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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1951
Page
7
A Christmas season thought links Lord Byron's idea that happiness comes from sharing with a second line about the gift’s meaning. The pair emphasizes sharing over giving alone, presenting a concise moral for readers to carry into the holidays.
The Chronicle offers gratitude to advertisers, contributors, correspondents, and subscribers for their loyalty and goodwill through the year. The message expresses holiday wishes of a merry Christmas to all readers and supporters.
Two brief dispatches highlight rising disillusion with communism. Tito orders full farm collectivization after years of dwindling yields, signaling dependence on grain aid from the United States. In Czechoslovakia a foreign observer reports Czech longing for freedom and west reunion, criticizing the police state.
Community service work completed as 35000 imported tulip bulbs were apportioned to households in November and planted to enhance Tulip Time displays. In December city light department crews hung holiday lights downtown with merchant help, a quiet tradition reflecting civic pride and service.
The American Farm Bureau gave president Al lan Kline a standing ovation during his annual address and re elected him for two more years. Officials from the U S Department of Agriculture did not appear on the program signaling Bureau disapproval of federal socializing and control plans. Iowa Bureau members historically cautious voted for Truman in 1948, but now show renewed independence, aiming to curb Washington coercion.
Farmers, like other groups, insist on security and government checks, resisting swift changes in today’s confused economy. The Farm Bureau’s stand is noted, signaling a likely broad breach with the Administration in 1952. The forecast is heartening for independent voters resisting socialism.
A Logan Utah effort shows how courtesy nickels ease meter enforcement. Merchants funded nickel envelopes placed on windshields to cover one hour, guiding violators to pay via a ticket later. Police and Chamber of Commerce support aims to boost shopper goodwill and turnover.
A reader column collection argues both revenue collectors and taxpayers can be crooks. Natick Bulletin notes shopping prudence amid sales, while Algona Advance blasts tax hikes as inflation fuel, urging cutting waste and Do-Nothing bureaus to ease the burden on middle and lower income earners.
A Monroe Mirror clipping details a public sale of 900 acres once held by a cement company planned for Harvey, raising 76000 dollars. Other items include a Dairy Special train exhibit in Pella, Royal Dutch Bakery fixtures auctioned, and local incidents from the Pella area including a coal load theft and a fatal jaw disease case.
Names list of residents and arrivals appear, including Dora Reerink and Walter Halbert. Public sale of twenty horses to be held at Melntire Livery Stable led by Nick Boland. City aims to speed bill collection via electric meter reader. John Goodhart left Oskaloosa to join A P De Reus. Philip De Vries plans work on uncle’s Prairie City farm. Snow heavy but melting with warm spell foreseen. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Bert Stegeman on January 24. Town Central Railway’s first Des Moines freight train runs over K D line toward Des Moines, becoming regular service.
Oska loosa Herald reports Judge Hamilton in Newton voided payments on Hardin County wildcat stock notes due to fraud, with $300000 at stake. Council cut pavement assessments by half amid complaints on Oska loosa Street. State Highway funds sought for Highway No 2 grading. Newton schools closed for smallpox and vaccination required for return. Dam project on Des Moines River eyed for Oskaloosa with river navigation locks. 20 Years Ago items note Peoria fire, aid to South Dakota farmers, local injuries, sleet and ice hazards, low prices, and a skating rink drive by the Legion.
The county agent J J Wilton led a banking basement school of accounting for farmers with thirty eight attendees to teach record keeping of farm operations. Ice harvest was fair with haul from Prairie Lake and rough roads damaging travel. Esther Albright began work as town nurse.
The Herald-Register reports Grinnell Newton Oskaloosa and surrounding towns consider starting spring festivals for vocal and instrumental music. The plan drops contests for a cooperative four-school festival, reducing competition, congestion, and potential over-specialization while preserving quality.
Ten years ago January 18 1942 Central College students Bud Bonwell Bob Menning and Don Davis enlisted in the Air Corps and prepared to depart for Des Moines. Rudy Schilder scored 12 of Pella Highs 28 in a game vs Chariton as tire rationing tightened with only three spares allotted. The Red Cross drive raised 1456 61 and war work shifted town life with drafts and defense classes. President Roosevelt asked Congress for 56 billion for war production.
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