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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1950
Page
14
Central College public relations man Mr. Wienke spoke at devotions on Monday April 10. He shared how two service men inspired coworkers to devote time to prayer on bus rides to a munitions base. His visit prompted chapel attendance for 3,500 workers and prompted student conferences about college plans for fall.
The Commercial Department students gain practical work experience after school and on Saturdays. June De Cook works in the Dictaphone Department at Rosscreen. Mary Armstrong types. Patty Vriezelaar types and does calculator work at the city water works warehouse. Nancy Van Maanen types and handles bookkeeping machine work at Farmers Co op Exchange. Pauline Steenbock clerical work at Farmers Union. Cordelia Vander Horst stenography at Tunis Klein law office. Willa Zickel types at Marion County Bank.
Co editors Audrey Roorda and Helen Van Zante and a long roster of reporters are listed: Judie Allen, Mary Alice Buwalda, June De Cook, Marilyn De Cook, Joy Denburger, Doris Dockendorf, Sarah Anne Gosselink, Nancy Groendyke, Anna Hagen, Donald Van Hemert, Greta Palmquist, Arlene Ver Ploeg, Beulah Roor da, Gary Thomassen, Donna Veenstra, Delores Vander Wilt, Bonnie Van Zomeren, Pauline Atkins, Jerry De Prenger, Dorothy Vos, Elsie Van Wyk, Pauline Lautenbach, Darlene Van Zomeren, Eleanor Vander Beek.
Mr Ruerkens missed a Monday meeting to join a State Athletic Council session at Boone on pupil insurance high school relations and planning new school buildings. A three day conference on school buildings is set for June at the University of Iowa with architects and officials. Pella High will host Monroe in a traditional baseball pairing but with night games under lights, possibly the first in Pella High history.
Sixteen mothers of Lincoln fourth grade children visited the room on March 30. They observed a phonics class, heard geography riddles, and watched an arithmetic drill period. Three dramatizations from history by Carole Greatveld, Preston Steenbock, and Wesley Vos impressed most, titled Two Heroes, The Acadians, and A Boy of Montreal.
The Hallelujah Quartette formerly The Deep River Quartette will perform Friday morning April 28 at the auditorium. Led by Norris J. Stokes Jr. the group is noted in Negro music. Included melodies include Camp Town Lady Swanee River Now Is The Hour and Summer Time. Pell a opens the tour after engagements in Kentucky and Tennessee.
The Glee Clubs mixed chorus and band performed in the high school auditorium on Thursday night April 13. The band featured Saint Francis of Assisi Men of Ohio Waggery for Woodwinds and other numbers. The Boys Glee Club sang Where Ever You Walk The Green Cathedral Ride the Chariot. The Girls Glee Club performed Dearest Lord Jesus The Snow Echo Rondel. The Mixed Chorus closed with Listen to the Lambs Praise the Lord and As Pearly Raindrops Play.
Nominees for Representative Citizens were announced with two boys and two girls from each class. Students are rated on Loyalty Cooperation Leadership and Ability. Seniors list Bruce Buerkens Arvin De Cook Virgil Boertje June De Cook Tomie Ikuta Bonnie Thomassen. Juniors list Sidney De Haan Wendell Ver Ploeg Leo Renaud Dolores Int'veld Joyce Leydens Marlene Sel. Sophomores list Virgil Dykstra William Van Houwelingen Donald Verros Pegey Kuiper Francis Van Maanen Elsie Van Wyk. Freshmen list Robert Borgman Bernie Fynaardt Alvin De Wild Patricia Van Engelhoven Arlene Tuinstra Delores Vander Vilt.
A sixteen year old junior girl from five miles north of Pella on the Galesburg road is featured. She lives with family on a farm and owns pets. An Honor Society member, she pursues music actively in Girls Glee Club Mixed Chorus and Band and accompanies groups as pianist or saxophonist.
Happy birthday wishes go to Mildred Vander Veer April 14 Charlotta Schakel April 17 Marilyn De Cook April 17 Brandt Van Maanen April 19 These residents will celebrate birthdays next week Donna Veenstra April 22 Raymond Den Adel April 23 Elliot Tanis April 22 Arlene Tainstra April 24 Dorothy Toom April 25 Logan Andeweg April 25
Readers recount a grand pageant of contest day events. Raymond Den Adel shows patience waiting an hour for piano results while Wilma K. wins two firsts. The group notes fashion, hall layouts, and a playful miscue with the auditorium. Grinnell and Pella receive top honors in A B class.
April 28 is set for the Junior-Senior banquet with five committees named. Steering includes Marlene Sels Joe Brummel Lou Ann Le Coca. Decoration chaired by Delores Intveld Phyllis Van Wyk. Food chaired by Norma Bricker Joyce Leydens. Program chaired by Logan Andeweg Andy Lubbers Marilla Vander Meulen. Table chairs are Vivian Vabster Dorothy Toom. Each junior serves on a committee.
The Typing T classes held a ten minute timed contest with scores based on speed errors and perfect lines. Nine teams competed led by Team 3 with Joyce Leydens and others earning 6.285 points, Team VII second with 10 points, and Team IV third with 4.675 points. Several students earned 30, 35, 40, 45 and 60 word pins. In shorthand, dictations at 50 and 60 wpm were completed by several girls, with nine achieving Gregg 60 word certificates last month.
A fragment from a Pella High school page notes spring mood and a return visit by Mary Ann Toll and Ruby Leydens. It includes quotes about small and big people, a band skating party, and student questions about nutrition and international topics.
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