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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1945
Page
3
Sadler Publishing Co lists yearly subscription rates with prices for outside Iowa and service men. The notice indicates a minimum one year requirement and states no subscriptions for periods under a year. It also notes entry as second class mail matter at the Pella post office.
A veteran-tinged meditation urges Americans to value home life and sports as a path to democracy. It contrasts quiz military training with playing, noting youth in Europe and Japan, and urges a cautious approach to universal military training while considering atomic threats and peace prospects. A Dutch-Pella anecdote closes with a call for local humor anthologies.
Editorial notes in Lyons Kansas praising peacetime shift from wartime gains with thin jobs to normal commerce and service. It contrasts workers moving from relief to steady pay and urges public readiness for fast change. Flavored with a Clearwater Mirror football reflection and plans to revive 4-H clubs in Marion county Iowa after wartime suspensions.
A 12 page issue promoted ngs school and corn show, sponsored by The Chronicle and Chamber of Commerce. Obituary notes Melender, 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs Schilder. The play Muckleberry Finn starred Van Gorp, Dillon, Wilson, Kocleman, Johnston. Board approving east and north additions to high school. Dockendorf aids enrollment for part time school. Armistice Day quiet. Central beat Penn 18 0 in Oskaloosa. Ford ran 70 yards for second score. Parsons finale ahead. War fears loom as Mary Ophia involved in conflict. Future Farmers of America formed at Pella High. Lester Van der Linden first president. Cadman to lecture at Pella College. Billy Sunday death noted in Chicago. Fourteen WPA projects worth 95000 announced for Iowa. Interstate Line unveils 33 foot bus Des Moines to Ottumwa, seen at Central Park Cafe.
Twenty years ago on November 19 1925 Oskaloosa’s front page carried a Thanksgiving issue with a Robert Burns poem Let the Lord be Thank 1 and a note on Iowa highway graveling plans eight east and west roads and five north and south roads to surface from border to border. Mark McWilliams moved household goods to Chicago after three months work there. Hagens drove a bus Miss Monroe from Pella to Des Moines when a car struck its side. passengers unharmed. Olive Fox Del De Haan Ray De Haan Nina Gosselink starred in Eileen to be staged at the high school auditorium by college students.
See me for insurance on farm and city property and bail on crops and automobile coverage in various branches. Start a savings account with life insurance for income in old age. Insure with good companies at low rates. Call 60 Sully or write P O Box 146. I will call. WM. Dife lman, Sully, Iowa.
Local notes recounting student arts: Excelsior Club preparing to present the opera Il Trovatore at the college chapel. Various community items include concerts, funerals, fires, shipper bids, and local Society updates.
In 1915 a Parsons strong squad overwhelmed Central in a 60 to 0 game as Hillyer stood out for Central. Parsons was penalized to allow a rare second-half first down. Injuries included William R. Dieleman losing an eye in a cornfield accident. The issue notes a Federated Club Opera House program, a fire at White Way Auto Co garage from a leaking gasoline engine, a large Broadway paving project in Pella, and local revival meetings at the Baptist Church led by George Sadler with Hugo Kuyper assisting.
The Reader's Digest invites readers to become Community Agent by selling subscriptions to friends and neighbors in spare time. Prospects include liberal profits, holiday rate offers, and a free package for interested service members and ex-service members. Allan Scott, Dept. 10-5, The Reader's Digest, Pleasant details.
A reflective ode to local newspapers and their lifelong role in shaping a citizen’s path from birth to obituary. The essay praises the home town paper for fostering talent, guiding careers, supporting families, and serving as a benevolent chronicler of community life through all stages.
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