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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1948
Page
3
A collection of opinion notes on lessons from history and community life. It urges Scout recruitment, musical education, and youth programs, praising courage and persistence while lamenting waning interest in strings and orchestras. It reflects on Orville Wright and the global influence of peaceful leadership.
Editorial snippets critique the new look and the idea of progress while editorial voices lampoon inflation mood swings. Northwood Anchor notes a coal contract expiry with John L. Lewis and a threatened strike tied to a welfare fund. Walnut Bureau reports Oregon merchant survey showing prewar services returning as costs rise slowly and competition sharpens.
FliteO'Tyme hoes for spring were white tops and patent leather bottoms. The shoes were cod and had hooks on the uppers. Indians at Tama were taking fish from state waters in any manner they wished, spearing, trap ping, etc. They paid no attention to game wardens saying they were Federal wards and entitled to the privilege.
Council discussed a bet system for town water and a municipal light plant to profit water operations. Democrats of Lake Prairie township organized delegates to the County Convention, pledging to back William Jennings Bryan for President. Other items include local notices of marriages, a broken leg from a horse accident, a Drake University contest winner, a masquerade party, a furnace accident, bank plans for Leighton, and eight hour shifts for telegraph operators.
1918 election results show Dr. T G Fultz and Gradus Waechter elected to the school board to succeed De Haan and Rhynsburger. The community discussed site for a new canning plant east of Marion Street, with a $100,000 project cost. Casualties among Iowa’s 42nd Division were reported as local residents followed updates on Co H and Co C units.
Twenty years ago influenza closed schools for two weeks while Paul Blommers won his fifth district declamatory title in Albin. Hatchery owner doc Shinn shipped 800 chicks to Georgia and DC Tenny pressured for a Knox County gas plant. Roxana Petroleum opened a Shell station at Broadway and Washington, Fred Veenstra to manage. Carl Byers became Erskine dealer with a battery station. Quip notes Adenoid Sisters gag. Fire-burn injury at Globe Plumbing referenced as Jed Van Niewaal recovers. Local hogs, crop prices, and cream values listed alongside small-town business moves and oddities.
A Detroit survey of over 2,000 youths aged 10 to 17 found that 80 percent come from seemingly solid families. Parental neglect, broken homes, alcoholism, and other factors contribute, with the main fault seen as parents giving money but not time or attention.
Ten years ago on March 24 1938 the Pella Chronicle highlighted six brass sextette members Warren Van Sittert Chas Lautenbach Stuart Kuyper Carroll Hollebrands Virgil Van der Linden and James Kempke as superior rated. Carroll Hollebrands and Mare Ver Steex won superior in cornet and saxophone. Obituaries note Cornelia Sneller died of appendicitis before surgery and Marjorie Evelyn Toom aged years died of scarlet fever. Local news covers gas office management change at Central States Electric with C F Nolte, plus WHO radio talk by Elmer Vander Waal Harold Ver Meer. Other notes include Webster School children photos and Marion County spelling team picks Lillian De Geus and Arvena Muyser. Commodity prices list corn 42c, oats 24c, wheat 80c, cream 30c, eggs 14–16c, hogs 6.45–8.45.
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