Pella Loses Final Conference Game at Winterset
Pella fell 45 to 57 at Winterset on February 8 as Winterset surged after the half, led 25 20 at the break, and pulled away in the third. Pella's George Skuta 11 and Leo Van Vark 10 paced the visitors while Bill Clark of Winterset scored 30. Winterset won the Fresh Soph contest 49 42. Boat and Vander Pol led scoring for Pella B team with six field goals each.
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Pella
Interset
Winterset
George Skuta
Leo van Vark
Bill Clark
Fresh-Soph
Pell
Huskies
Ome
Pella “B
Boat
Vander Pol
High School Debating Ties to Capitol Hill History
Debate history shows high school teams once argued The Worth of Universal Military Training. Today lawmakers echo those same pro and con points. Congratulations to Rosa Lee Schakel crowned queen at the pep meeting with Kaldenberg Pauline Lautenbach Bernice De Geus Eleanor Vander Beek also chosen.
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Capitol Hill
Dl Bating
Atta
Rosa Lee Schakel
Kaldenberg
Pauline Lautenbach
Bernice de Geus
Eleanor Vander Beek
Rosa Lee
Jokers in Class and a Sock Stunt in School
In history Mr. Lee warned about institutions for dependent people. Dorothy S toppled in PT class and exclaimed she bit her tongue. Bobby Z read a letter and declared a trip to the "South Pacific" meaning the musical. Harold Bean wore mismatched plaid socks in English.
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Lee
Dorothy S
Bobby Z
South Pacific
Mary B
Harold Bean
Newspaper Staff Roster Listing Editors and Reporters
The article presents a long list of newsroom roles and names including Beulah Roorda Nancy Groendyke editors and a group of reporters such as M. Ander B. Brom M. De Cook B. De Geus R. dorff P. Frundt Groendyke A. Hi Hoeksema R. Jaarsma R. El Ki er P. Lauten J. Leu L. Van Maaren D. Van Zwank and others. The roll calls many staffers across departments in a historic school or community newspaper.
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M. Ander B. Brom
M. de Cook
B. de Geus
R. Dorff
P. Frundt
Groendyke
A. Hi . Hoeksema
R. Jaarsma
R. el Kier
P. Lauten
J. Leu
Roorda
C. Russel
J. Schagen
M. Sels
N. Vander Horst
W. ‘Vander Louw
J. Loom
G. Vandenlen
R. Verploeg
D. Vos
D. Pol
van Maaren
D. van Zwank
Keeping Up With The Class of 1951
This first of a series highlights last year’s seniors now in college or at home. Married grads include Priscilla Dingeman Zelda De Jong Dorothy Schakel Dorothy Toom (married Ronald Grandin) and Marilyn Vi Veen. Jean Walraven and Magdaline Rosenberg wed before finishing school. Marion Van Gorp, married, works for Morrell Company in Ottumwa. Delores In’t Veld Carl Best Joe Brummel Wendell Ver Ploeg Orville Tysseling attend Iowa State College. Lou Ann Le Cocq Joyce Leydens Marilla Vander Meulen Marlene Sels Louise Van Zee Logan Andeweg Kenneth Vanden Berg Spencer Grand Sidney De Haan attend Central. More news to come.
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Priscilla Dingeman
Zelda de Jong
Dorothy Schakel
Dorothy Toom
Ronald Grandin
Marilyn Vi Veen
Jean Walraven
Magdaline Rosenberg
Marion van Gorp
Morrell Company
Ottumwa
Delores
T Veld
Carl Best
Joe Brummel
Wendell Ver Ploeg
Orville Tysseling
Iowa State College
Ames
Lou Ann le Cocq
Joyce Leydens
Marilla Vander Meulen
Marlene Sels
See the Circus Band Concert at La High School
The February 29 concert in La High School auditorium features marches such as Circus Days and Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite, Beethoven’s Eroica, and other pieces including National Emblem. A narrator guides the novelty segment Little Red Riding Hood with a grade school band, animals, and clowns.
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la High
Barnum and Bailey
Karl, King
Band of America
Great Show of Fun on February 29 1952
Special notice invites birthday people born on February 29 to attend free. The event features a man on a flying trapeze and the balloon man with his balloons as part of the great show of fun.
Oh Those Freshmen Oh What Imaginative Pranks
A humorous note on freshmen at a school dealing with imaginary friends Harvey the invisible rabbit and In visible Scarlet O Neill visiting classes. Mr Wilkins jokes about mass electrocution while home ec students falter with pie crust cookies. Cupid stirs underclass romances among Helen Jerry Aldora Junior Norman Doris Sally Herb Pat and Paul.
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Harvey
Invisible Rabbit
Scarlet O'Neill
Cupid
Helen
Jerry
Aldora
Junior
Norman
Doris
Sally
Herb
Pat
Paul
Meet Our Seniors From a high school yearbook profile
A senior named Beulah Vander Streek born October 16 1934 stands out with a green or blue favored color and a wide activity list including band glee club and clarinet. The text also mentions another senior Duane Dinge man born November 13 1934 who works Saturdays at Lou's Machine Shop and enjoys math golf and fried chicken.
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Duane’ Dingeman
Lou
Dick Vanden Oever
K.t.j.’S
Glee Club
Attention
Mr. Whalley
Vander Hart ‘Transfer
Omore
Beulah Roorda
Beulah
Beulah’ Vander Streek
Beulah Sels Describes Plans and Hobbies in 1934 Pel la
The memoir notes Beulah Sels from Marion Co Bank, working Saturdays and loafing. She recalls Gertrude Sels on October 4, 1934 and plans to marry and work in Water-Too. Beulah favors cold weather, ice, Poe, pie, acting, eating, reading, history, basketball, green suits, and western music, hoping to recall Pella High detention room after graduation.
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Gertrude Sels
South Street
Pella
Pella High
Lincoln School First and Third Grade Highlights
First graders return after a chicken pox and flu outbreak. Miss Grimm visits daily as the class decorates valentine boxes and reads from First Readers. Ninety five percent of dental cards are on file and several books are read during free reading. Third graders showcase Boy Scout Week projects with cub scouts sharing club activities and a dental party pending two cards. They study health books Five in a Family and practice speed and accuracy in arithmetic, including borrowing in subtraction. On Lincoln's birthday students create log cabin booklets with Lincoln stories and learn about telephoning in language.
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Grimm
Lincoln
Fourth and Fifth Grade Valentine Activities and Weather Study
Fourth graders make valentines and toy telephones while tracking February weather. Miss Noordsey helps decorate valentine boxes as Sally Schultz and David Kuyper donate items. Fifth graders study astronomy, imagine trips to planets, and shift desks east while a fireman themed box wins praise. Perfect attendance listed for several students.
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Jeanette Noordsey
Sally Schultz
David Kuyper
Tommy Hill
Darlyl Bosch
Ronald van Rees
Ralph Klein
Mary Jane Beyer
Carol Breuklander
Mary Lou Meulpolder
Glenda Steenhoek
Sixth Grade Plans Valentine Party and Committees
Sixth graders study Estonia and Russia with Dr Jurgens linking grades five and six. They create science posters on food elements, read Treasure Island aloud, and recite favorite poems. A Valentine party was held on February 14, with committees forRefreshments, Entertainment, and Clean up led by Preston Steenhoek and others.
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Jurgens
Estonia
Russia
Robert Louis Stevenson
Preston Steenhoek
Carol Grotveld
Jeanne Rouw
Sandra Klein
Wesley Vos
Norman Vander Zyl
Ronnie Nanktgeboren
Larry Renaud
Nelson Vander Pol
Danny ‘Lautenbach
Mary ‘Boat
Linda Tysseling
Hilma Schagen
Pella B Squad Defeats Colfax 45 to 23
The Pella Fresh-Soph team hosted Colfax at the Public High gym last Thursday night February 14 and built a big early lead. They led 31-13 at halftime and 41-18 after three periods, with Ruthven's squad controlling the game and the substitutes sealing a 45-23 final.
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Pella Fresh-Soph
Colfax
Public High Gym
Ruthven
Pella
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Vogelaar’s
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Clarence M. van Zee
Acces
John .R. van Gorp
Clarence van Zee
Tennis DE Heer
Oskaloosa
Chas. Harvey
Knoavill
Marion Co. Bank
Lincoln News
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Motor CO
Pasa
Fowler Telephone Company
S&h
Kempees Studio
Tigers
Northern Cobblers
Sauer Kraut
Weiners
Dan Weiners
Borden
Betty Crocker
UNION
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River Bridge
Eoria
Guernsey
Jersey
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John Deere
Wood Brothers
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Elbert van Maanen
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