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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1947
Page
4
A Denison Review feature ponders Crawford and Marion counties Iowa agricultural losses from soil erosion, price controls, and credit rhetoric. It recalls 1921 patterns, notes canning saves, and contrasts Cheyenne Frontier Days hospitality with wary outsiders amid Frontier Days commerce.
The piece reflects on Pella's Tulip Festival vitality, youth remaining in the old home town, and the challenge for elders to help them settle. It contrasts wartime service impact with opportunities at home and warns against land speculation in Colorado, urging conservation and responsible stewardship to keep farming livelihoods.
Editorial highlights the vast private farm sector and its asset value while stressing air power as peace insurance. It cites World War II lessons and world limits, urging robust air forces with a strong aviation industry and ongoing research and development.
A August 29 117 item notes a gifts to the Christian Reformed Mission Feast with Henry Reets as speaker. Wheat price 2 50 a bushel and a farmer’s yield 52 50 per acre. Women’s groups sponsor a economics short course at Towns College. Local civic days mention paving issues at Horribin site. Des Moines and Camp Dodge references note veterans, recruitment, and young women seeking work. Multiple locals including Leona Vander Linden depart for mission field in China. others join National Guard or Navy band activities. Canning plant opens to pack apples and tomatoes amid limited harvests. Red Cross and military drafts loom as town life continues.
Forty years ago on August 22 Pella beat Lynnville 8 to 4 in the Old Settlers celebration game with Bloem pitching for Pella and Allee for Lynnville. Croll’s two-bagger delivered two runs. The issue notes deaths, reunions, church notices, and local commerce including a silk shirtwaist ad by J G Vander Pol, and reports on land seekers, trips, and community events in Pella and nearby areas.
See me for insurance on farm and city property and bail on crops and autos. Start a savings account with life insurance for future income. Insure with reliable companies at low rates. Call 50 or write P. O. Box 146. I will call on you. WM Dieleman, Sully Iowa.
A May fever in Iowa, a natural gas well at Solon, and heavy August rains relieve drought. Local misadventure involves a Ford car near Daley and nearby injuries. Public schools gain new polls financed by bee funds. Simon Vander Zyl hosts visitors. George Lankelma named Iowa Legion commander. Coolidge vacation pics highlight a Black Hills feature.
Ten years ago on August 14 1937 the city of Pella mourned the death of William Schreiner longtime superintendent of water and sewer services. Mayor Fultz praised his 28 years of service noting there will never be another like him Schreiner came to Pella in 1899 from Des Moines and led the department from the start aged 64. Front page photos show Ben Den Adel signing electric service forms for the REA line the Den Adel farm home and pole construction. Dr I J Lubbers represented Central College at the event.
An essay on thrift notes that true frugality is hard except for the poorest and the wealthy who can avoid appearances. Neighbors and debt collectors deter thrift, while some regret monthly spending and resist easy payment plans. The piece cites a Drake University dedication quote and local notes on Tulip Festival prep, a furlough from Arabia, Denver visitors, a truck driver assault, labor trouble, a swimming pool project, and 4,000 Iowa drivers lacking right of way in crashes.
The statement explains price reductions to help customers buy needed IH products at fair prices. It notes record output but dealer shortages and resale inflation harm the public, and urges strict allocation based on present need. Dealers are adopting measures to ensure sales go to actual customers and prevent resale at higher prices.
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