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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1945
Page
3
The Chattanooga Times marks twenty-fifth anniversary with a call to uphold high editorial standards. It cites Goebbels praise for the Fuhrer, praises American farmer independence, and previews TVA heating technology and civic education initiatives in Detroit schools.
Grinnell Herald Register notes a humorous remark by humorist Ivin Cobb about insanity and Washington. Grundy Register urges a 70 million dollar postwar road program prioritizing dirt farm roads to aid forgotten farmers. Denison Review reflects on wartime sorrow and calls for charity, stoicism, and Do unto others. The piece ends with a weathering-year jingle about choosing rain over grumbling, illustrating a hopeful outlook.
Ten years ago in Glan the weather was mild and residents reported a cold snap earlier in January with 14 to 22 degrees below zero. Local progress included a Federal Housing proposal to fund home improvements through loans from 100 to 4000 dollars. Reverend De Jong was installed as pastor at First Christian Reformed Church and pastor Manni died in Grand Rapids. A possible abandonment of the CG. ROL & Py K.D. branch due to low revenues was noted. Junior High staged a play The Pest with Norman Van Gorp as the lead. Central-Pain edged Hoek in a basketball game by 11 to 10, marking a conference victory. Joe Kuldenberg visited Holland and Niagara Falls after a trip to the World's Fair in Chicago. Front-page bank statements from 1895 were reproduced with bank officers’ names.
About 200 Marion County Farm Bureau members attended a three course banquet in Knoxville to honor retiring County Agent Wallace McKee and welcome his successor Harold Jones. Speakers included Jacob De Haan of Pella. The Pella Gun Club voted to join a regional shooting league next summer with Oskaloosa and Ottumwa clubs. Officers elected were P Dingeman president, Dave Ver Dught vice president, Gerald Rysdam secretary, and Walter Butt treasurer. The group adjourned to the Garden Cafe for lunch, and a note mentioned a young woman in a bathing suit showing radio novelty.
Report from the annual Farmers meeting shows A Van Drimmelin managed well with a $2647 profit and a cash basis push amid prior division of opinion. Central's basketball beat Graceland 35 to 20, while local notices mention relocations, a near-miss car crash, and community progress in Pella with music and military post activities.
Thirty years ago Central College lost to Penn 88 to 21 on home floor with Whit ker leading Penn and Rhynsburger headlining Central. Columbus Junction beat Pella High 29 to 10 on Central’s home floor. Fire at George Thomassen home and Van Rees house chimney fires marked January. Lake Prairie District Fair Association planned a meeting at City Hall for stockholders. Pukwudjinnio Campfire Group presented Pleasure Island at the college auditorium directed by Miss Glen ere Grundman. Warner Van Spanckeren named Yell Master. Warner Faassen and Ralph Westervelt spoke at chapel. Daisy Teas resumed by the Auxiliary at Mrs. Aschenbrenner’s home. Electric light department report to City Council concluded.
Receipts for December reached 1 786 607 with expenditures at 1 249 79, leaving a healthy month end balance. The light plant shows a cooling profit while local job ads attract midwestern youth to Sanoan. The White Way Hotel reopens on Main Street under A D Van Skike after two months closed. Herman D Van Zan visits Cedar Rapids as son Paul works there. Church membership at S Reformed grows with over forty to join next Sunday. Harry Keables travels to New York for American Druggists Syndicate meetings. Tri County Corn Show premiums set, 70 plus prizes donated by merchants across eight classes.
The piece explains the benefits and risks of children wearing glasses, noting the main dangers: physical injury from broken lenses is rare but bent frames common, fear or timidity from warning and social stigma, and feelings of inferiority. A matter of fact adult attitude and physician guidance lessen negative effects. It cites the Iowa study and safety council data comparing burn and railroad deaths.
Earl Black receives a formal notice from the Ninth Air Force Public Relations Office in France confirming Bob Black as a member of the Strong IX Air Defense Command Football team. The message notes Bob plays guard, a position he held at Pella Hill School with the “Ail Conference 142, The Mir Defenders,” a unit formed from AA gunners across France and Belgium.
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