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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1946
Page
7
A revised point system sets awards for band participants based on a detailed scoring method. Students seek pins chevrons and letters for marching, pep band, and game performances while deductions occur for tardiness and unexcused absences. Mr Whalley urges hard practice to stay ahead as students joke about having a head start.
Orchids to students and staff for constructive acts and thoughtful tributes. Onions for those who ignored the bulletin notices. Miss Slube and her sophomore group presented a well timed Thanksgiving radio program. The art class brightened the bulletin board with seasonal borders. Chronicle receives praise for generous Pelladium space.
Mr. Whalley has chosen students for several ensembles. Woodwind trio includes Myrtle Evers on bassoon Phyllis Van Hemert on clarinet and Marilyn Ver Ploeg on flute. Clarinet Quartet comprises Phyllis Van Hemert Ruth De Young Margie Van Zee and Betty Vander Beek. Brass Sextet features Dean Sadler Stanley Boertje Lloyd Vander Streck trumpets Bob Evers fall? french horn Harold Van Maanen baritone and Gene Van Zee bass horn.
The girls basketball team pressed the superintendent for a revised schedule and new uniforms. With a crowded athletic calendar including junior high, senior high, college, and nearby Pella Christian teams, practice time is scarce. Coach Dorothy Van Vark, a student teacher, leads efforts to arrange practices and secure new suits despite ongoing scheduling conflicts.
A quirky team note centers on Dirk Van Zante known as Mr Thanksgiving after a joke on turkey rhymes. It recalls a recent squad trip to Jontezuma, the jovial mood, and a playful anecdote about Shot Vas and Sheldon Vos amid locker room humor.
Tryouts for the all high school play Suspense were in progress in the literature room last week. The mystery comedy aims to raise money for speech department equipment with the whole high school eligible for the cast.
Monday evening at the high school shows a busy schedule with B squad basketball in the gym pep band practice or Parents' Music club in the band room farmers night school in the agriculture room adult night classes for ladies in the sewing room and stage rehearsals for the all high school play. The text notes hope that coal supplies won’t force a shutdown of these activities.
Pep meeting notes November 22 reveal interior work by Mr. Kuyper known as Hieny. Replastering on the west wall cured seepage and restored harmony with the gym. An acoustic ceiling improves sound, with light fixtures on order but late in arriving.
Readings and role play in high school activities span home economics lunch prep furnishing projects and a drama club play. Seniors study literature in three groups fiction non fiction and drama while typing class records speed with several students typing 20 to 34 words per minute.
In this lively wall column, students gossip about teachers Norma Ver Dught and Ardith Van Houweling and their read playbooks. Rumors swirl about Stan Boertje Ray Van Dyke Everette and Army stories. Tales touch on sociology class, Tetty Toll, Darlene lists, and a Cedar Falls sophomore. Descriptions hint at debates, life at Osky, harp lessons, and a giddy government class atmosphere.
The scene opens with teachers and students streaming into the building as Miss Gosselink notes the prior day’s skip plans. Mr Whalley waits on band practice while Janice Van Zomeren arrives on time. Dorothy, Miss Slade, and Miss Tysseling filter through the halls as staff manage the morning rush and discuss new English books.
The seventh and eighth grade boys start basketball practice last Monday. Eighth graders train eight to nine on Mondays, seventh graders at the same time on Wednesdays, with both groups meeting Saturdays eight thirty to ten. Coach Daryl Gabby Mensch leads the program. games planned after team selection.
WM Dieleman of Sully Iowa advertises farm and city property insurance including crop and auto policies, plus life insurance and savings accounts. He invites inquiries by phone at 50 or by mail at P O Box 146, promising prompt calls to discuss low rates with reputable companies for elderly income.
A Friday night bus trip to Montezuma carried the entire basketball squad to the game, with Connie Van Roekel driving. Seniors reflect on wartime souvenirs and nurse talk, while students joke about eccentric behavior and a ghost named Herbert as they anticipate vacation, exams, and the arrival of spring.
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