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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1952
Page
3
The column notes beware of whispered gossip about General Eisenhower as partisan chatter spreads rumors. It then mocks art critics with a Vancouver teen’s cardboard painting titled Melancholia in a Swamp, exposed as cleanup tab card board, sparking debate in Toronto galleries.
The piece recounts the origin of the word bafflegab coined by Milton A. Smith and lampoons bureaucratic prose. It then argues for flood control via the Muskingum plan in Iowa, praising Marion County and local soil conservation districts while warning against political meddling.
A compilation of editorials from small papers urging limits on federal meddling in farm sales and praising local control. It condemns OPS overreach in farm auctions, argues dollars not proper measure of national wealth, and advocates grass roots government funded locally with restrained federal spending.
Items of interest from The Chronicle recalling notable people events and themes from 10 20 30 and 40 years ago. This column highlights past happenings and echoes of local history through concise notes and archival references.
Ver Steeg announced a plan to two men, a temperance barber and a blacksmith, while a printing press frame at Booster Press fell onto George Stout's foot, which he endured with a cane as he walked past the scene near Garden Square.
Front page includes a letter from C. M. Moore of Portland recounting boyhood days in Pella and work at the Pella Blade print shop. Other items note school expansion asks, a seed corn special train itinerary, school board changes, a meeting for tomato and sweet corn acreage, dues arrears at the Commercial Association, local musical solos, and businessmen opening shops or moving residences around Pella and nearby towns.
Thirty years ago Will Van Wely prepared to move to Monroe after selling his share of the Holland Meat Market. Election notes show sixty four votes cast for school director with P. Van Sittert and C. N. Cole named director and treasurer. Immigrants from Canada to Mexico passed through Eddyville while Uncle Billy Young dismissed dissenters. Arne Schilder took over the Holland Meat Market. Pneumonia claimed Mrs. Joe Slycord and her son Nealie. Central College hosted a piano recital with Harriet Frush as star and an operetta Maid and Middy staged by Central College. Godfrey H. Bevan improving after illness. Tunis Brom to Denver for Bethesda Hospital care. Tanlac advertised widely as a popular tonic. Local farmers invited to test a new legume crop.
Cultural authorities warn that the entire corn reserve could disappear before the new crop is arrested. Farmers urged to feed with care while Sweet clover and hubam seeds are offered at a low price by Iowa State College.
The sixtee n page issue features Central basketball squad pictured with players Nei fert Anderson Tusseling Thorpe Vander Bush Schiele Harrison Muyskens Wilkins Schnack Westerfild Stocking. Schnack scored 215 points in conference play 1982 and both Tys seling and Schnack earned all conference honors while Muyskens and Wilkins made second team AP all.
The March 12 1942 issue features C C Buerk ens with a bicycle amid tire and gas rationing, hobby show photos from Pella High gym, a mummy case prop for a play, and high school players presenting The Man Who Came to Dinner directed by Maurice Birdsall. Nick Van Gorp now sergeant in the 32nd Armored Regiment at Camp Polk, La., is pictured.
The address urges Americans to show significant action during National Brotherhood Week by living the ideals of freedom justice and respect for the individual. It emphasizes that a free society requires individuals to act for others rights and freedoms and join forces with groups like the National Conference of Christians and Jews to demonstrate the living truth of republican values.
Front page items describe Pvt. Robert Roorda with the 3rd Armored Division at Camp Polk. Sugar rations directed in Pella via public schools with 4200 stamps issued. Peter Heerema buys Tulip Cafe for Tulip Time. Bob Burlingame of WHO to speak to Federated Club on The World Today. Dick Diekema ill with pneumonia, cared for at Veterans' Hospital Des Moines. Lincoln School children miss him. Central States Electric Co. workers installing natural gas burners. Dr. John Beardslee visiting Central College to recruit seminary students. Henry Pethoven injures finger on REA line. Mrs. Newt Krizer hopes for recovery after stroke. Ankeny girls basketball, coached by Renaud Rysdam, among sixteen teams at Iowa State. Twenty new cars allotted to Marion County for business use. Mrs. Mason Olcott discusses India and Gandhi with Rotary. Knoxvill defeats Pella High 39 to 87 in county tourney. Menning 7 baskets. Dallas wins Class B title 28 to tourney noted as financially strained. Defense Bonds ad and call for local war volunteers conclude page.
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