PELLADIUM STAFF Roster and Editorial Roles Listed
The Pelladium staff names editors and reporters including Ruth Van Roekel Kay Buter Karen Musgrove Dario Donolo Wayne Frank Dennis De Pen ning Sonja Shetterly Susie Van Steenis Lila De Penning Tom Whalley Myra Heusinkveld Tom Paltzer Calvin Van Niewaal Nancy Paris Ray Sparks Ann Whitney with editors in chief and academic and sports oversight.
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Ruth van Roekel
Kay Buter
Karen Musgrove
Dario Donolo
Wayne Frank
Dennis de Penning
Sonja Shetterly
Susie van Steenis
Lila de Penning
Tom Whalley
Myra Heusinkveld
Tom Paltzer
Calvin van Niewaal
Nancy Paris
Ray Sparks
Ann Whitney
Nancy Cruzen
Barb Nelson
Mrs. Heusinkveld
School Lunches Week of February 7
Weekly elementary menu lists daily meals from Monday to Friday. Monday serves chili with cornbread and sides. Tuesday features hamburger on homemade buns with potatoes and peas. Wednesday offers beef and gravy with mashed potatoes and coleslaw. Thursday presents baked potatoes with barbecue wieners and corn. Friday delivers potato salad and a toasted cheese sandwich with orange pineapple salad. Milk and fruit accompany each day.
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Coleslaw School
Pella High School Library Receives 430 New Books
Lautenbach reports that Pella High School library added about 430 new books last semester for student use. Fiction makes up roughly 25 percent of current shelves, with half of newly ordered titles fiction. New fiction includes Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart, a suspenseful mystery.
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Lautenbach
Pella High School
Gulet
Mary Stewart
Lester A. Swan
The Slender Reed Biography: Polk and Texas Victory
If biology fails your interest try a biography such as The Slender Reed by Noel B. Gerson. It recounts James Knox Polk who led the nation to victory over Mexico and brought Texas into the United States. The library offers these and many more for students.
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Noel B. Gerson
James Knox Polk
Mexico
Texas
United States
School Brings Two Plays to Pella High Feb
Pella Community High School will stage two plays at 8 p.m. on February 10 and 12 in the high school cafeteria. Theatre in the Round features The Lesson by Eugene Ionesco with Art Knowles as the professor noted for bizarre traits and a perverse, aggressive style. The maid Arlene De Geus leads the professor as a domineering figure under director W Kirschman and assistant Kay Butler.
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Pella Community High School
Eugene Tonesco
C. B. Gilford
Art Knowles
Gayle Wesselink
Arlene de Geus
W. Kirschman
Kay Butler
Band Concert Honors Grade and School Groups
Congratulations flood the page as the Grade Band Junior High Band and Pella High School bands receive praise. Mr Dober necker leads the groups through a successful performance while minor stage lights flake during a Thursday rehearsal.
Classroom Drama Stirs Old High School History Class
In a history class disruptions by Mr Fitzgerald provoke students to praise him as savior. Dario, an Argentina exchange student, Iris Alonzo, a Cuban, and the crying Oscar winner in English class add colorful details. Mrs Heusinkveld and Mr White graded the junior history tests with Heusinkveld at C plus and White keeping his grade secret.
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Dario
Argentina
Iris Alonzo
Mr. White
Mr. Fitzgerald
Heusinkveld
Mr. Fitzgierald
Buerkens Visits Pella Seniors at PHS
Clarence C. Buerkens Central College Admissions Counselor visited Pella Community High School January 20 and 21 to acquaint students with Central College programs and facilities in Pella Iowa. He joined the college admissions staff this fall after 42 years in public schools including 27 years as Pella superintendent. He said the visit felt like Old Home Week and enjoyed reconnecting with former teachers and students.
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Clarence C. Buerkens
Central College
Pella Community High School
Pella
Iowa
Buerkens
Mr. Buerkens
Honor Society Elects Officers
The National Honor Society met last Friday and elected officers who will plan the acceptance of new members. Induction of new members is planned for February. Officers include President Art Knowles, Vice President Connie Ter Louw, Secretary Gloria Gosselink, and Treasurer Carol Gosselink.
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National Honor Society
Honor
NHS
Art Knowles
Connie Ter Louw
Gloria Gosselink
Carol Gosselink
Miss Baker speaks At FHA meeting
Miss Baker, home economics instructor from Central College, addressed an FHA meeting as Linda De Zwarte welcomed mothers. The group discussed roll call duties for a March Des Moines state FILA meeting and reviewed the new constitution for officer nomination and election.
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Linda de Zwarte
Des Moines
Harter
Miss Baker
Central College
Europe
Four Band Concert Attracts Large Crowd In Pella
A total of 145 musicians from Pella schools performed the season’s first band concert January 25 in the school gymnas ium before a large audience. The sixth grade band opened with three numbers and closed with a march. The junior high played five pieces. A trumpet solo by Bob Wierenga highlighted the performance. The high school band offered six numbers with varied styles. Myra Heusinkveld and Ned Hedrick were featured on saxophone and clarinet, respectively, and Steve Patton played trumpet on Cotton Candy. The stage band closed with Joshua’s Jump. The director Mr Darrell Dobernecker praised the effort and turnout. The school council, led by Ron Bensink, voted to shift coat check duties to the student council and approved funds for Model United Nations delegates to Cedar Falls in March.
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Pella
Bob Wierenga
Myra Heusinkveld
Ned Hedrick
Steve Patton
Joshua
Darrell Dobernecker
Ron Bensink
Cedar Falls
Sophomores Stage Unusual Skit at Pep Meeting
At about 3 23 Friday January 21 Pella High held a pep meeting in the gym. The sophomores performed a skit that included a scene where a student representing an Alabama team figure was hanged. The event closed with the school song and the cheer Sink the Basket.
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Pella High
Council holds monthly meeting with two actions
The Student Council met Wednesday to act on two agenda items, endorsing measures relevant to student affairs and campus activities, outlining next steps and responsibilities for involved members.
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Council
Pella High Heads to Model United Nations Meet
Dario Donolo Tom Ver Meer Art Knowles and David Snuttjer will represent Argentina at the Model United Nations in Cedar Falls March 18 and 19. Sponsor Mr. Fitzgerald will accompany the delegation which will stay in an SCI dormitory and conduct debates votes and resolutions as in the UN.
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Pella High
Model United Nations
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Dario Donolo
Tom Ver Meer
Art Knowles
David Snuttjer
Argentina
Dario
Fitzgerald
SCI
General Assembly
United Nations
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Dobernecker
Kirschman
Rhonda Ruffridge
Honor Society
Model U. N
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