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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1957
Page
3
A Thought of the Week notes Harriet Beecher Stowe on how flowers spread goodness along unseen paths. The piece highlights Pella residents sharing tulips with visitors without desire for personal gain, showing how local habits reflect character and kindness.
The piece urges every resident to be polite to visitors during Tulip Time in Pella, framing hospitality as a key communal act. It contrasts democratic debate in the West with East German propaganda, noting East Germans face no opposition votes, and emphasizes the value of public discussion for democracy. The writer cites a Berlin squib and compares it to U.S. politics.
The Iowa highway commission denied blocking eight blocks of alternate routes 30 and 67 in Clinton for a July annual celebration. Lyons Community Activities sought street closures, while critics warn the move signals a trend away from using main roads for events and toward relocation to avoid traffic disruption.
A Time magazine note reports singing commercials gain traction with riffs by Hoagy Carmichael Ogden Nash and Raymond Scott. Ray Scott forms The Jingle Workshop to craft musical plugs. The rush prompts wonder if viewers would approve a poll on ad music popularity.
Two young African American men faced eviction pressure in Iowa City from a real estate salesman Glenn Meeks who claimed neighborhood property values would drop. A petition showed broad support for the tenants, and Meeks withdrew. Williams and Saunders announced they would stay, praised for restraint as community temper and justice prevailed.
Editorial from the Trenton Republican Times reports Police Judge C. O. Brennenstuhl required a drunkenness offender to read the Bible and attend church daily for ten days and on Sundays, finding fines and jail sentences ineffective. The piece also includes farm and education notes and a humorous clip about English teachers.
A look back at Chronicle items from 10 20 40 60 years ago highlights notable events and remembers local figures, places, and milestones shaping the community’s history. Each retro note preserves the era’s tone while signaling how past stories echo today.
Fifty years ago May 9 1907 the City Council authorized John Klootwyk to manage Garden Square and erect hitching post poles for 15 cents a post while keeping old posts. Dekker Bourda and others were ordered to lay a 16 foot cement sidewalk in front of their properties on the square’s east side, as residents petitioned for grades and walks. Other items include Central College students praised for a concert, a boy’s injury, a gun incident in Ivy, Memorial Day plans by D Teter for Garden Square, and various local developments from pond fillings to railway organization efforts and new company filings.
May 10 1917 report notes Mrs Lou Ist H Campbell of Iowa College Extension to lead a short course in Home Economics in Pella aided by Central College ties. William J Wagner bought TL 1 Wormhoudt Clothing Store after returning from California. Moderated Club hears Mrs J J Sybenga discuss Preparation for Motherhood quoting authorities.
The exhibit in the Y. T. Van Niewaal display window featured a piano seat by Walter Butts a music cabinet by Warner Van de Voort and a library table by Robert Kaldenberg as the three best pieces in the Manual Training department at Pella High A baseball game saw Central fall to Highland Park 1 to 1 with Lowe on the mound Baer Buerkens Boyd and Byram collecting hits Rillihan pitched for Pella High and Welle caught A separate game had Pella defeating New Sharon 19 to 1 Local news noted a mass Red Cross meeting planned a 4th of July budget around 5000 and ads for silk dresses by T Van Niewaal
Record-breaking floods roared through the lower Mississippi Valley as a Red Cross appeal reached every town. In Pella churches, special collections raised nearly 1400 dollars led by the First Reformed Church with a 297 gift. Chevrolet outsold Ford in low priced cars due to advertising. Tracy Masonic building fire gutted the structure with 20000 dollars in losses. Professor George Baitsell of Yale profiled for progress. Fence-building observations recount rail fences and the 1880s wire fence adoption. Simon De Haan bought four carloads of lime for spreading.
Twenty years ago cars bearing Iowa county license plates filled town for Tulip Time weekend. Governor Kraschel and Tulip Queen Freda Den Burger led the coronation ceremony with attendants. A Fox Movietone crew filmed it for national theatres while local dignitaries and medical society members planned hospital talks. Heavy rain disrupted the operetta The Blue Tulip drawing 3600 spectators as merchants saluted Armor & Company.
Shenandoah celebrates its 70th anniversary as Pella and Tulip Time receive airtime. Councilmen James Van Dusseldorp John Hoeksema and light plant engineer Jerry Hellinga visited Illinois to study turbine installations and discuss buying another turbine and a boiler. Mrs Kate Beard dies at home after a heart ailment. John H Res tulip bulb importer from Holland visits as guest of L W Hartley. Major Edward Bowes salutes Pella Tulip Time on coast to coast program becoming honorary burgemeester in absentia.
Iowa spelling champion Marilla Vander Meulen and her educators will travel to Washington May 26 to compete in the national bee with hopes of a New York sight-seeing trip afterward. Preparations for Centennial Tulip Time progress at Pool Park with a giant pageant depicting Pella's full history led by Mortimer Goodwin as chairman and Paul Haagen as director. Gertrude Vander Wal earns senior teaching fellowship in chemistry at Iowa State College for next year. Tulip beds damaged by miscreants using sticks to behead blooms.
A new chemical called LILLEN MAK'S SEPTIKLEENER promises cheaper sewer maintenance by dissolving roots grease paper sludge and organic matter. It claims you do not need to shut the tank down and promises a cleaner tank in 24 hours. ideal pharmacy in Pella flags contact MA 8 2333.
The paper argues there is no fixed flag size but a width two thirds of length as a guideline. A flag should be large enough to command respect yet not so large as to shield wrongdoing, and not so small as to be forgettable. It should symbolize liberty and justice for all under it.
The Historical Museum showcases life in lace and tea using heirloom dishes. Pella National Bank marks its 90th anniversary with statements totaling 5 703 634 47 dollars, tracing its founding to May 15 1857 and its first name The Central Exchange and Land Fire. Billy Lankelma rests from Navy duty as a Line Trainer instructor in Jacksonville Fla. War emergency teaching certificates are issued to rural school hopefuls. Chet Cross of Boone Iowa wins the Dempsey Adams Hat for football excellence as Babe Tysseling presents the cup. Jean Piccard and a Navy pilot plan to launch a 100 balloon cluster to 100 000 feet at Ottumwa on June 5, the prior record height being five miles lower.
A 10 year old boy Steven Gregory and another youngster collided while chasing a fly ball. The Clarinda child was hospitalized with a broken jaw and other injuries.
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