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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1950
Page
3
Dr. Karl T. Compton of MIT cites the Sermon on the Mount to urge graduates to act from genuine motives. He urges young people to loyalties to the general good, identify with leaders and causes for the common welfare, not special interests.
Iowa congressman Ben Jensen advocates soil conservation, arguing land use laws shape surplus and that more land should be kept in grass hay and woodland to boost livestock production. He blames erosion from steep hills and improper plowing and urges practical, nature-based farming fixes.
Dr Ralph Bunche urged better human relations as the true basis for peace in a St Peter Minnesota speech at Gustavus Adolphus College. He warned that even perfect peace machinery fails without hearts and minds embracing brotherhood, noting in 1950 men remain brutish but improving.
A columnist muses on tolerance and neighborly behavior, praising Dr. Ralph Bunche and warning about surveillance culture. It contrasts benevolent neighbors with intrusive pressure to inform, referencing Communist-era paranoia and Big Brother. The piece ends by affirming the value of considerate, non nosy neighbors in a free country.
A collage of editorial quips from small papers discussing marriage norms, economic mood, and public taste. It reflects views on how husbands should behave, the idea of returning to “normal,” and a Connecticut-like admonition about obscene materials. It notes Swiss slyness and U.S. House action on phonograph records amid debates on decency and reading material.
Forty years ago, Pella Meteors beat New Sharon 10 to 9 in the 12th inning as Carson pitched and Van Spanckeren caught. A small crowd left Meteors short of expenses. other notes include Sadler’s Freischutz hailed Cracker Jack, and local events from Colfax to Ottumwa with arrests, farm reports, and civic news.
A 30 year old issue reports thieves breaking into Rock Island freight and passenger depots Friday night, stealing change and merchandise worth about 200 dollars, with Charley F. Dykstra named agent. The Vriezelaar store in Otley was robbed same night. Typhoid fever claims two lives in Pella while an Iowa health probe traces the outbreak to dairies. A Y M C A worker Sarah Mildred Willmer headlines the Pella Chautauqua and Monroe and Pella bands plan concerts in nearby towns. A curious Des Moines River bottle narrative from 1902 travels eighteen years to Des Moines with a river flood context.
Front page features a new venture a silver fox ranch on Hl O Vierson farm one mile west of Pella with a capital stock of 100000 formed by local citizens and Samp son of St Paul Minnesota. Also covered are Jacob Van Dusseldorp breaking his leg in an auto accident, Marion County gas pipeline rights of way, deputy sheriff Paul Grundman replacing paralyzed A J May, Tom Thumb Golf Course opening, Byrd South Pole films at Strand Theatre, gas stations multiplying in town, an Irish Setter gift, severe heat harming livestock, and Highway 63 east of Pella closure amid airport opening controversy.
Ten years ago Pella senior boys and girls and intermediate boys swam at Knoxville, winning 161 to 136 amid strong rivalry with rival towns. A front page photo showed children and teachers at vacant Bethel Church, once owned by Miss Anna Rietveld, hoped for future worship use. Mortimer Goodwin led local relief for storm casualties in Portsmouth Ohio, while area farmers heard about a soils district. Firefighters quelled a blaze in Reuben Kamerik’s oat field sparked by a passing train. A large crowd enjoyed a band concert where Carroll Holle brands rendered Stars in a Velvety Sky.
In Bethel neighborhood farms Se a sor Merothe Ben Den Adel and Connie De Gooey are highlighted with their harvest and Van guard variety praised. An editorial decries propaganda from Nazi Germany and falsehoods in international relations while noting Italy's invasion of Ethiopia as a new order moment. Images show Abe Synhorst and Willard Klein with farm youth and school Ag department ties. Hitler seeks separate peace with Britain and threatens to invade. English prepare for a decisive battle as German troops sing Goosesteps and declare We Sail for England.
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