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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1945
Page
3
The Pella Chronicle published weekly on Thursdays is the official county newspaper with subscription rates outside Iowa three dollars yearly and single copies sold for less than one year. Publisher is Sadler blinking Co and editor H H Sadler with George Ver Steeg, located at 728 Mato St Pella Iowa.
A brief thought prompts steady progress with the idea that there is no royal road to success. Focus on one task at a time, allow things to unfold in succession, and remember that slow growth endures, attributed to J. G. Holland.
A Pella area report notes a tour by locals to view lind soil-saving work by four farmers. Question raised: where were the other farmers, and how will conservation progress continue with many ignoring invitations and pleas to join efforts to protect soil resources.
In an agricultural community discussion, critics argue oleo taxes unfairly burden the poor who buy cheaper margarine while butter remains taxed. Mississippi senator Bilbo enters reelection with vows to repeal the five dollar windshield tax and oppose anti poll tax laws, drawing claims of un-American rhetoric.
The piece laments Pearl Harbor handling as omissions and urges support for returning soldiers. It cites Iowa Bremer County data on one room schools and rural districts, highlights high costs, and notes wartime wage contrasts. It contrasts job pay postwar with war wages and warns reconversion may disturb some workers who should have saved.
The article recalls the organization of the Christed Church in Newton with Rev. F. De Jong and tulip box parades by the Tulip Commission. It notes W. E F. Johnson leading the Legion Post, a stained glass exhibit planned for Pella, and Teen Hackett as the first Marion County Bank depositor. Local sports cover Berkey and Holdsworth ineligibility, a Drake football loss, and Dairy Cattle Judging results featuring Lester Vander Linden and team members.
Over a dozen Van Veen-Van Hemert Legion Post members traveled to Omaha for the seventh national Legion convention. The report notes the convention and adds local business updates including remodeling at Vogelnar Hardware Co. and McWilliams leaving Polla Overall to work in Chicago. Kellogg beat Pella 8 to 0 in football amid muddy conditions. Pella’s Grundman, Rysdam, Tyseling, and Van Doorninck are listed among players.
A fragmented Pella page notes football play by Des Moines airing one touchdown runner and Overholt’s 85 yard pass, plus Kerr Rowland and Hutt’s strong games. It announces the Home for the Aged appointing Mr and Mrs Ydema as guardians, rain easing long drought, and a row of local ads urging contentment in the kingdom of Pella. District Court busy with 36 criminal, 9 divorce, 142 civil cases. Judge Apple Dale presiding. Radio sets, tubes, and a U of Iowa Band tie into a busy town update. Don Waechter joins the Iowa band. A J Betten dies in Orange City.
A front page story reports the Lake Prairie District Fair as a great success with floods on Des Moines and Skunk bottoms. Over 200 arrived by train and attendance reached 4000 on the banner day. Quintana's band performed as a Chinese Band in Pella, pleasing many despite the noisy novelty. A Prairie City youth, William Duffy, and companion Verne Johnson jumped from the fair scene.
A train collision near the Prairie City Depot left a man seriously injured, losing both legs above and below the knee before doctors could stabilize him. The report also notes community life, including a theater honeymoon, a football game, revival meetings, a musical practice, and various town happenings such as churches, millinery trends, and business moves in Milo, Pella, and Otley.
A reminiscence on old chewing tobacco habits, noting dime sized plugs, hip pockets, and ash heap spittoons. It contrasts those lurid days with modern cigarette use, claiming chewing left telltale facial marks, while cigarets appear cleaner and more acceptable to wives and daughters.
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