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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1947
Page
3
The column notes tulips are a week behind due to cold wet weather with late bloom possible. It suggests adjusting festival dates if needed, forecasts when blooms will be at their best, and praises careful planting and skilled park staff for strong displays, while Holland remains the standard for top bulbs.
Nancy Heron of Quincy Massachusetts writes to a great daily newspaper noting Easter's shift toward commercialism and Easter rabbits. She urges keeping religious meaning for children and contrasts Christmas and Easter with what children learn at school and at home. Her frank observations highlight need to teach the real significance of these holy days.
Knoxville Journal notes the Marion County Selective Service Board completed its duty on October 81, 1946, after forming on October 16, 1940. Chairman Marcus Stickle says the board met through the war, gave patriotic service, and examined over four thousand men amid protests and petitions for release.
The Chronicle salutes eight men who served on the Board, led by Marcus Stickle and Marian DeWitt Flanders, praising their integrity as files close. It condemns Colorado's slot machine legalization and tax scheme, laments linking school funds to vice taxes, and attacks Petrillo era radio control and the rise of the Radio Writers Guild, urging defense of free, independent creativity.
Editorial notes in brief column form discuss a bridegroom's burden after a failed marriage, the value of tolerance per Rotary Bulletin, and the decline of country schools now replaced by consolidated ones. It also quotes Senator Ball criticizing the closed shop as restricting individual freedom and work opportunity.
In May 1907 at Louella a man fired a shotgun into a crowd of youths courting his daughter, injuring several and costing one man his eye. The shooter, Wilson, was arrested. Other items note a May wedding in the Renaud home, rural carrier pay talks, Navy enlistment, Severn’s Germany Holland lecture, Keables Drug sodas, and community plans in Pella including a Baptist college site push and early baseball.
Messrs Harris and Smith and Mr Blank of the Pella Waterloo and Southwestern Railway company surveyed the ground near Columbia for a proposed new road still in the dream stage. The project never materialized.
May 10 1917 report notes a high school mass meeting to inform citizens about the newly organized Red Cross Chapter and its war work in battlefields and hospitals with Dr Mei of Des Moines as speaker. Other items include Pella High beating New Sharon 19 to 1, Central College loss to Highland Park 13 to 1, and local business, social, and campus notes.
A Saturday holiday trip extended to Attica and beyond, covering forty one miles on dirt roads. Five men, Harry De Reus Kenneth Byram Mark Mc Williams Joe Boyd and Jimmy Lowe, applied for admission to an officers training camp at Ft Snelling Minnesota after passing the exams. The Pella National Bank purchased Liberty bonds first issue valued at $30 000 marking the start of war bond sale campaigns to finance World War I.
May 5 1927 issue notes gas proposal to supply city delayed by Knoxville visitors. Legion Post contracts with Rogers Co for July 4 pageant. G I Vanden Berg and Carl Beyer on committee. Legion planted 20 Arbor Vitae trees in South Park to honor WWI dead. Federated Club had started the project. West Marion County residents urge road graveling priority for Primary No. 6. Pella High earns Superior rating at Knoxville Music Contest. Earl Van Rees wins violin, Charles Mitten vocal. Local shooters at Oskaloosa tied scores. Jahn leads in 100 bird class. Rysdam tops Pella in 50 bird. Federated Club promotes showing The Scarlet Letter to raise funds for West Park beautification. Windy Zondervan to Newton to manage Maytags ball club.
Ten years ago in Pella April 29 1981 the new post office and federal building costing 55000 opened. Editor Good notes desks unchanged. A mass Legion Hall meeting would reveal Central College expansion plans. I J Lubbers promoted public speeches while "Little Holland of the Prairies" featured. A goodwill tour to southern Iowa towns was planned for the Festival. The band and two hundred attendees joined the excursion as South Side merchants praised the new building. Meulpolder Brothers finished planting an apple orchard.
A columnist warns that gray market car sales bypass dealer pricing, with cars sold as new yet registered as used to dodge retail prices. Dealers from smaller towns chase imports from Chicago and Detroit, inflating costs for average buyers while manufacturers and policy shifts fail to curb inflation. The piece blames relaxed controls after OPA removal and argues small buyers will never afford new cars.
The 15 acre All-Star Fox Ranch west of the city hosts a Tulip Festival with seven hundred trees planted. Dr L M Henry spoke on wealth distribution over Station WHO Des Moines. The Henry family moved to Davenport where he joined a chiropractic hospital staff. The festival was postponed one week due to late season.
The Legion assumed coordination duties for Tulip Time preparations at West Market Park, taking charge of planning, logistics, and volunteer organization to ensure event readiness.
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