17 Jan 1946
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1946
Page
1
Kathryn Knoche R N advisory nurse spoke to students and staff in the high school auditorium about the tuberculosis testing program. A film highlighted the project and instructions for the January 25 testing day were given. Free service encouraged for all.
A campus Pep Band fills the band room with music each Monday evening between 6 45 and 7 30 evoking solid rhythm. The piece notes occasional sour notes but highlights the energetic practice and lively atmosphere surrounding the group.
LeRoy Baughman argues senior classes at PALS should publish an annual to capture school memories. He notes talent exists and student interest is high though timing is tight, stressing ambition and cooperation as key. A yearbook could revive memories and find a market among faculty and students.
The Pep Band keeps morale high at games but members frequently misplace music during practice and on Monday evenings you may hear questions like What happened to my music. The piece notes the challenges of organizing the band and the recurring issue of misplaced sheets.
A senior girl described with sparkling brown eyes and dark brown hair stands five feet six inches tall and weighs about 125 pounds. She is energetic and always wears a smile, tackling difficult tasks with ease. Her greatest ambition is to become a nurse, and she was spotlighted after Jean Leu in the Pelladium.
Monday January 7 devotion led by Mr Buerkens featured a letter by St Joseph High School teacher Wendall Haner. The piece lampoons quirky student types such as Barn Owls Locker Lizards Chomping Chumps Study hall Signaler Dome Draper Grandma and Scooter Sap with aims to curb such nuisances and urge better study habits and foresight through New Year resolutions.
Peggey Leu Jenn Leu and Marcella Vander Will were named winners of cash prizes in a music essay contest held last week. The topic explored how belonging to an orchestra enhances life, with entries open to students from elementary through high school under an anonymous sponsor. A few younger pupils also won prizes.
By the time you read this report cards will be handed out and last weeks mood is visible. Students tally achievements in seminars and relief drive efforts while Everett Vande Voort roams the halls. Birdsall leaves for Central College and Mrs Richardson adopts a new name. The Telladium editorial on citizenship blanks sparked a student council meeting with faculty to discuss the situation.
Students joke about creating a Recuperation Week and laugh at campus rumors. The chatter references Darlene Halverson in a waste-basket prank, birthday cheers for Jack Thomassen, and sly barbs about Mr. Buerkens and Mrs. Richardson. A lighthearted call to improve grades closes the note.
The piece recounts a practice session where Vander Ploeg to Gaass connects a high catch to Giz. A collision with G. Nesbit ends the play as the arena shifts to a spirited but hard hitting basketball vibe. It notes the All Star bench sparking morale through humor and humorless pep as cheerleaders sharpen team spirit.
More than 620 high school pupils from 55 counties in Iowa enter the contest to write Why Iowa is the Best State to Live Work and Prosper. The program runs February 1 to March 31, 1946 with $600 in prizes. District prizes are 35 and 15 dollars. state winner 260 dollars. Local merchants are invited to add county prizes. Local hearings will be allowed for winners.
Marion County Hereford breeders consign 11 cattle to the Iowa Hereford Association Show and Sale at Cedar Rapids January 28 29 drawing 342 head from 44 counties. Banquet January 27 Hotel Montrose Cedar Rapids. Judges Albert Mitchell and Sam Marting. Bulls sell January 29 and females January 28.
Extremely high fox populations and rising coyote numbers drive snow tracking hunts. The trend points to one of the most exacting hunting sports as hunters pursue foxes amid abundant prey and challenging conditions.
Iowa notes report peak activity before February first with up to 400 hunters in fox group hunts statewide. Trail dog enthusiasts chase foxes and wolves while counties pay fox bounties up to three dollars and wolf bounties five dollars per adult. Fox and wolf pelts fetch low prices amid a continuous open season.
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