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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1954

Page

12

Football Letter Winners of the 1963 Season Named

Mr Borgman awarded letters on December 22 to 1963 football players Cleo Ver Hoef Roland McCombs Jan Thuta Paul Dageman Bill De Wayneer Pol Darrell De Reus Ke Vrieze laar Herb Blom Nelson Bogaard Alvin Hiemstra Ed Klyn Jerry Valster Bob Boyert Max Van Rees Ronald Bogaard Jim Duffus Tom Gaard Max Vander Pol Managers Clarence Leydens Douglas Heer ema Four seniors earned stars Cleo Ver Hoef MVP Roland McCombs M Ikuta Paul Di Co Captains Offensive plaque went to Cleo Ver Hoet Defensive plaque to Jun Huta Plaques engraved for the season.

Borgman Cleo Ver Hoef Roland McCombs Jan Thuta Paul Dageman Bill de Wayneer Pol Darrell de Reus Ke Vriezelaar Herb Blom Nelson Bogaard Alvin Hiemstra Ed Klyn Jerry Valster Bob Boyert Max van Rees Ronald Bogaard Jim Duffus Tom Gaard Max Vander Pol Clarence Leydens Douglas Heerema Jun Ikuta Paul di Cleo Ver Hroet Jun Huta

Morning Devotions Led by Mr Brunckhorst

Devotions were held in the morning led by Mr Brunckhorst, with others in attendance and closing remarks mentioned. The text reflects incomplete notes, mentioning topics like illness, mood, and mentions of Russians, but the core event was morning devotions led by him.

Mr. Brunckhorst Mr. Sree Pal

Vacation Confessions From A Dialectal Q A Box

Respondents reveal varied breaks with phrases like eats and sleeps and social outings. Entries mention dinner sickness after big meals, trips with friends Blondy Slushpump, and Karen V noting work and a New Year trip.

Karen V. Z Karen V Katy V Orlo D. B

Newspaper Staff Listing Shows Editorial Team and Reporters

The page lists staff positions including Editor in Chief Associate Editor Assistant Editor Sports Editors Cartoonists Proof Readers and a long roster of reporters and cub reporters. Names include Wayne Vander Pol Ralph Jaarsma Harold Bean Phyllis Butler Joyce Van Roekel Avis Ver Hoef Joyce Leu Marilyn Andeweg Sara Van Maaren Darlene Vander Pol Kenny Menninga Beth Brom Janice Kuyper Shirley Groendyke Andrea Boat Lorraine Sly cord Doug Heerema Nancy Vander Meulen Judy Huyser Leora Quinn Dorothy Dieleman Dorothy Vanden Olver Omassen Nancy De Cook Norma Jean De Bruin Ellen Rempe Mary Sytama Tom Boat Dale Fleck.

Joyce Leu Marilyn Andeweg Sara van Maaren Darlene Vander Pol Kenny Menninga Beth Brom Janice Kuyper Shirley Groendyke Andrea Boat Lorraine Slycord Doug Heerema Nancy Vander Meulen Judy Huyser Leora Quinn Dorothy Dieleman Dorothy Vanden Olver Omassen Cub Nancy de Cook Norma Jean de Bruin Ellen Rempe Mary Sytama Tom Boat Dale Fleck

Editorial TO THE STUDENTS By Cheerleaders

Cheerleaders urge students to yell at pep meetings and games instead of gossiping. They note lack of skits, limited attendance at out of town games, and transportation and scheduling issues, praising basketball players for giving up pep meetings.

Chatterbox Christmas Sparked Cookie Club Banter

The piece recalls a Chatterbox Christmas with playful mentions of accurate spelling and names like Barbara Vos and Watts. It notes a cookie club among seniors during the period and hints at students returning from vacation ready to work.

Ae Pats Nee Watts Barbara Vos Vandeheat de Ines

Lunch line changes praised as class teamwork grows

Notes praise Mr Annis and the new lunch line system where classes take turns being first. The piece also mentions student cheers, a few stray editorials, and a humorous glossary of traffic hazards named Bumper Hugger and others describing risky driving behaviors.

Anni Mr. Annis Weaver Zipper Bulger

High School Class Prophecy Ends in Real Wedding

In a playful high school setting H Trimble recalls a poem from A V H about chasing affection. Time reveals Delores In't Weld and Carl Boat were wed a couple of weeks ago, turning a class prophecy into a real marriage.

H. Trimble Delores Carl Boat Carl

Student's Personal Preferences and Activities Report

A 17 year old senior lists favorites in food, literature, music, film, sports and hobbies. Preferences include Bonghetti and The Robe, with Ann Blyth as favorite actress and Robert Wagner as ideal actor. Activities span Band STOP Club GAA KTT Pep and Glee Clubs, plus writing and teaching ambitions with plans for a South Dakota move.

Bonghetti Christene the Robe” Deal Ann Blyth Robert Wagner South Dakota

Freshman's Lament on Plus and Minus

A playful verse by a student about arithmetic signs and their meanings. It ponders whether to add or subtract, noting confusion over positive and negative values and a line about one test score being zero minus four. The piece uses humor to explore how numbers behave in math.

Ver Heul

Buck Shots From the Office

Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Buerkens drove to Shreveport Louisiana to meet son Bruce on Christmas Day. They toured Camp Polk Baton Rouge New Orleans the French Quarter and the Cabildo before returning home via Arkansas and Missouri. The trip included visits to the Sugar Bowl Dorothe Dix and the Acadian region of Longfellow in New Iberia.

C. C. Buerkens Shreveport Bruce Pfe. Buerkens Camp Polk Bn 148Th Inf Baton Rouge Huey Long University State House New Orleans Vieux Carre Jackson Square Cabildo Louisiana France Iowa Sugar Bowl Mississippi Dorothy Dix Buerkenses Gulf Texas Longfellow New Iberia Rotary Club Mr. Vines Arkansas Ozarks Boston Mountains van Buren Bob Burns Mena Lum Abner Kansas City

Winter trip quote from Mr. Buerkens in Marion County travel note

The item notes a town in Marion County and a long road distance of 2,481 miles to a southern winter destination. Mr. Buerkens comments that a winter visit to the South is a fine experience for those who have never seen it.

Marion County

Favorite dish and media tastes survey item

A compact survey entry lists preferences including hot pork sandwiches as the top dish, the book Wild Dog, the song September, the movie Stalag 17, Audrey Hepburn as ideal actress, Charles Heston as ideal actor, hunting as sport, mechanical drawing as subject, drawing as pastime, a pet peeve about controlling people, and ambition to go to California.

Audrey Hepburn Charles Heston California

Harold Bean Profile and Post-Grad Plans

Harold Bean, 18, with black hair, plans to attend art school after graduation and enlist in the Navy. The brief notice highlights his upcoming milestones and career intentions following high school.

Navy Harold Bean

Crew survey begins on Highway 14 from Monroe south

A State Highway Commission party of five led by Leo Romesburg started a preliminary survey of Highway 14 from the Red Rock stub north to Monroe. The crew is headquartered at night in Newton. Right of way was bought and grading finished for paving between the Des Moines River end of pavement and the Red Rock corner years ago.

State Highway Commission Highway 14 Red Rock Monroe Leo Romesburg Newton Des Moines River Red Rock Corner Knoxville Journal

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Wayne Vander Pol Ralph Jaarsma Phyllis Butler Joyce van Roekel Avis Ver Hoef Chatterbox Firestone Foanex Buck Board of Education Humber Fowler Telephone CO Nandle PELLA Rand Poll Parrot Star Brand Tyles Oxfords
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