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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1954
Page
5
A brief Freeman Journal feature reflects on open dialogue and community-minded thinking. The column highlights civic engagement and invites readers to consider thoughtful public discourse.
A discussion notes that Iowa highway fatalities rose one third from 1953 despite good roads and dry, fast driving. Many crashes involved single vehicles in ditches, fences, poles, trees, or bridge abutments, suggesting drivers overestimate skill and horsepower. Authors argue overconfidence, not road width alone, fuels deaths.
A South African debate centers on Daniel Malan's plan to close Cape Town and Witwatersrand universities to colored people, a move Alan Paton condemns as fostering harmful nationalism and denying education. Paton, supported by staff and students, argues the policy targets nonwhites and defies liberal tradition.
March 3 meeting of the Boyer Valley Conservation and Flood Control Association in Denison Iowa formed after 1949 flood aims to coordinate farmer and business efforts to reduce soil and water loss. They seek watershed development and federal pilot support like Floyd River Valley projects. Des Moines Valley lacks similar leadership and asks when it will wake up.
The Atlantic News-Telegraph warns world leadership is costly as the U S navigates wars and a police action. Hampton Chronicle argues for a pay-as-you-go road plan, urging a one cent gasoline tax increase and independence for the state highway commission to accelerate Iowa road work and reduce bond interest.
Forty eight years on the Keokuk Des Moines line mark J M Cox’s career with the Rock Island system. He began at Pella station in 1866 at age 21 and served as agent in Bonaparte Prairie City and Des Moines before returning to Pella in 1874 for a decade more. Pneumonia named as his cause of death.
Thirty years ago the Great White Way bus line received permission to extend its route from Des Moines to Oskaloosa with Pella as the end of the line and an additional Cadillac car added to the fleet.
Ten years back on March 9 1944 Women of the College Auxiliary paid 2000 toward a 5000 pledge for an organ for the parsonage coach Lloyd Gnagy. Little Dutchmen beat High 29 to 27 to clinch the title. Historical Society planned a one key Tulip Time on May 11 though war rules limited festivities. Church groups planned a city survey. Pella Classis men planned dismantling Bethany Church for Des Moines site housing a new church. Fifty men to assist with dismantling under H A Voenstra. Three Pella men called to armed forces Vittix William de Nelson. County quota 29. Peter Vanehet starred for Pella High in 23-21 loss to Lincoln of Besloines.
G H Waechter and T G Fultz were reelected to the school board. Vander Masts sold the Monroe Mirror to K F Wilson of Moulton Iowa. The White Way Auto Co offered a two plow Avery tractor at 445.00 F O B factory. Skunk River at flood stage as John Van Ee crossed via Mathes bridge. Des Moines business visits by Garden City Feeder Co. workers and Des Moines Electric Co crew laying high line towers near the college. Mrs J M Cox and Laurel Boot attended a Des Moines concert by violinist Fritz Kreisler.
In a March 8, 1934 report, the Van Gorp Garage and the O P Tire Company were robbed of small cash sums. The incidents were described as amateur burglaries. Captain Copper, a horse owned by Mr and Mrs Walter Fowler, won four ribbons at a Miami show.
Roosevelt remains hopeful he will soon be back in the country guiding prosperity. Marion Van Baale moved his Ford agency from Main Street near the Conicle office to a west side Square building previously occupied by the Byers Battery Shop.
The article notes the lack of clear stances from candidates on major topics like liquor and water drainage. It urges constructive platforms, highlighting highway improvements and road conditions as key concerns. It predicts voters will favor candidates who center on substantive policy over mudslinging.
In a Soldiers column Corporal Andy Hoeksem a and Pfc John P Van Gorp are noted. Esther Beerends enlists in Marines reporting to Camp LeJeune for training. Memorial service planned for Howard Ver Steegh missing in action. Iowa rationing list includes gasoline sugar fuel oil processed foods and more. John N Vander Linden and Ralph Grundman seek re election to the school board in the March 13 election.
Mrs Janna Lubben, born in Germany, died aged 94 in Buffalo Center. She arrived in the Buffalo Center area in 1888, making her one of the community’s oldest residents.
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