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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1948
Page
5
A fragmentary column titled Musings Of the Town Crier wobbles across garbled lines and stray letters. It hints at a playful question about time and place, with no clear events, dates, or names readable for a concrete summary.
A fragmented letter recalls Central College’s athletic director, former pupils like George Gaass now a doctor, Miss Anna teaching in Pella, Lois Grandin in Oregon, and memories of paddling, plus jokes about Groundhog Day and stubborn weather, all in a local reminiscence with scattered names and places.
News from the Home for the Aged lists families and visitors in a flurry of calls and calls on residents. Numerous Harogs Hartogs Klein and Den Hartogs are among those visiting and being visited by relatives and local friends.
Eagle Grove veteran Vern Weld has begun a mink operation with 13 males and 47 females shipped from Colorado last December. He plans to grow the herd to about 200 and notes the mink eat eggs liver chicken cereal fresh horse meat and cod liver oil.
Border areas of Iowa appoint forty three assistant state veterinarians to aid the campaign against diseased stock. Dr Garrett said more help will be added as the program progresses under quarantine for 21 days and enforcement may carry a fine up to one pet.
Window drapes in Douwstra Memorial Chapel were hung this past week. The maroon satin velvet drapes are operable and can darken the room for slides or moving pictures, enhancing decor and utility.
A garbled report outlines a construction project within the Iowa Department of Public Safety's radio network. Charles Nard, director of the Radio Division, supervised work during a repaint and rebuild phase spanning several months, with scattered mentions of stations in Meine, Orval, and May.
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