Pella Schools Grow With Tuition Students and New Programs
Pella Public Schools use three buildings Lincoln Webster and the high school to educate nearly 286 pupils with 13 teachers at the high school and six at Lincoln. Tuition students from surrounding rural districts reached 135 last fall. Expanded offerings include normal training vocational agriculture industrial arts commercial work vocational homemaking and adult education plus naturalization classes at Webster Building.
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Pella
Lincoln
Webster
PWA
Broadway
Union Streets
Pella High School
Spencer
Webster Building
C. Buerkens
Jane Gosselink
Maurice Birdsall
Charles Claypool
M. M. Dockendorf
Genevra Faber
John Groendyke
Mark Healy
Elnora
Hepfinger
Helen Hopley
Don Nutting
Henrietta Ver Houl
Anne Tysseling
Robert Ruby
Richard Tysseling
Excellent Music Instruction at The High School
Excellent music program at the high school under Miss Anne Tysseling and R B Ruby. Vocal groups, glee club and choir auditions, band and orchestra work, half time devoted to group work, piano lessons offered, ear training and sight reading emphasized, music provided free of charge. Arrange hours with Professor Sadler, Miss Street or private teachers.
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Anne Tysseling
Miss Tyssling
Seinae
Miss Tysseling
R. B. Ruby
Sadler
Miss Street
Sound Picture Machine For Pella Schools Bought
Superintendent Buerkens returned from Chicago with a new 16 millimeter sound projector for the Pella Public Schools. It allows up to date films in all departments and lets teachers select visual education material. Older high school boys will learn to operate it, expanding access to both classroom and auditorium use. The 750 watt system can power silent or sound films and accommodate a microphone or turntable. A full public address system was also purchased.
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Buerkens
Chicago
Pella
Farmer Kroneman Loses Leg After Threshing Accident
Kroneman, a farmer near Mitchell, suffered a severe leg crushing in a threshing machine incident. Surgeons amputated the leg above the ankle in a trauma that underscores rural industrial hazards.
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Kroneman
Mitchell
Pella High School Honors Highlight Civic and Academic Merit
Pella High School honors line its main hall with awards for excellence in various activities. State and county awards in commerce and basketball mark two years of success, plus relay team trophies and music accolades. Civic focus includes a citizenship program aided by American Legion Rotary Club and D A R. The progressive Board of Education steers local policies and youth welfare.
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Pella High School
F.B.A
Jake
Pella
American Legion
Rotary Club
D.A.R
Pella Land
Pella High School joins North Central Association
Pella High School proud to be among members of the North Central Association founded in 1895. The school earned membership on May 15, 989 after meeting standards for teacher training and administrator qualifications. High standards include qualified staff, proper facilities, and library and laboratory resources. graduates gain transferable credits and enhanced diploma value with state professional boards.
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Pella High School
North Central Association
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Polla High School
Marion County Colt Show Draws Attention at Fair
Wayne C Jackson judged the Marion County fair colt show praising colt quality, decorations, and boys showmanship. Awards went to Dale Neifert Attica first Arthur Vriezemar Otley second. Florence Finarty Knoxv Knoxville John Henry Vriezelaar fourth. Grant Stevenson Knoxville Worth Stevenson Knoxville sixth. Neifert Vriezelaar and Finarty plan to take Percheron colts to the State fair.
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Marion County Fair
Mtrurt
Marion County
Wayne C. Jackson
Dale Neifert
Attica
Arthur Vriezemar
Otley
Florence Finarty
Knoxv
John Henry Vriezelaar
Grant Stevenson
Knoxville
Worth Stevenson
Arthur Vriezelaar
Property Boom Mile Sees Local Land Boom With Six Deals
In Property Boom Mile a town of about 500 people a small land boom is under way with six properties changing hands in the last two weeks.
Turkeys Wellman Plans Thanksgiving Town Festival
Turkeys Wellman, a nationally known leader in the turkey industry, will celebrate with a Thanksgiving Town Festival on August 22, highlighting local growers, culinary events, and family activities in the community.
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Turkeys Wellman
Rotary Aids Families Separated by Europe War
Rotary International helps Americans locate relatives disrupted by Hitler’s blitz across Poland and Western Europe. Chicago headquarters run a Bureau. Vatican City and the Holy See also assist. The group also places European war orphans in American homes guided by International Service Committee chair LA Kuyper of the Pella Rotary club.
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Rotary
Hitler
Germany
Mussolini
Italy
Poland
Norway
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Rotary International
United States
Europe
United Sates
Chicago
Vatican City
Rome
Holy See
Pet Porcupine Enclosure Crafted by Two Women
Margaret and Mary Rose Ott of Onto showcase a unique pet porcupine in an eight wire enclosure. The pair describe how the creature settles inside and adapts to its new home.
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Margaret
Mary Rose Ott
Pella High School prepares for new term and upgrades
Pella high school opens September with minimal staff changes plus extensive summer repairs. New sidewalks and refreshed classrooms at Lincoln and Webster, upgraded playground equipment, and redecorated auditoriums. Students urged to register August 29 30 with NYA options for eligible sixteen year olds and teachers meet August 31 to elect officers and receive instructions.
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NYA
Kat
Town State Teachers Association
Bill Murray Drives New Fire Truck to House Fire
Chariton fire truck driver Bill Murray, who had just purchased the house involved, drove the vehicle to a roof fire. Little damage resulted, and observers doubt he would want a repeat performance.
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Bill Murray
Chariton
Bill
High School Enrollment A Bit Lower Than in '39
Early estimates place about 825 pupils in grades with only a small high school intake due to limited rural district prospects. The plan consolidates Grade 8 at Linston and Grade 6 at Webster, with Grade 6 at Webster joining Junior High. Webster hosts Kindergarten through Grade 2 and Grade 6, while Lincoln houses Kindergarten through Grade 4 and Grade 6 with senior allocations described. The senior class totals around 75, with the freshman and sophomore classes each between 60 and 65 pupils. The same teaching staff as last year leads subjects across history English drama economics science and vocational programs, with specific teachers assigned to grade levels and departments.
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Linston
Webster
Lincoln
Lincoln Building
Virginia Milliken
Annabelle Beebe
Elizabeth Hyde
Fern Crannell
Dena Verbee
Dora Bootsmamee
Pose
Christian High School Opens In Pella State
On Tuesday morning September 3 Pellatian High School will open its doors to chefs and students. Grades 9 10 and 11 have been taught at Chr Grade School. The new High School occupies the former hospital site on North Main and operates under the Pella Christian High School Society. Local and regional Christian schools are cited as context. A formal opening night will follow with program details planned.
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Pellatian High School
North Main Street
Pella
Kalamazoo
Mich
Hull
Iowa
Bellflower
California
Calvin College of
Grand Rapids
Pelly
Central College of Pella
Central College
English Visitor Denied Entry For Family Group
Trisa Daddington a 13 year old from Harrogate England will soon reach Sumner at the C W Pennington home. Iris Daddington mother requested that her 18 year old son and her mother be allowed to join. Authorities denied permission citing the mother age and impending military service of the son.
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Trisa Daddington
Harrogate
England
C. W. Pennington
Sumner
Second hailstorm ruins Harold Hughes farm crops near Richland
A second hailstorm struck Harold Hughes farm near Richland Center, destroying crops beyond recovery and marking a severe agricultural setback for the affected area. Local authorities note widespread damage and ongoing assessments.
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Harold Hughes
Richland Center
Student Assembly Program for 1940 41 Promises to be Best Ever
The 1940 41 Student Assembly calendar promises top quality entertainment from glee clubs bands orchestras and one act plays with new sound projection and planned films. Notable speakers and Lyceum Bureau acts including Grathwell Cebuhar Briggs Bentley Trio and Griffins are scheduled along with local Rotary and church connections to bring high grade programs to the school year.
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Anne Tysseling
Lyceum
Sam Grathwell
Grathwell
J. Edgar Hoover
Steve Cebuhar
Hollywood
Briggs
Res
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Community
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Wayne Jackson
Vriezelaars
C. C. Buerkens
Bernice Langerak
Delores
Ruth van Ee
Sally
H. S
Bill Tait
Miss Hyde
Lincoln School
Christian High School
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