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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1954
Page
5
Dr. Joseph Dunner of Grinnell College urged students to act with moral courage in democracy. He warned neutrality amid evils is unworthy, saying one man aligned with God makes a majority. His address accompanied senior honors recognition and framed The Democratic Manifesto.
A $150,000 grant from the Standard Oil Foundation will aid privately financed four year liberal arts colleges in fourteen Midwestern states. About 140 colleges will share the allotments, distributed via state private college associations. Central College and the Iowa Association participate. The note praises the foundation's support for small colleges and predicts broader impact on education and national interests.
A local report describes a recurring Sunday evening nuisance from two drivers cruising near Garden Square and Highway 163. The sound system of Second Reformed Church plays at 6:30 to 7:00, followed by a loud horn chorus aimed at taunting police and attracting attention. The behavior angers residents and is considered a misdemeanor to sound horns beyond warning signals.
An editorial from Mason City Globe Gazette argues for giving the vote to eighteen year olds, noting six and a half million in that cohort and a failed bill in Congress. It stresses that political leadership must rise to demand change and that youth should organize nationally to compel Congress to act.
Editorial comments from Sac City Sun claim many nations view U S leadership as an attempt to boss global affairs. Minidoka County News reports Rupert businesses must change parking habits to avoid fines as a two hour limit enforces strictly. Police Chief Jake Wall says the square’s business side will be ticketed while park frontage remains free of time limits for now.
Forty years ago death marked John Nollen at eighty six. He and family joined Holland colonists in 1864, studied teaching, edited for Pella Gazette, and became cashier at Pella National Bank. Memorial Day notes include paving petitions, fountains donated by Mrs. Wormhoudt, and a cannon gift by R C Payne. Baseball and commencement highlights add to a day’s record of civic, educational, and social life.
A young man J H Brouwer died from burns after attempting to fix transformers in Leighton, thrown from a light pole. Central College graduates include Gradus De Kock Harriet Frush Lucille Plette Angeline Roorda Gerrit Van Roekel Nicholas Gosselink Herman Roendaal Ruth Sikkink Magdalene Kuyper. The first band concert of the season featured John Van Dyke on cornet Cleopatra Polka and Miss Sedrel singing Morning Noon and Night. A band tax supported the concert. School children gathered flowers for veterans graves. Legion Auxiliary women made wreaths and bouquets. Flags were displayed downtown as a Legion venture. Senator John Price of Albia spoke at Memorial Day services in Garden Square before a large crowd.
Park visitors note the 75th anniversary events as Will J. Verploegh visits from Des Moines while traveling in liquor cases. Andy Butts heads to Darling Minnesota for Foley Brothers Construction. Carl De Vries to graduate from Drake University and farm. Chris Allen ill with typhoid. Forty six high school graduates listed among local youth. Henrietta and Elizabeth Ver Heul slightly injured in a car crash. Mrs. J. Gerretse, 88, an 1847 Holland immigrant, remembered. Memorial Day address by Attorney Robert Shaw. Oskaloosa CCC camp fire destroys part of A W Van Houweling farm home. Frank Baer of Los Angeles visiting family. Legion hosts housewarming in Memorial Hall with stage addition and dining room basement project.
Twenty years ago announces Dr I J Lubbers invited as president of Central College after four years as Carroll College assistant in Waukesha Wisconsin. He plans relocation with family in July. City Council debates coal bids and NRA code compliance, concluding bids from noncompliant operators cannot be accepted. Water Department Supt William Schreiner informs Chronicle.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Detroit area church figures and names but is incomplete and not clearly coherent. No definite event, date, or outcome emerges from the legible lines.
A front page memorial shares the death of Skie Gorvit H. Wormhoudt of the U S Navy in a plane crash at Chincoteague Virginia. Memorial Day brought news to his parents Cornie and Rett Wormhoudt and to his wife. The Des Moines River Valley flood caused Marion County damage estimated at five to ten million dollars, washing soil and drowning crops. Memorial Day speaker Captain Willard D. Smith of Camp Dodge Iowa delivered an eloquent address at Garden Square. Memorial services for Lt Dan Meulpolder were set for June 4 at the Second Reformed Church. Forty four Pella High School graduates earned honors including Paul De Jong Janella Leydens Naomi Vroom Joyce Prins Ruth Van Ee Joan Ver Meer Faye Van Roekel Clifford Paltzer Susanna De Jong Helen Buwalda Dwight Mathes George Carson Lawrence Van Zante Erma Roorda and Phyllis Ver Steeg.
A local appeal urges McGehee and surrounding trade territory to buy at home. It argues spending locally sustains city services, payrolls, and organizations, noting city merchants fund local initiatives more than distant firms. If locals redirect purchases, McGehee could prosper and keep dollars in the community.
In the Soldiers section a bomber named Toni Gale is shown with its ten man crew led by Lt Clarence Babe Caldwell of Pella, plane named for his ten month old daughter. The article also notes Des Moines River Valley floods the greatest since 1903, and graduates in New York City with Mrs John Hospers attending Columbia University exercises. A memorial athletic award honors Rudy Schilder and Dan Ray Meulpolder, war casualties, to be given to the top contributor to the school's athletic program.
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