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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1929
Page
6
A Saturday afternoon and Monday Tuesday sessions brought a lively Christmas carol program to the town. Singers from the younger improv group performed with Miss Dykstra adding a play element. Crowds enjoyed the festive display as the community expresses its thanks for continued patronage and support.
A clipped Wyoming paper outlines the push to fill Senator Warren's seat with a candidate of high ability. G. Wyoming pioneer Hagens, a Morane partner and Banintor regular, is highlighted as a strong contender due to legal career and city representation. The piece stresses unity and a high bar for succession.
A swift local messenger Marion Boot and Western Union operator Florence Black left here at 4:86 o clock. The letter was delivered at Kay City at 434d o clock, requiring only 8 minutes to reach its destination. Citizens who can show such a disposition to serve are noted.
Des Moines reports the Iowa Good Roads Association executive committee, with members from each congressional district, traveled to Des Moines to plan support for the constitutional amendment and state road bond issue. Fred R. White, chief engineer, outlined the December 1 1920 condition of the primary road system, noting 2,819 miles paved and 8,180 miles gravelled, with 7 minor graded miles incomplete.
The article explains a constitutional amendment approved to allow $100,000,000 in state primary road bonds to retire county bonds and finish the road system by 1982. It notes changes in who pays interest, potential savings for counties, and the projected expansion of paved and gravel roads with faster credit reform.
The Pella Chronicle extends Christmas and New Year wishes to subscribers advertisers and readers. It thanks loyal supporters and pledges continued quality news and advertising services in 1930, hoping peace and happiness for all in the community.
A sensational stunt sees a Marmon car navigate city streets blindfolded drawing crowds and disbelief as onlookers witness the driver guide the vehicle through busy thoroughfares amid cheers and astonishment.
Marmon parked at Central Park cafe and rode with eyes blindfolded to test sight. He asked local editors to adjust his hoods for the opposite view, tested several people, then praised merchants in stops at Van Gorp Tire Shop and White Way Auto. A crowd grew as the Chevrolet history talk drew interest from younger Americans.
A local Baptist church prepares for a new pastor with the parsonage ready Friday. The house cleanup is underway as leadership plans a welcoming service and community events to mark the appointment.
A letter from Edgard R. Harlan, curator, states a broadcast on December 30 over WHO Bankers site from 4:00 to 4:00 p m. The program promises discussion of township survey lines and related facts drawn from original sources. Talks are extemporaneous except for brief prepared remarks.
Central wins 88 to 30 against Ottumwa Athletics in a fast basketball opener. First half Dominant for Central, Ottumwa rallied in second half but Central held firm. Events include endowment gifts, campus activity, and upcoming game with Ames at 7 30 with tickets on sale.
The Paella post-office will observe hours on New Year’s Day from 10:00 to 10:80 a.m. No rural or city delivery. Postmaster L. F. Bosquet signs the notice. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Blommers host house guests during the holiday period.
Rural mail carriers in Des Moines Indiana will soon be able to deliver and pick up mail while traveling on highways at speeds up to thirty miles an hour. The pilot program aims to speed Rural Free Delivery and improve efficiency for routes through the week.
Freeman and Sinclair describe an automobile mounted arm with a cartridge mail box at its end for delivering mail at speed. The device deposits and picks up mail while car travels up to thirty miles per hour. Negotiations with the post office to test extensively. Other Iowa patentees include Choate Kingsley Cope Goff Perleth Cowen Sayers Stripling Thompson.
G R Hagens of Casper Wyoming writes to the Pella Chronicle from Pella Iowa and offers a two dollar subscription and requests any photo of the Battle Ridge school or the old building. He recalls the Columbus Day 1892 celebration and his former teacher Miss Cross, a niece of Reverend Burr. He encloses a Daily Tribune clipping for reference.
Notice is given that a meeting of the stockholders of the Pella National Bank will be held at its banking house in Pella on Tuesday January 1, 1980 between 1 and 3 p.m. for the purpose of electing seven directors.
Evidence of air mail speed shows a Chronicle receiv d mail mailed in Burbank Cal December 17 at 11 00 am arriving in Des Moines Thursday December 19 forenoon The Des Moines letter reached Ottumwa or Oskaloosa to connect with the line and then to Des Moines It traveled about 50 miles an hour considering time between Des Moines and Pella indicating actual air flight speed
A 1929 letter from Los Angeles California dated December 15 expresses warm greetings to Hawkeyes in Iowa. The sender notes sunshine from the West for those in cold weather and mentions sending copies of the message to Iowa friends.
The Pella Chronicle announces a Free Cooking School at the American Legion Hall on January 9 10 11 1980. Sus Micro Sus. of Kansas City will conduct the program with modern equipment from Larabee s Flour Folger Coffee and other suppliers providing ingredients and supplies. Miss Sharpe will present a unique teaching method to prospective attendees and emphasizes community service through home economics education.
The Iowa Association of Southern California invites Towans to visit its Los Angeles Iowa Headquarters at the Hotel Rosslyn for friendship, mail handling, and information. They announce a winter picnic on February 22, 1990 with a rain date, a summer outing the second Saturday in August at Bixby Park Long Beach, and an Admission Day Dinner on December 28.
Mrs Van Spanckeren died in Mesa Arizona after a lengthy illness. She was the wife of L H Van Spanckeren a Fiat National Bank president in Mesa and a nephew of Johnnie Van Spanckeren. Funeral services and interment were held in Mesa.
The local Chronicle urges housewives to attend all sessions of a proposed cooking school. Details and program outline will appear next week. Merchants are asked to cooperate by contributing kitchen equipment, food displays, and a modern radio for prelesson music.
Mrs. Dykstra and her daughter were en route to church at Prairie City when a car failed to stop at an intersection and struck their vehicle. Both suffered severe head injuries, were tossed from the car, and received surgical care before transport to a nearby hospital. Florence De Heep assists at Prairie City.
At a largely attended meeting the Woodrow Washing Machine company decided to issue stock without pay or $40 per share. The stock cannot be issued until incorporated under an act of the 48rd assembly. The details remain uncertain and timing unclear.
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