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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1953
Page
8
The piece reflects poet Whittier’s Christmas prayer for peace quoted before 1900. It ties his hope to a world scarred by two world wars and the cold war, urging contemplation of Christmas ideals amid two generations of insecurity and turmoil.
A Cheyenne State Tribune editorial notes that raising 1 590 000 for Holland Flood Relief cost 31 000 about 1 97 percent. It cites Pella costs as even lower and praises Dutch thrift while urging Wyoming Tribune support.
The Toledo Blade front page invited calls supporting either President Eisenhower or Senator McCarthy. By deadline, 10,394 calls were logged, with 9,870 favoring Eisenhower and 324 supporting McCarthy. The tally suggests broad public preference for presidential control of foreign policy and for fair play in policy debate.
A reminiscence recalling a simple childhood Christmas before electric lights and modern entertainment. Families used kerosene lamps, candlelit trees appeared rarely, and celebrations centered on church programs, stockings by the fire, and modest gifts like sleds, skates, and a magic lantern.
A montage notes public officials defending secrecy, concerns over pushing youngsters too hard, and editorials praising WOI-TV in central Iowa. It references Ed Breen and others pushing to keep WOI-TV in commercial and noncommercial balance, a Fort Dodge note, and a Depression era riot commentary. Mentions Legion Post, Captain Van Zante, Captain Van Gorkum, Pastor Nordlund, Dr. and Mrs. Fox, and a Friend of the Farmer letter defending the Corn Hog allotment plan.
A retrospective item notes Charles Firth from Central College went to Hillsdale College Michigan and produced the school's finest aid team. It also mentions Leon Hackett and William Van Baale buying Overland cars, archival work on Oakwood cemetery records by DS, and Marcus Huber uniting 1847 records into a complete burial plot.
Thirty years ago Scoutmaster Will Brunia learned the state would seek to declare the old Des Moines River bed above Howell Bridge a state park. Brunia had secured permission to use the land for a Scout camping spot. Also noted is the death of John B. Keables aged 63 years in Des Moines from chronic nephritis after a long illness. The Federated Club brought five members to town to perform two plays When Mother Goes on a Strike and Cappy Ricks.
The article notes a double quarter on the program and arrival of colored glass for Memorial or Legion Hall windows. With the kitchen nearing completion, the dedication time for the building approaches.
Twenty years ago the government pursued many business men who refused to pay N R A minimum wages and pulled their right to display The Blue Eagle. It had contracted to buy 244 600 hogs at market price or higher for distribution in the nation’s regular markets.
Ten years ago the Pella Rural Electrification Association added 200 farms to its lines, raising total service to 560 as county war boards approve 100 more farms for increased wartime production. Henry Pethoven managed the system. A Des Moines friend of Central College presented President I J Lubbers with a $20,000 donation to the Endowment Fund. Lubbers was ill with the flu.
Routing traffic off Main Street prompts mixed merchant opinions as a statewide trend toward bypass highways gains momentum. Arkansas city Searcy saw most businesses improve after a 67 bypass, with service firms and travelers shifting routes while some stations adapt or suffer. Farmers expect new crop varieties like Clintafe resistant to crown rust.
A photo shows about twenty youths cleaning a building to be used as a recreation center. Rosscreen prints an ad article urging war bond purchases. Pella aims for a 442000 quota next week. Cadet Philip Sybenga is commissioned at Yale after Air Force training. Pvt. Robert Van Roekel goes to Texas A M for flight training. Ensign Howard Rankin, aboard a destroyer in the Pacific, asks his Knoxville parents for 300 to buy clothes for a furlough, offering no details amid speculation of ship action.
A dated advertisement urges readers to keep savings at Sony Federal claiming high annual dividends. It promises a money back guarantee up to 10,000 and offers to mail a check and signature card after sending a request to Polk County, Des Moines, Iowa.
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