New Head for High School Commercial Dept
Mrs Laura Puffer arrives as substitute for the semester at Pella High School. She brings training from Shell Rock Iowa normal school Gates Business College Fond du Lac and La Salle University for stenotype work. She has served as secretary of the National Commercial Teachers Federation department and spoken at conventions on shorthand and transcription.
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Shell Hook
Iowa
Gates Business College
Waterloo
Fountain City Business College
Fond de Lac
Wisconsin
Puffer
The
la Salle Extension University
National Commercial Teachers’ Federation
University of Chicago
Pella
Gertrude Van der Ploeg Wins D A R Citizenship Award
Gertrude Van der Ploeg, senior, receives the D A R Citizenship Award for leadership. She led in votes from seniors and faculty and serves as class president with roles in GALA, Pep Club, Junior Legion Auxiliary, and band. She helps with typing and is secretary to many teachers, earning P S praise.
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Gertrude van der Ploeg
Marjorie An Wyk
Anne
P. S
Trudy
Pella High Presents For Nothing Did the Chicken Sing
Pella High students staged a one act play about preparing a chicken for the county fair. A gypsy character steals a $100 chicken, causing a playful anticlimax as the scene unfolds. Marie Healy, Pella High commercial teacher, leaves for Miami to teach at a business college after five and a half years of shaping future businessmen and many top students. Seniors honored her with a desk fountain pen set engraved The Class of 1941, and the faculty gave a cameo brooch as thanks for her friendship and work.
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Pella High
Marie Healy
MIER
Pella
Newspaper Staff Roster Names Editors Reporters and Typists
An organizational list details the Editor-in-Chief Publicity Editor Exchange Editor Reporters and Typists including Sara Buwalda Jerry Carpenter Arthur Farrand Tom Grundman Howard Halverson Marjorie Van Wyk Cor Van Gorp Ray Klootwyk Norman Van Houweling Mildred Bishop and Marcin Ver Steel Typists Gertrude Vander Ploeg and Maxine Vander Veer.
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Sara Buwalda
Jerry Carpenter
Arthur Farrand
Tom Grundman
Howard Halverson
Marjorie van Wyk
Cor van Gorp
Ray Klootwyk
Norman van Houweling
Mildred Bishop
Marcin Ver Steel
Gertrude Vander Ploeg
Maxine Vander Veer
Supporting the team through school spirit and pep
Editorial urges students to actively support teams and pep club efforts during games. It highlights student cooperation with cheerleaders, handling setbacks with resilience, and notes a recent unusual holiday event replacing basketball with a fundraiser for teacher Marie Healy. The piece calls for unity and positive response to leadership changes.
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Fie
Pellasi
Pella Ii
Jaime
Marie Healy
Part Time Agriculture Class Makes Notable Progress
The Part Time Class in Agriculture took field trips to dairy and beef farms, judged dairy cattle at A. T. Blom and Ralph Grundman, and beef cattle at Gerrit Van Haalen and Van Lint Mathes. Dwight Mathes joined to view Shorthorn calves. They also studied hog types this week and elected officers Edwin Bensink president Willis Vande Voort vice president Gene Van Zoe secretary Arthur De Kock treasurer. Committees include Recreational verett Vanden Berg Jake Vos Lawrence mn and Social Warner Williamson Willis Vande Voort Harold Wittenburg. The class meets Wednesdays and Fridays with after class basketball practice at the Bigourney Part school forthcoming.
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A. T. Blom
Ralph Grundman
Gerrit van Haalen
van Lint
Edwin Bensink
Willis Vande
Gene van Zoe
Arthur de Kock
Verett Vanden Berg
Jake Vos
Lawrence Mn
Warner Willemson
Willis Vande Voort
Harold Wittenburg
Diagonal Five Defeats Little Dutch In Kinship Rivalry
Diagonal Five with Keith Davis and Rudy Schilder led by 36 to 24 over Pella in a non conference clash on a Friday night. Davis scored most baskets for Diagonal while Schilder led Pella with three field goals in a tight contest. Brummel’s side then beat Pella seconds 8 to 7.
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Pella
Maroons
Keith Davis
Davis
Rudy Schilder
Ernie Brummel
P.P. A
Pella High Receives Army Alumni Letter From James Lents
James Lents, Pella High last year graduate now in the army at Fort Francis E. Warren Wyoming, reports a swell Army life. He serves in Company E of the 28th Quartermaster Regiment, heads post files, types communications, and enjoys a new gym and post theatre while awaiting basketball with the Medical Corps. He invites letters home.
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James Lents
Pella Hi
Gosselink
Fort Francis E. Warren Wyoming
28Th Quartermaster Regiment
Post Headquarters
Pella High Students Top Scores in April Test
In April last year Pella High School students ranked high on the Understanding Modernty test. Junior Arvena hayser Irwin Lubbers Jean Renaud Betty Vander Waal and others led the list with seniors such as Wayne Vanden Borg Mildred Bishop Sara Buwalda Carol Carson Freda Hocksema William Huyser Janet Vande Kieft Max Kuyk Charles Lautenbach Carl Vander Linden Anna Ruth Roorda Gordon Rugaard Marcia Ver Stoeg Phyllis Ver Ploog Lois Van Viidt Earl Vogelaar John Vander Waal June Weyers among top scorers.
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Pella High School
Arvena Hayser
Irwin Lubbers
Jean Renaud
Betty Vander Waal
Stanley Verploegh
Wayne Vanden Borg Mildred Bishop
Sara Buwalda
Carol Carson
Freda Hocksema
William Huyser
Janet Vande Kieft
Max Kuyk
Charles Lautenbach
Carl Vander Linden Anna Ruth Roorda
Gordon Rugaard
Marcia Ver Stoeg
Phyllis Ver Ploog
Lois van Viidt
Earl Vogelaar
John Vander Waal
June Weyers
Test score gains noted for area high schools
Gene Wormhoudt Freda Van Wyk Marjorie Van Wyk Loren Vander Zyl report improving consecutive year averages in a test across grades nine to twelve. In the top group they show rising scores from grade nine to twelve, with lower groups similarly distributed and seventeens schools about the size of Pella averaging higher overall, especially above grade nine.
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Gene Wormhoudt
Freda van Wyk
Marjorie van Wyk
Loren Vander Zyl
Pella
Under Cover Gossip From Around These Parts
Eye and Ear gossip column recaps campus rumors about hair color jokes, a student statue unveiling, Home Ec weight loss exercises, Beatrice Schippers toe touch, Serry Carpenter’s new dog, Harriet Klein’s tie clasp, Monk and the Lincoln game collection, Mrs Puffer joining P H 8 faculty, Civil War reconstruction gun rights, Tom Grundman on razor blades, and note that Arctic mosquitoes are among the hungriest species.
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Lloyd Menning
Carol Cook
Yehudi
Beatrice Schippers
Ife
Serry Carpenter
Harriet Klein
Harriet
Monk
Mrs. Puffer
Tom Grundman
Farm Crop Class Maps Borgman Farm for Soil Conservation
The Farm Crop class, led by Mr. Dockendorf, mapped the Borgman farm northeast of Pella on January 21 1941 to plan field arrangements that conserve soil and boost productivity. Army map making training is noted as a separate effort.
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United States Army
Dockendorf
Borgman
Pella
Borgman Farm
Hollywood Scout Cebuhar Talks To P I 8 Students
Talent scout Steve Cebuhar spoke at P I 8 high school detailing behind the scenes film work. He warned that stardom requires hard work and coping with disappointments and explained process shooting and pre screen test nerves. He urged students not to judge actors by movie roles.
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Steve Cebuhar
Hollywood
Cebuhar
Karloff hobby noted. actor praised for flower interest
The article mentions Boris Karloff as a horror film star who raises flowers as a hobby and notes that M West avoids smoking and nightclubs. It also quotes r Cebuhar on filming a minute scene often needing about 15 takes to reach a usable shot.
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Boris Karloff
M West
R. Cebuhar
Ice and Snow Hit School Yet Gabby Mensch Falls
The article notes many falls around school due to ice and snow while Gabby Mensch’s chair collapsed at band rehearsal. It mentions anticipation for the contest music and tonight's vocal concert, with praise for Miss Tusseling and her songbirds. It highlights the freshmen girls’ chatter after rehearsal and a skating party after practice, plus a new band number at the Pella-Diagonal game praised for its skyrocket trio. twirlers receive congratulations for Friday’s half game exhibition.
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Gabby
Mensch
Nature
Tusseling
Twirlers Impress With Help From Instructors
The younger group enjoyed the performance and the twirlers with instructors Mr. Ruby and Luella Vander Waal received praise for their guidance.
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Mr. Ruby and
Luella Vander Waal
Miss Healy Leaves Colfax After Championship Era
When we think of typing and shorthand we recall a cherished helper. Miss Healy, not tall nor fat, rarely wore a hat and joined Colfax years ago bringing home their first ever championship. The note wishes her success and asks for news if she reaches the top. The piece also reports a false alarm when Colfax siren rang at 12:30, later revealing a failed noon alarm and a stray contact.
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Colfax
Rains Registers 1911 Hupmobile For 31st Time
Asa S. Rains of Benton registers his 1911 Hupmobile roadster for the 31st time. Car number 150 has belonged to him most of the period.
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Asa S. Rains
Benton
Mr. Rains
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