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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1943
Page
3
A 1948 political essay urges patience and unity as citizens back war effort, supports thrift and bonds, touts farmer resilience, warns against idle subsidies, and promotes soil-building and cooperative farming. It praises leadership free of faction and calls for practical, long term policy over static party lines.
A clipping argues party matters less than values and actions. It praises Gillette as capable while critiquing reliance on superheroes and urging voters to demand honesty from politicians, warning against fixation on minor issues and urging independent thinking within the party.
Editorial notes that paying taxes weekly is easier than lumping year end totals and urges unity to strengthen civilian effort. It cites shortages of ingenuity and teamwork in food control, and echoes Wallace’s Farmer guidance to hog farmers to sell light and avoid panic. It ends with a call for postwar cleanliness and continued good habits.
A brief look at notable moments in Pella from 10 20 80 and 42 years ago recalls civic milestones. Community events, anniversaries and noteworthy smaller stories highlight the town’s evolving local scene and remembered figures.
A 42 year old items column from Pella reports a Renowned Wild West Show in Knoxville on August 2, notes on local pastors, land sales, and farming life. It mentions Fresh fish plentiful, a Yeast Foam door to door, scarce garden produce, hot early July weather, a farm sale at 60 dollars per acre, a Des Moines River picnic plan, a bubbling spring on John Pos’s farm, and local settlers’ meeting at Porter's Grove. Knoxville Band set for Garden Square concert while Buwalda Brothers upgrade power with a new dynamo.
Reported at Delia a farmers picnic along the Des Moines River drew crowds and a Moonlight Mission Band member drove to Oxville for food. A hog weighing pounds was sold by Mrs. DW with remarks that meat was not worth $3.50 per … The event included rough moments as Jim Jelema’s buggy horses bolted, causing bruises and entanglements with lines. The top of the buggy was ruined.
In 1913 Pella celebrated with a parade and speeches as 7 automobiles carried guests and about 200 miles worth of visitors gathered. The streets crowded with attendees, speakers included A. Reelise and others, marking a notable community event in the town.
A half page notes rising interest in good roads among motorists in Ton Ia with mentions of the High way Commission and J W Darnagin In Pella there is word of a Gettysburg battlefield veterans reunion and Mary McCully death The article references ice cream manufacture in Pella and local advertising by Oskaloosa Chautauqua talent headlined by Sidney Sith and a Western Union message hints at community events in Knoxville and Guthrie Center
Twenty years ago in Pella a baseball event drew fans as King and Pra played a momentous game with prize money split among top finishers. Peter De Cook and Anthony Van Zante joined Citi zens Military Training Camp for a month after stints at St. Paul Minnesota. A Reformed and Baptist church crowd watched Central College field host a charity game with the Reformed team winning 17 to 1. George Gaassade led with four runs and Van Houweling added three. Willy De Bruyn umpired and earned praise. A Ford belonging to Ari Klyn was stripped in his garage early Sunday. A Waukee team visit yielded a 3 to 0 Pella win. Zetlicher pitched for Waukee, De Reus caught, Zonderyan pitched for Pella. The visitors were held scoreless until the seventh inning.
Musings of the Town Crier answers a riddle about a well known local man born in a Dutch town near two hundred miles away on February 4. He moved to Pella at nine, lived in Chicago seven years, served in World War I, and now enjoys civic life. He mends plumbing and tunes pianos, once won a child beauty contest, is married with a talented daughter, a Masonic member, and a popular town joker who often speaks aloud. The piece playfully chronicles his history, habits, and affection for letters to soldiers.
A decade past reports recall Tombstone gunplay near the West, a doctor shot on Pella Oskaloosa road at 2:00 a.m. Mrs under Zyl, longtime Pella resident, dies at 58 after a fall. Local officials seek bandit clues while businessmen seek guidance for recovery. Acreage plans said to target farmers, barbers raise prices, a fire damages the Blom home from a gasoline stove.
Rev William C Kernan argues education and religion must free the mind from base passions to end racial persecution. He warns that without emancipation from instinctive drives democracy devolves to license and mob rule, urging a life aligned with justice beauty and truth under God.
War program needs in Alaska create varied job openings for men and women. Paul C. Petersen describes roles from radio engineers and mechanics to clerks, builders, and camp laborers. Unclear spellings aside, the piece emphasizes pioneering effort and patriotic service.
Lowan Child Welfare Research at State University of Iowa argues curfews are stop gaps. Officials urge parents to keep children at home and engage them with supervised activities to prevent delinquency and the lure of street life.
Des Moines reports officials from the American Foundation for Animal Health urge better care for work horses during hot weather. Heat stroke and azoturia are the main dangers. heat stroke shows as failure to sweat, red eye membranes, and prostration. Immediate cooling and veterinary care are advised, and azoturia requires careful handling to avoid death or paralysis.
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