Lara Van Wyk First President Leads PHS Girls Letter Club
Lara Van Wyk, senior, becomes the first president of PHS Girls Letter Club and has been a trailblazer as a member of the first girls basketball team and first girls golf squad. She participates in Pep Club cheerleading, glee club, Mixed Chorus, and serves as secretary of Thespians. She holds roles in AFS and student council, was on the Homecoming court, and helps plan club projects like locker room blow dryers.
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Lara van Wyk
PHS
Lara
Girls’ Glee Club
Jennifer Runson
Thespians
AFS
American Field Service
Jane Walvoord Visits Arabia During Christmas Vacation
Junior Jane Walvoord and cousin Paul Sundberg spent Christmas in Dhahran, Arabia, noting stark social contrasts and hospitable people. They encountered Beirut disruptions, saw the pyramids and Sphinx, Petra, and Mt. Nebo, and observed differing housing and food customs while visiting Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and the Dead Sea area. The journey included travel near Cairo and cautions about entry to Bethlehem amid unrest, with Mt. Nebo offering a vivid biblical panorama.
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Jane Walvoord
Paul Sundberg
Dhahran
Arabia
Jane
Paul
Beirut
Loxer
Pyramids
Jordan
Sinai Peninsula
Petra
Cairo
Bethlehem
Mt. Nebo
Moses
Promised Land
Dead Sea
Jerusalem
Kindergarten Art Thank-You Drawings Displayed at PHS
A traveling looking bulletin board display shows kindergarten Webster class drawings titled Jelly Bean Billie Arnie and the Bubble Hercules and Dracula Jack and Freddie Rabbit King Billie and the Gopher Big-Mouthed Frog and Mrs Cow. The Webster Creative Writing class visited December 17 to read stories to the children and the kids drew pictures and sent thank you notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melody van Zee
PHS
Billie
Arnie and
the Bubble
Hercules
Dracula
Jack and
Freddie Rabbit
King Billie and the Gopher
Big-Mouthed Frog
Mrs. Cow
Webster
FHA Selects Officers for 1975 76 Pella Chapter
Members of the Pella Chapter of Future Homemakers of America elected officers for the 1975 76 school year on Monday January 27 Terri Vander Werf was named president with Charlene Renaud as vice president Linda Pol district officer Debbie Verros secretary Connie Brouwer projects Tammy Pethoven public relations Pam De Koning parliamentarian Nancy Madden recreation Carol Van der Leest music Debbie Dykstra historian Cindy Booy. School Lunch Week February 10 1975 features noodle luncheon casserole and peaches menu subject to change each day through Friday with items including baked beans pizza burgers tater tots wiener winks and varied sides milk included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Future Homemakers of America
Terri Vander Werf
Charlene Renaud
Linda Pol
Debbie Verros
Connie Brouwer
Tammy Pethoven
Pam de Koning
Nancy Madden
Carol van der Leest
Debbie Dykstra
Cindy Booy
PHS Hosts 50s Day To Boost Spirit
Pellera students dressed in fifties attire for a Pep Club sponsored 50s Day to cheer on Pella Knoxville basketball. A jelly bean guessing contest awarded Beth Harmeling the full jar after she guessed 643 of 641 beans. Teachers joined in with retro green Pella sweaters and anonymous judges chose best costume from each class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pep Club
Pella-Knoxville
Beth Harmeling
Beth
Pella Wins Big in Large Group Drama Awards
Pella high school swept the Askaloosa Large Group Speech contest on January 25 led by drama coach Mr. Wil Kirschman. Readers Theater duo Beth Harmeling Carol Stursma Wes Klein Stu Vos and Kirk Caldwell earned a 1 rating for Family Portrait. Duet Acting Peg Wesselink and Carol Stursma earned an I rating for The Grass Harp, while Kirk Caldwell and Diane Van Steenis tied with a 1 rating for their Macbeth Murder Mystery duet.
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PHS
Askaloosa
Wil Kirschman
Pella
Beth Harmeling
Carol Stursma
Wes Klein
Stu Vos
Kirk Caldwell
Diane van Steenis
Jo Ann De Ronde Makes Ceramics at PHS Studio
Jo Ann De Ronde, a PHS junior, shares how she enjoys ceramics. She visits Connie Myers' ceramic cellar each week Tuesday and Thursday to clean pieces, have them fired, and then paint them on return trips. She notes finishes range from shiny to antique to matt, with items like elves ornaments a horse statue a vase a beer stein Madonna and dishes.
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JoAnn
Connie Myers
Joyce Pol
PHS
Duchess Pictures Capture PHS Freshmen to Juniors
Freshmen sophomores and juniors posed Thursday for pictures to be used in the 1975 edition of the Duchess PHS annual.
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Duchess Pictures
Duchess
PHS
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Chariton
Grinnell
Sigourney
Kioa
HI Hoopers
of Pella Community High School
FHA
Weiner
Jerry Hirrschoff
Lynne Hinga
Peg Wesselink
Carol
Stursma
The
Grass Harp
Jo Ann de’ Ronde
JoAnn de Ronde
Ronnie
Emncee
Ravaelan Service Bank
Marion
Member Insurance Corpor
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