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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1962
Page
1
The Pella Chronicle explains subscription hikes driven by higher mailing and postage costs. It notes local delivery changes, wage increases, and the fourfold postage rise since last year, arguing subsidies do not apply to free county mail and urging readers to understand publisher challenges.
Marion County, a major coal producer, could become a liquid coal center after a breakthrough. Liquid coal, a ground coal and water mix transported by pipeline, is burned like fuel oil and already moves millions of tons in Ohio. If adopted, utilities, steel, cement and other coal users could see cheaper, improved energy amid a revived coal industry with thousands of jobs.
The city council read and passed a parking ban for downtown, with Aldermen Fas sen and Waechter voting yes. Mayor H J Vanden Berg moved supervision of the light plant from the light committee to the oil ward. B H Sack spoke in support and denied the plant’s extravagance while acknowledging income. Henry Gez el, the first violator, was fined $5 for parking over twenty minutes, with plans to appeal to the Supreme Court. Other items include auto purchases by De Geus, Vande Voort, Engle, Veenstra, Nieburg, and Fultz, plus a Davis accident on Cometine Hill involving Mr and Mrs W G Van der Ploeg.
A coal strike endangers the Pella light plant with only enough coal for the week. Phil Bishop held the coal contract and urged workers to help, but union men blocked it. A Marion County sheriff faced criticism for not protecting miners who wished to work. Pella won two games from Montezuma 6 to 1.
The record notes publication schedule and mailing details for a local newspaper. It states Tuesday and Thursday issues published by Pella Publishing Inc and entered at the port office in Pella, Iowa as second class mail matter under federal acts.
A reader letter argues the recent Supreme Court ruling banning prayer in public schools secularizes education. The writer cites Dr A A Hodge and quotes colonial laws to claim America is a Christian nation and calls for Christian education outside public schools. The piece insists government should not deny God or ban the Bible from schools.
A columnist argues Christians must reassert influence in daily life and resist secular forces, urging readers to contact their congressional representatives. It critiques postwar shifts away from Christian principles, defends prayer rights, and condemns postal rate hikes as miscast as business policy while defending third class mail users.
Montezuma imported a southpaw Templeton from Oska Joosa for the first game. Pella pitcher Paul Ver Steeg struck out eleven in game two. Montezuma errors hurt their defense as Del De Haan fanned ten in game one, Jimmy Lowe of Monte started. Pella won 7 0, and the town buzzed about seats not swept since 1906. TIM DYKSTRA and family plan Denver as home. Iowa State Fair Board promotes a $50,000 crash spectacle with two locomotives at sixty mph.
Two men from New Sharon were arrested after throwing home brew at a car window near A A Van Roekel’s residence where two girls Ruth Van Houweling and Marjorie Van Roekel were seated. Sheriff Grundman recovered four bottles and jailed one suspect. An 18 year old, Irving Mefford, fatally shot his father as the man lay in bed over disputes about home brew. Police reported the incident followed threats to the mother and sister. Also noted was a bank receiver seeking approval to pay a second dividend from Security State Bank.
Chamber of Commerce backs a swimming pool project with P H Kuyper initiating $250. Two hundred citizens petition for lights at the athletic field so kittenball can be played after sunset. The council approves. Roosevelt and Garner win the Democratic national convention votes in Chicago. Al Smith protests. McAdoo from California shifts the delegation to F D R.
A patriotic downtown celebration in Pella marked the War Savings Stamp drive with a parade led by Uncle Sam, a Legion Color Guard, band, and local businessmen selling stamps. A Hitler float was attacked by masked hillbillies with a Defender ax incident. Notables include PFC Harold Vande Noord with the 133rd Infantry in Ireland and Pvt Gerrit Ryke visiting from Jefferson Barracks.
A large crowd attended a Saturday park concert featuring the band and twirlers led by Miss Marcia Kuyper. The clarinet quartet Arvena Huyser Anna Mae Langerak Phyllis Ver Ploeg and Donald Waechter performed in Alabama Sketches during the show.
Ten years ago sixteen Pella Boy Scouts led by Duane De Kock spent a week at Camp Mitigwa near Boone and Ledges State Park. Notables include Pres ton Steenhoek and Eugene De Heer. Community notes recall visitors, births, travel, and a council discussion on a rat infestation and a historic cottonwood tree known as De Indiaansche Boom removed during road widening.
Praire City visitors Mr and Mrs Lynn Perkey spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Norman Robus. Several locals traveled to Colorado to teach at the American Sunday School Union program. A fishing trip to Canada was planned by Norman Robus and Franklin Brom. Mrs Francis Van Zante hospital stay in Des Moines is noted with church activities listed for the week.
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