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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1947
Page
3
The Iowa Chronicle urges civic duty amid postwar aims, noting low Mason City turnout in a primary and urging voters to back local officials. It highlights a campus expansion and library plans, plus calls for community involvement to combat apathy and support education, health and public life.
Editorial comment from Reinbeck Courier questions labor strikes and family finances. Other items praise keeping a sound dollar, note ex-GIs training and salaries after war, salute Montezuma residents who funded Scout Land, and promise a youth lodge with yearly memberships.
A miscellany of town life reports from Pella including a straw hat sighting on Main Street and a frost joke. Post office box rents rose and callers urged to use multiple delivery windows. An umbrella repairman slept on a pole and was hauled to jail. A former school superintendent in Muskogee wrote of western opportunities and Indians. Indian burial mounds near Coal Ridge Church described for collectors. A pneumonia remedy using onions and rye meat was proposed. Local auctions sold fifty horses and a fine draft mare at 250 dollars. Milliners showcased spring hats, Buxton miners chased a ghost. A candy sale funded the Library Fund. George Ramsey offered organs for sale. Several residents ill or traveling. Real estate prospects in South Dakota discussed for early April excursions.
The Second Reformed Church group plans a new church building costing 20000 dollars. Nearby Rev Ezra Temple led a street revival at Main and Franklin near Vander Pal, with other local faith figures preaching in Otley and North Pella. Gerri t and Peter Visser set up broom-making machinery in South Pella. C Bent moved to Harvey Fisk property in North Pella.
Thirty years ago, on March 29 1917 H J Vanden Berg won the Pella mayoral race over J J Sheehy by a decisive margin as nearly 800 voters cast ballots. Ward aldermen and at large trustees were also elected, with local events including library construction labor by Central College students, charity drives for Belgian children, and notes on locals, purchases, health issues, and community life.
Golf course work continued with greens reseeded while North Main street traffic faced rough roads. Iowa Senate highway committee proposed paving for U S 68 through Pella and Oskaloosa to the Missouri line. John G Sybenga opened a bakery planning a Grand Opening next Saturday. First former townsmen band nest held at Legion Hall, 150 men attended, Legion Auxiliary served dinner, each man paid for his own meal, aim to make annual event.
Ten years ago an issue of March 18 1937 featured a color tulip on the cover and spring ads. Central College launched a 500000 endowment campaign chaired by Rev IL J Veldman of Grand Rapids with Forest Park Sanatorium tie.
WM. DIELEMAN of Sully Iowa offers insurance on farm and city property, crop bail, and automobile coverage in various branches. Encourages immediate policy with good company rates. Call 50 or write P O Box 146 for a possible visit.
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