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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1940

Page

11

Diagonal to Host Basketball Game January 11

Diagonal High School adds new opponents to the Little Dutch season schedule. The team will play 17 foes including Des Moines schools and county tourneys, with home and away frames and a challenging lineup as coach Claypool rebuilds a largely new squad after last year’s title team graduates.

Diagonal High School Little Dutch Oskie Jnosa Des Moines Thes Valley North Old Lincoln Plete Scheol Argments Des M. Hools North Lins New Sharon Oska Loes Knoxville Montezuma Indianola St Des’ Moines Chariton Dan Claypool

Kindergarten Plans at Webster and Lincoln Schools

Pella Public Schools expect 35 to 40 kindergartners this fall in the Webster and Lincoln districts. Five year olds by January 1 are eligible. Miss Virginia Milliken of Corning, Iowa, will teach, with half day sessions rotating morning Webster and afternoon Lincoln. second semester schedule reversed. Milliken to visit parents before school opens. contact details provided for corrections and talks. A stray note adds Little Betty Menster’s farm visit and a stray rabbit joining orphan kittens.

Pella Virginia Milliken Corning Iowa Webster Lincoln Blue 77

High School Dramatic Dept Plans for Year

Maurice Birdsall selects plays for the coming year with changes possible. The junior play likely in early October will be a comedy. The annual May Day is set for early November with You Cant Take It With You as tentative senior production. An operetta may join in December with one act contests in early April and the Drake contest mid April.

Maurice Birdsall Birdsall Jows City

Rural Pupils Attend Pella High School

The Pella district saw a record enrollment of rural students in its high school with 185 pupils from outside the local district attending last year. Tuition is $8 per month for high school and $4 for grades, funded by district taxes.

Pella High School Towa Pella Leighton Riley Glendening Iowa

Low Cost Textbook Program for Pella Public Schools

Pella Public Schools offer book rental to cut costs. Kindergarten pay 0. per year and increases through grade 8 to 2 50. High school rents on a unit basis, with total costs depending on courses. Examples show freshmen paying about 1965 and sophomores 280 for selected courses, covering core texts and consumables.

Pella

Game Birds to Be Distributed In Iowa Soon

Iowa will stock Pleasants quail and Chukar partridges from the State Game Bird Farm near Ledges State Park Boone County The farm plans to produce over 47000 birds this season Since early in the season more than 87000 two week old pheasants have been distributed to groups in fifty counties The birds are stocked only in approved environments and areas closed to hunting for a year to allow population growth About 1500 Chukar partridge and 2600 quail are expected to be distributed this season with over 600 quail already released Ready near adult size birds are stocked for Chukar partridge and quail.

Ledges State Park Boone County Coeys of Ight

Pheasants Quail Partridge Stocking Planned in Several Iowa Counties

Stocking of pheasants and experimental plantings of chukar partridge and quail are planned in Allamakee Clay ton Delaware Linn Poweshiek and Tama Counties. About 4,000 pheasants are held at the game farm for next season stocking. This fall surplus cack birds to be culled and released, with 2,500 to 3,000 kept for breeding stock. About 200 quail and 200 chukar partridges will be retained for breeders.

Allamakee Clayton Delaware Linn Poweshiek Tama

Put Up Alfalfa In a New Way at Shivvers Farm

Ralph Shivvers of Knox ville experiments with a new alfalfa stacking method. Hay is cut, blown into a circular pen, densely tramped, layer by layer, then stacked to a height. Cattle feeder in Polk county reports stacks hold up under weather. Benefits claimed include easier handling and better quality, liked by cattle. All brightest stars visible from the United States.

Shivvers Farm Ralph Shivvers Knoxville Shivers Polk County Knoxville Journal

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Webster and Betty Menster Jones County Mornee A Rabbit Harold Richard Balstad William Roy van Dyke John Beulah Vander Streek William Shirley Tait Caroline Paul Anne Marilyn Schakel Doris Jean Dockendorf M. M Cornie Lorna Lee Parkhurst Bobby Naaktgeboren Arthur Alvin Doornenbaal Peter Donald Buyert Fenr Carl Russell Ralph Robert de Cook Alvin de Wild Roy Joyce Peterama Henry Mae Goemaat Bastian Shirley Leydens Farilyn Ver Dught Bert Charles Beintemaark Delmer Miedema Sarah Tha van Ekeren Henry Donald Dingeman Lincoln Building Shirley Hoeksema Johi Anna ‘William Delores van der Wilt Gerald ‘Uiper John Ere Nancy Groendyke Arnold Marlene Intveldress Keith Vriezelaar Ed Fred David Dekker Prescott Betty Steenhoek Kenneth Vanden B. Gerrit Donald ‘Ferpstra Flor Jo Ann Guerts Kirk Kirk Fuller H. S. Dramatic Dept The United States Pella Public High School Iowa State Department of Public In Central Association of Col Leges and High Schools F.F.A Rey Os
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