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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1976
Page
4
The bicentennial class chose royal blue gowns and white caps with red, white and blue tassels. Dr. Tony Netusis of Iowa State University will speak at commencement set for Thursday May 27 in the gym. Each senior has specified names for the diploma, the roster, and the name to be read on stage.
Easter dates shift yearly prompted PHS planners to move the annual Junior-Senior dance from Good Friday to April 9. The change aims to avoid conflicting with religious observances and ensure student attendance.
Freshman Kolenbrander, in his basement Ham radio room, builds a kit transceiver from money earned on his paper route. He has a father who is also a Ham and has earned novice and general licenses, talking nightly to Hams in 25 states and hoping to reach worldwide via a new antenna. He notes FCC rules forbid profanity and noise, and contrasts Ham radio with CB. He invites interested locals to contact him about new novice classes.
Pella High physical education classes ride buses to Dutch Roller Rink for a skating unit. Students experience bumps and bruises but enjoy the change from routine. Foreign exchange students Jenny Schmidt from Brazil and Carmen Mier from Bolivia join in, none having skated before.
Speakers earn six I ratings and ten II ratings at the State Speech Contest in Ottumwa on March 20. Titled students include Karen Koehn Mary Lubbers Julie Sadler in prose Lora Vanden Dever improv story telling and radio news announcing Ann Hinga improv storytelling. Other winners include Dee Borgman Sandy Van Maaren dramatic acting Jenny Harmeling poetry Greg Allen radio news announcing Joan Van denberg Cindy Booy poetry Linda Madden Mary DeJong improv storytelling and Kim Kolenbrander humorous acting.
A Pelladium survey shows students recall varied class chats from elephant bathing in science to home decorating in home ec. Other notes include geography talks on pyramids and banana preservation, UFOs in Contemporary American Ideas, inflation in General Business, accident avoidance while driving, artificial insemination in Yo Ag, hog speeches in English, South Africa reports in social studies, and locker vandalism agreements in typing. Several cite sex discussions in biology and Marriage and Family as most interesting.
A detailed listing of school and community events runs April 1 through April 10. Activities include boys and girls track meets, Class plays, FHA Len-a-thon, tennis matches, report cards, FFA banquet, parent teacher conferences, golf and golf, art club, dances, and ACT tests at various sites such as Central College, Clarke Osceola, Newton, Chariton, Albia, Grinnell, Des Moines Lincoln, Knoxville, and Southeast Park.
The PHS drama department stages You the Jury on Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. on the Middle School stage. Karen Koehn plays Barbara Scott with Dee Bergman as her lawyer-sister Edith, Barry Sagraves as Allen Wood ward, and Sandy Van Maaren as Sheila Vincent. The director, Mr Wil Kirschman, says the audience acts as a jury and votes on guilt or innocence with alternate endings chosen by the audience vote.
Madrigal singers directed by Ken Lucas announced the 1976 lineup: Jane Walvoord Mary Carson Lora Vanden Oever Karen Van Haaften Lee Vande Voort Bryce Renaud Jay Brummel and Tom Vander Linden. They perform unaccompanied Baroque works. They sang Shepherds Come Now Leave Your Sheep at the Valley High School contest in West Des Moines on Saturday.
The article lists upcoming early dismissal dates for PHS with five days of early dismissal and specifies times. Next early dismissal is Tuesday April 6, with Good Friday April 16 at 1 20 p m. Tulip Time on May 6 ends after fourth period. May 28 final day ends at 1 20 p m.
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