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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1941
Page
4
Grain show rules list senior and junior showmen classes for best ears, ten ears, heaviest ear, longest ear, freakiest ear, and other categories with cash prizes from 25c to 3.00. Hybrid seed corn companies from Iowa and Illinois supply one bushel prizes for the first nine classes.
Des Moines hosts about 800 citizens as the Town Taxp association adopts resolutions proposing cost cuts for government. They urge lower local expenditures, elimination of duplicate services, no new taxes, Federal non defense cut backs, fair civil service protections, and amending tax exemption laws to curb misuse. The report also notes a plan seeking honest representation and restraint. Nearby Knoxville reports Black Hawk county land selling for 175 per acre as Mr and Mrs Gerald Bedard acquire the property from Mr and Mrs P R Ashley.
The Knoxville Journal reports county officials plan a December 1 payment of 30000 toward three bond issues. The March 1 1941 bonds 5000, September 1940 15000, and January 1936 10000 will be retired, reducing principal to 254000. Interest next year will about 8500, down from 11752 in 1940, with 80000 expected to be paid early next year from gas tax proceeds toward primary road bonds totaling 851000.
The Federated Club Women urge public support in selling Christmas Seals to fight tuberculosis. They emphasize the disease’s contagious nature and the need to overcome ignorance and poverty, calling for widespread awareness and cooperation to advance diagnosis and treatment.
Government graded turkeys appear in markets with prices rising modestly. The guide favors a constant low roast of 300 to 325 degrees F, no searing no covering no added water, and detailed steps on cavity salting dressing trussing and turning for even cooking.
The text notes the decrease in the nation’s tuberculosis death rate over the past generation as startling and encouraging. It warns against relaxing efforts even as progress grows, stressing that advancement should remain a challenge to continued action for mankind’s welfare.
The message links tuberculosis battle to self preservation and personal health. It calls for public support, noting the sale funds ongoing work and frames giving as life insurance for communities and homes. The appeal stresses urgency, progress toward victory, and the enduring nature of the fight.
Chevrolet to hold eight regional conferences for over 29 000 service men in 8 100 dealerships to review 1941 advances, reinterpret the service role under postwar conditions, and emphasize maintenance and durability. Ed Hebner leads with H M Page and E L Harrig and C M Davenport assisting. first meeting in Flint, final in Oakland December 8.
Heiress Miss Dulcie Chinn, once Osage, now a Chicago nurse, receives a bequest of $40,000 from the late Edward A. Cudahy, a packer she tended through two illnesses.
The governor spoke to the Pella Rotary about youth influence and honest business in tough times. He contrasted Hitler’s youth focus with Rotary’s aim to engage young people, urging greater community outreach and international service. The talk included a tale of a fur dealer to illustrate honesty in business and praised Pella’s planned open forum.
A speaker praised Pella and its Tulip Time as a standout community event. He suggested aligning the district meeting, held annually, with Rotary to strengthen ties and emphasize coordinated festival involvement.
A series of closing out sales scheduled in late 1913 and early 1914 including Nov 25 De Young and Nov 29 Mrs B Van, with further Dec 10 Mrs W Bakker and Dec 11 Peter Moksbergen, plus Jan 7 Warner Van de Voort, and Nov dates for Den Hartog and Van Hal Jr. Household goods and a sale 14% miles east of Pella.
A remarkable vegetable find comes from Mrs. Jerry Muller of Pulaski where a turnip measured 20 inches in circumference and weighed three pounds, harvested from her garden.
Waverly's longtime janitor John Mahnke celebrated his 75th birthday. For thirty four years he has rung a hand bell to call students to class and estimates more than 1000 different children have passed by him in that time.
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