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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1941
Page
11
The Pella Junior High boys upset Knoxville 25 to 10 on Saturday. Billy Tankelma and Paul Sents led the attack as Pella built a 15-5 halftime lead. Knoxville had won over the junior high in recent years, Brown led Knoxville with 6 points. Reserves fell 10-12 with Peter Van Gorp scoring six.
At a pep meeting before Chariton, the Pep Club staged a Valentine themed stunt by Mildred Den Hartog, Helen Boertje, and Esther Klein. Lady Valentine symbolized victory between a Chariton charger and a Pella Dutchman as gifts and wooing led to Pella's Valentine. Groendyke then gave a playful talk on basketball as title phenomena for Colfax, an annual feature.
The group outlines a spring vacation plan spanning April 6 to 13. In sports, Pella faces New Sharon in the sectional tournament first round, with the victor advancing to meet the winner of the Oskydyville game in the finals.
The Little Dutchmen face Winterset High Tuesday Feb 26 in a South Central Conference match at Winterset. Pella High seeks a conference win to improve from second place and possibly tie for first, aiming to avenge last season’s football defeat. Winterset has climbed to fifth and seeks to halt Pella’s momentum.
Instrumental music students in Pella Schools compete for the Henry Cox Scholarship Award for essays on music topics from his letters to music lovers. One girl and one boy will win ten-dollar monthly music lessons for April. Essays must be typed and submitted to Mr. Ruby by 6:00 p.m. February 28.
An editorial urges students to assess personal hygiene from hair to nails to teeth. It challenges pride in appearance and urges immediate actions like washing, filing nails, brushing teeth, and a refreshed look. The piece closes with a call to notice a sign at school about reaching for the ceiling for the finishing touches of the best groomed student.
In the annual all league selection Schilder earns a spot on the first team as the county announces the lineup for first team second team and honor roll.
Four Pella players earned all county honors from the county tournament. Schilder was named to the first team, Lautenbach to the second team, with Menning and Khoimy also listed on the honor roll. Congratulations to the players and best wishes to the team Tuck in their next undertaking.
The Pella Teachers' Club hosted a dinner at Tulip Cafe last Thursday to welcome new members Mrs. Ellsworth Miller Mrs. Laura Puffer and Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Miller. Carl Brown reported on the Knoxville County Teachers' meeting while the faculty enjoyed a Truth or Consequence game and tongue twisters after the business portion.
The P. H. 8. student body gathered Friday for a singing assembly featuring "I've Been Working on the Railroad" by the boys, a journalism class "Dr. I. Q." program with prizes for reading the last edition, and the Pella High swing band "Colonels of Cora" with Stan Ver Ploeg on vocals. The band encore "Tiger Rag" drew praise, and Miss Gosselink urged more programs if students stay entertaining. Instrumental students were reminded of the February 28 deadline for Mr. Cox's Scholarship Award Contest, with Miss Tynseling inviting those interested in contest selections.
Pella High beat Chariton Chargers 41-17 at home on Wednesday February 12, earning their seventh South Central Conference victory. Kempkes led with eight points on four three-pointers. Tait and Klontwyk contributed for Pella while Sevenge and Keene led Chariton. The Dutchmen built a 21-11 lead by the fourth, securing second place with nine starts.
A quirky school page recalls a fugitive from highways and byways at P. H. S. Valentines Day tones blur with gossip about Miss Gosselink’s criminal record and a line about past prison fear. Arthur Farrand enjoys a moonlight skating party while students tease peers about a dirty college gun floor and missing attention to study. Welcome Helen Steininger to P. S. plus note on 27 practice teachers.
Students are warned about lingering winter sickness as spring nears. The column urges vigilance against colds and flu amid school activities and seasonal changes.
Students in an Oral English class held junior senior banquet speeches with humorous themes about Indians Hollywood and the Scotch. Toastmasters included Norman Vander Linden Clarence Van Zee and Tunis Tait. Speeches compared high school life to Hawaiians and a sailor's tale amid pep banquets. Discussion groups debated start time and eight period day with a chairman overseeing each debate.
The report praises the Pep Club and yell leaders in green and white, noting their stunts and the student body’s cooperation as key to a successful basketball season. Miss Helen Hopley leads efforts, energizing events and elevating Pella’s school spirit.
Fragmentary notes mention a set piece described as a table acting as a carriage and a wastebasket as a footstool. References to a play titled Blind Alley with a March date and a suggestion to hire Gordon Rugaard as a buzzer for telephone cues appear amid chaotic lines.
The home room basketball season is nearing its end as organizers thank the participating rooms for their efforts. Officials note the event remains competitive with chances of a move upstairs for the top performers if defeats are avoided.
Fragmentary OCR lists individuals Groendyke Hopley Kr Bockamort ig Soph A Ver Heul Miller Soph Birdsall Jr likely placeholders or roster names for a school activity or team.
The piece describes Webster Jr High in Pella and Dogpatch reports by Miss Lautenbach’s sixth graders. Students publish a school paper with editorials gossip and sports, study forestry, and map the world’s products. Carl Brown leads a project on a future product map.
Round the Classrooms with Yahoodi shows a classroom project led by Coach Miller where students receive $5,000 to trade in the markets and compete for the month’s top return. The piece notes P. U. S. and a small basin corporation in development and mentions grammar study as a senior requirement under Miss Heppinger.
Grammar study covers punctuation parts of speech infinities and gerunds while focusing on government tariffs. Miss Gosse link's class discusses causes uses and developments of tariffs and reports on business leaders like Andrew Carnegie and J P Morgan amid end of fiscal period bookkeeping transitions to journals.
A school piece lists preferences including more skating parties more assemblies pep meetings and vacation soon. It also notes favored postures by Virginia Carpenter and Louis Palmquist and calls for new gym boxing gloves tuming classes and better grades.
The Junior Class basketball team won 30 to 28 using five players on the B B Court. Pella High sits second with a .777 conference record. If they win remaining games and Knoxville falters, the team could be tied for the championship.
Sally Style Scout promotes a patriotic spring wardrobe with soldier blue suit white rayon shirt two tone white and navy shoes a bright red snap brim hat and matching purse add white gloves to complete a red white and blue ensemble aimed to impress classmates and friends.
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