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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1960
Page
3
The Faculty and Student Council produced a trophy winning float for Tulip Time, earning first place in the educational and religious division. Lois De Kock gained royal recognition for her performance, while Delores Dieleman took third place and a $15 prize for the career contest.
The 1960 intramural season at P C H S concludes with Ron Wichart and Jim Engbers Roger De Zwarte winning boys tennis doubles. Judy Dahm leads girls table tennis singles, with Jan Boot Albering Van Zee as doubles champs. Don Rus wins boys badminton singles, Memmelaar and Engbers take doubles. Evelyn Hal tops girls singles, with Terpstra in badminton doubles. Dor Ver Meer earns congratulations for the free throw contest win. Leonard De Vries named new principal. staff includes Arlyn Bossenbroek Loren Steershoek Howard Menning Larry Van Zee Marilyn Van der Linden Larry Menninga.
Pella discusses the city’s beauty and contrasts physical charm with spiritual values. The piece laments the rise of obscene literature on racks and its impact on the community, urging attention to moral concerns over material wealth.
At the Jr Sr Banquet juniors forecast where Senior Class members would be in 1970. Names like Ernie Plate Larry Olivier Jake De Haan appear amid notes on local business owners teachers and auctioneers in Pella and surrounding communities.
The Nature Club gathered insects during the May 12 period. Students wandered the school grounds collecting beetles ants and a bumble bee to preserve and mount on the bulletin board.
Eight girls from Pella traveled to Knoxville by bus at 9:00 a.m. on Friday May 13 to tour the Veterans Hospital. They met two registered nurses and five student nurses and learned about hospital work and vocational activities available to the men. They toured grounds including the canteen bowling alley kitchen and dormitories and observed crafts aiding readjustment. Chaperones were Mrs. John Van Dyk and Mrs. Jay Veldhouse.
Poem describes a hurried modern life filled with envy confusion and strife. It laments constant rushing from dawn to night as people neglect faith and turn away from God. The speaker calls for trusting in divine providence and slowing down to prioritize spiritual care.
On May 10 Central College sportsmen faltered across baseball, track, and tennis. Simpson toppled Central 11 to 7 as Luther homered thrice and Readshaw collected four hits. Carle set a meet record in high jump while Parsons tennis won 9-0, with Wilkins defeating Clarey 6-4 7-5.
City council action Tuesday grants Pella police officers monthly raises from 10 to 20 dollars effective July 1. The move aligns local salaries with those in other cities as officers seek competitive pay.
One hundred and twenty four Maré ion County teachers attended a dinner in Knoxville on April 28. Miss Nell White, recently back from the White House Conference on Children and Youth, spoke to 7 602 attendees, including 1 400 youths. Eisenhower’s speech noted 97 percent of youth are fine, three percent problem cases. The home, school, church and community were cited as key influences, with home most important for shaping behavior. Elementary children average 21 hours weekly of television, high schoolers 12. emphasis placed on program selection. Youth conference resolutions urged more religious training, tighter family, parental guidance, federal aid to education, a 50 percent teacher salary rise by 1963, stricter discipline, focus on important lessons, elimination of segregation, more books, greater trust in God, lasting marriages, and firmer adult examples.
The article recounts early Dutch immigrant history to Pella Iowa, tracing ancestry to Jan de Kock and the Pieter Floris voyage of 1847. It covers religious dissenters, migration, settlement between Des Moines and Skunk rivers, and the 1853 Central College launch. It notes patriotic resolve and emphasis on education, religion, and community building. Also mentioned is Soldier of the Month James A. Steenhoek at a German post, receiving a $16 award.
Fragmented OCR text references Fort Leonard Wood Missouri with mentions of Christian high school, Arvin W Vander Wilt BR 17518241 and unit details 3d Bn Inia Rete Basic. The fragment lacks clear narrative but notes a military training context and a personnel identifier.
Summit News reports Mr. and Mrs. H W Vriezelaar attend a pony sale in Albia and join friends from Pella in Monroe County. It notes James M Vielzelast funeral in Newton, PTA dinner for Monroe schools, local farm work, Mother’s Day visits, visitors from Redlands California, Tulip Time attendance, church and youth group activities, Connie Strand’s birthday, and Oliver Reeve’s U S Senate candidacy as context for local connections.
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