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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1948
Page
5
At the last Chamber of Commerce meeting members voted to invite the Lopp Sales Clinic to present a sales course for business men and clerks. Head of the clinic Mr. Lopp will speak at 8:00 PM Monday January 12 in the Legion Hall. Attendance is free for members. future sessions would have fees.
The third annual short course for soil conservation district commissioners of Iowa will be held January 7 8 and 9 at the Memorial Union Iowa State College Ames. Sponsored by the Mississippi Valley Association with co sponsors the Soil Conservation Service the Agricultural Extension Service and the Iowa State Soil Conservation Committee. Commissioners will study land use soil resources conservation practices forage crops water resources education and district administration. A banquet on January 9 will feature Brig Gen Lewis A Pick and Lachlan Macleay. Dr O E Finley will host. Iowa has eighty nine districts and commissioners from each are expected.
Route Hunter names Paul Smith to assess Indiana and Washington townships, O W Agan to assess Knoxville township. A school of instruction for auditors and deputies will be held January 5 to 9 at the state house in Des Moines with Henry Heinz Rouze Hunter Mrs Ruth Adams L A Lents and Merle Maddy in attendance. A new livestock farm machinery and office equipment valuation schedule increases rates, including grade cows valued at 75 dollars, pure bred cows higher, swine 42 per 100 pounds, sheep 10, tractor binder 875, two year old 200, seven years or older 132, corn 95, oats 60, and new typewriter 75 with adding machines 120.
The Iowa legislature amended town individual income statutes for tax years after 1946 changing rates and personal exemptions. Because new forms won’t be ready for 1947, taxpayers may compute tax using old rates 1 percent to 1 1/2 percent and enter 75 percent on form IT-1 as item A. Credits for exemptions and dependents then apply at revised rates: single individuals 15 dollars. husband and wife or head of family 30 dollars. each dependent 7.50 dollars. Dependent deductions up to 450 dollars for certain relatives may apply. Filing criteria specify who must file based on net taxable income thresholds. The letter is signed by WB. H. Pairburn, Assistant Director.
Rev C O Anderson presides at Churches of the Open Bible with a 7 PM fellowship supper and 10 PM watch night service followed by praise and brief messages. Sunday schedules include 9:45 AM Sunday School and 11 AM morning worship. Pella Baptist Church lists Beliefs That Matter theme at 9:30 AM church school and 10:45 AM service with 6 PM youth and 7:30 PM evening service. Second Reform Church and Third Reform Church offer morning services, Holy Communion, sermons on Beliefs That Matter, and musical moments. all are invited.
At the annual Rolscreen Company Christmas party on December 1, Pete Kuyper announced a year end bonus for every employee. Bonuses ranged from 5% to 10% of yearly wages based on continuous service, with service counting time in the country’s service. The event celebrated 1947 as an unusually strong sales year, keeping the plant at capacity through winter. The party occurred in a factory addition with lunch and entertainment by Carl Koopman, Charlie Clark, Bob Triplett, and Harold Donnelly as master of ceremonies.
Prot. Ref. Church Cor Main and Pene Tey schedules Sunday worship in Holland language at 9:30 with the sermon Christus maakt uitge kleed. Afternoon English service at 1:30 featuring a sermon on Being Always Obedient from Philippians 2 14 16. Sunday evening Young People's society meets 7 30 to 8 80. You are welcome to worship or meet with us.
George T. Pinches hosts a Bible School at 10:00 a.m. followed by The Lord's Supper and Word of God at 11:00 a.m. The gospel service is at 7:30 p.m. featuring Great Texts of the Bible Series.
Services are held at St Marys Catholic church every Sunday with Mass at 10 00 a m.
Citizens of Anamosa showed exemplary conduct as Santa Claus arrived. The week before his appearance in 1947 saw no cases filed in any justice courts during the free time.
Friends of Gene Meyer of Station WHO Des Moines mourn his resignation as market editor and assistant to Herb Plambeck and Bill Diamond to become associate editor of Heard's Dairyman, Ft. Atkinson Wisconsin. Honard Hass Durant Iowa 26 will replace him at the station, noted for 4-H club leadership.
A Newton to Des Moines Dispatch reports a head on crash on Highway 163 near Monroe. G A Vriezelaar 59 and William A Vriezelaar 62 Otley farmers were in a car towed from the scene. Most seriously injured was a passenger in the Vriezelaar car treated at Ski hospital with head cuts and limb injuries. Others riding with William A. were Mildred Hill 89 Donald W. Vriezelaar 28 and RK Vriezelaar 21. A Vriezelaar suffered head injuries and body bruises while William was unhurt.
Private First Class John L. Palmquist of Company D 187th Glider Infantry 503 Parachute Division has completed an 18 month enlistment and returned to the United States for discharge. He is the son of Mr and Mrs D R Vander Pol of Pella Iowa and will receive a 30 day furlough before discharge. He trained at Fort Snelling Fort Bragg and the Division parachute school in Japan and attended the Glider Training at the Division Juini School before returning home.
About ninety members met at the Legion Post for a minstrel show planning session with Des Moines entertainers. Maurice Bird, director, will lead casting in January as work at Central College eases. The Post aided in burial honors for Private Dick A. Sen and Earle Vander Zyl. Memorial Plot flagpole erected at Oakwood. Memorial Day 1948 dedication planned. Membership at 130, twelve short of quota.
A Social Security Administration field representative will be at the Knoxville Employment Service Office in the Court House from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. on January 8 February 5 and March 4 to interview locals about benefits. Citizens aged 65 or approaching that age are urged to attend for guidance on securing Social Security protections and best settlement under the law.
December 1947 posting period for Safety and Financial Responsibility law ended for October reportable motor vehicle accidents. Polk county led property damages at 191176 dollars, with Woodbury Scott Black Hawk and Pottawattamie counties also noted. The list honors elders and includes a tribute by Henry Beyer with names and ages in a local publication.
A World War II veteran’s next of kin should contact the Social Security Administration to learn about benefits and eligibility. The Des Moines office at 618 Grand Avenue is open weekdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. except holidays for in person or written inquiries.
A 1947 roundup from the National Safety Council catalogs a string of odd disasters caused by animals. A sparrow smoked in bed triggering a Camden fire, a cockroach in Detroit led to a man’s fall, a deer’s reflex violated a hunter, and a hit-skip cow felled a Milwaukee commuter. A Daventry driver fainted at a mouse, a suicidal quail met a gun, bees boarded a Cincinnati streetcar, and a Detroit rescuer was harmed during a firefighting incident. The itemizes a year of bizarre accidents across multiple cities and countries with vivid, non-graphic detail.
A Monroe resident named J. G. Rinemuth writes a playful letter dated December 29, 1947 to the Chronicle. He notes sending a subscription remittance and puns on a rasping voice likened to a scythe, ending with a cheerful claim about the money owed.
Mr. G L Ziemer director of conservation will speak to Night School Monday January 5 about the dam project and its role in flood control and wildlife resources. The talk covers lake use and state wildlife development as a community discussion.
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