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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1951
Page
1
National Safety Council reports farm workers had an accident death rate more than twice that of non agricultural workers in 1960. It cites a 1950 rate of 57 per 100 000 for farms versus 22 in other industries and notes National Farm Safety Week from July 22–28 proclaimed by President Truman.
A survey to lay the basis for posted dollar and cent community prices in the nation’s grocery stores will begin in Iowa on July 30. An Iowa sampling team will visit about 200 retail stores and 50 wholesale establishments to gather how much grocers pay and charge. Information from sellers will be kept confidential. The plan mirrors World War II era pricing, dividing the country into market areas with local cost based ceilings printed for posting in stores.
Youngsters attend a six week summer speech clinic at the University of Iowa focusing on stuttering cleft palate speech and reading while receiving one hour of daily therapy from student clinicians. Recreation includes group work led by graduate assistants with outings such as a Shriners circus trip Cedar Rapids and a Fourth of July park celebration with a picnic supper and a fireworks display.
Every Saturday night features outdoors gates refreshments and dancing for older members. Older youngsters attend university plays and square dancing. A 90 minute swim daily for boys and thrice weekly for girls, plus ball games hiking and puppet making, round out the recreation. The final event before August 3 is an amateur program with individual and group participation. Bobby Martin of Pella attends the clinic.
Iowa urges farm families to remove hazards at home and on the farm during Farm Safety Week. Extension safety specialist Norval Wardle says safety goes beyond work areas and stresses practical steps like anchoring rugs, fixing porch steps, and improving lighting. He urges eliminating hazards such as wrong fuse sizes, exposed electrical connections, and unsafe guards around machinery and water tanks to protect children and workers.
Parents should watch for polio symptoms in children during summer months and follow simple prevention rules. Keep kids from crowds, avoid polluted water, maintain cleanliness, and seek prompt medical care if symptoms appear.
William Penn College received a $1 000 gift to establish a lectureship fund in memory of Fred G Hale a former speech and economics professor 1947 1950 The fund’s annual interest will finance chapel lectures on Hale’s themes with Dr Marie Yale presenting the gift Sheboygan Wisconsin and Bale’s widow notes his long work in churches colleges and temperance advocacy across the Midwest
A town reports multiple child accidents and deaths over four weeks to stress home and vehicle safety. Safety specialist Norval Wardle of Iowa State College urges constant supervision for youngsters under five, with safe home yards, gates, lighting, and practicing basic first aid and swimming. Parents are urged to model safe living and teach risk awareness from infancy.
June farrowings of sows on Iowa farms reached an estimated 195,000 head, a June 1950 record by 3 percent and 41 percent above the 1940-49 ten year average. Farmers expected a 6 percent rise from June through November, potentially making June 18.5 percent of total farrowings versus 18.2 percent average. September remains peak in fall farrowings with high pig savings.
The report notes the June farrow pattern with about twice the second ranking month, June shows higher pig survival than 1950 and recent years. Weather was favorable, aiding the fall pig crop's early start and indicating stronger production for June compared with prior periods.
Nearly 4,000 Iowa manufacturers are listed in the 1951 Directory of Manufacturers published by the Iowa Development Commission. It shows items made, locations, employee counts, and a 20 page index of town made goods with no ads. A distribution map highlights industrial presence by county and the directory covers 21 major industrial groups. Pella entries include several firms such as er & Rus seeds and Frandt Seed Co hybrids with other listed manufacturers like Brom Hatchery & Feeds and Guerts Floris.
Farmers should check hogs twice daily to catch erysipelas hog cholera and acute bowel infections early. Isolate sick pigs immediately and start treatment, vaccinate for cholera, provide shade and clean water, and avoid herd-wide outbreaks.
Marshall Canning Co. promotes tomato juice and puree. Pella Chronicle notes The Inc as a newspaper printing and photo-engraving firm. Pella Foundry, Pella Mfg. Corp., Rosscreen Co., Tromp, Ulrich and Vandevoort Meat Market, Vermeer Mfg. Co. listed with products ranging from fabrics, meats, blinds, power drives, wagon hoists, and farm equipment.
Social notes report numerous visits between residents and relatives from Des Moines Chicago Kalamazoo and California. Mr Van der Heuvel suffered a stroke July 21 and was told to stay in bed five days. Rev Nick Gosselink and family performed for residents as music filled the gathering.
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