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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1951
Page
3
The piece reflects on leadership and public direction, urging Churchill and Eisenhower as rallying figures. It critiques reliance on top figures to provide clear paths and suggests patient endurance while awaiting a clearer route.
The Nation on Wheels traces U S automobile growth from 1900 to 1950 with 8,000 cars in 1900 and 6.4 million passenger cars in 1950, noting 31.8 million families own 35.7 million cars and that autos now crowd the population.
The icy highway scenes show drivers fearing big trucks while trucks keep steady, jackknifing and sliding into ditches across the icy area. Ice in gutters makes passing hazardous and margin for safety vanishes in winter. widening pavements is urged for Iowa.
Pella’s municipal light plant valued near one million with twenty thousand monthly gross. council and residents urge closer supervision as demand grows. Proposal calls for appointing three capable trustees to supervise the utility as a public service to ensure continuity if new leaders are elected.
Des Moines faces a long running water department issue with divided public opinion. City authorities are pushing a move, taking the initiative to charge and petition, hoping to approve quick action and begin work. Community interest has risen as elections approach.
Beardsley discusses tax proposals and local self government, urging cautious reform and public approval. He backs Governor Wise spending and notes the need to slow school consolidation. The Iowa governor is praised for reflecting public opinion on gambling curbs. A South African crisis prompts church leaders to denounce apartheid and racial discrimination. The Dutch Reformed Church faces criticism for supporting apartheid despite global condemnation.
A long fragment discusses media literacy and audience judgment of news. It mentions the Athen Herald and The Line from New York, naming critics such as Murrow Davis Crosby and others. It notes listeners seeking accurate, balanced reporting and questions about biased or dramatic delivery.
Eggs sold at 15 cents a dozen in Pella and 28 cents in Des Moines. Mrs. G G Vander Zyl organized a Day of Prayer for Missions with a union meeting at Second Reformed Church featuring Reverends De Leeuw Bailey Vander Werf Bouma Monkman and Brinkman on February 23. Dr T G Fultz urged forming a militia company and building an armory to serve YMCA and large public gatherings. a mass meeting to discuss the proposal was planned soon.
Thirty years ago citizens filed a petition to the City Council demanding an improved water system with a new tower and storage tank. The council set March 28 for the election. The Farmers Exchange sponsored famine relief with $1000 raised. Pella Tigers basketball beat Oskaloosa Y M C A 36 to 25 led by Mark Rillihan with Beyers and Vogelaar named players. The Farmers National Bank opened a new building at Franklin and Main. A Webster School pageant traced Pella’s progress from 1847 to 1921. Corn prices fell to 25 to 40 cents, June 1920 wheat at $1.40, hogs $7.50–$8.50. Temperature reached 75 degrees. Two deaths recorded: Mrs. L. M. Donai and Simon Van Halm. Ralph S. Grundman to wed Kathryn Burtness. Roof fires at Gaass and Van Arkel homes minor.
Front page recounts the purchase by Wm. Le Grand and J. W. Le Grand Jr. of a tract in the Des Moines River valley near Red Rock from the Jay Gould heirs. The Le Grands’ holdings rise to 2,418 acres in Marion County with a 240 acre timber plot near Pella included for sale. The era’s news includes local society, city council tax levies, a violin concert, and notes on weather, a farewell party, and personnel changes at local businesses.
Twenty years ago findings report three large thrifty sales with twenty six merchants. A house fire damaged G G Thomassen home. extensive damage to furnishings. Local races list George Ganss and Bert Baron as candidates for school board and treasurer. Diesel power debate at city hall. Rioting story by Captain J M Cox. Pella High lost 17 16 to Valley Junction. Dykstra starred. Community mood notes on sanitation chief Evert Blom and welfare relief by Red Cross and Welfare League amid growing need.
Front page photo showed Marcia Kuyper dancing two batons for Eastern Stars in Knoxville. Local college programs listed including a mechanics training, auto repair, welding, woodworking, and electrical installation. The college band of fifty, under A A Rockwell, planned a spring concert in Douwstra Chapel and began the year with a 65 member marching band. County officials reported farm payment data and conservation parity figures. O D Klein donated 50 to the March of Dimes, while John Vander Ploeg fractured both wrists in a fall on West Franklin. Central basketball saw speed Schweppe and Voskuil as top players in an 80 point loss to St Ambrose.
The piece argues Korea lessons for farmers and policy, noting UN limits and the aim to keep Red China neutral. It cites failures to prevent China’s entry, warns against expanding war, and urges careful, limited involvement while preparing for future trouble.
Central's Voskuil led scorers with 9 points as the Dutchmen fell to Davenport 35 to 20. The town reports broad frost damage to plum trees across Ames and nearby areas, while church funding for improvements was approved.
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