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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1957
Page
3
Attendees praised Tulip Time with comments on flowers festivities and courteous treatment. Pella delivered on promises with wholehearted hospitality, reflecting strong positive reception from women visitors.
The piece defends Tulip Time as a civic asset for Pella, praising community cooperation, stable local industry, and city pride. It notes visitors’ positive impressions of housing, schools, and business districts, while addressing criticisms about facilities and costume wearing during the festival. It argues the festival yields lasting goodwill and steady civic benefits.
Amid partisan debate, Iowa lawmakers passed a tax study committee supported reform requiring inactive state funds be invested in government securities or interest bearing bank certificates. Estimated return could reach up to 700000 dollars annually, prompted by disclosures of funds earning no interest. The Iowa Press helped spur action through national discussion in regional papers.
Iowa Highway Commission study indicates towns bypassed by highways show no overall business decline. Five towns Garner Mount Vernon Sibley Tama Belle Plaine posted higher sales tax growth 1948 1956 while four non relocated towns Alb ia Hampton Sac City Manchester lagged.
Editorial warns that Des Moines Master Builders with a handful of contractors imposed wage and working condition terms on carpenters across nine counties including Warren, Marion, and Clarke. The piece questions rural vs urban influence and recalls Warren County’s courthouse project where locally hired workers prevailed.
Items of interest from The Chronicle reflecting nostalgia across ten, twenty, forty, fifty, and sixty years ago. A concise survey highlights notable events, community moments, and remembered figures that shaped local history.
Wedding recorded for Belle Warner and Bert Van Vark on May 18 at Kruidenier property near H Rhynsburge home. Rev Van Kersen performed ceremony. Bert Vliet, auditor with Stone and Webster, based in Boston after transfer from Dallas. Kansas Supreme Court barred Western Union and Pullman from business for illegal compliance. Pella capitalists urged housing investment. many items cover Billy Sunday revivals, railway promotions, and local civic notes.
Front page report describes Governor W L Harding declaring Liberty Loan Week and urging wartime action. Emphasis on mobilizing women to support food conservation and promotional drives amid shortages.
Owasa Farragut and wai ord Iowa educators and civic figures held posts as superintendent and president. Subscriptions to Central College Extension Fund reached 24587 with 110 workers canvassing. George Mennonga chaired. Memorial Day speaker Allan Herrick of Des Moines and Legion groups planned events. GAR veterans honored. A cooking school at Pella Theatre, Joe Faassen and others managed by Dan Smith, plus a garden plant program aided by Mr Long. Town bowling alley planned by Lundt with Red Smith as manager. Commencement honors to Gaass and Liggett, with far-reaching travel to Washington for Marilla Vander Meulen and party. The Tulip Festival review noted 100,000 visitors. Dr W W Orr to speak at Central College. Magnificent Obsession performed by Players Guild. Town clapper prank at Jaarsma Bakery referenced. Sadler warned of future trouble.
The issue lists Hazel White taking a music teaching post at Hillyer School of Music in Grand Junction. Events include a Dutch language service at the new Third Reformed Church, war price increases for corn wheat hogs and cattle, and a beekeeping sugar shortage hint. Memorial Day plans feature a parade led by John De Cook, and a speech by Rev J W Wesselink.
A Memorial Day issue reports that C. C. Buerkens was named by the board of education to serve as superintendent of schools. The notice notes the appointment and indicates the selection was approved by the board.
A religious essay argues land ownership entails stewardship under God. It warns absentee owners harm communities, urges transmission of soil stewardship through generations, and emphasizes soil conservation as a duty linking farming families to a moral, productive future.
Soil Stewardship Week runs May 26 to June 2 with a gun prank at Tulip Time. The Home for the Aged won the Tulip Time flower show sweepstakes, selecting blooms from its grounds. Chaplain DeLoss Marken of Des Moines, a two war veteran, will speak at Memorial Services and has been decorated by Gen. Eisenhower in Africa and Italy. Mt Zion Presbyterian Church near Brooks marks its 100th anniversary on May 12.
Curtis Smith aged two of Britt unlatched a rear car door as the family vehicle traveled at 70 mph on Highway 69 and was catapulted onto the shoulder. He escaped with no broken bones.
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