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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1952
Page
7
A weekly column blends Dwight Eisenhower's call for faith and national destiny with reflections on beauty in nature and the atomic age. It then reports on Bloomfield Iowa Lake Fisher, its silting study from 1951, and soil conservation practices that could extend the reservoir’s life and boost farming returns, urging watershed cooperation.
The piece contrasts American farm independence with England's plan to compel better land use under Conservative rule. It argues self-help through soil conservation suits the U.S. ethos, cites Governor Elmer Anderson of Minnesota rejecting extra flood relief funds, notes Humphrey’s rebuttal, and condemns Congress for costly, preemptive tax exemptions while neglecting economy.
Editorial notes from Kerkhoven Banner and Walnut Bureau criticize tractor fatality rates vs airplane deaths and question pay incentives for hazardous duty. Senator Douglas contests higher hazard pay, preferring better insurance and disability. Also reviewed is a new four volume history of Iowa by William J. Petersen with biographies and maps illustrated materials.
Items of interest from The Chronicle recount events from 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Short notes highlight local people, places, and moments that shaped the community's history, offering a historical snapshot in a compact column.
Miss Julia Post led ticket sales for a Beard's Grove chautauqua to be held in August with season tickets at 1.00. A Knoxville booster cavalcade visited Pella with Big Bill Robinson leading a motor parade and plans for a Carnegie Library funded at ten thousand dollars. Local officials debated pumping charges, a merchant protest, court action over ordinance, and a busy scene of purchases and deliveries including Hupmobile cars. Congress delayed the agricultural distribution bill delaying 1940 garden seed allocations to constituents.
A 30 year old Odebolt resident was denied citizenship when court records showed he had sought and obtained discharge from the army as an alien. A drought relief note described four inches of rain in two showers aiding corn tasseling. A Knoxville accident involved a car struck by a train at a grade crossing, killing Oscar Hayes and his wife, near Knoxville. Gosselink and Mokma, Central graduates, planned to teach abroad, with farewell at the First Reformed Church. Paul Ver Steeg starred for Pella in 7 1 win over Buxton, following a 2 1 win against Newton. The Iowa Farm Bureau urged meat consumption via Eat More Meat campaign amid anti meat sentiment. Compliments from Bussey poured in for the old band led by George Ramsey. Van Hemert and Carl De, selling accident earth insurance for Interstate of Des Moines, stayed briefly in Pella. Jake Van Wyk left for Paonia California to work on a fruit ranch.
The report notes years passed before petty graft ceased. It mentions Anna Hollebrands, a clerk at the Y T Van Niewaal store, vacationing with her brother Elias Hollebrands in Pagosa Springs Colorado. It also records Jacob F Van Gorp purchasing a Krit automobile from Welle's Sully garage.
John Nieburg led a party of ten to fifteen men to inspect farmland near Albert Lea Minnesota. A crew of carpenters arrived from out of town to rebuild a platform at the Rock Island railway station after a fire destroyed a barn on Peter Van Halen's farm. The barn loss included two loads of hay a crow and two calves. Corn sold at 55 cents per bushel hogs ranged 7.50 to 9.90 per hundredweight eggs 17 cents per dozen and cream 29 cents per pint. Bertha Grandman of Pella wed Sidney Dale of Sioux City at a Newton church.
A 20 year old news roundup notes government donations of flour to the needy via Red Cross and Welfare League amid rising hog prices to 5.55. George Van Gorkum returns to Pella for sales work. Kittenball leagues form with women captains. local church appoints A Haverkamp pastor. School board trims expenses by 7000 yearly. sugar carload arrives. ads tout potatoes for 80 cents half bushel delivered. the era promotes renewed confidence despite low morale.
Front page photos show The Star Of Company’s new gasoline transport with Lawrence Klein and Prescott Steenbock beside the cab. Three soldiers Pvt Daniel Klein, Pvt James A Vriezelaar, and Pvt Gerrit Rykes are pictured separately. A panel of four images explains how Hill Billys stimulated war stamp sales after a parade. A large man decorates a Hitler figure on a truck after a failed shot. Town excitement follows. Central College reports 102 summer students and Pella Airport 30 flight trainees, totaling 182 attendees, all pictured on the front page.
A nostalgic column notes how carved wooden Indians once common at cigar stores have become valuable antiques. The piece cites a MIT exhibit with twenty figures and a $25,000 valuation, highlighting scarcity and potential future worth while recalling boyhood memories of the statues and their era.
Marion County registered 447 men for the draft in June. In Pel la 103 registrations, all aged 18 to 20. A salvage rubber drive closes the day, with scrap iron collection soon and housewives urged to save fats and oils for explosives. J B Van Hemert headed the rubber drive amid sugar rumor coverage.
A historic notice promotes Polk County Federal Savings and Loan Assn inviting deposits with insured accounts up to 20000 and an anticipated eight percent annual dividend. It urges safe investment with mailed passbooks and checks to withdraw funds.
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