P H S Artists Enjoy Water Color Painting
P H S art class in room 10y reports water color paintings as the focus during sixth period with Tulip Time as inspiration. Students work on landscapes while prior projects featured clay animals and perspective strokes. After watercolors, oil paints will be explored under Willard Rembrandt Olivier or Kenneth Michelangelo Vander Veer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Althea Heinie
Willard Rembrandt
Olivier
Kenneth “Michelangelo Vander Veer
Patch Day Revels In School Ice Icicle Contest
Sadie Hawkins event at Vella High featured girls asking boys, rule bound fun, and a Legion Hall party. Douglas Dansz, Gene Petersma, and Logan Andewes hunted for the largest icicle with Gene Petersma winning a four foot prize. Folk dances and roller skating followed in the auditorium and hallways as activities continued.
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Sadie Hawkins Vella High
Lesion Hall
Legion Hall
Douglas Dansz
Gene Petersma
Logan Andewes
My.nd
Bob Lautenbach
Council Sets Up Machinery for Electing Citizens
Preparations for representative citizen nominations were discussed at Student Council Wednesday noon March 10. The new ballot lists four leadership qualities. Home room reps will present ballots. votes go to the Superintendent for counting. A petition will seek signatures of students buying next year’s activity tickets. If 75 percent sign, refunds for participation will apply. tickets remain available next year. Students to be informed about the music contest on Saturday April 3 and to assist in managing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conte
Kangaroo Court at School Over Patch Incident
In a school scene the Kangaroo Court convened at 9:00. Donna Jean Veenstra was found guilty of patching in class by Presiding Judge Gene Petersma. Punishment involved impersonating a teacher, parole, and renditions. Controversy ran over the Joe Brummel case about patching a girl and another. The jury declared guilty and ordered a restaurant outing for Phyllis Hasselman and Marlene Sels.
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Leland van Ee
Donna Jean Veenstra
Gene Petersma
Haveme
Joe Brummel
Phyllis
Hasselman
Marlene Sels
Question Box Pet Peeves From Teachers at School
A teacher panel lists common classroom annoyances including students who do not study, talk during instruction, fail to tidy up, waste study time, chew gum, or ask questions during tests. The proposed remedy shifts toward stricter expectations and altered testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vande Voort
Miss Gosselink
Miss Cannaday
Joy McCain
Commercial Club Plans Field Trip to Des Moines
The Commercial club welcomed new member Thelma Van Roekel at the noon meeting. After receiving her 35 word and i word typing pins she became eligible for membership. A field trip to Des Moines was discussed with a Chamber of Commerce letter offering to plan the tour and suggest business houses to visit. Potential stops included the telephone company, radio Station WHO, the Register and Tribune building, Meredith's, and the cat. Luncheon hostesses were Elaine Vander Ploeg, Donna Sehakel, and Nola Boat.
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Thelma van Roekel
Commercial Club
Moines
Miss Si
Chamber of Commerce
Dex Moines
Telephone Company
Radio
Station Who
Register and Tribune — Building
Meredith's
Elaine Vander Ploeg
Donna Sehakel
Nola Boat
Teachers Chili Supper and Social at Pella High
The Pella school teachers held a chili supper at the high school then staged entertainment by Fred Whalley and a backwards movie show. A recess in Minasium featured Martha and Jutenbach teaching a Falke lesson before a red hot basketball game where the men defeated the women amid tired, aching muscles.
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Pella
Fred Whalley
Minasium
Martha
Jutenbach
Falk
Thumbnail sketch of new ninth-grade girl entrant
The class of 9 welcomes several new students including a 16 year old girl about five feet one inch tall with medium brown hair. She was active in Commercial club and the Annual board, participated in ramurals, and was an outstanding forward in basketball. Her hobbies include sewing and coin collecting. She lists Al Jolson Bing Crosby and the Andrew Sisters as favorites and Now Is the Hour as her song. She wants to be a stenographer and hints at teasing about P H 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Jolson
Bing Crosby
Andrew Sisters
Webster News Health Primes Kindergarten Class Projects
Webster News Health is a focus for the kindergarten class with Miss Atkinson guiding a health table model of a healthown and a large school building surrounded by homes. Weather charts note sunshine replacing snow posters as pupils track daily conditions and attendance records include several names.
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Atkinson
Evelyn van 8
G A A delivers devotions musical program
Mrs. Van Vark had the G A A girls lead devotions on Monday March 8. Pauline Steenbok read scripture and Janice Van Zome prayed. A musical program announced by Louise Rysdam featured Marilyn Tanis Ruby Leydens Violet Kuiper Joy Denburger Ronnie Thor Stooge and Bonnie Vaneren with solos duets and a clarinet quartet set to hymns and classical pieces.
Sophomores Take Personality Tests
Sophomores undergo a California based personality test designed to gauge traits. The article notes mixed results including self reliance and social adjustment, with some students preferring solitude and others showing social comfort.
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Greta Garbo
Sophomore profiles built from class geometry project
The text notes that sophomores reviewed scores to craft personal profile charts as part of a well-rounded education. By the Class of 1950, many profiles will be ready, while the plane geometry class completed constructions and locus computations.
Miss Ver Heul Praises Class For Chapter Work
Miss Ver Heul, a teacher, comments that the class has done very good work on this chapter, noting solid understanding and steady progress.
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Ver Heul
Music Assembly Delights with Old Favorites and New Round
A Thursday music assembly featured several special numbers including Dear What Can the Matter sung by the Trio with Percy Leu and Carl Bobm. Mr Henry Cox accompanied, while the student body sang favorites and attempted a new round on the violin.
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Percy Leu Pl
Carl Bobm
Henry Cox
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Holland
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Ray Vander Wilt
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Male Eye Sox
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Wich
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Lucerne
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New York
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Harold H. Lisk
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Life Insurance
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M. M. Dockendorf
Webster News
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Vander Werf
Bruce van Wyk
Mary Bout
Joan Bruines Kool
Marilee Grandin
Jaeqhien Jones
Donna Klyn
Linda ‘Vysseling
Perfert
Dony
Spelling
of van der Lugt
Preston Steenhook
Tommy Waechter
Marilyn
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Taury Sehakel
California
Clase
Music Assembly
Dexter
Skelgas Ranges
Main Street
Polla
Iowa
van den Berg
Electric and Paint Co
Puinurs
Phillips 66
Grootveld Oil Co
John Deere
All Steel
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