plant bid for Warfield Pratt Howell of Des Moines but later Verhey joined forces with Lautenbach withdrawing his bid. Wedding noted between A N Vander Linden and Mrs Marriet McDonald at the N P Scholte home. Tester Welle and Henry Ver Steeg aboard a 700 foot ship playing in the ship's hand. ship name censored. Public sentiment grows against German language teaching in schools. Several locals including Harry Awtry Russell Van Zante Frank Den Adel John N Vander Linden and Roy Van Skike left for Kansas City to train at a motor school for an army project. George Boyd of Des Moines, formerly of Pella, also there. Newton item reports Jack Boatsma ill with pneumonia but recovering. Mrs S Schwackenberg pens a story about her work as a typesetter at the Pella Blade and the Copperhead with associates C M Moore C De Vos J H Betzer and H M McCully. A domestic science teacher from Oregon tells pupils the frying pan is wasteful for meats and suggests a casserole to retain juices.
A farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Hohn Robertus burned completely while they were in Pella. The article lists local High School students from Vander Syde Pella and Sigourney during music contests, awards, and activities. It notes a heavy snow, a lineman's injury, coal mining disputes, and a road delay caused by stalled trains near Des Moines.
The article notes a fry pan dubbed “a utensil good only for pioneers” by a woman. It mentions George Valkenburg and Cornice Van Rees enlisting in the Navy and training at Great Lakes. Dora Van Vark presented a flag of five stars to Rube Brand, manager of the Pella Tigers, honoring five men serving: Welle, Henri er Steeg, Frank Den Adel, John N Vander Linden, and Warry Koopman, proudly displayed in his shop.
72 year old Keyes of Monticello ends a 47 year practice inclining 37 years in Monticello. The longtime optometrist retires after a lengthy career serving local patients.
The 1938 front page features eight Tulip Queen candidates led by Elaine Vander Ploil with others including Anna Joyce Klein Janet Ely Sara Schakel Leona Schilder ZinIa Van Gorp Dorothy Van Vee Van Vark and Bern ave Vander Linden plus a Society page birthday tribute to Mrs Wilson marking her 90th. Paintings by Vernon Robbitt are shown at Youngers Tearoom Des Moines while the Tulip operetta The Blue Tulip rehearsals star Anne Tysseling Bruce Gardner and Marty Sixsmith. a mural for Pella’s post office by Byron Boyd is exhibited. store moves and a Chamber of Commerce plan announce the Tulip Queen and Attendants at a Legion Hall event.
Flor Geurts named head of near Softball organization as Pella joins a league of ten teams amid 1947 interest. Leighton quartet John De Prenger Nellie Rempe Nancy De Cock and Andrew De Kock won amateur talent show funds for high school band uniforms performing Dutch skit and song Katarina My Darling. Kenneth Vander Linden served as M C. Eli Hollebrands resigned after 14 years with County Farm Welfare, party tendered.
A speech from the Arizona Newspaper Association's Phoenix gathering laments a nation of skimmers who skim headlines and TV and radio spoon feeding, urging deeper reading, discussion, and civic engagement to restore values, knowledge, and responsible participation in government and society.
The fragment recounts August 1934 work by a employee group, Visser visitors to Holland reporting high living costs, a storm at sea aboard Jeun Amsterdam injuring seven and $75,000 in ship damage. New Holland rebuilds replace war losses. Blom buys Terpstra land north of Pella. a Sioux Center Legion Post movie permit prompts local council debate over entertainment. A.J. Dahm spreads salvaged pavement materials at Pool Park. soil district plans add 70 million acres to U.S. farmland with demos drawing large crowds.
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