Pella Falls to Indianola After Late Rally
Pella High baseball blew a four run lead after five innings as Indianola scored three in the sixth and four in the seventh to win seven to four. Indianola produced all seven runs with two outs while Pella’s Boat and De Cook allowed four hits but issued seven walks and struck out eleven.
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Pella High
Indianola
Pella
Wallace
Indians
Little Dutch
Butch Sheppard
Larry Renaud
Gary Wallace
Tom Boat
Mark de Cook
Bromo Anyone Set A Music Contest Scene In Perry
Heard around P.H.S last week students practiced for a music contest on Saturday. Bright and early Saturday morning they gathered at the band room, many arriving from 6 am. Instrumental events were split between the two town schools, with shuttle time failing to keep everyone on schedule. Students plotted routes between churches and schools to hear solos, but misplacements and timing troubles created comical delays and near misses as groups chased performances.
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P.H.S
Pella
Perry
Kay
Karen
Verlan
Barb B
David V
Barb
David
Tom
Karen K. Sing
Ken D. Jr
Co Editors and Staff List Featured in Local Paper
The newspaper prints a staff roster naming Norma De Bruin Ellen Rempe Judy Groendy er Me Van Rockti Lavelle Brockway and a large group of reporters including Sarah Davis Marge Gosselink Kay Kuiper Kay McDonald Janice Mol Jerry Ulrich Connie Vandermeuren Nancy De Cook Evelyn Dykstra Donna Goemaat Charlotte Burton Mary Dieleman Linda Glenning Willene Tysseling Vivian Van Steenis Marilyn Walraven Phyllis Walraven Bob Slykhuis Charles Slyk huis Jerry Rogaards Mark De Cook Karen Wesselink.
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Sarah Davis
Marge Gosselink
Kay Kuiper
Kay McDonald
Janice Mol
Jerry Ulrich
Connie Vander Meuren
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 Rogaards
Mark de Cook
Karen Wesselink
Horn mishap mars college brass quintet contest at Perry
The Eb horn used by the brass quintet vanished after a tour snag and a bus breakdown, forcing Jim R. to substitute for Kenny in the Perry contest. Lori and Glenda mislaid the music, prompting calls home for replacements. Fleck and Libby enjoyed Perry but struggled to sleep amid city noise, while Libby eyed a Valley girl in Des Moines. Music year.
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Lori
Glenda S
Perry
Dolores Glenda Steenhoek
Fleck
Libby
Valley
Des Moines
Julie
Our Man Gaard Wins With 43 6 In Triangular Meet
Gaard Tom Gaard of the Little Dutch won first in the Pella Albia Knoxville triangular meet with a 43 feet 6 inches put. He had previously broken the school record with a 44 feet toss. The Little Dutch head to West Des Moines for the District Track Meet facing eight Class A teams with top two finishers earning State Meet qualification.
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Tom Gaard
Pella
Albia
Knoxville
Gaard
West Des Moines
Pubbybreath About Face To The Plague Time
A spoof item lists ten steps of bizarre behavior to confront the period labeled as plague time. It parodies social fads with absurd acts like breeding tulips with thorn bushes and painting faces on wooden shoes, escalating to upside down ads and unsafe squirt gun use powered by satire of a theater or festival milieu.
Pella FFA Makes Spring Trip To Charles City
At 5 13 p m on Wednesday May 1 the Pella F F A Chapter traveled to Charles City for its annual spring trip. The journey used a Greyhound Company chartered bus and included a break in Marshalltown.
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Pella
Best Dressed In Town At Pella High Spring Style Show
Thursday evening April 26 the Pella High School auditorium became a spring scene for the home economics spring style show. Seniors and freshmen helped with scripts stage and refreshments. Barbara Boat Charlotte Perkey Deanna Dykstra Norma Jensen Shirley Wichart modeled outfits while Glenda Steenbock served punch.
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Pella High School
Barbara Boat
Charlotte Perkey
Deanna Dykstra
Norma Jensen
Shirley Wichart
Glenda Steenbock
Marilyn Walraven
Miss Mertz
Teen Pan Alley Dutch dancers skip school style show praises
Read like a school column, the piece notes students missing classes for a dance event, hints at a notebook clue, and congratulates the music department for fine ratings in a playful, amateur-news tone.
Odd Ball Job Lines Reflect Comic Roster of Characters
A quirky list assigns odd tasks to a group of named figures. Each entry pairs a character with an unusual occupation or goal, ranging from sports ambition to factory work and political affiliations. The mix creates a humorous snapshot of varied roles.
Bus Tour Visits Oliver Tractor Plant in Charles City
A group arrived in Charles City at 9 a.m. for guided tours of the Oliver Tractor Plant staff, with tours ending at 3 p.m. They returned home by bus arriving at 6:30 p.m.
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Charles City
Oliver Tractor Plant
Plant Sorghum Last Week in May Advises Growers
Agronomist Ed Dyas of Town State College urges planting sorghum in the last week of May when soil temperatures reach about 65 degrees. Warm weather is needed. cool soil slows growth and allows weeds to overshadow the crop. He names preferred standard varieties for Iowa regions and notes several experiment station hybrids and commercial options, advising diversification and certified seed purity.
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Ed Dyas
Town State College
Dyas
Iowa
Martin
Redbine
Mid-land
Reliance
Norgham
Iowa State College
Texas
Scout Exposition Tickets Reach Thirty Thousand Sold
The 47 year old Boy Scout Expo will run May 10 and 11 at Veterans Memorial Auditorium. About 8 000 Scouts and adults will help prepare and run the event, with 120 Cub Scout Boy Scout and Explorer units from the Tall Corn Area Council participating. Nine arena shows feature Indian Dancers drills and more. Governor Loveless to speak. new Aisle of Ideals will showcase Boy Scout objectives. Tickets 50 cents adults, two children free with one adult ticket.
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Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Tall Corn
Iowa
George G. Clark
Thomas W. Mooney
Tall Corn Area
PENCILS Leland Lewis Gathers 445 In Hobby Start
Independence man Leland Lewis began collecting pencils about two years ago and has reached a total of 445. A prize item is among his notable additions.
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Leland Lewis
Independence
Analysis of the Rail Laborer Lifespan and Family Ties
The fragment notes a person named Lewis carried on at age 34 while employed on the railroad and mentions a father figure. The text is sparse but indicates a familial connection and a railroad occupation during the mid life.
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Lewis
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