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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1949
Page
9
The boys' glee club sang When Song Is Sweet and Dry Bones at the Farmers' Co op Program held at the Legion Hall on Tuesday December six. The sextette performed Peter Piper and the trio sung Merry Christmas. A saxophone quartet played Country Gardens Home On Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet. A clarinet quartet offered Songs Sailors Sing and Just A Cottage Small.
The student body enjoyed a Friday music assembly on December 9 with a set list of classic carols. The mixed chorus performed While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks with an echo choir, the girls' trio sang A Merry Christmas, the sextette performed Peter Piper, the saxophone quartet played Smiles and Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet, and the full group closed with Silent Night.
A jumble of classroom chatter reveals names and antics from Mary V V and Connie to Carl Boat and Sara Ande. Students discuss ink spills, bus incidents, romances, nicknames, and a cow herd near a bus, all recounted in playful overheard snippets from various classes.
A brief birthday list wishing residents a happy day. Names include Maxine Heimstra December 16 Loren Much December 16 Edwarda Grandia Carl Russel December 17 Bonnie Thomassen December 19 Harry Van Der Veer December 19 Marie Van Hal December 22 Verlan Uitmarkt December 22.
Co editors Audrey Roorda and Helen Van Zante head a staff including Judie Allen Mary Alice Buwalda June De Cook Marilyn De Cook Joy Denburger Doris Dockendorf Sara Anne Gosselink Nancy Groendyke Anna Hagen Donald Van Hemert Greta Falmquist Arlene Ver Ploeg Beulah Roor da Gary Thomassen Donna Veenstra Delores Vander Wilt Bonnie Van Zomeren Pauline Atkins Jerry De Prenger Dorothy Vos Elsie Van Wyk Pauline Lautenbach Darlene Van Zomeren Eleanor Vander Beck
Editorial urges readers to honor Christmas as the birthday of Jesus Christ. It contrasts secular gift giving and Santa with the spiritual meaning, emphasizing gratitude for the Father and the importance of recognizing Christ’s role in salvation.
A home economics class surveyed students about breakfast. Girls listed doughnut and cake, tomato juice, and chocolate milk, while boys ate more. Several girls admitted stomach emptiness around third period, suggesting better breakfasts could reduce fatigue and improve grades.
A playful exploration asks if certain names could swap with odd occupations or objects. It riffs on substitutions like Viola as Hasselwoman, Marlene as Gives, Arvin as Airplane, and others, creating whimsical contrasts without offering factual events.
Bob Brown of the Sorensen Lyceum Bureau will present his Science Circus program titled high laughter magic during Tuesday morning assembly on December 20 at 8 40 am. He will select assistants from the audience to participate.
Miss Nieburg led devotions on Monday morning December 5 choosing Is Santa Claus a Christian as the topic. She opened with Acts 20 35 noting Christmas spending on cigars tobacco and liquor versus worthwhile gifts and questioned gifts given for return regard. The girls sextette closed with Prayer Of The Norwegian Child.
A lively fragment notes various school topics and people including Mr Whal ley and his tie clasp a miniature grand piano Joe Brummel’s tin lizzie junior majority in Honor Society Pepper from P H S Pep Band inscription on wooden shoe schedule cards an ad on Gerald Angove’s car and chatter about Jeannie Wal raven Bernice De Geus Phyllis Hasselman and Eddie Hopbin with lunchroom conversations and chorus director praise
Attica Institute girls toppled the Dutchesses 42 to 34 after a strong opening, as Attica led 27 to 11 at halftime. The Dutchesses pressed in the third and fourth quarters but could not overturn the deficit, with Attica securing the win in the final period.
In advanced shorthand Donna Van Halen and Nancy Van Maanen earned 80 word certificates while Willa Zickel passed her 60 word test. Typing I students completed 10 minute timed writings with Norma Bricker earning 30 35 and 40 word pins. Wilma Keuning Patty Rysdam and Viola Hasselman earned 30 and 35 word pins. In Typing II Donna Van Halen and Violet Kuiper are making yearbooks for the Commercial Club. Betty Brummel Leona De Rand will prepare plays programs. Nancy Van Maanen and Patty Vriezelaar will work on Christmas Medical posters and cards this week. Junior Shorthand studying theory and dictation at 60 80 and 100 words per minute.
Neighborhood gossip centers on Mr Haynes as rumors swirl about a freshman girl near a school corner. Residents seek clarity as details leak through hearsay and local chatter grows louder amid vague incidents and unanswered questions.
A freshman with brown eyes and brown hair lives three miles north of town. She avoids the bus, loves red, and enjoys The Laughing Trombone Polka. She eats hot beef sandwiches at Pella cafes and loyally supports the Dutchmen in basketball and football.
A sensitive humorous exchange shows several people discussing what to do with a Zebu. Options include giving as a friendship gift, as a Christmas present, returning it, or keeping it as a keepsake, with a note explaining the animal’s Indian origin and traits.
A rope stretched across a highway saved a driver from a fatal crash but left two young boys aged seven and eight tangled at the roadside. The driver halted at slow speed, then found the boys lying on either side with the rope tied to their waists as they played a grim game in the traffic.
An accident scene describes a motorist who slowed after seeing a rope on the highway. A high boy was nearly hit, the smaller boy was scratched but unhurt beyond rope-related injuries. The piece praises cautious driving and urges timely repairs for future safety.
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