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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1924
Page
12
A Lincoln building second graders group entertains with Miss Bailey guiding grade talent while seniors and faculty, including reelected staff, celebrate at a board meeting. The operetta Twilight Alley is postponed from Christmas and slated for April 24 with a large cast and orchestra led by Director Miss Bailey.
In a lively exchange, Temperance Rastus prods about a cow called United States being dry, Sam explains the joke and a bystander notes P. H. S. turns out fine men. A junior asks about graduation, and the reply says they turned me out rather than graduate.
The regular Girl Reserve gathering included hymns, a prayer by Miss Gosselink, and a talk on the measuring rod. Officers were elected with Helen Boot as President and Mae Plette as Vice President amid 51 present. A student prize for English book reviews went to Leona Bogaard, who read fifty two titles. The issue notes debates on woman suffrage, a visit by John Klein, and remarks on education and community events, ending with a correspondence from Edward Bok’s Dutch edition inquiry.
A Pella High School notice outlines the Home Typing Contest on Tuesday night April 22 at 7 30 in the high school auditorium. Top speeds in fifteen minutes will represent Pella at the State Contest in Des Moines May 3. Also listed is a program featuring Edith Sedrel solo, a one act play In the Spring a Young Man s Fancy, and cast members with roles and participants.
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