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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1957
Page
7
Thought of the Week stresses that freedom to speak begins with listening and forming defended opinions. An honest view requires attentive listening before forming and defending conclusions.
A Senate committee report on juvenile delinquency advocates federal forestry camps to rehabilitate delinquent boys. Senator Kefauver cited costs but argued benefits equal or exceed reform schools. Also notes highway widening debates in Pella and Estherville and Norway’s stance on nuclear weapons and U S bases in Europe.
A press convention urged publishers and media groups to recruit young people for journalism, noting a 40 percent drop in enrollments and stressing the strong demand for communications careers. Professors and editors called for scholarships, loans, and outreach to high schools to showcase opportunities.
Washington Evening Journal notes that quorum drives require incentives like a three course dinner. The Knoxville Journal cites a bill mandating state treasurer investment of surplus funds to gain revenue for the treasury. Northwood Anchor argues Beck’s Teamsters leadership revelation could spur cleanup, broader union reforms, and stricter controls on labor power to prevent economic monopoly.
Items of interest from The Chronicle recall notable events from 10 20 40 and 60 years ago. Readers find a compact roll call of memories highlighting local people places and happenings that shaped the period and the community.
Fifty years ago on April 25 1907 Vifty businessmen met at the Pella Stacker Co offices to organize a Commercial Club. I Rhynsburger elected president Geelhoo vice president Stout secretary Vander Ploeg treasurer. Local events include a baseball fatality Orrie McWilliams died from a gumdrop mishap. Voters approved electric streetcar line with coal mine access. Public square hitching racks debate in Oskaloosa. Wedding of Katherine De Benyn to Herman Veenstra noted. Central College fundraising and civic plans also reported along with traffic accidents and a Home for the Aged talk. Carnegie Viersen library progress and railroad electrification chatter noted with mixed sentiment.
Front page note arches patriotism as World War I in the U S intensifies. Ford Motor Co speaker touts a standard repair program with fixed charges in Ford garages. In Pella, John Liter wins a Gun Club shooting event with a 124 rock break score.
A two column feature sketches a range of local life topics from sports to civic issues. Highlights include Perkins era racing results and a tough match involving Boland and Gilbert, Federated Club guest plans, a fire truck funding protest, a Creston farm buy, Drake University relays, Vanden Berg enlisting, Central College baseball victory, Jimmie Lowe’s pitching, funeral attendance for W H Bootsma, weddings, travels, and Central College alumni in Annville and India.
Ed C. Breuklander the policeman and night watchman died of a stroke after a fall from a stool in the Blue Moon Cafe while waiting for coffee. Front page photo shows a new Rock Island gas electric passenger car and locomotive unit, 72 feet long. Chamber of Commerce men agree to underwrite a Fourth of July pageant and celebration for the Legion Post, with Commander George Lankelma citing a $1500 minimum self-financing goal. A child in Rever end Mulder family received a minor head bump when a Ford failed to see her as it rolled over her on the pavement. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. recently built its one...
Twenty years ago the new federal building post office opens for business drawing happy merchants on the square expecting more traffic and commerce. Tulip Time promoters lay out three caravan tours to towns such as Des Moines Colfax Prairie City Newton and Monroe Oskaloosa Sigourney Montezuma Grinnell Knoxville Chariton Indianola Osceola Albia and Louisa with a fifty piece band in Dutch costume. L W Hartley and Teddy De Winter lead the committee with a mass Legion Hall meeting to discuss Central College expansion presented by I J Lubbers and Professor George Mennenga. Dates May 10 to 15 for the 1937 Tulip event.
The Federated Club will sponsor a tulip show judged by a horticulturist from Town State College Ames. W H Fowler hired F M Lantz of Warsaw Indiana as manager of his phone company. Paris Kentucky farm interest and a modern front on Wilson Jewelry Store are reported. Central College alumni and The Century Club aim to raise 60000 for a men's dormitory, with William P Bosch as chair.
Front page snapshots show Marilla Vander Muelen with her mother and Miss Spence after winning the state spelling contest in Des Moines and heading to the nationals in Washington. Kvelin, a Central College biology senior, earned a Yale fellowship under Miss Alice Carlson. Tulip Time dates moved to May 15 to 17 due to late spring, while 26 elder men dined with the Rotary Club. The Centennial Pageant prep looms large as deer herds near Boone reach 150 in one count. Simpson College athletes beat Central in a recent encounter.
A national shift toward publishing juvenile offenders names is discussed. Arizona allows reporting names in most stories, while Iowa and Marshalltown vary by policy. The Times-Republican of Newton will omit under 18 names in juvenile court but may use names for serious crimes and in open or municipal courts, urging ongoing reassessment as juvenile vandalism rises.
Central dominated the meet with a 95 to 36 score led by Clay Barnett as high point man and first in two hurdle races. Marcia Kuyper wore a Dutch costume with wooden shoes and pinned a tulip to Governor Robert Blue's coat during the April capitol visit by the Pella Dutchmen.
A reflective note urges readers to avoid mockery when misfortune befalls others, warning that such laughter could mirror one’s own future sorrow and harm. The piece emphasizes empathy, dignity, and shared humanity in everyday interactions.
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