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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1958
Page
4
A quotation about land ownership calls for social responsibility. The steward must protect and enrich the soil and hand it down as a blessing to future generations and a loving inheritance. The note, tied to National Association of Soil this, marks Soil Stewardship Week from May 11 to 7.
Three items in current news on the Russia ban discuss Eleanor Roosevelt urging trust in Soviet promises, Denmark's paper offering a contrasting rationale tied to a Russian test catastrophe and fallout, and U S physicists arguing continued testing to learn how to win a war. The piece cautions that wishful thinking risks freedom and warns about the Pandora's box opened by the first atomic blast.
Assorted fertilizers and new bulbs failed to improve tulips along North Main and other spots as many beds remained puny with few or no blossoms. Shade from tree-lined beds and root intrusion hindered sun exposure, prompting some residents to cut plants before festival time.
In orderly plant planning, officials call for rules to guide tulip beds. They warn that unsightly blooms reflect poorly on the community and must be avoided.
Dispatch notes Vice-President Richard Nixon faced a jeering crowd at San Marcos University. Spat upon and struck in the neck with a stone, he walked on with only a few secret service guards. Mrs. Nixon expressed pride watching him endure the hostile reception.
Farmers in Page County and businesspeople in Clarinda Shenandoah and Essex are pooling funds to continue cloud seeding. Initial plans began three years ago with two cents per acre per year as the seed cost. Long range forecasts show rainfall deficiency in Marion County and much of Iowa, making seeding a potentially profitable gamble.
A look back through the Chronicle’s past editions highlighting notable items from ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty years ago. Snapshots of community events, prominent local figures, and memorable moments traced through archival pages.
A 50 year old feature describes a front page portrait resembling Williams Ryan of Kirksville Mo and Rev I Everly. It covers Memorial Day in Garden Square, local personalities, politics of fireproof building pledges, railway interurban talks, widow pensions, and assorted regional notices involving Des Moines waterway forecasts, trades and banked ads, travel plans and local commerce. Magistrates and businessmen are named alongside community projects and personal journeys in Pella area notes.
Women of the Federated Club fund a town rest room with a $250 goal as a Red Cross parade unfolds this Saturday. organizers include F. M. Frush, Dr. Z. G. Fultz, George F. Sadler and Ed Van Zante. Local graduates, service calls, letters from France, and town notices fill a wide page.
Twenty years ago readers saw Tulip Time coverage with Mayors Fultz and Vande Steeg, KRNT voice Dale Morgan sharing via Mutual, and Governor Kraschel sweeping the streets. John De Vos, a former Pella printer, visited in a wheelchair.
Report notes moves of Mrs. Harry Keables to Des Moines near her brother while A Vos travels to Stuttgart Arkansas to live with a son. Toe Kool and Harry Prindle buy new cars from Van Houweling Auto. Legion leaders attend a Story County meeting in Ames and Senator Lars Skromme speaks in Garden Square urging economy and investigations into spending.
The piece argues that while a true brotherhood remains distant, progress occurs through quieter shifts in daily life. It notes Americans becoming better informed, more urbane, and more widely traveled, yet stresses that ideologies have been violently attacked this century. It concludes faith should unite, not divide, when one realistically contemplates truth.
Ten years ago director Maurice Birdsall planned a black light innovation for Tulip Time's The Red Mill while The Chronicle earned honorable mention in a national contest for Community Service. Marion County's Clay Barnett won an electric clock and the title Master Iowan. Pfc Philip Kempkes returned from Keesler Field and prepared for Alaska service, and Sgt Paul Tanis was discharged after service in Japan. Richard Tharp recovered from a broken leg in a downtown accident. Flood control support grew in the Skunk River Valley with meetings in Sigourney and nearby towns. England mocked American war fears amid the Berlin roadblock mood. Wooster College noted a two-day recognition for Dr Karl Ver Steeg. Gifts for Holland traveled on the Friendship train, while Meulpolder Brothers of Pella received Dutch thanks. Marion Aalbers left Voc Ag for Sioux Center teaching next year. The average human brain weighs 48 ounces.
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