Senior Class Presents Little Women Play This Spring
The senior class stages Little Women adapted from Louisa May Alcott with Jo Meg Amy Beth Marmee Laurie and John Brooke among the cast. Practices are under way with actors learning to faint and fall. Helpers are sought for Civil War period costumes and clothing or information.
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Louisa May Alcott
Tomboy
March
Meg
Amy
Beth
Marmee
Laurie
John Brooke
Miss Alcott
Judy Cook
Joyce Len
Ann Balstad
Patsy Schreiner
Darlene van Wyk
Darrell de Reus
Orlo de Bruin
Aunt March
Katie van Ekeren
Mr. March
Wayne Vander Pol
Professor Bhaer
Glen Boat
Question Box Clarifies Spanish Phrase Me quiendo yo annoy Vd
Readers debate how to handle a note reading Me quiendo yo amoy Vd meaning My dearest I love you. Responses include translating, asking for clarification, or replying in another language. The note is interpreted as a romantic message in Spanish.
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Darlene V. P
Arnold D. J
Arnie
Shirley W
Murray G
Sally V. D
Harold B
Ernie V. D
Judy D. R
Bus Ride Echoes of School Bus in Sully
A Sully school bus run north of Pella features Carl De Vries and his young son Bykie leading a lively group. The party, including Shirley R and Arlene V G, plans another gathering after a successful weiner roast. Girls shop Easter catalogs on board while letters to servicemen spark chatter among students Leslie and Ethel Halladay join the moving classroom.
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Pella
Carl de Vries
Bykie
Carl
Arlene V. G
Shirley R
Darlene V. P
Leslie
Ethel Halladay
Sandridge
Janice V. P
Lou Ann B
Bette V
Sully
Lois N
Loren W
Editor in Chief and Staff Listing Added In Note
A dense roster lists Editor in Chief and associate editors along with sports editors cartoonists proof readers and reporters. It names Shirley Ann Rook Gwen Vanden Berg Shirley Groendyke Kathy Redeker and others including Joyce Leu Marilyn Andeweg Sara Van Maaren and many more as part of the publication staff.
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Shirley Ann Rook
Gwen Vanden Berg
Shirley Groendyke
Kathy Redeker
Wayne Vander Pol
Ralph
Joyce Leu
Marilyn Andeweg
Sara van Maaren
Darlene Vander Pol
Kenny Menninga
Marinella Hoksbergen
Beth Brom
Janice Kuyper
Andrea Boat
Lorraine Slycord
Doug Heerema
Nancy Vander Meulen
Judy Huyser
Leora Quinn
Dorothy Dieleman
Dorothy Vandenever
Creeds We Live By at Pella High School
Mr Buerkens spoke on creeds as contracts guiding civic life. The four year old Pella High creed centers on building better citizens and a high classroom standard to prepare students for college. The school acts as a citizen making laboratory alongside church and civic groups. The Apostles Creed was recited by students.
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Buerkens
Pella High
Kindergarten Roundup At Webster And Lincoln Buildings
Friday last week Mrs Docken dorff and the county nurse led a roundup at Webster and Lincoln to enroll about 65 children for kindergarten next fall. The event featured hobby horses and branding style fun with no injuries. Teachers attended Saturday classes in Des Moines at Roosevelt High School with Song Fellows of WHO providing afternoon entertainment and special noonday luncheons.
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Des Moines
Roosevelt High School
Mr. Buerkens
High School Ag Engineering Rebuilds Terrace Project
Mr. Vines and the Ag boys lead a major engineering effort at the high school to rebuild and reseed the south terrace. The program covers rebuilding drainage and seeding with cooperation sought to ensure success. The office seeks new teachers while third and fourth grade vacancies trouble staff.
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Vines
Battle Hymn and marching band gossip mix in chatterbox notes
In a lively school bulletin, soprano strain at the Battle Hymn finale is noted alongside marching band heat fatigue. The piece also weaves in gossip about teacher plans, expert designation in Miss Gosselink's history class, and questions about staff returning next year.
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Alayne V. D
Leora Q
Horatio Horsefly's Spring Buzzings
A lively spring diary at PHS recounts the daydreams and mischief of students. Karen V. W. borrows a book, cake crumbs vanish, a bubble gum incident blocks a pencil sharpener, and gossip swirls around classmates from Ver Heul to Miss Sayler. Spring fever disrupts class as Helen D. B. loses a diamond ring and Mr. Greendyke naps on a lab table while Wilkins skips school and track meet chatter heats the hallway.
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Keith B
Karen V. W
Bane
Ver Heul
Helen D. B
Mr. Greendyke
Wilkins
Paul D
Sally J. V
Fragmented note hints at spring fever and sleep plans
A garbled fragment mentions spring fever, fit into a room, and a child named Matilda or Matilda’s sweetheart. The text references playing a game, tic tac toe, and finding a better place to sleep next year, with uncertain names and locations.
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Neuher
Matilda
Bette
Phyllis Butler A Senior With Diverse Interests
Phyllis Butler, a 5'6" student with dark brown hair and blue eyes, lists Macaroni and e as a favorite dish and Give Us This Tae as a best liked book. She enjoys basketball, art, sewing, and yard work, plans after graduation to work awhile, and hopes to go to Canada someday. She participates in Pep Club and Pelladium and is age 17.
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Tae
Burt Lanemiee
Eerie Sean Pane
Canada
Phyllis Butler
Army Serviceman Arvin De Cook Assigned in Korea
Pvt. Arvin J. De Cook serves with the 889th E. A. B. at the 5th Headquarters in Korea with a special assignment in supplies. His APO address is U. S. 55887164 Co. 0 889th E. A. B. APO 77 c/o Postmaster San Francisco California.
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Arvin de Cook
5Th
Korea
Arvin J. de Cook
San Francisco
California
Parsnip Claim At Monticello Records 47 Inch Length
Monticello grower Jim Waddick reports a giant parsnip dug from his garden measuring 47 inches. He says the root was about 49 inches long when fresh but dried to the observed length after shrinking two inches.
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Monticello
Jim Waddick
Evelyn Van Kalkeren A profile of a student in 5 5 brown eyed teen
Evelyn Van Kalkeren lists baked ham and sweet potatoes as favorites with Senior Year as a preferred book and Each Step of the Way as a favorite song. Her hobby includes embroidery and reading while she aims to become a secretary in a large office and plans to attend Open Bible College in Des Moines.
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Mort
Goto Open Bible College
Des Moines
Evelyn van Kalkeren
Marion County Treasurer Opal Cable Semiannual Report 1953
The Marion County Iowa treasurer Opal Cable presents the semiannual statement of accounts by funds for the period January 1 to May 31, 1953. The report details fund balances receipts and disbursements within the county treasury.
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Opal Cable
Marion County
Iowa
County Board of Education
Bai
County Insane
County
Tater
Oldie Memo
Teachers’ Institute Ry
Une
Corporation i
BRS
Firudient
Nsbr SR
Honus
Serber Continuation
Agricul Ra Land Credit
Agricul Land Credit Ine
Axeicultural Land Creatia
Axeicultural Land Credit
Advancte
Erleul Et Credit
Conny Farm
Thane
Vranater
Funda Bs
Recorier
Os Siranto
Axsexsor
Thaier
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