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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1943
Page
2
Pella area news features volunteers delivering war posters and a new shift toward homefront work. Veterans and families share stories of service including Gene Worm and Arthur Vogelaar. Community members attend farms, church events, births, deaths, and medical updates while rainfall and temperatures shape daily routines.
Longstanding county extension director Walter Brown retires. He praises local farm programs, critiques county farm bureau leaders, and urges Marion County to unite as a single community supporting agriculture, soils, livestock, 4-H, and women's home projects.
Visitors from Iowa and Illinois called on residents at the Home for the Aged including Mrs G Bosma Mrs Arie De Hoed and Mrs L Popma. Numerous relatives from Peoria Leighton Lynnville Kellogg Eddyville Des Moines and Chicago visited residents. On Aug 17 the home remembered Mrs FE Lepeltak turning 75.
From Our Service Men Don Skiver earns his wings and is commissioned an ensign in the U S Naval Reserve after graduating from the Air Training Center in Corpus Christi. He is a former Coral College student and the story recalls residential life and training details amid wartime notes.
Adrian P De Haan an Armed Guard center sailor writes from New Orleans detailing a voyage at sea his awe at rainbow colors on the water and the contrast between holy worship and worldly life. He praises the ship Ensign fair treatment on Sundays expresses longing to return home for Christmas and requests prayers for his family.
In a veterans column from Boca Raton Field and nearby posts, Corp. Robert Hoeksema notes big mosquitoes in Florida and at his station. He swears they are fussy, with one even sitting on him one night as he reads Chronicles from home. He mentions Richard Vos and shared letters from Pella hiya crews.
A roster style item detailing numerous servicemen with names and assignments, including Ervin Mathes at Camp Luna New Mexico and various APO and post office addresses. The text reads as a roll of individuals bound for or stationed at different U.S. military posts and overseas postings, reflecting wartime era documentation.
The Des Moines Army Aviation Cadet Examining Board announced on Tuesday that Melvin Van Duren, 18, son of Mr and Mrs A A Van Duren of New Sharon Iowa, has successfully qualified for training as an aviation cadet with the Army Air Forces.
San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center Texas includes 166 cadets from Iowa among the largest classes to enter preflight pilot training. They will move from primary to advanced flying schools to earn silver wings. One cadet named Joe D Woods from 225 Carson Street Pella Iowa is listed in the class.
A battered voice recalls trudging through mud and sun as a soldier longs for relief from fatigue and fear. He imagines days when the war ends, the Axis flags lower, and God guides a peaceful world, quoting from the World Washington Herald.
A homespun appeal urges readers to endure rationing and buy war bonds. It contrasts shortages at home with civilians abroad, praising patience, patriotism, and collective sacrifice to support the war effort across the pond. The piece emphasizes unity and civic duty to preserve liberty.
In a reflective public notice a speaker urges Christians to shed prejudice and bigotry, embracing mercy and love. The passage calls for restraining dogmatic views, respecting Sabbath observance, and preparing aviation cadets to protect loved ones from destruction, emphasizing support, skill, and morale for national service.
Herman Zwank Hart 63 an insurance man suffered a cut to the left hand and possible rib fracture when his car collided with a truck driven by Gerrit Wittenburg 30 near the Gerri Van der Molen farm north of Peoria. Wittenburg escaped uninjured as his truck overturned spilling lime. Zwank’s left front damaged.
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