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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1950
Page
3
The column recalls Daniel Webster on liberty and the united effort for freedom, notes polio transmission as a health warning, discusses Southern farming shifts to grass and cattle, and honors Horatio Alger with recent awards for rising from humble beginnings to leadership in industry.
The tale of Peter tapping a dike with his finger to save Holland exists mainly in poetry and a play by Phoebe Cary and Augusta Stevenson. Critics note Dutch practicality and view it as a fairy tale, though the book has seen many reprintings in six languages.
Editorial notes voter apathy in the recent primary election and questions if franchise rights could be removed. It critiques political show of strength and hints at broader national moral failures tied to daily life and Christian principles in business, community, and international affairs.
Forty years prior reports reveal Merchants Bargain Day ads with Van der Ploeg Bakery seven loaves for 25 cents and Van Gorp Ver Meer steak at nine cents a pound. Ver Stee Co high grade pianos listed 275.00 now 167.50. The Pella Meteors beat Oskaloosa Cub 8 to 2 as Billis Johnson pitched. A dog Curly dies despite druggist Stubenrauch remedies. Simon Vander Zyl pictured after motor crash. boy kicked by REO car, arm broken. Town plans October Homecoming funds, licensing issues for saloons recalled, and local families relocate or buy land.
A 30 year old note recalls Marshall Charley Dennis urging Pella police to receive sawed off shotguns amid Iowa bank robberies and car thefts. Carl De Vries, fresh from Des Moines bank work, becomes a young assistant federal bank inspector starting Sept 1.
The article notes the death of a 26 year old, with tributes from local leaders. It mentions Mark McWilliams set to coach at Central next year with Chief Ottopoby assisting. Deputy I P Lankelma of the Pella Booster is seen in the Capitol City Monday. Bill Hartog suffers eye injury from a Farmers picnic baseball. Patchwork on Horobin pavement begins as the five year guarantee expires. Holy Rollers seek permission to erect a tent on West Market for services, city approves with camping ban.
Twenty years ago the high school auditorium prepared for the play Aunt Lucia about no homecoming at Bula Bula College with College Auxiliary sponsors and a professional director guiding cast members Martin Heerema Harry De Jong Fred Dekker Del De Haan George F. Sadler and Mrs Li M Henry. Clarence Mathes showed Shorthorn cattle at Marion County and Oskaloosa fairs winning several first places on the Van Lint Littyton Slope Farm. Dupont engineers planned dynamite ditching demo on J C Boot farm north of town seven miles while state fair visitors on Washington Street faced speeding arrests by Marshal C W Dennis. Revere troubles on pavement dip sparked calls to remove dips. Pella Motor Company received four Pontiacs by truck the first such shipment locally. the delivering truck was 70 feet long. Harry Van Hemert arrived in town for reinsurance work with Mrs Van Hemert and son Douglas. Adrian Lubberden and Franklin Van Gorp opened a body and paint shop on Main beside the Chronicle office. Ninety six Pella residents were listed in the Aunt Lucia advertisement as participants, billed as the biggest event staged in Pella. Pontiac Big Six cars started at 665 and Oakland Fights at 895 with the Pella Motor Co selling them. John Bloodsworth and Joe Kool planned a store in Otley bank building as pavement went in front of James Van Vliet’s shop. A J Schippers took over Benteco Store management after Marion Hesselink, succeeding Gradus De Kock earlier.
A speaker extols free enterprise and individual initiative as the American way. He argues that preserving liberty benefits future generations, praising personal effort, family continuity, and resistance to any attempt to take it away. He notes imperfect but best system and vows to defend it.
The August 22 1940 edition spans fourteen pages Featuring Central College and public schools promotions Tulip bulb project by Student Industries and campus site work Ray Van Roekel buys Mobiloil Station on Oskaloosa Street Night School picnic hosts 150 men Comedy by Billy Vriezelaar in blackened face Farmer’s Antics Photos cover stadium site excavation and remaining house move Central College football prospects vault fourteen lettermen names Ferrell Braiy Davis Sims Grafman Dahlstrom Manning Slickers Barton Van Zee Leslie Bonwell Vocational agriculture industrial arts and home economics enrollment rise at Pella High School Homes under construction for faculty families One house moved from athletic field site Eileen Sadler pianist pictured Supt C C Buerkens notes local developments A Pella man receives a Mexico scam letter Pictures chronicle events Swimmers edge Knoxville 160½ to 149½ in a close meet at Knoxville pool
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