Thought of the Week and civic notes urge better mail service and sportsmanship
The column laments the post office plan for twice daily mail delivery in three cities as overdue but praises Albia High School's sportsmanship panel idea. It reviews a Chicago educators conference on academic freedom, noting low attendance and urging democratic love and positive action over fear and cynicism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Dallas
P. O. Department
Asquib
Albia Union-Republican
Albia High School
Spirit School
Albia High
Indianola
Foster
James Spain
Congress Hotel
Chicago
Harry Giles
New York University
Fed Up With McCarthy Coverage Editorial Plea
A reader voices anger at constant McCarthy headlines and broadcasts, denouncing anti communism as a false doctrine. The writer sympathizes with President Eisenhower while accusing Republicans of fear to curb McCarthy and Democrats of enjoying political jabbing in an election year.
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McCarthy
Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Buster
Huey Long
Bilbo
Pella area news notes and local college acts shine
Under the vehicle incident left no injuries. Mrs. De Jong was taken to Plette Grocery for rest while repairs occurred. Pella High School domestic science display impressed editor W A Young as a reply to critics clinging to old school subjects. The Chronicle shared a Hollandale Minnesota paper The Enterprise praising Dutch community progress. Central College groups performed Daddy Longlegs well. Notables include Klein, Eva Klein, De Jong, Borgman, Van der Ploeg, Ila Fox, Bird, Punt, Pals, De Haan, Scholten. Bud Vander Ploeg, wounded in the Pacific, writes home from hospital. Soldiers and local figures featured. tulip trees urged for town.
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Hollandale
Minnesota
Pella
Philos and Alethians
Central College
Daddy Longlegs
Sd Klein
Eva Klein
Miss de Jong
Elizabeth Borgman
Bessie Vander Ploeg
Ila Fox
Grace Bird
Martin Punt
Anna
Bethany
Sully Road
Richard Vanden Berg
Arthur Bennink
Sully
Ed Huibregtse
Prairie City
Morris Folkert
Otpy
Marion County
Clay Barnett
John
Bud) Vander Ploeg
Pacific
Nick Vander Ploeg
Bud
Alvin Goemaat
Charles de Wild
Harold Goad
Andrew Hoksbergen
Floyd
Gilbert
James Kamerick
Glen
Eugene
Clarence van Zee
Joe Woods
Henry van Duren
Gerald van der Leest
Arthur B. van Zee
Walter Fowler
Decatur
Ilinois
George F. Sadler
George Kelma
North Main
Lawrence van Zee
Editorial Comment Recipe for Happy Marriage Lake Mills
The piece excerpts a graphic and bulletin that praise simple living. It lauds the plain man who earns a living, pays bills, values home and family, avoids ambition, and helps the needy without hesitation. It contrasts happiness with material striving and reflects early 20th century communal virtues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Mills
Scottish Rite Bulletin
City Council awards pavement contract and rails matter
The Pella City Council debated laying bitulithic pavement for James Horrabin of Des Moines, ultimately awarding the contract at 1.98 per square yard. They tabled petitions for hitching racks at Garden Square and private conduit for telephone cable before paving.
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James Horrabin
Des Moines
J. S. Wilson
Horrabin
Garden Square
W. H. Fowler
Godfrey Bevan
Issac
Philip Dobbs
C. E. Sanders
Pella
Muddy Roads Hinder 1930s Democratic Delegates to Pella
Thirty years ago roads between Pella and Knoxville were so deep with mud that only four of forty five delegates reached the county seat. Ed Van Zante chaired the convention while Ed Van Zante arrived by train early and Leon Hackett ferried Ben Blommers Jake Plender in a car. J W Jarnagin of Des Moines spoke on Iowa glories and resource conservation, substituting for Senator Pitt, the mud roads champion. Mr and Mrs W M De Jong of Leighton came to town with a team and buggy. their horses ran away and the De Jongs were rescued after the buggy tipped.
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Pella
Knoxville
Ed van Zante
Leon Hackett
Ben Blommers
Jake Plender
J. W. Jarnagin
Des Moines
Iowa
Jarnagin
Senator Pitt
W. M. de Jong
Leighton
de Jongs
Longtime Pella Pioneer Gerrit Van Zee Dies at 91
Twenty years ago Gerrit S. Van Zee died at 91 in Pella. One of three surviving 1847 colonist pioneers, he came to Pella at age five and lived near his sister Mrs. John R. Zee. The era featured events from local shop openings to municipal cleanups and national recovery talks.
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Gerrit S. van Zee
Pella
F. Gerritse
H. Wormhoudt
van Zee
John R. Zee
J. C. Mitten
North Main Street
J. Gilbert Boot
Rosscreen Company
Washington D. C
N.R.A
Franklin Roosevelt
John Wesselink
Central College
Monroe
New
Government figures reveal underage arrests in 1952
J Edgar Hoover told a congressional committee that of 1 110 675 persons arrested in 1952 seven point eight percent were under eighteen, thirteen point three percent under twenty one, and twenty eight point one percent under twenty six. He argues secrecy protects offenders from scrutiny and reduces deterrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.edgar, Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Farm Shop on Tractor Highlighted in School Issue
A high school Farm Shop project mounted on a tractor with a hydraulic lift cylinder. six students Ralph Heerema, Gerald Stravers, Herb De Prenger, Keith Tait, Leon Kaldenberg, and Clifford Paliser passed an entrance test for advanced Army Navy programs. a Red Cross drive faced delays due to bad roads, yet two thirds of the canvass raised $5002.80.
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Navy
Ralph Heerema
Gerald Stravers
Herb de Prenger
Keith Tait
Leon Kaldenberg
Clifford Paliser
Red Cross
Wll
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Central College Ladies Glee Club
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