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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1957
Page
3
A short editorial note praising health as a vital blessing and urging goodwill toward those in need. The piece reflects on health as a universal value, implying support for those suffering and the importance of well being in the community.
A fragmented note reflects on farmers' reduced complaints compared to last year. Media coverage is sparse and experts doubt the soil bank program addresses farmer issues. Rain levels shape their view, with drought turning troubles to mountains and good crops making worries minor. The state appears lush and abundant to travelers.
The piece notes Nikita Khrushchev engineered the firing of Malenkov Kaganovich and Molotov from the Kremlin. Molotov, longest in leadership since 1917, is portrayed as the most disliked. Western diplomats welcomed the purge though no successor is named. The U.S. News quote calls communism a colossal flop across East Germany to Shanghai.
A friend has died editor Fred Beck of The Knoxville Journal aged 8 heart disease. Beck, a Iowa Uni graduate of 1897, held senior editorial roles at Council Bluffs Nonpareil and Des Moines Register before leading Iowa State College journalism and The Farmer's Wife. He later edited and purchased The Knoxville Journal.
A tribute recalls Fred Beckman as a longtime elder journalist who served public groups including the YMCA and Iowa State College. He is praised for his wisdom and firm principles, with life described as good and well lived.
Senator Edward Marti vania warns against buying out of rem and unleashing power to crush economies, recalling 1929. Dr James E Wagner says members of the United Church of Christ may be simply called Christians due to the cumbersome denomination name.
A collection of editorial quotes from Plattsmouth Nebraska and other papers. The pieces critique peddlers and praise reliable merchants while recounting a local restaurant scene where a waitress faced rude service. The authors urge strengthening local business support without abandoning efforts to attract new assets.
Items of interest from The Chronicle recalling happenings 10 20 30 40 and 50 years ago. Readers get brief snapshots of notable people places and events featured in past editions through a compact column.
Fifty years ago in 1907 Monarch Manufacturing of Des Moines sought to relocate a dace tory to Pella and promised to proceed if residents bought 27000 dollars in stock. Gasoline engines were made but plans favored automobile building amid a 1500 dollar subscription at a Businessmen's Association meeting.
Forty years ago Marshal Bickford and Constable De Cook went to the Galesburg road bridge to pick up three men suspected of robbing the Van Zante garage and the Rock Island freight depot. Their Ford car had been wrecked, stolen in Pleasantville, with some stolen articles found nearby.
Funeral crowds attend Cynthia Goodall’s service for Charlie Goodall, famed Chicago Rail speed record holder born in Pella. College Notes mentions Professor Fred Bosch’s car accident. A. W. De Bruyn previews the Pella District Fair with premium list printing underway. Independence paving on West Second Street and a cooperative August 24 picnic planned by Exchange of Pella, Parm Bureau, and Ida County Farm Bureau. Cody Museum reports a mesa near Cody Wyoming and Buffalo relics housed.
Thirty years ago Dr John Stuart aged 80 died in Monon Indiana where he practiced medicine and had led Pella Baptist Church as pastor and Central College president from 1891 to 1895. S F Prouty of Des Moines, born in Ohio, rose from janitor to lawyer, congressman, judge, and banker in walnut lumber wealth after Central College and years in the legislature. Phillip Bishop Jr drowned in the Des Moines River near Pella at 25 while swimming with Gary De Reus who could not save him. J S McLaughlin was a contractor.
Twenty years ago Phyllis Lockhart and Charles Claypool joined the high school staff with Claypool appointed as coach. Claypool hails from Shenandoah. The Sioux City Seed Co expedites seed corn drying by moving machines into the Woodrow Washer Co old building. Rosscreen Co employs 150 in its office and factory. Simon Heemstra leaves Central College Industries to join Ford Motor Co in Plainfield Indiana as sales promotion manager. Police officer Joe De Hoog curbs double parking on busy Saturday nights. Swimming pool sees strong crowds with many lessons and Monroe Day observances drawing neighbors to the pool. Three matrons pictured in the pool: Mrs Donald Waechter.
Mrs Martin Heerema and Mrs Jack Bootsma, Captain W H Barker, in company with granddaughter Eleanor Kimmell, visited Roy Kimmel in Pola. Roy, Barker’s cousin, recalls Civil War service and fame for planting a native tree arboretum on his home plot. Also noted are a Laurel and Hardy film pick a star with Patey Kelly, a slate injury to Jennings Palmquist at Sumpter coal mine, Madeline Dickema showing a ripe one and a half pound tomato, and Gerrit De Wild’s twelve foot tall corn in the Des Assines river bottom.
Ten years ago a charter was presented to the newly formed auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post at a St Louis meeting. The issue highlights flood control plans for the Missouri and Mississippi valleys following the 1947 floods. Also noted are high school health tests, Eddyville restaurant reopenings, levee repairs, Eddyville flood impact, Marion coal output declines, local obituaries, wedding photos, and a woodsman killing 42 timber rattlesnakes near Monona.
An essay extols sincerity as a life enriching virtue while condemning false leaders, hypocrites, and domination by tyrants. It argues sincere individuals uphold humane values, oppose manipulation, and trust that moral decency ultimately prevails despite societal flaws.
A 1965 survey shows more than 500000 Iowa anglers, versus about 360000 hunters, per Bob Moorman of Iowa State College. The data note shifts in outdoor recreation and farming history, including farm counts and housing needs for poultry.
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