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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1957
Page
3
The Transylvania Times urges entering students to pursue college paths despite fears about overpopulation. It cites birthrate projections, potential wars over living space, and ongoing global hunger, warning the next generation faces unresolved problems while encouraging perseverance toward education.
Iowans remark the battleship Iowa will be placed in moth balls by year end. Once among the four most powerful ships, Iowa joined Missouri Wisconsin and New Jersey as retired veterans. Replaced by carrier strike power, its 16 inch guns obsolete, the famed Fast Carrier Task Force legacy ends with the last of the battle wagons.
The piece recalls Isocrates delivering a 345 quote about changing views on wealth and virtue. It notes his 98 years and his despair leading to self-inflicted death as a reflection on whether prosperity is morally condemned. The passage links ancient concern to a modern free enterprise critique.
Public Relations Counselor W Howard Chase urged a shift from linking aid to anti Soviet aims. He said the United States should offer social and economic help to underdeveloped peoples to maintain democracy and human dignity, not to threaten or destroy Communism. He contrasted American fear with European pragmatism and urged optimism about global productivity and peace.
The Grinnell Herald-Register comments on littering as crude behavior and laments low turnout at a city budget hearing where only two residents attended a nearly $600,000 plan. The piece notes the public’s gripe at tax time and discusses generational views of youth, praising independence and leadership while noting ongoing changes and the stubborn notion that youth will progress.
Items of interest from The Chronicle recalling events from 10, 20, 40, 50 and 80 years past. The column highlights notable people, places and milestones that shaped local history.
Fifty years ago the Pella independents defeated the Oskaloosa Brownies in Pella by 6 to 1. Blow pitched and drove in the Brownies sole run, while Ed Donai and Walker Sadler strengthened the lineup. The team had won 6 to 4 at Lynnville a week earlier, with solid hitting on Allee and Croll. Also noted: death of LH Van Spanekeren, born 1820 in Amsterdam, journeying via Baltimore and St. Louis to Pella in 1848, survived by kin. harvest gathering at East Prairie. farmers and families attending. local news of travels and lectures. printer injury. and yard cleanup reminders.
Four decades ago the city council adopted a 51 mill salary for various operating funds with a total need of $23,450. Farmers reported 26 bushels and $82.50 income per acre from sales at $2.50 per bushel. Neighbors celebrated He man Wheeler’s birthday with a basket dinner. Central College Auxiliary plans a September talk by Mrs Ise Campbell of Iowa State College on home economics. R K Hamilton marketed war food profits in Red River Valley and Dakota Districts as land-buying ads urged action.
In a Webster classic era note, a land lease offers 30 to 80 dollars per acre with a single strong crop covering costs. Mrs. William W. De Bruin visits town as the Winn Nebago mission ties surface. Carl Rogers returns to Pella after work with the Radcliffe Chautauqua Co. in Washington.
A beer hiked by a wheel caused a racing car mishap near Marion while Al Koepke of Indianapolis led the race. About four thousand residents attended the Farm Bureau picnic in Garden Square and speakers from Indiana Iowa and Mahaska counties addressed farm groups and union officials.
Twenty years ago Central College announced the appointment of Vernon Bobbitt to establish a new department. Bobbitt, a Denver University graduate with studies at Grandville Ohio Iowa State College and Des Moines Cumming Art School, had exhibited numerous paintings. His father was Reverend.
Ten years ago in August 1947 Fred Whalley a public schools instrumental music instructor was pictured after earning a master’s degree at MacPhail College of Minneapolis The issue also features a lead story with a large photo detailing the destruction by fire of Waechter Lumber Yard and its aftermath.
In the early hours Sunday a building burned rapidly to ashes as firefighters battled towering flames. The Otley and Leighton pupils were rerouted to Pella High by a second bus. Pella Merchants, 8th district softball champions, were featured with officials from that season. Groundbreaking for a new Reformed Church at Sully was reported with Pastor Arther Benn ink. A charity plow terrace contest on Sherwood Farm near Pella crowned Howard Beckout of Columbia as winner. Bankers sponsored the event, serving beef. Pitman sold his Northwood Anchor stake to Leon Barnes after 31 years. he once edited the Pella Chronicle. Movie stars Lewis Stone, Faye Holden, and Mickey Rooney headlined Love Laughs at Andy Hardy at New Holland Theater.
A compact aphorism from Doe Anklam emphasizes self-reliance as the core value for retirement planning. It frames personal resilience and proactive health and finances as essential for a secure later life.
A Des Moines natural resources board hearing in Cherokee weighs farm needs for Little Sioux water against fishermen’s conservation concerns. Seven farmers seek irrigation water. critics warn removal could reach millions of gallons, potentially half the river’s flow. Similar hearings loom in Ida Grove on Maple River. Under state law permits are required before withdrawing river water.
Edward A. Keller of Notre Dame notes a common belief that the term Dixie originated from a Negro affinity for a Manhattan slave owner named Dixie, arguing that without a right to disassociate there is no right to join unions.
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