PHS Students Chosen as Delegates to Party Conventions
PHS seniors Ann Vermeer and Bruce Van Wyk along with Mike L. De Jong and Joann De Ronde were selected as Republican and Democratic delegates to district and state conventions. Perry Klein became Democratic State convention alternate. Norris Hale, PHS social studies teacher, was elected Marion County Democratic chairman at the county convention.
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PHS
Ann Vermeer
Bruce van Wyk
Mike L. de Jong
Joann de Ronde
Perry Klein
Pam Sagraves
Vickie Meyers
Norris Hale
Marion County
Icey Beauty Prose Poem From March Ice Storm
A student submission for the Pelladium by Debbie Dykstra describes a surreal ice coated world after the March 4 storm. vivid imagery contrasts quiet beauty with damaged wires and stranded branches while predicting a return to normal as spring nears.
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Pelladium
Debbie Dykstra
Students Register For New Work-Study Program
Almost 500 students have registered for classes next year according to Mr. John White counselor. A new senior course offers academic credit for a job in agriculture industrial arts business or home economics. Un certain number will enroll in the program.
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John White
Student schedule notes and course changes described
White notes several upcoming events including a state speech contest and a film festival. The senior curriculum adds Accounting for bookkeeping, requires English for all juniors, and reshuffles electives into senior courses. A new sophomore course Plastics and Metals replaces Metals and Power Mechanics. Woodworking I becomes two semesters. ninth grade courses unchanged.
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White
Art Club Film Festival to be Held at High School
The Art Club sponsors a March 26 movie night from 7 to 11 at the high school cafeteria. Admission is one dollar. pop and popcorn will be available. A lineup of classic shorts and animated features precedes the April trip to the Kansas City Art Museum, funded by club proceeds.
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Pella Parents’ Association
Art Club
Mighty Mouse
Laurel and Hardy
Hogwild
Heckle and Jeckle
W.C. Fields
Daffey Duck
Stooges
Round Table
Popeye
Red Flash
Speedy
Pella Teamed School Bands Present Postponed Concert
Pella High and Middle School band students combined a Thursday gym concert after an ice storm postponed last week. Middle School groups included sixth, seventh and eighth grade bands and jazz bands directed by Kathy Kuentzel and Sumner Mapes. High School band directed by Guy Blair performed works including A Festive Overture The Drum Major's Daughter How the West Was Won and Stars and Stripes Forever with Jazz I Tribute to the Duke and Jazz II Sweet Caroline.
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Pella
Kathy Kuentzel
Sumner Mapes
Duke
Sweet Caroline
Guy Blair
No Pelladium Next Week Due to Spring Vacation
The Pelladium will not publish March 15 through 22 because of spring break. The editorial team notes the hiatus affects readers expecting the weekly issue.
PHS Jazz Band I and Swing Choir Go On Tour
The PHS Jazz Band I and Swing Choir embarked on their first school tour Monday. They began at Pleasantville High School with a 9:30 a.m. concert, then performed at Prairie City and North Polk High School before finishing at Ballard. The 350 performers traveled in two school buses and a carryall, under directors Guy Blair and Ken Lucas.
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PHS
Swing Choir
Pleasantville High School
Prairie City
Adventureland
Altoona
North Polk High School
Ballard
Guy Blair
Ken Lucas
Pets Draw Attention in Art I Class
Mrs Sonja Valdes introduced live pets into her Art I lesson to teach drawing movement. Three kittens accompanied the class, while sophomore Sherri Visser brought a rabbit and junior Lori Van Vliet joined with her pet.
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Sherri Visser
Lori van Vliet
Liz Bruinekool
Liz
Rowdy
PHS Students Attend Ottumwa News Seminar Co Sponsored
Melody Van Zee and Jennifer Westra attended a news writing seminar in Ottumwa co sponsored by IHSPA and the US Army. Captain Lee Tarrant spoke on The Volunteer Army Today followed by a news conference and a judging contest leading to articles published in the USAREC Journal. Mrs. Emma Lou Heusinkveld accompanied the two girls.
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Melody van Zee
Pelladium
Jennifer Westra
Ottumwa
Iowa High School Press Association
IHSPA
United States Army
Lee Tarrant
Des Moines
Usarec Journal
U.S. Army
Emma Lou Heusinkveld
The Smoke Stack Poem and Art Class Moment
An editor notes a Creative Writing poem about a smoke stack, its pride and soot. The piece blends student drawing exercises with pets used as models, naming Liz Bruinekool and Rowdy the kitten, who become gifts amid a playful classroom scene.
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Steve van Wyk
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Icey Beauty
Iowa
Dennis J. van Gorp
van Gorp
Peter
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Sonja Valdes
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