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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1961
Page
19
Mr Kolsrud conducts general business classes focusing on buying habits and consumer courtesy. Students role play as business people and shoppers, first poorly then properly, to learn responsibility and expressiveness. Role playing will recur. Bookkeeping students study profit logs and balance sheets as core financial reports.
The Pella High Pep Club raised funds with a two car wash at the start of the school year to buy new cheerleading uniforms. Uniforms are due for replacement every four years, and with this as year four, officials weigh options. On December 2 the squad visited Des Moines to price uniforms at Van Ginkle's Sporting Goods. They also explored catalogs from other firms. Plans aim to have the uniforms ready for the first basketball game after Christmas vacation.
FHA girls held a meeting at the high school auditorium to decide which families would receive their boxes of canned foods and toys. Goods and toys will be collected at the Home Ec room and delivered next week after a supper served by Lois Van Gorp and Louise Van Zante. They then caroled at the Home for the Aged and visited many homes along the way.
A public decision process from Pella outlines steps to determine if school is closed on stormy mornings. Ray Dieleman and Flor Geurts test roads at dawn, then Mr. Buerkena reviews the results before radio announcements. If closed, stations KBOE and a 6:80 broadcast will inform, and buses, cooks, dairy, custodians, and nearby teachers are alerted.
A Christmas display in Room 308 showcases a journalism bulletin board created by Jean Morgan and Margaret Vanden Berg. It highlights columns and features from The Des Moines Register and The Pel la Chronicle, including Abigail Van Buren and Mary Bryson pieces, with notes on aims of modern journalism.
Miss Gosselink's Ameri can History classes study 1800 1860 by forming four groups per class. Each group has an editor who assigns articles on their period, producing papers with features editorials cartoons fashion columns births and deaths letters and ads. Finished by Christmas vacation.
Miss Beth Johnson a student teacher in the vocal music department spends time refiling sheet music for the music room files. She has worked since term start for at least half an hour daily and records composer, copy count, and song type to aid future selections. The Knoxville School graduate practicum at Pella High during sixth period daily except Friday amid her senior year at Central College pursuing a music major.
The managing editor is Jan Kregel with news editor Fran Wyngarden Joyce Garret and wand Roger Ringwalda, exchange editor Jean Muyskens, sports editor Robert Staal. Reporters include Ray Beyers Ann Veldhuis Rose Van Essen Lewis Vande Voort Linda Ustermarkt Linda Bevan Pam Wilson Jean Morgen and Margaret Vanden Berg. Advisor Mr John Rowley.
The 1961 Christmas Musical by the PHS Yale Girls Glee Club features 66 singers guiding lighted candles through the high school auditorium to the stage. Under Anne Tysseling, the program includes Mixed Chorus Boys Glee Club and various vocal groups with soloists Pam Gaass Melba Van Hemert Paul Bogaard Bob De Cook and Roger Ringwalda. Donations will fund the music department expenses with free-will offerings.
Coach Dave Bender forms a free throw club for PHL players with tiers from 5 to 50 in a row. The entire team is in the 5 club and all but three reach the 10 club. Members include Stykhuis Nollen Meppelink in 15 club and Steenhoek Van Dyk Hiemstra Ver Meerhold in 25 club. Members must hit at least the weekly target to stay, with progress required past the 20 milestone.
By fall tentative, Pella High School is half finished with exterior limestone cleaning pending and most furniture colors selected. Roof, shop, music room, student lounge, and a large library with eight interchangeable rooms for English and history are planned. bids for furniture due late January.
Pella High coaches Don Kolsrud Dave Bender Jim Ruthven and Charles Burnett plus junior high coach Bob Conway and several high school students attended the All-Sports Banquet where Forest Evashevksi director of athletics at the University of Town at Iowa City spoke. Attending PHS students included Jerry Slykh Roger Willemsen Ron Zwank Tim Caldwell and Stan Evers.
The Latin Club presented To Saturnalia a Rome themed program with Scenes From An cient Rome and Io Saturnia at Webster Gym. Martha and Mary Schakel performed Silent Night in Latin and club members sang carols after the film. Latin II students will sing carols in the halls of Pella High School on December 22 during fourth period.
Pella High School’s Little Dutch defeated Indianola 50 to 47 on Friday led by Alvin Van Dyke with 17 points and Jerry Slykhuis posting 18 points and 13 rebounds. Stykhuis limited Indianola’s top scorer Allsup to five points as Netley led Indianola with 16. The win improves Pella to 8-1 in conference play and 4-1 overall, with Knoxville next at home.
Indianola defeated the Pella B squad 44 to 39 at Indianola on Friday December 15. The visitors led 9 8 after the first period but trailed 19 16 at halftime and 28 20 after the third. Larry Aldridge led scoring with 13 points. Jim Patton and Perp Vander Weide added 10 each. Denton topped Indianola with 11. Roberts and Perry had 10 each. Pella now 2 losses and 3 wins on the year.
The Rerett G. Ward of the Baptist church explained the Rotary Club's Four Way Test during Monday devotions. Roy Reith, president of the Pella Rotary Club, outlined the club's history since its 1905 founding by Paul Harris and noted the local club has 85 members in 124 countries worldwide. Pamphlets on the Four Way Test and its history were shared with students. Ward spoke on Christmas meaning from Matt. 2.
Test results show strong scholastic standing for Pella Community High School seniors. Of 33 testers from 1962, six ranked in the 99th percentile and 15 in the 95th percentile or higher. ACT is nationally administered for college bound students.
Mrs Martha Lautenbach spoke about hobbies wood carving folk dancing spinning and weaving at the annual Commercial Club Christmas party. Thursday December 7 featured a potluck supper and a gift exchange as other events of the evening.
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