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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1952
Page
5
A 16th century maxim on aiming high and striving beyond the mark. It argues that most efforts miss their target, but the value lies in the ambition to aim higher and achieve more than those who settle for less. The piece frames aspiration as progress regardless of outcome.
A wartime feature explains a new Navy device called the Hoppi Copter, a one man helicopter for Marine landing ops. It weighs 83 pounds with a 240 pound lift, powered by twin outboard motors strapped to the pilot, featuring vanes and a joystick for control. The piece predicts future jet propulsion.
A 33 pound aluminum loom, developed by industrial research, lets a housewife weave cloth with pegs in a frame. An operator can design fabric as easily as sewing a dress, producing enough cloth in five hours for a spring suit or topcoat in plain, satin, or twill. Grandma would approve a room where one can craft unique fabric quickly and affordably.
The FCC plans to lift the freeze later this month authorizing new transmitters in many communities and frequencies. UHF transmission will be allowed and old sets can convert to receive both VHF and UHF. UHF promises zero interference from auto-ignition noise and static, with reception up to forty to fifty miles. Converters and antennas will be cheap and simple, and local stations may be received via a room held lead-in antenna rotated for best picture quality.
The piece notes lukewarm Nebraska interest while New Hampshire voters saw candidates stumping fiercely through last week and into Tuesday primaries. Roscoe Drummond of the Christian Science Monitor foresees national pre-convention primaries and democratic nominating practice as the future, urging voters to heed candidates’ New Hampshire remarks as a democracy gauge.
The New York Senate legalized colored margarine on March 6 making New York the 41st state to permit sale of colored oleo. The piece argues bans elsewhere, Iowa bootlegging, and questions the rationality of color restrictions noting market competition and consumer preference.
A Des Moines reader reports a Marine in Korea objecting to paying income tax until returning home. He describes battlefield conditions and lists assets as weapons and gear while declaring liabilities as enemy forces and subzero weather, ending with a homesick Marines note on delaying payment. The piece ends by inviting readers to vent about taxes.
The column muses on vacation postcard fun and the hope for the future as William Allen White reflects on Lincoln and national resilience. It contrasts farmer wealth in Hardin County in 1950 with costs, showing most farmers earned $10,000 or less after expenses. Pravda critiques Russian local papers while praising American press freedom and warning it could expand.
Items from The Chronicle recount notable past events featuring local figures, institutions, and landmarks. A compact retrospective highlights anniversaries, visits, and milestones that shaped the community memory across decades.
A front page look back at four decades of Pella life features the First Reformed Church parsonage demolition, Pella High baseball’s 13 5 win over Prairie City, fresh strawberries at 15 cents a box, and new homes on Columbus and North Main streets. Also notes include a city permit for a popcorn stand at $25 yearly, street wagon water charges, a profitable light plant, a Valley Junction wedding, road conditions, and prominent ads.
A Jamaica shark tale reports a child’s leg found in a shark's stomach after a bite near home. In Iowa, a Curtiss letter recalls 1843 arrivals and 1847 Hollanders, with local families named. Notes cover school salaries, radio broadcasts, tulip beds, road plans, pioneer lists, shrubbery deliveries, and campus plantings.
William De Cook announced a new bus line with Arie Boland as driver. Roy Hise, living in Newton, had his Ford roadster serviced in the Ford garage in Pella. The narrative notes fine early April weather giving way to a brief winter spell with one day of snowfall and budding trees unformed.
Will Vander Dever captured a crippled Great Horned Owl and had it mounted. The bird was displayed at the Two Vans shoe store. Scouts urged boys to build houses for birds as a spring good deed with a national call for funding. Fowler promoted Clyde Herring for U S Senator and was quoted praising Fowler's speech.
Twenty years ago in Pella a front page feature profiled Dick Den Adel a pioneer in the National Association of Retail Clothier and Furnisher, with early Des Moines roots and four years as treasurer of the Iowa association. Auction sales with script began downtown, and the Farmers Union hosted Egg Day. Dr Carl Aschenbrenner campaigned for State Senator with broad county support. The school board cut teacher salaries saving 6000 dollars annually. Bill Schreiner commented on prison meals during This Week in Pella. Joe Van Arkel pitched for Pella High in a 18 to 5 win over Sully. Central College football spring practice started with 35 players. Veterans Wildasin, Hostetler, Ver Dught, and Kernahan were noted. A full page listed 45 cooperating merchants for the auction program. Eldon Tharp, Central College graduate, was hired as teacher and coach in Pleasant Plain. The Welfare League aided thirty families, spending about 300 dollars in March.
A 10 year old item shows Billy Vande Kieft in flight training at Pensacola Florida. Another front page picture features Ambassador from the Netherlands and Mrs Alexander Loudon. The note mentions a commencement address in the college chapel on May 18th.
An essay argues land reform is essential in underdeveloped regions to relieve peasant poverty and feudal tenure. It rejects communist style redistributions and colonial land grabs, urging U.S. policy to promote opportunity, fair rents, credit, and ownership to foster true democracy globally.
Dudok Langecak, a technical sergeant with the Field Artillery of the 90th Division at Camp Barkeley Texas, served previously in the regular army. The Tulip Queen announcement was to be made at a coming out party at Legion Hall Tuesday evening. Bond drive seeks $600 000. P Ht huyper urges broader purchases to avert failure. A 40th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Simon De Haan was celebrated on April 7 with many friends sending congratulations. Barney Mensch age 61 died. he immigrated from Holland in 1914 and worked as a carpenter. Stuart Kuyper, now a First Sergeant at Iowa State College Cadet Corps, studies general engineering as a junior. Phyllis Ver Ploeg, Lindenwood College student, spent time in Pella with her parents. Paul Klein and Esley Langerak on short Chicago study leave. four weeks remain to complete ordnance Taspestor training. Tlette & Co advertise Birdseye Frozen Foods in quick freezing process. Central College receives eight pieces rosewood chapel furniture from Katpadi Institute Arcot Mission India. students assemble them in College Industries. Shirley Gosselin k and Earl Glewin shown unpacking crates on front page. District Music Contest draws 1000 music students from 25 schools for 25 events.
Dr Herrick extension veterinarian urges community based programs to manage stray dogs and vaccinate pets. The plan aims to reduce threats to babies and pets by cooperative campaigns and mutual action.
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