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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1945

Page

2

Iowa soldiers in Berlin guard duty listed from Pella area

A list of Iowa men from the 82nd Airborne who guarded the American sector in Berlin includes Pella residents Sergeant Don C. Cummings and Private Tennis Tate. The item also notes multiple local family visits, hospital matters, and community updates from Pella and nearby towns during August, detailing relocations, illnesses, births, weddings, and travel of residents and relatives.

Iowa 82Nd Airborne Division Berlin Don C. Cummings Tennis Tate

Post War Flying In Your Home Town

An aviation planning article urges communities to form a local air landing facility committee to study site size cost and use before bonds or construction. It notes cross section community involvement and possible self supporting revenue, with state and national aviation bodies ready to assist. The piece appears in a continuing arts series and mentions local residents and visits in its broader community notes.

Civil Air Patrol Chamber of Commerce Washington Civil Aeronautics Administration Department of Commerce Personal Aircraft Council

Fallowing and Smother Crops Fight Weeds in Field plan

Extension plant pathologist E. DP. Sylvester of Town State College explains weed control by fallowing for two to four years, followed by heavy smother crops like sorghum, Sudan grass, or soybeans. Specific noxious weeds require tailored fallow tools and timing, with no crop loss during the process.

E. DP. Sylvester Town State College Sylvester

Harvest bread gains fans in Pella and at the Home for the Aged

Pep at the Old Home Harvest bread advertised weekly in the Chronicle wins over both young and old in Pella. Residents at the Home for the Aged report vitamins boost, while two older men chased a high kick contest ending with a head injury. Father Geenen confiscated the bread and serves cookies at coffee time.

Chronicle Pella Andrew Father Geenen

Paratroopers clash in town during operation

Yank and British paratroops jumped into a town but faced lively fighting before the town was secured. Troops then rode tanks for sixty miles, clearing snipers and pockets of resistance. Ernie’s talk drew questions about jump equipment and landing procedures. Doughnuts and root beer followed in the dining hall.

Ernie

Waechter Elected Kiwanis Vice President in Pella

Kiwanis club members met last Tuesday and elected Don ald Waechter as vice president to replace C R Tiny Wilkins who moved to Ida Grove. Pfc Ernest Klootwyk attended as guest and spoke on his war experiences from the Battle of the Bulge to the Ruhr pocket.

Ivan R. Boyer Pella Oskaloosa Conoco Continental Oil Co Ninth Avenue East Kiwanis C. R Tiny” Wilkins Ida Grove Donald Waechter Pfc Ernest Klootwyk Ernie Ruhr

Band Transport Planned For Evening Event

Linden of the Band Committee and Director Kuyper will provide passengers. Meet at 7:15 with the start near 7:30. Those with car space should call Mr. Vander Linden at phone 36 to arrange transportation.

Linden Kuyper Vander Linden

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