Thought of the Week on traffic reform and manners
A column discusses reducing highway deaths by stricter licensing, warns against pitying handicapped people, and offers sales tips. It also critiques radio ad insertions and highlights how name usage like Mom and Pop reflects respect. It urges practical, nonpatronizing support for the disabled and cautions about household fire risks and insurance adequacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mom
Mother
Dad
Pop
Dou
Ravenna
Ohio
Clay Dietrich
Editorial on inflation and government pricing controls
A Thornton Enterprise piece argues inflation is not the top problem but preserving representative government amid inflation. Other editorials urge returning to normal economic laws, adopting competitive pricing, and restructuring the OPA with capable leadership to balance production and taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Enterprise
Tulip Time memories and local sports mix in 1936
A May 1936 feature recalls Mr and Mrs Kuyper celebrating golden wedding anniversary in Pella with relatives and a visit from Chicago. The Tulip Time Fox Movietone News clip drew 25 million viewers. Central College seniors staged The Dover Road. cast included Benes Cook Beerends Van Rockel Evers Terrelt Liggett Visser Renaud. Ed Van Zante values a health trip to Arizona. Tulip broadcast heard on NBC Farm and Home hour. Max Dillon set conference records in broad jump and hurdles. Don Menning threw 130 feet for a conference discus record. Pella High took third in the Valley Junction meet. Dillon also ran hurdles. Farmers received up to $13 per acre for soil conserving crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Ming Kuype
Tonie) Kuyper
Hl. Wormhoudt
Kuypers
Pella
Chicago
Fox Movietone News
Central College
Clarence Wilkins
Dover Road
James Benes
Dorothy Cook
Esther Beerends
Byron van Rockel
Alvin Evers
Alvin Terrelt
Forrest Decker
Betty Liggett
Marguerite Visser
Robert Ren
NBC
Farm and Home Hour
Max Dillon
Valley Junction
Don Menning
Pella High
Dillon
1926 Fourth of July planned by Federated Club
June 3 1926 report notes Federated Club will sponsor a Fourth of July celebration on Saturday July 3 with trimmings and an exciting day Graduation exercises were held for the high school class of 1926 Rev Bernie Mulder delivered the speech Antoinette Vander Ploeg sang two solos admired by writer Ike Young A traffic accident near Pella National Bank caused leg bruises and a foot injury Public school students performed a musical program in Garden Square Friday with local notables involved
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Federated Club
Bernie Mulder
Antoinette Vander Ploeg
W. A. Young
Ike
Sharon
Pella National Bank
Young
Ry di Haan
Ne Groendyke
Del
John van Arabian
Monroe
Totorists
Hummel
Garden Square
Central College honors three with de grees in ceremony
George A. Jewett Ian Towne and Mr Jarnagan received honorary degrees at Central College with Ed Wheeler of Des Moines noted as sponsor of the annual banquet. Marion Frash leaves for Cedar Falls summer school Teach ers College. Legion Post Memorial Day parade features civilian clothing debut and Drum and Bugle Corps with Chaplain Bernie Mulder as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ning
Peter du Pree
Supt. Frash
Mr. du Pree
George A. Jewett
Ian Towne
Jarnagan
Central College
Mr. Jewett
Des Moines
Ed Wheeler
Sibley
Iowa
Pella
Marion Frash
Teachers College
Cedar Falls
James Ver Ploegh
Tingley
A. Ver Ploegh
Tim Hoogenakker
Legion Post
D. S. Huber
Legion
Auxiliary
Bernie Mulder
30 Years Ago Dedication and Campus Events at Pella High
The June 1 1916 issue highlights the new high school building dedication with a front page photo and much of editor Young’s story focused on classroom children exhibits. Memorial Day pageant at Central College, May Day on campus, May Queen Helen Hanna and court, and a postponed Penn College fire tragedy in Oska loosa are noted along with staff changes and upcoming home economics instruction at Pella High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Young
A. M. Dayce
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Robert Williams
Helen Hanna
J. W. Bailey
Gradus van der Linden
Rex
van Zee
White
Bottorf
Wanamaker
Ethel Guthrie
Peoria
Pella
Pella High School
Exie McQuilken
la Porte
Pella High
Colfax
M. Vander Heiden
Dave van Rees
Lewis Kuyper
Ete Eichael Choral Club
Peter Dor
Lon Worhoudt
Blanche Seamaker
Leona Heuvers
Rolscreenings Visit to Veterans Hospital Noted
Several Rolscreen employees toured the Knoxville Veterans Hospital during an open house last Sunday. The casement department plans modular window production, adds a new line, and installs new dies for the steel punch press. Dutch attire photos featured two Rossereen men, with longtime staffers noted. Friends hosted kitchen showers, and mail from Holland arrived, with a playful caution about translation.
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Veterans Hospital
Knoxville
Air Express
Los Angeles
Bill) Sheppard
Geneva Aathers
Fred Visser
Henry Roeffel
Des Moines
Rossereen
Erma Kaldenberg
Murray Grandin
C. de Jong
Holland
Murray
Marion Toom
Rotterdam
J. Meyer
Tooms
Family Hardships Amid Hungry Winter Revealed
Meyer recalls three children two girls and one boy during the hungry winter when the girls stayed in another province with hosts who had food enough. Six months apart meant risk of death without food for the family. Kathryn Van Veen unveils a new pet named Saiman kept in the basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer
Kathryn van Veen
Saiman
Farmers of America report on Harvester production restart
Dealers report extra shifts and cautious shipments as International Harvester works to replenish parts and machines after a recent strike. Production for tractors resumes at normal pace, but overall delivery remains tight. quality remains the priority as chronic shortages persist nationally.
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International Harvester
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The
Pella Chronicle
Official County Newspaper
H.H. Sadler
George Ver Steeg
Dy Sidler Publishing Co
Mala St. Pella
Lowe
Servi
Towa
Mall Matter
Truman
A. P. Dispatch
Itd
Fibber McGee
Waxy Wilcox
Kansas City
Recentrmers
Soils Conservation Service
Extension Department
Story City Herald
OPA
Knoxville Express
Washington
OPA Montezuma Republican
Pan
Fliteo
Tyme
Institute of Life Insurance
Indiana
New York
San Francisco
Tennessee
Oregon
United States Legal Reserve Life Insurance Companies
United States
America
Sully
DePenning
Gamble
Lynnville
D-X
Montezuma Renderers
Dept. Agri
Kathy
Lautenbach & Verought
Liberty
Summit Township
Marion County
Otley
Henry Kool
the Farmers OF America
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