Pella Students Prepare Unit Study Projects for Contests
Student teachers at Pella High School design and present unit based teaching projects as part of elementary training at Central College and local schools. Units cover topics from The Pioneers to Health and The Seasons with four step teaching methods introduction study organization testing.
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Central College
Pella
Maude Montgomery
Lincoln, Webster
Pella Christian
C. C. Buerkens
Buerkens
Montgomery
Toddle House Publicity Highlights Tulip Time Festival
Pella expresses gratitude to Toddle House Corporation of Memphis for publicity aiding Tulip Time events. The May Toddle House Digest features Tulip Time celebrations in Pella Orange City and Holland Mich plus Memphis cotton festival, with two Pella pictures and notes on Toddle House locations in Des Moines and Memphis.
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Pella
National
Toddle House Corporation
North Third Street
Memphis
Tenn
West Grand Avenue
Des Moines
Orange City
Holland
Mich
Pella High Tops Perry Contest with Nine Division I Ratings
Pella High School earned nine Division I ratings at the Perry small group contest. About 67 students competed, with 43 instrumentalists in the band under Harold Wortman. Top ratings went to Kay Kuyper, Barbara Bent, and Darlene Monster. Vocally, Verlan Van Rheenan, Karen Klein, Norma Jansen, and Tom Waechter won Division I solos. Tom Waechter and Beverly Boatsma also earned Division III piano solos. Next Saturday the large group events travel to Centerville.
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Perry
Pella
Harold Wortman
Kay Kuyper
Barbara Bent
Darlene Monster
Kay
Barbara
Darlene
Dale Fleck
Donald Bogaard
Sandra Klein
Ellen Rempo
David Vos
Tom Waechter
Beverly Boatsma
Centerville
Dena Vander Beek Scholarship Awarded to Tom Boat
Central College awards the Dena Vander Beek scholarship for 1957 58 to Tom Boat of Pella announced by G T Vander Lugt. Funded by a bequest the award honors scholastic achievement and leadership in high school with possible four year renewal for maintaining a B average.
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Central College
Dena Vander Beek
Tom Boat
Pella
G. T. Vander Lugt
Central
Boat
Invitational Track Meet At Pella Friday
The Central Invitational Track and Field Meet will be held Friday May 8 at Pella with a 2 45 p m start. Participants include Central Simpson Iowa Wesleyan Parsons and Dubuque. Dubuque is favored to dominate with Parsons and Central strong in many events. Miller the ace hurdler for Central, sidelined by a leg injury, is expected to compete.
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Pella
Central
Simpson
Iowa Wesleyan
Parsons
Dubuque
Duane Miller
Miller
Leighton Youth Suffers Hand Injury In Farm Accidet
Ralph De Jong, 18, son of Mr and Mrs Tony De Jong near Leighton, fractured his right hand when his mitten jammed in a seeder while helping his father sow alfalfa seed. He was admitted to Morey hospital in Oskaloosa for treatment and observation.
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Ralph de Jong
Tony de Jong
Leighton
Morey Hospital
Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa Herald
Public Schools Plan Tulip Festival In Pella
Pupils and staff gear up for the Tulip Festival with the Dutch Village set at the high school gym. Departments handle lighting, finance, guides, host service, and tours while a larger parade, operetta, and flower show attract hundreds of visitors from the town and Rotary Club events.
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Publi
Voc. Ag
FFA
Pella
Central sticks win 11 10 over Grinnell on the road
Central racked up its first victory of the season by edging Grinnell 11 to 10 in Grinnell. Eldon Schulte hit three singles in five trips while Dwaine Krentz added a double and three singles in five at bats. Central scored two runs in the final frame to secure the win.
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Central
Grinnell
Eldon Schulte
Dwaine Krentz
Central Crew
Christian Edification League Meeting In Pella
Four hundred twenty eight women attended the Christian Edification League meeting at the First Christian Reformed Church in Pella. Sessions ran morning afternoon and evening. Slides showcased missionaries in Nigeria. Speakers included Reverend Evenhouse.
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Christian Edification League
Pella
First
Christian Reformed Church
Nigeria
Evenhouse
Robert Omick to Teach at Central College Next Year
Mr. Robert Omick of Pella has been appointed an instructor in the English department of Central College for the next academic year. A Central graduate of 1952 he served in the Army from June 1952 to April 1954 and began teaching at Fella High School in September. He has been pursuing a Master of Arts in English at Drake University in Des Moines.
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Robert Omick
Central College
Pella
Cen
Tral College
Central
Omick
Fella High School
Mr. Omick
Drake University
Des Moines
Bicycle Riders Damaging New Flower Seedings in Park
Park commissioners report bike riders damaging freshly planted seedlings in the southeast flower beds near the soldier's monument and flag pole. Elder footprints and carelessly ridden wheels prompted a warning to pedestrians to stay off the beds or bicycling may be banned in the park.
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Iowa
Improvement Day For County Teachers To Be August 30th
Marion County teachers plan an August 30 improvement day institute with county and school officials guiding the program. Robert Agan chairing the organizing committee with C S Thomas assisting, Michael T Ruiter as vice chair, and Pella Christian reps Keith Emmert C C Buerkens Stan Boertje contributing to the planning.
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Robert Agan
Knoxville
C. S. Thomas
Marion County
Michael T. Ruiter
Pella Christian High
Pella
Keith Emmert
Supt. C. C. Buerkens
Stan Boertje
Pella Christian High School
Missionary and officials speak on juvenile delinquency
Reverend Doornbos pastor of the Pella Calvary Church and Marion County attorney Bert Bandstra of Knoxville addressed juvenile delinquency. The church offering totaled $455.85.
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Doornbos
Pella Calvary Church
Bert Bandstra
Marion County
Knoxville
Bandstra
Annie Get Your Gun at Tulip Time Festival in Pella
Central College Music department and Alpha Psi stage Annie Get Your Gun May 7 8 9 10 11 at 8 p.m. in Pella with Gary Schiebout Goodyear Tire Station as headquarters. The operetta follows Annie Oakley as she joins Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, meets Sitting Bull and the King of England, and falls for Frank Butler while delivering hit tunes like Show Business and Doin What Comes Naturally. The production features Central and Pella voices with Jazz Workshop accompaniment led by Rittenhouse and Grooters.
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Central College
Alpha Psi
Pella
Tulip
Annie
Annie Oakley
Frank Butler
Darke County
U.S
Europe
Chief Sitting Bull
Pawnee Bill
Central
Jazz Workshop
Mr. Rittenhouse
Mr. Grooters
Conn Orga
Cemetery flowers ban on graves to cut upkeep costs
Cemetery officials C H Wormhoudt and Arie Klyn announce limits on planting flowers and shrubs at Oakwood and Graceland Cemeteries. Spaded graves require weed control and mowing, while grassed mounds avoid moisture. Exceptions include a few flowers near markers or urns, but peonies and rose bushes are prohibited. Cooperation can help maintain cemetery beauty amid costs.
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C. H. Wormhoudt
Oakwood
Arie Klyn
Graceland Cemetery
Wormhoudt
Klyn
Pella Rotary hosts 193rd District officers conference
The Pella Rotary Club welcomed district club officers at Central College on April 28. Over 1000 attendees joined sessions on meeting conduct, club service, vocational objectives, and international understanding, with Harold Haverkamp presiding at lunch and Rev. Everett G. Ward delivering a history lesson. The program closed with a district business meeting and Auld Lang Syne.
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Pella
Rotary
Central College
Gerrit van der Lugt
Douwstra Chapel
Harold Haverkamp
Jordan Hall
Everett G. Ward
Apstotales
Eld
Chronicle News
District 193
Central Col
Dedicated Sally Jo Shultz Memorial at the High School
Devotional services before the high school assembly featured a presentation by William Shepherd, memorializing Sally Jo Shultz class of 1960 who died in a car crash last November 30. Funds funded an upright catalog rack for the library and other tributes included Psalm 121, music by the Mixed Chorus, The Cherubim Song, Lift Up Thine Eyes, and a poem by Diane Ver Dught. Joe and Mrs. Shultz attended. Supt. C. C. Buerkens accepted the gift.
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Sally Jo Shultz
William Shepherd
C. C. Buerkens
Sally Jo
Marge Gosselink
Diane Ver Dught
Joe Shultz
Vander Lugt Reelected President of Iowa College Foundation
Dr. Gerrit T. Vander Lugt of Central College was reelected president of the Iowa College Foundation at Decorah meeting. The foundation set a $167,000 fiscal year goal ending June 30 with $128,807 raised to date, already surpassing last year’s $127,000 goal, and officials expect another $50,000 before June 30. He noted education has become big business and that 27 percent of the 45,000 graduates...
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Gerrit T. Vander Lugt
Central College
Iowa College Foundation
Decorah
Iowa
Vander Lugt
Blooms Will Be Lovely Plan Now For the Tulip Show
In Pella residents plan for a strong Tulip Time Flower Show with beautful tulips. The Chronicle previously printed the full schedule on April 18 to guide entries. readers are urged to clip it. fifty copies remain for sale.
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Pella
the Chronicle
Lester Kuhner Hurt in Fall With Telephone Pole
Lester Kuhner an installer for Fowler Telephone Company was injured in a fall with a telephone pole in the Ott ley area on Thursday April 25. He sustained a fractured vertebra and was taken to Mahaska hospital in Oskaloosa for care. On Monday he was placed in a cast with his wife Mrs Kuhner nearby. It was thought he would be moved to their home in Toledo Ohio for convalescence Tuesday.
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Lester Kuhner
Fowler Telephone Company
Ottley
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Independent colleges urged to educate 36000 of 80000 students
A 1946 high school into college trend was forecast, predicting one third more entrants by 1960. Officials urged independent colleges to prepare to educate about 36000 of Town’s 80000 college students without taxpayer expense.
Tulip Time operetta tickets go on advance sale
Businessmen led by Henry Vander Voort report strong demand for Tulip Time operetta tickets after a lunch at the Country Club. Advance sales exceed one thousand dollars with reservations available Saturday and Monday at the Legion Hall 8 am to 5 pm.
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Henry Vander Voort
Country Club
Legion Hall
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Indianola
Valley, Leon
Chariton
Osceola
Toddle House Corp
Pella High
Iowa Loop
Kuyper Field
Ralph G. de Jong
Tynseling
Tulip Time
Schiebout Tire Co
Pella Products Co
Gary Schiebout Goodyear Tire
Public Library
Broadway
England
Winnie
Fran
Tommie
Dolly
Pella Rotarians
Pella High School
William
Butch) Sheppard
G. Vander Lugt
College Foundation
White Way Auto Co
Town and Country
Wormhoudt and Kempkes
Tysseling’s Shoe
Vander Ploeg
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