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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1975
Page
7
A new bus schedule and earlier dismissal time, approved by the Board of Education on January 7, took effect last Thursday and is now permanent. Dismissal is 13 minutes earlier at 3 20, saving about 1 440 gallons of gasoline yearly, with PHS students boarding first before younger children.
High school wrestlers cut weight to fit lower brackets by increasing exercise and reducing calories. Coach Jerry Hirrschoff notes the sacrifice required and advises avoiding starchy foods while favoring lean protein. If needed, wrestlers may wear sweat jackets. one boy reportedly even shaved his head for a minor weight loss.
Pep Club members helped during the Pella Invitational Wrestling Tournament. Girls cleaned tables in the cafeteria and guarded valuables in the coat room for visiting cheerleaders. A fundraising meeting is planned to buy new cheerleading uniforms.
Kindergarteners at Webster School listened as Matt Weller, PHS senior, read a story from Creative Writing. Mrs Heusinkveld praised the project. students and teachers described an engaging session with clapping and praise. Meanwhile Home Ec students work on embroidery, afghans, quilts and knitted items for display.
The SCIBA Honor Band concert features top high school musicians from Iowa including Mary Van Wyk and Mary Van Ekeren of Pella. Members perform in two ensembles, the King and the Sousa, under conductors Jimmy Howard Reynolds and Gary Slechta.
Mr Ray Dieleman, maintenance supervisor at Pella High, said two trash cans chained to building poles initially worked but the campus grew messier over the year. The cans cost 32 dollars each and the school hopes students will use them to improve campus ecology in the future.
Mary Overman, PHS senior, presides over Pep Club and AFS. She organizes homecoming, chaperones for pep buses, hall decorations, and AFS weekend events inviting foreign exchange students. Active in French Club, NHS, Girls' Varsity Club, band, golf, Mixed Chorus and music groups. aims for Iowa State University.
PHS teachers become testy as semester tests are set for Wednesday to Friday. Tests listed include Bookkeeping to Animal Science today, with Thursday covering Modern Problems to Welding, and Friday featuring Government Economics to Geography History. Despite the tests, teachers continue daily assignments, though shorter.
Readable calendar notes list upcoming winter sports and activities including boys and girls basketball in Albia Centerville Osceola and Chariton, wrestling tournaments at Centerville Sigourney Grinnell and a February 1 Honor Band Concert in Des Moines. Also mentions state speech contest and sectional wrestling dates.
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