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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1950
Page
3
The remarks delivered to heavy construction engineers on February 6 in New York urged Americans to confront the H bomb and moral choices in science. He warned against hiding knowledge and called for a high moral fiber to decide re uses of invention.
A collage of editorials urges readers to support farmers and buy locally in Odebolt. It contrasts cattle market prices with national worries about Russia and mocks media scoops. The piece argues residents should shop at home to boost local merchants, payrolls, taxes, and town improvement.
A reflective monologue on aging and fading friendships. The speaker recalls a casual downtown meeting with a successful former neighbor and meditates on how time, distance, and life choices erode once-close bonds. The piece laments missed calls and unseen friends as years slip by.
An advertisement shows two Overland models two Mitchells an E M F and a Flanders car all with right hand drive and cloth collapsible tops. The E M F is noted as built by Studebaker. Also mention states that Martin Paardekooper was among nine men to pass the State pharmacist examination with fifty men taking the test in February.
Prairie City and nearby towns present an Easter heavy issue with no local news. Notable items include a marble baptismal font donation to Second Reformed Church by S F Prouty, the Pella high school eggbreak, a declamatory contest trip, a ball game, typhoid illness, and a range of local notices from weddings to fire, labor strikes, and college tours.
Twenty years back in Pella March 27 1930 the Strand theatre announced the first talking picture Untamed starring Joan Crawford arriving Monday with No No Nanette to follow partly filmed in technicolor. Kosack managed the Strand while local sports and church events filled pages.
A commentary on racial and religious prejudice among liberal Protestants. It argues tolerance often masks condescension and urges direct contact with Jews Negroes and other creeds as essential for changing attitudes. The piece asserts that universal respect for people as individuals is the key to reducing prejudice and advancing peaceful relations.
The Speech Department showcased Janet Klyn Moke Sophia Heeren Virginia Van Gorp Harold Kirkham Lewis Furda Albert Brunstin Ruth Muyskens Melba Hoekstra Jean Kooreman William Core Howard Randin Ernestine Ehret and Harold Burch with Algonda Van Wely on piano and Walter McCain and the glee club during intermission. Five hundred one seats at Douwstra Chapel had been purchased with 288 more needed for main floor and balcony as a seating campaign began. A farm page tells of the Rut Enghers family on the old Tice farm near Pella and shows a colonial home. One hundred twenty five Marion County residents were jailed at Knoxville in the TLR search cases. Keith Lautenbach placed fourth in the county spelling match. Perry Mason of Dallas won. Keith stumbled on homogeneous.
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