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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1954
Page
3
A brief column praises Wordeworth styled insight as the real key to Tulip Time. It extols the festival’s simplicity, lack of pretense, and focus on good things while avoiding degrading influences, resonating with readers’ and visitors’ hearts.
The column wryly notes jokes from Budapest workers and Justice Douglas on walking while praising Des Moines River Valley flood control efforts. It details a March 14 meeting of eight counties forming a watershed group, urges use of small watershed methods, cites Muskingum Conservancy as a model, and commends Des Moines festival volunteers and city leadership for Tulip Time success and ongoing civic unity.
Editorial notes three hour survey in Clarinda's business section showing 109 parking spaces lost as 55 drivers parked out of line and 64 at bad angles. It argues carelessness may fuel rising traffic accidents and urges readers to reconsider street etiquette and driving thoughtfulness. The piece also cites a three year study by the National Council of Churches and Yale Divinity School on parental views of television for children.
Farmers Institute tour south of Knoxville ends in tragedy when M M Shivers loses control turning a corner striking a tree. His daughter Kate is thrown from the car and killed. Shivers suffers two broken arms and internal injuries. The report also notes various local notices and community events from the era.
A Brouwer suffered severe burns trying to locate trouble in Leighton light circuit and was hospitalized in Oskaloosa. Dave Breen of Fowler Telephone helped locate the fault. Elva Mae Van Houweling broke her right wrist at school. Nearly a thousand attended the Cotton Blossom Singers at First Reformed Church directed by Lawrence C. Jones. Pella High School manual training displays were shown at Y store window. Legion Memorial building received stucco on its west wall. C P Van Vark painted Dutch likenesses on Pella Overall factory front.
Central College's baseball team defeated Parsons 9 to 4 in Pella with Hoogeveen Neifert Rowley Ver Heul and Bos among standouts. A frost warned that fruit and vegetables were unharmed. Bee demonstration planned near Pella by D Worthington. Graduation at Central College includes 33 seniors from Liberal Arts and normal departments. Death noted for Mrs Henry Jaarsma age 60, maiden Poortinga. Political ads fill pages. floods threaten Des Moines and Skunk River valleys. Eddyville at risk. Commencement speakers include Dr Bernie J Mulder and Michael Strange. WACs visit for Tulip Festival. several local figures connected to Navy War Training School and high school promotions. Furnace fuel allotment guidance discussed.
Front page memorials sketch the Des Moines river tragedy near Red Rock where Dean Kane and Loren Bowies, both Monroe residents, drowned during a class picnic as Kane tried to rescue Bowies. They were to graduate high school in a few days.
Paul Grundmar seeks sheriff while W A Butts and Arie Bogaard run for board seats and John Nieburg aims at sheriff alongside Gerald Paardekooper for auditor. Knoxville Savings Bank pays its fourth ten percent dividend as 60 percent of insured deposits returned. M Vander Meiden opens a reduce and cream station at Cook feed barn on East Franklin Street.
A reflective address laments four things that do not return: past words, careless speech, unkind gossip, and neglected duties. It emphasizes personal and national responsibility, urging citizens to protect rights, fulfill duties, and seize opportunities to honor faith in fellow man, country, and God.
Instruction in band instruments continued through the summer despite wartime strain. Bob Brittell, a high school teacher, served as the instructor guiding students through the program.
Bert Stegeman of Omaha Nebraska, employed by Curtiss Candy Co, visited in town just one day after the Tulip Festival, distributing candy bars and Curtiss products.
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