Pella Closes Basketball Season With 14 Wins
Pella High finished the season 14 wins 10 losses after a district tournament exit. Standouts include Cleo Verhoef with 322 points 121 FGs and 80 FTs 13.4 pg average, Paul Dingeman 279 points 11.6 pg, Glen Boat 266 points 11.0 pg, and Jun Ikuta 6.0 pg. Freshman-sophomore squad went 13 6 under Jim Ruthven with a 40.4 ppg team average.
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Ralph Saarsma
Pella High
Lors
Cleo Verhoef
Aul Dingeman
Glen Boat
Jun Ikuta
Bill de Haan
Arnold Fe Jong
Don Hiemstra
Jerb Blom
Kenneth de Wild
Dick Edwards
Alvin Hiemstra
Nelson Bogaards
Phil Cummings
Jerry Walster
Paul Dingeman
Jan Thuta
Herb Blom
On Hiemstra
Ken de Wild
Verhoef
Jun Ikuta Reed
Herbilom
Jim Ruthven
Bob Boyert
John van Waardhuizen
Gene de Heer
Jim Duffus
Butch Shepard
Max van Rees
Tom Boat
Tom Gas
Max Vander Pal
Jim de Bruin
Don Rowenhorst
Donald Bogaard
Harley van Roekel
Gwen Vanden Berg Collegebound Senior Interview Snapshot
Gwen Vanden Berg, 5'6" with brown hair and brown eyes, lists T-bones as her favorite dish and The Gown of Jory as her best liked book. She enjoys reading, favors the song Houdini, and names Janet Leigh as an ideal actress. She participates in Student Council Band Honor Society K.T.T. Pe Club Pelladium Duchess Staff Thespians STOP Club. After graduation she plans to go to college and share an apartment with Jody when they start teaching.
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T-bones
Jory
Houdini
Janet Leigh
Jody
K.T.T
Pelladium
Duchess Staff
Thespians
Gwen Vanden Berg
Editor staffing list reflects editorial team and contributors
The document names the editorial leadership and a broad roster of editors, associate editors, sports editors, cartoonists, proof readers, and reporters. Included are Shirley Ann Rook and Gwen Vanden Berg among editors, with numerous reporters and cub reporters listed.
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So Prece Rere
Shirley Ann Rook
Gwen Vanden Berg
Shirley Growndyke
Kathy Redeker
Wayne Vander Pol
Ralph Jaarsma
Harold Bean
Phyllis Butler
Joyce van Roeker
Avis Ver Hoeft
Our Boys Need More Pep From Pella Fans
Editorial chastises Pella fans for weak support in district and sectional games. It urges stronger cheering and steadier pep leadership, noting missed energy from cheerleaders and at pep meetings. Calls for united student turnout and responsible cheer leadership next year.
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Pella
Newton
Colfax
Devotions at Groendyke Discuss Law and Trust
Groendyke led devotions reading Matthew 5 38 48 about loving enemies. He contrasted two types of law enforceable and unenforceable noting city hall rules and national codes and cited that forty two in every hundred0 Americans have prison records.
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Groendyke
United States
Farmer and Honest Law A Moral Plea
A letter recounts a farmer denying a dishonest food law act and declaring the law would make him honest. The writer closes with a prayer, arguing that honor surpasses law and that honor can be enforced by love rather than by enforcement.
Shirley Rook Personal Profile and Plans After Graduation
Shirley Rook, an 18 year old described as 5'4 with blonde hair and blue eyes, lists roast beef as favorite dish and Esther Wilms as favorite actress. She enjoys bowling or skating, hopes to work as a private secretary after graduation, and is active in Honor Society Pep Club and other campus organizations. She spent time with an Air Force member and pursues secretarial work in her post graduation plans.
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Esther Wilms
John Wayne
Air Force
Pelladium
Duchess Staff
G.A.A
Shirley Rook
Question Box: readers reveal dream travel plans
Miss Gosselink wants to visit the Andes in South America. Barry K favors the Hawaiian Islands. Katie V E chooses Hawaii and Korea. Mary Anne D V would circle the world, not alone. Eugene G would go to Moscow and shoot Malenkov with a water pistol, etc.
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Miss Gosselink
Andes
South America
Barry K
Hawaiian Islands
Katie V. E
Korea
Mary Anne D. V
Eugene G
Moscow
Malenkov
Violet R
Joan G
Girlsters
Jo Ann WY. H
Camp Polk
Phyllis B
Canada
Iowa
Jonroe
Buck Shot and Visual Education in Modern Schools
The article notes that drilling and repetition remain essential to assimilation, citing Ribs Flores and a formula analogy. It argues contrast requires frequent exposure, recounts past multiplication drill, and praises visual education methods such as movies, strip films, maps, and charts to reduce repetition. Dr. Irvin Bunde of Town State Teachers College visited last week.
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Irvin Bunde
Town State Teachers College
Teaching Arithmetic with Colorful Classroom Tools
A speaker toured the school with devices for grade arithmetic including fraction boxes pie plates spools on strings flannel boards and peg boards to illustrate number positions. The aim is to shorten instruction time and improve assimilation.
Chatterbox Tales and Schoolroom Snippets
The note recalls playful classroom moments and gossip from a school year. Senior girls discuss hand lotion while Mr. Brunckhorst teaches marriage and family living, linking to lighthearted confessions and a chilly reading session. The 1954 basketball girls held a supper and Joan Gosselink posed for photos as classmates tease study hall antics. Lake Champlain is mentioned as a geographical aside.
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Greendyke
Jene Oke Grady
Brunckhorst
Nckhorst
Joan Gosselink
Douglas H
Delores V. B
Dorothy V. O
Harold B
Harold
Avis W. H
Jeanie
Children Can't Answer All of Your Questions
Aston Snifth suggests children respond with uncertainty when pressed for reasons. A kindergartener named Jack kicks a cart, breaks a doll, and answers that he does not know why. The piece critiques forceful questioning and offers empathy over coercion in child behavior.
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Aston Snifth
Jack
Quiet Approach to Healing Family Conflicts
A psychologist urges a calm, indirect method for resolving parental and child conflicts. She notes a five year old struggles to articulate under pressure, and adults often misjudge their own impulses. Take time, listen, and let the child express thoughts in his own words before seeking precise answers.
Louisiana Purchase Expanded U S Territory Through Quiet Approach
The text notes the Louisiana Purchase nearly doubling the United States size and mentions a quiet indirect approach in shaping that expansion. It emphasizes how measured diplomacy and strategic actions expanded national borders and influence.
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