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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1938
Page
3
A concise moral urging readers to aim every effort at a clear, defined goal and pursue it with consistent, focused discipline. The line echoes periodical reflections urging purposeful conduct and steady progress toward set ends.
The author notes rapid mileage on a rebuilt car and praises Johnny Vander Meer for back to back no run no hit games. Vander Meer’s early season dominance places him on a historic pace, challenging all prior records in baseball.
The piece urges taking proper vacations for all workers from executives to laborers and warns against bringing work along. It notes an unusually high tendency to vacation early in the season and counsels leaving jobs behind to ensure real rest.
The article decries numerous fake cancer cures and urges legal action to curb false hopes. It notes there is no treatment unless detected early, warning readers against products claiming to cure cancer after it has progressed.
After 24 years a family reflects on returning to Virginia. They describe the blue mountains red gulleys and rock formations, the cattle on a thousand hills, and the familiar valleys. They praise Virginia friendliness and hospitality and express hope to visit again within two years.
A Rotary magazine article notes that dogs of different breeds quarrel while two legged humans joke about misunderstandings. It argues distance is gone by transport yet misperceptions grow closer. It cites racial differences and calls for the Man of Galilee’s ideals of doing good.
The Chicago Cubs have slipped in recent games as only two pitchers, Lee and Bryant, can consistently deliver. Hitting with runners on base has failed repeatedly, leaving the club short of timely run production and signaling a major house cleaning this fall and winter.
The piece argues for robust press freedom as a constitutional right and warns that efforts to curb journalism are widespread. It contends editors must freely express views in editorials, asserting an editorial page hinges on the editor’s ability to speak on current issues.
A year ahead the federal government faces a debt exceeding 43 billion dollars with monthly outlays over one billion and daily costs above 34 million. Citizens would shoulder the bill through taxes, a burden unlikely to be repaid by present generations. The author decries a continuing spending spree without restraint.
The former Pella Baptist pastor Dr W J Coulston, once told of a seminary church offering 800 a year and a parsonage never built. He was a close friend, known for constant activity, and his death is noted as a somber loss.
The piece weighs Hughes 1930s transatlantic flight against Lindbergh 1927 solo crossing. It notes faster planes and safety since, yet honors Lindbergh for his solitary achievement. It questions government funding for ocean flight and its gains.
The writer rejects Iowa Bureau Farmer’s insistence on agricultural adjustment. He argues instead for a government plan to distribute food or create employment to feed 12 million unemployed, contending the current focus on crop curtailment is wrong and that land in Virginia and other states appears underutilized.
The Oskaloosa Tribune editorial sniffs at Phil LaFollette new third party arguing it lacks novelty and questions guaranteed income plans. Lamont Chronicle advises readers to test cash purchases over charging, urging a cash and carry approach to budgeting and thrift.
The Pella Press notes that many men and women sought office this year. It says the large field tests the openness of American politics and the ability of candidates to raise funds, while acknowledging it as a valuable lesson in political participation.
Philadelphia Record notes national response to Iowa results where Gillette’s expected victory signaled conservative gains. It argues North Carolina’s primary holds similar significance, urging attention to its impact on the national political landscape.
In a Sunday School study of Judges seven four to twenty three and Psalm ninety eight six the lesson argues Gideon misreads power as numbers. God trims 32 000 to 300 and stresses spiritual efficiency over mere headcount, urging the church to value character over numbers and to test faith under pressure. The discussion prompts reflection on teamwork discipline and the real strength of small but faithful groups.
Prof. G F Sadler recovered a high school class ring lost sixteen years earlier in Preston Minnesota. It was found in a garden while planting flowers at Jordan Hall and identified by Central college staff. The ring was returned to Floyd Nagel now a preacher in New York state.
Mrs. Bob Gates writes from Florida to Mrs. C. P. McNew of Honaker Va. describing a trip to Madison at a tourist camp owned by Senator Francis of Des Moines. The camp manager, an aviator, spoke of barnstorming in Iowa and recalled Pella and an accident there. He noted Chronicle ice publicity and said Bob’s uncle talked with him, joking that it is a small world.
In Prairie View Kansas farmers report the big wheat harvest nearly done with fields left patchy after a hailstorm. Neighbors sharing a two dollar per acre for custom combining, weather turns cool, grain quality steady but grasshoppers threaten corn. Community notes include deaths, travel plans, and local obituaries.
Case Harold Renaud assists Evert Vander Pol with haying this week. Mrs. Lewis Wanders and others visited relatives in several homes. John Meppelink Jr aided with grain cutting. Families gathered for dinners and social visits in Milo De Jong and Raymond Garner households near New Sharon. Ellen Elscott attended a bazaar in Otley. Jessie Hill and Walter drove to Iowa City to visit Mrs. Hill in hospital. Nola Monsma hosted visitors. Eddie Northcutt family visited Rufford Pethoven home.
Miss Cynthia Arnold of Waukee visited over Sunday with sister Mrs Wm De Winter and family. Miss Sadie De Jong aided Mrs Walter Anderson with threshers. Mr and Mrs Coy Waits visited with son Leo and family. Mrs Lester Blakeley and Mrs Mamie Stotts were dinner guests of Mrs Ethel Andrews last Friday. Sam Anderson of Des Moines visiting Monte Anderson home. Ray Kingery and family visited Sunday at George Kingerys. Florence Edwards of Knoxville worked for Mrs Eli Poffenbarger. Leah Hegwood works for Mrs Kermit Sherwood. Mr and Mrs Herbert Avery and Mr and Mrs Bill Grootveld of Pella spent Thursday at Eli Poffenbarger home. John Amos and family were Sunday dinner guests at Ralph Daubenspeck home in Knoxville. Regular preaching services at Coal Ridge next Sunday. The West River Ridge school is being painted by C L and Merle Reynolds.
Lynnville residents Mrs. William Dunsberg and family visited the Lyle Montgomery home Thursday evening. Farmers across Lynnville area harvest grain this week. Charles Wagaman in Iowa City hospital for gall stones. Dorothy Vander Pol visited Wanda Terpstra. Terpstra family attended Jennie Moes funeral. Ila Maye Terpstra, Carl Terpstra’s daughter, marked her fourth birthday on Saturday July 9. The Montgomery, Van Zante, and Jansen families visited the Conn home near Prairie City. Wanda Terpstra celebrated her thirteenth birthday on Tuesday. Des Moines visitors included Anie Terpstra, Mrs. Carl Terpstra, and Edgar Johnson. Dinner guests at Will Terpstra home. Bert Hasselaar lost control of his automobile near Grinnell but was unhurt. A few wry sayings end the year’s notes.
Flite O Tyme reflects on Pella memories from 20, 40, 60, and 80 years ago, recapping notable events, community shifts, and local figures who shaped the town’s past. The reminiscence highlights era-defining moments and the people who lived them.
52 Years Ago July 17 1886 Chris Verhey dies at 23 a fireman and band member in Pella. A son is born to Mr and Mrs Gradus Gosselink. Mexican war pensions eight dollars monthly declared. Montana trip by Mark Butts J L Russell and William Thomas. Peila petit jury members listed. Vander Linden family visits Hand County Dakota. Hattie Bousquet visits Mabel Cotton. Mrs Theo LeCocq 51 dies on square southeast corner.
40 Years Ago July 19 1898 Butter 12c per pound eggs Te per dozen corn 25c per bushel A new war tax placed on checks notes drafts deeds patent medicines telegrams and telephones Miss Christina Muntingh resumed duties as clerk in Ver Steeg Bros store after a two weeks siege of menses Chas LeCocq Dan De Vries John Luyden John Pos and John Kempkes went to Keokuk to seek membership in the 50th Iowa National Guard band Dr Alonzo M Keables aged 28 died after a short illness at Leadville Colorado buried in Pella cemetery The family of G L Rysdam preparing to move to Grundy Center for a produce house job Henry Ten Broek of North Dakota visiting parents in Pella after ten years away.
Miss Maye Crew wed Vernon W. Carris at her parents’ home in Central City Town. The notice also lists deaths of D. C. Van Zante and Albert G. Edmand in Guthrie Center and Flora Blazier in Webster City, plus local scenes of church visits, a runaway team, and small town activities.
A fragment notes that the evening turned on the Rock Ilan and that conditions have altered, hinting at a shift or change in the scene with minimal context and no clear details.
Mra If Scholte thanked the Pella Knitting club for a porch swing donated to Camp Dodge. Federal government to take charge of all telephone lines beginning July 31 at midnight. Andrew Van Drimmelin and wife celebrate 25th anniversary near Newton. J Vanden Berg ill with pneumonia. Walter Halbert to enter Des Moines radio school and likely enlist in navy. De Wit family visiting Prairie City relatives. De Wit just released from hospital. Nick Vander Ploeg Will Vande Voort Elmer Grandin sail training at Great Lakes. Mrs John Branshart and Catherine visit Fairfield aunt. Ed Liter ill with appendicitis operated in Oskaloosa hospital. Chickens stolen in Richland township. Sheriff Henley recovers birds and obtains confession. A B Van Houweling takes Sunday school class to Camp Dodge. Neighbors cut grain at J M Gosselink farm. both he and worker Alonzo Vander Pol ill.
Fifield Mr and Mrs S H Keuning were Knoxville business callers Friday. Miss Joyce Kuiken spent Wednesday with her friend Betty Kool. John and Connie Vanden Berg combined their wheat the past week and report a good yield. The showers of Saturday evening were very light in this vicinity. Mr and Mrs Bartus Klyn and Mrs John Bloodsworth motored to Oskaloosa Wednesday, Mr and Mrs Will Verweer visited Wednesday afternoon at the C J Kuiken home, Miss Lubertha Klyn visited with her grandmother Kool the past week in Knoxville. Will Verwers helped Pete Van Gent cut his oats. Mr Van Gent is feeling some better these days. Many from this community attended the Otley social Wednesday evening. Miss Carol Verwers spent a few days visiting with her cousin Miss Dorothy Keuning at Pella. Miss Helen Vanden Berg suffered the past week with appendicitis and on Saturday she was operated on at Oskaloosa, Mr and Mrs Frank Van Essen called at the S H Keuning home Sunday afternoon and Mr and Mrs Charles Vander Kolk and son called there Sunday evening.
The article notes very dry conditions in Amsterdam while small grain is in the shock and threshing begins with three machines. Henry Van Steenwyk bought a tractor and threshing unit and is using them. Roads to the Schakel area are graded with four new culverts installed. Mrs. John Van Hemert shows a display of flowers, including a hollyhock of 10 feet 10 inches. Visitors include Mrs. Herb Rumbaugh and her sons from Pella, with Mary Woods of Des Moines also visiting Uncle Jake during threshing time.
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