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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1948
Page
3
A school survey in Iowa Falls Junior High shows juveniles blame lack of parent time and fun together at home for behavior issues. They note youths seek companionship elsewhere and warn that parents may be deferring to preachers and teachers. The piece argues family effort is key to reform.
The report notes Bill Sentner, a St Louis union leader, expelled from United Electrical Workers by a 950 vote, amid a broader discussion of communist influence and criminal syndicalism laws. The piece cites local reactions, mentions Taft Hartley, and references other figures like Louis Bromfield while highlighting calls for reform in union leadership and farm land use studies across eight Midwestern states.
Community notes reflect on the Tulip Time festival as a mature, cooperative effort since 1948. Emphasizes shared responsibility, regular care, soil enrichment, and fall maintenance to produce large blooms, with examples of beds yielding stems over thirty inches. Encourages continued joint effort and patient cultivation.
The proposal argues converting thinly covered hills to grass woodland and wildlife tracts to boost productivity and value. Grain crops would rise 30 percent livestock output 40 percent and pastures and roughrhusce double. The survey and U S Conservation Service would oversee, with funding and independence as key needs.
The piece critiques strike fatigue and Republican tactics in Iowa’s governor race, noting a push for constitutional settlement methods and public bureau use. It also highlights Washington Iowa Journal coverage of the Pella tulip festival and Dutch heritage, praising community preservation of traditions and public interest in cultural showcases.
A 1908 two column feature recalls bright Chautauqua programs at the college site with a fireworks day ahead. The front page notes bloom near D and land purchases in Hand County SD. A partial solar eclipse draws interest as a corner stone ceremony and a minister’s movement are described. Local mishaps include a brick loosening and a boy’s fall from a train window. The report mentions marriages, travels, and a $300 million mortgage filing by CB&Q Railroad. The item weaves community events, notable residents, and everyday incidents across Pella and nearby areas.
Thirty years ago June 27, 1918, Lester Welle wrote a long letter aboard a warship where he and Henry Vor Steeg served as handsmen. The ship was fired on by a submarine but averted danger when the captain ordered a quick change of course. Local Pella figures report the world heavyweight title bout where Earl Caddock outpointed Ed Lewis in Des Moines with many witnesses. Town life covers church language tensions, marriages, Camp Dodge duty, Chautauqua tickets sales, new Grace Church pews, railroad visits, a heavy four and a half inch rainfall, and ongoing press as The Chronicle went to press.
Fireworks were in high demand and a precard business was anticipated for the rest of the week. An addition to the Old Home was nearing completion and nearly ready for occupancy. The ice plant at a theme began operation with ice for sale starting Saturday. Ice cream was being made at the Creamery and delivered around town. Crossings at the south coast corner were updated to wide concrete, and a light incident led to a dismissal. A cow was found dry in the morning. Three bums suspected in a freight raid on Bossy. SL Rhynsburger was building a 50 by 75 foot poultry house, two stories, beside the hog house.
Front page notes the new Wondrew Washer plant and the planned Northwestern Classi Ncrdemy college in Oranste City. Frances Mirth directed the presentation with Tudor Kempkes leading the chorus as the community watched a milestone opening. Local ads urged a franchise vote for district gas supply and residents recalled factory workers, tomato vines, and noise complaints in Iden Square.
Ten years back in Pella area reports show Bainbridge couple from Oskaloosa take over the Dutch Inn, corn on Jake Aalbers’ ground grew rapidly, Aalbers measured a stalk to 171 inches in a week, Bing Crosby to select Centennial Queen from submitted photos, no Fourth of July celebration in Pella, a Joliet shoe salesman died in a Peoria road crash, hitchhiker unharmed, Leonard Allen spoke to Rotary about Tama Fox Indian history, a committee planned appeals to fund tulip bulb planting for households unable to buy bulbs.
A street corner scene reveals an out of state license tagged layer track and nursery stock competing with Knoxville dealers paying taxes, while hotel guests and gallery workers threaten local portrait businesses. The piece urges the Chamber of Commerce and city to inspect and counter fly-by-night competition, urging self examination of business practices to attract home customers and curb losses.
SEE ME for insurance on farm and city property and bail on crops and autos. Start a savings account with life insurance for income in old age. Insure with good companies at low rates. Call 60 Sully or write P. O. Box 146 for a call. WM Dieleman Sully Iowa.
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