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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1940
Page
3
The column reflects on Wendell Willkie's sportsmanship stance toward war, optimism amid political campaigns, and Armistice Day reflections. It notes yields of fifty bushels of corn in the area and contrasts with farmers elsewhere. It discusses campaign button humor, county government consolidation, and Iowa land ownership shifts to tenant farmers, urging belief in farming as security and investment.
The piece critiques overoptimistic farm income claims in Iowa, warns farmers to check bank books and inventories, and praises school safety patrols backed by the American Legion. It lauds Representative Martin and the Dies committee for exposing un-American activities, urging vigilance against propaganda.
A collection of editorial snips urges readers to grasp the scale of a billion dollars, echoing old frontier restraint. It contrasts Methuselah counting with civic duty, urging youth to risk effort and funds to extend progress rather than cling to security and comfort.
In 1895, Republicans won county offices, with Sel ing as treasurer and Hendershot defeating Van Zante for representative. Ment zer beat Cronkhite for sheriff. John Donai visited from the city, families arrived from Holland, and local business and social life featured editor praises, new ventures, and community notices across Pella including schools, telegraph tests, and property sales.
30 Years Ago item notes Tommy Vander Wert married Alice Du at his parents’ Ottumwa home. Also, Pella Tigers beat New Sharon 69 to 11 with a 41 to 3 halftime lead. Family reunion at Jacob Todd’s marked his seventieth birthday. Alfred Wormhoudt traveled to Des Moines for a mail clerk exam, with sister Artie. A North Pella household reported diphtheria cases. John Eysink traded exilen for land in Hyde County.
Twenty years ago in Lozny Legion events commander M D Mc Williams and vice commander Gary Vogelaar led the Armistice Day celebration at the high school where Gene Hinton spoke on army overseas service. McWilliams pinned a Victory Medal on G H Van Den Bes of the Rainbow Division. Central defeated Penn 34 to 0 at Oskaloosa with injuries and a torn ligament, while bad weather preceded a good public day in Pella with strong shopper turnout and low sugar prices.
Ten years ago in August 1930 William Dings of St. Louis arrived in Pella to become advertising manager at the Rolscreen factory after previously serving as advertising agent for Lambert Aviation Field. Armistice Day events were quiet as Penn defeated Central 0 to 0 with Covey and Gowan star players and Babe Tysseling making a near touchdown on incredible passes. Jacob Sterrenberg marked his fiftieth year in barbering. Dan Umer won Iowa governor by 100000 plurality as Republicans broke Democrats’ congressional majorities. Several locals, including Vander Linden and Nieburg families, reported injuries from falls slipping and breaking arms and hips.
The report notes coal production reaching around 150 tons daily at a site southwest of Pella near the Des Moines river. It also mentions Star Oil Co installing Pella’s first electric gasoline pumps and Jacob Cornelius visiting Detroit for Chrysler Plymouth car unveilings, with 200 Iowa dealers arriving by special train from Chicago.
A chronological list notes visits to residents of the Home for the Aged by family and friends from Peoria Knoxville Circleville Otley Monroe and other towns. It records several gatherings and a milestone on November 11 when Meyer celebrated a birthday and Peter De Jong turned 77.
Otley residents and neighbors from Pella Newton and Des Moines were mentioned visiting relatives in Otley and nearby towns. The article recounts weekend gatherings, operating hospital cautions, and a Davenport trip with reflections on parks, schools, parks and shopping. It also notes Tom Slocum’s hospital return and local duck hunting trips at Spirit Lake.
Cordova News notes Mr and Mrs Howard McDaniels depart Saturday November 9 for a two week vacation in the south. Van Homart reports ongoing wisdom tooth trouble. County nurse Ann Wanko will assist at Red Rock schoolhouse on November 21 at 8 45 am for preschool vaccination duties.
Local notes from Pleasantsville and Cordova cover vaccinations, school closings, conventions, hunters depart for pheasant counting, depots and rain, visits among Karr and Van Hemert families, and farm projects. 4-H members served lunch. a 15 pound turkey awarded to Murray Van Hemert. multiple barns under construction.
Keith Miller twenty was killed instantly six miles west of New Sharon at eight am Monday when a shotgun discharge struck him in the left side while hunting with his brother in law Robert Van Gorp. He is believed to have taken shot in the heart as the pair were entering a duck blind.
In this excerpt the writer muses on adopting dead languages for modern American terms such as sports and gym use. He notes awkward substitutes like field of plays and gamer and jokes about shifting phrases, concluding that daily speech resists strict linguistic purism and hints at more humor to come.
The incident occurred at the Miller farm 50 rods from the home near an artificial pond as a gun discharged. Survived by three sisters Mrs Genevieve Clark Mrs Macel Van Gorp and Miss Francine Miller. The body was moved to the Osborne and Taylor funeral home at New Sharon.
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