Feeling Gay GRA Plans Bowling Trip to Oskaloosa
The GRA group spent Saturday bowling in Oskaloosa. They boarded a bus with Flor Geurts driving, left Pella at 1 80, added eight more girls, and afterward enjoyed bowling, eating, and entertainment on the ride home led by Kathy McDonald and Bonnie Vos. Some girls strained but recovered. The group anticipates another outing on March 10.
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GRA
Oskaloosa
Flor Geurts
Pella
Bey Bontsma
Osky
Marianne Vanden
Kathy McDonald
Bonnie Vos
Pel- In
Staff and reporters list for the daily paper
The staff includes Judy Groendyke Kay Kuyper Donald Dahm Tom Waechter with reporters Charlotte Burton Mary Dicleman Marilee Grandia Marge Gosselink Kay McDonald Janice Mol Vivian Van Steen Marilyn Walraven Phyllis Walraven Linda Tysseling Jerry Bogaards and cub reporters Mary Boat Mary Burton Mary Hollebrands Kathy Mc Donald Mary Van Zomeran Bonnie Verrips Mary Meulpolder Bob Vander Waal.
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Charlotte Burton
Mary Dicleman
Marilee Grandia
Marge Gosselink
Kay McDonald
Janice Mol
Vivian van Steenis
Marilyn Walraven
Phyllis Walraven
Linda Tysseling
Jerry Bogaards
Cub
Mary Boat
Mary Burton
Mary Hollebrands
Kathy McDonald
Mary van Zomeran
Bonnie Verrips
Mary Meulpolder
Bob Vander Waal
Girls Basketball Meeting Recap at Mary Lou Roorda’s Gym
Mary Lou Roorda led roll call and scoring as a brief meeting named Mary Lou Olle brands chairman of a fundraising committee. Carole Otveld proposed a penny carnival while Edith Nollen and Janet Nollen assigned teams for a boys rules basketball game which Edith’s team won before adjournment at nine.
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I. A
Mary Lou Roorda
Mary Lou Ollebrands
Carole Otveld
Edith Nollen
Janet Nollen
Edith
The Music Makers Spring Concert Tour at Pel School
The Music Makers led by Robert M. McCowen with accompanist Phyllis Dale Car plan a concert at the Pel School auditorium next week as part of their annual Spring Concert Tour.
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Pel School
Singers
Robert M. McCowen
Phyllis Dale Car
Concert to Feature Iowa State Octet and The War
Roll will perform Wednesday March 26 at 1 p m featuring the Iowa State Octet and The War. Two Pella graduates Beth Brom and Sally In’t Weld join the group. The concert offers a new and different type of music for the students, sure to be enjoyed.
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Iowa State
Pella
Beth Brom
Sally In't Weld
Devotions Reflect on Missionaries Sacrifice in Ecuador
Mrs Johnston opened Devotions by reading a prayer poem and reviewing Through Gates of Splendor by Elizabeth Elliot. The book recounts the 1956 murder of five missionaries Jim Elliot Ed McCully Pete Fleming Nate Saint and Roger Yoder by Auca Indians in Ecuador.
Magical Moments by Wortman Opens Weekday Assembly
Mr Wortman introduced his magic program on Wednesday March 12 with a formal greeting to the audience. He showcased a range of talents and sprinkled anecdotes from bygone days while the crowd pressed for demonstrations of real magic. The forty five minute show was enjoyed by all.
Heard From the Class Room In the Lab During Fourth Period
In a readable school column seniors in physics study magnetic poles and fields with electromagnets in class. Other notes cover bookkeeping challenges with depreciation and bad debts, chemistry lab fumes including hydrogen sulfide and chlorine, and a coy quiz about liking history.
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Towa
Diane Ver Dught
Senion
Epperly
History books rewritten for a class project
A remark questions how history books might be revised for a student class project. The speaker muses on what the revisions could reveal.
Seniors share dreams and traits in yearbook notes
Lorraine Poortinga and Carol Sedrel are profiled with 18 to 20 year age range, heights around 5 feet 6 inches and 120 pounds, green and blue eyes, Brown hair. They list courses like bookkeeping typing shorthand social science, with favorites in typing and piano. They belong to Girls Glee Club Commercial Club, value blue, class rings, and watches as assets. They admire Debbie Reynolds and Rock Hudson, The Good Earth, and sing Twenty Six Miles. They aim for secretary work and travel someday.
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Itf
Hs Pounds
Braye
Commercial Club
Ori Iler
Hepburn
Acto Curtis
Lime
Lorraine Poortinga
Abor
Girls’ Glee Club
Debbie Reynolds
Rock Hudson
Carol Sedrel
Pella High basketball game sparks student cheer memories
A visitor recalls Fremont and Tweedley High games where student cheers ignited players, turning dull performances into hard fought wins. The piece notes rousing chants and a hungry-team mindset, praising the crowd's impact on a six to four victory and a five to two comeback.
Wartime High School Gossip Column Notes Oddities
A fragmented school gossip page mentions students and events in a quirky tone. References include Mike Mitchell, Connie Vandermeuten, Sharon Daven, Kyris, Barb Boat, Tulip Time, and Kathy McDonald with assorted humorous asides about fashion, jitters, pranks, and upcoming spring events.
The Citizenship Ship Is A-Comin
The Student Council met Wednesday March 5 to decide open items of citizenship policy for the pennfar come comments and elect wandet pens to fill the same tenner aoe the pact. There will be nominations from each class with two boys and two girls chosen for each. The six will select third candidates for final nomination. High school students will vote for two, Ebay and one girl from these six. Committees were appointed to approve actions. The Council resumed discussions on three points and summaries will be submitted to the student citizenship body tied to the small discussion. The primary vote drew why several amendments of the Student Council remain sustenites an aide in the Fenind. The desires the stoup. in The ance tines day, Mareh Ut.
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Citzenshipy
Ebay
Conneil
Cannel Ryont
Fragmentary notes hint at nautical voyage and naval speed
Disjointed phrases mention boating trips, a person named Martha, references to oats, warts, and Toas, and a Navy work setting. A speed of 18000 miles per hour or home is stated, suggesting a rapid transit or propulsion claim. The text is garbled with unclear actors and events.
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Belmar
Judy Groendyke
Kay Kuyper
Donald Dahm
Tom Waechter
the Music Makers
Earl Pohlmann
Cook & Son
Agency
Marion County State Bank
Marion County
Iowa
State of Iowa
United States
K. H. Bean
Robert C. Power
W. L. Bean
R. J. Vermeer
State of
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Beulah Vander Streek
Federal Discount Corp
Livermore
Martin Naaktgeboren
Sigourney Hospital
Elizabeth Keota
Central Supply
Lillenmak
Paardekooper
Revere Ware
Whistler
Vogelaar’s
Tweed Hy
Tweedly High
Tweedley High
Fremont
Tweedley
Leighton
Andrew Steenhoek
Howard Glendening
JD. van Donselaar
H. M. Remi
Dick van
D. Beintema
Mahaska
Mike Mitchell
Ciary Ie
Connie Vander Meuten
Mr. Wortman
Sharon Daven
Kyris
Pringtime
Sion Ivalin Pictus
Sean
Rowe
Sprinie
Mr Inv
Donnie Visdisco
Rey Beatma
Stan
Martha ‘Terlowe
Lois Ward
Richard M. Brown
Sewing Pella and Vicinity
Phillips 66
Tir
Grootveld Oil CO
A. D. Vermeer Service
N.W
Corner
South End
Marv
Oskaloosa St
Kooyman and
Case Goodyk
Gerrit Steenhoek
West End
Pella, Iowa
Phillips
Renaud
Vander Krol
Sully
Flite-Fuel
Trop-Artic
Neal DE Jong
Dahm‘s
Peoria
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