Mr Buerkens Attends Meeting In Saint Louis
We are proud of Fred Heerema who graduated from PHS in 1940 and whose Wellsburg Girls basketball team won the State Championship in Des Moines. Navy training at San Diego kept Sheldon Vos home on ten day furlough while substitute teachers were in high demand. Teachers filled in at Junior High and Lincoln as Edith Nikkel was absent. Principal Vande Voort pursues a master’s thesis on Vocational Guidance after sending out a nationwide questionnaire. The AASA meeting in St Louis drew leaders and featured ex governor Arnall and President.
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Fred Heerema
PHS
Fred
Wellsburg
Des Moines
Central
Pactice
Sheldon Vos
Shot
San Diego
California
Bob Wilkinson
Elmer de Winter
Everett Fink
Fred Whalley
Lincoln
Edith Nikkel
AASA
American Association of School Administers
St. Louis
Arnall
Georgia
Turnin Things Into Opposites Parade Delusion Tale
In a stream of reversed names and odd encounters the narrator narrates a hall scene where a queen named Beulah De Ther is identified and a group including Roberta Going Bernice Diamond and others move through a hall hearing music while Iswoman and Ronald guide to an instrument room. The passage lists many participants in order of appearance with tangled surnames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kam
Betty Peterson
Audrey de Old
Beulah de Ther
Roberta Going
Bernice Diamond
Arnold Dykeharn
Roland Nosesink
Trong
Larry You
Betty Petersma
Audrey de Jonge
de Heer
Roberta Waits
Bern Ruby
Arnold Dykehouse
Roland. Bysink
Glen Bergman
Ronald Morrow
Sarah Anne Gosselink
TaVelma Walaven
Ann de Cook
Marilyn van ‘Veen
Vernon
Trueblood
Marvin Anderson
Verlo Rhinehart
Mary Armstrong
Larry Easton
Progress in Schools with New Teaching Aids at Harvard
Conant of Harvard University notes exposure to many new ideas for schools including a device for teaching reading. Green chalk boards replace old blackboards and germicidal lighting is used to improve vision. An electronic timing master clock rings bells in multiple buildings without wires, showcasing rapid progress in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conant
Harvard University
Ritz Trumpeteers Assembly Program Well Presented
The Ritz Trumpeteers presented a versatile instrumental program for the student body on March 8. Edwin Boorman Dick Schultz Ben Ritzenthauler and pianist Paulina Hippensteel performed with Mr Ritzenthauler directing on trombone saxophone and bassoon. Enchantment on sax was a highlight and Scherzo in E minor featured Hippensteel. The program closed with the spring march Your Land and My Land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritzenthauser
Ritz
Edwin Boorman
New York
Dick Schultz
Ilinois
Ben Ritzenthauler
California
Paulina Hippensteel
Om Ilinois
Ritzenthauler
Miss Hippensteel
Schertzo
Mendelssohn
Your Land
My Land
Vernon Trueblood Crowned Badminton Champion
Vernon Trueblood, a sophomore, won the boys badminton title by defeating Gerald Angove. Round results show Trueblood advancing through rounds with notable wins including 16-3 and 15-6 in the final. Others advancing included Paul Klyn and Jim Van Ouweling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Trueblood
Gerald Angove
Dale Jarman
Ronnie van Niewaal
Paul Klyn
Hrandt van Maanen
Vernon ‘Trueblood
Ronald Grandin
Verle Rinehart
Sidney de Haan
Elmer van Dusseldorp
Weyers Earns Second Team Honor On South Central Iowa Grid
Senior forward Harry Weyers earns a spot on the South Central Iowa all conference second team. The Little Dutch finished 12 wins and 8 losses, with a District Tourney exit to Albia. Weyers and teammates like Van Berkum and Sels closed their prep careers in the district event.
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Harry Weyers
Iowa
Remy
Albia
Weeks
Indianola
Diaz
Valley
Shupe
Chariton
Roan
Shotwell
Knoxville
Weyers
Pella
Daw
Trent
Lincoln
McKee
Tech
Little Dutch
Prames
Marion” County
Panthers
Leo
Sels
Dale van Andy van Berkum
P H S Student Wins D A R Garment Contest
Frances Van Maanen a freshman from Leighton won the County D A R garment contest held in Oskaloosa home making parlors on Saturday March 6 Two awards were given with Van Maanen earning first and a Barnes City contestant receiving the other She and peers Edwarda Grandia and Vivian Walster entered simple afternoon frocks and Van Maanen advances to the state contest in Des Moines
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Frances van Maanen
Oskaloosa
van Maanen
Leighton
Des Moines
Miss van Maanen
Barnes City
Edwarda Grandia
Vivian Walster
Frances
Do You Have That Get Up And Go Feeling
A playful school note describes a mock illness called mumps as a starry eyed classroom buzz. It chronicles junior class colors chosen by Garal Ver Steg and others, citing laziness and scattered effort as symptoms. The piece hints spring vacation as a remedy and notes dates around PTLS break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garal
Steg
Carol
Vande Voort
Mary Ruth Kempkes
Lincoln Webster kindergartners start rhythm band fun
The kindergarteners made drums sticks bells and blocks and perform rhythm hands. Next week they begin their Before We Read books as part of classroom activities.
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Lincoln and
Webster
Monday Morning Devotions at School
Mrs. Van de Vaort led devotions on Monday morning with a Scripture reading about Jesus as a boy. Students then gathered for prayer before viewing two films, How to Read A Book and Magnificent Obsessions, the latter about a man who finds happiness by helping others for free.
Who's Who Brown-Eyed Farm Lassie at Local School
A north town resident with brown eyes stands out in halls with a friendly hello. Active in many school activities she loves basketball and horse back riding, often serving as a reliable, flexible performer in plays, glee club, and chorus while paired with a boy named Phil Mentink.
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Phil Mentink
Raymond den Adel
Audubon Club forms as spring birds return at school
Students note robins as a sign of spring and form an Audubon Junior Club planning weekly meetings. They prepare for a high jump practice, with students sailing over the rope at varying heights. Miss Margaret Kosters teaches reading to a small group while Robert Leydens shows perfect attendance in fourth grade. Fifth graders study early transportation and display flatboat, locomotive, stagecoach, and covered wagon models. Geography projects map the United States. The sixth grade staged the play The Proud Princess on March 9.
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Johnny Lautenbach
Robins
Margaret Kosters
Robert Leydens
United States
Senior Play Cast Announced by Mrs. Vande Voort
Mrs. Vera Vande Voort directs the senior class in Patterson Greene's Papa Is AI, to be staged April 1. Cast includes Marvin De Heus as Papa Aukamp, Dixie Balstad as Mama, Delores Swank as Emma, Gene Petersma as Anke, Dan Crosby as State Trooper Brendle, Lorraine De Haan as Mrs. Aukamp, with Trene Cade as assistant director and Beulah De Hee as bookholder.
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Papa
Patterson Greene
Vera Vande Voort
Papa Aukamp
Marvin de Heus
Mama Aukamp
Dixie Balstad
Emma Aukamp
Delores Swank
Anke Aukamp
Gene Petersma
Brendle
Dan Crosby
Pennsylvania
Lorraine de Haan
Trene Cade
Beulah de Hee
Junior Senior Banquet Committees Hold Secret Meetings
Crank Week Squeek reports that PHS juniors have secured funds and are planning the annual banquet. Seniors anticipate a grand event with committee chairmen Donna Veenstra for Program Elisabeth Kempkes for Food Violet Kuyper and Ruby Leydens for Decoral in charge. The theme remains undisclosed by design.
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Donna Veenstra
Elisabeth Kempkes
Violet, Kuyper
Ruby Leydens
Citizenship Grades Topic of the Student Council
At noon on March 9 the Student Council adopted a new method to record citizenship grades. Marvin De Heus reported on a faculty meeting and demonstrated grading methods. The council voted to record a fraction of grades with the highest over the lowest, with new report cards to show citizenship beside subject matter grades. Mr Buerkens shared information on a proposed new school building and related inns. A lunch was served by home ec department members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buerkens
Inns
Home Ec
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Mr. Buerkens
Saint Louis
Wkeverett
Poll Parrot
PBOYS
Nola Boot
Janice van Zemeren
Judy Allen
Joyce Bunalda
Mary Alice Buwalda
June de Cook
Joy’ Denburger
Priscilla Dingeman
Sara Ann Gosevlink
Vorraine de Haan
Melvin Hagen
Peggy Jeu
Marilla Vander Meulen
Evelena Olivier
Jene Petersma
Erma van Roekel
Thelma van Roekel
Audry Roorda
Louise Ryndam
Dorothy Toom
Patty Vriezelaar
Helen van’ Zante
Bonnie’ van Zomeren
Ritz Trumpeteers
al Ifir
Monsanto
Randies
Igeller
Veenstra
D.A.R. Garment
Charles de Bruin
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
John van Waardhuizen
Charlene Terrell
Harold H. Lisk
Oskaloosa, Lowa
Co-Op
Johnson’s
Johnson
Borax
Co-op Pork & Beans
New Surf
Sox
Irs
Farmers. Union
International Harvester
McCormick-Deering Sales and Service
Pella, Iowa
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