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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1957
Page
7
The quote reflects a call to focus on present moments amid pressing daily problems. It suggests laying down worries at nightfall to live each day fully, echoing Ruskin’s counsel for steadiness in turbulent times.
The piece notes GE's 1954 milestone in lab grown diamonds and the growing market for domestic supply, with 1968 projections and wartime importance. It then shifts to a National Safety Council brief on highway fatalities, trends from 1927 to 1957, and a comparison of auto travel risks with planes, buses, and trains.
The piece notes Human Rights Day observed by United Nations and groups on December 10. It cites focus on universal rights and freedoms and reports on the U S Commission for UNESCO conference in San Francisco discussing Asia West relations with Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit emphasizing practical, grounded views.
An Iowa critique argues the governor bears responsibility for the failed capital improvement funding tied to a sales tax bill. It notes the tax commission’s claim of lost revenue and compares it to personal financial missteps, then includes editorial excerpts urging public participation and responsibility. The piece ends by reframing aid to developing nations as newly developing countries and urges respectful language.
Items of interest from The Chronicle recalling events 10, 20, 30, 40 and 60 years ago. Highlights range across local happenings, notable names, and community milestones shaping the city's history. Short summaries reflect archival notes without sensational detail.
Local item summarizes upcoming dedication of the Home for the Aged on December 1 with afternoon and evening services led by Rev. Pietenpol Van Kersen Monkinin and Le Grand. Mentions library display with pictures Sir Gallahad Minute Man and The Great Stone Face. Des Moines College seeks non Baptist denomination to run school and debts. Voters to decide Pella Electric Company franchise with Fowler and Rhynsbarger seeking approval. Central Colleges fundraising totals given. Death of John Ver Stee at age 90 noted. Carnegie library opening planned for December 17 with ceremonies.
Forty years ago in Pella reports focus on small fires at Oscar prison home East Franklin George Davis home, and Cotton Boarding Hall hot water heater explosion after water froze. Front-page letters from Les Welle at Great Lakes and Cpl William Verros at Camp Grant. Red Cross yarn drive for sweaters and mittens. Red Cross gossip row. Van Gorp Chapter drive planned. John Liter buys Main Street lot for a home. Yella Heerema at Camp Dodge caring for measles patients. Cantata The Feast of the Red Corn by Pella High girls. Weddings: Gerard Gosselink Nellie Bennink John Menninga Margaret Den Burger Manson Thomas Minnie Van Vark. Mrs Fannie Barker Cutler and George A Jewett visit Pella. Highway 63 east of Oskaloosa route discussed pass Cedar Fremont End grade and pave in 1928. Central College winter short course for non-students. Angeline Van Dur en wins speech contest The White Man's Burden. Road crews Albia Moravia burn brush pile bootlegger hideout explosion. Paul Van Maren promoted to Traveling Freight.
In Mahaska County district court Judge Dewey naturalized three Holland ancestry men: Walter Heyvelt of Pella Gerrit Beyer of Taintor and Martinus Bokhoven of Taintor. A Ford Tudor was damaged by fire in the Den Hartog garage with the right front seat cushion burned to ashes. James Buerkens of Pella and Thomas Mackey of Oskaloosa opened a plumbing shop in the Bruinekool building west side of the Square. H L Van Dellen, American Sunday School Union missionary, was ordained a minister at the Baptist Church. Mrs John H Templeton of Red Rock had lived in Iowa since age 18 and died in her longtime home.
A passenger agent of the Milwau kee Railway resided in Des Moines. Newton's Maytag plant employed about two thousand people with washing machine production at roughly 1400 units daily.
Curiosity over mural placement in the Pella Post office surfaced as data on the painting had been gathered earlier. The Henry Veenstra home near Leighton was destroyed by a fire while the family was at church. Depositors at Security State Bank will receive 27000 dollars, bringing total payouts to 320000 dollars after the bank’s closing. Mrs Anna Doertje Buwalda Roorda, pictured with her late husband, died at 93 at her farm northeast of Pella. She was one of two 1847 colonists surviving in the area, the other being H Wormhoudt nearing age 99. A comparatively young man, Joe Rhynsburger of Des Moines, died of diabetes at 44, leaving one son Ronald. Rural Electrification meeting attendance was strong in Legion Hall, anticipation rising as electric service neared patrons along the line under construction. Paul Sents was hurt coasting near Buerkens Mfg Co, injuries not serious after colliding with a car driven by Willard De Winter. Farmers Union contracted to set up a locker plant for the Amana Society, York supplying the system. A historical photo of Pella High's class of 1896 appeared, listing Agnes Bousquet, Josie Thomassen, Anna Barendregt, Elsie Ross, Mae Du Pree, Ava Clements, teacher, George Vander Zyl, Eleanor Hamilton, and Glee (Gleo) Kelly. George Vander Zyl, called Gieke, was the only boy and had died in Canada by 1937. Ulrich Motor Company planned to showcase the new Ford V-8 engines later in the week, with two engines available at 85 and 60 horsepower.
A cautious reflection from Olin Miller warns that attempting every legal entitlement can lead to serious consequences for an individual. The remark emphasizes prudence and restraint in exercising rights.
Aneurin Bevan styles American advertising as a climate of fear yet notes it can play to deep desires for security and sociability. The essay argues advertising can foster positive social responsibility and urges the advertising fraternity to exercise this potential rather than exploit fears.
Central College students staged The Man Who Came to Dinner directed by Maurice Birdsall. Santa visits merchants next Saturday with treats for children. Color photos show the Tower in Garden Square windows. Pella basketball lost to Oska loosa 41 30 with Ray Pope and Bob Pippel as stars. City officials plan widening of 18 foot pavements in spring 1948. Editorial side notes on no Christmas lighting and calls for illumination. Pvt D R Jansen to be honored in Sully services. buried at Henri Chapelle. Tom Beyer from Los Angeles plays lead in The Drunkard at City College.
Mrs Ed McNamees hen from Tripoli laid an egg seven inches around the middle and eight and a half inches at the ends. The egg weighed four and a half ounces and contained three yolks.
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