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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1957

Page

11

Rounds at High School Show Busy Classrooms

Mr Buerkens attends morning devotions while teachers and students fill rooms with active lessons. From Ag to World History, classes focus on real tasks, with a tape recorder in Miss Killion's class and 1728 cubic inches math in Doorenbos's geometry. Lunch hour brings hot dogs from Webster building as cooks prepare meals.

Vines Mr. Omick Miss Killion Charles Piekema Pella Genghis Khan Doorenbos Greendyke Stults Donald Robertus Il Ta Webster Building

Reporters List Touts Local Coverage By Paper Staff

A group of named reporters including Sarah Davis Marge Gosselink Kay Kuiper Kay McDonald Janice Mol and others is credited for local coverage. The note lists multiple reporters with varied surnames across departments.

Sarah Davis Marge Gosselink Kay Kuiper Kay McDonald Janice Mol Jerry Ulrich Connie Vander Meulen Nancy de Cook Evelyn Dykstra Donna Goemaat Cub Charlotte Burton Mary Dieleman Linda Glendening Willene Tysseling Vivian van Steenis Marilyn Walraven Phyllis Walraven Bob Slykhuis Charles Slykhuis Jerry Bogaards Mark de Cook Karen Wesselink

Pella High Teachers Attend Central District ISEA Convention

Pella High faculty joined Des Moines Central District ISEA events the prior Saturday. All public school teachers attended except Mr Brunckhorst who missed after spending Thursday through Saturday at the Midwest convention.

Pella High ISEA Des Moines Brunckhorst Midwest

Discipline Dilemma Dominates Teachers Meeting Remarks

Frank O. McIntyre, public relations director of the California Teachers Association southern section, says discipline is teachers’ top problem, not pay. He cites crowded classrooms and parent responsibility as factors and calls for public support of youth activities and cooperative community planning.

Pellagligh School Frank O. MeIntrye California Teachers Association McIntyre

Teen Pan Alley notes and missing platinum ire report

A fragmented local item mentions Sandy K looks cute in a pony tail and Marilee with a new hairstyle. It hints at a lost platinum ire found or not and asks for return to a chemistry room. Mr Greens dyke is described as missing it and mentions senior girls in the Commercial Club.

Sandy K Marilee Mr. Greensdyke

Spring carnival hints and high school chatter in Des Moines

Witty notes describe a Penny Carnival on May 29 and upcoming big news events. Marv H. shines at school, Gary's love life sparks gossip, and seniors celebrate scholarships. A stray phone number and a car license cue mix with classroom humor and Poe reference.

Them Wicked Women at Pella High School

A bizarre report from Pella High School describes girls with red hearts and pins hiding in halls. The panic escalates as boys are struck by the hidden danger, provoking laughter from the assailants and confusion among staff.

Pella High School

Penny Carnival Night Tale From a Local Boy

A boy recalls a lively Penny Carnival night with halls crowded by groups responsible for stands at the event. He shares how he wandered with pennies, enjoyed the play and kissing booth, and warns others to dash away or risk being caught by the “wild women” as May 20 approaches.

Des Moines Bank Tour Highlights Girls{ } Commercial Club Visit

The Commercial Club girls travel to Des Moines for a tour of banks and insurance companies. They visit the Towa Des Moines Bank first, observe the bank’s processes from entry to cancellation of checks, see a 19 ton vault, and each girl receives a token penny from 1957.

Righteen Missin Miss Saylor Karen V. W Commercial Club Des Moines Thelma Iowa Towa- Des Moines Bank

Thousand Dollar Bank Tour Ends With City Lunches

A group of girls toured a bank, insurance company, and telephone office, learning job skills and enjoying a city outing. They were treated to lunch at the airport, shopped for treats, and returned by 6 PM. Humorous misadventures included mismatched hair and wardrobe, and playful banter about their city visit.

Bankers Life Insurance Company

Proper species to plant in windbreaks lesson

Foresters at Town State College emphasize matching species to site for windbreaks. Iowa studies point to cottonwood red elm Tatarian honeysuckle red mulberry and Rus- as best suited for windbreak plantings in this state.

Town State College Iowa

Tree species list from a plant catalog snippet

A fragment lists species including Sian mulberry, Russian olive, Rocky Mountain Douglas fir, Austrian pine, eastern white pine, ponderosa pine and Norway spruce. The text reads like a horticultural supply note or catalog entry.

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