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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1939
Page
5
Mrs Bruins discusses Arabian missions and Christianization aims during a chapel talk at Central College. She notes Kuwait and Persian Gulf ports under British protectorate and favors medical missions as a driver for religious influence. Speaker Latimer and Miss Heines are scheduled for upcoming chapel talks.
Through cooperation of Miss Ellen Hartnett Jasper County superintendent and J R Fitzsimmons of the Landscape Architectural department at Town State college and the county P T A council rural schools in Jasper County are being mapped for landscaping plans. Landscape architects at Ames will develop blueprints as schools are measured and mapped by Fitzsimmons.
This spring planting demonstrations will be held at each of the schools, with other county schools encouraged to adopt the suggested plans to improve and landscape grounds. The P. T. A. council hopes many more schools will join beyond the selected ones from last month’s meeting in Jasper Go. Mirror
A nostalgic guide to Thanksgiving prep stressing advance work. It describes assembling pies cranberries salad and decorations by mid morning and roasting a fowl with classic steps and temperatures. The tone reflects home and family traditions.
The article advises roasting fowl to 180 185 degrees Fahrenheit with covered birds or basted with butter for juiciness. Cranberries are praised as a versatile substitute for other fruits and paired in a strained molded sauce.
Paul Harrison argues nationalism forces self sufficiency with limited foreign trade as raw materials are turned into domestic products. He cites India and Japan to illustrate industrial self reliance and warns the United States has not fully grasped the long term impact of this global shift.
Dr Wall L Rierring Iowa health commissioner says four to five thousand tuberculosis cases exist in Iowa despite a record low death toll last year. The Christmas Seal Sale funds a rural program aiding case finding and surveys in counties under 20 000 population with half state funds and half from the seal drive.
Marion County Horse and Mule Breeders Association directors outlined plans for 1940 to promote horse events. Activities include supporting the Pella spring horse show, a Pleasantville horse and colt show, a county field day with farm stops, and a county fair 4-H colt show with a target of 15 colts. The group also will run a county-wide bot control drive and start a Town Gold Medal Golf Club program in July 1940.
This piece argues horses and mules can reduce grain overproduction by using more animal power in farming. It notes seven thousand horses and mules in Marion County and warns that each animal could occupy multiple acres, potentially keeping tens of thousands of acres off the market. It cites historical value of the horse and urges farmers to act as government bonuses support soil conservation.
The Hotel Ohio in Youngstown Ohio was leased for twenty years to the Pick Hotels Corporation of Chicago with a term rental of 1 250 000 plus a share of gross receipts The hotel is a 400 room property valued around 2 000 000 and forms part of a chain of about 16 hotels totaling 5 000 rooms and 20 000 000 in investments The lease announced by Albert Vick Jr president of the company names Harold R Petersen as manager and outlines an improvement program costing about 100 000 The Pick Hotels organization offices are in Chicago 20 North Wacker Drive
The Iowa state health department notes increasing tularemia cases dubbed rabbit fever amid higher rabbit hunting. Through November 9, six cases were reported this year versus 20 for the corresponding month last year, with a peak in late year historically.
Wildlife officials warned that wild rabbits not fleeing when disturbed or showing enlarged glands and white spots on internal organs, especially liver and lungs, should be treated with suspicion. They urged care when handling rabbits, wearing rubber gloves, washing hands with soap and hot water, and disinfecting after dressing. All rabbits should be thoroughly cooked.
Iowa State College expert C C Culbertson advises farmers to weigh meal prices and feed value when choosing between soybeans and soybean meal for hogs. He favors trading beans for meal when possible, notes soybeans are less suited for hogs, and outlines safe protein levels and piglet considerations.
Schedule shows 21 games with 17 Iowa Conference contests. Jan 22 Penn at Oskaloosa and Loras at Pella. Jan 30 Iowa Wesleyan at Mt. Pleasant. Feb 2 St Ambrose at Davenport. Feb 5 Parsons at Pella. Feb 8 Parsons at Fairfield. Feb 12 Luther at Pella. Feb 20 Simpson at Indianola. Feb 24 St Ambrose at Pella. Feb 27 Sa Wesleyan at Pella. Mar 1 Loras at Dubuque. Mar 2 Dubuque at Dubuque.
Old Fashioned Ginger Cake with sorghum icing is described as moist and adaptable for fall gatherings. Includes recipe ingredients for cake flour spices sorghum butter buttermilk and hot water with steps to cream blend and bake in a 825 degree oven. Notes that sorghum butter icing uses confectioners sugar lemon extract. A warning follows about green shoots from sudan grass after frost being dangerous for livestock due to prussic acid.
A new soil association is formed across Delaware Dubuque and Jones counties this fall, joining 24 counties with farmer driven erosion control aims. Iowa State College extension official L E Clapp notes 11 county committees already operate, guiding ongoing practices after conservation camps and projects end.
Myron Schuchart of Dysart Tama county will enter Iowa's first entry in the 21st International Grain and Hay Show to be held December 2 to 9 with the International Live Stock Exposition. He is a prize-winning exhibitor in prior soy bean classes.
The International Grain and May Show, the nation's largest farm crops showcase, attracts exhibitors from nearly every state and Canadian province. Cash prizes await in many classes for corn, small grain, seeds, and hay, with H. R. Richards of Swan, a Marion county corn grower, named to the corn judging committee. Entries may be submitted at no cost, and Iowa corn growers are expected to be well represented due to early harvest and late show dates.
H. F. Johnson Mrs. Ella Van Houweling and Norman spent Sunday with Alfred and family in Des Moines. Mrs. H H Geelhoed is spending a few days with Mrs. Emil Warns in Des Moines. Mrs. Carrie Halbert visits in Chicago with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bird and daughter. Mrs. Eva Welle and Helena spent a few days with David Welle and fatally in Ft. Madison last week. A chip on the shoulder indicates there's wood higher up.
Van Gopx[sic] Hatchery in Pella Iowa offers deworming and delousing services and sells laying mash at two dollars per hundred and laying concentrate at four dollars per hundred. FOR SALE Nice White Rock Pullets already laying from Klyn Bros Hatchery. Phone 262.
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