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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1955
Page
7
A twofold guide from Mark Twain urges speaking softly but with resolve and delivering the truth to avoid twisting replies. The notes emphasize candid, steady expression when challenged and stressed integrity in communication.
A study cited by Paul Glick and Herman Miller shows a college degree adds about 100000 dollars to lifetime earnings, with education costs around 9000 dollars. The piece discusses flood control debates in Waterbury Thomaston and Des Moines areas, the failed dam projects, and urges readiness for flood risks. It also reviews Iowa Art Salon highlights noting varied skill and a contrast with modern prize works.
Mason City Globe-Gazette reflects on newsroom tactics and public publicity rules. It quotes Frank Gannett on liberty under the Constitution and mocks political blame games including tax, cement, and grain-bin audits, noting suspicion and blame shifting.
Items of interest from The Chronicle recall notes, events, and people 10 20 30 40 and 60 years ago. Readers revisit past headlines and highlights as memory lane opens with archival glimpses across decades.
Fifty years ago President John T. White of the United Mine Workers addressed townsfolk in Garden Square Pella on Union Labor aims. The crowd listened as Gerrit Goedhart received praise for his town improvements while other locals pursued festivities, travel, and local news including baseball loss, a buggy accident, and coming fair attractions.
Thirty years back issue, 16 pages, Fall Festival Days ads for Sept 25 and 26. Lester Welle as Fuller Brush Co. branch manager in Chicago territory ranked fifth in sales. Announced wedding of Berni ilson of Bartlesville to Joe Boyd from Arkansas City, employed in Bartlesville. Racks removed from Indianola Square. council demands restoration, editor calls it impossible. Barn fire destroys new barn near Anne Bogaard’s farm southeast of town. Teunis Vogelaar’s pumpkin weighed 130 pounds. Van Waardhuizen farm east of Cordova sold to Philip Olivier at 106 per acre, 110 acres total. Fowler and Langerak contend for telephone franchise. most ads sponsored by them. Milo Renaud arriving late due to stalled car near Monroe. heavy rain causes bad roads. Dr. I J Lubbers urges Chamber members to retire scrip money. $600 needed. Scrip issue with phony money stamps planned for retirement. 1.00 in stamps to be collected. Coaches Winter and Wilkins drill teams. Central to play Grinnell, Pella High to play Knoxville. Pella High tied Colfax 0-0. Marion County cattlemen report 50 beef calves.
The issue recalls Rosscreen Company's factory expansion of 80 by 120 feet and front page photos of P. H. Kuyper Harry B. Sixsmith and J. G. Boat. It notes site investigations for a new post office and credits Congressman C. C. Dowell for securing the building. Also pictured are Kenneth H. Bean and W. R. Crane of Marion County State Bank, opening Sept. 12, and a Holland tulip bulb shipment due Oct. 1 with 20 000 bulbs left to sell as a lane planting campaign rallies residents.
Calves offered for sale to 4 H Club members for beef projects were on the Jim Hartley farm near Melcher. Some calves came from Missouri. An attempt to abandon a railroad line from Newton to New Sharon, 31 miles, was not successful.
Ten years ago on September 13 1945 the Pella Ration Board faced dismissal after three years nine months of service. The Defense Council set it up after Pearl Harbor to coordinate wartime rations. Local notes include a contour plowing contest near Newton and Central College football practice with six lettermen among thirty five players.
The piece argues the Electoral College distorts votes with winner take all. It cites 1962 Stevenson and Eisenhower ratios and 1924 Davis votes. It notes reform talks by Humphrey and others, including district and proportional plans, as constitutional amendments. It warns that voters may be shortchanged if the current system persists.
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