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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1955
Page
5
Mrs De Cook speaks on success and calling during Devotion on November 28. She cites Acts 9, urges youth to seek worthwhile work, develop their skills, and treat people with dignity, noting lay members of the YMCA are called to serve God in everyday roles.
A private eye dossier profiles Leora J. Quinn of East Union Street Pella Iowa age 17 detailing daily routines from 7:40 a.m. to 8:15 p.m including school, art, chemistry, social science, chorus, dancing lessons in Ottumwa, supper, and evening play practice with notes of muted threats and secret activity recommendations to watch her closely. A second profile on Jerry Dean Stump 402 East First Street Pella Iowa age 17 describes waking, meals, study hall shop and social science classes, odd remarks, commuting in a Chevy with Carroll Pope and an afternoon basketball biology sequence ending with a late return home.
The article lists key newsroom positions including Editor-in-Chief Kathy Redeker and assistant editors Norma De Bruin Ellen Rempe Dorothy Vanden Oever Avis Verhoef. It also names a Sports Editor Tom Boat and a large roster of reporters led by Jerry Ulrich with numerous cub reporters and contributors.
A concise, unnamed narrator details a day with no passengers, reading magazines, eating supper, working at Rolscreen Co until 9, skating until 10, meeting friends in the south end, then returning home for scrambled eggs and milk before bed. Recommendations urge watching after school activities.
The Voice of Pella High covers the Thespians directed by Robert Omick staging the all school play On The Night Of January 16 at Pella High School. The murder trial drama features Karen Andre, Bjorn Faulkner, and a cast including Kathy Redeker Ervin Roorda Leora Quinn Melvin Vander Schel and Doug Heerema with an audience jury verdict and a couple on set mishaps during practice.
The speaker, with 42 years in the field and 10 years teaching, described making his own equipment with wife helping. He noted an electric eye converts light to electricity and can generate sound, with demonstrations of light to sound and back. He tied the electric eye to talking motion pictures and introduced television tubes.
C. E. Jones showcased Robert the Robot in an assembly program on electrons, part of his science wonders series. He designs these programs and travels to 225 schools across Iowa Illinois Wisconsin Ohio and New York, continuing his educational tours.
The article describes a quick beam scanning a screen to form a picture in 1/80 of a second, introduces Robert the Robot, notes robots are controlled by a dial telephone device, and records Mr. Jones spending 360 hours building and programming the robot to respond with yes or no, blink, and handshake. He contrasts real robots with movie props and urges students to plan for useful careers.
A school rumor spreads that a new trophy case might be built to display honors. Students urge action to find an appropriate location and complete the project before spring graduation, noting the current cramped display in a dark corner.
After a tough opener the Little Dutch ride an eight game streak led by Bob Boyert averaging over 20 points per game. They beat Monroe 58-36 Lincoln 60-36 and Colfax 73-36 as Charlie foes loom Chariton Indianapolis Pella atop South Central conference race.
The report notes bandied stories after a basketball game with Flor assisting in catching two boys, Norma H. perspiring, and photographer Carole Lynn Grootveld capturing many shots. It mentions girls’ chorus line or towel parade and recalls lost slips and sweaters lingering in memory.
Gladys Ver Ploeg writes Fighting the Flood about a river rising from its bed and swallowing what it can seize. The poem mirrors Anglo Saxon epic rhythm and portrays wrecked homes and forsaken farmers.
Descriptive piece follows rescuers battling a foe while poverty and greed shape a town. In a dramatic race scene, Hatrod Henry leads with fierce speed until a crash tears the moment apart, the crowd fearing for Henry before he reemerges amid a roaring comeback.
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