Students debates activity ticket system at meeting
Student Council discussed revising how activity tickets are allocated to help students choose representatives. They stressed the selection should favor qualities over popularity and appointed a panel to discuss the issue. Mr Buerkens called for ending or reforming the current ticket sale system. The social committee announced an all-high-school party planned for March 4 during Co-Ed week.
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Conneil Weadnear
Home Room
Buerkens
Stage Hums With Confusion Before Play Practice
The scene is a cluttered stage after a dismissal bell last week at four o clock. Betty Den Hartog sits at a desk typing in rhythm as Peggy Leu taps a piano tune, while props for the upcoming play What A Life litter the set.
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Betty den Hartog
Peggy Leu
Stunt Night Drama Fragments Fragmented Cast Elsewhere
A chaotic rehearsal scene unfolds with Marilyn Tani at a telephone and Marilyn questioning Beaulley’s secretary role while Dave Prins and Art Mennin appear. Melodramatic interruptions echo as cast members scatter amid voices and clatter, revealing a tense packed auditorium.
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Amy
Marilyn Tani
Mr. Beaulley
Melvin
Marvin de
Mary Ann Toll
Steel
Carol
Conference Plans 48-49 Basketball Schedule and Meet
The conference met at Albia Squarters on a February Saturday with all nine schools present. They approved a large 49 50 and 50 51 basketball schedule plan and instructed the secretary to draft football frames. Ballots for an all conference basketball team were to be submitted February 2 with four forwards four guards and two centers to be nominated. They set adult prices for high school attendees at conference games to curb ticket abuse and boost sales. The secretary was to purchase a conference trophy. The conference track meet will be at Simpson College field in Indianola March 1 with medals for first place and trophies for relays.
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Simpson College
Indianola
Miss Slobe Leads Monday Devotions at School
Miss Margaretta Slobe led Monday devotional period on February 9 comparing a porter who goes beyond duty with a student who uses his full potential. She contrasted spontaneous effort with mere minimums and closed by reading The Student's Psalm by E G Wilson. Donna Veoustra read an original morning prayer poem.
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Margaretta Slobe
Miss. Slobe
E.G. Wilson
Donna Veoustra
Through the Classroom Keyhole
Freshman and sophomore classes describe recent topics and field trips. Agriculture groups study cattle and poultry at Robert Pipp le's farm while science classes explore the universe. Government, economics, and history classes discuss political parts, land scope, and French Revolution themes.
Student Council outlines citizenship nominee program
The council discussed nominating three representatives from each class to embody citizenship standards. Yardstick criteria will be revised and shared with homerooms for approval, with announcements to follow at Commencement. Seniors must ensure diploma name accuracy as soon as possible.
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Hawkeye State
Grade Teachers Hold Meeting and Duchess Photo Planned
Lincoln and nearby buildings hosted their usual social meetings on February 10 with Everett Vande Voort proposing monthly gatherings. The school board discussed employment, salaries for substitutes, bus charges, election board appointment, and new members. Bob Vander Heiden, in Army Air Force, sent a letter describing daily barracks life and urging classmates not to join, while coordinating with Marvin Rumbaugh for the Service Club.
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Everett Vande Voort
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Pleasant Hill
Jessie Parke
Kathryn Junkendinge
Scotman and Company
Demry
Board of Education
Miss Gosselink
Bob Vander Heiden
Army Air Force
Bob
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Army
Marvin Rumbaugh
Service Club
Students Poems Appearing in National Anthology
Congratulations to Ruby Ladens Donna Veenstra and Bogs Leu for winning recognition in a national poetry contest Their poems will appear in an anthology This Peguy also won recognition for her poem Sunsets Masterpieces to appear in the Iowa Poetry Book published by the Iowa Poetry Association The three girls read their poems during devotions on February 8 At the program Pes Men Abe read a ballad Baby Sitter Rysdam read an original oaternat and Hetty Peter mit read a descriptive Tulip
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Donna Veenstra
Bogs Leu
Peguy
Iowa
Towa Poetry Association
Abe
Baby Sitter
Rysdam
Oaternat
Hetty Peter Mit
Thumbnail Sketch Who Am I
A playful poem from a sophomore class member describes a tall, blond, thin student who plays a big sax in the glee club, enjoys music, fears not the mic, and excels in basketball, inviting readers to guess the identity in a fun riddle-style reveal.
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Glee Club
Mike
Vivian Valater
Three Mice at the Game Delight Laughing Crowd
Report notes three mice observed at a game last Wednesday causing laughter among spectators. Bystanders teased Betty Joan about collecting class rings and joked about Alyin Van Haaft’s interest in inclined planes.
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Betty Joan
Alyin van Haaft
Pella School Board Members Include Dentist and Banker
A town quiz outlines Pella School Board composition with members listed as a dentist, nurseryman, field manager for a canning company, dry goods merchant, insurance man, and banker. Regular meetings occur the second Monday monthly in the superintendent’s office. two terms expire in March and voters will choose new members.
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Board of the Professions
Canning Company
Wormhoutt
Andrew Verploogh
de Haaneld
Grandman Dry
W. van Sittert
John
Kenneth Bean
Child’s science quiz joke tops dull lessons
A student amused Mr Greendyke by naming a plane as a roof since a bird walks up it. The narrator notes school ends in fourteen weeks and recalls snow last Thursday night and attending Stunt Night.
Letter Club Wins 1st Prize At Stunt Night
The Letter Club won first prize at Stunt Night with The Inkspots featuring three Markies from the south. The darky trio used guitar, bass viol and piano. Marion Ray, Andy Van Berkum, and Arvan Menninga authored the act. KT T club’s “After World War 11” received honorable mention.
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Letter Club
Jack Cook
Dick Lautenbach
Mason Olcott
Dave
Pedestrian Killed in Bay Area Incident
A pedestrian was killed in a traffic collision in the Bay Area. Police say the crash occurred near the waterfront, and investigators are reviewing surveillance footage and witness statements. No further details on the victim or suspect were released.
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