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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1955
Page
3
Anonymous urges trimming intrusion into others family affairs and religion. The note values discretion and hints editors should avoid prying curiosity while seeking the truth of everyday life. The fragment reflects a cautionary stance on personal boundaries and journalistic restraint.
Secretary Charles E. Wilson spoke at Gunston Hall on the Potomac River to mark the 200th anniversary of the Mason home. He praised leadership in democracy while recalling George Mason’s 1775 remark and noted 1955 democracy as at times astonishing yet disillusioning as leaders steer the nation through noise.
Sheldon Iowa experiments with Friday evening as closing time while keeping Saturday opening. Farmers protested, a four member committee was formed, and a two hundred strong meeting pledged to patronize firms open on Saturday night. Merchants remain firm until September and a fall survey may reveal trader sentiment as other towns watch this local change.
A British Vickers Viscount turboprop demonstrated from Cleveland to Winnipeg and slated for June service. The engine proved vibrationless and quiet, using a simple fuel mix costing 9 to 12 cents per gallon. With 12 passengers breaking even and 40 capacity, the design requires one fuel grade, no additives, no oil radiator, and may power cars by 1960, per reporter Wilson Hirschfield.
A Polk County Legislator criticizes Patrol Chief David Herrick for setting day and night speed limits through the 4th of July period, calling it government by decree. The piece notes highway fatalities were high and police said curbing speed saved lives, while urging the Legislature to define the Patrol Chief’s authority and set enforceable limits.
The Lawrence Outlook argues a modern farmer must blend mechanics finance and science, citing soil chemistry and cost accounting. Sigourney Review defends social security, noting its aid to widows and children and its easing of fear for the future despite political backlash.
Items of interest from The Chronicle spanning ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty years ago. Features reminiscences and archival notes highlighting notable events, people, and local happenings preserved for readers.
The notice reports Herman Neyenesh died while visiting a relative of Marinus Van Zee near Woodland California. Van Zee and his brother John Van Zee attempted rescues. bodies en route to Pella for burial. Also notes school remodeling at Webster School, new depot land condemnation, Campbell Brothers circus arrival, and various local notices including staff changes, relocations, and trips.
Forty years ago Baer Kuyper and Aschenbrenner homered as Pella defeated their rival 12 to 10 behind George Lankelma who pitched the entire game. Front-page photo showed a Leisenring Pennsylvania pool bath house while local Scouts promoted a similar project in Pella.
Miss Belle Byram ill at home near the depot on Oskaloosa Street. The Vogelaar and Kleinjan families plan a trip to Fulton July 5 if weather allows. Jim Edmond travels to Des Moines to fetch his car after mud. A labor speaker slated to address mine workers in Albia. Teachers Lautenbach Wormhoudt and Lefeber noted after State Normal School. De Neef and Goedhart close Main Street basement barber shop. De Neef joins Frank Vanden Berg while Goedhart works for Van de Geest and Allison on East Franklin Street.
A 25 year old Clarence P Van Vark drowned while attempting to swim the Des Moines River below the Pella Knoxville bridge. his body recovered the next day by Andrew Wynia. Mahaska County plans gravel work on the Great White Way east of Oskaloosa toward Pella. Local trap shooters from Pella competed at Prairie City with John Gillespie leading at 96 of 100. Auto Service Company displayed Star and Durant cars in a town parade. Trade in haircutting rose with warmer weather. Edith Sedrel sang On the Road to Mandalay and Jerry Stureman played a cornet at a band concert directed by George Ramsey. Bud Knox progressing in professional baseball with the Barons of Birmingham on loan from the Pirates, after hitting a homer in a key game.
Front page photos show Pella's NE city sewage disposal plant newly completed. The Fist Reformed Church rebuild costs 3600 dollars by Veenstra and Croll. A Pella band goodwill tour to Sully drew business leaders and families, with Leonard Allen singing Henry Kuyper trombone solo Hugo Kuyper guiding. Des Moines visitors rode a special train and dined at the Legion Hall as Mayor Dwight Lewis spoke and Dr. George Lankelma answered. Carey Boyd, 40, dies after a St Louis operation, famed in Pella for baseball. his Arkansas City parents survive.
The effort to sell tulip bulbs to property owners on Washington Main and Oskaloosa Streets aimed to create a fine bloom display for the 1936 Festival. Stuart Kuyper, at a Black Hills Boys Camp, wrote of seeing a balloon flight attempt that ended in blow up and collapse. A West Washington Street tent rink had been ripped by a storm a month earlier. The Centennial Elm west of Otley was rededicated with Mary Marion Chapter DAR sponsorship and a marker placed nearby in a ceremony led by Judge Will Vander Ploeg. The tree, planted in 1876 by pioneers J. C. Donnell Link Tice and W. S. Honnold, stood on the Lewis Van Roekel farm.
Reverend R J Vanden Berg resigned from the Second Reformed Church to become Central College business manager. Pella area residents purchased war bonds totaling over 5.3 million since 1942 and oversubscribed the seventh loan drive. Local leaders John F Dysktra Prescott Steenhoek Ben Kuyk Herman Veenstra Gerrit Tysseling Elmer Nollen Parl Van Hemert and P H Kuyper chaired and directed the effort. Meats sugar fuel oil and shoes remained on ration lists with the ration board open daily except Thursday chaired by H P Van Gorp. Charles Mitten son of Mrs Gertrude Mitten was commissioned overseas with Geneva Hodge's unit after Normandy D-Day actions earning several combat stars. Private Martin Vos, son of Mrs Sarah Vos, was hospitalized in Clinton Iowa for a shoulder wound from a sniper.
FBI Chief urges firm religious guidance to prevent juvenile delinquency. He argues parents must consistently enforce Sunday school and church attendance, comparing discipline to ensuring education and medicine. He warns against letting children decide religion early and stresses parental example as a shield.
The De Wild estate farm near Pella, 120 acres, sold at public auction for 106.00 per acre. Tunis Kempkes, Post Historian, spoke to Kiwanis Club members about the early history of the Pella Legion Post. Robert Van Roekel nears graduation at Selman Field and commission as a second lieutenant in the 4th Armored Division. He served as a Navigator overseas during the European campaign.
A tractor-drawn scraper tearing a Great Lakes pipeline near Osceola fractured the line on a county road. Gasoline poured from the rupture, prompting response efforts as crews worked to control the spill.
A crawler tractor released gasoline under 280 pounds of pressure causing pools on the ground from which 3,000 gallons were recovered. No fire occurred following the incident.
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