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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1957
Page
3
A Thought of the Week quotes Samuel Johnson about having one idea, then applies the notion to editors who overdo topics. The punditry notes how repeating subjects can condemn an entire column as wrong ideas, urging variety and fresh perspectives.
A Hempstead County New York project titled Let's Dress Right dramatized in high schools to promote better grooming and attire. The play's script, distributed nationwide, credits the American Institute of Men's Wear for prompting students to dress properly, improving deportment and scholarship while resisting jeans and flashy wear.
Pres H G Harmon of Drake University told freshmen that college life centers on choosing as they meet new ideas and people. He urged students to keep minds open while holding to good principles and noted the college bears responsibility for high scholarship standards and campus leadership.
The Town Conservationist reports a Keokuk County project placing Reed canary grass sod banks on farms to reduce erosion. Twelve 4-H clubs received seed for plots that grow quickly and aid drainage, with planting tied to waterways and gullies. The program aims to benefit Marion County 4-H clubs as well.
Road news reports asphalt paving north from Pella toward the Jasper County line and similar work on the Pella Knoxville road. Suppors plans two projects extending routes to the federal highway, easing access to Knoxville and Jasper County once Howell Dam progresses.
Editorial William Feather argues Marxist plans failed to foresee production revolutions driven by machine power and metal improvements. Sigourney Review praises Iowa Legion Auxiliary volunteers for thousands of hours at Veterans Hospitals, then laments juvenile delinquency and parental discipline, contrasts with Chinese immigrant family discipline.
A 50 year old prospectus outlined the planned Pella Waterloo and Southwestern Railway linking Waterloo Traer Toledo Tama Sheridan Grinnell Sully Pella and Chariton with tax figures by county. The issue lists 19 public school teachers, names Lincoln and Oak Grove students, local shopping items, and reports on a sugar festival, a Guardsmen deployment, and a town dinner hosted for registered service members.
Forty years ago on September 20 1917 a local article lists eighty one men from Marion County and eighteen from Pelln as part of a wartime draft or local defense roll.
A four column feature notes a giant parade with five marching bands while older Central College students are called to service and enrollment stays strong. Advertisements cover shoes for women, Leonard Hi-Oven ranges, and a chicken gizzard lining appeal for Red Cross hospitals. A France travel letter and Kuyper Korner quip add local flavor as Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney fight hype airs. Knoxville reports a new gravel well and hospital water-pressure complaints.
A congregation bought the Methodist church and parsonage for 6 000. Idema, home for the aged superintendent, served as trustee of the new group. Pella High defeated New Sharon 18 to 0. Vander Linden and Bell swapped homes on Franklin and Union streets. Skunk River fish were killed over 20 miles downstream due to factory dumped poison. De Jong Floral Co received many tulip bulbs from Holland and urged citizens to purchase.
Twenty years ago, September 23, 1937, Rev. Paul J. Christensen arrived to lead the Baptist Church from Franklin, Indiana where he led a successful ministry. A Holland tulip bulb shipment arrived for the Historical Society, Pella drew 21,844 swimming pool admissions, season receipts totaled 2500 with 1400 in costs, a 3000 deficit in the pool fund was reported by Mayor T. G. Fultz, and children were required to display head and tail lights, a horn, and a bicycle license tag as the mayor pinned one to a wheel.
The issue features Robert Wadlow the world’s tallest boy leaving Central Park Cafe after the Spencer Fair. It also notes corn crops safe yet trees dying from breath, a Peter Bogaards farm mill, and Marion County youths invited to join the Civilian Conservation Corps at Knoxville Camp.
A 10 year retrospective notes a October 9 field day on Don and Elmer Bellman farm Warren County near Indianola directed by Clay Barnett. It mentions 75 outlaw acres to be tamed in one day, a Sully town hall project, Montezuma’s Braves beating Pella’s Little Dutch 39 to 0, and obituaries for A D Versteeg and Mrs Anna Gertrude Van Houten.
An editorial questions the nation’s approach to school integration sparked by a Supreme Court mandate. It challenges readers to consider justice, conscience, and how white Americans treat Black children and neighbors, urging reflection on national values and personal conduct.
Rain making in Oklahoma had been induced but drifted away. The piece questions who would pay the rain makers amid unrest and war rumors sweeping the nation. A Chicago Daily News reprint notes top leaders fearing a sudden war despite the atomic bomb, warning against excessive chatter.
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