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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1954
Page
1
The Pella Chronicle invites readers to send in news from out of town visitors or trips. Contact information appears in the notice, encouraging contributions to the newspaper.
Dr. Junior Hospers, on the philosophy faculty at the University of Minnesota, passed the Fulbright Teaching Scholarship exam and is among twenty selected from twenty thousand applicants. He will teach in England. The report also notes local obituaries and hospital news, with births and family visits across Pella and Mahaska County.
Winter storms ice and high winds raise power outage risk and threaten freezer storage. Home freezers with food stay safe about 48 hours if doors stay closed, says Jewel Graham. If outage lasts longer, use dry ice from a local supplier, protect hands with gloves, place ice in multiple freezer sections, insulate briefly with blankets, and remove them when power returns.
Private Delmer L. Van Kooten U S 65313871 A 628th Field Artillery Battalion served at Fort Riley and departed for Korea on November 18 1958 He is listed as a cook with the Field Artillery Battalion and is stationed via c/o Postmaster San Francisco California
San Diego Calif FHTNC Scheduled to return Jan 18 completing a six month tour of duty in the Far East is the attack aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge It marks her second Orient tour since recommissioning in February 1952 Returning aboard the carrier is Richard H Balatad metalsmith fireman The Kearsarge arrived in the Far East shortly after the Korean War armistice and operated off the coast of Korea and in the East China Sea during the deployment
The ship conducted training and combat readiness work with Task Force 77 during a voyage that included Hong Kong and visits to the Philippines, Japan, Tokyo, Kamakura, Yokohama, and Yokosuka. Rest camps near Mt Fuji and Tokyo offered relief and recreation for crews.
Pvt Gerrit B. Steenhoek, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Steenhoek of Leighton, Iowa, is serving in Germany with the 2nd Armored Division known as Hell on Wheels. The unit spearheaded the WWII drive and is training as part of NATO forces. He entered the Army in April and arrived overseas December from Fort Riley Kansas after completing basic training.
Thanks to friends and relatives who sent mail and packages around Christmas. Carl Vander Schaaf expresses happiness and gratitude for generous memories and gifts received while he is in Korea.
Soldiers addresses listed with unit designations and APO c/o Postmaster. Names include Cpl. Ernest J. Eysink and Pvt. Alvin W. Jong along with Gilbert Van Wyk and Pvt. Gilbert Van Wyk, detailing battalions, divisions, and APO numbers. Birthday dated February 9.
The State Forest Nursery will deliver trees and shrubs for wildlife and erosion control through March 15. Available plantings include black locust dogwood green ash multiflora rose stratified walnut Douglas fir red pine and more. Evergreen prices are $6.00 per 250 seedlings and stratified walnuts $1.50 per 260 nuts with other seedlings at $4.00 per 0. Order blanks and price lists are available from county extension directors state conservation officers or local Soil Conservation Service representatives.
Spring weather drives plant disease development affecting Iowa crops. Iowa State College extension plant pathologist Arden Sherf notes uncertain 1954 spring weather but warns of several important oat problems including crown rust infestations and lingering disease sources in stubble. Buckthorn abundance in northern Iowa adds to the holdover disease risks.
The article warns 1954 crown rust likely severe on susceptible oats and emphasizes Climate as the sole resistant variety available. It notes buckthorn destruction to reduce rust, predicts evergreen and oak losses from weather, and cites observations of disease risks tied to mild winters, wet springs, and rainy Jul–Aug periods.
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