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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1957
Page
2
On Wednesday April 24 the last bell ended morning classes with no seniors present. The seniors left around 6 am for the Boone Ledges to climb cliffs wade play baseball and golf. Accompanied by sponsor Mr Weldhouse and Dickeman the group spent the day off campus.
A fragmented list of reading titles and authors including If You Were Robinson Crusoe Carolyn V inson Crusoe Quo Vad Called Peter Clarence for I Married to Win Fhie People Fr Sandra De Haan junior The Bible Nancy Drew Book A Book of Love Stories Merle Den Besten junior Church History Christian Ethics English III textbooks Ha Twylla Vander Molen junior War and Peace Gone With the Wind Ramona
Alene Sjaardema is a 6 feet 7% inch tall secretarial senior with hazel eyes and dark brown hair. She dislikes irritable teachers and surprise quizzes, enjoys basketball and volleyball, and favors study hall above all. She notes freshmen are nice and anticipates skip day and graduation, expecting graduation to be the most exciting four years moment. After graduation she plans a secretarial job in Newton.
A five foot two inch senior with brown eyes and brown hair at Pella Christian High claims a weight of 97 pounds. Her homestead sits about two miles southwest of Pella. She has one sister, attends First Christian Reformed Church of Pella, and favors sewing and driving. She quips any teacher she doesn’t have for a study hall or subject is her favorite. Her pet peeve is pee-
Gordon K. Schultze, a senior athlete at PCHS, reflects on four years in athletics and English. He plans to work in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this summer and enroll at Calvin College in the fall, advising freshmen to study hard while enjoying their final year.
Otley resident Miss Grammar Jorena Ryken, a senior at Pella Christian High, is active in multiple school roles and has earned a gold speech key for three years of competitive speech. She studies Chemistry, American History, Government, English, Latin II, and participates in choir, band, and yearbook activities while preparing for graduation.
A sequence of chapel talks features former music teacher and Waupon high principal Vander Weele, Central College Bible teacher Rev Beardslee, and student leaders Marianne Kramer and Janice Hoekman. Beardslee shared the parable of the talents and a story of an Arabian boy who found Christ, emphasizing using talents to help others.
The freshman class sponsored by Mr. Lloyd Kleinhuizen hosted a wiener roast on school grounds and then played gym games.-Dorothy Van Englehoven and Rosalie Engbers earned a $5 prize for best float design. Freshmen sold 121 copies of I Will Build My Church to win $13. Sophomores 38 books for $10. Seniors 11. Juniors 7 each $5. Barbara Ver Meer sold 22 books to win an individual prize.
Eric Plate studies during 6th period study hall while Melvin Vas drives a dull colored car and Ken Rouw earns perfect spelling scores. Beatrice Boerkoel sports a boy cut and Elvin Laurens appears with Arlene De Jong absent. John Dahm has black hair and Doris Ustermarkt lacks Janice Vander Wal. Freshmen act like seniors as Mr. Boertje drives a Model T.
Mrs Olive Dunn reports E H Biermann and John H Robb of Associated Credit Bureaus of America visited the Marion County Credit Bureau in Knoxville as part of a national survey of 3100 member offices. The study aims to assess service to consumer credit and promote sound practices between lenders and borrowers.
The Clerk of Court Jack Carpenter drew four Pella residents for jury duty: George Cummings Earl Grandin Mrs Siebelt Hettinga and Mrs Herman Zwank. A fifth deceased name Mrs Edgar Van Arkel was also drawn. Otley residents Merl Price Peter D Rus and Elmer Van Wyk join to report at 10 a.m. May 13 before District Court Judge George Sackett.
In a study hall with the teacher away, Matilda Blommers has straight hair while James Steenhoek sports an uncombed style. Dole De Zwarte sits awake as Marion Van Soolen faces the group in kilts or on stilts. Mr Veldhouse with blonde hair and Mr De Jong rebuking Marvin Wielard. The music class listens to Elvis records as Dorotha Nieuwsma and Mari Ellen Ver Meer shed a sleepy look. Mr Veltema’s desk stays neat by eighth period while Mr Dieleman sports an Elvis Presley haircut.
Retired, prosperous, and respected, a beloved town adviser died after speeding along a rural highway, missing a curve and crashing headfirst into an embankment. He leaped a four strand barbed wire fence during the wreck, later dying in a plowed field. His calm motto was Let’s talk this over until we can see the road ahead.
Knoxville resident Carl B. Campbell received honor from Illinois State Geological Survey led by Governor W. G. Stratton for first discovering and naming the marine fossil Spathognathodus Campbell i along the Des Moines river beds near Knoxville in 1946. The fossils, found in the Chester Series along the Mississippi, date to about 300 million years ago.
May 31 marks the deadline for 1956 corn loans and 1966 soybeans purchase agreements under government price support. Marion County ASC chair Robuck urges farmers to file applications now, noting many have delayed. National totals show over 99% of 1956 corn and substantial soybean support, with tens of thousands of bushels already insured. Soybeans stored under warehouse loans become government property after May 31 unless redeemed earlier. county office delivery dates apply for farm-stored loans and purchases.
In the state as a whole over 19 million bushels of 1956 soybeans went under support to set an all time record for Towa. Redemptions started picking up in March, with the result that nearly 3% million bushels had been redeemed from loans by mid-April.
A Social Security Administration representative will be in the Council Room City Clerk's Office 717 Main St Pella Town on Wednesday May 8 1957 between 930 am and noon to explain changes in farm wage reporting rules. Leo W Smith Des Moines Social Security office notes new 1957 coverage tests for farm employees.
Smith outlined two tests for farm employees under social security. The wage test requires at least 160 dollars in cash wages from one employer per year to be reportable. The work test requires 20 distinct workdays for a single farm employer, with any amount paid, or partial days, to be reportable. Employers should contact the district social security or IRS office for details.
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