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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1958
Page
3
A newspaper filler editorial notes the sarcasm of the line blessed are they who run around in circles. It argues that taking on too many responsibilities leaves no time to do anything well and likens the oversized responsibilities to a big wheel with a flat tire.
The piece notes discontent with U.S. policy toward Chiang Kai-shek and Nationalist China, including tacit defense of Quemoy and Matsu. It highlights reservations to an all-out commitment, public criticism, and reassurance from President Eisenhower and Dulles that no war is planned. Public sentiment favors avoiding war over the two barren islands.
The Iowa Highway Commission approved September contracts for two roadside planting projects on Interstate 29 from Council Bluffs to Missouri Valley and in Sioux City. Total cost 103922 dollars with 90 percent funded by the federal government. Shrubs center strip and along roadsides to combat erosion and enhance scenery. trees on curves to emphasize turns and hide junk yards. The program aims to extend across the state while roads are built, with immediate planting after completion. Iowans enthusiastically back the plan and seek unrivaled roadside beauty.
The article recalls Princess Juliana of the Netherlands visiting Pella and Central College during World War II exile in Canada. It notes her weight gain as queen and cites a 1958 speech in which the London Sunday Dispatch called her trim and lighter by twenty five pounds, attributing the change to a secret reducing diet prescribed by a medical professional.
Time Magazine notes a farmer near Salonika found Ionic column fragments at Pella revealing ruins of a 4th century B C city. Excavations uncover a 300 by 164 foot building with water pipes mosaics and courtyards. Co director Petlas says Pella may be a chief incubator of Western civilization alongside Athens Rome and the Holy Land. Our town’s founder Scholte named it Pella City of Refuge.
An editorial in the Iowa Conservationist argues for an open mourning dove season citing funds for research, while critics warn it could justify shooting other birds. The piece contrasts rural change with urban reporting and questions the future of small towns and traditions.
Items of interest from The Chronicle dated ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and sixty years ago are recapped. The column highlights notable events, people, and local happenings from past editions, offering a snapshot of history through archived notes and milestones.
Fifty years ago the Lake Prairie District Fair drew a big crowd with 7000 on Wednesday. C H and J E Bauman showed fine Aberdeen Angus cattle and Herman Rietveld Jerseys. Des Moines couple Laura Whitman and Gerard Scholte Nollen wed in a major society event. Local travel, education, and industry items include timber concerns in Minnesota, Musquakie Indians and schooling attempts, butter quality warnings, and new homes in Pella. International news mentions the American fleet to Japan, Admiral Sperry, and Mayor Vander Zyl’s asthma relief trip, plus Bryan’s Des Moines speech and Rail inquiries for South Pella.
A historic plan to cast the original Liberty Bell to hang in Independence Hall is noted, with the bell preserved under glass inside the building. The display emphasizes preservation while highlighting the bell’s symbolic role in American history.
Gerrit Van Zetten a Pella boy died of Spanish Influenza at Camp Pike Arkansas after ten weeks in the army. His service featured a military band from Camp Dodge and S A T C students at Central College. Several local figures and events tied to wartime efforts, quarantine impacts, and home front notes appear, including a practice of fair pricing and community charity efforts.
Twenty years ago, on October 6 1938, the R E A line extended north of Pella bringing power to 115 of 190 farm homes. An upcoming demonstration on the A W Den Adel farm will explain farm electricity uses with Town State College instructors. John Hoekaema leads the local Cooperative and appears on the front page. Supt C Buerkens and Miss lead another citizenship course.
Ten years ago band parents prepared for an indoor circus fund drive for high school purchases. Central defeated North Central College 19 to 0 in football with quarterback Galen Cheuvront and running back Dean Van Zee starring while Carl Wehde injured an ankle and Tom Carlson had the flu. Pella High beat Melcher 48 to 0 led by Andy Van Berkum and Dale Van Wyk with Dale Vos also strong. New concrete tennis courts opened at Central College. Wormhoudt’s advertised Abernathy solid walnut furniture. Central College faculty members Edith Le Cocq Leonora Van Dellen and George Malacek to present for Knoxville Women’s Club. Art show planned for Coral College in late October with entrants from Des Moines Ottumwa and locals. Premier Belgian speaker condemned Soviet fifth column plans and warned Russians will do anything to topple democracies.
Dr. Dunnington told Simpson Guild that the world faces danger from communism yet holds optimism for its downfall. He argued that communism contains seeds of its own death, condemning its ruthless ends and economic flaws while praising the resilience of the Russian people and the value of moral choice.
A Marion County roundup reports Heck Gale of Os Moines visiting Pella Meteor memories with Will Baer Dr George Lankelma Billy Stout and Billy De Bruin on the front page Gale and his brother Don once played for the Meteors. A Legion Hall meeting organized the Marion County Christian Rural Overseas Program. Deaths noted include Ralph Van Vliet and Peter Vander Kolk. 4-H calves from De Bernard Ranch shipped to Knoxville. Six thousand Iowans denied driver’s licenses for lack of financial responsibility.
Corn growers Bill Edwards and Dick Lim baugh of Shelby planted experimental seed corn from a Panama station. The plant reached 16 feet, a result attributed to extended daylight hours in Iowa. The crop described as white gold is refined by adding nickel to whiten and harden the grain.
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