Ag Students Enjoy Day In Ottumwa
Agriculture classes at the Beet Cattle Field Day in Ottumwa Coliseum on Thursday January 20 featured outstanding speakers and a well rounded program. Exhibits included mypec market cattle live cattle bases and retail meats while a speaker noted pasture production can greatly reduce risk by lowering costs especially when margins are tight. The plan requires pasture good winter feed and about two years time and emphasized learning by doing and seeing.
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Ottumwa Coliseum
Spelling Contest To Be Held in Knoxville Soon
The Marion County Spelling Contest takes place at the Knox Court House on Saturday with Pella Junior High School sending representatives. This item recalls past winners and notes Beulah Roorda and Marilla Vander Meulen as notable contestants, plus a nod to events from January 13.
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Knoxville
Marion County
Knox Court House
Saturd
Pella
Junial High
Marilla Vander Meulen
Marilla
Washington, D.C
Iowa
Marlene Sels
Beulah Roorda
Farmers Credit, Union
Farmers Union Co-op
Marketing Ass'n
Lesion Hall
Johnny
Dodge
Gerrit Sneliers
Vander Hart
Glen Renaud
Walter Renaud
Sully
Marion Verwers
Myron Steenbock
Leonard van Wyk
Liston Courtney
Les
Apologies to Mr Buerkens Correcting a Middle Name
A reporter corrects last week’s claim about Mr Buerkens middle name. Bruce cannot reveal it but says a student guessed it correctly. Readers are asked to check last week’s Pelladium for the right answer and to extend apologies to Mr Buerkens.
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Mr. Buerkens
Bruce
Carl
Pelladium
Twin Van Wyk twins share hobbies and hopes
Dale and Don Van Wyk are portrayed with contrasting tastes in pool and feet, food and colors, and diverging goals. Don wants to teach physics in Illinois, while Dale desires a desert island week with Virginia Mayo. They wake at eight and late, proving twins may look alike yet differ strongly.
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Dale van Wyk
Don
Dale
Navy
Dalé
van Wyks
Devotions at Morning Service Opened by Whalley
Mr Whalley opened Monday Morning Devotions with the first Psalm described as a definition of a good man He then read Henry Van Dykes Four Things and closed the session by reading II Kings 1823 and leading the group in prayer
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Mr. Whalley
Henry van Dyke
Bouquet of Complaints About Rural Lunchrooms
Editorial laments dirty lunchroom conditions in rural schools. It highlights grim, paint smell and dirt-covered tables and urges students and staff to help clean and improve the cafeteria environment. The piece frames lunchroom cleanliness as a shared community issue needing action.
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Rees
Thes
Ias
Home Ec and Typing Classes Highlight School News
The Home Ec and Home Economics sections plan a two-breakfast event with group servings and costume work. Advanced typing students study alphabetic filing mimeograph use and stencil handling while two dictaphone units aid transcription. Shorthand contest material starts, with juniors earning Commercial Club membership via typing pins.
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June de Cook
Tomie Ikuta
Audrey Roorda
Helen van Zante
Joy Denburger
What would you do if someone gave you an euthanasia
The item records quirky quotes from Mary Van Vliet Orville Tysseling Marilyn Vanden Ber Patty Vriezelaar Paul Blom Miss Veriluel Reuben Terlouw on how they would react to an euthanasia. It ends with a plain definition: euthanasia is a painless death to relieve pain.
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Mary van Vliet
Orville Tysseling
Marilyn
Marvin Vanden Berback
Patty Vriezelaar
Paul Blom
Miss Veriluel
Reuben Terlouw
Gether
Doris Verros
Dale Steenhoek
Violet Enghers
Violet
Emma Heimstra
Student Council Schedules Citizenship Grade Talks
The council discussed citizenship grades and appointed Marvin De Treis, Marie n Ray, and Ardith Van Houweling to work with faculty on the matter. Milk lunch program success was reported and will continue, entertainment between basketball halves was noted, and petty theft incidents have declined. Photos were taken for the 49 Duchess after adjournment.
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Coupeet
Marvin de Treis
Marien Ray
Ardith van Houweling
Who Was Evelena Oliver in the Quiz Clues
A puzzling Who's Who quiz describes five clues about a vivacious sophomore born in Pella in a brick house on the road to Knoxville, a basketball active junior high ward, a studious geometry fan, a resident near Central Park with cherry pie as a favorite, and a blue eyed brown haired girl seen in halls with Low Ann Leas.
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Pella
Knoxville
Bloc
Central Park
Low Ann Leas
Las
Evelena Oliver
Why Buy 49th Annual Faces Climb As Costs Rise
The Duchess star notes a 50 cent price increase driven by higher printing costs and a larger annual. The staff aims to fix common annual flaws by resizing faces, hiding identities in ads, adding at least five pages of feature pictures, and selecting portraits carefully to avoid overuse.
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Duchess” Star
Rules for Keeping the Lunch Room Clean and Orderly
A humorous guide lists ten rules for cafeteria etiquette, lampooning messy behavior and the cleanup process. It jokes about disposing waste under tables, scattering peels, turning up radios, and avoiding actual cleanup duties while hinting at a request for an annual subscription. The tone is satirical and instructional with playful warnings about the forthcoming cleanup committee.
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Toad
Mehetuhel
Stewart
Co op Yard Promotes Lumber And Farm Supplies
Display items at the Co op Oil Station and Lumber Yard advertise hog houses, skids, windows, roof, siding and paint with delivery pricing. News notes include shipments of plaster, sheetrock, rock lath, and a push for spring cleaning materials, plus farm meetings, personnel changes, and a Broken rib incident at the yard.
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Co-op
Will D. van Wyk
Glen Renaud
Paul I. Renaud
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