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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1958
Page
4
A son inspects his mother’s failing lawn mower and fixes it by tightening the handle, applying oil, and adjusting the blades. He tests the wheels, notes the mower’s delicacy, and considers sharpening a sickle for weeds while his mother enjoys the revived ease of mowing.
A roster lists the names of staff reporters including Charlotte Button Mary Dieleman Marilee Grandia Marge Gosselink Kay McDonald Janice Mol Vivian Van Steen ig Marilyn Walraven Phyllis Walraven Linda Tysseling and Jerry Bogaards along with cub reporters Mary Boat Mary Burton Mary Hollebrands Kathy Mc Donald Mary Van Zomeran Bonnie Verrips Mary Meulpolder Bob Vander Waal.
On Tuesday February 4 four student council members and Mr Wilkins visited Oskaloosa High School to learn about their student council and operations. Principal Mr Stevenson and council sponsor Miss Luce shared information for helpful insight. The group also attended an Oskaloosa Pep Meeting to hear the crowd shout Beat Pella.
The Pella High School Mixed Chorus, led by Miss Tyseling, discussed and accepted an invitation to sing on KRNT’s noon program. They practiced three numbers Adoramus Te Built on the Rock and The Russian Picnic before leaving for Des Moines with a dinner stop, aiming to perform on the popular show.
The Honorable Roll Principal Wilkins releases the list of students earning an average of 8 points for the first semester. A scores 4 points, B 8, C 2, D 1. The roster includes juniors Carl Bennink Donald Dahm Ronald Van Ekeren and others, plus freshmen Ruth Brouwer Mary Burton Betty Van Ekeren and more.
Dale Chilmore, regional consultant, met with county superintendents in Knoxville to discuss a new publication by the State Department of Public Instructions. J. C. Wright helped set standards covering adult education, curriculum, equipment, plants, budgeting and personnel. Copies have been sent to newspapers in all forty eight states.
The group approved a committee to assist the county superintendent in planning the Marion County Institute for next fall. Members named were Lupts, Drake of Bussey, and Buerkens of Pella, as part of broader business involving 99 county superintendents and 745 high schools and board presidents in the state.
Four possible plans submitted to the student council outline school dates for 1958 1959. Labor Day falls on September 1 with classes starting September 2. The first quarter ends October 31 and the first semester ends January 23 1959. Thanksgiving vacation is November 27 28 and Christmas break runs from December 23 to January 5 1959. Seniors finish May 22 with others leaving May 27.
The readable snippet mentions September 2, a long Christmas vacation and a June 1 1959 leave, implying a school term break or related schedule note. No other events or entities are identifiable in the text.
An Otley area senior, Mary Lou Roorda, 17, 5 feet 7 inches tall with brown hair and blue eyes, lists activities in Mixed Chorus Glee Club band Thespians Student Council Honor Society Commercial Club and plans to attend college to become a teacher. She enjoys cherry pie mint green She likes sewing piano and organ and dislikes cramming for tests Her favorite subject is Social Science and her favorite movie is The King and I.
An 18 year old senior, 5 feet 6 inches, blond hair, blue eyes, 140 pounds, lists Short hand I Typing II English IV and social science as courses this year. Her favorite subject is typing and she belongs to the Commercial Club. Her favorite foods include pizza especially at this time of day. She dislikes Italian food when sick. Favorite movie Sad Sack. Actress June Allison, actor James Stewart. Favorite book Blueberry Summer and song April Love.
Dockendorff presented a Jamaica travelog to Rotarians on Tuesday with photos from a naval cruise. The voyage depicted the fifty by one hundred mile island, touring by taxi and meeting locals, including Port Royal noted as a pirate refuge shaped by an ancient earthquake.
Lavon Stierneman plans a future in business and enjoys reading collecting autographs and visiting the Vocational Rehabilitation Center in Des Moines. She favors black or blue and keeps a class ring and gold locket as personal assets while adopting the motto Take it in Stride Take it in stride Youll be missed next year Lavon Stierneman.
Devotions Monday February 3 featured Tom Wachter as narrator with a Psalm of thanksgiving and praise. The band played three selections to illustrate the 23rd Psalm including William Tell Seconds en Though I Walk Through the Valley Forest Glade and Tocatta for Band Surety Goodness and Mercy Shall Follow Me. The service closed with a short prayer.
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