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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1955
Page
7
A post about education defining the whole man and measuring graduates. It notes graduates of high school college and university as the season of congratulations. It questions confidence humility initiative judgment and willingness to work as indicators of a fully educated person.
The Tulip Time flower show highlighted a storage plan of plucking blooms at peak and storing them in a cooler. Flower lovers can pick and display blooms fresh and lovely, with volunteers offering storage service free of charge. The community effort and timing boosted visitor satisfaction and future show prospects.
An Orange City tulip festival parade guide argues Pella should ban advertising floats. The Sioux County Capital notes Orange City replaced commercial floats with Chamber of Commerce entries, suggesting a permanent float and a trailer float for public relations. The piece urges themed, vendor-rich floats to showcase Pella’s Dutch heritage.
Professor Michael Evanar cites the growing dust bowl in the Southwest as drought worsens. He notes Amarillo dust, Texas Panhandle losses, and the 1940s Colorado failures in soil conservation. The piece questions whether farmers, after repeated lessons, will heed demands to conserve land and avert another evacuation of the Okies.
Editorial comment from Marshalltown Times-Republican notes experts say pain signals at the body's weakest point while FOX-like complaints persist about headaches. Sigourney Review lauds two reappointed State Board of Education members despite Senate non confirmation, praising board performance. Lamoni Chronicle ponders chlorophyll backlash in ads and a "back to nature" stance. Milwaukee Journal highlights Keating's DIY tax form quip amid 1040 fatigue and political spins.
A column revisits notable items from The Chronicle archives spanning ten, twenty, forty, eighty, and fifty years ago. It highlights standout events, names, and moments that shaped the paper’s hometown narrative across decades.
Fifty years ago Hon Edwin A Nye editor of the Des Moines Daily News was set to deliver the high school commencement address at the College Auditorium. The report lists local deaths, weddings, church calls, science hall fundraising, July celebration plans, play productions, and a graduating class including Nina Elliott and Henrietta Ver Heul among others.
The Central College senior class honored Lelia Droz queen and Perry Peterson in a May 1916 campus event. Audiences enjoyed a May Pole drill by 20 women, while pranksters staged a burlesque drill. Ruth Hussey directed the drill as the class prepared a cement base for the old Central bell, toppled by a prior fire. Population figures and campus notes are included.
Central College students staged a main tent and side shows on May Day to raise funds for the Athletic Association, with women of the city hosting a donation exchange at the American House and pledging toward summer concert costs. The week also noted local traffic changes, weather shifts, and various community items including a fire loss and civic notices.
Twenty years ago Pella celebrated tulip time with an extensive heirloom display and notes on a hotel restaurant reopening under new management. The column records community elders, local politics, church service, a 1968 birth, and a 1934 drought impact, plus rationing and war rumors as Pvt. Connie Rietveld returns from Germany.
Ten years ago Pella reached nearly half its quota in a 7th loan drive with bonds sold totaling 225132.50. Mark Love slated to sing Elijah at Central College under Dr Noel Logan, chorus of 100, seniors gift of 250 for stained glass windows, trees planted north of the Chapel, Memorial Day speaker Governor Robert Blue in Garden Square, wartime letters from released POWs, Yale’s George Baitsell and Grants executive C Frederik Hansen to receive honorary degrees, 9000 pounds of clothing sent to Missouri depot for Europe war refugees, more draft calls and assignments noted for May.
A speech argues that national policy should be built on spiritual weapons not violence and urges Catholics Protestants and Jews to unite for the common good. The speaker rejects the idea that non Americans are unworthy, warns against religious wars, and calls for recognizing shared humanity to foster peace justice and true statecraft.
James Foster resigned as Voe Ag instructor at Pella High School and prospects for replacing him looked dim. The Night School Council asked Foster to arrange a program for the coming year to carry on until the situation was clarified.
A fragment notes seventy eight of vehicles involved in fatal accidents were traveling straight ahead in a crash tally. Further details are unreadable in the clipped text.
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