Pella High School Stories Redirected by Student Groups
The Pella High School year features student efforts to curb tobacco use with rival political parties called the Progressives and Stand Pats. The Girl Reserve club reports growing attendance, leadership talks, trips, health lectures, a Passion Play talk, a six mile hike, and plans a larger budget and Red Cross donation while preparing new member recognitions and upcoming community addresses.
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Frush
Progressives
Standpate
Progressive Party
Pella High School
Dena Kolenbrander
Wilma van Doorninck
Helen Boat
Esther Kuyper
Sybil Terpstra
Okoboji Camp
Ver Heul
Chalfont
Lautenbach
Miss Graham
Red Cross of
Pella
Rural school visit and upcoming high school events in Pella
Esther Kuyper contributed twenty five dollars for community work. On October 23 the Senior Normal Training students with Mrs. Richardson toured rural schools observing teaching methods and curricula. The day included a bell school visit, drawing agriculture and domestic science lessons, and a Glee club debut. Contests planned for Friday November 9 at 7:30 in the high school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richardson
Christine Ver Steeg
Georgia Roorda’s
Dina Ver Steeg
H. S
Pella
Mrs Perrington Shire Hosts Lee Early Wedding Party
A September house party at Mrs Perrington Shire's country home precedes the November 23rd wedding at the high school auditorium. The cast includes Brighton Early Marion Hessilink and Betty Jackson with a list of family friends and attendants led by Bertha Veenstra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Bond
Brighton Early
Marion Hessilink
Betty Jackson
Ernest de Cook
Solomon Spiggot
Murray Grandia
Minnie van Gorp
Gunt Paradise
Bertha Veenstra
Jessie Vanden Berg
Freshman Sophomore Banquet Recap From The Central Ray
The Sophomores hosted a banquet for the Freshmen after defeating them in the annual pull. The dimly lit dining hall sparkled with Halloween decor as a Senior orchestra played. Speakers included Cris Allen on the winner’s side and Reuben De Haan, Sophomore president, to toast the rival view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Vander Pal
Cris Allen
Mr. Gosselink
Reuben de Haan
The
Sophmores
Central High Toast Declares Victory in Defeat
A school gathering on de defeat emphasizes unity and carrying the banner of Central High. Prof Mulder and Mrs Mulder discuss sophomores washing off Freshman greenness as a pull metaphor. Miss Van Baron plays piano, Ila Fox performs My Pet, and attendees leave reassured the hatchet is buried. Jack and Mary are seen visiting grown-ups church then whisper in nursery.
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Reuben
Central High
Prof
Mulder
Mrs. Mulder
van Baron
Ila Fox
Playing church by children in quiet church scene
A nurse admonishes children whispering in church while they explain they are the choir. The scene, reported in the Christian Advocate, reflects a light moment of church life and child imagination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Nurse
Mary
Christian Advocate
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