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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1945
Page
3
Truman urges real action beyond lip service at the Security Conference. He sets a yardstick of honesty, not platitudes, and argues justice must be pursued regardless of consequences, shaping a united national purpose as America faces postwar transition.
Readers hear a call for watershed mapping above the Red Rock dam to reduce silt, with Warren and Des Moines valleys linked to flood defense. The piece contrasts Lake Wapello’s clear water with Lake Aquabi’s silting, urging conservation practices from upland farms to protect downstream lakes and flood control projects.
Editorial notes a second batch of Dutch children to be sent to England for recuperation and rehabilitation. They will be housed at Cottingham near Hull in hotels rebuilt for bombed residents. It also reports Switzerland offering to take 8,000 Dutch children with illnesses such as tuberculosis and skin complaints.
A brief 1935 Tulip Time section notes the first Time edition with play photos directed by Mrs Anne Tys. The festival took place on Saturday with events in Central Square. Miss Marjorie De Wit featured in a senior organ recital at First Reformed Church to a large audience. An antiques display filled downtown store windows as locals learned how Holland celebrated Tulip Time. A five member Chamber of Commerce committee returned from Holland Michigan to study tulips and Dutch celebrations. Commercial students at Pella High competed in a Des Moines typing contest with Margaretta Slobe leading among 25 schools, earning second in individual honors with 63.63 wpm and a silver medal. Fifty-two Pella High students were to graduate, with Dr. I. J. Lubbers delivering the commencement address. Don Menning emerged as Central’s outstanding athlete, winning shot put and discus at the Grinnell district meet and set to compete in Ames. Other Central track members included Geery Gardner Ford Smith Stanford Hoekstra Roozeboom and Kregel.
New street lamps for downtown designed to keep out dirt and bugs were installed by Isaac Gaass of the Electric Department, some formerly tested in Garden Square. Marion County farmers planned an alfalfa field tour including Ralph Grundman’s farm, a noon picnic at Chrisman place, and a Memorial Day address by Voley Diltz of Des Moines. Graduation speaker Rev George Derbyshire slated for the high school program.
Women in the Ed Clubs advocate recreation facilities for the tourist park amid concerns of neglect by bums and transients. Merchants back aid for war care events. a full pace cement funded by thirty firms. First Reformed Church Sunday School attendance record at 594. A mule shoer describes an accident and the mule’s reaction. The marriage of Helen Sch to George Mennenga is noted. Cooperative movement receives support from local farmers and officials. Daredevil Lockwood drives a Chrysler endurance run through Pella. Des Moines agency backs the stunt led by J S Cornelius.
In a May 20 game Central defeated Penn 13 to 5 for their second win. Jimmy Lowe allowed five hits while Byram and Rhynsburger led with three hits apiece. Leander Clark College edged Central 6 to 5 as Lowe relieved Brown in the seventh. A lightning bolt struck the G. G. Thomassen house causing fire damage and minor injuries to Harold Thomassen and a non serious jolt to Mrs. L. D. Schakel. Mrs. Carl Aschenbrenner was elected Federated Club president with officers named for the slate.
Notes from Pella recount budget concerns for a new high school project and plumbing costs, local officials fearing larger expenses. Doctor B T Warren plans to leave coaching at Central College to practice medicine in Stuart. Community updates cover bandstand repainting, new lighting for paths, bakers installing kerosene heating, and the Kory Theatre closure. Delegates travel to a Christian Endeavor convention. Federated Club stages a play. An ad boosts the Maxwell car and Ever Ready Auto Company claims fuel economy. Local mischief involves a prank on Central College student Cocky Roach with a fuel smuggling scare.
A letter from Andrew Vander Meulen and another from Leo C Beintema to The Pella Chronicle expressing long held attachment to the paper. Vander Meulen mentions his birth in Pella eighty years ago and hopes for Will Brand's recovery while Beintema thanks the paper and renews his subscription from San Francisco.
Teo Beintema of Rock Island Illinois writes that his Pella Chronicle subscription will soon expire and asks about renewal options. He notes his upbringing in Pella and provides his Rock Island address and date April 20 1945.
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