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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
3
The column notes that true good manners show when one endures rude conduct with calm, cheerful temperament. It urges readers to model grace under provocation and maintain civility regardless of others behavior.
In a Thanksgiving service at Shrine auditorium Bishop Bergan urged Americans to reflect on faith and service to God beyond rulers. The Night School vision topics in a Des Moines high school agricultur department highlighted farm year efforts, while a roof fire incident underscored the value of a ladder and water to save property.
In Leighton area neighbors band together to pick corn for a disabled farmer. Photos show good people after the harvest effort and reflect a community practice of helping those in need, illustrating the Golden Rule in daily life. This issue also praises Jewish refugees in America for overcoming hardship and upholds American values of freedom and citizenship. The piece cites merchant auctions aiding farmers and contemplates U.S. stance on Jewish persecution in Germany, urging a principled stand for rights.
An auction sale notice invites all with blood and business ties to Pella to attend weekly Saturday events. Attendees may share in a distribution of new merchandise with no strings attached, showing appreciation for local merchants.
Editorials urge practical entry points for youth via specialized skills, citing Pitkin on wedge careers from humble roles to top positions and warning against class-based pricing under the New Deal. Red Oak Express cautions that success comes from work and thrift, not loafing, and condemns government spending and heavy taxation.
The column revisits notable events from 20 to 50 years ago in Pella, reflecting on local happenings, community milestones, and poignant moments that shaped the town’s history. It highlights people, places, and dates that left a mark on residents then and now.
Fifty two years ago Ex-President Chester A Arthour died in New York. A Chicago packing house strike delayed livestock shipments for weeks and sparked farmer price grievances. J H Betzer of Seward fetched his elderly mother home. Walter Sexton moved into the vacated Main street residence. A son was born to D Kruidenier. Will Harvey and Anna Lovell wed. Mrs C Peery died in Pella, an early community settler.
Forty years ago the Wisse laundry stack was installed while R Dicleman closed out his farm sale and planned to move to Pella. Water works pipes began, disrupting ditches and removing large scales at local meat market and store. Ed Wagenaar and Murph Nol len studied at Highland Park college. P H Stubenrauch of Pella married Miss Maude Bryan of Knoxville. James Van Dyke, 15, was accidentally shot and killed by his 10 year old brother during play with a loaded rifle on a southwest of Pella farm.
Dr W W Talbot and Bess Dennis wed on Thanksgiving at the Dennis home. Green T Clark, pioneer dies Nov 26 near Pella. An ad for United Wireless Telegraph Co stock claims weekly earnings from 90 to 450 dollars, tied to a blue sky scheme. Vendors tout stock as life long competency, while other notices discuss Panama Canal progress and a $70 per acre Mahaska county farm for sale near New Sharon.
The snippet records local society events and visits over Thanksgiving. Mentions include Fred and Bernie Vander Linden rooting for Pella basketball in Monroe, a breakfast hosted by Miss Joyce Lapham for Mary Hollis, and lists of attendees Muriel Leland Hazel Thompson Madge Vander Zyl Libbie Cox Harriet Rietveld Glenn Grundman Laura Kramer. Also notes Miss Bessie Synhorst entertaining friends and Eva and Bertha Tysseling with Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks. a family spent Thanksgiving with his mother in Ottumwa.
A column recalling events from 20 years ago notes Josh Billings quips about opinions and fools, letters praising the Y and Red Cross, and letters from soldiers in France. It reports deaths and returns from camps, wounded and ill soldiers, and local notes on stores and central college heating.
A Sunday School lesson by E. V. Good discusses lying with definitions and stages. It notes lying begins in childhood as a shelter from punishment and that no one is free from this sin, guiding readers through defined sections and biblical references.
A religious lecture argues lying erodes social trust and harms character. It cites Jesus and Paul, calling Satan the author of lies and urging truthfulness among neighbors. Questions for discussion probe origins of lying, justifications, and whether convenient lies ever bless.
Miss Maria Reimer of German ancestry recounts fleeing Soviet pursuit from Moscow to Siberia over nine days with forged papers. She survived dismissal from a medical school, bread card withdrawal, and threat of deportation, eventually reaching America where she studied and taught at Waukon junior college.
The account follows a group mainly women and children fleeing into Siberia across the Amur frontier. They endure a brutal river crossing, loss of possessions, and perilous guides before reaching safety in China and then America. Miss Reimer, once with only ten English words, now holds three college degrees and American citizenship.
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