Death to the Traitors at PHS Remembered Seniors
A nostalgic yearbook style reminiscence traces senior year at PHS from freshwomen to confident juniors and seniors. It recalls patch day leather, the Jr Sr Banquet, car decorating, and the Duchess staff late hours, with emphasis on friendships, events, and the school community’s rites of passage.
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PHS
ABC
Greenie
Gene D. H
Tom G
Zea
Christian High School
Lib
Fleck
Bessie
Kemp
Brock
Bob
Des Moines
French
Nane
Jim
Tom
Duchess
Staff bylines and editors list with reporters
Co Editors Assistant Editor Typing Editors Sporta Editor STAFF Norma De Bruin and Ellen Rempe Judy Groendy Toye M Van Roekel Invere proceway Reporters Sarah Davis Marge Gosselink Kay Kuiper Kay McDonald Janice Mol Jerry Ulrich Connie Vander Meulen Nancy De Cook Evelyn Dykstra Donna Goemaat Cub Reporters Charlotte Burton Mary Dieleman Linda Glen dening Willene Ting Vivian Van Steenis Marilyn Walraven Phyllis Walraven Bob Slykhuis Charles Slyk huis Jerry Bogaards Mark De Cook Karen Weaselink
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Sarah Davis
Marge Gosselink
Kay Kuiper
Kay McDonald
Janice Mol
Jerry Ulrich
Connie Vander Meulen
Nancy de Cook
Evelyn Dykstra
Donna Goemaat
Charlotte Burton
Mary Dieleman
Linda Glendening
Willene Ting
Vivian van Steenis
Marilyn Walraven
Phyllis Walraven
Bob Slykhuis
Charles Slykhuis
Jerry Bogaards
Mark de Cook
Karen Weaselink
Funny Little Words From Pella High Class of 1957
Students in the class of 1957 thank their teachers at Pella High for the contributions to their education. They offer humorous proverbs as playful advice to teachers and express appreciation for guidance and progress.
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Pella High
Central College Men’s Chorus Leads Devotions in May
The Central College men's chorus led devotions on May 13 directed by Allen Wortman. The program featured Negro spirituals including Were You There Climbin As the Mountin Soon Ah Will Be Done and Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho. Bob Wallinga read Romans 12 and led in prayer.
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Central College Men
Allen Wortman
Joshua
Jericho
Bob Wallinga
Toscanini's Dead You Know Toscanini's Dead You Know
The Pella High School seniors soon graduate and many will attend college or seek jobs. The senior class is rich in musical talent with girls trio sextet girls and boys quartets plus mixed quartets. Seniors also populate glee clubs, solo work, and instrumental bands, and many will continue music after graduation.
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Pella High School
Seniors List Vocation Interests For 1960 Class
The graduating seniors reveal diverse future plans across colleges farming and trades. Notable items include Lavelle Brockway Norma De Bruin Sarah Davis Evelyn Dykstra Donna Goemaat Norma Jensen and Alice Ter Louw pursuing college and farming paths with other seniors entering secretarial nursing housewife service mechanics general business sheep production medicine farming social work accounting and more.
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Lavelle Brockway
Norma de Bruin
Sarah Davis
Evelyn Dykstra
Donna Goemaat
Norma Jensen
Alice Ter Louw
Thelma Mitchell
Ruth van Rees
Ellen Rempe
Joyce van Roskel
Mary Sytsma
Donald Bogaards
Ronald Bogaards
James Duffus
Robert van Dyke
Dale Fleck
Tom Gaard
Rodney Gosselink
Donald van Hal
Ronald Kaldenberg
Thomas Mitchell
Carl Nollen
Norman Ver Ploeg
Carroll Rempe
Verlan van Rheenen
Kenneth de Haan
Kadell Roorda
David Stults
Nancy de Cook
Sally Hagen
Bonnie de Jong
Janice Kane
Sandra Koopmans
Nancy Ter Louw
Elva Newendorp
Lorna Ver Ploeg
Aleatha van’ Rheenen
Maxine Slykhuis
Norma Vander Streek
Phyllis Waits
Shirley Wichhart
Karen Vander Wilt Nurse
Edith Frandt
Lois Nieuwsma
Dirk van Gorp
Elbert van Gorp
Larry van’ Halen
Kenneth Kuiper
Robert Leydens
Carroll Pope
Question Box seniors urged to aim high
Mr. Brunckhorst advises seniors to set a life goal that is clearly higher than mediocrity. He emphasizes moral, spiritual, social, and economic growth and warns against sacrificing long term aims for immediate gain or temporary pleasure.
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Mr. Brunckhorst
Life advice and aims from students and mentors
Mr Omick urges living life in a way that keeps it interesting and rewarding. Gosselink encourages engaged learning in college or beyond. Doorenbos cautions against losing sight of life’s purpose. Mertz says Christ should guide you to lasting joy. Sayler advises choosing a definite aim and pursuing it, while Killian prompts finding what brings happiness and chasing it for daily fulfillment.
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Mr. Omick
Iss Gosselink
Mr. Doorenbos
Miss Mertz
Christ
Miss Sayler
Miss Killian
Study Habits And Remedial Help Urged For Freshmen
A Kent State educator estimates about 95 percent of college freshmen lack proper study skills. Dr. Loren S. Hadley cites many high school valedictorians as unprepared for essay tests and notes poor note taking and reading habits. The piece urges Pella High School to teach freshmen study habits and offer remedial reading and essay instruction for upperclassmen.
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Kent State University
Loren S. Hadley
Hadley
Pella High School
Note-taking mandatory in classes to boost college prep
The article argues for compulsory note-taking in certain classes to enhance college readiness. It notes some teachers already implement this and highlights PHS graduates' above-average college attendance as a rationale for stronger college preparation efforts.
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PHS
Roper
Banquet Preparations Stir Senior Class Creativity
A lively preview of annual banquet plans shows seniors anxiously scrambling to outdo juniors with inventive ideas. Committee chatter ranges from food to decorations as nerves and suspense mix with creative bursts before the event.
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Larry
Sandy
Linda
Junior Class Grants Cooperative Spirit in High School
A school note praises the junior class for cooperation and unity, calling it a hopeful sign of maturation and future normality as students work toward a common goal. The writer, J Walter Puppybreath, thanks the class for a pleasant, collaborative scene.
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J. Walter Puppybreath
Bond Purchases In County Reach 40 Percent Of Quota
Four month Marion county savings bond total reaches 506304 with April sales of 76000 boosting county progress to 40 percent of the 1957 quota. Statewide April bonds total 10554897 and four month sum 61537060. County chairmen E L Job of Knoxville and P H Kuyper of Pella commend buyers for federal savings program support.
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Marion County
Iowa
E. L. Job
Knoxville
P. H. Kuyper
Pella
County savings bond drive shows Iowa leads in quotas
County by county figures report Iowa surpassing the 31 percent national quota with Hancock County at 66 percent and Mahaska and Jasper counties at 31 and 33 percent respectively. The sixteenth anniversary of Series E bonds is noted with Iowa investors contributing nearly two and a half billion dollars since 1941.
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Iowa
Hancock
Mahaska County
Jasper County
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