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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1945
Page
3
A reflective column surveys James Byrnes speech on honoring commitments and liberalized wartime controls. It contrasts prewar graft with postwar restraint, warns of dangers from electric fences, and notes Ernie Pyle's widow opposing a memorial, urging clear plans and budgets. It links global peace to unity, urging leaders and citizens to act toward a unified One World.
Editorial notes that the Charter's final text outdistanced earlier plans for international organizations. It quotes Molotov from San Francisco, asserting Soviet reliability in defending peace and security, and praising the Soviet Union, government, Red Army, and Stalin as champions of the cause.
The Colfax Tribune honors long term local business leaders and steady community figures who endure through depressions wars and bank failures. It contrasts stable residents with transient newcomers who leave after causing friction and unsettled goodwill.
The item recalls 1930s era events in Pella including theater backdrop work by Tonie Gysen at Tension Hall, PWA and WPA agency explanations, a move by R. H. Dodds to open a ready to wear store, the Huey Leng murder at Baton Rouge, a Junior Chamber feed for the college football team, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Top Hat drawing crowds, locals John Robertus and Jacob Grant with home grown melons, Keith Tait returning from Town City after jaw surgery, and notes on the new corn hog program and a Colfax high school game prep led by Coach Tiny Wilkins with a long list of players.
The Sept 17 1926 issue marked the Fall Opening with 16 pages and two bargain days on September 26. Advertisements urged telephone franchise talks, Stewart Warner radios priced 65 to 450, Essex Coach at 795, Hudson cars 1196 to 1698. A barn burned on the Arie Bogade place near Pella. fair prize winners from Marion County noted. Leater Welle’s Fuller Brush unit in Chicago earned fifth nationwide.
The report mentions Jon Boyd a former Pella athlete in Henryetta Oklahoma engaged to Ber bice Wilson of Bartlesville with Kansas State University ties. Indianola boards and council conflict over hitching racks erupt in town as farmers push back.
30 Years Ago September 16 1915 Pella items recount Marie Synhorst and Rhynsburger weddings at family homes Joe Rhynsburger with Citizens National Bank and North Rhynsburger with Ray Van Maren Rock Island Railroad. Huip Breuklander burned by gasoline fire. Town reunion with 86 veterans. Lake Prairie District Fair ad highlights Wahlund trio Teckla Trio La Noles. Roosevelt remark drew editor’s ire. Skunk River flood risk again. Floyd Gambell’s new Broadway home. Sleepy Sam the Sleuth filmed in Pella. J H Thomassen buys Jake Bayless store. Emory OBrien “Bull OBrien” visit. Vander Zyl furnishes coal to schools. Ben Van Spanckeren lists sale property. Weather notes and visits by Marion Gosselink.
Edna Van Doren was invited to Bussey to whistle for the Woodmen of the World. S.R. Lipman and Henry J. Van der Van of Sioux County attend the old Iowa Reunion and a veteran driver resigned to join a new school building project. Harry Awtry and Will Ver Ploeg went to Ames to enter Iowa State College.
A wartime notice outlines sugar and canned goods stamps with valid dates through late 1945 and details nonrationing on fuel oil and other items. It also requires inspection for commercial motor vehicles every 5,000 miles or six months, whichever comes first.
George Washington fought soil erosion on Mount Vernon as early as 1769. He used measures from harrowed fields, straw and grass to curb gullies and protect crops, noting that immediate profits mattered less than restoring worn lands. Washington advised overseers to restore soil with grass as the remedy.
Pamela longs for a lavender dress and her mother weighs self esteem against a wardrobe compromise. To satisfy the girl she buys a skirt in the same shade and a white blouse, giving Pamela a lavender outfit that flatters her hair and eyes. A lesson from the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station note concludes.
On August 25 residents and friends gathered to honor Peter Vos who reached 62. A series of visits from Rev William Goulooze and Mrs Goulooze of Holland MI and others from Peoria Wellsiung Malvern and Prairie City accompanied the observance. Several families including De Jong, De Boer, Den Hartog, Hugen and Smorenberg offered congratulations and support.
Prairie City visitors Mr and Mrs Marinus Aalbers and two children travel from Prairie City to see Mrs G Bosma. Grand Rapids guests Mr and Mrs Joe Vanden Berg and son Johnnie visit W Den Hartog and C Weeda families. Relatives Mei Van Mersbergen and sisters from Grand Rapids and Oskaloosa stop by Geenen. Missionaries Rev George Gosselink and family from Arabia arrive in Pella and visit their son and daughter in law.
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