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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1953
Page
6
Pella residents show strong basketball interest with both college and high school teams. The Rotary Club and Central College Athletic Dept organize two day event at Central Gym January 1 and 2 featuring four fast teams.
Proceeds from the Rotary Club sponsored event go to aid the community’s young people. Club members urge earnest support and offer season tickets, with savings available for purchasers from any member.
Fourteen Marion County 4-H club officers gathered at the Women’s Club Building in Knoxville on Saturday afternoon December 20 to learn better officer functions. County officers led sessions for Presidents and Vice Presidents Tom Nichols and Kenneth Ka.
Central Iowa town of Pella endures a winter storm with sleet ice and heavy snow. Trees and branches collapse under ice damage blocking streets while city crews clear main routes. Telecommunication lines falter with long distance outages restricting emergency calls until midweek.
After a severe ice storm, the electric department earned heavy tolls as lines iced over and limbs fell. Crews worked around the clock restoring service, with the city truck aiding rapid splices, 150 repairs completed without accident, and 30 phones still out. Superintendent James Wisse led the effort, while 400 lines remained unusable and calls surged.
Local fans can watch Coach Borgman s Little Dutch face the Knoxville Panthers in a conference game at the local gym on Saturday night. The Panthers boast a strong record so far this season, promising an exciting matchup.
A terse line notes Pop must assist his son in law soon after sending his daughter away, highlighting a family obligation and a sense of pressure in post-visit duties.
Virgil Vander Linden and Ralph De Gook announce V&R Briardale will close January 5 through 8 for a full remodel. They will stop deliveries and credit January 3 to cut costs, add two checkout counters, new cash registers, expanded fruit and vegetable dept, longer shopping space, and improved lighting. Formerly Plette's Grocery, the store has held the V&R Briardale name for 80 years.
Reverend Rollin Wildin, pastor of the Baptist Church, spoke to Rotary Club members after their luncheon on Tuesday December 23. The longtime chaplain in World War II outlined the role and duties of military chaplains and urged Rotary members to support spiritual guidance for service members.
Reverend Wildin describes chaplains history from 1776 with the American Army to World War II and beyond. He notes eight thousand chaplains served in World War II, many decorated, with duties differing from combat troops, focusing on moral guidance, preparation for civilian life, and support for prisoners. He recounts training, service on ships to Japan and Korea, and motion pictures from Yokohama Tokyo Pusan and Seoul.
After a severe sleet storm December 19, crews from Pella Cooperative Electric Association toiled through two long nights and into Sunday to restore service. Despite small physical damage, many members endured lengthy outages as lines were brought back online by daylight Sunday.
Nearly 500 Rolscreen employees gathered at the Legion Hall for the annual Christmas party and bonus distribution. The event featured profit sharing certificates, a new plan, and an annual report by president P. H. Kuyper noting 498 employees and over one million dollars in wages.
Daylight Monday morning saw crews back on the road, working through Tuesday morning to repair broken wires from falling branches. By Tuesday night service was restored to all members and the crews began their first full night’s rest. The damage was minor, a few broken wires causing short circuits where limbs crossed the line.
The Pella Cooperative Electric Association thanks its members and friends in Pella for offers of help and for understanding the priority of restoring the main service before addressing individual outages.
South Central Iowa Conference standings include results through December 24 with Chariton Knoxville Albia Valley Indianola Pella Tech Lincoln Winterset Centerville. Notable scores: We Tech 51 Pella 42, Lincoln 38 Tech 34, Knoxville 69 Centerville 61, Pella 46 Centerville 32, Chariton 42 Knoxville 36, Chariton 47 Albia 43. Next week features Valley at Winterset and St Marys girls at Knoxville with January 2 and 3 matches listed.
Kenneth Schuring, a Pella High School freshman, shows his first vocational agriculture project, a white Shorthorn calf. The calf stands before a snowy backdrop at the family farm on the Knoxville road in the Jolanda area near Pella.
The Third Reformed Church hosts a watchnight for freshmen and older youths. Guests include young people from First and Second Reformed Churches. Activities start at 9 with a fellowship and film, then a watchnight worship at 11 into the New Year featuring a gong service, three musical numbers, and talks by Dr. C. Keizer, Wm. Downs, and Miss Peggy Leu.
Weather brought icy roads yet 78 farmers attended the Farmers Night School session on corn. Two films were shown The Great Story of Corn and The Miracle of Corn Growth with color time lapse sequences from kernel to tassel.
A four vehicle crash four miles east of Pella on Highway 163 occurred Monday at 7 15 PM. Karl L. Lee 49 of Ames drove a Highway Commission 1951 Chevrolet west and collided with Junella Aalbers 19 of Pella whose 1941 Chevrolet rolled into a ditch. damage about 525. Irvin Jelsma 38 in a 1952 Chevrolet skidded and hit oncoming Sidney De Haan 19 of Pella with minor damage. No injuries reported.
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