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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1952
Page
3
A reflective column notes the fallacy of postponing better deeds, citing seasonal weariness with yard work and office drudgery. It contrasts chores like mowing, weeding, and painting with vacation time, urging action now rather than later.
A Des Moines Register story notes Iowa Broadcasting Association members urged termination of WOI-TV at Iowa State College as a commercial station and pressed the college to disclose future plans. The piece contrasts this with defense of WOI-TV by Dr. Charles Finley and calls out press and public reaction across a broad editorial survey.
Editorials from Ephraim Utah Chronicle Northwood Anchor and others decry censorship and praise American voter competence. They discuss marriage jokes, political machine control, and the steel strike’s broad economic impact, noting delayed production, job losses, and long recovery ahead.
Brief reminiscences and notices from past Chronicle pages marking anniversaries and notable events. The column highlights items from ten, twenty, eighty, and forty years ago, reflecting local history and community memories.
A front page note recalls cannons on Central College grounds being relocated to Garden Square for cement foundations near the Soldier's monument, a project led by the G A R Circle. The War Department to supply cannon balls for a pyramid display.
Sixty people were employed in the canning plant and manager A Verploegh said the plant would be enlarged before another season. Professor Lyman Van Houten left for Iowa City to assist at Iowa University. Two young men, Olive and Dotterer, opened a candy kitchen and lunch counter in the Dennis Block on East Franklin, after a previous venture in Knoxville.
Reports from September 7, 1922 note about a dozen women at a canning plant striking for 20 to 26 cents per hour. The outcome was not yet known while other items mention a continued rail strike, a court injunction against strikers, and the era’s Adjusted Compensation Bill debates.
Twenty years ago in Pella, Farmers Holiday Association members withheld produce for higher prices, 318 dozen eggs distributed to needy families, nine gallons of cr used, Central College freshmen numbered fifty, football practice with six lettermen, Len Winter coaching, Rural Carriers Convention in Pella with C. C. Dowell speaking, Old clothing distributed by Red Cross led by Jacob Plender, Verle Ver Dught star of the Independents softball win, community auction using scrip for goods, bootleg whisky tales cited in This ella column.
John Vander Meulen of Bellwood Nebraska attended the 75th anniversary as an old-timer. Mr and Mrs C W Brinkhaft were seen at Smith Brookhart event labeled purely political by editor William Young. Brookhart campaigned for the Senate without any local Republican committee support and was called a radical.
A 1942 issue highlights Central College’s upcoming 90th year opening on September 16. It notes 29 men training at Pella Airport with 30 more to start, plus Navy interest in the Civilian Pilot Training Coll. Leona Schilder is pictured after her first solo flight in a Cub from Pella Airport.
In reflecting on the recent Republican convention, the piece notes youth dominated the proceedings and signals potential shifts for the party. It contrasts the old guard’s control with young veterans who fought in World War II taking charge, hoping the new regime will shape the country’s future. It praises the energy of younger voters and urges the old guard to back the changes for the nation’s needs.
Front page promotes United Service Women in Pella and notes many wives and mothers of servicemen join. A fund drive shows $2,077 raised toward an $1,803 quota. Local band to Sully for a goodwill concert. News spans farm life at William Ozinga's field, home for the aged images, new organ pipes, and a drowning death of Clarence Van Rees near Lake Keomah. Cancer watch adds national figures from the American Cancer Society.
A reflection by HOWARD BORKE wonders how modern cars would fare on old dirt paths. The piece notes that roads lag behind cars, causing accidents, and emphasizes balanced livestock feeding. It argues many profits hinge on supplying proteins vitamins minerals and trace elements alongside grains and pasture.
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