Four Students Attend District Council Meeting at Simpson College
Four representatives J. C. Toom Avis Ver Hoef Aldora Buwalda and Beth Brom attended a district student council meeting at Simpson College Indianola on April 18. They joined separate discussion groups on topics including athletic program emphasis PTOs and council projects. The group had a picnic lunch at Lake Angaabl and the meetings were considered helpful for next year.
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Simpson College
Indianola
J. C. Toom
Avis Ver Hoef
Aldora Buwalda
Beth Brom
Lake Angaabl
Three Seniors Receive Quill Scroll Awards
Joyce Leu Gwen Vanden Berg and Shirley Rook earned Quill and Scroll honors at Pelladium picnic becoming members of the international high school journalism society They received a membership pin and a subscription to the Quill and Scroll magazine Editors were Joyce Leu Duchess Gwen Vanden Berg Pelladium associate editor and Shirley Rook Pelladium editor Eligibility required senior class status active Pelladium work top scholastic third class rank and principal recommendation with approval by the society secretary.
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Joyce Leu
Gwen Vanden Berg
Shirley Rook
Quill and Scroll
Society For
Pelladium
Society
Devotions and Allied Youth Show Promotes Temperance
Mr Buerkens led Monday devotions reading from Corinthians Proverbs and James on temperance. A film Freedom for Youth presented a positive alternative to alcohol, highlighting Allied Youth a national group offering parties skating dances picnics and singing events that inspire sobriety.
Bus driver misses stop sign confuses school pickup
A Monday morning incident reports bus No. 4 failing to halt at a STOP sign while loading children near a corner. The piece questions who is responsible for the bus after Dale F. pn oun No. 4 and mentions confusion among bystanders.
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Dale F. Pn
Sarah
Melvin Petersma
Mr. Bruckhorst
Newspaper Staff Roster Highlights Editorial Team
The editor in chief associates and assistants listed include Shirley Ann Rook Gwen Vanden Berg Shirley Groendyke Kathy Redeker Wayne Vander Pol Ralph Jaarsma Harold Bean Phyllis Butler Joyce Van Roekel Avis Ver Hoef and reporters Joyce Leu Marilyn Andeweg Sara Van Maaren Darlene Vander Pol Kenny Menninga Marinella Hoksbergen Beth Brom Janice Kuyper Andrea Boat Lorraine Slycord Doug Heerema Nancy Vander Meulen Judy Seat Leora Quinn Dorothy Dieleman Dorothy Vandenever Cub reporters Nancy De Cook Norma Jean De Bruin Ellen Rempe Mary Sytsma Tom Boat Dale Fleck.
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Een Wrthete
Shirley Ann Rook
Gwen Vanden Berg
Shirley Groendyke
Bees
Kathy Redeker
Wayne Vander Pol
Ralph
Joyce Leu
Marilyn Andeweg
Sara van Maaren
Darlene Vander Pol
Kenny Menninga
Marinella Hoksbergen
Beth Brom
Janice Kuyper
Andrea Boat
Lorraine Slycord
Doug Heerema
Nancy Vander Meulen
Judy Seat
Leora Quinn
Dorothy Dieleman
Dorothy Vandenever
Cub
Nancy de Cook
Norma Jean de Bruin
Ellen Rempe
Mary Sytsma
Tom Boat
Dale Fleck
The Last Moment Editorial Reflections on End of Year
An editorial notes seniors face many last moments this year from music to sports and tests. It cautions against last minute rushing, urges slower careful work, and suggests underclassmen have a fresh start next year while seniors depart for college and new paths.
P H S Members Shine At Tulip Festival
P H S joined a town Tulip Festival with Judy Cook as queen and Sally Ver Dught as attendant. The band performed marches and a Glow Worm drill. A stand uptown and Dutch Village activities energized the high school scene amid dances and parade floats.
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P.H.S
Judy Cook
Sally Ver Dught
Former Student Appreciates P.H.S.
Bob Robertus, class of 1946, will earn his doctorate in science at the University of Illinois in June and then move to San Francisco for an excellent position. His mother recalls, Bob always asks about his high school teachers and would want all his children to go to Pella High School.
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Bob Robertus
University of Illinois
San Francisco
Bob
Pella High School
Confusing verse and chatter from a high school page
A jumble of schoolyard lines and anecdotes including a grammar puzzle on that that is not that that is, a Mother Goose couplet about Anne and Mary's lamb, slangy notes about friendships and dating, a neatie definition, and a quip about television altering behavior.
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Anne
Mary
Question Box on Pelladium Improvements
Readers suggest changes for the Pelladium. Patsy S. wants more on student activities, J C Toom calls for more special editions and gossip, Leora Q. proposes removing devotions and Webster News, Bob B. presses for more sports coverage, Kathy R. asks for original articles and chatterbox pieces, Ervin R. suggests stopping article distribution.
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J. C. Toom
Leora Q
Webster
Bob B
Kathy R
Chatterbox fans call for larger weekly editions
A reader urges expanding the Chatterbox with bigger weekly issues and special editions. The note adds a line about a dog's normal body temperature being 101 degrees or higher.
Chronicle readers critique high school coverage in 1964
In a 1964 Pella Iowa Chronicle letter page readers urge trimming half the paper and boosting variety. They request more news features and less classroom news with fewer insults and more gossip items.
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Chronicle
Pella
Iowa
Joyce V. R
Dorothy D
Douglas H
Dorothy V. O
Joker’s Cue
Buerkens
Iowa Opening Day Yields 29-Inch Yellow Catfish
Dave Schiern Beck of Ida Grove hooks a 29 inch yellow catfish at the junction of the Little Sioux and the Missouri on opening day.
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Iowa
Dave Schiernbeck
Ida Grove
Little Sioux
Missouri
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