Fishin Thought Of The Week And A Fisherman Tale
A weekly meditation links soil care to moral strength as Charles Taft of the Federal Council of Churches urges rehabilitating land in spiritual terms. The second piece recalls an Iowan’s two year fishing drought and a patient return to the lake and a humorous jab at licensing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon
Charles
Taft
Federal Council of Churches
Inenokatte
Towa
Dbeliman Farm
Amer Foremost I
A Call for Big Money and Scientific Warfare Reform
A editorial urges massive funding for medical research to combat polio epidemics in the nation, proposing a million millon dollar program akin to an atomic effort. It argues for recruiting top scientists to find a cure and questions the current approach to progress and prevention. The piece then critiques political conventions and urges electoral reform to end the party primary system and return to citizen choice in voting. It advocates reform to combat disenfranchisement and restore democratic processes through direct voter action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
North Carolina
California
Congress
America
Progressive Party
Soviet Union
Flies and Polio Effort Faces Local Skepticism
Citizens rejected the fly control drive with excuses such as disbelief, flies coming from farms, or not being bothered by pests. The piece argues for action to prevent polio and frames the issue alongside Osborn's resources inventory, noting soil erosion and conservation efforts led by farmers, with bankers supporting terraces and conservation practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feted Club
Polio
Singh
Vella
Osborn
New York
Fairfield
Sein
U.S. Soils Conservation Service
Soils District
John Vanden Board
The 100th Million Automobiles Marked Late Summer
Editorials discuss the approaching 100th millionth car to roll off U S assembly lines amid unforeseen delays. The column notes the milestone while considering production timelines and industry scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa Herald
Events at the New Sharon and Pella area fair and military draft notices
A storm forced attendance home as boosters escorted the New Sharon Band to Vella for fair publicity. Local graduates and servicemembers return home from leave while John Ter Louw resumes studies in Holland Michigan. Edna Ruth Black marries Louis B. Bousquet. A full column covers substitutes for wheat in bread making. Men aged 18 to 45 must register on September 12 with registration sites listed in Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Fred Paassen
Lakex
Will Vande Voort
John Ter Louw
Seattle, Washington
Holland, Michigan
Western Theological Seminary
Waechter Lumber Company Front Page Tribute 1928
The September 13 1928 space issue centers on Waechter Lumber Company featuring A Waechter Gradus Waechter and the lumber yard. It includes congratulatory ads from lumber and hardware wholesalers marking the 18th anniversary and notes Trade Merit Days cooperative sales by merchants. Edith Kyger of Des Moines married Willard De Winter of Pella in society items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waechter
Edith Kyger
Des Moines
Willard de Winter
Pella
Oskaloosa Giants win Pella tourney in 1908
40 Years Ago report notes the Oskaloosa Giants took first place in a Pella tourney with Pella Lynnville and Leighton. Leighton second Lynnville and Pella tied for last. Players listed include Sparks Jar Lewis and Carl Clark umpired all frames. Several local events described include a runaway carriage incident near Harvey, Bryan Club formation, hospital reports, school ball game results, and railway booster meeting funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa Giants
Pella
Lynnville
Leighton
Li Sparks
Jar
Lewis
Oskaloosa
Carl Clark
Asa Catlin
Walker Sadler
Harvey
Astraddie
Catlin
Walker
Knoxville
B. Edmonson
Dorothy Wormhoudt
Peter Bloem
Bussey
Bert van Vark
Will Rhynsburger
Waterloo, Pela and Southwestern Railway
BE. A. Harris
B. F. Kenbles
H. F. Johnson
J.P. Klein
A. N. Kuyper
J. 8. Rhynsburger
Herman Rietveld
30 Years Ago Prominent Local War Efforts in September 1918
In 1918, Central College prepared men for military training under the Student Army Training Corps with government supplied uniforms and instructors. Peter R. Meyer was the sole Knoxville registrant since June. Cordova merchants H C Williamson and D C Renaud planned a cash-based store after Sept 10 to align with wartime efficiency. Red Cross leader Bert Baron hosted Camp Dodge veteran Sergeant James McGovern in Pella to inspire donations, aided by Carl Ver Steeg and Robert Lautenbach. Gari De Vries, Robert Lautenbach, and Walter Halbert headed to Des Moines to enlist in the Navy for Newport, Rhode Island. Knoxville Senior Girls Band performed in Pella before a storm disrupted the concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
Student Army
Knoxville
Peter R. Meyer
H. C. Williamson
D. C. Renaud
Cordova
Bert Baron
Red Cross
James McGovern
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Pella
Carl Ver Steeg
Gari de Vries
Robert Lautenbach
Walter Halbert
Death and life news from Pella Chronicle, Sept 15, 1938
Ten years ago LeRoy Kimmell, a devoted Chronicle employee, died of a heart ailment at a young age. Central College enrolled 279 with football prospects under Coach Tusseling. Warren Van Sittert joined Chronicle engraving after Pel la High. The Junior Chamber of Commerce minstrel show was set for October 7 and 8. City bonds default prompted new bonds after pavements and assessments. Ben Sack visited Cincinnati with his son and daughter-in-law Harold Sack. Cincinnati trip noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Kimmell
The
Chronicle
Welle
Central College
Coarch Tusseling
Drake
Warren van Sittert
Pella High
Chamber of Commerce
Harry Sixsmith
Pella
Ben Sack
Harold Sack
Cincinnati
Whose School Busses Are They
A letter rebukes the Iowa state department of education for centralizing control over school bus use for Red Cross Water Safety classes. The writer urges local boards of education to decide bus matters without Des Moines dictation and warns against further centralization and hiring or firing of local custodians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgaad
Red Cross
State Department of Education
Iowa
Boards of Education
Jessie Parker
Des Moines
State Department
Local Pella News Highlights From City Visit and Society Portraits
A visiting resident enjoyed sightseeing and reconnected with two old friends during a stay in the city. Art lessons for credit were offered at public schools with Vernon Hobbitt of Central College as instructor. Herbert Wormhoudt will recital at the Reformed Church after a pictured spread featuring J B Grandin, J C De Bruin and Antonie Vander Waal, officers of the Bear Ye One Another Burdens Insurance Society, in its fortieth year. Vander Waal has led the society as president since founding. Mr and Mrs Bert Stegeman were photographed in Central Park, visiting from New Sharon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Hobbitt
Central College
Herbert Wormhoudt
Herbert
J.B. Grandin
J.C. de Brui
Antonie Vander Waal
Bear Ye
Vander Want
Bert Stegeman
Central Park
Pella
New Sharon
Watermelon party and orchard notes from Pella town
The clipping describes a long absent mother related to Mrs Stoggeman, Rolseveen Company workers sharing watermelons raised by Boat, a county story about a drought north of Pella with a high crop harvest, a doctor lifting eighty apples, and an orchard project. It notes Kjeth Verhey and family in Pella installing an electric pipe crane and Keith Verhey playing organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James ‘Temes
Verbey
Thatity
Keith
Chattanooga
Verheys
Pella
Syben
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pella Chronicle
Natic Mie
Towa Pre
LEDITORIAL_ ASSOCIATION of Member
HH. Sadler
George Ver Steeg
D. Sadler Publishing Co
Poat
Belin
Lowa
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Lake Keomah
Biller
Aoga
Eddyville Tribune
Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
By Mai
United States
Justice
Fliteo
Tyme
Possil Central College
TA. Garrison
Fife
Peter Stubenrauch
Chicao
TH. van Spanckeren
L. Reerink
Sully
Okota
Henry, Vanden Vever
New Mexico
Vanden Dever
W. W. Brown
Rock Island Railway
South Pella
Dick Leydens
Pella Rendering Service
Juste
Fowler Telephone Company
Rockwell City Advocate
Life Insurance
New York Life Insurance Co
M. M. Dockendorff
Colonial
Ford
Feee
Dearborn
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