Public School News From First and Third Grade Update
In first grade Miss Kempkes leads two health projects with daily health charts and a robins nests study. Students built vegetable men, planted seeds, watched roots grow, and colored art. Robert Schuring moved to Pella. Raymond Pope returned after scarlet fever. Third grade reports Henrietta Schuring joining, illness absences, and both divisions reading Make and Make Believe and New Stories and Old. Kk returned after an appendectomy and attendance reached a milestone.
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Robert Schuring
Pella
Raymond Pope
Wiggles
Henrietta Schuring
Otley
Elma Bloodsworth
Marvin Carl Ver Meer
Helena Toom
Tn Kk
Photographer Visits The Webster School
Chronicle photographer visits Webster School during playtime capturing pupils in various activities as books and recitations pause for relaxation and change. The scenes emphasize the lively variety of exercises and the shift from classroom to playground moments.
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Chronicle
Webster
Colleen Renaud
Norma van Dyke
Norma Ver Dught
Uella Dingeman
Betty Miedema
Myrtle Evers
Minerva Schakel
Junior Audubon Bird Club formed by fifth graders
Fifth graders announce plans to form a Junior Audubon Bird Club. They write to Audubon Society for pins, display bird pictures, color six bird drawings, and plan their first meeting. Students boast classroom projects from Heidi readings to bird posters while news of classmates is noted.
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Audubon Bird Club
Audubon Society
Glen van Vark
Janette van Pearsem
Heidi Peter
Heidi
Clarence Miedema
Walter Williams
Walter
William Vanden Berg
Betty Jean Notting
Gerald Koopmans
Dorothy Needham
Theresa Nanktgeboren
Gloria Hartley
Fifth graders study maps and islands in geography class
Last week we worked on a crossword and car puzzle using our dictionaries. Donald and Rose Toom are quarantined and we miss them. Jen ella Leydens returns after two weeks absent. We enjoy outdoor games for physical training. Fifth grade geography maps state capitals rivers and lakes. Sixth grade studies India. In art we drew a pussy.
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Donald
Rose Toom
Jenella Leydens
India
Willows Display Real Pus Sies With Pictures
A reader notes willow branches bearing images described as real pus specimens. The item presents as a quirky or sensational short caption with minimal context and no clear attribution.
Camp Pire Girls Camp Hantesha Fee Drop Before May First
Registration for Camp Hantesha offers a fifty cent discount to Camp Pire Girls who enroll before May 1 reducing the cost from two dollars to one fifty. Janet Lankelma is the sole definite attendee from Group 1, while most Group II girls plan to go. Junior High students were invited to a free safety movie at Pella Theatre hosted by the Ladies Federated Club titled The Devil is Driving starring Richard Dix and Joan Perry. The Junior High boys have begun their baseball team as spring weather returns, and lines are being formed.
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Camp Pire
Camp Hantesha
Janet Lankelma
Pella Theatre
Ladies Federated Club
Richard Dix
Joan Perry
Seventh graders set as pennant favorites in junior high league
Winter habits give way to lines as warm weather returns. The Junior High baseball season opens with sixth grade combining Lincoln and Webster teams, seventh grade likely fielding two squads, and eighth grade reduced to one team. Seventh graders to train daily. Eighth grade girls to share basketball with seventh grade girls under teacher. Mr Nutting to coach boys. Campfire Girls Group II held a meeting at Marion County Bank basement. Absent were Harriet Schilder June Van Gorkom and Orleath Vogelaar. A hike was planned but mud halted it. New officers elected: President Patty Johnson, Vice President Tone Lankelma, Secretary Dorothy Jo Bean, Treasurer Madeline Vander Zyl, Scribe Orleath Vogelaar.
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Lincoln and
Webster
Nutting
Campfire Girls
Marion County State Bank
Harriet Schilder
June van Gorkom
Orleath Vogelaar
Patty Johnson
Tone Lankelma
Dorothy Jo Bean
Madeline Vander Zyl
Camp Fire Girls Planned Trip to Grand Council Fire
The older group of Camp Fire Girls plan to attend the Grand Council Fire in Des Moines on March 25. Members Janet Lankelma, Jean Van Gorkom, Mary Meulpolder, and Anna Mae Lang erak seek Torch Bearer rank while Joyce Vriczelaar, Jah Buwalda, and Ruth Klein pursue Wood Gatherer rank. Lola Carter aims for Maker's rank. Other honors will be awarded for various activities the girls have completed. All look forward to the grand event.
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Des Moines
Janet Lankelma
Jean van Gorkom
Mary Meulpolder
Anna Mae Langerak
Joyce Vriczelaar
Jah Buwalda
Ruth Klein
Lola Carter
F. F. A. Triumphs in Pella Over Knoxville
The Gden City FFA basketball doubleheader saw Pella FFA defeat Knoxville 36 to 14 after leading 18 to 8 at halftime. Referees Herb Vander Waal and Bib Menhing officiated the second game as Pella used tight man to man defense to limit Knoxville to few scoring chances. The win avenged an earlier 18 to 6 loss with reserves contributing in the late stages.
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Gden City F. F.A
Knoxville F. F. A
Herb Vander Waal
Bib Menhing
Knoxville
Pella
Pella FFA First Team Narrowly Loses 26-24
The Pella F F A first team fell 26-24 to Knoxville, despite a late effort. Hendricks scored 20 and Harvey contributed 1 with 12 plus 211 totals. both teams had seven missed free throws.
Lincoln High D. M. Field Dedication Invitation
The Little Dutch will be invited to dedicate the new Abraham Lincoln High Football Field in Des Moines next fall. By special arrangement the Green and White travel again to Des Moines to face the Lynx on their new field Saturday afternoon October 1. The future belongs to the man who is founded in information.
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Abraham Lincoln High
Des Moines
Lynx
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