End of First Semester Signals Vacation Plans
This week marks the end of the first semester with plans for spring vacation from April to 1k. Students are urged to reflect on achievements, while staff note illnesses and recoveries including Reuben Teo Louwheen and siblings, mumps cases, and crutches still in use. New pupils Norman Vander Zyl and Roland Vander Zyl joined primary, Immy and Willis Norton moved to Boulder, and janitors Casey Van Buerkum and Albert Nikkel prepared Lincoln building for the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben
Teo Louwheen
Teo
Marlene Sels
Robert van Hall
Spencer Grand
Judy Cook
Kenneth de Haan
Webster
Iowa
City
Kenneth
Norman
Roland Vander Zyl
Pella
Oskaloosa
Immy
Willis Norton
Boulder
Colorado
Casey van Buerkum
Lincoln
Albert Nikkel
Tommy Grundman
Town State College
Heine Kuyper
Monday Morning Devotions by Van de Voort
Mr Van de Voort led Monday devotions on January 3 opening with John 13 10. He spoke about fair schooling and thinking of others, ending with a closing thought about the one who stands straight but stoops to help another.
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van de Voort
Local staff list features numerous surnames and names
A dense roster of staff members titled in a regional newspaper item includes Nels Boot Janice Van Zome and many others such as Walda De Ch Sua Ann Gosselink Mien Dayee Ruwalda Mary Alice Tu Denburger Mriseilla Dingeman De Maan Melvin Hagen Posey Leu Ruby Leydens Marilla Vander Meulen Evelena Olivier Gene Petersma Erma Van Roekel Thelma Van Roekel Andry Roorda Louise Rysdam Dorothy Foom Donna Veenstra Patty Vieselaar Helen Van Zante Bonnie Van Zomeren among the names.
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Reporter Walda
Dune de Ch
Sua Ann Gosselink
T Mien
Dayee Ruwalda
Mary Alice Tu Denburger
Mriseilla Dingeman
de Maan
Melvin Hagen
Posey Leu
Ruby Leydens
Marilla Vander Meulen
Evelena Olivier
Gene Petersma
Erma van Roekel
Thelma van Roekel
Andry Roorda
Louise’ Rysdam
Dorothy ‘Foom
Donna Veenstra
Patty Vieselaar
Helen van Zante
Bonnie’ van Zomeren
Editorial Bias in Study Hall Personalities
A New Year’s note critiques two students Danny Dondler and Sammy Show-off for wasting time in study hall with drawings, songs, and pranks. The piece also mentions Gertie Gossip passing notes with incessant news details. It urges classmates to avoid becoming such distractions and focus on studying.
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Danny Dondle
Sammy Show-o
Danny Dondler
Gertie
Second Semester Events Preview for Students
Students anticipate a Parkinson Ensemble on March 16, three music contests the preliminary state event for solos April 8 9 and district solos ensembles April 26 29 with large groups. The Senior Class play on April 1 and Spring Vacation April 9 18. Baccalaureate May 26 and final reports May 27 mark year end as school closes.
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Parkinson
New Year resolutions from PHL S hallway staff
In a notebook survey at PHL S I asked students and staff for resolutions. Miss Gosselink aims to enjoy herself though time passes, Joan Sheets wants to try harder in school, Don Van Hemert pledges good conduct in study hall, Thelma Van Rockel plans to study hard and have fun, Billy Wart vows to tell the truth, study more, and still enjoy time.
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PHL S
Miss. Gosselink
Joan Sheets
Don van Hemert
Don
Thelma van Rockel
Thelma
Billy Wart
New Sharon Girls Defeat Duchesses 47-26 in WIAA clash
Irene Cade opened scoring as New Sharon built a 15 point first quarter lead over Pella and widened it to 41-15 by the third period. Sharon’s Pexy Shiflett led with 17 points while Hetty Holland and Marilyn Als added 15 and 13. Pella’s Nancy Van Maanen and Charlotta Sehnkel topped with 10 and 9. An earlier seventh eighth grade game saw New Sharon beat Pella 18-13 as Pella failed to score a field goal in the first half.
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Sharon
Pella Duehe Wednesda
Irene Cade
Pella
New Sharon
Pella Femmes
Pe Xy Shiflett
Hetty Holland
Marilyn ¥As
Nancy van Maanen
Charlotta Sehnkel
van Maanen
Schakel
Swank
Cade
Dingeman
Bulstad
van Wyke
Pyg
Buwalda
Int'Veld
Steenhoek
TP Williams
Vander Wilt
Holland
Klina
Who's Who Pup Proves Bright Iowa Star Born in Pella
This lively girl born in Pella shines in this Mayday profile. She celebrates her birthday every April 2 and shares a fondness for English and speeches. Dark brown hair, brown eyes, and a flower name hint at her identity. She favors green or blue, enjoys Des Moines shopping, and would skip algebra or pea soup. Her farm life near our city and Serenade School details frame her background.
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Pella
Our Fair City
Serade
Des Moines
Curtain Lights Bus Performance On Review
A mobile show regarded as popular tours the road for the season. The cast includes Dorothy Blom Bonnie Van Zowmeriin and Ronald Morrow among others. The bus company staging and audience reactions unfold as the troupe gears up for an evening performance with snippets of rehearsal and festive banter.
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Luctien
Dorothy Blom
Bonnie van Zowmeriin
J Connies
Bonnie
Heten
Marein van Maanen
Besins
Macbeth
Ronald
Pedro
Ronal
Ronald Morrow
Ronald de Bruin
Ronald de Brui
Gorgeou
Braanen
Darlene
Blam
Brant van Maanen
Pr van Maanen
Janice
June de Cook
Vandie
Joy den Burger
Orville Tyseling
Tent K. Rempe
Prayer for The New Year Blessings and Peace
Prayer for The New Year petitions divine guidance for peace. It asks to be an instrument of love, pardon, faith, hope, light, and joy, seeking to console and understand more than to be consoled or loved. The text blends spiritual reflection with a plea for eternal life through living.
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Devine
Paurdonia
Co op Adverts Highlight Rural Services And Vehicle Updates
Local notices detail The Marel of Agriculture program on WHO Des Moines and Coop Ass'n broadcasts from Kansas City. Reports on new trucks, a bull wagon disposal, hog beef butcher timing, locker plant activity, farmers’ supplies at the Lumber Yard and Oil Station, plus spring machinery arrivals and brick deliveries in South Pella.
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Herb Plambeck
Marel of Agriculture
WHO
Des Moines
Consumers Cooperative Ass'n
Kansas City
March of Agericulture
Johnny Klein
Mitchell
TH. Renaud
James Renaud
Marion Verwers
Gerrit Snellers
Leslie Steenhoek
Elmer Tukker
Johnnie Smeltzer
South Pella
Pella
Bill
Mareia Klein
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Bunker Mill Country School
Elmo Hughes
Santa Claus
Edwin Ver Ploeg
Jack Stanley
Bob van Vark
G. C. Buerkens
Assisant
Nels Boot
Janice van Zome
Editorial
New Sharon Girls
Duchesses
Harold H. Lisk
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Midwest
Co-op
Strawberries
Scott County
Allis Chalmers
Lumber Yard
Portland
Mason Cement
Farmers Union
Pella, Lowa
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