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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1966
Page
10
Pella area students count about 440 as Pella Christian Grade School opens August 29 for 1966 87 term. Enrollment, staff, and facilities grow with a new remedial instructor and another junior high teacher. Budget slightly over 104000, new remodeling adds library remedial room and admin unit. Board officers named and new members elected.
A remedial reading class by Miss July De Forrg lasted eight weeks. Volunteers built a forty by eighty feet concrete court east of the school as a play area, funded mainly by the School Circle. Ceilings were repaired and two upper rooms redecorated. One hundred seven pupils are expected. Teachers include Miss Judy De Jong for grades 1–2, Mrs. Doris Van Den Heuvel for grades 3–4, Miss Rosemary Dahm for grades 5–6, and Robert De Jager for grades 7–8 and as principal.
Dr and Mrs Charles Reeder and their children from Waco Texas arrived Monday to visit Walter Van Doorninck in Fairfield Iowa. Ruth Reeder marked her seventh birthday on Monday August 1 and enjoyed a breakfast visit with her grandmother Mrs Reeder and a small family party. The Reeder family spent several days this week at the home of Dr and Mrs Robert.
A long column describes visits and gatherings across Osage Otley and Pella. Families like Tennington Vanden Berg and various Van Wyngarden, Ver Dught, Vogelaar, Van Gorp, Van Essen and others are mentioned with relatives in Ankeny Cedar Falls Monroe Knoxville and Des Moines. Local notices cover hosting sisters coffee groups and a travel feature noting Milo Clark family trips and weddings in Oskaloosa.
Newton notes vacationing Mr and Mrs Vienus Van Sant at Straight Lake near Osage Minnesota. At a Test Wednesday mission in Pella Newton and Prairie City Christian Reformed churches ran the canteen. Wednesday evening Mt Hope Homemakers Club held its annual fay at faytag park with members Mr and Mrs Owen Bart.
The Marion County Woman's Christian Temperance Union convened at Pella's First Baptist Church on Tuesday July 18 with Knoxville and Pella unions present. Rev Ward welcomed attendees as Betty Schippers opened with devotion and officers were elected: President Betty Schippers Vice President Annette Ter Louw Secretary Dorothy Betterton Treasurer Helen Mead.
James Braaiiui and James Wisse from Pella will join the Iowa State University College of Engineering as incoming freshmen this September. The two day orientation covered aptitude and placement tests, meetings with counselors, and planning their first fall class schedule.
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