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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1954
Page
3
Grocer Dan Conway laments the town missing its newspaper after a March 1954 fire destroyed eight business houses in Elma Iowa. He notes the theatre is being rebuilt but the newspaper outlook remains grim, urging reflection on a town without a newspaper.
At Northwestern University Evanston Illinois Dean of Students James C McLeod halted a three hundred man raid at a women s dormitory entrance by demanding the leader provide his name and draft number The raid dissolved as a result The piece muses whether similar stern words might curb other male antics such as car practices on campus creating a chuckling memoir of the era.
President Harold Taylor of Sarah Lawrence College argues that to teach students to think for themselves instructors must avoid doing the thinking for them. He cites lectures that pour knowledge as stifling independent thought and stresses student self confidence and responsibility. He urges teachers to assume student capability and assign independent tasks to counteract large class effects.
The piece reflects on education and independent thinking, then outlines Iowa Soil Conservation Week June 13 to 20 1964. It notes English Creek in Marion County as Iowa’s first soil district in 1940, marking 15 years of progress across all counties with 100 districts. It highlights group farming, watershed expansion, and flood control via reservoirs and soil-saving measures as essential for a broader conservation program.
A Civil War veteran attended a gathering while a Ku Klux Klan meeting near Oskaloosa featured a fiery cross and oath ceremonies. Gerrit Grandias traveled thirteen days by Ford to Northampton to enroll their deaf daughter in a school there. Thieves attempted a morning garage break at Abe Den Adel’s place, causing a head injury, and stole and stripped cars at John De Cook’s residence. Tom Wade said he would move his cafe next to the Tusseling Shoe Store.
Twenty years ago the Rolscreen office employed about fifty people as business volume lagged in 1933 when banks were closed. Marshall Field of Chicago became the sale agency for venetian blinds. Light showers fell with rain on June 20th as forecast. A retiring the scrip idea suggested merchants place retirement stamps on one piece of money.
In the Inquiring Reporter column readers discuss drought impact near Olivet and Camp Hantesa, noting Camp Fires, farm yields, and scarce oats. Names include Vera Sadler Ruth Heerema Betty Langina Virginia Van Gor Fred Gesel Janet Klyn Ardith Wilson Dorothy Johnson and John Nossaman farm near Olivet.
A 50 lead story recalls the invasion beach in France energizing the 6th War Loan Drive. Captain Alvin Evers of the army medical corps earned a commendation for bravery after smothering a gasoline fire on a soldier with his body at an advance air field in the Pacific. Walton League aims to recruit Pell men for a Chapter, with fifty as charter targets. A barn, cow, and mule were destroyed or killed by lightning during a storm near Leighton. Rotary Club memorial service for Lt Gerrit Wormhoudt honored his five-year membership. John Goethals, Army engineer, was cited in the piece.
The Minnetonka Record and The Deephaven Post publish an editorial policy focused on constructive criticism and improvements. The aim is to provoke thought on local problems and solutions, recognizing readers may not share every view yet hoping to spark thoughtful civic engagement.
A congressional committee backs a $15 million appropriation to build a flood control dam at Red Rock Iowa. Householders urged to stockpile fuel oil in warm months due to anticipated shortages with oil on the ration list.
At Pella Miss Henrietta Ver Heul has retired after 39 years of teaching on the high school faculty there.
The message provides a contact name Menninga and a phone number 407 for urgent communication. It appears as a brief instruction to call for assistance or coordination, lacking a dated event or clear organizational context.
Editorial argues highway modernization would reduce the 40 million dollars yearly toll from Iowa road crashes. It cites 601 deaths and 18 000 injuries in 1952 and notes dangerous junctions near Iowa Falls and other locations. The piece asserts broad hazards justify upgrading roads to prevent further losses.
Four decades ago the main street from the railroad to Union Street was paved and opened for motorists. Drivers were urged to treat the new stretch as a speedway while biodata and local happenings across town included a White Way Picnic plan, a barn destroyed by lightning near East Pelia, and varied moves of residents attending colleges, travel to Holland Michigan, Chicago and New Haven, with several pursuing teaching, biology, or chautauqua work and other summer transfers.
Thirty years past in Pella and nearby towns with The Milford Mail stake, Rock Island line financial distress in Des Moines Federal court sale, speculation about impact on Pella's rail service. A small car fire draws crowd and traffic control by Boy Scouts under Rev E A Sabin. Oskaloosa and Bussey memorials and a Chamber event featuring Jan Steck on Americanism.
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