Groovy Movie Fest for Art Club at PHS Library
The PHS library shelves about 45 periodicals with 10 more magazines provided free. Students enjoy Time Newsweek Glamour Seventeen Family Circle and Woman's Day, while boys favor Hot Rod Motor Trend. The Art Club features Donald Duck Mickey Mouse and space monsters with Suj 8 and Regular 8 MM films and plans a trip to Iowa City for Hancher Auditorium a museum visit and a Old Gold Singers concert on Dec 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PHS
Ruth Allen
Glamour
Seventeen
Time
Newsweek
Family Circle
Woman’s Day
Reader’s Guide
Laurel and Hardy
Donald Duck
Mickey Mouse
Goofy
Art Club
A&w
Iowa City
Hancher Auditorium
Art Museum
Old Gold Singers
Garters Aid PHS and FHA Fundraiser Season
Pella High School Future Homemakers of America and a home economics instructor collaborate on a garter fundraiser. Green with white trim, the garters support basketball. Six new students join PHS this quarter. Jazz band competes with 22 Des Moines area schools at South Central Iowa Band Association festival in North High auditorium. Players performed Spirit of 76 Freedom and I Understand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homemakers of America
Joyce Harter
Pella High
Des Moines Area
North High
Des Moines
Harry Stone
Eberhart
PHS
Deborah Hartstock
Maquoketa
Mary Halferty
Moulton-Udell
Mary Noel
Oskaloosa
Elaine Hatcher
North Mahaska
Randy van Andel
Pella Christian High School
Hot Line Investigated Confusion Over Governor Ray Energy Line
Report describes the new Hot Line run by Governor Ray’s Energy Committee. It notes public relations staff provide information, discusses Townscript job cards and Iowa script, and explains the call process for energy complaints. The line averages about 100 calls daily, with many genuine concerns and some crank calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ray
Dubpeed
Lis
Ray
Energy Committee
Iowa
Van Rees Strikes Up Matchbook Collection At PHS
PHS junior Mark Van Rees keeps about 600 matchbooks in a large storage box and drawers around his room. He favors a European wooden matchbook for its distinct feel and mentions a trick matchbook that snaps fingers. Recruiters from Iowa schools visit area seniors. Jim Thomas of Iowa State speaks Thursday at Ames, Phil Patton at 2 p.m. Cedar Falls, Scott Seibert at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Mt. Mercy College Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark van Rees
PHS
Europe
Jim Thomas
Iowa State
Ames
Phil Patton
University of Northern Iown
Cedar Falls
Scott Seibert
Mt. Mercy College
Cedar Rapids
PHS and Pella Schools suspend practices over Christmas break
Bulletin states no extra curricular practices during Christmas vacation per Iowa High School Athletic Association and Iowa High guidance. Coach Hale reports inspection and storage of football gear in the boys’ locker room, including helmets shoulder pads girdles and girdle thigh pads, with faults noted and repairs planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PHS
Pella
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Iowa High
Norris Hale
Hale
Environmental posters urge energy saving at PHS
Environmental Problems class led by Mr. Gene De Boer created posters with slogans about layering up, car pooling, conserving water and saving energy. Students studied pollution and wrote to the electrostatic precipitator makers about a faulty smoke stack, urging action to cut energy use and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PHS
Environmental Problems
Gene de Boer
de Boer
On the Way to Christmas Tour by Pella Garden Club
Girls from Consumer Housing and Junior Garden Club will tour homes included in the year’s Pella Garden Club event “On the way to Christmas” to study holiday decorating. Senior Garden Club members invited the juniors to join in morning tours free of charge, with missed classes made up later in study halls and Home Economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Garden Club
Pella Garden Club
Seniors Watch Fashions Change at PHS
Styles at PHS have shifted since the Class of 1974 entered as freshmen. Jeans dominate both genders now but fewer jeans and more good clothes appear. Hair length grows. shoes now include very high heels for girls and many guys. Fuel shortages and cold building temps push warmth with sweaters, warm pants, and jackets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PHS
Art Department Sees Future Addition Delayed By Delays
Mrs. Sonja Valdes, PHS art instructor, anticipates the Arts and Industrial Arts addition with more storage and designated work areas. The plan includes a main room split for drawing painting and crafts sculpture, four sinks, a kiln room, pottery wheels, a west wall workbench with storage, an inspirational corner, a sculpture display case, and an entrance bulletin board, while construction progress stalls due to shipping issues and other tech difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonja Valdes
PHS
Valdes
Phil Blom Cycles A Local Motorcyclist’s Rise
Joel Van Berkum profiles Phil Blom senior as a lifelong motorcyclist. Beginning at age 13 with a Yamaha 50 he advanced to a Honda 175 SL and then a Honda 350 SL. He rides near Knoxville at Wilcox Wild Life Preserve, praising motorcycling as a fast growing and exciting sport amid rising gasoline availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel van Berkum
Phill Blom
Phil
Wilcox Wild Life Preserve
Knoxville
Shor
Fog Poem Opens Page Ten in Pella Chronicle
A creative writing class poem by Gayle De Zwarte portrays fog as an army of ghosts haunting pilots and motorists. The verse shows dawn dispersing the specters as they return to their homes. The page also lists upcoming local events and the Pelladium staff credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayle de Zwarte
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Princeton
Scientific American
National Geographic
Motor Trend
PHS Vhs
Santa's
Duchess
Karen Hesser
Allen
Scott DeBruin
Jay Brummel
Centerville
Pleasantville
Groupis
Notie
FHA
Shirley Terlouw
Home Ec
By Stu Vos
Mike Perry
Ankeny Community College
Cathie Mosier
Mosier
Towascript
John White
van Rees
Scott K. van DenBerg
Bulletin
Mr. White
Mark
Phil Blom
Steve Carson
Steve Cogley
Pella Chronicle Fog
Chariton
Pelladium
John Smalley
Ass't
John Vanden Dever
Scott K. van den Davee
Orn
Chris Arkema
Cindy Arkema
Joel Brummel
Kirk Caldwell
Scott Berrum
Gordon Graber
Melody Judge
Wes Klein
Dave Meyer
Denise Postman
Tom Thies
Laura Vander Linden
Tania van Dyk
Dawn Visser
Stu Vos
Emma Loi
Heusinkveld
Pella High School
Monroe
Monroe St
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