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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1950
Page
3
A rousing address praising James Comey as a beacon of freedom. The speaker urges unity with Anglo American thought and action as the foundation of progress, urging confidence and perseverance to honor a voice that cheered millions.
The Iowa Safety Department will launch a poster campaign starting August 17. A local sponsor will display highway stop sign posters in stores and public places to reinforce weekly safety messages via papers and radio, urging careful driving and awareness of danger.
A reflection on efforts to foster public opinion in Japan via uncensored town papers. It argues nationwide access to local journalism strengthens democracy and counters stereotypes of Japanese conformity.
A reader reflects on park litter and the civic pride shown by Garden Square workers led by custodian Keuning. The piece urges residents to commend cleanup efforts and recognize how neat parks boost community image and daily enjoyment.
Editorial laments short reading habit and urges library use for enjoyment and learning. It argues public libraries offer diverse subjects at low cost, while discussing Russia and communism in a reflective, civic tone. It stresses school and town pride, public relations, and the impact of youth on local commerce.
A collage of small town items reports Henry Roorda injuring a finger while assisting to set a monument, nearby baseball plans with the Oskaloosa Cubs, free admission for ladies, and notes on organ rebuilding. It lists accidents, trades, public works, and local people including mayor Nick Gesman, Deacon Kuyper, and Mrs Douwsl, plus a piano contest winner Katie Bogaards and other community updates.
Materials shortages slow paving on Washington Street contractor J C Blunk. Aug 17 event planned in Ver Meer's grove by Farmers Exchange and Lake Prairie Twp farm bureau. Death of 17-year-old Tennis Bennink from typhoid fever linked to milk scare. Des Moines trip memory of Cox's band and wooden shoes parade told by C F Blattner. Marie Roorda praised for Sunday School leadership. boys bring flowers to the sick. Martin Engelsma attends Old Settlers celebration. Fordson tractor demo at Iowa State College. Henry E Kuyper in band of the 168th Infantry.
Twenty years ago in Pella and Fairfield details emerge about EF Banfield of Universal Producing Company staging Aunt Lucia with 150 in the east. Grimes Canning Plant employed forty, canning forty tons of tomatoes daily. Local golf saw Marion Vanden Oever win the city championship. Baer and Heerema won two other flights with the fourth flight upcoming. J H Jones spoke at the Coop Exchange picnic. Del De Haan and M D Textrum spoke. zoning talk at Chamber of Commerce. Poultry Association seen with only Joe Shinn and a few others at county meeting. In This Week in Pella, a fictitious Anne De Neef story circulated. Dora Bootsma visited Bloomfield Fair. Drought and rain affected corn. A daughter arrived to Mr and Mrs Prescott Steenbock on August 15. A barn fire near Lacey damaged by Sterk, Brant Ver Meer owner. G W Ryke of Otley won Marion County Fair grand championship Angus yearling. John Dunnink opened barber shop near Pella Votel annex. Ira Cursis ran the Motel. John dined in Des Moines.
Nettie De Gooyer placed with Mary Helen Vander Linden third among six teen contestants. Govert Van Arkel went to Grand Haven Michigan for a lead position in an automobile factory. An odd item notes a resident in Pella persists in riding yere on others sidewalks. Marion Van Wyk and Walter Van Pearsem traveled to O'Brien County to inspect farmland with Slykhuis and William Kruithof, while Van Wyk and Uithof journeyed to Canada seeking land or a new home.
The band played in Oskaloosa on Saturday and Boone on Monday while on tour. Luke Vander Linden Jim De Wit and Billy Gezel travelled to Kenosha Wisconsin to collect new Dodge cars for Everready Auto. Miss Mary Cole traveled to Quebec Canada to teach physical training at a high school and YWCA after teaching in Town City. Charley Keables visited his mother Harriet Keables in town. he lives in Denver. Frank Rederus, long a livery worker, warned the horse would return as high prices and rapid depreciation threaten motor car craze.
Ten years past at Grandman's Grove the Farmers Union picnic lists Town Union president Page Thorne and Frank s of Des Moines editor of the Town Legionnaire as speakers. Also noted are petitions for a county soils district and local business moves near Lincoln School. Knoxville swimmers lead in a dual meet with entries named. Rev. Samuel M. Zwemer set as mission fest guest in Pella. Jacob Van Dusseldorp photographed with corn over twelve feet high on his farm.
A 1946 letter by John Crown, paraplegic at Halloran General Hospital, warns that moral decay in individuals leads to global conflict. He urges returning to the commandment to love thy neighbor and condemns greed and petty national disputes as the root of war. Thoughtful readers are urged to share his message with friends and neighbors.
Short corn yields due to a strained season. Farm Page features Van Dusseldorp farm. Wormhoudts vacationed at Clear Lake with neighbors. Road from Pella Southwest to Howell Station to be graded with bids soon. Death of John H. Reuyers noted. longtime photographer and city official. Prins family summer travels discussed. Gun Club moves a building and sets traps on Reuben Van Maanen farm.
Central College began construction of three new houses on the site where Cotton Hall previously stood. Veenstra and Croll serve as the contractors handling the project.
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