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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1957
Page
6
Local residents visit relatives in Os kaloosa and Pella with hospital admissions and dismissals at Mercy Hospital. Delays, travel, and family visits are noted along with a window accident at Gamble Store. Obituary reports Gerrit T. Van Heukelom born 1881 died Feb 6 1957 with service details and survivors.
Leonard Blom was born July 8, 1900 in Her wynen Gelderland Netherlands, son of Dirkie Van Zante and Hubert Blom. He married Kathryn Colyn on March 2, 1925 at Leighton Iowa. They had six children Lenora Russ Tandy Fred Dorothy Paul Elsie and Patricia. He belonged to the Ebenezer Reformed Church of Leigh.
The death occurred suddenly February 7, 1957 at Mercy Hospital in Oskaloosa Iowa. He was 56 years 6 months and 29 days old. Survived by wife and six children include four grandchildren Sherry Vicki Russell Billy and three sisters and three brothers. Funeral services held February 9 1957 at Leighton Ebenezer Reformed Church with Rev Peter A De Jong leading. Burial at Ever Remembered Cemetery.
On Monday February 11 1957 at 1 30 p m the Rev Everett G Ward of the Pella Baptist Church officiated Interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery Casket bearers included Emery Gaard Ralph Grundman Abe De Zwarte Richard Morrow William Terlouw and Marion Van Dusseldo Two musical selections No Night There and Does Jesus Care were performed by Mr and Mrs Howard Van Pearsem Flowers cared for by Mrs William Ustermarkt and Mrs Marion Van Dusseldorp
Leendert W. Schakel born October 4 1899 in Pella died at his home 210 East Third Street Pella after months of illness He was 57 years 4 months 4 days Married June 4 1924 to Gertrude Sels they had five children Wilfred Lee Dorothy Kenneth Charlotta Ruth who died in infancy Surviving wife four children three brothers and three grandchildren Funeral services were held at the Garden Chapel Funeral home in Pella
Anna Eliza Jones 64, born November 29, 1892 in Houston Missouri, died February 10 1957 at Iowa Methodist Hospital Des Moines after a short illness. Survived by husband Ayler A. Jones six children mother and four sisters. Burial details follow Garden Chapel preparations at Monroe area home.
Iowa State College researchers E A Kline and R O Gaarder report that many shoppers favor large pork chops while most hogs lack the large loin muscles needed. They note market loins tested weighed 10 to 12 pounds and suggest larger chop demand could be met by breeding heavier muscling, not by feeding hogs to heavier weights.
The piece lampoons filling the highway fatality list by joking about being first to die in various crash types in 1957. It mockingly urges extreme speeding and inattention as a grim and satirical invitation to become a victim, noting few categories remain unfilled and commenting on keen competitors across the state.
Services were held at the First Baptist Church at Saylorville Tuesday afternoon, with Rev. O. M. Smith assisted by Rev. Harry E. Ketcham officiating. Interment followed at Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Des Moines.
Weather hindered some cattle, but 495 cart hogs and 165 sheep sold. Cattle ranged from 9.00 to 15.40 for various grades, with packer cows 11.50 to 12.20 and heavy bulls 12.90 to 13.90. Sheep were mainly bred ewes with lambs 20.00 to 32.50 per bred ewe, and lambe in run 18.00 to 18.70.
The essay explains how parents can teach children to cope with losses in games. It stresses valuing the child for self, not outcomes, and modeling sportsmanlike behavior. It notes that games should be for intrinsic enjoyment, not life or death stakes, to keep perspective during competitions.
The statement frames the opponent as the individual's own developing abilities rather than as an external or impersonal factor. It suggests self-improvement and internal skill growth as the key driver in in-game competition.
In a defiant session, tents debate the ethics of humor and personal conduct while acknowledging limits on attacking individuals. The discussion centers on the boundaries of satire and the response from audiences and organizers.
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