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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1948
Page
3
By Sadler Publishing Co. 728 Main St Pella Iowa. Local historical notice appears on the page with publishing credit and address. No further details are readable in the fragment.
A reflective column blends Dr Hancher’s graduation address with summer memories in Iowa and Pella. It honors wise choices, suggests community planning for growth near schools and churches, highlights old houses to replace, and notes aviation as a rising industry. It praises parental school involvement and cites a New York survey on community attitudes shaping public schools.
A symposium of rural and civic notes laments roadside tin can and garbage dumping along highways harming farmers and urging responsible disposal. Flood control praise highlights contour farming and soil conservation as profitable, with a CCC era example showing lasting topsoil preservation and moisture retention.
A casual remark equates a garage to a blacksmith shop for horses. Mrs. P. Den Adel is confined with malaria fever. The paper urges sprinkling streets near the fair grounds to curb dust from hacks and cars on South Main in late summer.
Front page notes Taft campaign swing through Pella the day after the fair with a brief speech from the train rear platform. Also reported were a severe hand injury at Buerkens Wagon factory, a small rail line stock subscription to build Waterloo Pella Southwestern, a marriage announcement for Marie Stegeman and Dr A Adolf Riedel, mission fund total of 652.10, seed corn tips from Professor Holden, Schildkret Orchestra concert at the college, local student moves to Des Moines for universities, a stereopticon lecture by R R Beard, and other community notices including a washing machine ad and various educational and church events.
Summary of alumni moves and local events from 30 years ago: Illiam Pietenpol leaves Hope College to teach physics at Unity in Pittsburgh. John Van Veen dies after serving with Rainbow Division. Worp Borgman awaits overseas duty from Camp Dix. Front-page note on Pella District Fair upcoming week with midway, fireworks and horse races. Local hiring news, Swiss goats shipped to California, and residents moving to Little Rock. May Cole to Iowa teaching job. piano quartets forming at Central College. Des Moines Coliseum to host LaToxea and Barber of Seville operas in October.
Fred White urged Pella residents to back a 100 million bond proposal for highway funding. Steve Van Rockel moved from Des Moines to manage Pella store, joining Dan positions in 1928. Obituaries note deaths of A Sonts aged 87 and T De Gelder Hospers near 90. Civil War veteran Arie Van Marel died at 87. Local illnesses include typhoid fever cases. prices show oats 30c, corn 90c, wheat 95c, hogs 8.90 to 10, cream 47c. Kuyper’s Corner quips about daytime sleep.
Ten years ago in September 1938 the Legion Post and Auxiliary planned a district entertainment in October with Ben Kuyk as committee chairman. Flood waters covered the cliffside road between Fifield and Cordova while Central’s football team lost 45 to 0 at Des Moines to Drake. Braley was the top ground-gainer. An A E A demonstration was to be held at the A W Don Adel.
The essay argues soil conservation is popular yet not practiced. It cites overcropping, larger row crops, and neglected long-term fertility. It calls for longer leases, compensation for unexhausted improvements, and laws to protect land and communities from owner neglect or destruction. It questions state intervention limits.
October event invites farm folks to learn about handy devices as wires reach rural areas. The issue records the death of Dr. J. C. Mitten, a Pella dentist since 1903, at age 74. Thieves targeted the South Pella Cafe run by Elmer Hargraves and attempted arson with kerosene on pop cases, but no major damage occurred.
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