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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1954
Page
5
A Des Moines Register report on July 14 quotes Attorney General Lee Hoe, a town attorney general and gubernatorial candidate, criticizing his opponents for not devoting all time to law enforcement. Hoe replies with a wry remark while dodging criticism from Democratic state chairman Jake More.
A Monroe Kiwanis talk by Mr. F C Docken places blame for weak patriotism on parents urging a flag in every home and active civic example. The piece also reviews India’s missionary tensions, Asiatic attitudes toward the West, and Louisville youths advising a stern court approach to delinquency.
Wallace's Farmer cites National Committee on Mental Health on two child-rearing points: acceptance to know parents like him as he is, and independence encouraging new efforts with parental confidence. Bremer County Independent notes Iowa's 485 new industries mostly in towns under 5,000, urging small towns to pursue pro growth attitudes and active chambers to avoid stagnation and promote prosperity.
A blaze at a paving site in Pella halted tar and stone mixing when tar boiled over a large kettle and landed on the fire. Water failed to help, but chemicals suffocated the flames. The issue also notes Central College to offer a fall commercial course with Fred H. Clifton as instructor and lists local obituaries, marriages, travel plans, and civic notices from that era.
Thirty years ago a Rock Island rail excursion carried fifty eight Pella residents to Des Moines at 95 cents round trip. About a thousand rode between Eldon and Des Moines as the K D Line ran the full length. A man named Ed Failer stalled a Ford on the rail at Central College athletic field entrance and fled as the train approached.
The report describes Ray Hoksbergen suffering a severe back injury when horses pulling a binder bolted, causing his fall on the farm near Tracy. The incident followed a damaged Ford fender and a torn step from the sickle bar.
Twenty years ago Paul Ver Meer found petrified wood pine cones and leaves at eighteen feet beneath the surface while digging a well. Morris Vogelaar had recently returned to Pella after driving a Johnson Tours bus through twenty one states across the South East Midwest.
Five elderly respondents were asked about breathlessness and replied they had never seen anything like this. Dr. Paul A. Edmand Cage, president of the Academy of Preventative Dentistry, was to preside over sessions at the Academy's meeting in St. Paul Minnesota on August 3rd and 4th.
A public meeting in Garden Square sought workers to pick and can tomatoes while restaurants faced price display rulings. The Pella band planned a goodwill concert in Galesburg. Housewives were urged to save paper bags for merchants. Blue Cross expansion in Michigan noted 1,135,000 members in five years. War loan drive lagged. farm readers pressured to buy quotas as Gary Heyveld farm reported corn eight to nine feet tall.
A University of Minnesota note suggests pigs may feel insecurity when moved to new pens or farms, altering litter size and performance. The piece humorously imagines veterinarians specializing in hog psychology, while noting frustrated sows may curb production to hold market position, raising questions about restraint of trade in livestock.
The tassel stage note shares soldiers pictured on the soldiers' page including Pvt Marion Wittenberg Sgt Harry Gaass Lt Colwin Roorda Sgt Don Metcalf S2ce Gerald Van Andel and C M M E Everett Trueblood. Four Pella boys spent a week at a camp near Davenport Iowa Don Lubbers David Prins Dean Goldsmith and Philip Mentink joined by Mark Hesselink of Leighton. A Voice of the Public letter condemns the Red Rock dam and criticizes army engineers who urged it.
Swim practice safety guidance advises waiting two hours after eating before entering the water to avoid cramps and potential drowning. Even experienced swimmers can be at risk if they swim too soon after meals.
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