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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1953
Page
1
A fragment notes a quarterly training context and a retirement system offering a monthly pension of 306 with uniforms. It mentions ariest Eoimen but lacks full context and dates. Further readable details are needed to clarify roles and exact program scope.
A long list notes registrations of new cars in Knoxville including Robert Heerema and others with 1953 Dodges and Fords, plus multiple hospital arrivals and discharges in Oskaloosa. The section records Christmas visits, family milestones, and community movements between Oskaloosa, Pella, Ackley, and nearby towns, including births, graduations, and employment changes.
Pupils at the Fan rural school near Waukon will enjoy a longer Christmas break after a fire destroyed the schoolhouse last week leaving students and staff managing the disruption while a replacement plan is arranged.
The State Conservation Commission released fifty wild geese to Iowa nesting sites at Rice and Ingham High Lakes to establish permanent colonies. Twenty came from Swan Lake Refuge in Missouri to Rice Lake and thirty to Ingham High. Wings are pinioned to keep them from migrating while serving as breeding stock. Geese hatched in Iowa may return to their birthplace and rebuild historic colonies, as Michigan’s program has shown success with migratory populations. Twelve goslings survived the first spring hatch at Rice Lake from last year’s stock obtained from the Fish and Wildlife Service.
David G. Herrick became chief of the Iowa highway patrol and unveiled a four week recruit training school at Camp Dodge starting May 3. About 85 men will be admitted with top graduates filling 11 patrol vacancies and three on the drivers licensing examining force. Remaining graduates form a reserve for future openings. Applicants must be between 5 feet 10 inches and
The notice lists age and height standards including 22 to 82 years, 6 feet 2 inches, US citizenship, two years residency in Towa, high school education or equivalent, and ability to pass a strict character check and physical exam with 20-20 vision without glasses. Applications available at patrol HQ New State Office Building Des Moines or any of 13 district offices in Des Moines Osceola Atlantic Denison Cherokee Spencer Humboldt Mason City Cedar Falls Welwyn Cedar.
Herrick urged men to file applications for the highway patrol promptly to allow time for field investigations and examinations before the school begins. Recruits will receive $100 in pay plus clothes and food while attending the program.
A December 24 letter to the Chronicle from Pfc Lester R Elscott of the U S 56160736 Co E Shore Bn 5382 EASR APO 88 c o P M San Francisco CA dated December 18 delivered December 24 outlines his views. He writes from Japan where the letter was mailed on December 19. The text presents personal opinions on current events and public concerns.
Evangelist Billy Graham spoke to about 2000 service members at Fleet Gym Yokosuka Naval Base on December 12 urging a powerful church to counter Communism. He outlined plans to travel to Korea for revival meetings in Pusan and Seoul with Grady Wilson and Dr. Robert Pierce, returning January 1.
Joe Stritzel, extension agronomist at Iowa State College, recommends keeping sacks off dirt or concrete floors by laying 2x4 boards on end and placing boards on top to leave spaces eight to six inches wide. Pile fertilizer sacks on the boards but do not exceed ten sacks high.
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