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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1951
Page
1
A town column invites readers to prepare for Tulip Time with reflective verses and poems. It includes poems from Wheeler Lea and Wheatley, notes on kindness, neighborly love, and a reminder to keep the road between towns paved with affection.
Duck hunters lament drought conditions as water scarce land fails to lure migratory fowl. Clarence Conover drained a car radiator on Sheridan Avenue and found a duck wading in the resulting puddle, which spooked and flew away before crashing into a city bus and disappearing into the sky.
Iowa State College nutritionist Jewel Graham advises stocking freezers with economy pork cuts and offers simple recipes. Pork Birds use bread crumb stuffing rolled in pork slices. mix milk onion sage eggs butter and pork bits for flavor and resemble small roasts.
To roll, pound meat rolls until shaped, brown in hot fat, add water, cover and bake slowly until tender about 1% hours. Prepare pork birds by slitting loin chops, stuffing with the dressing, browning, and cooking. Use two center cut ham slices filled with prunes apples brown sugar and cinnamon, roll, secure, bake at 350 for two hours.
Al Couppee, KRNT sports director, says Iowa University basketball games will be aired on KRNT and KANT Monday and Saturday nights at 8. A detailed schedule lists matchups including Iowa at Purdue, Illinois, Northwestern, Michigan State, Illinois at Iowa, Minnesota at Minneapolis, Drake at St. Louis, Creighton at Iowa State, Ohio State, Indiana, Wisconsin, Wichita at Drake, Michigan, Indiana, Michigan State, and Iowa’s post season events with high school tournaments in March.
December 30 notes list visits and birthday remembrance at the Home for the Aged. Jennie Langerak turns 74, with Kin from Oskaloosa Otley Vinton Sully Killduff and Sully visiting residents and families including Langstraat Van Dyk Den Hartog Geenen and Vos.
Fred, the last to see Bill alive, recalls their wartime talk about waiting and the war. Bill predicted soldiers might be worn down by delays and long waits. A phone call from police changes BIN's wife’s evening as she attends a bridge club. Bill crashed on a curve near his last moments of movement.
A brisk rush by Bill led to a surprisingly lengthy delay as observers noted an unusually long wait that followed his quick start. The incident drew attention from bystanders and sparked brief discussion about timing and patience.
A note recalls that Iowa had forty four organized counties at statehood in 1846, reflecting the territorial organization during admission to statehood.
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