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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1948
Page
3
In Iowa the yearly rate is three dollars while outside Iowa it is three dollars eighty cents. Subscriptions for less than one year are thirty cents per month. This notice was entered at the post office in Pella, Iowa as mail matter.
Eleanor Roosevelt urged citizens to build peace at home by improving communities in New York City. She noted after school programs reduce delinquency and stressed that a nation cannot lead others toward tolerance without addressing domestic wrongs in towns and states.
About 1200 people attended a Knoxville hearing on the Red Rock Howell site for a large flood control and storage project. Colonel Leaf presided with fairness, noting the aim to provide flood protection while ensuring fair treatment for those affected. Delegates from Ottumwa and other towns supported reservoir construction and the statewide goal of Des Moines River watershed flood control.
A Cleveland exposition featured a heat pump demonstration using Lake Erie water as a heat source when earth pipes were impractical. The device, operated by electricity, heats or cools by reversing cycles, with Miracula gear from St. Louis aiming for volume production this year. Also notes Harold Stassen’s forthright campaign stance and voter-favoring reception.
A composite editorial note surveys many Iowa items. It cites severe 1947- third-quarter accident statistics from the Iowa Department of Public Safety with 165 deaths and 3840 injuries, questions causes and prevention. It also discusses synthetic coal oil prospects, early business slowdowns, and a Supreme Court ruling on Bible teaching in public schools, stressing balance between literature and church-state separation.
A 1908 Pella note lists Grand Army of the Republic leader Reil Ely of Kirksville to speak on Memorial Day. Officials push a six week later Chautauqua on the college campus with Karl Hlazier and Roy Lewis managing. Other items report the Home for the Aged board officers, a hotel keeper’s 50th birthday, a Des Moines river channel project, fire zone building rules, and local appointments and promotions.
Green T. Clark is recovering after a long illness and remains at home. Leon Goulooze uses a horse-drawn mower on the college campus, described as quite an invention. Pete Dykstra shot a wolf while plowing, sneaking up to kill it with a second shot. A.W. De Bruyn sold his vacant lot next to Syhenga Bakery to Herman Rietveld who plans a brick building to house Henry De Gonger's picture show The Electric Palace.
30 Years Ago item notes May 9 1918 selecting Pauline Garrison to succeed Miss Mable Jones as high school principal and listing other local news. City council orders water mains. Red Cross Food Conservation Committee formed. big Red Cross Drive parade planned May 20. Central College library and auditorium rebuilt. Captain Carl Aschenbrenner called to active service. Pella ranks high in Liberty Loan campaign with Honor Liberty Loan flag. Several residents travel or enlist for war, local autos sold, church pageant planned, and local deaths noted.
In 1928 the Golf Club near town bought fifty acres from Van Houweling to create a "beautiful playground" with a Fordson tractor and five-gang mower for upkeep. Bert McKee and Jack Welsh of Des Moines helped lay out the course. The Shorthand team and a typist squad, including Bernice Van Buren, Ruth Dykstra, and Orville Dykstra, placed in state contests. Miss Grace Pals was named sixth-grade teacher by the school board.
Ten years ago in May 1938, Maxine Van Vark won the novice typing contest at Des Moines with 65.52 wpm no errors among 500 students from 228 high schools. The front-page images include John De Vos of Grand Haven, Tulip Time attendees in wheelchairs, and officials C Vander Steese and T G Fultz. The operetta The Blue Tulip drew praise, and Vesper services at West Market Park drew thousands. Tulip blooms (5000) from Central College Industries were sent to nearby hospitals, a Zelma Rycham originated idea. John Lautenbach of New York noted.
The article urges every citizen to execute a six point plan to strengthen the town. faithful work in occupation, care of home property, intelligent involvement in public affairs, active participation in organizations, friendly attitude to neighbors and new comers, and buying local supplies to support home property. It concludes that following these steps earns neighbors’ respect as good citizens.
Ezra Temple, long time tramp preacher, stayed in town and visited friends in Coal Ridge and Knoxville. Dave Sutherland, publisher of the Montezuma Republican, appeared in Dutch costume with a big pipe. Temple had earlier lived with his family near Central College.
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