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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1954
Page
8
A high school class leads a March of Dimes drive urging community support for polio victims. Students present speeches in multiple rooms, stressing heart over hearing and the need for funds to help those in iron lungs, braces, or crutches.
The GAA led Monday morning devotions with readings from Timothy Philippians and verses stressing daily purpose. Darlene Van y Kathy Redeker selected verses containing the word must and John 3 7 30 John 4 4 and Acts 16 30. Ruth Pipper led prayer and Judy Cook Judy In t Weld sang The Lord is My Shepherd. Awards were given for the first semester.
A collection of brief childhood nickname origins. Eleanor Gaass recalls “Duke” from crying as a baby, Darlene Van Wyk cites the class of ’62. Max Vander Pal explains Dubit from doing little. Bob Bugert traces Bugs to Robert and Bunny. Aldora Buwaldal mentions Aggie. Wayne Vander Pol describes Wink from mispronunciation. Frank Brower recounts Cherry from ordering two cherries instead of cherries and nuts.
A student daydreams during study hall about appearances and romance while rushing through class, then shifts to a boy called Zeke causing mischief. The piece contrasts looks and behavior, ending with a prompt about wasting study time and accountability.
Annual progress note lists Duchess staff roles and deadlines. It names Joyce Leu as editor, Cleo Verho Pe as co editors, Joanne uw and Ruth weese Murray as editors, Patsy Schreiner as drama editor, and others including Gwen Vanden Berg literary editor and Ruth Psopho more editor. Deadline for copy is February 15.
Joan Walraven, 17, analyzes her tastes from chili to These Happy Golden Years and Show Boat. She lists skating and basketball as favorite sports, typing as a served subject, and plans after graduation as college or secretarial work.
An Hour in PHS offers a playful mock hour where teachers become students. The scene opens with the principal’s history class as Henry Reysack Cecil Vines and Lois Sayler lean from windows chatting with peers before the bell rings and they hurry to their seats.
Louis Brunckhorst flies a paper airplane as Henri etta Ver Heul and Jane Gosselink tease John Groendyke. Jim Ruthven is moved for noise, Henry Reysack tosses a wad of paper, and Norman Annis is kept after for desk carving. Helen Neuber notes while Jean Wilkins trips her and grabs Helen’s notes, then she retrieves them as halls clear for another class.
Wayne Vander Pol describes favorites from food to film and sport. He lists T bone steak, fried potatoes, Forever Amber, The Velvet Glove, From Here to Eternity, Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, football, hunting, and outdoor life. He aims to be a lawyer and participates in Pelladium, Letter Club, Thespians, football, and baseball. He is 5'7" with blue eyes and brown hair.
The column captures lighthearted chatter about the end of semester tests at PHS. Notes mention students switching to home economics, the task of bringing grades home, and social antics around exams. Names like Kathy, Judy, Dick V Z, Sparrow T and Carl V R appear among playful remarks.
A fragmentary report describes a muscle rub marketed as penetrating and toxin reducing. A customer claims it eases shoulder and neck pain enough to improve sleep, noting gratitude to the product. The text shows garbled OCR from an older column.
A reader wonders why Beth B. carried a bumper hugger and if it ties to the Monroe Festival. Judy Cook’s sprained ankle kept her home, while rumors swirl about laughter in class over Louis the Fat. Judy I. V. appears keen to erase summer memories by destroying photos with a special friend.
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