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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1954
Page
3
The week in focus is National Brotherhood Week running February 21 through 27. A Dennis A. McCarthy verse frames the reflective theme urging respect for differing beliefs while serving country. The observance promotes harmony and unity across communities.
The administration urged Congress to move the income tax filing date from March 15 to April 15. The plan, likely to become law, would apply to next year with no effect on this year’s returns. For many, especially low earners, aligning income and property tax payments to April 15 would ease the burden.
The Office of Education says 326000 more classrooms are needed at over ten billion dollars. Economist Donald J. O Connor proposes cutting costs by replacing two to three story mass with single story rows using home building methods to drop cost from 40000 to 10000 per classroom. He argues a house is a good place to teach children. In Washington the State Department fires 2200 security risks, sparking Democratic criticism over political reasons and calls for a detailed list of charges.
In Mitchell South Dakota McLeod delivered a forthright Lincoln Day speech defending government employee firings. He argued security is a pendulum and over the years has been underplayed while stressing the need to weed out disloyal or marginal workers.
Australian scientist Edward Bowen proposes cloud seeding with meteor dust to induce rainfall. Denver and 23 towns renew a 13 000 dollar contract with Water Resources Development Corp to seed iodide particles in the South Platte watershed, reporting 12.6 inches of snow vs 7.4 previously. Congress formed an advisory weather control panel, noting no firm stance on regulating rainmaking, while disputes and court action surround the practice.
Editorial comments on President Eisenhowers proposed changes to the Taft Hartley law drawing sharp reactions from CIO leaders and NAM while an Arkansas weekly urges community evolution. It argues towns are always moving toward growth or decay and questions readers about their local outlook and actions to improve progress.
40 years ago Joe Rhynsburger led Central with 9 field baskets as they beat Town Wesleyan 37 to 27. Marty De Cook suffered a head injury, forcing him out. In Jefferson, Pella tied Jefferson 22 all after three overtimes, then lost 77 to 28 at Ellsworth where the gym was a makeshift arena. The Knights of Pythias celebrated a 50th anniversary. C Olivier's home burned, saving only clothes. City Council debated paving costs and electric lines to farms. Local notices include road expenditures, homesteaders Hasselman and Kuyk, Moody Bible Institute trip, and death of Bennie Gardner at 93 in Atlantic.
Thirty years back the Chamber of Commerce session aired high fire insurance costs sanitation beggar tolerance and weak support for athletic teams and the Boy Scouts plus Howells road. W H Fowler urged numbered houses to aid fire crews and directories. Dallas High School beat Knox ville 22 to 11 in Marion County finals. Legion Auxiliary women met in the new Memorial Building where their kitchen was unfinished. Nellie Vander Linden Post, wife of Major H Post, died.
An old item notes a 1871 resident who moved from Parkersburg to Grundy Center and back to Pella to live with daughter JPaliene Annate. It records agricultural prices including corn six dollars per bushel, corn 70 cents, oats 40 cents, wheat 95 cents, eggs 17 cents, and cream 45 cents. The three Reformed Churches of Pella schedule revival meetings next week with the College male glee club slated to sing the first evening.
Maude Scheerer impressed audiences in Captain Brassbound's Conversion while Ed Van Zante received confirmed appointment as postmaster after serving since August 1933. Reports note a lifelike Washington riding a white horse in a Bell Clothing House window and a municipal complaint about a CWA relief issue. Iowa Wesleyan and Pella high school teams posted wins as prelim contests concluded. A.J. Schippers warned of legal action after a cock pheasant incident.
Ten years ago the Merchants hosted a large banquet at the Legion Hall for farmers from the Night School. Herb Plambeck of Radio WHO was mentioned among attendees.
Instructions enumerate tasks from 6 to 10 including Make Names Make Pictures Monogram Make Etching and Aplique All on the new Kenmore model with no attachments. For free adjustments on any make machine contact Veil Terrell at Sears Roebuck in Oskaloosa.
A jumble of local sports notes highlights Central's basketball win over Bimpson 60 to 27 and Pella Highs move to Chariton 83 to 31. Navy aviation milestones appear with Lloyd Ver Steegh earning wings at Corpus Christi. The piece also recalls Rotary Club support for Pella Airways, Midwest airminded meeting travel, and local figures like Dan Messpelder, Mayor Crockham, and Tag Rutherford.
A fragment urges completing the task to protect unity and safety in America. It condemns internal hatred and animosity toward fellow citizens and calls for moral restraint to prevent undermining national cohesion. The tone stresses fighting disunity rather than external foes.
An editorial notes a Sherman medium tank action with no direct hits, comments optimism on the contest, and forecasts a long period to move from victory claims. It mentions island by passes, low civilian population on forts, and concerns over farm income.
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