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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1956
Page
3
A squib notes Bertrand Russell quote about the world being troubled by the surest fools and the doubtful, arguing that it is better to admit limits than pretend to know everything. The piece underscores the impracticality of complete knowledge across subjects.
A Vienna dispatch reports Pravda of Pilsen lambling about the demise of free press in Czechoslovakia. It recalls floods, propaganda sheets, and officials seeking to compel dull reporting while praising the need for real news and freedom of speech.
National Soil and Water Conservation week spotlights gains in Iowa as acres under soil and water saving programs grow. milestones include the 500th and 1,000th farmer contracts in Marion and Jasper counties, with many plans renewed or updated as land ownership changes occur and farmers seek renewed guidance from Soil Conservation Service technicians.
The piece urges farmers and technicians to cooperate on rotations and land use while defending the independence of the Supreme Court. It cautions against attempts to pack the court or alter its power and reiterates that constitutional amendments are required to change its authority. It emphasizes protecting minority rights through an independent judiciary.
Editorials note temperamental artistry often unrecognized until it is too late to discipline. A claim that traffic lights are the supreme immorality is debated. A column reports that a study finds speed and alcohol drove Christmas holiday fatalities, urging safer holidays. Farmers and merchants in Jefferson and Carroll fund a California rainmaking venture to boost rainfall, inviting scrutiny of its claimed effectiveness and cost.
A retrospective tumbling through Chronicle pages from ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty years ago. Highlights recall notable events, people, and happenings that shaped the community’s long arc.
Fifty years ago J H Soetens sold a 45 acre farm south of Pella for 8 700 dollars total at 193 per acre with buyer Dirk De Bruin. The Wabash Railway offered a two day excursion to St Louis for three dollars round trip on June 30. Citizens faced cement walk mandates from the City Council and calls for stronger crossings. Pella planned July 4 events with committee chairs J S Gladstone F D Stubenrauch and Harry Keables. Parade floats by George Heeren and Cox's band leading. Madame Mildred to slide from West Market water tower by teeth. Baraca team to play Des Moines Brownies. alumni banquet at the high school with songs and readings. Rumors of professor Severn’s return to Central College. Dry weather improved after a rain. Central College sought a horse drawn lawn mower. a race track was to be built on fair grounds. Death noted for Hon R B Warren in Des Moines at 77. Mead Cycle Co advertised puncture proof tires at 4.80 a pair. Herman Todd and others headed to Kansas for wheat harvest.
Forty years ago the General Synod of the Re formed Church in America voted to accept the gift of Central College from Baptists and to raise 150000 dollars for the school. The Synod met in Holland Michigan on Hope College semi centennial date.
The issue reports Pella Meteors losing 6 to 0 to Prairie City with George Lankelma umpiring and Byram catching. It notes paving plans for Pella streets, the city’s high bonding level, and that council ordered paving. It covers local events including a week of Pel la Travers Wick Chautauqua, outdoor church meetings, tree care by Professor Herrick, and market prices for corn hogs and cattle. It mentions nearby incidents, transit, shelter house bids, and a life story about David S. Huber plus local visits by Marion Veenstra and a car accident involving J P De Reus.
Twenty years ago the school board lacked funds to finish the high school building and urged citizens to vote a 2 percent mill levy. The light ballot yielded 338 yes and 2 no. A photo shows the pool under construction with the east wall completed. Herbert Vander Zyl, in the Central Iowa Golf tourney at Marshalltown for the Oskaloosa Elmhurst Club, lost 1 up in 19 holes to R. W. Williams of Marshalltown, who then won the title.
A Gysbert Ryker farm barn southeast of Pella burned by lightning. A bolt killed two horses on the Al Vande Voort farm east of town. Other notes mention Agnes Samuelson naming Ray Vander Wal to a school commission, Junior Chamber meeting at Ontra Cafe, and tulip bulb plans for Festival of 1987. Roy De Wild leads the J C of C, Alfred Landon’s GOP nomination, mixed views on his candidacy, and a tobacco box rescued from the Slob Brothers store fire in September 1891.
Ten years ago P H Kuyper was elected president of the Iowa Manufacturers association at the Des Moines convention. Committees were named for the Marion County Conservation Field Day and National Plowing Match to be held at Clyde Milner farm near Pleasantville with W H O radio as a sponsor. Heavy rains caused erosion damage countywide. Families Meulpolder and Vander Ploeg sent 81 relief parcels to Holland, weighing 900 pounds. Iowa planned release of 263000 European corn borer parasites, wasps, in Mahaska County. Joyce Prins wed Lt. William Thompson of the Marines in Central Col- leged ceremony conducted by Rev. Tunis Prins.
30 Years Ago item notes Ver Dught Brothers as owners preparing a Saturday opening for a Standard Oil Station on Oskaloosa Street. Reverend and Mrs F N Byram return from a 2000 mile Ford Model T trip spanning northwestern Iowa Kansas Missouri and Arkansas. They were away six weeks and faced their first mud at Indianola Iowa on the return.
Des Moines danger warns that appearances mislead as a Decatur county mid May case shows two teen attackers robbed a motorist after forcing him to abandon his car. One youth 19, the other 15, carried a pistol stolen from a slaughter house. Sheriff McClure notes the pair were arrested, stressing how easily strangers can threaten life and property.
Geneal Mills in Oskalooga seeks female employees aged 18 to 60 for work at its Oskalooga plant while Bernace Vander Linden’s marriage to Micha Cherkala of Cleveland is noted. Professor William Wing of Central College plans a five week study trip to Mexico City with a week of travel. he previously studied French in France in 1938 and 1984 and teaches at Central. Rain fell six times last week totaling 6.7 inches, with Pals keeping the record.
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