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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1951
Page
3
Editorial from the national desk authored by Chatilo Asgodia Jon outlines county governance issues, urging reform and transparency. It emphasizes accountability, public access to records, and prudent use of county funds, urging readers to engage with local officials.
Walnut Bureau notes a witty line about waiting and finds spring slow to arrive after a brutal winter. The piece contrasts a late October onset, harsh conditions from Jupiter Pluvius, with hopeful signs of buds, tulips, and grass emerging beneath twenty inches of snow as Cor Sprig returns.
A winter storm delayed planting but soil stayed warm and moist, aiding bulb growth for Tulip Time. Amid the weather hopes, warnings arise about dubious Canadian mining offers preying on Midwestern investors, with past promoter scams recalled and a cautionary note on legal loopholes.
Des Moines oldtimers recently rode rar streetcars for the last time before retirement to barns as modern curbliners take over. The city’s streetcars were Iowa’s last in service aside from a Cedar Falls Waterloo interurban and Town City Cedar Rapids line.
A citizen propels talk of a town wide celebration for the 1951 Tulip Tune with a flashy blueprint offering ferris wheel corn games and girlie shows, arguing a big crowd and ignoring costs while noting past events.
North Carolina State College Raleigh plans a privately owned nuclear reactor with $159,000 from the university and $200,000 from Burlington Mills Foundation. Sixty students, including half air force officers, start a four year nuclear engineering course. The device uses four gallons of 80 percent uranium, a stainless steel cylinder, shielding, rods, and water cooling. Output is about ten kilowatts daily and the system is explained as safe and observable from outside two glass walls.
Davenport Democrat critiques Iowa politics urging protection against union domination via Right to Work while opposing overreach of conservation politics. It questions the governor and legislature’s moves on labor laws, county records, hunting license sales, and agency reform, urging focus on practical fishing and hunting access rather than political entanglements.
A South Bella gathering covered weather delays on purchases, a fined resident for kicking, and citizen calls to ease penalties via tax extensions. Reports include saloon and sewer concerns downtown, condemned outhouses when sewers exist, and a push for sanitation funding. Local events feature a donation drive for a sanatorium, school contests at Grinnell, and musical performances plus car ads from Star Auto Company.
Thirty years ago Otley reports detail a train through town delaying travel, and residents housed for a night. The Legion Post backs a baseball club while the Chamber of Commerce pledges funds. Central College gymnasium funds falter as church quotas lag. Four students jailed for snowball vandalism on T. H. Kaldenberg’s Ford. Sheriff Hentey recruits locals to guard against bank robbers and chicken thieves. Port car stolen in Des Moines recovered from a dealer. Pella District Fair dissolves. prices for seeds and farm products listed. Movie The Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaws shown at Alamo Theatre with promotional displays.
A Pennsylvania State Journal excerpt recounts Clare Cockerille of Altoona speaking at a NEA Regional Conference in Washington January. She argues education must prepare youth for tough days beyond facts, cites mental health, ideals, and heroes, and notes democracy as active participation and responsibility. She praises wholesome role models and urges teaching that develops history, science, math, arts, faith, work, health, ideals, and collaboration.
Twenty years ago the issue featured Paint-up and Clean-up Week with many ads as city authorities supported annual clean-up days. A. T. Van Roekel died blowing stumps from land near Monroe using dynamite in a pail. Pella High’s baseball team won the county title with Gerald and Joe Van Arkel pitching and Bob Goodhart catching, beating Dallas 28 to 3 and Melcher 11 to 7. The town hosted civic demonstrations and a voting machine trial, while roads were poor after rain. Local officials tackled pavement repairs on West Washington Street. TL. HL. Geethoed traveled to Rochester for tumor removal at Mayo Clinic. Peter Van Zante prepared to install gas station equipment at Main and Oskaloosa. Farmers welcomed moisture after a dry winter. A radio critic joked that broadcasters “drain the air.” Silk hose sold for 79 cents at Van Rheenen’s. A public democracy tour troupe spoke across towns. Bul Vande Lune bought a barber shop. he’s from Prairie City. High school players performed “A Happy Journey” at Drake University and earned commendation for child acting. The government planned to pay hog prices at $9 per hundredweight via market operations. Cornie Van Zee appeared in wrestling tags and previously earned a Michigan silver medal. Philip H. Bevan shared army experiences from Jefferson Barracks, as Marion County sent six to the draft, and NYA aided 130 local youths in work programs. C. E. Stouffer conducted soil surveys as a new county Soils district formed, with Brits and Italians noted in North Africa.
A decade ago the front page showed residents at work in tulip beds and Dale Morgan of KSO Des Moines preparing to broadcast Tulip Time programs. The lead story announced a goodwill team would present a forum at the high school with Father Robert A Walsh Rabbi Eugene Mannheimer and Reverend Willard Johnson of Des Moines.
Mr I A Lyons of Peoria Illinois, long deaf himself, has perfected a small secret hearing aid. It makes voices, radio, and clock ticking sound natural. For full information write to 4008 South Washington Street Peoria Illinois.
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